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Regardless of your feelings about the movie itself, there's no denying that 1989's Batman was a phenomenon. It spawned an entire "Batmania" movement in popular culture, with toys, video and board games, comics, apparel, and all sorts of merchandise appearing everywhere that summer. It changed movies, comic books, and even the character of Batman forever.…
In a surprising bit of news, DC Comics have announced that the long-dormant Elseworlds imprint will make a comeback next year with several waves of new, out of continuity titles. Elseworlds, for those unaware, was a line of comics where creators could take familiar characters and put a brand new spin on them. And not…
I don't know about you, but I'm having a blast looking at all of these old Batman toys from years past. This week we're headed back to 1992 for what might be the most divisive Batman movie, Batman Returns. Granted, there are better Batman movies, and there are worse Batman movies, but this one film…
Last year, an audition tape Barry Keoghan made in the hopes of playing the Riddler in Matt Reeves' The Batman was released, and now Keoghan has some more to say about it. In a profile with Esquire magazine, Keoghan reveals that he spent a measly $10 at a costume shop to purchase a cane and…
In a bit of upsetting news, the release for the highly-anticipated collection Batman: Arkham Trilogy for the Nintendo Switch has been pushed back. The game will now release on December 1, 2023, so while it's just a few months delay, it's still a bummer for anyone waiting to play these classic games all in one…
Welcome back to what is turning into a recurring column, wherein I look at Batman toys from yesteryear and judge them (almost) solely on pictures I find on the internet. There's hardly a character out there with more action figures based on them than the Dark Knight himself, so there's plenty of toyetic goodness to…
The Multiverse is all the rage these days, for better or worse, but it's really not difficult to see why. With an endless supply of characters comes an endless supply of variations on those characters. It's great reading stories where Batman teams up with his fellow heroes, but you know what's better than Batman? Two…
There’s something about The Batman that I find compelling. Honestly, I was dreading the movie up until its release, because it just didn’t seem like the type of Batman movie I was wanting. Granted, it wasn’t, but I ended up enjoying it a lot more than I thought I would. Some of the aesthetic choices…
After over thirty years, countless words have been written about Batman: The Animated Series, be it in regards to its quality, influence, or timelessness. The show can still be appreciated today, with hardly a truly dated aspect in sight, and the spinoff comics are the same way. I alone have written hundreds if not thousands…
Fresh off the presses from San Diego Comic-Con, we have one of the biggest-- and most unique-- comics announcements in some time: DC Comics and Genvid Entertainment have partnered up on the upcoming DC Heroes United, an interactive story from comics great Terry Dodson. This is incredibly ambitious and kind of insane, as fans will…
When Insight Editions comes out with a new book, I'm going to take notice. They consistently put out some of my favorite books about pop culture in particular, and DC Comics specifically. Everything I've read that they've published is fantastic, but what's truly impressive just how diverse their output is, from comprehensive histories to movie…
When people ask "what is the greatest car in pop culture?", you might get a few different answers. The ECTO-1 is pretty awesome, as are KITT and the Delorean from Back to the Future. There is only one correct answer, though, and that is the Batmobile. But which Batmobile? Yes. From comics to television to…
When it’s said you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, it can generally mean one of two things: don’t dismiss it if it looks bland, and don’t be deceived if it looks exciting. It’s what’s in the pages that give the book meaning and merit, so a good cover should be seen as a…
Over the past few years, there's hardly been a mainstream motion picture that's gone through so many ups and downs as The Flash, which finally hit screens on June 16. After multiple scripts, directors, and other creators came on board and, ultimately, left the project, director Andy Muschietti finally seemed to "crack the code" to…
The chase is on! Every story needles the thread of Joker’s past as his children crash into the future setting of Batman Beyond the White Knight. I’ve already expressed my concerns about the target audience of this mini-series not really getting the same level of complex art and storytelling as Sean Murphy’s previous Batman comics.…
To say that Batman and Catwoman have had a rough few years together would be quite the understatement, what with their romance, almost-marriage, splitting up, getting glimpses of their future, and now what could charitably be called "rocky separation." But none of that compares to what's to come later this year, as the Dark Knight…
In the history of Batman, I’m willing to bet that more words have been written about Frank Miller, Klaus Janson, and Lynn Barley’s The Dark Knight Returns than just about any other story. It’s a seminal work that-- for better or worse-- changed the character in ways that are still being felt today, almost forty…
If you want to make this particular comic fan happy, you can do worse than announcing that Mark Waid will be writing a new DC Comics series. If you want to make me really happy, announce that he's writing two new DC Comics series. If you want to make me really, really happy, make sure…
DC Comics has been very busy at this week's MegaCon with all of their announcements of upcoming projects. On Friday, they premiered a trailer for the Dawn of DC initiative, including news from the creators of some their series plans. Among them was the announcement of a new Batman and Robin series from writer Joshua…
If there's one name that should come to mind when you think "Lovecraft" and "comics", it's Mike Mignola. For decades he's brought the same incomprehensible cosmic horror to life with his incredible Hellboy series, along with its various spinoffs. As such, there was no better person for the task of writing a Lovecraftian Batman story…
This is an archive of Batman-News.com from 2010 to 2025. For the latest news, check out BatmanNews.com