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15 on Joelle Jones joins "Batman" creative team this fallBeginning with October's Batman #33, Joelle Jones will provide pencils for the Tom King-helmed book. The issue begins a new arc titled "A Dream of Me," where Batman goes on a journey of self-discovery after we learn Catwoman's answer to Batman's proposal. So, yes: this is when we will learn what Selina says. Jones is…
Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo are preparing to melt our faces off with the forthcoming Dark Nights: Metal miniseries. In addition to the six-part main title there will also be several one-shots, each focusing on the Dark Batmen of the Dark Multiverse. From DC: SDCC: THE “DARK KNIGHTS” RISE! Final Versions of Evil Batmen revealed…
In 2014, Warner Bros. released Justice League: War built on the New 52 continuity. This was the first installment in what has so far become eight films revolving around the DC Universe, using Batman as the foundation for its existence. All eight films use somewhat mature language, some with sexual innuendo, and doesn’t cater to…
Previous trailers for the new Wonder Woman movie from Patty Jenkins were more general in nature, revealing bits and pieces of the plot and characters, but moving fairly quickly from Steve Trevor's plane crash on Themyscira to Diana in London fighting the Germans in World War I. This third trailer focuses more on Wonder Woman's…
Though it debuted twenty-five years ago, Batman: The Animated Series is still as popular as ever. Due in no small part to the fact that it is at least one generation's "definitive Batman," the show's reputation also lives on because it was a monumental piece of programming. Taking the core ideas of Batman and distilling…
What's old is new again as Nightwing returns to his old stomping grounds. After calling the city home for close to a decade, Dick bade farewell to Blüdhaven during the events of Infinite Crisis, after it was leveled by the supervillain Chemo. Since then, Nightwing has made his home in various cities, including Gotham City,…
Without question, Rebirth has been a resounding success. With a mission focused on optimism and legacy, DC is publishing some of its best books in years, thanks in no small part to some talented creative teams. One of those creative voices is Dan Jurgens, a true comics legend. Having been involved in one of the…
Before jumping into the interview, I'd like to fill you in on the genesis of how it came to be. Back at the beginning of August, Scott Snyder contacted the Batman-News team to talk about All-Star Batman. I had just come back from the San Diego Comic Con where my interviews with him had been…
After an awesome first trailer premiere at Comic-Con, the second trailer for Wonder Woman came out last week and it gives us a deeper dive into the plot and characters of the movie. We know that the modern day scenes in the movie are post Batman v Superman and that Diana Prince is reflecting back…
DC's "Young Animals" imprint, spearheaded by My Chemical Romance's Gerard Way, is an initiative to look at some of the... stranger parts of the DC Universe. While the other titles in the line have resurrected and reimagined existing concepts (Doom Patrol, Shade the Changing Girl, and front-runner for coolest name Cave Carson Has a Cybernetic…
Ben Affleck set the internet ablaze Monday morning by revealing Deathstroke test footage, suggesting the character will be the villain in Affleck's solo Batman movie. For DC diehards, Deathstroke is a welcome addition to the stable of cinematic Batman rogues. For others, there is perhaps some curiosity as to who this character is and why…
23 years ago, Batman: Mask Of The Phantasm (henceforth known as Phantasm) was released to critical acclaim and much fanfare. Building on the immense success of Batman: The Animated Series, Phantasm brought the animated version of Batman to a whole new level, and plays a tremendous part in DC’s continued success in the animation business.…
For the past five years, DC's brand initiative has been known as "the New 52," a comprehensive reboot, retooling, and reimagining of its heroes and villains. With the recent release of Rebirth, the New 52 is effectively at an end, and the DC Universe is open once more to its rich history of legacy and optimism.…
For over a full year, rumors have circulated that Jared Leto's Joker could be the end-result of the tragedy that is Jason Todd. Even with the news coming out that the dead Robin is in fact Todd, there remains some belief that his death might be in a more non-traditional sense, i.e. the demise of…
Today is Dennis O'Neil's 77th Birthday! 77 years? Isn't that how long Batman has been around? Indeed. As a matter of fact, both Dennis and Batman came into this world in May of 1939. It's almost as if Dennis was destined to be one of the most influential people in Batman's history. When Dennis first…
As if setting a trailer to the frenetic music of Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody wasn't fun enough for Suicide Squad fans, the trailer that debuted during Sunday night's MTV Movie Awards had us kicking off our dance shoes and doing the "Ballroom Blitz" by Sweet. Could a song from the 70's make a comeback just like…
On February 8, 1914, 102 years ago today, Bill Finger was born. The unsung hero of Batman's creation, Finger went almost completely unrecognized for his contributions to the character until well after his untimely death in 1974. In fact, his first official credit on a Batman comic wouldn't come until 2014's Detective Comics #27, and…
The recent "Dawn of the Justice League" special on the CW Network gave us the first official full-length trailer for the Suicide Squad movie from David Ayer. Set to Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody", the trailer was a thing of beauty, showing us a lot more of the movie than we had previously seen and also confirming the…
The new trailer for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice that just dropped on Wednesday night provided us with a lot of new information, some of it confirming rumor and speculation and some of it raising new questions for a movie that won't be coming out for another four months. We knew that Batman and…
Long before Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice finally got the green light at Warner Bros., the debate about who should win in a fight between these two DC Comics icons has been raging. As two of the world's biggest superheroes, they each obviously have their own respective fan bases, and both sides come up with very…
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