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Remember when Courtney Love nearly played Harley Quinn in the sequel to Batman & Robin?

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Luke Owen looks back at what could have been the character’s first big screen appearance… Following the box office success of Batman Forever and the impressive dailies for Batman & Robin, it was announced in February 1997 that Joel Schumacher would be returning to direct the fifth movie in the franchise. Joining him on this adventure […]

Comic Book Preview – Detective Comics #1032

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Ahead of its release this Tuesday, DC has shared the official preview for Detective Comics #1032, and we have it for you right here… Father vs. son round two! Batman and Damian Wayne are once again butting heads after Bruce uncovers the missing Black Casebook pages in the clutches of his estranged son. But when […]

Comic Book Preview – Batman: Black & White #1

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Batman: Black & White returns this coming Tuesday as DC Comics launches a brand new volume of the classic anthology series; check out the official preview of the first issue here… The iconic anthology series returns with a brand-new slate of comics’ most exciting and innovative storytellers to explore the Batman mythos in stark black-and-white! […]

Aaron Eckhart looks back on The Dark Knight, says it’s a “reflection of our times”

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It’s been 12 years since The Dark Knight was released in theatres and Aaron Eckhart, who played Harvey Dent/Two-Face in the Christopher Nolan-directed Batman movie, has reflected on the film’s impact. In a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Eckhart explained that the script for the film was more like reading literature rather than a script, and […]

TV Review – Pennyworth Season 2

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Martin Carr reviews Pennyworth Season 2… With Jack Bannon channelling Michael Caine’s Alfie we gear up for a second season of Pennyworth. Having shot his father, watched his girlfriend die and slept with the Queen it would seem there is much to live up to. What this DC tangent offers up is the advancement of […]

George Clooney on potential Batman return in The Flash movie: “They did not ask for my nipples”

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While Ezra Miller’s Barry Allen is set to encounter multiple Batmen on his journey through the DC multiverse in next year’s The Flash movieincluding both Michael Keaton and Ben Affleck’s incarnations of the Dark Knight, it seems – thankfully! – that we can rule out a return to the world of 1997’s Batman & Robin. […]

Comic Book Review – Batman: Three Jokers

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Ricky Church reviews Batman: Three Jokers… One of the most anticipated comics in the last several years has been Batman: Three Jokers from DC superstar Geoff Johns and artists Jason Fabok and Brad Anderson. This story was first teased nearly five years ago and finally published in its three-issue miniseries this summer and now, in a very […]

Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker – 20 Years On

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Hasitha Fernando revisits Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker twenty years after its release… Throughout the 1990’s DC Comics and Warner Bros. Entertainment found great success with their ever-expanding slate of animated TV series. Kicking-off with the critically acclaimed Batman: The Animated Series in the Fall of 1992, this fledgling animated universe further grew with […]

Comic Book Preview – Batman/Catwoman #1

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DC’s new Black Label title Batman/Catwoman from Tom King and Clay Mann launches this Tuesday, and we’ve got the official preview of the first issue for you right here; take a look… At last, Tom King returns to the rocky, romantic saga of Batman and Catwoman with his Heroes in Crisis collaborator, superstar artist Clay […]