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First-look preview of Archie Meets Batman ’66 #4

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Archie and DC Comics’ crossover series Archie Meets Batman ’66 continues later this month with the release of the fourth issue, and you can check out an early unlettered preview right here…In Gotham, it’s Jughead vs. the Joker! Meanwhile, back in Riverdale, all the boys are under the spell of the mysterious new teacher. With the […]

Gotham season 5 gets a trailer, Bane, Harley Quinn and a ten year time-jump

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During its panel at New York Comic Con, a sizzle reel was released for Gotham which features some footage from the upcoming fifth and final season of the Batman prequel series; watch it here…Meanwhile, during the panel at NYCC, showrunner John Stephens confirmed that Shane West (Nikita) is set to portray the character of Bane, […]

Superman: The Movie and Batman: Mask of the Phantasm returning to U.S. theaters

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Fathom Events has announced that it is bringing Superman: The Movie and Batman: Mask of the Phantasm to U.S. theaters in celebration of their 40th and 25th anniversaries respectively.Superman, directed by Richard Donner and starring Christopher Reeve as the Man of Steel, will screen on Sunday November 25th and Tuesday November 27th, and screenings will […]

Preview of Batman/The Maxx #1

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Batman must face the strangest and most bizarre adventure of his career this week as he meets comics’ strangest and most bizarre hero The Maxx in the new five-issue limited series crossover Batman/The Maxx from IDW Publishing and DC Comics; check out a preview of the first issue here…A devious new doctor at Arkham Asylum […]

Preview of Batman #56

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Ahead of its release this Wednesday, DC Comics has unveiled a preview of Batman #56; check it out here…The Dark Knight’s looking to drop both the hammer and sickle on the KGBeast, whose rampage across Gotham City takes a toll on Nightwing when he’s injured in the fray. Blaming himself for his ward’s fate, Batman […]

Why Joker could be the best DC movie since The Dark Knight Rises

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Samuel Brace on why he think Joker could be the best DC movie since The Dark Knight Rises…There’s little room to deny the dearth of quality found in recent DC movie offerings. For the most part it’s been lifeless, corny, directionless, and haphazard. The last six years have been a sorry state of affairs, to […]

Rumour: DC’s Birds of Prey movie will address Batman’s absence

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Earlier this week it was announced that Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Fargo) and Jurnee Smollett-Bell (Underground) have been cast as Huntress and Black Canary in the upcoming DCEU movie Birds of Prey.As revealed in the official announcement, the movie will see Huntress and Black Canary teaming with Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn to take on a crime lord […]

Comic Book Review – Dark Nights – Metal: The Resistance

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Ricky Church reviews Dark Nights – Metal: The Resistance…Dark Nights – Metal was DC’s big event last year, headline by the former Batman duo Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo. While the story spanned across the DC multiverse as evil versions of Batman invaded, the event itself wasn’t as all encompassing as previous events with massive amounts of tie-in […]