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The Ridiculous Notion That Batman Never Kills

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Anghus Houvouras on Batman and the “no kill” policy… At this point in my career, I’ve spent a few hundred thousand words devoted to analyzing movies and television and the fevered hyperbole of fandom that encompasses it. Truth be told, I find myself far more fascinated by the pop culture zeitgeist and fandom that surrounds […]

PREVIEWS’ San Diego Comic-Con exclusives include Batman, Captain Marvel, Deadpool, Ghostbusters, Rick & Morty and more

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San Diego Comic-Con 2019 may still be a couple of months away, but Diamond Comics Distributors has revealed its PREVIEWS exclusive collectibles for the convention, which includes statues for Batman Damned, Captain Marvel, Deadpool, The Flash, and X-23, an X-Force Deadpool bust, a Ghostbusters action figure boxset, a Mini Egg Attack Phoenix figure,  a Pickle […]

First clip from animated crossover Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

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Ahead of its digital release later this month, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has released the opening scene from the animated crossover movie Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles which sees the Dark Knight issuing a chilling warning to the Heroes in a Half-Shell; watch it here… SEE ALSO: Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cover […]

Comic Book Preview – Batman: Last Knight on Earth #1

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DC’s Black Label imprint launches the new miniseries Batman: Last Knight on Earth from Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo later this month, and you can take a look at a preview of the first issue here… Bruce Wayne wakes up in Arkham Asylum. Young. Sane. And…he was never Batman. So begins this sprawling tale of […]

8 Actors Who Could Replace Ben Affleck in The Batman

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Liam Hoofe with a list of possible replacements for Ben Affleck as Batman…. In perhaps the least surprising news of 2019 so far, it has been confirmed that Ben Affleck won’t be reprising his role as Batman for Matt Reeves’ upcoming movie The Batman, which Warner Bros. have confirmed is set to be released in […]

Comic Book Preview – Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III #1

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DC Comics and IDW Publishing’s crossover series Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III gets underway this week, and you can take a look at a preview of the first issue here… The 80th anniversary of Batman collides with the 35th anniversary of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in this stunning concluding miniseries to the BATMAN/TEENAGE MUTANT […]

Comic Book Preview – Batman #70

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DC Comics releases Batman #70 this Wednesday, and we’ve got a preview for you right here; check it out… “The Fall and the Fallen” begins! This is the one you’ve been waiting for! Now that Batman has escaped the “Knightmares,” he’s starting to see the forces rallying against him—and that his father from another universe […]

Gotham Season 5 Finale Review – ‘The Beginning…’

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Martin Carr reviews Gotham’s season 5 finale… With the recent release of a Pennyworth prequel trailer it seems apt that we bid farewell to Gotham. Like the bastard child of Christopher Nolan’s almost flawless reinvention, Gotham was greeted with derision from day one and yet has proven tenuously entertaining. Despite consistently low ratings it has […]

PREVIEWS exclusive Dark Multiverse Batman: The Red Death Pop! Vinyl figure arriving in June

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Diamond Comics Distributors has revealed the Previews exclusive Dark Multiverse Batman: The Red Death Pop! Vinyl figure which goes on sale this June; check it out here… On Earth-52, Batman has been driven to desperation and forcibly fuses himself with the Flash to gain the powers of the Speed Force. This, along with Batman’s newfound […]