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Batman: Knightfall and The Death of Superman to get the Dark Multiverse treatment from DC

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DC Comics has announced that it will be putting twisted and terrifying spin on some of the biggest, most game-changing events in its history with a new series of prestige format one-shots under the Tales from the Dark Multiverse banner, beginning with the classic 90s stories Batman: Knightfall and The Death of Superman. TALES FROM […]

Batman Beyond receiving HD remaster for Blu-ray box set release

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This year has marked a pretty big milestone for Batman Beyond, the animated series set in the DC Animated Universe, as it reaches its 20th anniversary. One the first day of the San Diego Comic-Con, a panel was held to commemorate the anniversary with voice actors Kevin Conroy and Will Friedle where they revealed the complete […]

DC announces The Batman’s Grave from Warren Ellis and Bryan Hitch

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DC Comics has announced the upcoming launch of a brand new 12-issue Batman series from creators Warren Ellis and Bryan Hitch, titled The Batman’s Grave. As per THR, The Batman’s Grave “will feature a new take on Batman, and offer one who has “an almost psychotic identification” with murder victims that leads him to become […]

UPDATE: Vanessa Kirby comments on rumours linking her to Catwoman role in The Batman

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Following last week’s report that director Matt Reeves is looking to reunite with his Planet of the Apes star Andy Serkis on The Batman, the latest casting rumour for the film has surfaced via Geeks Worldwide. According to the site (which accurately reported that Nicholas Hoult was a final contender for the role of Bruce […]

Catwoman and Bane featured in clips from Batman: Hush animated movie

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With just five days to go until its home entertainment release, Warner Bros. has unveiled two clips from its animated adaptation of the classic DC tale Batman: Hush; the first of which sees the Dark Knight pursuing Catwoman over the rooftops of Gotham, while the second features Batman taking on a mind-altered Bane; watch them […]

DC Universe unveils SDCC exclusive comic book variant covers

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DC Universe has announced that it is bringing four exclusive comic book variant covers to this month’s San Diego Comic-Con International, whereby fans who sign up for an annual subscription to the event will get their hands on a gift set of four limited-edition comic books with special DC Universe variant covers for Detective Comics […]

Comic Book Review – Detective Comics #1000 Deluxe Edition

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Ricky Church reviews Detective Comics #1000 Deluxe Edition… Earlier this year marked a pretty special occasion for Batman as DC’s resident Dark Knight not only celebrated 80 years of publication, but reached a milestone 1000th issue of Detective Comics, the very comic he was introduced in. Now the celebration continues with DC’s release of Detective Comics […]

Get a first look sneak peek at Batman: Curse of the White Knight

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This July sees the launch of Batman: Curse of the White Knight, the hotly-anticipated follow-up to Sean Murphy’s DC Black Label series Batman: White Knight, and you can check out a sneak peek of the first issue here… In this explosive sequel to the critically acclaimed blockbuster BATMAN: WHITE KNIGHT from writer/artist Sean Murphy, The […]

StarzPlay acquires UK rights to Batman prequel series Pennyworth

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Streaming service StarzPlay has announced that it has acquired the distribution rights for the upcoming Batman prequel series Pennyworth in the Germany, Italy, Spain, Ireland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Austria and Latin America. Created by Gotham’s Bruno Heller and Danny Cannon, Pennyworth follows Alfred Pennyworth (Jack Bannon; The Imitation Game), a former British SAS soldier in his […]