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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 has […]

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 avoided […]

Watch Batman’s appearance in the Gotham series finale

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FOX’s Batman prequel series Gotham came to an end last night after five seasons, with the show skipping forward ten years and showing us – Smallville style – Bruce Wayne’s (David Mazouz) emergence as the Dark Knight.If you missed the episode, then fear not as you can watch Batman’s appearance right here! Check it out […]

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 killer […]

Lili Simmons’ Catwoman featured in sneak peek clip from tonight’s Gotham finale

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Ahead of tonight’s final episode of Gotham, Fox has released a sneak peek clip from ‘The Beginning’ which sees Lili Simmons’ Catwoman using her impressive acrobatic skills to sneak into what appears to be a Gotham City museum to steal a diamond; watch it here…SEE ALSO: Gotham series finale trailer explores the ten-year time jumpThe […]

Batman prequel series Pennyworth gets a teaser trailer and images

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Warner Bros. and Epix have debuted a new teaser trailer for the upcoming Batman prequel series Pennyworth which gives us a look at the first meeting between Thomas Wayne (Ben Aldridge) and young Alfred (Jack Bannon) as he approaches his future butler with a job offer. Along with the trailer a new batch of images […]

Batman battles the Arkham Knight in preview of Detective Comics #1002

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Detective Comics #1002 is out this week, featuring a duel to the death between the Dark Knight and the Arkham Knight; check out a preview of the issue here…Batman’s first battle with the Arkham Knight was as brutal as they come…but things are about to get worse, as one of his most important allies jumps […]

Gotham Season 5 Episode 11 Review – ‘They Did What?’

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Martin Carr reviews the penultimate episode of Gotham season 5…Rather than being engaging this penultimate episode feels calculated. Key characters never feel in abject danger, situations however frenetic never raise collective pulses, while Gotham feels strangely unthreatening. Whether that perceived danger comes from al Ghul’s daughter, a pneumatically enhanced Bane or the conspicuously absent Jeremiah […]