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Bane and The Joker featured in latest Gotham season 5 set photos

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Last week we got our first official look at Shane West (Nikita) as Eduardo/Dorrance Bane from the fifth and final season of Gotham, and now some new set photos have arrived online via The Daily Mail which feature the fan favourite Batman villain along with Ben McKenzie’s Jim Gordon. Check them out via the Twitter link […]

First look at Bane from Gotham season 5

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During this month’s New York Comic Con, Gotham producer John Stephens confirmed that the upcoming fifth and final season of the Batman prequel show will see the introduction of Bane, and now we’ve got our first official look at Shane West (Nikita) as the character. It’s… well, it’s certainly different from the comic books… An […]

Batman prequel series Pennyworth casts Paloma Faith as the main villain

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Paloma Faith has become the latest addition to the cast of Epix’s Batman prequel series Pennyworth, with Deadline reporting that the British singer has been cast as the show’s lead antagonist Bet Sykes, a “spirited, sadistic and sharp-tongued villain [who] will test the courage of young Alfred Pennyworth and his new boss, Thomas Wayne, the […]

Preview of Detective Comics #991

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Detective Comics #991 hits stores on Wednesday, and we’ve got a preview of the issue for you here courtesy of DC; check it out… Batman’s newest partner…Two-Face? As Harvey Dent’s persona asserts fragile control over the villain’s psyche, the Dark Knight, Commissioner Gordon and their ally-turned-enemy-turned-ally must work together to stop Kobra’s terrorist attack against […]

Batman prequel series Pennyworth adds two more to its cast

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Earlier this week it was announced that Epix has cast Jack Bannon (The Imitation Game) and Ben Aldridge (Fleabag) as Alfred Pennyworth and Thomas Wayne in its upcoming Batman prequel series Pennyworth, and now TV Line brings word of two more additions to the cast of the show. The site reports that Ryan Fletcher (Outlander) and […]

Preview of Batman: The Complete Silver Age Newspaper Comics Slipcase Edition

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This Wednesday sees the release of Batman: The Complete Silver Age Newspaper Comics Slipcase Edition from IDW Publishing, which features three volumes of classic Caped Crusader action from the daily and Sunday newspaper strips between 1966 and 1972. Check out a preview here… A three-volume omnibus of the Caped Crusader’s 1960s newspaper strip adventures-never before collected-now […]

Preview of Batman #57

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DC Comics releases Batman #57 this Wednesday, and you can take a look at a preview of the issue here… The KGBeast isn’t working alone. As the Cold War between Batman and the Russian killer heats up, Batman’s nose for mystery gets to twitching when he suspects there’s more to the KGBeast’s attacks than initially […]

Epix’s Batman prequel Pennyworth casts its Alfred and Thomas Wayne

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Epix has found its lead cast members for its Batman prequel series Pennyworth. The series is centred around Batman’s faithful butler and confidant Alfred Pennyworth in his youthful days as a former British SAS soldier who forms a security company and begins working for Thomas Wayne. Epix announced Jack Bannon (The Imitation Game) will star as […]