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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 […]

Rumour: Warner Bros. “loves” The Batman script, aiming to shoot Summer 2019

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After more than a year of working on the screenplay, it was reported last week that Matt Reeves had completed his first draft of the script for The Batman and delivered this to Warner Bros. and DC Films.Well, if a new rumour from El Mayimbe is to be believed, Warner executives are said to be […]

Jon Hamm is excited by Batman rumours

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Jon Hamm has said that he is “excited” by rumours that he could play Batman in the future.Former Mad Men star Jon Hamm caused much excitement when he revealed his interest in playing Batman in the future, especially considering Ben Affleck’s future as the Caped Crusader is so uncertain right now.Speaking to Entertainment Tonight, Hamm […]

Preview of Archie Meets Batman ’66 #3

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Archie Comics and DC Comics have released a preview of this Wednesday’s Archie Meets Batman ’66 #3; check it out here…The historic crossover mini-series rolls on! Gotham’s villains have infiltrated Pop’s Chocklit Shoppe to enact their plans of mind control! But when one of Pop’s best customers sees the action taking place, will he be able […]

Preview of Detective Comics #989

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Detective Comics #989 hits comic book shops on Wednesday, and you can take a look at a preview of the issue here courtesy of DC Comics…Fighting off Tweedle-Dee and Tweedle-Dum and two versions of the pyro-maniac Firefly shouldn’t be too difficult for Batman…but the real threat comes from the fact that they’re pairs! For some […]

Comic Book Review – Batman: Damned #1

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Grant Vance reviews Batman: Damned #1… Fresh off the press of DC’s new mature-readership-targeting Black Label imprint, the team behind the 2011 Christmas-themed Batman: Noël comes a Batman story a little less jolly.  Brian Azzarello (100 Bullets, Loveless) and Lee Bermejo (Joker, Before Watchmen: Rorschach) are no strangers to the rogue-ridden streets of Gotham. They’ve […]

Funko’s New York Comic Con exclusive DC merchandise unveiled

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Funko has unveiled its New York Comic-Con exclusive DC merchandise which includes Pop! vinyl figures for Arthur Curry from the upcoming solo movie Aquaman, Wonder Woman based on her first appearance in All Star Comics #8, a The Flash & Superman 2-pack from Justice League and a chrome Superman 3-pack, as well as Five Star figures […]

Preview of Batman #55

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DC Comics releases Batman #55 this coming Wednesday, and you can take a look at a preview of the issue here…The KGBeast lives! The Russian super-assassin is back—but under whose orders? Does he have a specific mission, or is this simply some leftover Cold War mayhem? Nyet, comrade—it has to do with Bruce Wayne’s recent court […]