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LEGO celebrates Batman’s 80th anniversary with new sets

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In celebration of the 80th Anniversary of Batman, LEGO has unveiled six new classic Batman themed sets which includes Mr. Freeze Batcycle Battle (76118), Batmobile: Pursuit of The Joker (76119), Batwing and The Riddler Heist (76120), Batcave Clayface Invasion (76122), Batman vs. The Riddler Robbery (76137), and Batman and The Joker Escape (76138 ) which […]

Comic Book Review – Detective Comics #1000

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Ricky Church reviews Detective Comics #1000… After 80 years, Batman has finally reached the milestone issue Detective Comics #1000, only the second publication in history to do so after Superman in last year’s Action Comics #1000. Much like that aforementioned issue, Detective Comics #1000 is a celebration of the Dark Knight and his adventures, examining why he’s remained such […]

Book Review – Superman: Dawnbreaker by Matt de la Pena

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Ricky Church reviews Superman: Dawnbreaker by Matt de la Pena… After getting books on Wonder Woman, Batman and Catwoman, the DC Icons series has finally gotten to the Man of Steel himself in Superman: Dawnbreaker. Author Matt de la Pena takes on Clark Kent’s days as a teenager in Smallville as he masters his various […]

Armie Hammer debunks Batman and The Invisible Man rumours, casts doubt on Call Me By Your Name sequel

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Over the past couple of months, one of the names that has cropped up frequently with regards to Warner Bros. and DC Films’ Batman vacancy is that of Armie Hammer – an actor who, coincidentally, was previously cast as the Dark Knight back in 2007 for the ultimately aborted Justice League: Mortal movie. Last month, […]

Comic Book Preview – Detective Comics #1000

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DC Comics’ Detective Comics hits its milestone 1000th issue today, with a bumper-sized special featuring 96 pages of Batman action! Check out a preview here… SEE ALSO: Read a full Batman and Penguin story from Detective Comics #1000 SEE ALSO: Check out 35 variant covers for Detective Comics #1000 After 80 years, it’s here—the 1,000th issue of […]

Zack Snyder reveals origin of Batman v Superman’s infamous Martha scene

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Director Zack Snyder has explained the origin of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice’s infamous Martha scene. Batman v Superman wasn’t the game changer that DC was hoping it to be and while there were some aspects of the film that were praised there were moments like the infamous ‘Martha’ scene that have caused ridicule. […]

Promo for Arrow Season 7 Episode 18 – ‘Lost Canary’

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With Arrow now on a break until April 15th, The CW has released a promo for the eighteenth episode of season 7, entitled ‘Lost Canary’; watch it here… SEE ALSO: Arrow Season 7 Episode 17 Review – ‘Inheritance’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qA_yfNCt2Ao SEE ALSO: Follow all of our coverage of Arrow here Arrow season 7 airs on Mondays on […]

Doom Patrol Season 1 Episode 6 Review – ‘Doom Patrol Patrol’

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Hasitha Fernando reviews the sixth episode of Doom Patrol… A potential Apocalypse was successfully averted. But our disparate group didn’t survive it completely unscathed. Some are broken within and others without. Dr. Caulder is once again missing, snatched away from them by the devious Mr. Nobody and they were unable to stop him. In a […]