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Your Angel of Death Awaits – The Greatness of Batman: Mask of the Phantasm on its 30th Anniversary

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Ricky Church revisit Batman: Mask of the Phantasm on its 30th anniversary… Batman has appeared in nearly a dozen live-action films, beginning with 1966’s campy Batman with Adam West to last year’s dark detective film The Batman with Robert Pattinson. No doubt there will be plenty more as Matt Reeves is working on The Batman Part II and DC Studios co-head James […]

Obscure DC Characters That Need Sony-Style Solo Movies

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EJ Moreno with six obscure DC characters who need their own film… Blue Beetle and Black Adam are some of the latest DC movies, which is wild for longtime fans to see the studio dig deeper into the catalog for new stories to tell. For years, the DC brand has been dominated by similar Batman […]

Comic Book Preview – Superman ’78: The Metal Curtain #6

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DC Comics releases Superman ’78: The Metal Curtain #6 on Tuesday, and you can check out the official preview of the issue below… Superman and Metallo battle it out in Russia! Can Superman appeal to Metallo’s humanity and put an end to the bloodshed, or will Metallo finally crush the Man of Steel beneath his […]

Comic Book Preview – The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries #4

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DC Comics releases The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries #4 this coming Tuesday, and you can check out the official preview of the issue below… BATMAN AND SCOOBY’S MOST UNEXPECTED MYSTERY YET! Every Gotham City citizen knows its buildings are adorned with more gargoyles than anywhere else. But they never expected the human inhabitants of those […]

The Batman spin-off The Penguin is “really dark” says Colin Farrell

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Are you ready to see a darker spin on what Batman can offer? Brace yourself for Max’s upcoming series, The Penguin. Starring the ever-talented Colin Farrell, the Oscar-nominee promises something quite twisted for his streaming series. The actor recently told MovieZine that the series will take an “incredibly violent” turn, giving new layers to The […]

Comic Book Preview – Batman: The Brave and the Bold #11

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DC Comics releases Batman: The Brave and the Bold #11 on Tuesday, and we have the official preview of the issue for you below; check it out… Tristan Grey has mutated into a terrifying new version of Man-Bat, and it’s up to Batman and Maps to save him! But, when it turns out that Tristan […]

Joker 2 reportedly a “jukebox” musical with 15 “very well-known” songs

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We knew Joker: Folie à Deux would be strange, but how outlandish would Todd Phillips make his Joker sequel? A new report from Variety teases that Joker 2 will be unique. It compares it more to a jukebox musical than the Martin Scorsese-tinged drama that came before it. Joaquin Phoenix’s titular clown could sing some […]

Comic Book Preview – Detective Comics #1083

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Detective Comics #1083 hits comic book shops and digital retailers on Tuesday, and we have the official preview for you below… “Elegy of Sand” continues, and Batman’s hallucinatory trek across a desert between worlds becomes ever more dangerous as he finds himself face-to-face against…well, you’ll just have to wait and find out. Meanwhile, in Gotham, […]