Inside ARKHAM MANOR #1

Arkham Manor #1 courtesy DC Comics
Arkham Manor #1 courtesy DC Comics

Once Batman captures all his crazy arch-enemies what does he do with them?

 

When you can’t put them in Gotham City’s most infamous institution Wayne Manor becomes the new Arkham Asylum.

 

What happened to Arkham?

 

How is Batman (and Alfred) going to manage all the new “guests” at the estate? Continue reading Inside ARKHAM MANOR #1

BATMAN Producer: BEN AFFLECK Was “The First Guy We Went To”

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice courtesy DC Comics
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice courtesy DC Comics

Gone Girl readers say Ben Affleck was perfect casting for the film based on the book.

 

Batman readers? Not everyone is convinced…yet.

 

Producer Charles Roven says Affleck was “the first guy we went to” to play Bruce Wayne and the Dark Knight in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. in a new interview in The Hollywood Reporter: Continue reading BATMAN Producer: BEN AFFLECK Was “The First Guy We Went To”

BATMAN VS. ANARKY In DETECTIVE COMICS NYCC Preview

Detective Comics #37 courtesy DC Comics
Detective Comics #37 courtesy DC Comics

Anarky makes his New 52 debut in Detective Comics #37 the first chapter of the next arc after the two-part Terminal.
Creative team Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato revealed new art and the story behind their Anarky arc at the Batman Gotham Rising panel at New York Comic Con.

 

 

The team’s next arc starts with a murder and the arch-villain offers Gotham City a choice. Continue reading BATMAN VS. ANARKY In DETECTIVE COMICS NYCC Preview

BATMAN AND ROBIN #35 NYCC Preview

Batman and Robin #35 courtesy DC Comics
Batman and Robin #35 courtesy DC Comics

Batman is going to hell…almost!

 

Bruce Wayne invades Apokolips in Batman and Robin #35.

 

DC Comics shared a preview at New York Comic Con of the next chapter of Robin Rises before it hits next week.

 

Bruce Wayne is armed with a Batsuit built to take on the Justice League as he goes to war with the armies of Darkseid. Continue reading BATMAN AND ROBIN #35 NYCC Preview

BATMAN ENDGAME SHOCKER

Batman #35 courtesy DC Comics
Batman #35 courtesy DC Comics

The highly anticipated first chapter of Endgame arrives with a shocking ending.

 

Batman #35 is the start of a top-secret new storyline by writer Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo after the Zero Year origin story.

 

Earlier teases hinted at new sidekicks for the Dark Knight and a battle between Bruce and members of the Justice League.

 

But today marked the return of major villain.

 

Snyder talks about the rogue’s return in a new interview.

 

Before I continue here’s a…

 

SPOILER ALERT! Continue reading BATMAN ENDGAME SHOCKER

Could FISH MOONEY Be the Next HARLEY QUINN?

Jada Pinkett Smith in Gotham courtesy Warner Brothers and DC Comics
Jada Pinkett Smith in Gotham courtesy Warner Brothers and DC Comics

Jada Pinkett Smith strikes like a tiger shark on Gotham as Fish Mooney. Could the mobster muscle her way into Batman comics?

Gotham reveals the origin stories of the Dark Knight’s greatest allies (Jim Gordon, Harvey Bullock, Renee Montoya, Sarah Essen) and enemies. The future Penguin, Riddler, Poison Ivy and Catwoman have been seen so far.

Producers created Fish Mooney just for the series. Jada Pinkett Smith brings the the sexy, ruthless and vicious mob boss to evil life. Fish runs the theater district under Carmine Falcone and made Oswald Cobblepot her slave until she had him “retired.” Smith and Robin Lord Taylor fittingly “stole the show” as the criminal mistress and misfit in the premiere episode. Continue reading Could FISH MOONEY Be the Next HARLEY QUINN?

BATMAN: ENDGAME Begins

Batman #35 courtesy DC Comics
Batman #35 courtesy DC Comics

The anticipated next Batman arc of Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo begins this week.

 

After unleashing the Court of Owls, returning the Joker to horrific heights in Death of the Family and revealing Bruce Wayne first year as the Dark Knight in Zero Year – what is Endgame?

 

Despite the title Snyder says this is not his final act writing Batman but will recharge the entire Bat-family of titles. Continue reading BATMAN: ENDGAME Begins