Doomsday bursts into The New 52 in the Villains Month takeover of the DC Universe. See how Doomsday earned a feared reputation on Kal El’s homeworld long before the relentless beast battled Superman on Earth.
DC Comics shared a first look at Batman/Superman #3.1 Doomsday as the killer alien monster stars in his own stand-alone story by Greg Pak and Brett Booth. The book arrives September 25th. Continue reading DOOMSDAY Preview
The casting of Ben Affleck as the next Batman inspired this week’s Friday Flashback:
We’re not going back that far into the past but the sudden Batfleck frenzy made me think of The Court of Owls. When Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo relaunched Batman in The New 52 they created this modern classic that would make a perfect Dark Knight movie. Continue reading Friday Flashback Batman: Court of Owls
Ben Affleck is the next Batman so that leaves Ryan Gosling open to playing the masked vigilante Affleck once portrayed. Gosling was rumored to be a front-runner (or was that just fanboy and girl frenzy?) for the Dark Knight so let’s restart the fire for a Man Without Fear reboot!
Give Gosling the billy club! Time to revisit the dream cast for a new Daredevil reboot now that the movie rights to Daredevil back at Marvel Disney I revisited my dream cast for a new film starring The Man Without Fear. Continue reading Batman Cast, Now Ryan Gosling Can Be Daredevil
Ben Affleck will play Batman opposite Henry Cavill as Superman in the Man of Steel sequel. The film is still untitled but Warner Brothers announced it will be released July 17, 2015.
It’s Batman Beyond our control now fanboys and fangirls so let’s focus on the why this is a good choice for the next Dark Knight:
The Town: Affleck wrote, directed and starred in one of the best crime dramas in recent years. You could think of Affleck’s Doug McRay as a Bruce Wayne without the billions. The dark conflicted criminal was a physical menace Continue reading Ben Affleck is the new BATMAN
Could Batman have saved Robin?
Damian Wayne died in Batman, Incorporated but the aftermath has continued in the excellent Batman and Robin series by Peter J. Tomasi and Patrick Gleason. Since Robin’s death the series became Batman and a guest star as members of the Batman family joined Bruce in the road to recovery.
This week’s Batman and Nightwing #23 is the final steps to acceptance. It’s violent, painful and demonstrates the lasting power of Bruce and Richard.
I don’t want to give away the story twists and the emotional finale but I will tell this is an incredible issue for fans of Dick Grayson as he comes back to the Batcave for one final fight with Continue reading BATMAN AND NIGHTWING #23 The Final Fight
It’s a blast into the Joker’s past for Villains Month!
DC Comics shared Andy Clarke’s design for The Joker and teased an unexpected Batman villain will be appear in BATMAN #23.1: JOKER.
Today DC Comics Editor Bob Harras revealed that rogue is Jackanapes (last seen in BATMAN, INCORPORATED #5.)
“BATMAN #23.1: JOKER takes place many years ago Continue reading Joker’s New Recruit
Will Batman’s great immortal enemy be the major villain on The CW’s Arrow? Episode 5 of Season Two is called The Demon’s Head according to GreenArrow.net and “will feature a character called Awwal who is a Dark Archer, trained by Merlyn. He is after Lisa.”
The Demon’s Head is the translation of Ra’s Al Ghul, leader of the League of Assassins in Batman mythology. Liam Neeson played Ra’s Al Ghul in The Dark Knight Trilogy but there were no demonic references. Continue reading Ra’s Al Ghul on ARROW?
Batman #23 is the best chapter yet in Zero Year as we experience the moment Bruce becomes the Bat.
You think you the story of Batman but Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo are making the origin exciting, gripping and new.
We jump right into a violent confrontation between Bruce and the Red Hood Gang. Snyder and Capullo messed with Bruce with cruel, creepy, manipulative methods through the Court of Owls and Joker in their previous arcs. The Red Hood Gang leader sadistically beats Bruce physically and emotionally as he shares the twisted connection between them and the night his parents were murdered. Continue reading BATMAN #23 Review