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Opinion: Weekly Awards For The Comic Books From December 24, 2008
All right, let’s go ahead and dish out The Revolution’s weekly awards.<br /><br />The nominees for the Che for the best read of the week:<br /><br />Batman #683<br />Daredevil #114<br />Nova #20<br />Thor #12<br />Ultimate Spider-Man #129<br />Wolverine: First Class #10<br /><br /><b style="color: red;">The Winner</b&...
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Two very odd scenes from Batman/Doc Savage Special #1
Original at Every Day Is Like Wednesday
• 18 hours ago
By Caleb(noreply@blogger.com) Did...did they really just have Batman grope a woman to distract Savage? That...that's a really weird plan there, Batman. I...I can't even make sense of this sequence, but Azzarello and Noto expended more panels on Batman touching that woman and her reacting then they did on the drama of the dark hai...
Fan Fandom: Gotham Knights Online
Original at Newsarama
• Thu, Nov 19
By Troy Brownfield The first candidate? Gotham Knights Online. GKO distinguishes itself in a number of ways. It’s visually appealing, it covers a variety of Batman-related material, and it has a podcast that’s landed guest appearances by the likes of Greg Rucka and Mike Marts. In addition to discussing and r...
Podcast: The Batman Adventures #1
Original at The Comics Podcast Network
• Thu, Nov 19
By twotruefreaks In this, the first installment of The Batman Adventures, normally verbose podcast host Scott H. Gardner challenges himself to produce an engaging and interesting one-issue-at-a-time review show of the comic book series based on the DC Animated Universe — in 5 minutes or less per episod...
Podcast: Alternate Reality – Episode 261
Original at The Comics Podcast Network
• Wed, Nov 18
By JonAR 0:07:42 – Comic Reviews 0:08:28 – Batman / Doc Savage Special #1 0:19:18 – Batman & Robin #6 0:34:36 – Strange #1 0:45:04 – Amazing Spider-Man #611 0:55:34 – G.I. Joe #11 1:06:07 – Green Lantern Corps #42 Catch Chris Partin’s Comics Blog over at: http://justaboutcomics.com/
Podcast: Episode 261 - Batman / Doc Savage Special #1
Original at Alternate Reality
• Wed, Nov 18
Episode #261 The guys welcome Chris Partin again this week to talk comics and talk they do. The best book of the week hands down was the Batman / Doc Savage Special #1 and Charlie explains to us why. Jon is terribly upset that DC had finlly killed one of his favorite characters in Green Lantern Co...
January May Be Decision Time for Batman 3
Original at ReelzChannel Movie
• Wed, Nov 18
By Ryan Gowland Ever since Christopher Nolan finished The Dark Knight, speculation has lingered over whether he will return for a third installment. Batman-on-Film reports that there is "scuttlebutt" that Warner Bros. may be finalizing their plans on Batman 3 in January of next year. Whether or not thei...
The Pull List podcast #104: BATMAN/DOC SAVAGE SPECIAL / PUNISHER MAX #1 / SANDMAN MYSTERY THEATRE #1
Original at The Comics Podcast Network
• Wed, Nov 18
By Craig D 0:02:45 – BATMAN/DOC SAVAGE SPECIAL: Enter a world where Batman is a brash, young upstart and Doc Savage is the pinicle of humanity. Oh, and they fight each other! 0:21:27 – The Stacks: 0:22:16 – BATMAN & ROBIN #6 0:23:35 – FABLES #90 0:24:32 – X-FORCE #21 0:26:16 – X-BABIES #2
‘Twas the Night Before Wednesday…
Original at Newsarama
• Tue, Nov 17
By J. Caleb Mozzocco I haven’t read Superman/Batman in a while, but then, they haven’t eschewed the World’s Finest team and instead used Bizarro and Man-Bat instead yet. They’ll give it a try in tomorrow’s Superman/Batman #66, in which the two characters will contend with Black Lantern Solomon Grundy. It’s g...
Buy This: 'The Dark Knight' for ... $3.99
Original at Cinematical
• Mon, Nov 16
By Erik Davis Other 2008 films Target plans to sell for $3.99 include Sex and the City and Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Personally, I can't wait to see how far these guys go while trying to one up the other. If Target will sell The Dark Knight for $3.99, will Walmart give it to you for two bucks? Or maybe Amazon wil...
Batman 3 Fan Trailers
Original at Comic Book Movie
• Mon, Nov 16
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Opinion: The first part of First Wave—Batman/Doc Savage Special #1
Original at Newsarama
• Sun, Nov 15
By J. Caleb Mozzocco This Batman carries a gun, but he’s not the Batman of 1939—and that’s a shame, as there’s a thrilling creepiness about that Batman design, a sense of the bizarre that only gets stronger the farther and farther away we’re removed from him. This Batman looks exactly like our Batman, except f...
Batman 3 Rumor Rundown
Original at Comic Book Movie
• Sat, Nov 14
A review of the news and rumors surrounding the possible sequel to The Dark Knight!
Opinion: The Week In Ink: November 11, 2009
Original at the-isb.com
• Thu, Nov 12
By Chris Sims Batman/Doc Savage Special #1: Earlier today, Kevin Church pretty much nailed this one on Twitter when he said that if your story ends with Doc Savage telling everyone Batman didn’t commit a murder because Batman uses a different kind of gun, then you’re doing it wrong. And that, I think, is...
What If Moviemakers Swapped Franchises?
Original at io9
• Tue, Nov 10
By Graeme McMillan Pros: You'd get a new Batman movie every two years, even if Michael Bay would complain and tell people that he didn't want to make it but the studio offered him so much money he couldn't say no. Plus, with Bay attached, you know that they'd get to Catwoman as soon as humanly possible instead of t...
Review: 'Justice League the Complete Series'
Original at ComicMix
• Sat, Nov 7
By Robert Greenberger For those who only knew the Justice League of America as the Super Friends must have been in for a rude awakening when they sat to watch the Justice League animated series with their kids. From 2001 through 2006, the Cartoon Network offered up what has since gone on to be recognized as the grea...
Opinion: Nostalgia November Day 04 -- Batman Annual #15
Original at Comics Should Be Good!
• Wed, Nov 4
By Chad Nevett In the year 2001... Killer Croc wrestles Batman and Robin on TV every week. In the year 2001... Batman and Robin have rocket-boots. In the year 2001... Batman watches Catwoman die and then shakes his fist at the sky, screaming "THIS IS IT, JOKER! TONIGHT IS IT!"
Opinion: Nostalgia November Day 02 -- Batman: Shadow of the Bat #63
Original at Comics Should Be Good!
• Mon, Nov 2
By Chad Nevett Each day in November, I will read and review/discuss/whatever one comic taken from a box of some of my childhood comics. Today, it's Batman: Shadow of the Bat #63. Batman: Shadow of the Bat by Alan Grant and Dave Taylor is the second part of "Janus," a Two-Face story where a new vigilante named...
Podcast: Two True Freaks! Episode 78 – Batman: Mask of the Phantasm – The Animated Movie Halloween Special
Original at The Comics Podcast Network
• Mon, Oct 26
By twotruefreaks Join Freaks Chris Honeywell and Scott Gardner, along with their Special Guest Chris Johnson of the Quantum Blunderbuss Podcast for an exciting review of the Greatest Batman Film of All Time — Batman: Mask of the Phantasm – The Animated Movie!! Along the way, the fellas discuss the fantas...
A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments - Day 291
Original at Comics Should Be Good!
• Sun, Oct 18
By Brian Cronin Here are the last two days of our look at Batman: Year One. On to Year One! Has anyone out there NOT read Year One by now? I only read Year One for the first time last week... You know, only Commies don't like Batman. Never read Year One. Not a big Miller fan, or Batman fan.
Review: Batman and Robin #5
Original at readrant (WordPress)
• Wed, Oct 7
• 3 related articles
By seventhsoldier Batman and Robin remains a remarkably strong title. This issue sees Morrison keep his promise to use the title to create a new host of chilling Bat-villains and reinvigorate one of comics most well-known (and increasingly overused) rogues’ galleries with the late-game introduction o...
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Original at readrant (WordPress)
• Sun, Sep 27
By dclebeau When “Public Enemies” was announced, I have to admit I was a little disappointed. I read Jeph Loeb’s run on Superman/Batman. For me, Superman/Batman was when Loeb embraced big, stupid spectacle over well-written comics. “Public Enemies” made no sense. But Loeb didn’t seem to care as lo...
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Original at Comic Book Movie
• Sun, Sep 20
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Original at The Comics Podcast Network
• Sat, Sep 19
By DrNorge Episode 178: Blackest Night #3. We had a crazy week but it didn’t stop us from sneaking out a show to you tonight. This episode, Jim joins us via the phone as we focus on Blackest Night #3. We really try to dissect this issue to give you our thoughts on what mysteries were solved and where we think th...
Fic: An Ode to Caffeine (1/3)
Original at Batman Slash
• Sat, Sep 19
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Original at ComicMix
• Tue, Sep 15
By Matthew Weinberger As you can glean from the title, it takes place on two different planet Earths: one protected by the Justice League, and one ruled over by the evil Crime Syndicate. When a heroic version of Lex Luthor steps over from that parallel Earth to ask the Justice League for help, a superhero fight bre...
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Original at ComicList
• Tue, Aug 4
By ComicList Aztek showed a lot of promise as a superhero book. The combination of an intriguing lead character with a solid supporting cast, set in a brand new city in D.C. lore (Vanity), gave the book the best foundation any new comic could have. The creators also had Aztek encountering other popular D.C. he...
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Original at Batman Slash
• Thu, Jul 23
Title: By A Thread Author: Mukanshin Rating: G Pairing: Bruce/Batman x Joker Batman, Joker Word Count: Approx. 753 Disclaimer: Batman & The Joker are sadly not mine. *crie* Warnings: None really. Shortness? Almost not quite smex? Summary: Bruce has a question.
How To: THE JOKER ( Heath Ledger ) SPEED PAINTING By SuarezOriginal at tomztoyz (Blogspot)
• Sat, Jul 4
By tomstoyz@cox.net (tomztoyz) Here's a fun video showing the Digital Artist Nacho Suarez drawing the "Heath Ledger Joker" from The Dark Knight Batman movie at a super-speed. The finished product is pretty nice, this guy has a lot of talent. He's using Photoshop CS3 on a Wacom Tablet...enjoy!
Opinion: Grant Morrison Tells All About Batman and Robin
Original at io9
• Wed, Jul 1
By Graeme McMillan With the second issue of DC Comics' Batman and Robin released today, we asked writer Grant Morrison why we need a new Batman, how sane Bruce Wayne really was, and whether Batman is actually sci-fi or not after all. Batman and Robin #2 is in comic stores now.
Fic: Happy New Year, Batman (1/1)
Original at Batman Slash
• Tue, Jun 23
Title: Happy New Year, Batman Rating: PG Genre: Friendship Characters and/or pairings: Jim Gordon, Bruce Wayne/Batman Summary: Jim Gordon lets his most trusted detectives into Gotham's biggest secret, and the GCPD finally gets a chance to repay Batman for what he's done.
Fanfiction: My Favourite Game - Chapter 6
Original at Batman Slash
• Tue, May 12
Author: elvis_a Pairing: Batman/Joker Disclaimer: I own nothing. Rating: G through NC-17 Chapter 6/?? Summary: "There was no such thing as self-control anymore. The Joker laid the trap and Batman came running back every time, helplessly wrapped up in a game of 'catch the clown'."
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Original at wcbr (WordPress)
• Wed, Apr 8
By rhilario The Story: Following the months of Batman’s/ Bruce Wayne’s “death,” there has been nothing but chaos in Gotham City: members of the Bat-Family face various internal struggles regarding the call for the cowl, there’s a mob war between Two-Face and the Penguin, the Black Mask has returne...
Fanfiction: Fik: Broken Promise
Original at Batman Slash
• Fri, Mar 27
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How To: Draw Batman Using MS PaintOriginal at YouTube
• Mon, Mar 23
By rss@youtube.com (shizaep) Author: shizaep Keywords: how to draw batman the dark knight caped crusader christian bale heath ledger using ms microsoft paint oil acrylic watercolours art artistic awesome amazing electric asylum fred youtube sketch portraits shizaep Added: March 23, 2009
CCL Podcast #212 - Before Watchmen
Original at Collected Comics Library
• Wed, Mar 18
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How to draw Batman, Dark Knight step by step Video tutorialOriginal at fr.truveo.com
• Mon, Mar 16
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Batman: Battle for the Cowl Companion, DC Library Death in the Family, and More DC Fall 2009 Collections
Original at Collected Editions
• Fri, Mar 6
By collectededitions(noreply@blogger.com) Batman: Battle for the Cowl Companion Outsiders: The Deep Wonder Woman: Rise of the Olympian Superman: Adventures of Flamebird & Nightwing Batman: Private Casebook SC Superman/Batman: Search for Kryptonite SC Superman: Kryptonite SC Wonder Woman: The Circle SC
Opinion: What I bought - 11 February 2009
Original at Comics Should Be Good!
• Thu, Feb 12
By Greg Burgas If you’ve ever bought a Batman book, you’ll probably like this. You don’t even have to be aware of what Morrison has been doing with the character. Just this: Batman might be dead. All else follows from that. Super Friends #12 (”Starro and the Pirates”) by Sholly Fisch (writer), Stewart McKenn...
How to make the joker on Xbox 360Original at YouTube
• Sat, Jan 3
By rss@youtube.com (kmanthecaveman) This shows you how to look like the joker Author: kmanthecaveman Keywords: Joker "Xbox 360" "Dark night" Batman Added: January 3, 2009
Fanfiction: Creatures of the Night Trailer..Original at YouTube
• Mon, Dec 29
By rss@youtube.com (MadcrowProductions) THIS IS A FANMADE TEASER TRAILER.. PLEASE READ!!** Both made from murder and corruption. One fights for justice, one fights for revenge, both unstable.. What happens when these two legends, Batman and The Crow collide in Gotham City? Enjoy, and be sure to leave some comments and to give it a rat...
How To: Sony Vegas: The Dark Knight Intro TutorialOriginal at YouTube
• Tue, Dec 23
By rss@youtube.com (Reelizee) Author: Reelizee Keywords: Sony Vegas Pro 8.0 Intro Text Cool Effect Reelizee Tutorials Computer Help Howto The Dark Knight Batman TheDarkKnight TDK Joker Preview Added: December 23, 2008
CCL Podcast #199 - A Reprint of Reprints - DC Classics The Batman Annuals
Original at Collected Comics Library
• Wed, Dec 10
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Original at Comics Should Be Good!
• Fri, Nov 28
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How To Draw Batman or the Dark Knight Character Step By StepOriginal at howcast.com
• Thu, Nov 20
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Original at Gotham Times
• Thu, Nov 6
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Original at HowToRedneck
• Thu, Oct 30
Heath Ledger’s joker makeup was awesome! The batman movie wouldn’t have been the same without Heath Ledger and his joker character. This make up can be easy to create authentically with the simple steps in this how to video.
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Original at Graphic Identity
• Tue, Sep 23
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Original at Sex & Villainy
• Mon, Feb 4
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Original at Batman Slash
• Fri, Jan 11
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Original at Cinematical
• Sun, Jul 15
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