Batman

By A.P. Fuchs The Bruce Timm-designed Batman series is a staple on the animated superhero genre. The sleek yet angler style’s been used in Batman: The Animated Series, Batman Beyond, Superman: The Animated Series and Justice League and Justice League Unlimited. And in Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman...

By senatorspacer Superhero games have a long lineage of sucking badly, and continue to do so. But from the shadows of Gotham City comes Batman to save the day. Batman: Arkham Asylum is everything you would want from a Batman game and everything you would want from an action game combined in one. Making Batman no...

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!"

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...

By legacysword@gmail.com (Kevin) Tony Daniel's writing on Battle for the Cowl was very unimpressive. Still, since the end of Battle for the Cowl I have been enjoying the new direction of the Batman universe with Dick Grayson as Batman and where all of the other Batman related characters are at. So let's see how Daniel's does i...

By jlurevisited Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale are practically joined at the hip in terms of their contribution to Batman Lore, most famously via The Long Halloween, the miniseries which played a large role in the development of Chris Nolan’s Batman movies. However, before that series, Loeb and Sale produced thr...

By J. Caleb Mozzocco “The songs and the superheroism don’t quite gel here as well as they should. Plus, Batman should never, ever sing”: That bit of blasphemy comes from Marc Bernardin, in a post on EW’s Pop Watch blog, referring to the musical episode of Batman: The Brave and the Bold, an extremely awesome epis...

By Bill Reed At last, the musical episode of Batman: Brave and the Bold has hit American shores, and oh boy, was it worth the wait. Hit it! Written by: Michael Jelenic and James Tucker and lots of other people I've never seen the Brave And The Bold show. I never even heard of it until I starting reading ...

By DMonkey The story is pretty good, and features many of the classic Batman villains who are locked up in Arkham Asylum.  While it does tend to have a lot of false endings, it still keeps you interested.  The characters and their voice acting is pretty good, although after see Heath Ledger as the Joker n...

By legacysword@gmail.com (Kevin) Synopsis: The issue begins with Batman get the hell beat out of him by Two-Face, who is wearing a red and black Batman costume. Two-Face yells at Batman who he thinks he is since the real Batman is dead. Batman then figures out that he has been drugged and is hallucinating Two-Face wearing a Bat...

By noreply@blogger.com (Caleb) Blackest Night: Batman #3 (DC Comics) Superman could have shut this whole place down without killing anyone or allowing anyone else to kill anyone. Batman might not have been able to, but he would have tried. But Wonder Woman? She’s apparently no Superman or Batman.

By Caitlin Petrakovitz On FOX at 9 PM the team started decoding dreams when people are being turned into monsters via what sounds like a backdoor in their brains. And Broyles meets with Nina Sharp — whoa, is more lip-locking action in store? Batman: The Brave and the Bold -

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...

By Scott Mendelson What does work is the character interplay between Batman and Superman. While this movie is obviously missing the back-and-forth thought bubbles that were a trademark of the Superman/Batman comic series in its early days, enough of the memorable wordplay makes its way onto the screen. An...

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...

By (B.O.M.B.) Brian Ellis Batman Arkham Asylum has its own storyline written by Paul Dini and is a third-person, action-adventure game with stealth elements. The basic story is that The Joker has been brought back to Arkham and during his transfer, he escapes and takes over the island. It’s up to Batman to stop the J...

By Henry Chamberlain I wasn’t sure what to expect from Smith’s take on Batman. Some of my comics friends had been put off by Smith’s Batman not saying what Batman would say. And then there’s the whole thing with the Joker taking a walk on the wild side. Well, it’s not exactly too big of a leap to see the character as gay. T...

By seventhsoldier Batman and Robin remains one of DC’s strongest new titles as Morrison’s story continues to build off itself.  Tan turns out to be a solid fit for the book, providing it with a gritty feel well-suited to the current story, but without abandoning the book’s peculiar streak of humanity.  Batma...

By David Pepose QUESTION: The title is Superman/Batman: Public Enemies, but that’s not what this film is all about, is it? QUESTION: What does Tim Daly bring to Superman? QUESTION: And what makes Kevin Conroy the definitive voice of Batman? QUESTION: Why couldn’t you bring comics home?

By noreply@blogger.com (Andrenn) Batman: the Caped Crusader (1988) Batman (1989-1990) Batman: Return(Revenge) of the Joker (1991-1992) Batman Returns (1993) Batman: The Animated Series (1993) The Adventures of Batman and Robin (1994) Batman Forever (1996) Batman and Robin ( 1997)

By ComicList There are three comparisons to this story arc that might come to mind when reading this new series. First, Knightfall, Dick Grayson's first crack at becoming Batman, second, Batman and Son, Damien's arrival on the scene and RIP, Bruce Wayne's final adventure as Batman (for now).

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.

By tomstoyz@cox.net (tomztoyz) There's a brand-new Batman book out there right now that you might have heard about. It's called THE BATCAVE COMPANION & it was recently published by TwoMorrows Publishing. The basic premise is that it covers Batman's real-life comic book history from, let's say, 1964 through 1979. In...

By Alasdair Wilkins Meanwhile, Dick Grayson and Tim Drake try to sort out who will take on the mantle of Batman, with Dick not even entirely sure there needs to be a new Batman. Their decisions are complicated by the emergence of a mysterious new Batman, who is clearly well-trained, has connections to Bruce Way...

By rsg8101 The Story: As Gotham reals from the destructive attacks from the Black Mask, Nightwing assembles “The Network,” a band of Gotham heroes, to plot a response to the unprecedented terrorism that has been unleashed on the city. Afterwards, he confronts an unhinged Jason Todd who has ...

By Henry Chamberlain DC Comics Batman #686 and Detective Comics #853  DC Comics Story by Neil Gaiman and Art by Andy Kubert We all know that Batman isn’t really dead. But it’s nice to see a death of Batman story turned into a sweet Neil Gaiman confection. You can read “Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?” no...

By Scott Thill Wired.com: That famous preface messes with the idea of canon and continuity. Moore's comic is arguably outside DC Comics continuity, and so arguably is yours. Same goes for a bunch of other awesome comics. Has continuity outlived its usefulness?

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...

By LaRevolucion44@aol.com (Rokk Krinn) Catwoman then asks what if she cleans up Gotham. What then? Will Batman then retire? Batman answers that cleaning up Gotham will never happen. Catwoman slips free from the cuffs. Catwoman says that her parents were killed, too. Catwoman says that Batman is not alone. Catwoman then disappears. Batman just stands there. The first story would be the "death" of the Golden Age Batman. The second story would be the death of the Silver Age Batman. This could be the metaphysical interpretation of how DC "killed" the Golden Age Batman to give us a much different Silver Age Batman. And then years down the road, DC "killed" the Silver Age Batman to give us the much different post-1986 version of Batman.   [read the full post]

By Heather Rated PG-13 for brooding, dark violence. 126 Minutes   Directed By: Tim Burton Written By: Daniel Waters Staring: Michael Keaton, Michelle Pfieffer, Danny DeVito, Christopher Walken, Michael Gough, and Michael Murphy   Saved by kitty litter. -Catwoman   Synopsis   When a corrupt bus...

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...

By Brian Cronin The little touches really made the comic, though, especially the introduction of the major Batman villains, from Catwoman to Two-Face to Joker. Their entrances were almost note-perfect. Not really, as that was villains describing various deathtraps, whereas the Catwoman and Alfred s...

By Andrew Hickey Superman kills Darkseid with the power of song! Captain Carrot! Batman meets Anthro! Supermen of fifty worlds teaming up with angels and did I mention Captain Carrot?! Frankenstein’s monster riding a giant wolf with Wonder Woman in its mouth! When I wrote about Final Crisis 3, I wrote

By pozzyfreak Kyle Posluszny Posted in Batman, DC Comics, Reviews   Tagged: Batman, Batman Cacophony, Batman: Cacophony #2 Review, DC Comics, Funny, Guy Major, Joker, Kevin Smith, Maxie Zeus, Onomatopoeia, Sandra Hope, Walter Flanagan    By Kevin Smith (Writer), Walter Flanagan (Pencils), S...

By Rokk Krinn(noreply@blogger.com) 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>: Daredevil #114<br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">&am...   [read the full post]

By noreply@blogger.com (collectededitions) Green Arrow: Year One is a re-telling of the origin of Green Arrow by writer Andy Diggle and artist Jock (real name Mark Simpson) that tries to do what Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli did for Batman to its title character. Although it might not be quite up to the standard of the sublime Bat...

By Travis Batman’s secret weapon to use against the Tangetn Superman is Supes’ ex-wife, Lola Dent. Jurgen’s layouts are very good, and the reader will get a lot more visually from this issue than from the latest in either Batgirl or Batman and the Outsiders. All of the various heroes make their way to N...

By noreply@blogger.com (collectededitions) I remember how excited I was when Superman/Batman premiered with Jeph Loeb and Ed McGuiness in 2003; anyone who's followed the book since then knows its gone steeply downhill. Mark Verheiden's Enemies Among Us was a fun a-continuity celebration of Silver Age comics, but after Alan Burne...

By noreply@blogger.com (Rokk Krinn) Writer: Grant Morrison We shift to Dick in his Nightwing costume and stating that he is going to be on his own with the Teen Titans. We cut to Bruce telling Alfred how time has flown by. Bruce stares at the display case with the Robin outfit in it. Bruce tells Alfred to say goodbye to the Batcave. That it is now just Bruce, Alfred and Gotham City. The Silver Age love interest is none other than the real Kathy Kane also known as Batwoman. Kathy Kane first appeared in Detective Comics #233 in 1956. Batwoman was then killed in Detective Comics #485. DC then retroactively erased Batwoman from Batman’s continuity via Crisis on Infinite Earths.   [read the full post]

And as was the case when the James Cameron epic soared, The Dark Knight deserved its success. In Batman Begins, we saw Batman (Christian Bale) deliver a blow to organized crime in Gotham. However, he couldn�t completely kill the mob, and they continue to thrive under different management. A...

By John Wells I can’t help but think, too, that Morrison’s treatment of the Joker reflects a bit on the villain’s usage in the wider DC Comics line. In Morrison’s first issue (#655), the character was casually defeated by a nut in a Batman costume who shot him in the face. And in this climax, his fate was even...

By TheAnswerMVP2001 Sunday, July 20, 2008 The Dark Knight (2008) The most anticipated film of the year is finally here, and to call it a success would only be an understatement. Following the huge success of the revival of the classic comic series with Batman Begins, fans have been waiting impatiently for thre...

By ComicList In honor of the theatrical release of The Dark Knight, I present to you one of the better Batman stories from the eighties, found in 1984's Batman Special #1. is recommended for any and all comics fans, because it’s comics done right. Find it at comics shops, as well as online retailers and auc...

By Brad Curran So, it’s one thing to not be able to reconcile one creative team’s Batman with another. My biggest nerd quibble is that I can hardly reconcile this Batman with the one in Miller’s own pinnacle of Bat-work, Year One. I could handle his somewhat demented take on the character in Dark Knight by th...

By waufreak89 While Batman Begins did a nice job of establishing Batman’s origin, The Dark Knight benefits from being able to build on that solid foundation. No time is wasted on screen, action and dailogue all weave together to make a rich tapestry.

By Brad Curran Quick! I think I see a couple pieces on the femur that Chris Sims didn’t get to yet! At July 17, 2008, Alan Coil wrote: Which will give me more reasons to name-drop Chris Sims!" To be honest, I've seen far less "this is poor writing" comments on ASSBAR than "this is not Batman" comments. ...

By john@themovieblog.com (John Campea) Thanks for checking out our “The Dark Knight” review. You can also check out our video version of The Dark Knight review at the bottom of this post. Holy crap did Two Face look WICKED!!! CHECK OUT OUR VIDEO VERSION OF THE DARK KNIGHT REVIEW BELOW

By noreply@blogger.com (Rokk Krinn) Batman #677 Final Crisis #1 Giant Sized Astonishing X-Men #1 Marvel 1985 #1 The Winner: Batman #677 However, I had to give The Che for the best read of the week to Morrison’s other title: Batman #677. I have already glowingly praised this issue in my review. Suffice it to say that Morrison is blowing my mind with his Batman RIP story arc. This is an incredibly crafted mystery story. Action Comics #865 Daredevil #107 The Winner: Action Comics #865 However I had to give the award for Most Surprising Read of the week to Action Comics #685. This was a great little read. I was already to dismiss this issue as pure filler. That Action Comics #865 was just an effort by Johns to burn some pages and waste time until the next major story arc. I was wrong.   [read the full post]

By Chris Ullrich Batman, Batman, Batman. Ok, do I have your attention now? Good because this is great stuff and something that if you're a fan of then Batman character, the Batman Begins film and eagerly awaiting its sequel, The Dark knight, you can't possibly afford to pass up. But before I get to the new and e...

By Sterfish The manga begins as a TV news crew from Japan comes to Gotham City to do a story on Batman. The crew is lead by reporter Yuko Yagi, an ambitious young woman who is a fan of the dark knight. Upon their arrival in Gotham City, Two-Face takes an office full of civilians hostage. The crew sneaks onto the...