Following Batman Urban Legends and DC Pride: Tim Drake Special #1, DC has announced that Tim Drake will get his own ongoing series this fall, with Tim Drake: Robin. Written by Meghan Fitzmartin, who will continue the story she began in Batman Urban Legends last year, and illustrated by Harley …
Read More »The Justice League meets mecha anime in DC Mech – see the trailer
Elseworlds titles are great for how they redesign iconic heroes’ looks, and soon, the Justice League is going to look bigger and tech-ier than ever. In DC Mech, Earth-0’s mightiest heroes (so what, it’s lowercase?) are ditching their traditional superhero garb for massive, anime-inspired robot battle suits. (If that sounds …
Read More »Robin and Batgirl come face to face in DC Pride special
Tim Drake is about to have a really awkward Pride Month encounter… with his ex-girlfriend. As part of its month-long Pride celebration spotlighting LGBTQIA characters and stories, DC has released (opens in new tab) a short preview from DC Pride: Tim Drake Special #1, with a brand new story by …
Read More »Batman voice actor Kevin Conroy thanks fans for their support for his DC Pride 2022 story
Actor Kevin Conroy is well known to Batman fans as the long time voice of the Caped Crusader in Batman: The Animated Series, its spin-offs, and a host of other media including TV, video games, and more, even appearing in live-action as an older Bruce Wayne in the DC TV …
Read More »Flashpoint Beyond and Dark Crisis connection might be deeper than we think
The world of DC’s Flashpoint is back in full swing, despite the best efforts of Thomas Wayne. The alternate-universe Batman stars in Flashpoint Beyond, which sees the more violent, no-holds-barred Batman investigating the sudden resurrection of his home reality after its destruction in the Batman/Flash crossover, The Button. The series’ …
Read More »Abyss returns in Batman #124 preview
Batman #124 (opens in new tab) marks writers Joshua Williamson and artist Howard Porter’s final issue on the title before the new creative team of writer Chip Zdarsky and artist Jorge Jimenez takes over with Batman #125. And for their grand finale, Williamson and Porter are digging into a new …
Read More »The Els flash fly Prince Wayne in Dark Knights of Steel #7 preview
DC’s Dark Knights of Steel follows the publisher’s long tradition of putting well-known DC heroes in new situations, new contexts, and new worlds (once upon a time, we called them Elseworlds, but that’s a story for another time), with a medieval fantasy setting centered on – who else? – Batman …
Read More »Flashpoint Beyond connects to Dark Crisis through Hypertime
Flashpoint Beyond #2 (opens in new tab) delves deeper into the limited series’ exploration of DC continuity (or what the comic has labeled DC’s ‘Divine Continuum’) and the concept of the Omniverse, going so far as to connect Flashpoint Beyond to DC’s impending ‘Dark Crisis’ crossover event in a set …
Read More »DC announces two middle grade Batman titles
DC just announced two Batman-centric middle-grade graphic novels for release in 2023, and one will offer alternative origins for multiple heroes in the DC Universe while the other explores one superfan’s way of honoring his favorite Justice League hero. Bruce Wayne: Not Super (Image credit: DC Comics) (opens in new …
Read More »Geo-Force is the real killer of Ras al Ghul in Shadow War
We’ve known since the beginning of the Batman-Robin-Deathstroke Inc. ‘Shadow War’ crossover that Slade Wilson AKA Deathstroke didn’t really kill Ra’s ah Ghul – it was just a fake Deathstroke intentionally using an old school costume and moniker to throw off the scent of their actual identity. But now we …
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