Like the previous installments, Batman: The Adventures Continue issue five is written by Paul Dini and Alan Burnett with artwork from Ty Templeton and colorist Monica Kubina. It puts a new twist on an old tale. Batman confronts the team’s mysterious stalker. It is none other than the second Robin, Jason Todd, now going as…
Ready for the next installment? Batman: The Adventures Continue issue four is written by Paul Dini and Alan Burnett with artwork from Ty Templeton and colorist Monica Kubina. After chasing Catwoman on the rooftops of Gotham City, she is accosted by a mysterious masked man with a flaming sword. After Batman fights off this man…
Bill Finger and Bob Kane gave Batman a nemesis that would not only challenge him, but also pull at his heartstrings. Selina Kyle, known as the Catwoman, has been an enemy, a girlfriend, a flirt, and even a partner to the Dark Knight during his career in Gotham City. One thing is for sure, DC…
Tom King brings his time as the DC Comics “Batman” writer to a close with the “City of Bane” story-arc, which is a whopping ten-part series that starts with issue 75, has a side-story in the second issue of Batman: Secret Files, and concludes with issue 85 (variant seen above). There are some spoilers in…
For 2019’s Batman Day, I wanted to highlight a piece of forgotten history from the Dark Knight of Gotham. Prior to moving forward with Bruce Timm’s futuristic take on the Caped Crusader, Batman Beyond, Warner Bros. Animation was going to move forward with a very different animated series possibly titled ‘Batman: No Man’s Land.’ According…
Based on a 2002 – 2003 DC Comics series written by Jeph Loeb and penciled by Jim Lee, Batman: Hush is the 13th feature in the DC Animated Movie Universe directed by Justin Copeland with a screenplay by Ernie Altbacker. Bruce Wayne (Jason O’Mara) meets two old friend Selina Kyle (Jennifer Morrison) and Tommy Elliot…
Following the KGBeast’s attempted murder of Nightwing, DC Comics writer Tom King has taken us on a thrill ride from Gotham City to Russia and back again where Batman discovered that Bane and the Flashpoint version of his father have been secretly running the crime in the city from Arkham Asylum. No one believes Batman…
Tom King returns to the DC Comics series Batman. After a bizarre interlude with “The Price” the story-arc known as “Knightmares” kicks back into gear with issue 66. Batman is still experiencing nightmares. He’s seeing enemies and allies, this time the Question questions Catwoman on why she left the Batman. It interspersed with images of…
Tom King continues his story-arc in DC Comics’ Batman series. This trilogy spans issues 61, 62, and 63. It is a very odd story-arc that is a bit hard to follow. There are no spoilers in this review. Issue 61 begins with Matthew, a young boy from way back to issue 38. He is a…
There’s something captivating about a woman who knows who to wield power. And it’s properly fascinating to watch her unleash such chaos into the world, all at her own whim. If you’ve been able to check out Jacob’s feature of my list of my favorite female superheroes, I hope you’re ready to face my list…
Warner Bros. brings us a new anime directed by Junpei Mizusaki, the all-new Batman Ninja. It takes The World’s Greatest Detective out of Gotham City and into Feudal Japan where he encounters some old enemies and new allies in an epic Martial Arts battle. This review covers the English dubbed version. Batman (Roger Craig Smith)…
In 1994, DC Comics brought us “Batman: The Last Angel,” written by best-selling novelist Eric Lustbader with artwork by Lee Moder and Scott Hana. The graphic novel explores South American mythology and Batman’s complicated relationship with Catwoman. Archaeology Alan Darling arrives in Gotham City with the mask Balam, a bat-god in Mayan mythology who is…
For Batman Day, I decided to compile a list of my favorite quotes from the sequel film Batman Returns, starring Michael Keaton as Bruce Wayne and Michelle Pfeiffer as Catwoman In no particular order, here are my Top 10 Quotes From Batman Returns: “I tried to save you.” – Batman “You’re catnip to a girl…
For Batman Day, I decided to compile a list of my favorite quotes from the 1966 film Batman the Movie, starring Adam West as Bruce Wayne, Burt Ward as Robin, Cesar Romero as the Joker, and Lee Meriwether as Catwoman. In no particular order, here are my Top 10 Quotes From Batman (1966): “Some days,…
I’ll be honest, not every superhero film will be or can be an Avengers: Age of Ultron or Batman VS Robin. Many of them are pointless, awful, hammy, or just plain dumb. Everything from casting to story to directing to special effects, they were put together with the effort of high school film club. You’ve seen Part 1, Here’s…
I have been making my list of Top 50 favorite Batman villains. If you have been following, then you made it to the Top 50! Woohoo! Way to go. So, here is my Top 10 Batman bad guys. The Riddler- Edward Nashton is a brilliant criminal who has long plagued Gotham City. In fact, in…
Batman has protected Gotham City through thick and thin. DC Comics has put him the Batman Family through extreme trial in several comic book and graphic novel plots. There have been great ones like The Long Halloween, Going Sane, and Batman: Earth One. However, there were some incredibly weird, ridiculous, and outright stupid plots. Here…
Comic book writer Chuck Dixon and artist John Van Fleet bring us ‘Batman: The Chalice,’ a DC Comics one-shot graphic novel that combines medieval legend with Gotham City mythos. After stopping Two-Face from escaping Arkham Asylum, Batman is wounded with a bullet lodged in his leg. Not even Alfred Pennyworth’s skill are enough to remove…
Batman Year One is an adaption of the bestselling Frank Miller series of the same name that tells the origin of two heroes of Gotham City. One is the Caped Crusader, who haunts the night as a masked vigilante, and the other, a heroic cop who battles not only crime, but also corruption within his…
