Ah, the early 2000s! During the transition into the twenty-first century, kids everywhere would wake up and watch their favorite Saturday morning cartoons! As previously stated, they would wait to hear their favorite theme songs come on to introduce these shows. From traveling to Townsville to the Watchtower to space and beyond! Here Are My…
Comic book writer Brian Michael Bendis’ Batman Universe miniseries comes to its conclusion with the sixth and final issue from DC Comics. This series has gone from the streets of Gotham City, into the past, and then back to the base of the villainous Vandal Savage. Following issue five, Batman has been absorbed into the…
Brian Michael Bendis continued his Dark Knight saga with Batman Universe issue five. What began as an investigation into the Riddler stealing a decorative egg with Green Arrow, it turns out to be a powerful item that sends Batman on a journey through time and space. Following issue four, Batman is dying in Crime Alley…
Frank Miller’s Superman: Year One continues the new origin for Clark Kent for DC Comics mature-reader Black Label. The famous writer partners with artist John Romita, Jr. to retell the early days of the Last Son of Krypton. Clark Kent is graduating college at Kansas State University and gets a job at the Daily Planet…
Writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Nick Derington continue the DC Comics series Batman Universe with issue four where the Dark Knight and Green Lantern have been mysteriously teleported from tracking Vandal Savage on Dinosaur Island to the wild West. Teamed with fellow Justice League member Hal Jordan following issue three, the Caped Crusader and…
Writer Scott Snyder and artist Greg Capullo are together again for Batman: Last Knight On Earth. The DC Comics Black Label takes the Dark Knight out of the mean streets of Gotham City and into an Earth decimated after a cataclysmic event, killing most of the Justice League and wiping out a big population of…
Batman Universe is written by Brian Michael Bendis with artwork by Nick Derington, who also did the cover art. Though it was speculated that Bendis might be taking over Batman’s main title series, DC Comics confirmed that former Detective Comics writer James Tynion IV would assume writing in January. In the third issue of Batman…
Screenwriter Marc Guggenheim (best known for Arrow, Legends of Tomorrow) tries his hand at writing a comic book storyline for DC Comics. Along with artists Jerry Bingham and Mark Farmers they bring us the graphic novel Batman: Super Powers, collected from Batman Confidential #50-54. In the early days of the Dark Knight protecting Gotham City,…
The hit animated television show Young Justice returned for a third half season subtitled ‘Outsiders,’ this time not on Cartoon Network, but as part of the new DC Universe online streaming service. As Robin would have said in the first season, it was not whelmed, but in fact, very underwhelming. For the stuff I liked,…
Justice League VS The Fatal Five is a film set in the continuity of the DC Animated Universe (DCAU) which includes Batman: The Animated Series and Justice League Unlimited. Directed by Sam Liu, it features the Gardener Fox created DC Comics villains from the 31st century, the Fatal Five. Tharok (Peter Jessop), Persuader (Matthew Yang King)…
Have you read Dark Nights Metals? It is a new DC Comics event written by Scott Snyder and drawn by Greg Capullo with a whole host of other amazing and talented creators. Check out my marathon covering the series below: Batman and the Justice League face their worse nightmares. The dark multiverse ruler Barbatos has…
You know the story of Hal Jordan, who was summoned by Abin Sur a dying member of the Green Lantern Corp and become one of their greatest members. We also know the story of how Bruce Wayne watched his parents die and that inspired him to become Batman. What if, instead of seeing a bat, Bruce…
Originally meant to be a spin-off the Cartoon Network series Justice League: Unlimited, producer Bruce Timm decided to revamp the film into a standalone movie Justice League: Crisis On Two Earths. It was written by Dwayne McDuffie, directed by Sam Liu and Lauren Montgomery, and released through Warner Bros. Animation. A heroic Lex Luthor (Chris…
Continuing with my birthday trend, here’s a list of my favorite comic book story lines! (Spoiler: A lot are Batman) Batman: Year One Spider-Man: The Real Clone Saga Superman: Red Son X-Men First Class Sonic The Hedgehog: The Search For Ixis Naugus Batgirl: The Darkest Reflection Superman: Whatever Happened To The Man Of Tomorrow Batman:…
Just Imagine Fight(s) has a brand new duel for you. These epic battles between two famous fictional characters are not traditional, but seriously cool. Best of all, the characters can be from anywhere. Comic books, Saturday morning cartoons, anime. video games are all up for grabs. Normally these characters would never crossover, but on this blog,…
‘Justice League: Throne of Atlantis‘ is the fourth entry into the DC Animated Movie Universe from Warner Bros. Animation. It is directed by Ethan Spaulding and very loosely based on the “Throne of Atlantis” from Geoff Johns’ New 52 story-arc. Colonel Steve Trevor (George Newbern) visits Justice League headquarters and speaks with Cyborg (Shemar Moore)…
The Lego Movie tells the story of a very common Lego man named Emmit, who is just ordinary. However, after he meets a Lego woman named Wild Style (who is dating Batman) Emmit is told he is The Special, a Lego Master Builder chosen to free all of the Lego Universes from Lord Business who…
Justice League: War is a new animated film directed by Jay Oliva. It is the second of the newly created DC Animated Movie Universe from Warner Animation and based on DC Comics’ New 52 story “Justice League: Origin” by Geoff Johns and Jim Lee. Batman (Jason O’Mara) is investigating a series of kidnappings in Gotham…
I’m going to not choose for Superman since Henry Cavill was satisfactory or Batman since DC intends to bring themselves to bankruptcy with the dumbest casting decision EVER!!! Instead, I am going to cast for founding Leagues and 1 or 2 extra. Wonder Woman- Jennifer Morrison- I can totally see her as the Amazon Princess,…
Flashpoint was a mini-series in the DC Universe that changed the “New Earth” reality into the “Earth Prime,” giving DC Comics a total reboot and becoming the New 52. Brought to us by Warner Premier and directed by Jay Olivia, Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox of the comic book series takes many liberties, but overall…
What is development limbo? It is Hollywood movies that have gotten starts, but for whatever reason have never moved forward. As seen in Part 3, development limbo is not limited to live action films. It can happen to animated films as well. Here is my list of Movies Stuck In Development Limbo We Want To…
