In what seems to be a run-up to a clash on multiple Earths of the Multiverse, DC Entertainment released a poster yesterday promoting The New 52: Futures End. The upcoming, weekly series will be teased with a free #0 issue on Free Comic Book Day next month. So far, while we’ve...
In a cryptic tweet this morning, Identity Crisis author Brad Meltzer seemed to imply that he will have a new Batman project announced soon. Saying that he’d just received Batman art from “one of my favorite artists…who’s covered me before,” Meltzer promised an announcement soon. Of course, this weekend is WonderCon,...
Jonathan Nolan, co-writer of The Dark Knight and brother of director Christopher Nolan, was a guest on Larry King Now earlier this week and weighed in on Ben Affleck being cast as Batman. “Warner Bros. has a fantastic relationship with Ben,” Nolan said, “he’s a fantastic filmmaker and a phenomenal...
DC All Access has debuted the first clip from Darwyn Cooke’s Batman Beyond animated short, made in celebration of Batman’s 75th anniversary. The clip shoes Terry McGinnis, the Batman of Batman Beyond, battling in the Batcave with what looks like a Batman robot gone agro. Darwyn Cooke designed the original...
By the end of 2014, Batman will have a Robin again — although who it will be in the role isn’t yet clear. A new one-shot by Peter J. Tomasi will usher in a new status quo for Batman’s sidekick, and then Tomasi’s Batman and… book will resume with its original...
DC Entertainment has released a new clip from the upcoming animated feature Son of Batman. The clip shows Damian, Batman’s son, doing some “gardening” at Wayne Manor. In Son of Batman, based on Grant Morrison and Andy Kubert’s Batman and Son, Batman learns he has a violent, unruly pre-teen son,...
Jaime Reyes, the Blue Beetle, will be joining the roster of playable champions in Infinite Crisis. Jamie Reyes wandered into a fight between warring super-human gangs and, desperate to escape, stumbled across the object which they were fighting over: a strange blue scarab. The scarab bonded to Jamie and instantly...
Last night during the “Blood Moon” lunar eclipse, DC Comics released a teaser poster for The New 52: Futures End, featuring a number of surprising images from around the DC Universe-to-be. “When Futures End, the blood moon rises,” says the poster, which features 22 characters, including the long-missing Booster Gold,...
Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer will likely score Batman vs. Superman. Zimmer scored Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel, as well as Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight Trilogy. He told Digital Spy that Snyder asked him to return for Batman vs. Superman. “We’ve already had a couple of chats, and once I finish...
Hack/Slash creator Tim Seeley steps out of the pack of Batman Eternal writers to team up with Tom King, a former CIA counterterrorism operations officer, and take on Dick Grayson, the original Robin, in a new super-spy series launching in July, USA Today reports. Titled simply Grayson, the issue is one of a number...
The fan-favorite, digital-first anthology series Adventures of Superman will wrap its run today and be replaced on May 19 by Infinite Crisis, a digital-first series set in the world of the new video game of the same name. That’s the word from DC Entertainment, who say, “Infinite Crisis has a stellar creative team...
Jason Aaron and R.M. Guera’s Vertigo Comics series, Scalped is being adapted into a television series, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Scalped is a crime noir comic set on a Native American reservation. The show will be scripted and executive produced by Doug Jung (Banshee) for Warner Horizon Television. The...
Grant Morrison will return to DC superhero comics for the first time since finishing his acclaimed Batman Incorporated run with The Multiversity, which will (finally) be released beginning in August and stretching through 2015, Comic Book Resources reports. Each issue will be 40 pages in length, featuring art by Chris Sprouse and...
Last week’s launch of the new Aquaman and the Others gave the scaly superhero a second, ongoing monthly series for the first time and put Dan Jurgens — who wrote and drew a year of Aquaman 14 years ago — and Lan Medina in the drivers’ seats. Jurgens is also working on The New...
Amanda Waller’s Task Force X, recently featured on on episode of the hit CW series Arrow, will get a new #1 this summer as Suicide Squad relaunches from DC Comics. The title, launching as New Suicide Squad according to IGN, will launch on July 9 — just before San Diego Comic Con International...
