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io9Books & ComicsPennyworth‘s Second Season Will Feature Bruce Wayne, Uh, Kind Of
It’s a truth universally acknowledged that every Batman prequel will feature Bruce Wayne eventually. But it usually doesn’t occur like this. As revealed yesterday at DC Fandome, Pennyworth, a TV show that is getting a second season on Epix, a network I legitimately have no idea how to watch, will be progressing its Alfred-centric prequel … Continued
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io9Waze Drivers, Welcome to the Batmobile
Waze, Google’s driving and traffic app, is letting users drive with Kevin Conroy, the best Batman voice, as their personal navigator beginning today. According to DC Comics and Waze’s official Twitter, until October 31 drivers will be able to select the Batman: The Animated Series protagonist (Conroy) or the Batman: Arkham-era Riddler (Wally Wingert) as … Continued
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Tech NewsBounce Music and Why Social Distancing Is Complicated: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week
It might not seem like it since time is all out of whack during the pandemic, but in a few short weeks, it will be fall. Anyone else have trouble knowing what month, or day, it is? My confusion aside, it’s time for another rundown of the great work done at Gizmodo this week! We’ll … Continued
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io9Books & ComicsMarvel Made Fortnite Canon and I Have Lost My Entire Mind
Trying to make sense of comics continuity at the best of times requires offering up a tiny little part of your brain to be smushed to gooey smithereens in the mortar and pestle of comic book publishing tomfoolery. But friends, I fear trying to make sense of Marvel’s newest tango with the world of Fortnite … Continued
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io9Toys & CollectiblesSpiky Batmen and Crystal Babies Are the Most Angular Toys of the Week
Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9’s regular roundup of the best in plastic nonsense you can buy on the internet. Except it’s not all plastic this week: we have a suitably ludicrous crystal baby, a die-cast cyborg, and then…okay, quite a bit of the regular ol’ plastic stuff actually. Check it out! Swarovski Star Wars … Continued
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io9Books & ComicsRevisiting Batman: Ego, the Darwyn Cooke Classic That Inspired Matt Reeves
When Matt Reeves lifted the lid on The Batman this past weekend at DC Fandome, much was made of the period of just when we’ll meet this new Dark Knight. Batman will bring vengeance during the second year of his career, evocative of Mike W. Barr, Alan Davis, Paul Neary, Alfredo Alcala, Mark Farmer, and … Continued
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io9MoviesBreaking Down The Batman‘s First Trailer: Haunting Secrets and Enigmatic Clues
At DC Fandome this past weekend, Matt Reeves stunned us all with a first look at Robert Pattinson in action as the latest Dark Knight in The Batman. It didn’t just give us a good look at RBatz though: it was our first, proper look into the latest cinematic incarnation of Gotham City, and its … Continued
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io9TrailersSuicide Squad: Kill the Justice League‘s First Trailer Gives You a Dangerous Mission
I mean, it’s right there. It’s right there in the title. Rocksteady hasn’t ventured into the world of DC Comics-based games since the excellent Batman: Arkham Knight, released near the start of this current generation of gaming consoles in 2015. But after years of anticipation, we’ve finally have a look at what the studio has … Continued
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io9GamesGotham Knights Video Game Unites the Batfamily Against the Court of Owls
It’s been teased for over a year now, but today we finally got confirmation that a new chapter in the Batman: Arkham video game saga is on its way—but it’s a whole new threat the Dark Knight is facing, which means it’s time to bring in backup. Revealed at DC FanDome today after much teasing, … Continued
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io9MoviesBen Affleck Is Returning to Batman for The Flash‘s DC Multiverse
Batfleck Returns. Vanity Fair reports that yet another Batman will be in the upcoming Flash movie, likely joining Michael Keaton’s beloved incarnation of the Dark Knight from Tim Burton’s Batman movies. This time, it’s…well, now the second-most-recent actor to don the cowl: Ben Affleck, who played the caped crusader in Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of … Continued
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io9MoviesHere He Is, The Batman
I’d say “finally, Matt Reeves’ Batman steps out of the shadows” but, well, y’know. There’s still a lot of shadowing here. Ahead of the movie’s upcoming panel at DC FanDome, director Matt Reeves has given us our first decent look at the full costume Robert Pattinson will don as the next incarnation of the Dark … Continued
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io9Books & ComicsJiro Kuwata’s Batman Is an Incredible Thing
Earlier this month, news broke that manga artist Jiro Kuwata passed away. While the artist and writer was known in Japan for series like Maboroshi Tantei and 8 Man, in the west we know him for one particular curiosity: the Batman manga. Its take on Batman 55 years on still feels unlike anything we’ve seen with … Continued
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io9Toys & CollectiblesA Look Inside How Mondo’s Glorious Batman: The Animated Series Collection Came to Life
In 2018, artist Justin Erickson and Mondo’s celebration of one of the best Batman adaptations of all time wowed us with some truly stunning works. And now, you can see them, along with the process Erickson took to arrive to his final pieces, in a new artbook—and we’ve got a look inside. Batman: The Animated … Continued
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io9MoviesHBO Max’s DC Movie Access Is More Confounding Than Any Riddler Puzzle
Ever since HBO Max launched a few months ago, DC fans have been left confused, from the streamer’s odd relationship with DC Universe—which increasingly seems like it’s on the way out—and its puzzling approach to just what DC movies are available on the service and when. Unsurprisingly, even now, the platform continues to confound. Back … Continued
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io9Books & ComicsThe Mind Behind Japan’s Legendary Batmanga, Jiro Kuwata, Has Passed Away
Jiro Kuwata, the mangaka behind Phantom Detective, 8 Man, and one of the most fascinating takes on Batman around, has passed away. The news was confirmed by the artist’s publisher, Akita Shoten, in a short statement. Kuwata’s career in manga took off in the late ‘50s, developing Maboroshi Tantei (adapted several years later as the … Continued
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io9The DC Animated Adaptation of Death in the Family Will Let You Decide Jason Todd’s Fate Too
It’s one of the most infamous moments in Batman’s long comics history: Jason Todd, the second Robin, murdered by the Joker and also by the tight-run outcome of a phone-in reader poll. And now, when that fateful story heads to the DC animated universe, you’ll be able to relive that decision yourself all over again. … Continued
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io9The Batman Who Laughs Has a Twisted New Ally in DC’s Death Metal
The Batman Who Laughs stands out in the vast, dark multiverse of evil Batmen because of the way he embodies both Bruce Wayne and the Joker’s full potential for monstrousness. After breaking out of DC’s Dark Nights: Metal event, the Batman Who Laughs is wreaking havoc in the publisher’s imaginatively named Dark Nights: Death Metal follow-up, … Continued
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io9Anakin Skywalker Gets an Incredibly Extra Action Figure, and More of the Week’s Most Fabulous Toys
Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9’s regular round up of all things toy. This week, as San Diego Comic-Con kicks off around us, we’ve got a few special toy previews, Medicom leaps into Batman: The Animated Series, Itchy and Scratchy get in on the Simpsons vinyl toy action, and a truly distressing Ace Ventura is … Continued
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io9The Films of Christopher Nolan, Ranked
These days, if you’re talking about movies, you’re probably talking about Christopher Nolan. Oh sure, some really good movies have premiered on streaming during the pandemic, but all eyes have been on the latest blockbuster from Nolan, Tenet, which many expect to usher in a return to movie theaters post-covid-19. Unfortunately, that isn’t happening just … Continued
