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Joel Schumacher Explains How Batman & Robin‘s Bat-Nipples Came To Be

There’s no shortage of topics when discussing Joel Schumacher’s 1997 film Batman & Robin: its over-the-top villains, pun-laden dialogue, Bat-credit card, casting, the list goes on and on. But 20 years later, the number one topic still has to be the Bat-Nipples. Or, more specifically, the choice by Schumacher to give star George Clooney a … Continued

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Batman ’66 Met The Legion of Super-Heroes and They Cramped Each Other’s Style So Bad

DC’s über-campy Batman ‘66 series is at its strongest when the Adam West-inspired Dark Knight and his Burt Ward Boy Wonder team up with other heroes from the silver and bronze ages of comics, like Wonder Woman and the Green Hornet. In this week’s crossover, though, the dynamic duo have an encounter with the Legion … Continued

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The Importance of Adam West’s ‘Bright Knight’ Batman

It’s not an exaggeration to say that Adam West helped save Batman and changed what was possible with DC Comics’ Dark Knight Detective. We live in an age where high-stakes, big budget superhero movies and TV shows are an inevitability. They’ve been coming for decades and will seemingly be a staple of Hollywood’s output for … Continued

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RIP Adam West, TV’s Batman

Adam West, forever known to many as Batman and whose name is synonymous with taking your most famous role and parodying it, has passed away. He was 88. Born in 1928 in Walla Walla, Washington, West was eventually drafted into the United States army where he acted as an announcer on American Forces Network television. … Continued

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Artist Creates Amazing Portrait of Batman and Two-Face Using Gunpowder, Sand, and Fire

Harvey Dent’s fiery passion for justice and the law was what made him such an excellent district attorney before an accident warped his morality transformed him into Two-Face. Norwegian tattoo artist Dino Tomic has created an awesome portrait of Batman and his foe that, when set aflame, also tells a short, but thoughtful story about the … Continued

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Batman Is Proposing to Catwoman in This Week’s Comics

Be prepared for potential wedding bells in Gotham! DC Comics has announced that this week’s Batman #24 will see a major step forward for Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle’s relationship—one that culminates in the Dark Knight himself getting down on one knee, asking Selina for her hand in marriage. Revealed by USA Today, the scene—written … Continued

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Guys, We Need to Talk About That Insane Gotham Finale

Seriously, guys. Gotham has gone beyond an extremely fast-and-loose look at the years before Batman made his debut to a wacky soap opera with supervillains to a super-violent and insane Batman ‘66 prequel. But after last night’s two-hour finale, I think there might be even more to it—guys, I think there may suddenly be a … Continued

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What’s the Best Way to Binge-Watch the Entire DC/CW Universe?

Greeting, my Global Express Guaranteed packages of fun. Sorry “Postal Apocalypse” is a day late, but this time I did an extra extra-long version to make up for it—you get a free 50 percent more of my shenanigans! This week: The future of Batfleck! The future of Ghostbusters! The future of the Star Wars prequels! … Continued

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The First Time Batman and Superman Met Wonder Woman Was Downright Adorable

Timed perfectly with the launch of the Wonder Woman, today’s Wonder Woman Annual is jam-packed with stories that highlight Diana’s strength, hope, and love. It also features a great little story about her first encounter with Bruce and Clark in the New 52 that is as cute as a button. Written by outgoing Wonder Woman … Continued

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Injustice 2 Is Surprisingly at Its Best When It Forgets It’s an Injustice Sequel

The first Injustice game—and the fantastic tie-in comic that accompanied it—told a story that pitted Batman and Superman against each other in a battle between heroism and villainy, and how good people can be driven to do horrible things. Injustice 2 isn’t really about that, and that’s both interesting and at times disappointing. Unlike the … Continued

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What’s the Best Order to Watch All the Star Wars Movies Now?!

Bonjour, my bonny mailboxes. Thanks to your abundance of excellent letters, I have an extra big mailbag for you today! So let’s get right to it: What’s the best Guardians of the Galaxy soundtrack? Who could save the Transformers movie franchise? Why did WB decide to make the DCEU’s Batman so damn old? And more … Continued

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Final Fantasy Designer Turns the Joker Into a Half-Robot Madman

Tetsuya Nomura is best known for his design work on Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts (for better or for worse). But he’s also known for designing the world’s most bizarre Batman figure, which turned the Dark Knight into… well, the giant Final Fantasy dragon-god Bahamut, basically. Now he’s back to do the same to the … Continued

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This Batman Joke Was Months in the Making, and the Payoff Was Totally Worth It

Tom King’s run on Batman hasn’t been afraid to dive deep into the darkest or weirdest aspects of the Dark Knight’s mythos. But it’s also been unafraid of poking some fun at the more goofy parts of Bat-canon. Case in point, a joke about one of Bruce’s silliest villains that began a year and a … Continued

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Could a Facehugger Implant an Alien in Your Butt?

Salutations, my pensive postage meters. In honor of Prometheus 2: The Search for Michael Fassbender’s Severed Head’s Gold, I bring you an answer to the biggest mystery in the Alien universe. Plus, the best Game of Thrones episode, the age conundrums of both Gotham and the Star Wars prequels, and… (dun dun dunh) I know … Continued

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Superman and Watchmen’s Dr. Manhattan Will Clash in Doomsday Clock

At the start of the year, Geoff Johns teased his return to comics writing with a simple teaser image: The glowering brow of Watchmen’s Dr. Manhattan. Now we know just what he’s up to, and it has huge ramifications for the DC comics universe. Revealed through Blastr today, Johns is teaming up with Gary Frank … Continued

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The Ultimate Cosplayer Built a Working Version of Batman’s Grappling Hook Gun

Probably best known for his functional electromagnetic Captain America shield replica, YouTube’s The Hacksmith and his team spent the past six months designing, building, and re-building a working Batman grappling hook gun that makes it extra easy to escape awkward cosplay conventions. Powered by a pair of 2.7kW electric DC motors, the grappling gun has … Continued

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The Weird, Dumb Reason April’s Bestselling Comic May Not Actually Be April’s Bestselling Comic

You might have heard that there’s been a bit of a kerfuffle over what was actually the bestselling comic last month—but the real question isn’t whether it matters if Marvel’s first issue of Secret Empire or DC’s special issues of Batman and The Flash came out on top. It’s more like, why is it so … Continued

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‘Why Is There Only One Wonder Woman?’

Greetings, my little priority envelopes. I apologize for the spottiness of “Postal Apocalypse” recently, but rest assured I had very good reasons that I’m absolutely not going to tell you about. This week: Whether superheroes truly create their villains, the reason Jurassic World’s dinosaurs didn’t and won’t have feathers, and why Wonder Woman stands alone. … Continued

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Batman and Flash’s Big Watchmen Mystery Just Took One Hell of a Turn

After months of intrigue from fans, the first big clues as to just what the hell is going on with Watchmen’s integration into the DC universe are slowly being revealed in a new storyline stretching across the pages of Batman and The Flash. This week’s entry didn’t offer much in the way of major revelations, … Continued

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Don’t Let Disco Nightwing Fool You, the New Batman ’66/Wonder Woman ’77 Comic Gets Surprisingly Dark

There are few things more glorious in superhero comics right now than the Batman ‘66/Wonder Woman ‘77 mash-up series. But its last few chapters, despite featuring the amazing Burt Ward Robin’s evolution from Boy Wonder to disco goddamn Nightwing, have also taken a fascinatingly dark turn. Batman ‘66/Wonder Woman ‘77—by Marc Andreyko, Jeff Parker, David … Continued