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Should DC Comics Completely Retcon The Killing Joke?

Salutations, my self-adhesive envelopes. Sorry “Postal Apocalypse” is a day late; I’d explain why, but I, uh… swore an oath to a wizard. Or something. Look, it’s been a long week. A long week that ends with answers: How Marvel could have connected its movies and TV series way better! Who’s worse at time travel … Continued

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This Week’s Batman Holds the Next Big Clue About DC’s Rebirth and the Watchmen

Ever since DC began its Rebirth initiative, one giant mystery has hung over its comics: just how the hell do the Watchmen play into the new DC universe? Today’s Batman is the first issue in the saga that promises to reveal this mystery. It’s light on revelations, but it already has us asking even more … Continued

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I Don’t Even Know What’s Going On in This Gotham Trailer, But I Love It

At some point since I stopped watching Gotham, the show has embraced the completely buck-wild tone it’s developed over three seasons. And it now seems to have gone off the deep end in the most spectacular way, judging by this new trailer. Honestly, it looks so good, I’m contemplating catching up the moment I finish … Continued

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Bruce Wayne Is Finally Going to Start Training to Be Batman on Gotham (No, Really)

Gotham, a show ostensibly about Batman, is setting itself on the path to become Gotham, a show actually about Batman. Two and a half seasons after his parents were murdered, Gotham’s lil’ Bruce is finally taking the steps people have been waiting for him to take ever since, leading into his transformation into the Dark … Continued

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The Joker, the Riddler, and All of Batman’s Villains Are Going to War With Each Other

Tom King’s got big plans for the next few months of Batman. And the ending is a big old fight between the Joker and the Riddler over who should have the right to kill Batman. It’s like Civil War, but with bad guys and hopefully no character assassination. King outlined his upcoming “The War of … Continued

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Get an Even Better Look at the Justice League Ahead of the New Trailer (Updated)

This weekend, DC and Warner Bros. will reveal the next trailer for Justice League—and they’re going to spend the next two days reminding you of that with a ton of new posters and little snippets of footage. Here’s the first batch, focusing intensively on Atlantis’ king, Aquaman himself, followed by Batman and the Flash. The … Continued

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There’s Gonna Be a Whole Lot of Batman in DC Comics’ Next Big Event

Ever since Flashpoint, DC Comics has tried not to stray too far into roster-wide comic book event series. That’s going to change this year with Dark Days—a big new project being pitched as what could be an over-the-top sendoff to Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo’s run on the Dark Knight. Today DC announced that Snyder, … Continued

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Hans Zimmer Quit Superhero Movies Because He Can’t Stop Loving Christian Bale’s Batman

It’s been a year since composer Hans Zimmer retired from superhero movies, and it looks like we finally know why. He loves Christian Bale’s Batman too much. In an interview with Inverse, Zimmer went into more detail about why he chose to retire from composing for superhero movies after Batman v Superman. In the past, … Continued

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Where Is All the Other Live-Action Fantasy?

Hello, my admirable addressees! Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night will prevent me from fulfilling my duty, which is non-existent, because I am a fake mailman. This week: Should Captain America be considered a supervillain? How does Batman do anything if he never eats? And how do you teach someone all … Continued

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This Lego Batman Cake Is a Giant, Edible Masterpiece

Even those of us who despise the idea of celebrating birthdays probably wouldn’t mind having a party if it included this truly fantastic Lego Batman cake that’s completely edible—save for the glowing eyes that will surely cause bodily harm if swallowed. Designed, engineered, baked, and assembled by Ashlee Marie of YouTube’s Ashlee Marie Cakes, the … Continued

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You Might Be Waiting a While to Hear More News About The Batman

The Russo brothers’ next project after Infinity War could be a Valiant Comics TV show. Of course the Power Rangers movie has a post-credits scene. Get another glimpse at the Inhumans show with more set pictures. Plus, the Defenders are in action in new videos from the set, and a new look at Transformers: The … Continued

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MAD Magazine Made the Best Goodnight Moon Parody Yet

First published way back in 1947, some 70 years ago, Goodnight Moon is an iconic children’s book that has been parodied and copied almost as much as Monopoly has. But leave it to MAD Magazine to come up with one of the best, featuring Batman just trying to get a little shuteye in his Batcave. … Continued

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What Are the Chances of Green Lantern Coming to the DC/CW-verse?

Sorry about last week! Your not-very-approachable neighborhood post-apocalyptic fake mailman caught… I don’t know, the space flu or something. Short version, I had more phlegm than mail, and I had a lot of mail—so let’s get to it! This week: The best ’90s cartoon intro, why nerds argue so much, and whether it’s worth watching … Continued

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Watch Batman Pose As Every Other Character In Injustice

The age-old art of swapping one character’s model in for another for video game hijinks is always fun. But I really like to imagine that this is actually some secret Bruce Wayne training regimen where he prepares for the possibility of fighting literally anyone in the DC Universe by pretending that he can become them. … Continued

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One of Batman: The Animated Series’ Best Episodes Comes to Life in This Card Game

Trying to choose your favorite episode of Bruce Timm and Paul Dini’s Batman: The Animates Series isn’t easy, but “Almost Got ‘Im”, where Gotham’s villains trade stories about almost defeating Batman over a game of poker, is often considered one of the best. Now this specific episode has been transformed into a new card game … Continued

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Batman v Superman ‘Wins’ Big at Razzie Awards

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice cleaned (some of the) house at this year’s Razzies, winning four awards and making us all a little more afraid that Ben Affleck really will end up dropping out of The Batman altogether. The Golden Raspberry Awards, which happen the day before the Oscars, celebrate the worst and most … Continued

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Here’s the Latest on All 17 (and Counting) Possible Upcoming DC Movies

There are a lot of potential DC movies coming in the next few years. Today’s news of Matt Reeves directing The Batman and Lego Batman director Chris McKay working on a Nightwing film was just icing on a cake that has about 50 layers of icing on it already. Warner Bros. is nothing if not … Continued

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Matt Reeves Is Officially Directing the Next Batman Movie

It’s been a tumultuous few weeks behind the scenes of the upcoming Batman film, but now it’s official. Warner Bros. announced that Matt Reeves, the director of Cloverfield, Let Me In, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and this summer’s War for the Planet of the Apes, is directing a standalone Batman film. “I … Continued

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Bruce Wayne’s Dumb Cousin Dresses Up as Robin in Powerless Clip

Van Wayne’s in charge of Wayne Security—the fictional company where NBC comedy Powerless is set— and wants to get in touch with Batman for some reason. So, of course, he dresses up in a Robin costume and hopes the World’s Greatest Detective swoops down to talk. A promo clip from the upcoming episode of Powerless … Continued

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Hey, Wanna Talk About Who’s the Best Fighter in the Batman Family?

Apparently, Batman writer Tom King just wants to see the world burn. Why else would he post a ranking of Bat-family members, according to fighting skill, and place the Dark Knight himself THIRD on the list? Tom King is a smart man. A skilled writer. And yet he tweeted out the aforementioned list earlier this … Continued