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A YouTube series doing deep dives on Batman lore, each episode focusing on a specific topic, moment or character from the Dark Knight's rich history.

07/10/2024

🦇 LEE AND LOEB RETURNING TO MAIN BATMAN TITLE? 🦇

As reported by bleeding cool today, rumor has it that DC CCO and comics legend Jim Lee will be re-teaming with his “Hush” writer Jeph Loeb for a potential new Batman #1, resetting the numbering started in 2016 by DC Rebirth.

This superstar creative team would return to the book in 2025, for an unknown amount of issues. This is all rumor and speculation until an official announcement is made by DC.

🔌 For more on their original teaming, check out the Batman:Hush episode of BatFacts! Link in Bio! 🔌

29/08/2024

🦇 FAN EXPO 2024 BATMAN HAUL 🦇

Well, another summer is drawing to a close and with it comes Toronto’s annual Fan Expo, a con that I always attend, for better or worse. The line-up of comic guests was, to put a positive spin on it— “manageable”, meaning I had next to no trouble seeing all the guests I wanted, while only attending 2 days of the con. Swipe for signatures from Yanick Paquette, Marc Silvestri, along with Geoff Johns and Brad Anderson adding to my first ever triple-signed book, Three Jokers # 1.

I was also able to plug some holes in the collection, some fun crossover stuff I’ve been exposed to while working on the next BatFacts episode, and some awesome variants I’ve been looking for for a while like SDCC Batman 32, Cacophony with all Robins, and DKIII by Rafael Grampa.

I haven’t opened my blind bagged ‘Tec 27 to see what image Mattina stole to make the cover. 🤷🏻‍♂️

01/08/2024

🦇 CAPED CRUSADER BEGINS 🦇

Happy Caped Crusader day to all who are celebrating. I haven’t had a chance yet, but I look forward to diving back into Gotham and discussing its finer details with everyone.

Enjoy!

17/07/2024

🦇 BATMAN AND ROBIN: YEAR ONE 🦇

Just announced and shooting to the top of my pull list is “Batman and Robin:Year One” by comics legend Mark Waid () and the great Chris Samnee ().

“In Batman and Robin: Year One, while Bruce Wayne adjusts to the realities of adopting orphan Dick Grayson, a mysterious new crime boss called the General has come to Gotham to claim the city by disrupting and destroying its other mobs. But what is his connection to Two-Face? Batman and his new sidekick, Robin, are out for answers, but it’ll take everything they have to navigate both sides of their relationship as father and son and dynamic duo, with Dick Grayson’s present and future hanging in the balance!”

What do you think??

10/07/2024

🦇 ABSOLUTE BATMAN 🦇

is bringing an exclusive ashcan to SDCC this year, launching their Absolute universe. Much like Marvel’s Ultimate line, it introduces a new shared universe for newer takes on classic characters from top industry talent.

ABSOLUTE BATMAN marks the return of fan favorite writer Scott Snyder () to the dark knight, this time teamed with artist Nick Dragotta ( , who draws a bulky, long eared but otherwise Miller-esque Batman, with a fun new logo design in these preview images shared by .

What do you think?

The Absolute Universe launches in October.

09/05/2024

The fine folks at being us our first quick look at the long awaited ‘40s noir-inspired animated series ‘Batman: Caped Crusader! From ‘Batman:
The Animated Series’ co-creator Bruce Timm, all episodes premiere August 1 on Prime Video.

What do you think??

10/04/2024

🃏 FOLIE A DEUX TEASER ♦️

A few of my favorite shots from the JOKER: Folie a Deux Teaser. What did everyone think?

My thoughts:
- I’m kind of surprised they’re flat out calling her Harley
- The teaser gave very little away, which is nice
- The last shot is fantastic

I remain cautiously optimistic.

09/04/2024

🦇 ZUR EN ARRH 🦇

Just ‘cause I’m a sucker for the red, yellow and purple, I had to pick up this Zur En Arrh in the wild. You’ll notice I spelled out the entire “Zur En Arrh”, as I absolutely refuse to refer to this person as “Zur”. Sorry, , I refuse. It’s the wackest part of an otherwise great storyline.

ANYway… Happy to add this to my Zur En Arrh collection, and I dig the modern relaunch of the super powers line from . Now, if only they’d make a kite-man already. 🪁

04/04/2024

🦇 PROJECT APOLLO 🦇

Recently uncovered production footage and stills from Monolith Games detail “Project Apollo”, a game in development at WB meant to exist within the Nolanverse. Most notably, the footage features the genesis of what would be called the “Nemesis system”, and now WB-copyrighted feature that was introduced in “Shadows of Mordor”, the LOTR spin-off title that “Project Apollo” eventually became.

The Nemesis System would have seen the street thugs that Batman battles come back stronger and deadlier after each defeat by Batman, which adds a fun depth to otherwise cut and paste NPCs. Apparently this feature is set to be used in an upcoming Wonder Woman game.

After 18-months of development Project Apollo shared many common elements with Rocksteady’s Arkham series, but was scrapped due to a lack of interest from Christopher Nolan, and elements were used by the developer for Shadows of Mordor.

🔌 For more on Batman and video games, check out BatFacts episode 12 on YouTube! Link in Bio 🔌

02/04/2024

🦇 THE WINNING CARD 🃏

This week marks the release of the long-awaited collected edition of Tom King () and Mitch Gerads’ () retelling of Batman and Joker’s first meeting, “The Winning Card”.
A follow-up of sorts to their superb “Batman: One Bad Day: The Riddler: Dreadful Reins” technically this release is called “Batman: The Brave and the Bold: Vol. 1 - The Winning Card”, which means it follows the Riddler story tonally and stylistically, but also in its use of several colons in its title.

Batman: Brave and the Bold: The Winning card collects the story from Batman: Brave and the Bold 1,2,5 & 9, and it’s available at some stores today and some tomorrow. Thursday for sure.

Still reading? Check out my YouTube channel. You’d probably like it. Link in bio.

01/04/2024

🃏 JOKER : THE WORLD 🃏

A follow-up to 2021’s “Batman: The World”, the fine folks at DC comics have announced “Joker: The World”, featuring 13 different international creative teams, and headlined by Geoff Johns () and Jason Fabok’s long-promised “Three Jokers” epilogue.

The cover by Fabok () and colorist Brad Anderson () recalls Three Jokers and it’s many variant covers, with an extreme close-up on the joker’s face and a splash of purple color on the right of his face. The story is said to pick up after the events of Three Jokers, and finds the Joker in the frozen north.

Joker: The World releases in September, just ahead of the new Joker film, Folie a Deux.

(🔌 For more on the history and Easter eggs of Three Jokers, check out BatFacts Episode 23! YouTube.com/BatFacts or link in bio! 🔌)

30/03/2024

🦇 85 YEARS 🎂

On this day in 1939, Detective Comics was released by DC Comics, featuring a story by young artists Bill Finger and Bob Kane called “The Case of the Chemical Syndicate”, starting their new character, The Bat-Man.

Happy Birthday, Bats.

28/03/2024

🦇 BANG! POW! COMICS AREN’T JUST FOR ADULTS ANYMORE! 🦇

My son is two and a half, and despite not wanting to force my own interests on him, he has amassed a bit of a Batman collection of his own. DC have done a good job of making these characters accessible at any age group. Regardless of my best efforts, he still can’t SAY “Batman” yet (he’s getting there— he says “man man” sometimes when I ask who’s on his toothpaste).
So, in an effort to showcase more of my collection, I present (most of) my son’s Batman collection!

24/03/2024

🐧 PENGUIN TEASER 🦇

Bit late to the party on this, but what did everyone think of the teaser for Max’s upcoming Penguin series starring Colin Farrell?

I think Penguin was under-utilized in The Batman, and is due for a truly epic story, so I hope this will deliver. Farrell is no slouch as an actor, and this appears to be giving the character the appropriate gravitas. Either way it will be a nice stop-gap while we wait for Matt Reeves’s next installment.

If you’re still reading, slide in my DMs and I’ll tell you about the time I slammed into Colin Farrell’s spine.

23/03/2024

🦇 DAVID MAZZUCCHELLI’S BATMAN: YEAR ONE ARTIST’S EDITION 🦇

Yesterday, everyone’s favorite YouTube channel .kayfabe premiered the trailer for ’s upcoming “David Mazzucchelli’s Batman Year One Artist’s Edition”, featuring discussing the importance of Miller and Mazzucchelli’s 1986 classic.

If you’re unfamiliar with artist’s editions, they are described by the publisher thusly “An Artist’s Edition is an art book disguised as a comic. While it appears to be in black and white, the pages have been scanned in color at a high resolution, allowing the reader to view the original art as close as possible to the way it appeared on the artist’s drawing board. It is reproduced at the same size as drawn.”

As the proud owner of their Dark Knight Returns Artist Edition, I can attest to the high production value and quality of these hardcovers. Year One is set to be published at a massive 14”x22”, and comes out in late July.

Will you be picking this one up?

19/03/2024

🦇 THE FIRST KNIGHT 🦇

Is anyone else reading The First Knight by Dan Jurgens and Mike Perkins? I just read the first issue and it does a really good job with the well-worn premise of retelling Batman’s earliest adventures with a more modern sensibility. The dialogue and references really paint 1939 vividly, and the purple gloves, big ears and red Batmobile give us all the classic Batman details that behoove a story such as this. It almost makes up for the pain-in-the-ass sizing that DC Black Label with sometimes employ.

The First Knight is a 3-issue DC Black Label series that will continue in the coming months, and comes recommended.

#1939

11/03/2024

🦇 BATMAN AT THE OSCARS 🏆

I’m sure you’ve all seen this nice moment between former Bat-Actors Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito and Arnold Schwarzenegger. I’m always impressed how game Keaton is. Whereas a lot of celebrities will shy away from playing along or making too much of their previous works, Keaton is always up for it. It was great to see these guys celebrate their past work with Batman, and even hear Arnold mutter “Batman…that son of a bitch”.

07/03/2024

🦇 LEGO BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES GOTHAM CITY SKYLINE SET 🦇

The fine folks at have announced the new Gotham City skyline set from Batman: The Animated Series!

At 4210 pieces and 4 minifigs, this is a more adult oriented set, and will release on April 1st, 2024 (no foolin’) and will retail at $299. Look how happy it makes that lady!

Will you be picking this one up?

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