Inarguably one of the most iconic superhero costumes ever created, Batman’s suit has certainly seen its share of iterations over the years. From purple gloves to rainbows to mech suits, Batman’s ...
Lasting from around 1970 until DC’s reset of their universe with Crisis on Infinite Earths in 1985, the Bronze Age of comics was when they began to shed the childishly simple storytelling of the ...
Welcome to From the Batman News Desk, a new series of op-eds and articles covering various aspects of Batman history. Each week one of the Batman News writers will share their thoughts on Batman ...
The Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice issue of Empire Magazine is on sale today, but I had the pleasure of reading the iPad edition last night. There’s lots of great info that I’ve covered on Batman ...
There’s a lot of Catwoman content this week on the stands and Catwoman 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular #1 is where you’ll find the lion’s share. These oversized specials tend to be ...
Last issue had a lot of what felt like “big moments”, where there was some sort of twist or event that drove the story forward. This issue has less of that, as it’s mostly reacting to those moments ...
Batman Beyond: Neo-Year slowly built up a lot of good will before unfortunately dropping the ball at the very end. Its downfall was arguably due to biting off more than it could chew, and promising to ...
Let’s say you’re writing a four-part ensemble story. You’ve laid out maybe a dozen different elements in the forms of plot threads, character ideas, and avenues for social or political ...
For my first piece for Batman News, we go back in time to Batman’s first case. Yes, we’re going to be looking at Dan Jurgens’ The Bat-Man: First Knight. This is the first book of a 3 issue Black Label ...
I’ve made no illusions about how I feel regarding this series’ handling of Zur-En-Arrh as a concept. On a fundamental level, I think it misunderstands both what Grant Morrison was doing when they ...
Here it is! The first DC/Marvel comics crossover in over a decade. For a crossover this big, we had to do a little crossover of our own. Batman News reviewers, past and present, are coming together to ...
There are certain parts of the Batman mythos that are non-negotiables. Bruce Wayne has to be an orphan, for instance, he has to dress in a spooky costume to frighten superstitious and cowardly ...