Batmans

| Back in June when we first got a look at Failsafe, previously a teased title of the then-upcoming Batman ongoing comic book by Chip Zdarsky and Jorge Jimenez, Bleeding Cool made some very speculatory guesss as to what Failsafe might be. But there can't be much. Failsafe, a seeming robotic entity is triggered in Batman #125. By what? Well, it has "a dark connection to Batman's past", there are a few options. We have the almost death of a Robin. We have the death of the Penguin, We have a Batman framed for his murder.…

A bad title might make you not register a prticular film or TV show – but a truly terrible one will catch your attention.This week, DC fans ridiculed series Pennyworth for its choice of title change ahead of season three.The show, which focuses on Bruce Wayne’s manservant Alfred Pennyworth (Jack Bannon) will now be called Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman’s Butler.In fairness, the title change has probably made more people aware of the show, meaning it was (unintentionally?) a clever marketing ploy.We’ve compiled the 25…

Ben Affleck is back in black, returning to play the caped crusader in DC’s upcoming Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom. The actor was caught out by a Warner Brothers tour bus that saw him and Jason Momoa on set for the upcoming film, with Momoa laughing and saying, “it’s not a f**king secret anymore!” He jokingly addressed Warner Brothers, “That’s what happens, Warner Brothers! When you walk out of your set.” Fans couldn’t be happier to see his return. So Batfleck is in Aquaman 2 and the only reason they announced it…

Fox Sometimes we’re all lucky enough to see a spontaneous outpouring of love and admiration for someone on the internet. Today, just a few months shy of the character’s 80th anniversary, fans showed up on Twitter to shout out Batman’s longtime gentleman servant/butler/surrogate dad, Alfred Pennyworth, one of the Batman franchise’s biggest lynchpins. Twitter user theSnyderKnight got things rolling with a post celebrating the four most recent actors who have portrayed the Batman’s “batman” on the big screen;…

Since 2006, DC’s Batman series has been a place for the company’s biggest writers to take their biggest swings — to write The Batman Story, not just a Batman story. And so from Grant Morrison to Scott Snyder to Tom King to James Tynion IV, the cowl has now passed to writer-artist Chip Zdarsky, who kicks off the new era in partnership with artist Jorge Jiménez. The co-creator of Sex Criminals and writer of comics like Daredevil, Howard the Duck, and Jughead, Zdarsky has said that his first six issues of Batman, an arc…

Gotham Knights — the upcoming superhero role-playing game that supports two-player campaign co-op — is going to have the biggest Gotham City map ever found in an open-world Batman game, the Gotham Knights developers WB Games Montréal have revealed. Of course, map size isn't directly equivalent to the game being better, as several Assassin's Creed games showed to their detriment. But I suppose some Batman fans — and those who enjoy Nightwing, Batgirl, Robin, and Red Hood — will be happy to hear that Gotham Knights will…

We are oversaturated with depictions of the infamous murder of Batman’s parents. What was once one of the most iconic sequences in comic book history is now so completely played out that when Matt Reeves’ The Batman declined to rehash it for Warner Bros. new Batman franchise, it was honestly a relief. But I am begging you to look at one more retelling of Batman’s origin story, from the first chapter of Jurassic League, the six-issue miniseries where the Justice League are all dinosaurs that walk like people. Writer…