There’s a new The Joker volume out, all about Batman’s iconic villain and the video trailer for it is pretty intense.
The Batman trailer wins fans as it slides into the grim noir
Warner has released a new trailer, the main trailer, for Matt Reeves’ The Batman. Robert Pattinson stars.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #119
Games company expelled from Origins, another up for sale at an eyewatering price, and so many tempting new games. A busy week of RPG news!
The Bruce Wayne Dilemma from the Bad Caricatures artist
I call it the “Bruce Wayne Dilemma”, and I may use the phrase when people make weird choices and then domino dramatic outcomes as a result.
Dark Knights of Steel gives Superman a D&D style character sheet
In Dark Knights of Steel, Batman is active in a medieval fantasy world. Then a spaceship crashes down into it on route from a doomed world.
Superhero Week: Maqio Toys expands Batman range
Maqio Toys is an independent toy shop, and isn’t it great that we still have those. Founded in 2011, they opened their first shop in Buxton and have since expanded.
Superhero Week: Iron Studio’s birthday discount
The first week in July is Superhero Week. That doesn’t mean every post is about superheroes, but it means many are. If you’re a publisher or creator with a superhero book, story, podcast, actual play, etc., then there’s still time to get in touch.
Grading took more than a quarter of a million dollars off Detective Comics Batman auction
A copy of Detective Comics #27 has sold at Heritage Auctions for $1.125 million dollars. That’s a lot, but less the $1.5 one of the other 17 remaining copies went for late last year.
New Marvel vs DC research reveals some surprising heroes and supervillains
It’s entirely possible that you don’t have any time for more Marvel versus DC fandom tussles, but research commissioned by GAME, the UK retailer, has produced some surprising results.
DC release Batman: The Long Halloween trailer ahead of digital release
Inspired by the iconic mid-1990s DC story from Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale, Batman: The Long Halloween, Part One begins as a brutal murder on Halloween prompts Gotham’s young vigilante, the Batman, to form a pact with the city’s only two uncorrupt lawmen (Police Captain James Gordan and District Attorney Harvey Dent) in order to take down The Roman, head of the notorious and powerful Falcone Crime Family.
