News and Notes
Scott Snyder posted a pic on his Twitter account offering us a glimpse of what both the new Batsuit and Batmobile will look like in Batman vs. Superman. Of course, I’d prefer this movie.
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Batman
Son of Batman
- Title: Son of Batman
- IMDB: link
After the train wreck of Justice League: War, which to be fair should be laid at the feet of the source material rather than the adaptation itself, I wasn’t sure what to expect with DC Animation’s latest home video release and yet another adaptation of an existing comic storyline. Now I think DC should let James Robinson adapt all of Grant Morrison‘s work (and not just what DC decides to make into surprisingly good movies).
Based loosely on Morrison’s Batman and Son storyline which introduced Damian Wayne (Stuart Allan) into the DCU, Robinson takes quite a few liberties with the storyline (almost entirely for the better), most notably introducing Deathstroke (Thomas Gibson) into the story as the catalyst whose attack on Ra’s al Ghul (Giancarlo Esposito) and attempt to wrest control of The League of Assassins causes Talia (Morena Baccarin) to put her son in Batman‘s (Jason O’Mara) hands.
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Batman ’66 #10
- Title: Batman ’66 #10
- Comic Vine: link
- Writer: Jeff Parker
- Artist: David Williams
Batman ’66 #10 finds the Dynamic Duo matches wits against Mr. Freeze who takes advantage of a Gotham heat wave to sell personal air conditioning units to to unsuspecting Gothamites unaware that the villain will use the units to bring an early winter to the city. Despite the villain’s new advantage, and fancy new freeze-canon tank, Batman and Robin are able to bring summer back to Gotham
Although the Freeze story is entertaining (even giving us Batman and Robin skiing their way through downtown Gotham), of more interest is the comic’s back-up story featuring Batgirl saving Bruce Wayne after he’s poisoned by Cleopatra.
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Coming Soon
- Title: Gotham
- wiki: link
Here’s the first look at Gotham. Ben McKenzie stars as Detective James Gordon in the new TV series set during Bruce Wayne‘s (David Mazouz) pre-Batman childhood with teen versions of his various enemies making appearances including Catwoman (Camren Bicondova), the Penguin (Robin Taylor), the Riddler (Cory Michael Smith), Two-Face, the Joker, and Poison Ivy (Clare Foley). I wonder how long it will take before one of them pushes Bruce into a locker or steals his lunch money? Sigh. The show also stars Donal Logue as Harvey Bullock, Sean Pertwee as Alfred Pennyworth, Sara Paxton, Victoria Cartagena as Renee Montoya, and Zabryna Guevara as Sarah Essen. The trailer certainly looks slick, and looks more Gordon (and less Bruce) driven than I expected, but I’m still having trouble investing anything in this concept and would have far preferred the idea of resurrection the original Smallville pitch around a late teens/early twenties Bruce Wayne’s journey to become Batman. Gotham will premiere this Fall on FOX.
Smallville Season Eleven: Detective
- Title: Smallville Season Eleven: Detective
- Comic Vine: link
- Writer: Bryan Q. Miller
- Artists: ChrisCross, Jamal Igle
When the news first broke that Bryan Q. Miller was introducing Batman to the Smallville Universe and bringing Stephanie Brown with him I was excited. DC Editorial decision to substitute Batman’s partner for Barbara Gordon (who they were currently pushing as part of the New 52 reboot) had just the adverse effect. So I’d stayed away from the storyline until I recently picked up the collected trade paperback. Sure, I’d rather have Steph than Babs, and this version of Batman’s costume is a little too much like Knight for my liking, but it’s still pretty good.
The story centers around Batman and Nightwing coming to Metropolis in search of Joe Chill as the Dark Knight Detective has finally got a lead on the man who murdered his parents. Offering us the first meeting between Batman and Superman, in classic comic fashion as the pair fight before later cementing their friendship, the storyline also features Mister Freeze and the Prankster who team-up to take down the heroes with Kryptonite bullets and an insidious plan using the likeness of one of comic’s greatest heroes as a ploy to steal weaponized drones.
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