Frank Miller's original art for The Dark Knight Returns has been put up for auction by Heritage Auctions. Starting at an opening bid of $10,000 you can possibly own what is called "Splash Page 36" which shows a severely wounded Bruce and Carrie Kelley in a tender embrace. The piece is signed by inker Klaus Janson.     The second piece of art also has an opening bid of $10,000 and is being called "Clark Kent/Bruce Wayne Page 14 Original Art" which pretty much…

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Peter Tomasi has previously said that Carrie Kelley is sticking around the main DC continuity but neither he nor DC would confirm if she will be the new Robin. While he of course wouldn't reveal if she is going to be the new Robin, Tomasi sat down with Newsarama to talk about his experiences with Carrie, if Bruce will recruit a new sidekick, if there was any hesitation in bringing her into the New 52, and what Bruce thinks about her, amongst other things.   Newsarama: Pete,…

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Bruce Timm, the man behind "Batman: The Animated Series", "Batman Beyond", "Justice League", and all of the DC Universe animated movies so far, is stepping down from his role as producer. Voices From Krypton is reporting that "The Dark Knight Returns Part 2" was Timm's final film as a producer, and will now focus his energies on his own projects. Taking over for Bruce Timm will be James Tucker, who has worked with Timm on "Batman Beyond" and "Justice League," and was also the producer of "Batman: The Brave and the Bold."   “Bruce had done a lot since Justice…

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  Join Dustin, Jon, Ed and guest host, Michael Bailey as they give their commentary on the second part of Batman: The Dark Knight Returns.  

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  In this episode Tim, Dane, and Terence talk about The Dark Knight Return Part 2, Tim talks about his experience at the premiere, spending $30 at an arcade in Lake Tahoe, Frank Miller's less than stellar "The Dark Knight Strikes Again" and "Holy Terror" graphic novels, Young Justice being cancelled, the rumor that the Justice League movie is looking for a new writer, Batwing's new suit and the most recent titles DC has cancelled, Injustice: Gods Among Us and why arcades are dead, and they review…

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  0:00:00 Intro
0:03:56 Movie News
0:20:04 TV News
1:15:13 Merchandise News
1:17:02 Video Game News
1:23:57 General News
1:25:19 Listener Q&A's
1:42:21 Closing  

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From Heritage Auctions:   CGC-graded 6.5 Detective Comics #27 offered, without reserve, in Heritage Auctions Comics event   Should bring $500,000+ in Feb. 21-22 auction; Also featuring John Romita’s original covert art for Spider-Man #121, The Night Gwen Stacy Died; Dave Gibbons’ Watchmen #1 original cover art; the first Calvin and Hobbes daily comic strip ever at auction   NEW YORK – A CGC-graded 6.5 copy of Detective Comics #27 (DC, 1939), the first appearance of “The Bat-Man,” is expected to bring more than $500,000 when it comes across…

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The second installment of the animated film version of Frank Miller’s famed graphic novel picks up right where we left off and hits the ground running. The media sensationalism continues to give the viewer a better sense of the world Batman is reemerging in. The animators have clearly kept it in the ‘80’s as Reagan is President, as he is the graphic novel. Superman’s role is incredibly similar to the way in which Nixon uses Dr. Manhattan in Watchmen. Funnily enough, both…

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If you remember all the way back to September of last year you will probably recall I was not at all positive about The Dark Knight Returns Part One. In my opinion it suffered all the myriads that can make an animated film terrible: bad acting, terrible animation, clunky dialogue and awful music. And I did not have high hopes for part two. The clips I had seen of part 2 had not impressed me at all and…

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  Warner Bros. has sent over another set of images and one new clip featuring Batman and Joker in the Tunnel of Love.        

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