Yunno, Grant Morrison wasn't the first person to think that putting Dick Grayson in the cape and cowl was a good idea.  Back in 1994 after the Gotham-shattering "Knights" trilogy, Bruce Wayne stepped aside and asked his former sidekick to take over for a storyline called "Prodigal."  This episode, I take a look at the first two parts of Prodigal, in Batman #512 and Batman: Shadow of the Bat #32 where Dick and Tim take on Killer Croc and Scarface, and Two-Face escapes from prison.

Tags: batman, batman: prodigal, batman: shadow of the bat, dick grayson, killer croc, robin, scarface, the batman universe taking flight, tim drake, two-face

  Not sure if Batman would wear colors reminding people of The Scarecrow!   Posted by Steve J. Rogers

Tags: batman, batman: the animated series, kenner, scarecrow

  The Batman: Black and White Series is coming back this fall, as MTV has the exclusive reveal that DC plans on launching the new series in September. Also revealed was the talented creative team that will be behind the first issue.   BATMAN: BLACK AND WHITE #1
Written by CHIP KIDD, NEAL ADAMS, JOE QUINONES, MARIS WICKS, JOHN ARCUDI and HOWARD MACKIE
Art by MICHAEL CHO, NEAL ADAMS, JOE QUINONES, SEAN MURPHY and CHRIS SAMNEE
Cover by MARC SILVESTRI
1:25 Variant cover by TBD
1:200 B&W Variant cover by MARC…

Tags: batman, batman: black and white

  The New York Post has got an exclusive first look at Batman #21, which will be the first part of Scott Snyder's Zero Year story, where they reveald the first few pages of the issue, as well as some comments from Scott Synder and Greg Capullo about the story. You can check the the preview pages of Batman #21 in the images below.      

Tags: batman, batman: zero year, greg capullo, scott snyder

  The title of the line, Spectrum of The Bat, says it all.  Pretty nifty looking figure though, even if it was never shown on an episode of Batman: The Animated Series/The New Adventures of Batman & Robin.   Posted by Steve J. Rogers

Tags: batman, batman: the animated series, kenner

From DC Entertainment:   DC ENTERTAINMENT BRINGS DIGITAL COMICS TO THE NEXT LEVEL WITH NEW DC2 AND DC2 MULTIVERSE INNOVATIONS   Super Hero Worthy Digital Reading Enhancements Debut at Time Warner’s ‘Future of Storytelling’ Exhibition     New York, NY – June 4, 2013 – DC Entertainment, the most prolific digital comic book publisher, unveiled two new digital innovations today that will take its comics to the next level of interactivity. DC Entertainment President Diane Nelson and Co-Publisher Jim Lee unveiled DC2and DC2 Multiverse at the opening…

Tags: batman, batman '66, batman: arkham origins, dc comics, dc2, dc2 multiverse, dynamic canvas

  We continue with this dandy.  Not sure if they were inspired by Neal Adams’ classic renderings of Batman and Ra’s al Ghul having a bare chested sword fight in the desert, but the Knight Force Ninjas line of the late 1990s did produce this:   Posted by Steve J. Rogers

Tags: batman, kenner, neal adams, ra's al ghul

This week, we shall look at some of the more…unique ways Batman has been made in legit action figure form from toy lines.  As they've often created kid-friendly figures that look nothing like Batman has been seen in the comics (Detective #241 aside), TV shows or on film.   We start off showing that not even the most un-kid friendly section of Batman's multi-media library is safe from this sort of practice!     Yup.  While I will give Mattel props, as I'm sure a camo version of the suit MIGHT be something Bruce would…

Tags: batman, mattel, the dark knight

  Taken from Planetary: Crossing Worlds, Batman finds himself unaware of dimensional shifts, hence why we see the Frank Miller Batman and not a different incarnation of the Dark Knight. It’s too appropriate as Elijah Snow, leader of Planetary, is surprised to find that the Batman from a moment ago (the 60’s Adam West Batman!) is now a hulking, seasoned veteran version of the Caped Crusader. Planetary is an exceptional series, and as WildStorm is a part of the 52 worlds of the DCU, I suggest checking it out. Planetary is…

Tags: batman, elijah snow, frank miller, john cassaday, planetary: crossing worlds, warren ellis

  A cover taken from the third volume of the Starman omnibus collection, here we have Bats with Jack Knight, the current Starman at that time, and the first Green Lantern Alan Scott. Jack has always struck me as someone between both extremes that Bats and Alan represent. Jack is willing to be the dark, brooding type but also effortlessly heroic and bright. Ironic that both Alan and Bruce have always protected Gotham. The Starman series is penned by the incomparable James Robinson, and this cover’s artwork is done by the…

Tags: alan scott, batman, gotham city, green lanter, jack knight, james robinson, starman, tony harris