From Warner Bros.:   THE BIG BANG THEORY BOLDLY GOES WHERE NO MAN HAS GONE BEFORE WITH LIMITED EDITION CO-BRANDED THE BIG BANG THEORY/STAR TREK™ AND THE BIG BANG THEORY/DC COMICS MERCHANDISE   SUPPORTING THE NEW COLLECTIONS, WARNER BROS. TEAMS UP WITH HOT TOPIC TO OFFER THE BIG BANG THEORY ULTIMATE FAN GIVEAWAY IN THEIR SECOND ANNUAL COMIC-CON SWEEPSTAKES     Fans Will Have a Chance to Win a “BIG BANGtastic” Trip to Comic-Con International: San Diego…

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  DC Comics has announced the new schedule and creator line up for the "Legends of the Dark Knight" Digital Comics series for the next few months. Here is that line up:   May 15 – “Dr. Quinn’s Diagnosis” (2/2) written by Jim Zubkavich, artwork by Neil Googe May 23 –  “The Pain Cellar” written by Frank Hannah, artwork by Marco Turini May 30 – “Gotham Eye View” written by Robert T. Jeschonek, artwork by Declan Shalvey June 6 – "Riddler in the Dark" (1/3) written by Charles Soule,…

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The DC solicitations for the month of August 2013 have been released, and below you'll find the solicitations for all the main Bat-Books, as well as other DC books that feature characters from The Batman Universe.   Main Bat-Books     BATMAN, INCORPORATED SPECIAL #1
Written by CHRIS BURNHAM, JOE KEATINGE, DAN DIDIO and others
Art by CHRIS BURNHAM, ETHAN VAN SCIVER, JASON MASTERS and others
Cover by CHRIS BURNHAM
1:25 Variant cover by ETHAN VAN SCIVER
On sale AUGUST 28 • 48 pg, FC, $4.99 US…

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  Batman (1940-2011) ($1.99 each) #1-25 The first 25 issues of Batman's titular book in all their Golden Age glory from March of 1940 through September of 1944 (title was a quarterly back in those days).   #159, #210, #251, #252, #255, #256, #291, #324, #392 Various Silver and Bronze Age issues released digitally as part of a Joker 101 sale, including the iconic “Joker's Five Way Revenge” from 1973 that helped reinvent the Clown Prince of Crime for the time, Catwoman 101 sale and as supporting issues based around a Retro release of…

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Next up, The Batman Universe talked with Detective Comics writer, John Layman. Layman came on to the series just under a year ago and has introduced many classic villains into the series. With the 900th issue of Detective Comics released earlier this month, we talked with Layman about upcoming events and the 900th issue.   TBU: A lot of listeners have commented on how your issues have a classic feel to them in terms of the writing style similar to stories of the 1970's. Are you inspired by those…

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  Join the three grumpiest members of the TBU staff as they discuss the butchering of Barbara Gordon in the New 52.  

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The DC solicitations for the month of July 2013 have been released, and below you'll find the solicitations for all the main Bat-Books, as well as other DC books that feature characters from The Batman Universe.   Main Bat-Books     BATMAN #22
Written by SCOTT SNYDER
Art by GREG CAPULLO and DANNY MIKI
Backup story art by RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE
Cover by GREG CAPULLO
1:25 Variant cover by MIKEL JANIN
1:100 B&W cover by GREG CAPULLO
On sale JULY 10 • 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US
RATED T…

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    DC has announced today over at Yahoo.com that they are starting production on a new documentary film that will focus on the villains of the DC Universe titled, "Necessary Evil: Villains of DC Comics." The film will will explore over seven decades of villains that have caused problems for the heroes of the DC Universe, and will be narrated by non other than Christopher Lee, who of course has played numerous villains himself. The documentary will begin production this weekend at WonderCon in Anaheim, where fans who dress up as their…

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  The 1966 Batman TV series looks to be making a comeback this year, as not only are we getting new action figures based off the show, but DC has now announced that they will be putting out a new digital comic series based off the classic TV show titled, "Batman '66." The new series is being written by Jeff Parker and illustrated by Jonathan Case, and is set to launch this summer, but you can check out some of the art from the title in the images below.  

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  When we first saw the cover of Batman #19 in the April solicitations, it certainly raised a few questions. Why was Bruce pointing and holding a gun? And just who was he pointing that gun at? Well today over at The Source, they have revealed the other side of Batman #19's gatefold cover, and it shows just who Bruce is pointing that gun at, as well as raising even more questions! You can see who it is in the image below.   Batman #19 goes on sale April 10th.   Posted by Dane Haji

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