DC Collectibles has announced its exclusives for this year's Comic Con International in San Diego. Out of the four items, two of the items feature characters from The Batman Universe.   Super Best Friends Forever Action Figures     A three-pack of Super Best Friends Forever Action Figures, designed by Lauren Faust and sculpted by Irene Matar.  Super Best Friends Forever is from the popular interstitial shorts aired during DC Nation on Cartoon Network and they are ready to take care of business!…

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  It may not be Batman, but a new DC Animated Universe film has released and is available today in stores and online. Superman: Unbound is based on the Geoff Johns/Gary Frank story Superman: Brainiac that was released in comic form back in 2008. Matthew Bomer voices Superman this time around with Stana Katic as Lois Lane and Molly Quinn as Supergirl. Brainiac is voiced by John Noble. If you missed the trailer back in February, chek it out below and then purchase it on DVD, Blu-ray or…

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From Warner Bros.:   WHITE COLLAR STAR MATT BOMER DONS THE ICONIC ‘S’ SHIELD OPPOSITE FRINGE’S JOHN NOBLE AS BRAINIAC IN ALL-NEW DC UNIVERSE ANIMATED ORIGINAL MOVIE SUPERMAN: UNBOUND COMING MAY 7, 2013 FROM WARNER BROS. HOME ENTERTAINMENT
  Castle Duo of Stana Katic & Molly Quinn Voice Lois Lane & Supergirl on Blu-rayTM Combo Pack, DVD, On Demand & For Digital Download     BURBANK, CA (February 21, 2012) – A destructive force is devastating planets across the galaxy – with Earth next in its sights – and even…

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  From Warner Bros.:   SUPERMAN: UNBOUND is coming to Blu-ray, DVD, On Demand and For Download via Warner Bros. Home Entertainment on May 7, 2013.
  WonderCon/Anaheim will host the World Premiere of SUPERMAN: UNBOUND in late March.
  Based on the Geoff Johns/Gary Frank 2008 release "Superman: Brainiac," SUPERMAN: UNBOUND finds the horrific force responsible for the destruction of Krypton – Brainiac – descending upon Earth. Brainiac has crossed the universe, collecting cities from interesting planets –
Kandor, included – and now the all-knowing, ever-evolving android…

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DC has revealed the solicitations for December. Below are the solicitations for the Bat-Books as well as the DC books that mention characters from The Batman Universe.   Main Bat-Books
  BATMAN #16     Written by SCOTT SNYDER
Backup story written by SCOTT SNYDER and JAMES TYNION IV
Art by GREG CAPULLO and JONATHAN GLAPION
Backup story art by JOCK
Cover by GREG CAPULLO
Variant cover by AARON KUDER
1:100 B&W Variant cover by GREG CAPULLO
On sale JANUARY 16…

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  9/4: Batman: Arkham Unhinged #41 ($0.99) First part of “Uninvited Guests” which is a Hugo Strange story.   9/5: Batwing (2011-) #0 ($2.99) Batwing’s origin, first meeting with Bruce Wayne, and first time in the suit are told.   DC Comics Digital Sneak Peeks 9/3/2012 (Free) The Zero issues of Detective and Earth 2 are featured on the cover, inside previews also include the zero issues of Batwing and World’s Finest.   Detective Comics (2011-) #0 ($2.99) A glimpse of Bruce’s globe hopping in his years away from Gotham is seen.   Earth 2 #0 ($2.99) Terry Sloan’s origin…

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  Following the Batman panel, DC held their first All Access panels. Representing the Batman side of DC was Scott Snyder and Scott Lobdell. Here are the highlights that involve The Batman Universe.   -All-Star Western will feature the citizens of Gotham being infected something that drives them crazy
-Poison Ivy will be appearing in Swamp Thing as a warrior for the Green against the Rot
-Red Hood will appear in Hawkman later this year
-Supergirl and Raven will be joining the Teen…

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USA Today has posted news about two new digital comic series coming out in May and June. Both series will release in digital form first in the same vein as Batman: Arkham Unhinged has for past six months. Each series will release on a specific day of the week and with the releases, DC will offer a new digital issue every day of the week starting in June.   The first series is based off of the popular statue line from DC Collectibles, Ame-Comi Girls. The series will feature Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti writing. The artists linked to the…

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  Part two of this series looks at the rest of the Super Family and other Limited Series, minis, and maxi-series starting Superman.   Same Day and Date: Superboy (2011-) #1-4 ($1.99 each a month after initial release) Supergirl (2011-) #1-4 ($1.99 each a month after initial release)   Back Issues: Adventure Comics #4, 7-10 ($2.99 each) #5, Special Featuring The Guardian ($1.99 each) From 2009-2011, DC relaunched the legendary title, Adventure Comics, as a Superman Family tie-in and it would feature Superboy and The Legion of Super-Heroes, whom were the main features…

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  This is the first in a series to catch up on what else can be found in the DC Digital Store, besides the weekly dosage of TBU related titles, through the end of 2011.   Because of the sheer amount of stuff that is available now, I’ve decided to break this up into various character families and eventually I’ll get to the other DC owned imprints you can find either in the DC store, or over at the Comixology.com store.   And we shall begin with the Big…

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