Category Archives: Batman
Beware the Batman Teaser
Because the universe will shrivel and die a cold death if there isn’t currently a Batman cartoon show on the air, here is our first teaser to Beware the Batman. It’s going to be a CGI show coming out sometime…who knows. I’m not very interested, because there’s no Robin, and Alfred is going to be packing heat. Me thinks the studio executives had a hand in creating this one. I suppose we’ll just add it to the pile of Batman: The Animated Series, The Batman and Batman: The Brave and the Bold.
6 Silly Armored Superhero Costumes
The one constant in the world of superheroes is the colorful costume. Tights, spandex, latex, long johns, leather, pajamas; all superheroes play dress up when it comes to fighting crime. It’s just more fun that way. But in the real world, everybody knows that a big, muscular guy in spandex just looks silly. If a real world Batman was just wearing a pair of gray tights, he’d be no more threatening than a ballerina. Why do you think the movies put Batman in a specialized suit of black armor, or the X-Men wear black leather?
Tights and spandex costumes just aren’t cool, no matter how good they might look when drawn.
Paper, though, always looks good
Which is why, throughout the history of comics, creators have often tried to upgrade a superhero’s costume to make it look more badass. For some reason, this meant changing from spandex to armor, with heavy layers of complicated plating and protection. Yet no matter how good the creators’ intentions, somehow these upgrades looked even worse! These armor costumes were running rampant in the 90s, and in hindsight, everybody agrees that they looked ridiculous. Superheroes have gone back to tight spandex ever since.
I thought I’d share with everybody some of the more ridiculous armored costume changes in comic book history.
More Arkham City – Harley Quinn’s Revenge?
Rumors and speculation are swirling around the Internet today about new DLC for Batman: Arkham City that will feature all new story segments centered around Harley Quinn! Not only that, but these same rumors indicate that Robin will be a playable character! So that definitely gets my heart all a flutter.
Harley has that effect on nerds
But don’t just take my word for it. Click on over to PS3Trophies.org, where they have uncovered a list of game achievements for the new Harley DLC. This site is pretty reliable, because their skill at uncovering achievements was also the first indication that Nightwing was going to join the game.
You’ll have to scroll down to the bottom of the page to see the new achievements.
The last few DLCs for Arkahm City, involving Robin and Nightwing, both only had 2 new achievements apiece, and both only featured the characters in a series of challenge maps. But if we read those new achievements for the Harley DLC closely, we can see that they indicate something much more than just a challenge map. So could it be new story content?
Example: Breaking and Entering: Find a way into the secret base.
And one of the achievements points to more playtime for Robin!
A Few New Tricks: Use 5 different Quickfire gadgets in one fight as Robin in Harley Quinn’s Revenge.
Unfortunately, there’s no indication when this DLC will come out, what it will entail or how much it will cost. And it seems that Warner Bros. isn’t commenting on the record yet. So who knows when it will come out? All I know is that I’m now incredibly excited! Time to dust off my copy of Batman: Arkham City!
Mr. Freeze: The Musical
The genius of the Internet strikes again with a musical based on Arnold Schwarzenegger’s performance as Mr. Freeze, in what has collectively been decided is the worst movie of all time: Batman and Robin. That movie exists now to be mocked, and the brilliance of Legolambs have stepped up. They are the same people who made Mario: The 8-Bit Opera and Conan: The Musical.
Listen and be happy that such people exist.
Much Robining to Come
In a move sure to please, well, me, the June issue of Batman and Robin is going to feature something called ‘a meeting of the Robins’! Solicitations came out today for Batman and Robin #10, and they’re quite giddy. All of the former Robins – Dick, Jason, Tim and Damien – will be coming together for…some mysterious reason! And it looks like Tim Drake is going to get into a fight with Damien Wayne, the current Robin. So woot!
A 'fighting' of the Robins seems more accurate
BATMAN AND ROBIN #10
Written by PETER J. TOMASI
Art and cover by PATRICK GLEASON and MICK GRAY
On sale JUNE 13 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
• Someone calls a meeting of the ROBINS, but who and why? And will the exiled and egotistical RED HOOD answer the call?
• RED ROBIN learns of DAMIAN’S betrayal – but how long will the youngest ROBIN’S lack of discipline stand?
• Many of Gotham City’s villains blame BATMAN for their downfall, but what happens when they stand together in a pact to bring the DARK KNIGHT down?
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