“’Alfred’ – he said not long ago – ‘if anyone ever asks for an obituary, tell them Batman’s big secret was a classic Whodunnit(?)… Only it’s not about who killed Batman, but who kept him alive all these years.’ And he stopped there, leaving the rest to me.” The ending of Batman #683, a monologue …
You’ve got to feel sorry for Beenox.
Tasked with taking over the reigns of the Spider-man franchise from Treyarch, it was perhaps less pulling the plane out of a dive, more digging ol’ web-head up out of the ground and reanimating him. For years, Treyarch’s output had been precisely what people expected from a series of video games based on a comic book. Weird story lines that crammed as many characters as possible; corridors of identi-kit baddies; a horrible fighting system; bland graphics. The epitome of a 6/10.
Batman: Knightfall Written by Various Art by Various Published by DC Comics It has long been argued, and rightfully so, that the Batman has the strongest rogues gallery in the biz. From the psychotic mirror image of the Joker, to his fractured former ally Two-Face. From the intellectual prowess of the Riddler to the shocking …
Before Rocksteady got a hold of the Batman franchise, the Dark Knight, like many of his superhero contemporaries, had only starred in games which were passable at best. That all changed in 2009 though, with the release of Batman: Arkham Asylum.
It’s time that we get over the Dark Knight Trilogy. Yes The Dark Knight is a great movie. But Batman Begins is just a good movie and The Dark Knight Rises with it’s absurd plot holes and magic orphan vision is like Prometheus with a cape. The fundamental problem with Nolan’s ultra-realism is that it can’t support …
Disclaimer: Before we get started, if you haven’t read The Killing Joke, stop reading this and run down to your local comic shop and pick it up. You won’t be disappointed. Ok, all caught up? If not *SPOILERS* for a 26 year old book… Ever since it’s release in 1988, people have been debating the end …