Undoubtedly, Bruce Wayne/Batman has undergone the most drastic change throughout his illustrious and brooding history of perhaps any other major comic book character. Created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger for the March, 1939 issue of Detective Comics, Batman was all but destined for fame as a morose, gothic, morally-ambiguous figure- an image that wouldn’t be fully realized until the …
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BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES: THE PHANTOM CITY CREATIVE COLLECTION (Insight Editions; 10/6) from Mondo and Insight Editions!
BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES: THE PHANTOM CITY CREATIVE COLLECTION (Insight Editions; 10/6). The book sees Phantom City Creative Inc creative director Justin Erickson bring the Emmy Award–winning series Batman: The Animated Series to life in a completely unexpected and alluring collection of graphic design and illustrations. Known for their limitless passion and incredible ingenuity for film and television posters, Mondo …
Read More »Film Review: Batman (1989)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: The Dark Knight of Gotham City begins his war on crime with his first major enemy being the clownishly homicidal Joker REVIEW: “Batman” had long been a fan favorite among comic book readers. It was announced that in 1989 a “revived Batman” film would arrive on the talents of director/visionary Tim Burton. Tim had just finished …
Read More »Film Review: Legends of the Superheroes (1979)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Heroes and villains of DC Comics square off in the two-part, live-action, made-for-TV (with a laugh track!) smackdowns of Legends of the Super Heroes. The Challenge: Batman and Robin (Adam West and Burt Ward of the live-action Batman TV series) lead The Flash, Green Lantern and more JLA members against The Riddler (Frank Gorshin reprising his …
Read More »Film Review: Batman & Robin (1997)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Batman and Robin try to keep their relationship together even as they must stop Mr. Freeze and Poison Ivy from freezing Gotham City. REVIEW: This is one of the few times where the film I have to review is not a B-movie. It was actually a big budget movie with a A-list cast of actors. However, …
Read More »Legendary Comic Book Writer, Chuck Dixon joins Cautionary Comics
Legendary Comic Book Writer, Mr. Chuck Dixon joins Benjamin L Henderson and the Cautionary Comics Team to help develop original Comic Book Titled RAVAGE: KILL ALL MEN For Immediate Release: Secure Top Secret Cautionary HQ – Florida, May 20, 2018 – Prolific writer, Chuck Dixon has joined forces with Benjamin L. Henderson, Founder, Writer, and Editor-In-Chief of Cautionary Comics to …
Read More »Horror Happens Radio – New Guest Conversations and Episodes (Darren Bousman, Gore Verbinski, Todd Sheets)
CLICK ON THIS LINK TO GO TO SOUNDCLOUD “The Horror Happens Radio Show” hosted by Jay Kay & The Ghost each week has uploaded a ton of new content, guest conversations and full episodes for fans & fiends to listen on-demand via Soundcloud.com. The latest sets of guest conversations from the current season 6 lineup of smart, uncensored & fearless …
Read More »Book Review: Arkham Asylum – Author Grant Morrison
Since his creation, the Batman has undergone a variety of radical reassessments. From the camp parody version of the sixties, to the dark vigilante of the seventies, to the big-budgeted merchandising exercises of the nineties, finally to arrive in this new century with a film adaptation that seems to please both Batman fans and mainstream audiences alike. But the character …
Read More »Film Review: Batman v. Superman: Dawn Of Justice (2016)
SYNOPSIS: Fearing the actions of Superman are left unchecked, Batman takes on the man of steel, while the world wrestles with what kind of a hero it really needs. With Batman and Superman fighting each other, a new threat, Doomsday, is created by Lex Luthor to wreak havoc on the globe. It’s up to Superman and Batman to set aside …
Read More »Monster Mania Con 28 – August 15 – 17
They’ve have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass…and they’re all out of bubblegum. Monster Mania Con 28 returns to the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Cherry Hill, New Jersey this August 15 -17 and this summer’s convention could be the biggest and best yet. “THEY LIVE” Reunion features Rowdy Roddy Piper along with Keith David and Meg Foster. Wow! …
Read More »Film Review: The Dark Knight (2008)
SYNOPSIS: When Batman, Gordon and Harvey Dent launch an assault on the mob, they let the clown out of the box, the Joker, bent on turning Gotham on itself and bringing any heroes down to his level. REVIEW: “The Dark Knight” was the perfect on screen adaptation of the Batman lineage. Christian Bale held his ground continuing in his Batman …
Read More »Film Review: The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
SYNOPSIS: Eight years on, a new terrorist leader, Bane, overwhelms Gotham’s finest, and the Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city that has branded him an enemy. REVIEW: It’s been four years since the second of director Christopher Nolan’s proposed trilogy of Batman films “The Dark Knight” was released. A masterful film that ended with Batman taking responsibility for the …
Read More »‘Dark Knight Rises’ Promos to Sink Your Heels Into
More good times with some new shots to wet your appetite. The Summer really shot up with a bang with the release of “The Avengers”, though we all still are hankering for some Batman action!
Read More »Film Review: Batman Begins (2005)
SYNOPSIS: “As a boy a young Bruce Wayne watched in horror as his millionaire parents were slain in front of his eyes, a trauma which led him to become obsessed with revenge but his chance is cruelly taken away from him by fate. After disappearing to the East where he seeks counsel with the dangerous but honorable ninja cult leader …
Read More »Game Review: Batman: Arkham City
Batman: Arkham City is the sequel to the hit game Batman: Arkham Asylum from 2009. Batman: Arkham City takes place only a few months following the events that transpired at Arkham Asylum. Former Arkham Asylum warden Quincy Sharp is now mayor of Gotham City. Sharp has ordered that the inmates of Arkham Asylum be moved into a sealed off area …
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