By Louis Sullivan Tom King, best known to DC fans for his successes on The Omega Men and Grayson, certainly had big shoes to fill when following Scott Snyder’s New 52 run on Batman. Yet in his first Rebirth arc “I Am Gotham,” currently collected and available in trade paperback format, King not only stepped up to…
We’re putting a team together, a team of some very bad cubes who we believe can do some good… sorry to paraphrase Amanda Waller there, but we can’t help it– the excitement level is high here at From the Batcave for Kawaii Cubes’ new line of Suicide Squad plush! Based on the record-breaking summer blockbuster Suicide Squad, this set of…
After Gotham‘s chilling return for the second half of season 2 lastnight, there’s no better time to take a look at possibly the best Gotham collectible available– DC Collectibles’ James Gordon Statue. Sculpted in intricate detail by Phil Ramirez, this 13 inch statue captures everyone’s favorite GCPD detective in intricate detail. The statue is based on Ben McKenzie’s…
If you’re a fan of the pop culture staple that is the Classic Batman TV Series of the 60’s, then Factory Entertainment has just the collectible for you! They’ve created a new line called “Monoliths”– Mount Rushmore-esque tributes to classic characters, scenes, and teams built to perfectly fit on your desk or bookshelf– and they’re starting…
As you surely know, last weekend we had the pleasure of attending New York Comic-Con. As with any convention, there was naturally a ton of merchandise to check out– comics, posters, t-shirts, action figures, buttons, and the list goes on. But after a few hours on the show floor, all of the paraphernalia you end…
This year at San Diego Comic-Con, Diamond Select Toys premiered their Gotham line of products in style with two exclusives– the “Roughed Up” Penguin Gotham Select figure, and the “Fateful Meeting” Gotham MiniMates 2-Pack. Both items made a return or New York Comic-Con last week, shortly ahead of Diamond’s upcoming Gotham MiniMates and Select figures, and as such we were lucky enough…
The Joker has been everywhere lately– from Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo’s recently-collected Endgame arc to Cameron Monaghan’s proto-Joker Jerome Valeska on Gotham to the trailer for Jared Leto’s upcoming portrayal in Suicide Squad this August, the Clown Prince of Crime has been dominating all kinds of Bat-media for the past few months. Now, the field of cuddly collectibles is no exception, thanks…
When Batman’s young ward Dick Grayson outgrew the mantle of Robin, he struck out on his own with a new superhero identity and a new style– as Nightwing! Now you can show off your own style and support your favorite Bat-family member, with this cool pair of apparel items from SuperHeroStuff! First up, the Nightwing…
“If I have to have a past, then I prefer it to be multiple choice”– so the Joker himself says in Alan Moore’s seminal Joker work, The Killing Joke. While the Joker’s origin has often been a subject of debate (and deliberate ambiguity), most prefer the tale woven in Moore’s Killing Joke, which depicts the Joker as…
EXPECT SPOILERS FOR SEASON ONE AND S02E01 THROUGHOUT! Gotham‘s second season started off with a bang this past Monday (quite literally!) as we saw Jim Gordon struggle with his allegiances, and ultimately accept Penguin’s deal to kill a rival gang leader in exchange for his job at the GCPD back. It’s a move that placed…
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