Thursday, July 18, 2013

Holy Hot Toys! West and Ward 1966 Batman action figures revealed!

Forgive that "Holy" headline, but it's appropriate given the subject and the uncanny realism of these figures. Hot Toys is known for doing freakishly accurate sculpts and it looks like they're keeping up their reputation with this Dynamic Duo. Pic via Captain Action Now.


Vintage Batman face puppet


Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Upcoming Bat comics: New Beware of Batman all-ages title, Joker collection

A couple highlights from DC Comics' October releases:


BEWARE THE BATMAN #1
Written by Ivan Cohen, art and cover by Luciano Vecchio, animation art variant cover.
A new, all-ages series! Bruce Wayne spent years learning crime-fighting techniques from his butler (and former secret agent) Alfred Pennyworth. Now he's ready to take on Gotham City's criminal underground as the Batman!
32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Oct. 23. 






The Joker: The Clown Prince of Crime
Written by DENNIS O'NEIL, ELLIOT S. MAGGIN and MARTIN PASKO Art by IRV NOVICK, DICK GIORDANO, JOSE LUIS GARCIA-LOPEZ and others Cover by DICK GIORDANO

In these adventures from his 9-issue 1970s solo series, The Joker faces villains including Two-Face, Lex Luthor, the Scarecrow and Catwoman, and battles heroes like The Creeper and Green Arrow.
176 pages, $16.99, in stores on Nov. 27.


Batman Ideal Playset in box!