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Batman Arkham Asylum cleans up

KERPOW! BATMAN is the number 1 BEST seller Eidos Interactive Ltd and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, have announced that the number-one selling Batman: Arkham Asylum™, firmly established as the 'must-have' game of Summer 2009 has shipped in excess of 2.5...

Posted by Steve Wollaston on October 8, 2009 3:50 PM

Potentially awesome Dark Knight Halloween Batman costume... just add cape and cowl

Universal Designs recently got the rights to produce a replica Batman motor cycle suit and the boys certainly didn't disappoint. If you'd like it for Halloween though you're unfortunately out-of-luck as first deliveries aren't until 2010. It's almost one...

Posted by Richard Mooney on October 2, 2009 10:38 AM

KERPOW! Batman: Arkham Asylum is the number 1 BEST seller

Eidos Interactive Ltd and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, have announced that the number-one selling Batman: Arkham Asylum™, firmly established as the 'must-have' game of Summer 2009 has shipped in excess of 2.5 million units to retail since launch. With...

Posted by Steve Wollaston on September 29, 2009 10:54 AM

First reviews of Batman/Superman: Public Enemies suggest latest DC animated effort is a disappointment

Due out next Monday the first reviews of Warner Premier's latest effort at a DCAU original movie have already started hitting the net. And it's a general feeling of good, but could have been better. Swank-mo-tron at Big Shiny Robot...

Posted by Richard Mooney on September 22, 2009 3:04 PM

Batman: Arkham Asylum (PS3)

Review by Julia Breens I HAVE a shameful secret - a worrying addiction to Lego-themed computer games. Combine that with the fact I am a huge Batman fan and you would think last year's Lego Batman: The Videogame would...

Posted by Steve Wollaston on September 12, 2009 4:39 PM

Batman Arkham Asylum: Trailer

The release of the critically acclaimed Batman Arkham Asylum, has given comic book fans a video game they can be proud of. We should have a review for you this week - here's the trailer for now......

Posted by Steve Wollaston on August 25, 2009 8:23 AM

Watchmen, Batman and Wolverine fans descend on Birmingham for British International Comic Show

An estimated 4,000 comic writers, artists, publishers and fans will be coming Birmingham this autumn when the UK's largest comic convention returns to the city. The British International Comic Show, or BICS, now in its fourth year has grown...

Posted by Steve Wollaston on August 25, 2009 7:39 AM

Neil Gaiman and Alan Moore re-imagine the death of Batman and Superman

The World's Finest. They've been part of our lives for more than 70 years now. They've battled crime together, occasionally fought each other, and remained firm friends - the light and the dark side of the superhero. Primary colour-costumed...

Posted by Paul Cole on August 19, 2009 2:40 PM

When Lost meets Heroes and Batman

Bizarre.......

Posted by Steve Wollaston on May 27, 2009 2:58 PM

A newcomer's thoughts on Long Halloween

Hi guys, I'm stepping into the Mooneyverse while Richard is away. My name is Katy and I'm a relative comic newbie. I grew up watching the X-Men cartoons and Batman: The Animated Series, and have seen a lot of comic...

Posted by Katy Gordon on January 29, 2009 3:50 PM

BATMAN RIP 681- Good, but overly hyped, read

GRANT Morrison shouldn't have promised bat fans the most shocking revelation in the character's 70 year history at the end RIP. That's my biggest qualm with 681, the Scots writer promised an ending on which he did not deliver....

Posted by Richard Mooney on December 2, 2008 4:13 PM

Batman RIP revealed....well kinda...Spoiler warning

So one week today we'll know the ultimate fate of Bruce Wayne. One week today DC sells out there star hero for comic book sales, one wee today it all ends for The Dark Knight. One week from today, Grant...

Posted by Richard Mooney on November 18, 2008 3:28 PM

Lego Batman (Xbox 360) - Warner Brothers Interactive

I am having a fairly easy week this week, the kids have been at it again reviewing games for me.. Lego Batman is the latest in a series of visually stunning and ludicrously brilliant and addictive games depicting famous...

Posted by Steve Wollaston on October 13, 2008 9:01 PM

The Graysons TV show Pilot....script ideas

You know that bit in the Simpsons just before they're sitting down to watch the TV, when they have a different skit every time? Yeah well I could imagine that as the intro this new TV show, John Grayson...

Posted by Richard Mooney on October 3, 2008 4:49 PM

Holy Hootsman Batman! You're actually Robert the Bruce!

Unless you've been living in a cave near the back o' beyond for the past century, chances are that you've probably heard about Batman. Definitely this year Batman has been pushed to the marketing forefront by Warner Bros &...

Posted by Richard Mooney on August 11, 2008 2:14 PM

The Dark Knight Review- Heath's great, but not Oscar material

The Dark Knight is the best comic book movie ever made. Set almost a year following the events of Batman Begins, we find Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) struggling between the mantle of Batman and his desire for a 'normal...

Posted by Richard Mooney on July 24, 2008 4:49 PM

Batman breaks Brum records

The Dark Knight has set a new box office record at Birmingham's IMAX cinema. More than 6,000 tickets have already been snapped up to see Batman on the five-storey high screen. And that smashes Harry Potter out of sight...

Posted by Paul Cole on July 24, 2008 12:20 PM

Dark Knight : is it as good as you hoped? Well, yes and no.

Went to see Dark Knight at a special sneak preview screening last night. Now I know you don't want me to give anything away - so here's a 'yes and no' guide to the biggest Batman blockbuster of them...

Posted by Paul Cole on July 22, 2008 1:57 PM

Lost : Alpert is back with brass in pocket

The ever youthful Richard Alpert is to play the key role when Lost returns for series five. Nestor Carbonell has signed on for the duration after getting assurances that he will become a regular character on the island, rather than...

Posted by Paul Cole on July 14, 2008 10:00 AM

Win Batman : Dark Knight IMAX movie preview tickets

WIN tickets to see the new Batman movie on the giant IMAX screen. Dark Knight: The Imax Experience previews on Thursday July 24 - and you could be among the first to see it. We're giving away three pairs...

Posted by Paul Cole on July 10, 2008 9:45 AM