Tag: Batman

  • The Dark Knight Movie Review

    The Dark Knight Movie Review

    2008 Director: Christopher Nolan Script: Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan, David S. Goyer Cast: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Heath Ledger, Gary Oldman, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Morgan Freeman, Eric Roberts, Cillian Murphy, William Fichtner Outside of the animated feature Mask of the Phantasm, Batman has never really received the cinematic treatment he deserves. Despite a large…

  • Batman: Gotham Knight DVD Review

    Batman: Gotham Knight DVD Review

    Directors: Shojiro Nishimi, Futoshi Higashide, Hiroshi Morioka, Yasuhiro Aoki, Toshiyuki Kubooka, Jong-Sik Nam Writers: Brian Azzarello, Josh Olson, David Goyer, Greg Rucka, Jordan Camera Goldberg, Alan Burnett Cast: Kevin Conroy, Gary Dourdan, David McCallum, Parminder Nagra, Ana Ortiz An anthology of six different shorts from six disparate art teams, Batman: Gotham Knight was perhaps an…

  • Batman: Dark Victory TPB Review

    Batman: Dark Victory TPB Review

    1999, DC Story: Jeph Loeb Art: Tim Sale Colours: Gregory Wright Dark Victory follows on directly from the events of Loeb and Sales The Long Halloween. With the supposed Holiday killer Alberto Falcone behind bars, a new serial killer, the Hangman, is targeting Gotham City’s corrupt cops. As you can imagine, there’s a veritable buffet…

  • Batman: The Long Halloween TPB Review

    Batman: The Long Halloween TPB Review

    1996, DC Write: Jeph Loeb Artist: Tim Sale Colours: Gregory Wright Essentially years two and three to Frank Miller’s seminal Batman: Year One, Loeb and Sale’s superhero noir The Long Halloween resumes the Caped Crusaders conflicts with Gotham’s feuding Mafiosos, the Falcone and Maroni families, introduced in Year One, as well as providing an origin…

  • Batman: False Faces TPB Review

    Batman: False Faces TPB Review

    2008, DC Story: Brian K. Vaughan Pencils: Scott McDaniel, Rick Burchett, Scott Kolins, Marcos Martin Inks: Karl Story, John Lowe, Dan Panosian, Drew Geraci Colours: Roberta Tewes, John Wright, Pam Rambo, Tom McCraw With Y: The Last Man having reached its conclusion and Brian K. Vaughan receiving all manner of acclaim for his work on…

  • Justice vol. 1 Graphic Novel Review

    Justice vol. 1 Graphic Novel Review

    2006, DC Story: Jim Krueger, Alex Ross Script: Jim Krueger Art: Alex Ross, Doug Braithwaite It has always been one of those great contradictions that, despite the potentially omnipotent powers of the various Justice Leagues combined, the DC Universe is still very much like ours. Poverty, famine and political corruption still persist, and the superhero…

  • Batman: The Joker’s Last Laugh TPB Review

    Batman: The Joker’s Last Laugh TPB Review

    Originally published 2001, DC Writers: Chuck Dixon, Scott Beatty Pencils: Pete Woods, Marcos Martin, Walter McDaniel, Andy Kuhn, Ron Randall, Rick Burchett Inks: Andrew Pepoy, Mark Farmer, Alvaro Lopez, Walter McDaniel, Andy Kuhn, Ron Randall, Mark Lipka, Dan Davis Colours: Tom McCraw Gina Going The Joker has been diagnosed with terminal cancer. Escaping high-security prison…

  • Batman: The Dark Knight Returns TPB Review

    Batman: The Dark Knight Returns TPB Review

    DC, 1986 Story: Frank Miller Pencils: Frank Miller Inks: Klaus Janson Colours: Lynn Varley Is there really anything to say about Frank Miller’s 1986 vision of the Dark Knight that hasn’t been said already? So… Robin’s a girl, joker dies, and a geriatric Batman beats the crap out of Superman with a pair of enormous…