COMIC REVIEWS
(BATMAN: GOTHAM ADVENTURES by Tim "TWO-FACE" Leighton)
(BATMAN BEYOND by Tim "TWO-FACE" Leighton)
(SUPERMAN ADVENTURES by Dick Grayson)
BATMAN: GOTHAM ADVENTURES
ISSUES: "Lessons" (#27)
WRITTEN BY: Scott Peterson
PENCILLED BY: Tim Levins
INKED BY: Terry Beatty
ISSUED: June 7, 2000 (Cover date, Aug 2000)
RATING (out of 5): ****
This was one intense issue. Not so much that the emotions were heightened and the stakes were high, but because you had to pay real close attention to all of the little details. Even the phrase "Who is Holiday?" came into my mind; it's
not often you see a mystery in GOTHAM ADVENTURES.
That was one smart (if not misguided) professor. His scheme to frame someone that made it look like he himself was being framed was brilliant. I'm having trouble trying to even explain it here, but it should suffice to say that it was great, a type of story
that I wished were in GOTHAM ADVENTURES more often. Fantastic AND simple at the same time; that's what this series is all about.
Peterson, Levins, and Beatty are the perfect team! It's now blatantly obvious why this is the title I look forward to more than any other every month!
;-Y
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COMIC SCHEDULES & COVERING THE BASICS
This section gives a little bit more in-depth look into each monthly issue of BATMAN: GOTHAM ADVENTURES, BATMAN BEYOND, and SUPERMAN ADVENTURES. Below each comic listing is a link to the cover of that comic. TALK ABOUT SERVICE!
The price for any of these issues, unless otherwise posted, is $1.99 in the US and...grrrrr...a whopping $3.25 in Canada. (Both our editors and many subscribers are Canadian, hence the "grrr".)
If we are unsure of the exact date of when an issue is being released, just check out "DIRECT CURRENTS" at
http://www.dccomics.com for details.
BATMAN: GOTHAM ADVENTURES #28
July 5th
Synopsis: A popular musician is kidnapped by the Riddler, who proceeds to leave baffling riddles for Batman, Robin and Nightwing. But the joke's on E. Nigma when the musician begins leaving his own clues for our heroes in an attempt to outwit the Riddler! Will the Riddler become aware of
these double-crosses and end the musician's career once and for all, or will the Bat-family get hip and make all the right moves to save the chart-topper?
Cover:
http://www.dccomics.com/directcurrents/comics/
july5/covers/down/BMGA28.jpg
FOLLOWING MONTH:
Synopsis:
Cover:
SUPERMAN ADVENTURES #47
July 12th
Synopsis: The smaller they are, the harder they fly! When Superman faces an armada of alien ships surrounding the Earth, he finds himself helpless against their greatest weapon: a ray that shrinks him to the size of a microbe! And he's still shrinking! How can he defeat the aliens and stop
the effects of the ray before he goes sub-atomic?
Cover: Unavailable
FOLLWOING MONTH:
Synopsis: Unavailable
Cover: Unavailable
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NEWS AND RUMORS
ALL-ENCOMPASSING/OTHER
-The following artists are selling artwork on eBay. The following are their names and Seller ID's:
Terry Beatty:
beatty@machlink.com
Craig Rousseau:
cerousseau@aol.com
Tim Levins: tlevins
ANIMATED SERIES (BTAS, STAS, BEYOND)
-YTV has just got the rights to air episodes #27 - 52 of BATMAN BEYOND. It's unknwon when these episode to air, but expect fall 2000. YTV may air all the episodes through in ONE run, unlike the first 26 episodes.
ANIMATED COMICS
-Clayface returns in BGA #30. Here's the cover:
http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0006/
20/BatGothAdv30.JPG
-Ty Templeton's long-awaited "left-over" Joker story will be featured in GOTHAM ADVENTURES #31. He's also drawing the cover.
-Craig Rousseau will be penciling and Rob Leigh will be inking the comic adaption of RETURN OF THE JOKER, most likely due out Oct. 18 or 25.
-Min Ku may return to fill in for Rousseau on Issues #13 and #14.
-Barbara Gordon deals with the after effects of being abused by the Scarecrow (in OVER THE EDGE) in BATMAN BEYOND #13.
OTHER COMICS
-DETECTIVE COMICS #750 features the return of Ra's Al Ghul.
-DARK VICTORY #12: "REVENGE". That's all we know about it, aside from the fact that Two-Face is on the cover of this one.
-The HARLEY QUINN comic series will now debut in November, two months later than originally reported.
-Volume 3 of the collected NO MAN'S LAND editions will be out on September 27. It features "ASSEMBLY", "FRUIT OF THE EARTH", plus some stories by Larry Hama, and the various one-issue tales from April 1999.
-Nightwing will be appearing with Superman in ACTION COMICS #771.
MOVIES
-Nicholas Cage is no longer interested in working on SUPERMAN LIVES. Why? He says that it's been delayed far too long.
-Alan J. Porter and the GOTHAM WEEKLY NEWS newsletter have reported that another site has reported that the WB is finally moving ahead with Batman 5; they are going to use YEAR ONE as the script. Apparently Cage's dismissal from SUPERMAN LIVES prompted the fast-tracking of this film.
-If the X-Men movie does well, expect more superhero movies (read: Batman 5 and Superman 5) to finally be brought out of development hell.
-Alicia Silverstone has actually said she'd consider playing Batgirl again if given the chance. Gag me, now.
-There is a "theatrical trailer" for DARK VICTORY at the DC COMICS site. Here is the exact address:
http://www.dccomics.com/features/bat_dv/dv.htm
-Starting July, the DC COMICS website will be hosting the first in a series of "Gotham Girls" Flash-animated comic books on their site.
-A teaser poster for RETURN OF THE JOKER can be found at this address:
http://www.darkhorizons.com/news6/p-bb.jpg
TOYS, BOOKS, AND OTHER MERCHANDISE
-PLAY BY PLAY has released a second series of Batman plush dolls. They originally came out with 14" and 22" Batman, Robin, Joker, and Riddler dolls (old style); now available are Two-Face, the Penguin, Catwoman, and Mr. Freeze (new style) in 13" and 18". Just
search eBay for these; there are a lot in auctions there at the moment.
-On September 1, it will be possible to order a copy of Paul Dini's RETURN OF THE JOKER script through Amazon.com.
-For a preview on BATMAN VEHICLE ADVENTURE (a forthcoming Playstation game), check out this address:
http://www.gameinformer.com/previews/
preview_detail.cfm?ITEM_ID=4831
-You can also find a preview of the N64 version here:
http://ign64.ign.com/previews/14845.html
-The fourth and fifth BATMAN BEYOND videos, SPELLBOUND and CRUSH, are now available.
SPECIAL NOTE
For more BATMAN, SUPERMAN, AND BEYOND news throughout the week, check out the WORLD'S FINEST NEWS PAGE at:
http://www.geocities.com/bbeyond/news.html
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-Tim TWO-FACE Leighton and Dick Grayson, editors
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TO ALL GOOD THINGS...
...there must be an end. We would like to thank the endless amount of contributors for contributing their editorials, columns, news, jokes, reviews and other articles. We hope you've all enjoyed it as much as we've enjoyed making it! Thank you for reading! See ya next time!
CREDITS FOR BATMAN: THE ANIMATED NEWSLETTER
EDITOR AT COLLEGE, NOT IN A DORM: Tim "TWO-FACE" Leighton
EDITOR AT COLLEGE, BUT IN A DORM: "Dick Grayson"
AIR DATE SCHEDULES: Brian Cruz, RiddlerWB (at the official BTAS/STAS site), and YTV.com
EPISODE REVIEWS: Zanna/Justin Chen, and occasionally Tim "TWO-FACE" Leighton
EDITORIAL: Help Wanted
COMIC REVIEWS: Tim "TWO-FACE" Leighton, Dick Grayson
UNDER THE KNIFE: Brian Davis
MERCHANDISE REVIEW: Various
"BTAN ARCHIVES" MODERATOR: Eileen Delgadillo
TRIVIA: Tim "TWO-FACE" Leighton
PROMOTIONS AND JUST GETTIN' THE WORD AROUND: Dick Grayson, Eileen Delgadillo, Brian Cruz, Brian Davis
THOSE WHO FILL IN FOR OTHERS WHEN THEY FOUL UP:-Y Tim "TWO-FACE" Leighton
DELIVERY: Tim "TWO-FACE" Leighton
E-MAIL RECEPTION HANDLING: Tim "TWO-FACE" Leighton
BATMAN CREATED BY: Bob Kane & Bill Finger (who else?)
Batman and all related indicia are trademarks of DC Comics, Copyright c 2000.
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AND A SPECIAL THANKS TO MIN S. KU FOR PARTICIPATING IN OUR INTERVIEW!
AND THAT'S NOW TWO YEARS BEHIND US. WOW!
