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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
Tim Levins: tlevins
Min S. Ku: min3000gt
ANIMATED SERIES (BTAS, STAS, BEYOND)
-A JLA series is
confirmed to be in development at WB, apparently for the Cartoon Network (though no one is confirming anything). Paul Dini is NOT connected to the
project, though Bruce Timm is.
ANIMATED COMICS
-Distribution of the comic adapation of
BATMAN BEYOND: RETURN OF THE JOKER has been pushed back to December 13, to
coincide with the video release the day before.
-BATMAN: GOTHAM ADVENTURES
#34
Written by Scott Peterson, art by Tim Levins and Terry Beatty, cover by
Bob Smith and Beatty.
After several citizens of Gotham City mysteriously
disappear, Batman's search leads to the maniacal Maxie Zeus! But what would
Maxie want with carpenters and stonecutters? Why, to
rebuild Rome, of
course. Ships on January 3, 2001.
-BATMAN: GOTHAM ADVENTURES #35
Bruce
Wayne finds himself on the jury of a man he helped capture, and worse yet, the perpetrator is about to go free! What can Bruce possibly do that Batman
can't?
Cover: http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0011/14/BGothAd35.jpg
-BATMAN
BEYOND #16
Homeless men have been mysteriously disappearing from Gotham's
streets, thanks to the international terrorist group known as Kobra.
But as Batman investigates, he quickly goes from hunter to hunted - and
Bruce must somehow infiltrate Kobra to free the captured hero.
Cover: http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0009/19/BB16.jpg
-BATMAN
BEYOND #17
Written by Hilary Bader, art by Craig Rousseau and Rob Leigh,
cover by Brian Stelfreeze. A former classmate comes back looking for revenge
after being brushed off by Dana. But Batman Terry McGinnis won't let one hair of
Dana's head be harmed, even if it means being swamped by rats. Ships January 31,
2001.
Cover: http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0010/17/BB17.jpg
-BATMAN
BEYOND #18
Written by Hilary Bader, art by Craig Rousseau and Rob Leigh,
cover by Brian Stelfreeze.
With the Stalker's help, Blight returns to
terrorize Future Gotham.
Ships February 28, 2001.
Cover: http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0011/14/BB18.jpg
OTHER COMICS
*-The following 7 issues are all a part of
DC's " This Issue: BATMAN DIES!" promotion for December. (That's right!
Batman dies in every one of the following issues in some way.)
-Bane appears
in BIRDS OF PREY #26
-Two-Face and Montoya are again the focus of DETECTIVE
COMICS #753.
-The Joker appears in ROBIN #85.
-Mr. Zsasz appears in GOTHAM
KNIGHTS #12.
-Catwoman appears in NIGHTWING #52.
-Batman's war against the
Penguin continues in BATMAN #586.
-Cain re-appears in BATGIRL #11.
-Greg
Rucka and Jeph Loeb are writing a DETECTIVE COMICS/SUPERMAN crossover due out in
March 2001.
-The Ventriloquist/Scarface and Matches Malone return in
BATMAN #588.
-LOTDK #140: Part four of five of "Terror", featuring Batman,
Hugo Strange, and the Scarecrow.
http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0011/14/BLDK140.htm
-DETECTIVE
COMICS #755: All the GCPD says farewell to one of Gotham's Finest - including
Two-Face - but it can't be long before he causes problems again. Oh, Bruce
and his bodyguard are there, too!
http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0011/14/Det755.jpg
-Double
Dare, the Penguin, and Nightwing all appear in GOTHAM KNIGHTS #14. Oh, and look
- Paul Dini is writing the back-up story!
-Be on the lookout for ROBIN
#87 - Batman and Robin have a tiff!
-HARLEY QUINN #4:
Introducing...the
Quinntettes! They're the baddest, meanest, most dysfunctional henchmen Harley
could find, and they're ready for action. But the first mission's not what
anyone's expecting, and one of the Quinntettes has something strange going
on...in his head.
Cover: http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0010/17/HQ4.jpg
-HARLEY
QUINN #5:
Harley is on the run from a pair of bounty hunters.
-ROBIN: YEAR
ONE #2
On sale November 29. Robin squares off against the Mothman, the
original Blockbuster, and Two-Face - all while trying to live the life of a
normal teenager. When duty gets in the way of blooming romance, Dick at last
learns the impossible cost he must pay to be a champion of good.
Cover: http://www.fandom.com/multimedia/Batman/Miscellaneous/BatmanMiscellaneous226294.jpg
-ROBIN: YEAR ONE #3
Robin's first battle with Mr. Freeze.
-ROBIN: YEAR
ONE #4
The final chapter in the saga of young Dick Grayson. Robin's healed,
but Two-Face remains at large, and a city-wide manhunt is falling woefully
short. While Harvey Dent is on the loose, Robin must prepare himself to face
the man who nearly killed him during their first encounter. But when Robin
takes things too far, a life hangs in the balance and Robin must question the sanctity of his actions.
Cover: http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0010/17/RobinYO4.jpg
-Ra's
Al Ghul appears in ACTION COMICS #772 and 773.
MOVIES
-The Batman Beyond website, now up and running, (www.batmanbeyond.com) will be adding interactive features that include a 10-minute "Return of the Joker" preview
Webcast, a soundtrack sampler, a clip from the music video, interactive
arcade games, character biographies, weekly contests and sweepstakes for
chances to win great prizes, questions for the creators, chat events and
much more. (All the previous movie info was taken from Alan J. Porter's
"Gotham Weekly News" newsletter)
-A flyer from the Canadian department store
ZELLERS states that they will be selling RETURN OF THE JOKER on November
28th. Perhaps Canada is evading the censorship laws that are plaguing this
video in the States...who knows?
-Another report from one of us
Canucks:
"I'm pretty sure ROTJ is coming out on Nov. 28. Why do I know
this, well my buddy works at Zellers and he says that it's gonna be a big
release. They have it marked on the calendar and are getting all sorts
of adds, cardboard cut outs and various things for the display. Zellers still might be mistaken about the release date, but from what I hear on the
inside it sounds like it's on the way."
-Free magazines circulating at
FAMOUS PLAYERS movie theatres across Canada feature advertisements of ROTJ
and proclaim the release date to be November 28 as well.
-LAST MINUTE
NOTICE!!! ROTJ WILL be coming out on Nov. 28th in Canada, and that's officially official!
*BATMAN BEYOND: LIVE ACTION NEWS:
-The Batman Beyond movie
is in the earliest stages of development, writer Paul Dini told The Continuum.
"Boaz, Alan and I are still working on story
concepts," Dini said, referring to writer/director Boaz Yakin and writer
Alan Burnett. Dini and Burnett are producers of the Batman Beyond animated
series.
*BATMAN: YEAR ONE (BATMAN 5) NEWS:
-The Comics2Film
newsletter reports that the "Pure Batman5 Rumors website, (http://homes.acmecity.com/batman/arkham/23/)
says director Darren Aronofsky may have long-term plans for Batman. While it
was recently announced that Aronofsky would direct and co-write Batman: Year
One, an unnamed source tells Frosteey that the director is hoping to do a
trilogy of movies. The source claims that the cycle will start with Year One
and end with The Dark Knight Returns. The source did not know what the
second part of the series would be" This is the first we've heard of this
rumor, however stories have circulated in the past the Aronofsky is keen on
doing The Dark Knight Returns.
-Recent reports have stated that Aronofsky
might not be as close to doing BATMAN 5 as we originally thought - for he
and Miller are working on an adaption of RONIN as well. However now, either
don't know which will go into production first - whichever gets a script
completed first is the winner, apparently.
LIVE ACTION TELEVISION
-To view anything regarding the
Batman ONSTAR commercials, go here:
http://www.onstar.com
-Four online,
interactive comic books (featuring Batman, the Joker, Catwoman, Two-Face,
Alfred, and Commissioner Gordon) can also be found at the OnStar
site.
-It looks like a fifth webisode featuring the Riddler will be coming
soon.
-Check out http://www.fandom.com/batman for
downloadable versions of the ONSTAR commercials if the official ONSTAR site
is not being cooperative with your PC. Two of the commercials can also be
found at http://www.adcritic.com - just
search for "Batman".
EXCLUSIVE INTERNET ENDEAVOURS:
-The seventh GOTHAM GIRLS
webisode (featuring Poison Ivy) can be found at
http://www.gothamgirls.com
TOYS, BOOKS, AND OTHER MERCHANDISE
-Two prints by ALEX ROSS
will be out for sale by DC Direct on March 7, 2001. One will be the picture seen on the cover of BATMAN: HARLEY QUINN (from Aug 99), and the
other will be the one used by WIZARD magazine, featuring Batman being
surrounded by 10 of Arkham's worst inmates. Both are 10" x 13".
-A
statue of The Demon is due out on June 20, 2001. Here's a picture:
http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0011/14/DemonFig.htm
-"Guy
Hebert" gave us this scoop: "I noticed in a recent Toys 'R Us flyer that there
is a new reprint of the original Batmobile from the animated series. It also
comes with Batman in his original costume. The car looks a little weird,
though. Those chrome pipes on the hood are red and so are the rims, as far
as I can remember."
-Ubi Soft Entertainment and Kemco are teaming to publish
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker on the PlayStation game console, Game Boy
Color and Nintendo 64 in North America. The games will also be published in
Europe, South Africa, New Zealand and Australia under the name Batman of the
Future: Return of The Joker. (They are all due out on November 16.)
-BATMAN:
TOTAL CHAOS will be available for Game Boy by Christmas 2000. It is based on the
NEW BATMAN ADVENTURES style (BTAS), and allows you to play as either Batman
or Batgirl vs. Two- Face, Bane, Poison Ivy, and the Joker (among others) over
18 levels. (Judging by the pics provided, you'll also encounter Mr. Freeze,
the Penguin, and maybe even Killer Croc.)
http://pocket.ign.com/previews/14474.html
-BATMAN:
OVERDRIVE, the new BTAS-based game for PSX and N64, puts you in the driver's
seat of the Batmobile, Batcycle, and many other Bat-vehicles. You even get
to play as any of the villains, should you desire to do so! It features (in
no particular order), the Joker, Harley Quinn, Mr. Freeze, Two-Face,
Clayface, Poison Ivy, the Scarecrow, Killer Croc, the Penguin, the Mad
Hatter, the Ventriloquist/Scarface, Calendar Girl, Roxie Rockett, Firefly,
Catwoman, and Bane. Go to the following link to see some shots of the
villain lineup, some shots of Batman persuing the Joker, and the exit to the
Batcave.
http://www.gamespot.co.uk/pc.gamespot/driving/batov_uk/preview.html
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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FEATURED
BAT-SITE FOR THIS ISSUE
(feel free to submit your own for our
consideration)
THE KEVIN CONROY WEBSITE
Sorry, we didn't have time to write a good review of this
site, but believe me, with all the pics and info there, it's well worth it
to anyone that admires this man (or just his voice)!
* - indicates a shameless plug for a site a certain
double-faced editor created with his bare hands - in other words, a cheap
advertising technique.
If you have any questions, problems, links do not work, or
anything else, then please e-mail this address with your problems and we'll
try to fix them as soon as possible. Also if you'd like to send any fan-mail
then please send it to this address:
As for submissions, feel free to submit an article or opinion
on anything pertaining to BTAS. Keep in mind that as the editors, we have
the right to edit your submissions if we deem it necessary. Such instances
would include problems with length, grammar, and language. If we do feel we must edit something, however, we will do our utmost to ensure that
the opinion and the basic message of the submission does not change, as that
is the most important part of any article, and everyone is entitled to it.
And if you do submit something, please don't just submit a basic review of
an episode or a comic or something (because we have people writing for those
purposes already) - write about an issue you'd like to
discuss.
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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
NO MAN'S ISLAND: SURVIVAL IN GOTHAM: Tim "TWO-FACE"
Leighton
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
THE CREATION OF THIS NEWSLETTER INSPIRED BY: Alan J.
Porter
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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