When I got the Arkham City Joker/Robin set from Walmart, I also found, hidden on the back of a few boxes the LEGACY DARK KNIGHT BATMAN and POLICE GUARD JOKER WAVE TWO. Had to make a decision, so Arkham City Joker left with me while this Joker had to wait a litte before joining the ranksof the JOKER’S FUNHOUSE: A MUSEUM. Anyways, wanted to share a few of the pictures I took of it so you could enjoy it.
In one of my little excursions to Walmart, I was surprised to see the LEGACY EDITION ARKHAM CITY JOKER and ROBIN set for sale. This is a collector’s set including the ARKHAM CITY Joker and the hooded version of Robin. Here are some pics of the figures in question. This one will be added to the JOKER’S FUNHOUSE SOON!
LEGACY EDITION ARKHAM CITY JOKER and ROBIN SET
I know…some of these might be old, but the truth is that there is so much out there to keep up it is easy sometimes to get lost on the whole thing. Anyways, I found a source of more incentives added to the Arkham City Preorders and to the moment I HAVE NOT HEARD OF ANY HARLEY QUINN SKINS being added to the game (but do not doubt they will come, after all they have the base with the Catwoman downloadable content). If anybody knows any different, please let me know so I can post it here, OK?
Anyways, here’s the latest scoop:
ROBIN PLAYABLE CHARACTER
ROBIN ANIMATED SKIN
STEELBOOKS
FULL LIST OF INCENTIVES (US and international) ALONG WITH SOME PREVIEWS HERE!
INFO ON THE SPECIAL EDITION ARKHAM ASYLUM GUIDE WAS POSTED HERE!
Just at one week for the release of ARKHAM CITY, the much anticipated sequel to 2009’s ARKHAM ASYLUM, images of yet another two villains join the gigabytes of information already loaded the gaming media. Here are they in a nutshell
1. New Robin Character comes fully playable in two maps to be included in the preorder of the game. (no specific retailer was announced, but BEST BUY had been announcing a Robin skin incentive if you ordered the game with them, so I don’t know. The Robins are in reality three. The hooded ninja looking one and two additional skins: RED ROBIN and TRADITIONAL ROBIN
Robin picture courtesy of HotBloodedGaming.com
NEWSARAMA HAS THE FOOTAGE HERE!
2. Poison Ivy (that had a limited intervention in ARKHAM ASYLUM returns to ARKHAM CITY
Ivy photo courtesy of Newsarama.com
3. The MAD HATTER makes his entrance as the latest addition to ARKHAM CITY’S List of rogues that lately included DEADSHOT too
Madhatter photo courtesy of Newsarama.com
After the announcement that Cartoon Network (CN) plans on cancelling the series BATMAN THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD (It was about time if you ask me), it will not take them much time bring back the batman in a whole new series of CGI adventures: BEWARE THE BATMAN (and the lineup of sidekicks and villains are causing quite a buzz it seems). According to to COMIC BOOK MOVIES the announcement came from TIME WARNER: Here is a pic and the transcript fromt he announcement.
Batman: The Brave and the Bold is ending its three-season run
imminently, but DC’s iconic hero won’t be away from TV sets for too long.Comic Book Movie is reporting that Warner Bros. Animation has announced
Beware the Batman, a CGI-animated series targeted for 2013 on
Cartoon Network. The news comes from the recently wrapped MIP Junior showcase in Cannes,
France.Batman is described as “classic-looking,” fighting alongside a, wait for it,
“gun-toting Alfred Pennyworth.” With the status of a Robin currently unclear, it
looks Katana will be playing the main sidekick role, a character currently
co-starring in The New 52′s Birds of Prey. The character has a recent
past in animation, showing up Brave and the Bold episode “Enter the
Outsiders!”Along with the usual villain slate of your Jokers and your Penguins,
Beware the Batman will also feature newer and lesser-known
antagonists, with Professor Pyg — created during Grant Morrison’s
Batman run — specifically mentioned in reports.(Sam Register said that they went deeper into the rogues gallery to pull new villains. Not that we are not going to see Penguin and Joker, but we’ll see less of them. In his own words…”we didn’t want to make another Joker story…there are too many out there…” WHAT? There is never enough Joker stories if they are done right. Well, we’ll have to check this one out by ourselves when it comes out.)
World’s Finest fills in with some more details on Cartoon Network’s DC-related
offerings, saying that the “DC Nation” block is scheduled to debut in spring
2012, with a Doom Patrol series in development, along with My
Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (which has developed a surprisingly
strong online following among male “bronies” 18-35 ) showrunner Lauren Faust
working on a series of shorts starring Wonder Girl, Supergirl and Batgirl titled
“Super Best Friends Forever.”The next DC animated series to premiere will be Green Lantern: The
Animated Series, with a sneak preview airing in November before its proper
debut in spring 2012. An even earlier preview can be had next week at New York Comic Con, where the first
episode will be screened on Saturday, Oct. 15.
To see the original NEWSARAMA report and video from the MIPJunior shocase in Cannes, click HERE!
Checking on this week’s DC releases, I was thrilled to see they had a little preview of the upcoming graphic novel BATMAN: NOEL by JOKER artist LEE BERMEJO. The graphic novel is due in November. Here is the sneak peek published by DC this week. And if you had any doubt there was going to be any Joker on this one…check the last page of the preview. This preview came from RED LANTERNS #2:
Well, after the blow that Joker might actually die at the end of ARKHAM CITY, I tried to lighten up the atmosphere with a pic of the new NIGHTWING from the game. I don’t know. I think I don’t like the way he was modeled. I prefer the one in the comics, especially the one in NIGHTWING #1 (see thumb at the bottom of page). Here is the ARKHAM NIGHTWING preview”
Picture courtesy of Eagle Eye
I was browsing the net and found this report at the TMR ZOO. It is about a preview on ARKHAM CITY where it is said that JOKER DIES!!!!.
Here is tha actual quote from Jonah Falcon’s article:
In CVG’s preview of Batman: Arkham City, it seems that The Joker does
end up dead.After forcing Hammer’s face into the ground with our knuckles we grapple up
to the room in Sionis Industries where Joker’s been hiding out, medical support
and all. The kick ass, justice dealing tone soon changes when we see Harley
Quinn clutching at The Joker in his chair, crying over his limp body.Batman tells Quinn to move, she refuses and The Dark Knight’s usually calm
voice sparks a sharp tone of almost desperate urgency as he commands Harley to
move, grabbing her arm and throwing her aside.Detective Mode confirms The Clown Prince of Crime is dead. It’s a ballsy
decision and one that would usually be reserved for the comics alone. But most
importantly it’s a massive twist that any of the many Arkham City reveals could
never have prepared us for.It’s hard to believe it’s not just a trick by The Joker, but who knows?
Jonah Falcon is a blogger for TMRzoo and
GameStooge.com and covers all gaming consoles and platforms including Sony
Playstation 3, Microsoft XBOX 360, Nintendo Wii, Sony PSP and computer games
designed for Mac OS, Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems. Jonah
provides his readers with reviews, previews, release dates and up to date gaming
industry news, trailers and rumors.
I personally think that Joker is a character that you never can trust especially when dying is concerned (how many times the Clown has been killed, poisoned, run over by car, stabbed, drowned before only to reappear in another issue?), and a resource for future games as a powerful contender. Of course, there is also the other half of the storyl. So far in both the comic book series of ARKHAM CITY by DC and the game trailers we’ve seen it is suggested that Joker’s state is irreversible and progressive, that the poison has permanently damaged him beyond repair. The Clown Prince is just a character and both Rocksteady and DC can do as they please with him, but It is a risky business to try something like that, in my humble opinion. Joker is so iconic a character that his death will leave a lot of fans of the game with a sour taste on their mouths. I don’t know what to believe. I ordered the game and I just hope that this is a rumor…
Hey Jokerholic friends…
Probably old news for many of you, but for the others who have not heard, DC DIRECT is releasing a brand new Joker statue based on the DC Universe Online Series. The statue is based in a design by Jim Lee and is available by preorder. Here is the info:
And don’t forget Joker’s favorite henchwoman from the same series:
So this is my second post on the new Bolland book, with art that is not Joker-centric.
The Book is really awesome. So much art to enjoy….the pages are populated of as many graphics as his other book THE ART OF BRIAN BOLLAND. First I have to say that I love the art on both the dustjacket and the actual hard covers. While Joker is in both the back and the front of the dustjacket, the front of the hardcover has a beautifully done inked portrait of Sgt. Rock (see thumbnail below), and on the back the inked cover of THE INVISIBLES #4.
The art is organized by character for the most part. There are anecdotes for each project, told by Mr. Bolland himself that are quite enlightening and entertaining, adding to the dimension of his work. Here are just a few previews of the art in the book. To enjoy them all, please buy the book. You will not regret it.
NOTE: All material in this post is copyrighted by BRIAN BOLLAND and DC COMICS and is presented here for entertainment purposes only and as a promotion of Bolland’s book which contains much more beautiful art to enjoy. If you’re a serious Joker or Bolland fan, go and grab a copy of the book. It will enrich any art collection.
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