WELCOME
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HAPPY HALLOWEEN -
the perfect time of year for dark nights and bats !!
Hi folks and welcome to the this week's issue of GOTHAM
WEEKLY NEWS.
For full features and more information on items
mentioned here don't forget to check out
the monthly editions of GOTHAM GAZETTE.
NEW ISSUE OF GOTHAM GAZETTE OUT THIS WEEK !!
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See below for a list of what's in GOTHAM GAZETTE #19 -
Out Now.
All the best
Alan J. Porter
[email protected] / [email protected]
IN THIS ISSUE OF GOTHAM WEEKLY NEWS:
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- Comics Shipping
Next Week
- TV Show Schedule
- On-Line
Happenings
- Comics News -
Lots of new Bat projects.
- Clooney on
"Batman & Robin".
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COMICS SHIPPING NEXT WEEK (11/5)
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BATMAN: PRODIGAL
Tradepaperback collection of the 12 issue story when Dick
Grayson took on the mantle of the Bat. Originally told in Batman #512-514,
Shadow Of The Bat # 32 - 34, Detective # 679-681 and Robin # 11 - 13 ($14.95)
BATMAN: SHADOW OF THE BAT #70
By Grant & Buckingham
Batman and Fate journey to an eerie place to face the
Spirits Of 2000, at stake - humanity.
($1.95)
JLA: PARADISE LOST #1 (of 3)
By Millar & Olivetti
The JLA comes to the aid of fallen angel Zauriel (from
JLA #6-7) as he returns to heaven to face his corrupt Azmodel. ($1.95)
NIGHTWING #16
By Dixon & McDaniel
Introducing the "Nightwing-mobile" as Dick
Grayson develops his own set of crime fighters wheels. ($1.95)
TEEN TITANS #15
The conclusion to the meeting between the new and
original Titans, guest starring Nightwing, ($1.95)
TV SHOW SCHEDULE
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NEW BATMAN / SUPERMAN ADVENTURES on the WB Network airs
weekdays at 4:30 PM and Saturdays at 9:30 AM Eastern and
Pacific time on the
Kids' WB!
10/31/97 -- "Moon of the Wolf" (Batman)
11/1/97 --
"Never Fear" (9:30 Batman -- NEW)
Sorry as of the time of posting I haven't recieved next
week's schedule yet.
For those of you without a WB affiliate you may find the
new shows on WGN on Sunday mornings at
9:30
central/ 10:30 eastern standard time.
SUPER-FRIENDS on the Cartoon Network
SUNDAY 1:00-2:00 am
& 1:00-2:00 pm
MONDAY - FRIDAY 3:30-4:00 pm &
6:00-6:30 pm
ON-LINE
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AOL Weekly Chat Room Schedule:
Monday (11/3)
GOTHAM CITY HAPPY HOUR, 7 PM ET
With Scott Peterson, editor of Detective Comics.
Wednesday (11/5)
BATMAN'S PARTNERS, 9 PM ET
Fans gather informally to discuss Robin, Oracle,
Nightwing, the Huntress,
Azrael, Catwoman, and Black Canary.
COMICS NEWS
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- From the Michael
Doran's Newsrama column comes the news that NIGHTWING will be the first
mainstream DC
to crossover into
THE MAN CALLED AX, this according to series creator/writer Marv Wolfman. In a
post on AOL,
Wolfman announced
Nightwing (a character he has a minor connection to through his TITANS days)
would appear
in issue #7 of the series.
- From "The
Daily Planet" newsletter comes information that in the BATMAN regular
series there will be another
multi part epic,
There's a big shake-up in Gotham City in February when an earthquake strikes, a
cataclysmic event
whose impact will be felt throughout the Batman family of
titles in the months that follow. In addition to the impact
in BATMAN: SHADOW
OF THE BAT, DETECTIVE COMICS, BATMAN, and BATMAN CHRONICLES, related titles
such as AZRAEL, CATWOMAN,
ROBIN and
NIGHTWING suffer from the aftershocks. The damage from the greatest natural
disaster in Gotham City history
will also be felt
in three one-shot specials, BLACKGATE, ARKHAM ASYLUM and SPOILER/HUNTRESS..
- From the DC
Comics Web site comes news of an new ELSEWORLD'S FINEST: featuring SUPERGIRL & BATGIRL .
In a world where
Superman's rocket carried a lifeless body and James Gordon and his wife died
facing Joe Chill,
the greatest heroines of a very different DC Universe
struggle to find common ground as they face Luthor and the Joker.
plus John Byrne
returns to his Elseworld's version of Batman in SUPERMAN & BATMAN:
GENERATIONS -
Which follows the
lives of Superman and Batman in a world where the heroes began their careers in
the years that they
first appeared in
comics (1938 and 1939, respectively). As conceptualized by writer/artist John
Byrne
(BATMAN/CAPTAIN AMERICA), GENERATIONS watches as the
world we know is drastically altered over the course of sixty years
of super-heroics,
with each decade-long "chapter" reflecting the dominant comic-book
style of the era --
from vigilante mystery-men to high-camp, from
"grim-and-gritty" to "new fun" comics.
- Also look out
for BATMAN: THE SCOTTISH CONNECTION by Alan Grant. A trip to Scotland takes
some unexpected turns for
Bruce Wayne as he
visits his family's ancestral burial ground and discovers a mystery. To solve
it, he'll need the help
of both a local
costumed hero and Azrael, who is shocked to learn that a gang of hoods has
access to the original
formula used in his own creation. and
BATMAN/HELLBOY/STARMAN, in this thoroughly offbeat crossover we get to see the
return of Mike
Mignola's popular interpretation of the Dark Knight in BATMAN/HELLBOY, a story
that finds Hellboy coming
to Gotham to investigate neo-Nazi activity.Visiting
scientist Ted Knight winds up kidnapped, and the story continues in
STARMAN/HELLBOY, as Knight's son, Starman, teams with
Hellboy on a rescue mission in the Amazon jungle.
Co-published with Dark Horse Comics.
CLOONEY ON "BATMAN & ROBIN"
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The following is an extract from an interview that
recently appeared in a group of regional newspapers in the north
of England. George Clooney gives his reaction to Batman
& Robin.....
"Warners made
some money and I'd never done a film that was very big internationally before
but I'd be lying if I didn't
say it was a disappointment in a lot of ways and there's
been no talk of another one," he admits.
"It's gone very quiet over at Warners, you
know." .... "If we did something a little different," he says.
"I'd be very
interested in doing one which goes back to the original comic book and the
story of a man who gets up
in the morning and has to decide whether he's gonna be
good or evil. Of course, I don't know whether you'd sell a
ot of toys that way!"
- Extract from an
interview by John Highfield from United Provincial News
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Monthly BATMAN Magazine On The Web
- GOTHAM GAZETTE
at
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ajporter/gotham.htm
#19 - November 1997 Out Now includes:
- Movie news and
updates.
- Reviews of all
November dated Batman comics.
- News of what
ships in December
- The Art Gallery
reopens.
- The quiz
concentrates on the ladies in Batman's life.
- Order the
novelization of "Sub-Zero" from the on-line bookstore.
- All new
Classified Ads this month.
- How to Collect
Batman on a budget.
- Redesigned links
page with 7 new sites added.
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Sources used in compiling this issue of GOTHAM WEEKLY
NEWS
- DC Comics
On-Line Newsletter
- DC Comics
Website
- Diamond Previews
- Newsrama
- Daily Planet
Newsletter
- United
Provincial News
GOTHAM WEEKLY NEWS is a FOREST COMICS Publication.
FOREST COMICS is (c) and TM - Alan J. Porter (1994 - 1997)
BATMAN and all related indicia are Trademark and
copyright DC Comics Inc.
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