WELCOME

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Congratulations to GWN subscriber, and GOTHAM GAZETTE contributor,  Marc Campbell who has takes up a new post as "Associate Editor, Multimedia Publishing" at DC Comics starting in December.

 

Marc's DC fanzine FANZING has passed on to another GOTHAM GAZETTE regular, Michael Hutchison, and will soon be found at a new URL (http://www.spacestar.net/users/rabhutch/fanzing/) . Michael expects his first issue to be posted around Thanksgiving.

 

For full features and more information on items mentioned  here don't forget to check out the monthly editions of GOTHAM GAZETTE.

 

See below for a list of what's in GOTHAM GAZETTE #19 - Out Now.

 

All the best

 

Alan J. Porter

[email protected] / [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

 - "Batman & Robin" Video Sales

 - Just Spotted in ....

 

 

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COMICS SHIPPING NEXT WEEK (11/26)

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BATMAN: LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT #102

By Robinson & Johnson

A blizzard is appraoching as a handlful of the wealthiest and most influential people on Earth gather at a mountain lodge to meet with Bruce Wayne, but when the lights go out... the guests begin to die. ($1.95)

 

BATMAN ADVENTURES: THE LOST YEARS #1 (of 5)

By Bader & Hampton

Bridging the gap between Batman & Robin Adventures and the start of a new series this mini-series covers the lifes of Batman and his supporting cast between the old and new animated series. ($1.95)

 

BATMAN / PREDATOR III #3 (of 4)

By Dixon & DaMaggio

The battle between the Dark Knight and the pair of alien hunters continues as the younger Predator sets out to stalk Tim Drake. ($1.95)

 

CATWOMAN #53

By Moench & Balent

Doug Moench's last issue as writer. McShane discovers Selina's secret while Catwoman makes a shocking discovery of her own. ($1.95)

 

DCU HOLIDAY BASH

By Various

Holiday stories featuring tales of various DCU stars includes an unusual Batman tale by Peter David, plus a Nightwing / Oracle story by Brian Stelfreeze. ($3.95)

 

JLA #14

By Morrison & Frank

Part 5 of "Rock Of Ages" sees a dreadful struggle between the JLA and the master of a future Earth - Darkseid. ($1.95)

 

LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #100

By Various

The triple size Legion anniversary issue sees the time lost Legionaires returned to the 30th century with the aid of a number of heroes including ROBIN. ($5.95)

 

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!

 

11/22/97 - "Double Talk" (9.30 Batman - NEW EPISODE featuring Scarface)

 

Sorry no other information on 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 

 

** GWN has a number of non-US based readers. If any of you have information on upcoming Batman TV show schedules for your location, e-mail them to me before the Friday of the previous week and I'll put them in GWN. **

 

ON-LINE

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AOL Weekly Chat Room Schedule:

 

Monday (11/24)

GOTHAM CITY HAPPY HOUR, 7 PM ET

With Scott Peterson, editor of Detective Comics.

 

Wednesday (11/26)

BATMAN'S PARTNERS, 9 PM ET

Fans gather informally to discuss Robin, Oracle, Nightwing, the Huntress,

Azrael, Catwoman, and Black Canary.

 

 

"BATMAN & ROBIN" VIDEO SALES

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 As expected Batman & Robin has started to slide down the video sales and rentals charts as the next wave of blockbusters is released in time from the holiday season.

 

Positions last week:

Video Sales #4  (Previous week  #2)

Video Rentals     #3  (Previous week  #1)

 

JUST SPOTTED IN ..

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OK this is an old one, but the October 6th copy of Business Week just came across my desk. The editorial cartoon shows Al Gore seated at a desk surrounded by different types of phones all directly linked to various "campaign contributors". Hidden among the mass of phones is .. The Bat Phone - talk about being a cultural icon !!

 

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Don't forget to check out the

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

 - Diamond Previews

 - Entertainment Weekly

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GOTHAM WEEKLY NEWS is a FOREST COMICS Publication.

 

FOREST COMICS is (c) and TM  - Alan J. Porter (1994 - 1997)

 

BATMAN and all related characters and indicia are Trademark and copyright DC Comics Inc.

 

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