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OOPS !
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While preparing this week's issue of GWN I inadvertantly
sent a half completed copy to about 50 subscribers. I apologise for any
confusion caused.
COLLECTORS GUIDE UPDATE
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The November update of the BATMAN COLLECTORS GUIDE web
pages will be posted this coming weekend at
http://memebers.aol.com/gothamajp/guide.htm
Alan J. Porter
[email protected] / [email protected]
IN THIS ISSUE OF
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- Comics Shipping
Next Week
- Comics News
- TV Show
Schedules & News
- On-Line
Happenings
- Meet The Bat
Team
- Movie Rumors
- Letters To GWN
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COMICS SHIPPING NEXT WEEK (10/28)
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BATMAN: SCARECROW 3D #1
By Moore & Critchlow
The Dark Knight's latest battle with his most fearsome of
foes leaps off the page in this special 3D edition, which includes a bound-in
set of 3D glasses. ($3.95)
BATMAN: LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT #113
By Vado & Felche
It's the battle of the titans as Batman tries to regain
control of the cruise ship "Adraitic King" from Lord Demise with the
lives of a thousand passengers at stake. ($1.99)
BATMAN: THRILLKILLER TP
By Chaykin & Brereton
A stunning fully painted tradepaperback that reprints the
popular ELSEWORLDS mini-series and its one-shot sequel. One of the most
original and stylish spins on the
Batman legend for years - highly recommended. ($12.95)
CATWOMAN #63
By Grayson & Balent
Seeking revenge, the Clown Prince Of Crime sprays the
Catwoman with a radioactive chemical that enables him to track her movements.
Now anyone that the Catwoman
comes near is a potential target for slaughter at the
hands of The Joker! ($1.99)
JLA #24
By Morrison & Porter
The US Military unveils its new secret weapons, the
Ultra-Marines but their commanding officer has sinister plans in mind for them.
Plans that put the Ultra-Marines into
conflict with the JLA. ($1.99)
JLA: WORLD WITHOUT GROWN-UPS TPB
By Degazo & McCone.
Reprinting the recent mini-series and the Young Justice:
The Secret one-shot. ($9.95)
ROBIN #59
By Dixon & Johnson
Robin must rescue his conspiracy loving friends from the
all too real terror of Steeljacket. ($1.99)
COMICS NEWS
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"NO MAN'S LAND" - FIRST STORY ARC
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The first story arc of the year long event "No Man's
Land" kicks off in the Batman comics shipping in January 1999 with a tale
called "No Law and a New Order" wriiten by
Bob Gale with art by
Alex Maleev and Wayne Faucher.
It kicks off
with a special NON MAN'S LAND issue available as either a "Collector's
Edition" with a painted lenticular cover by Alex Ross, or a stanadrd
"Newsstand" edition. The story starts three
months since
sectors by warring villains, Oracle provides running
commentary on a city well on the way from bad to worse. But a Batman-like
figure has been spotted around the city;
is this the return of
character to the Batman family, this could be the first
appearence..
The story
continues in SHADOW OF THE BAT #83 which features a cameo by this
"mysterious" new character.As the city falls deeper into despair
without the
Dark Knight and the law is determined by which
"sector" of Gotham one is in, James Gordon leads what remains of the
GCPD in a new plan to take the city back, sector
by sector.
The Dark
Knight returns to
in a desperate battle to take back the sector containing
both police headquarters and Oracle's home?
in part three of "No Law and a New Order."
"No Law
and a New Order" concludes in DETECTIVE #730 as Batman battles Scarface
for control of his sector, the Dark Knight quickly learns that he must
adapt to a new way of thinking if he wants to hold onto
any of the territory he reclaims. Meanwhile, infighting amongst the GCPD causes
problems for Commissioner
Gordon.
OTHER NML NEWS
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- NML will include
a special one-part story guest-starring Superman (written by Kelley Puckett,
art by Jon Bogdanove and Eduardo Barreto) that addresses a source of
controversy amongst readers since the plans for NML were
revealed - why the rest of the DCU super-hero community has not been in
- Robin leaves
February's NIGHTWING #30.
TV SHOW SCHEDULES & NEWS
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BATMAN BEYOND NEW DATE ?
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The new series premiere date for Batman Beyond #1 is
NEW BATMAN / SUPERMAN ADVENTURES
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The new season of Batman/ Superman Adventures is now on
the WB Network Scheduled times are posted as Monday through Friday at 4:00 and
4:30pm; Saturdays at
Thu
NOTE: Shows #1 - 85 are the classic "Batman: The
Animated Series" style. Shows #86 onwards are the "New
Adventures" style.
For those of you without a WB affiliate you may find the
new shows on:
- WGN on Sunday mornings at 8.00 central/
- Some UPN
stations are also running the shows on Sunday at 10.30 ET
A listing of US TV stations carrying the KidsWB! shows
can be found at http://www.toonzone.net/brian/stations/index.html
The Irish TV
station RTE2 broadcasts The New Batman Adventures on Tuesdays around
BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES
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The Cartoon Network is running selected episodes airing
Monday through Friday at
Thu
(Thanks to Brian Cruz for the schedule)
From Brian Davis comes news that Batman is back on the
Cartoon Network,
Sean Wilson reports that
Global TV is showing Batman: The Animated Series at
SUPER-FRIENDS
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On the Cartoon Network (
SUNDAY
BATMAN - 1960s TV SHOW
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The Canadian cable channel Space! is showing selected episodes from the
classic Adam West TV show. At a NEW TIME of
1.30pm (EDT) Monday thru Friday.
10/26 -(season 1/ show 31) "Death in Slow
Motion" -The Riddler
10/27 -(1/32) "Riddler's False Notion" - The
Riddler
10/28 -(1/33) "Fine Finny Fiends" - Penguin
10/29 -(1/34) "Batman Makes the Scene" -
Penguin
10/30 -(2/01) "The Penguin's Nest" - Penguin
The European satellite channel "Trouble" also
airs the 1960's show at 7am and 11am every morning.
ON-LINE HAPPENINGS
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AOL WEEKLY CHAT ROOM SCHEDULE
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Monday (10/26)
GOTHAM CITY HAPPY HOUR, 7 PM ET
With representatives from the Batman editorial office..
Wednesday (10/28)
WOMEN OF THE DCU, 7 PM ET
Fans gather informally to discuss DC's female characters,
past, present, and future from Catwoman to Duela Dent.
BATMAN'S PARTNERS, 9 PM ET
Fans gather informally to discuss Robin, Oracle,
Nightwing, the Huntress, Azrael, Catwoman, and Black Canary.
MEET THE BAT TEAM
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CHICAGO - 31st October to November 1st
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Chicago Comicfest at the O'Hare Ramada, Rosemount IL.
Among the listed guests are Batman artist KELLEY JONES, "Lost Years"
artists BO HAMPTON and Gotham
Adventures inker TERRY BEATTY.
BUFFALO NY - November 8th
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Queen City Comic Con, Marriot Hotel, Buffalo. DEVIN
GRAYSON writer of Catwoman and the upcoming Titans series.
LOS ANGELES - November 14th
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To celebrate the release of the new BATMAN: ANIMATED
coffe-table book STORYOPOLIS in Los Angeles will hold a signing with the book's
co-authors, PAUL DINI and
CHIP KIDD. Also present will be director ERIC RADOMSKI
and designer/producer BRUCE TIMM.
COLUMBUS OHIO - November 28th & 29th
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The 19th annual Mid-Ohio-Con at the Adam's Mark Hotel in
Columbus OH presents featured guests ADAM WEST
and FRANK GORSHIN. (TV's classic Batman and
Riddler). Also attending will be TERRY BEATTY the inker of Batman Adventures.
MOVIE RUMORS
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ANOTHER NAIL IN THE COFFIN OF THE BATMAN FRANCHISE ?
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Comis2Film reports that an apparent insider at Warner Bros. claims that WB
executives were hoping the new movie Soldier would boost star Kurt Russell's
popularity to
the point where he could add renewed interest to the
failing Batman franchise. Apparently the word-of-mouth on Soldier has
been poor. The source claims another factor
is WB's track record with recent big budget / high
profile bombs such as "Batman & Robin" and "The Avengers". WB are apparently now looking towards the
reborn Superman movie to relaunch that franchise and replace Batman.
"...WB is dropping Batman. They're not
gonna stop with the animated show, but as for feature films, unless Tim Burton
brings himself in here asking for number
5, it's not gonna happen."
The
source also shed some light on George
Clooney's part in the Batman5 rumor mill. Apparently the actor received a
script (for Batman 5) around the same
time he announced he was leaving ER. Allegedly,
Clooney hated the script and began the process of trying to get out of his
two-picture contract.
LETTERS TO GWN
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BTAS ON DVD ?
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HI there - Some people have been asking if there's any
chance of Batman and Superman animation being released on the DVD format. I
asked Boyd Kirkland,
Producer/Writer/Director of Batman & Mr. Freeze:
Sub-Zero, and he told me that WB Home Video has no plans to release any such
animation on DVD. In fact, he said
that WB only pressed 1500 copies of the Sub-Zero
laserdisc! Mr. Kirkland suggested that a letter-writing campaign from enough
fans may persuade WB to change their
minds. This is the address he gave me:
Tom Lezinski
Warner Home Video
3903 W. Olive Ave.
Burbank, CA 91522
from - Brian Cruz - ToonZone
(http://www.toonzone.net/brian/index.html)
PLEA FROM THE OLD COUNTRY
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Hi - I live in
England so I can never see the New Batman/Superman adventures, could
some kind hearted person tape any episodes for me, if
possible I would like
Over The Edge and Speed Demons. My e-mail address is
[email protected].
Thanks.
AJP: Don't forget that unless you have a dual standard
VCR ( which are available in Europe, but not the USA) then any tapes will have
to be in UK-PAL format not the US
- NTSC.
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A NEW ISSUE OF
GOTHAM GAZETTE is now available.
Issue #28 can be found at http://members.aol.com/gothamajp
(Note the new URL)
This month:
- A detailed look
at the upcoming new TV show "Batman Beyond"
- The long awaited
conclusion to "La Jolie Laide"
- An article on
The Lost Batman Radio Show
- A round up of
all the movie news, rumors and gossip
- A look at
upcoming Comics projects.
- An indepth look
a classic Batman comic from 1966
- Listings of
Comics shipping in October and November
Meanwhile the
"SUMMER SPECIAL" edition can still be found at
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ajporter/gotham.htm
- THE COLLECTORS GUIDE updates can be found at
http://members.aol.com/gothamajp/guide.htm
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Sources used in compiling GOTHAM WEEKLY NEWS
- DC Comics
On-Line Newsletter (http://www.dccomics.com/newsletter.html)
- Diamond Previews
(http://www.diamondcomics.com)
- WB Animation Web
Page (http://www.wbanimation.com)
- Space ! Weekly
Schedules Web Page (http://205.250.106.39/schedule/)
- Comic Book
Continuum (http://www.detnews.com/metro/hobbies/comix/)
- Newsrama
(http://www.AnotherUniverse.com/newsarama)
- Hollywood Heros
(http://www.Mania.com/Mania)
- WB Cartoon
Episode Schedules (http://www.toonzone.net/brian/index.html)
- Comics2Film
(http://www.comics2film.com)
- Dark Horizons
(http://www.darkhorizons.com/news.htm)
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