Comics Explained: The Court of Owls

Beware The Court of Owls, that watches all the time, ruling Gotham from a shadow perch, behind granite and lime. They watch you at your hearth, they watch you in your bed, speak not a whispered word of them or they’ll send The Talon for your head. In Gotham City there was a mystery that even the famed Batman

Comics Explained: Catwoman

As I am writing The Batman is currently in cinemas, and it is the first time that Catwoman has appeared in a live action movie since The Dark Knight Rises. One of the most famous anti-hero/anti-villains of comics, and a longstanding love interest of Batman, Catwoman has made a mark on the history of comics.

Comics Explained: Polka-Dot Man

I was writing this week’s post when the trailer for James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad was released which stopped me in my tracks. My first thought was ‘Polka-Dot Man is unironically has a clearer place in cinema than Superman right now‘ and my second one was ‘Who actually knows about Polka-Dot Man?‘. So that is

Comics Explained: Batman

Batman is perhaps the most famous comic book character and has one of the longest publishing histories for any current character – only Superman can really challenge Batman in that regards. Debuting all the way back in 1939, and consistently being one of DC’s major heroes (so much so that his comic became the name

Comics Explained: The Batman Who Laughs

Despite only debuting in 2017 the Batman Who Laughs has made a big impact on DC comics. A mixture of his design, the premise behind him, and his significant presence in the Dark Knights: Metal storyline has made him a quickly popular character. Despite his recent appearance, he has already made a cameo in other

Comics Explained: Harley Quinn

Harley Quinn is by far one of DC’s most popular characters despite only debuting in the 1990s. Within that short amount of time she’s managed to evolve from a one-off henchmen of the Joker, that didn’t actually originate in the comics, to one of the major antiheroes of DC. As she is the star of

Comics Explained: Victor Zsasz

Batman over the years has had many twisted and sadistic villains over the years, and one good example of them is Victor Zsasz. Since his debut in 1992 Zsasz has never been close to one of Batman’s main villains, but he has been in the background fairly often. Especially since his extremely brief appearance in

Comics Explained: Arkham Asylum, A Serious House on Serious Earth

Welcome back to 2019’s Month of Horror, and today we’re looking at Batman’s most dark and psychological story. Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth, by the masterful Grant Morrison and prestigious artist Dave McKean, sees Batman delving into Arkham Asylum where his Rouge’s Gallery has taken over the institute. Inside, we see a story

Eighty Years of Batman

In May 1939 the comic book Detective Comics in issue 27 released a new story featuring a new superhero. A superhero craze had begun in the 1930s, and all comic strips and radio shows were eager to introduce their own heroes. However, Detective Comics #27 would introduce perhaps the most important pop culture icons, never

Comics Explained: DC Multiverse

A map of the Multiverse One of the key aspects of the DC Universe (DCU) is the Multiverse. An idea of a Multiverse is not unique to DC and some scientists have even hypothesized that we may even be living in a Multiverse. A Multiverse is basically a parallel universe where things are different; for example,