Batman Comics Update

A few items from Batman in the comics world, for anyone that cares:

• It hasn't been too long since Batman R.I.P., but Bleeding Cool has rumors of Bruce Wayne's return. I knew he wouldn't stay dead forever, but this seems pretty quick.


• The new Batgirl series started, and for anyone curious about her identity, you can find it here.


• The first arc of Batman and Robin wrapped up this week, and it was pretty darn good. I'm not a Grant Morrison fan, really, but but until the third issue, this was nothing but fun. It got a little Morrison-weird there at the end, with scenes ending so abruptly that I thought I was missing a page. But overall it was one of the best Batman stories in quite a while.

News & Notes

A quick update on the thing yesterday about Megan Fox, Aint It Cool News was nice enough to contact Megan Fox's people for comment:

Megan is a huge fan of the Batman movies and of director Christopher Nolan but these discussions have not taken place.

Wait, you mean the British tabloid was not carefully checking information from reliable sources to only print the truth? I'm shocked. Shocked! Also, it must be kind of awesome to be able to contact Megan Fox's people. Not as nice as contacting her directly, but still that's pretty cool.

News & Notes

Two rumors today, one hopefully true, one probably false.

• Batman 3 may be filmed entirely in IMAX, which would be pretty cool.


• And the Sun is claiming that Megan Fox has been cast as Catwoman. They're the same newspaper that brought us Eddie Murphy as the Riddler, Shia LaBeouf as Robin, and I think Cher as Catwoman, so I wouldn't count on this one being true either.

This is the teaser trailer for Inception, Christopher Nolan's next movie. It's hoped that once he's done with this one, it's on to another Batman movie, but who knows. There was talk for a while of him directing a movie adaptation of the 60s British TV series The Prisoner but he's apparently no longer involved, so my fingers are crossed.

News & Notes

The Batman 3 rumor mill came to a halt after Gary Oldman's surprising (and unconfirmed) announcement at the San Diego Comic Con that filming would begin next year. Well, there was word that Miley Cyrus wants to be Batgirl, but I can't see that happening.

But speaking of Batgirl, a new comic series is launching in a couple weeks. Teaser images, like the one above by Phil Noto are about all we know about the series, but it's generally assumed that Batgirl is neither Barbara Gordon nor Cassie Cain, so we'd be looking at a whole new Batgirl. Possible choices include former Robin Stephanie Brown/Spoiler, Misfit (who actually first appeared in a Batgirl costume), one-time wannabe Batgirl Helena Bertinelli/Huntress, or Squire, one of the sidekicks to the Batmen of All Nations.

It could also be Bette Kane, who many many years ago was "Bat-Girl", the sidekick to Batwoman. Those stories were written out of continuity, but Batwoman has recently been reintroduced, and is currently starring in the beautifully drawn pages of Detective Comics, so bringing back Bette Kane is not out of the realm of possibilities.

But none of these characters I mentioned, with the possible exception of Babs Gordon, will be appearing in a Batman movie any time soon, so this is only of interest to hard core Batman nerds, like me.