AND THESE ARE OUR FINAL ANSWERS (to the trivia)
Answer to #326: Alfred Pennyworth
Answer to #327: 1007
Answer to #328: The Half-Moon Club
Answer to #329: NOTHING TO FEAR
Answer to #330: The Joker (CHRISTMAS WITH THE JOKER), Clayface (HOLIDAY KNIGHTS), Mr. Freeze (BATMAN ADVENTURES: HOLIDAY SPECIAL)
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LITTLE FACTS AND BLOOPERS
(by Tim "TWO-FACE" Leighton)
Here is a section that just points out various little facts and bloopers that we have noticed while watching BTAS and STAS countless times. If you have anything to contribute, feel free to do so! Enjoy!
CONTRIBUTED BY STAFF:
Na da.
CONTRIBUTED BY OTHERS:
(by "LadyWayne")
1) In ALMOST GOT 'IM, when Two-Face is telling his story about how he almost got Batman, he makes a point of removing Batman's utility belt (the camera angle makes it quite clear that the belt is gone). But almost immediately afterwards, Batman lunges at Two-Face (who is holding the
belt out to the side), and voila! Batman has ANOTHER belt around his waist!
There are two other times that the belt is seen around Batman's waist when we are supposed to think that Two-Face still has it. When Batman is lashed to the giant penny (just before the weight is dropped from the forklift), there's Batman with the belt on again.
And after escaping from the penny, Batman swings down and knocks Harvey off the forklift...again, there's the belt around Batman's waist.
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'UNDER THE KNIFE' - BATMAN BEYOND UK CUT REPORTS
-by Brian Davis
Batman Beyond is called Batman of the Future in the UK. It is shown on CITV Sundays at 9.25am and they make a lot of cuts !!!! Brian Davis uncovers these cuts and lets the public know how good BB episode are being butchered in the UK.
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MERCHANDISING: WHERE THE REAL BAT-CASH IS MADE
(by anyone who wishes to contribute)
Come on...contribute...come ONNNN....
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COMIC REVIEWS
(BATMAN: GOTHAM ADVENTURES by Tim "TWO-FACE" Leighton)
(BATMAN BEYOND by Tim "TWO-FACE" Leighton)
(SUPERMAN ADVENTURES by Dick Grayson)
BATMAN BEYOND
ISSUES: "The Last of Her Kind" (#9)
WRITTEN BY: Hilary J. Bader & Rich Fogel
PENCILLED BY: Craig Rousseau
INKED BY: Rob Leigh
ISSUED: May 31, 2000 (cover date, July 2000)
RATING (out of 5): **
Curare's latest appearance lacked something - but I can't place my finger on it. Don't get me wrong, the issue was still enjoyable. The art was fantastic - especially the cover, even though it had little to do with the story. Who did that cover, anyway? It looks a
lot more detailed than those of the past; it looks like far more work was put into that one.
I know that there's an episode with Curare that I have not yet seen, due to the lack of the KidsWB in Canada; I've only seen her origin episode thus far. Therefore, there's the chance that I could be missing something that I'd need to know to understand this
issue. I enjoyed seeing how Curare's "gang" works; does it still abide by the same rules that the Society of Assassins goes by? And does it have any connection to Ra's Al Ghul?
All of the fight scenes were a tad predictable, and all of the "moan!, "gasp, gasp, gasp!", and "grunt!" stuff in the dialogue balloons just seemed out of place. It wasn't a terrible issue, by any means - it just had a few miniscule
recurring problems that got to me after a while.
And some queries...
1) Where did the letter column go?
2) Why did Batman just let the gang get away at the end?
3) How did Curare escape death following her debut episode, anyway?
"Too many questions...just...too many questions..."
;-Y
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COMIC SCHEDULES & COVERING THE BASICS
This section gives a little bit more in-depth look into each monthly issue of BATMAN: GOTHAM ADVENTURES, BATMAN BEYOND, and SUPERMAN ADVENTURES. Below each comic listing is a link to the cover of that comic. TALK ABOUT SERVICE!
The price for any of these issues, unless otherwise posted, is $1.99 in the US and...grrrrr...a whopping $3.25 in Canada. (Both our editors and many subscribers are
Canadian, hence the "grrr".)
If we are unsure of the exact date of when an issue is being released, just check out "DIRECT CURRENTS" at
http://www.dccomics.com for details.
BATMAN: GOTHAM ADVENTURES #27
June 7th
Synopsis: A popular college professor of law who teaches a class on organized crime is in jail for the murder of a known mob boss. Has the professor stepped over the line and become judge, jury and executioner? Or is he being framed by a new player on the mob scene in Gotham?
Cover:
http://www.dccomics.com/directcurrents/comics/
June7/covers/down/dbmga27.jpg
FOLLOWING MONTH:
Synopsis: A popular musician is kidnapped by the Riddler, who proceeds to leave baffling riddles for Batman, Robin and Nightwing. But the joke's on E. Nigma when the musician begins leaving his own clues for our heroes in an attempt to outwit the Riddler! Will the Riddler become aware of
these double-crosses and end the musician's career once and for all, or will the Bat-family get hip and make all the right moves to save the chart-topper?
Cover:
http://www.dccomics.com/directcurrents/comics/
july5/covers/down/BMGA28.jpg
BATMAN BEYOND #10
June 28th
Synopsis: What's the connection between the new and improved Golem robot terrorizing Gotham City and a young autistic boy? Batman races against time to put an end to the menace of the Golem with the relationship between a father and son hanging in the balance.
Cover: Unavailable
FOLLWOING MONTH:
Synopsis: The smaller they are, the harder they fly! When Superman faces an armada of alien ships surrounding the Earth, he finds himself helpless against their greatest weapon: a ray that shrinks him to the size of a microbe! And he's still shrinking! How can he defeat the aliens and stop
the effects of the ray before he goes sub-atomic?
Cover: Unavailable
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NEWS AND RUMORS
ALL-ENCOMPASSING/OTHER
-The BATMAN CHALLENGE is now up and ready at OnStar.com. Go check it out!
-Terry Beatty has been and will be selling Gotham Adventures and Batman Beyond original art on eBay. His Seller ID is:
beatty@machlink.com Do yourself a favor and check out some great art!
-Craig Rousseau has been and will be selling Gotham Adventures and Batman Beyond original art on eBay. His Seller ID is:
cerousseau@aol.com Feel free to check it out! You don't wanna miss it!
ANIMATED SERIES (BTAS, STAS, BEYOND)
-YTV has just got the rights to air episodes #27 - 52 of BATMAN BEYOND. It's unknwon when these episode to air, but expect fall 2000. YTV may air all the episodes through in ONE run, unlike the first 26 episodes.
ANIMATED COMICS
-Chuck Dixon has written an upcoming issue of GOTHAM ADVENTURES, in which Batman is poisoned and has one hour to live; he enlists in Robin and Poison Ivy's help to find the culprit. The Penguin and Harley Quinn also appear.
-Craig Rousseau will be penciling and Rob Leigh will be inking the comic adaption of RETURN OF THE JOKER, most likely due out Oct. 18 or 25.
-Terminal (villain in HIDDEN AGENDA) will return in BATMAN BEYOND #12
-BATMAN BEYOND #15 is being touted as nothing but a "WOW" issue. Wow!
-Min Ku may return to fill in for Rousseau on Issues #13 and #14.
OTHER COMICS
-DARK VICTORY #10: Mr. Freeze enters the mix as the Batman/Gordon/Two-Face/Mob war escalates.
-Devin Grayson will be revealing the narrator of the GOTHAM KNIGHTS series in a five issue story beginning in issue #8, this August.
MOVIES
-There is a "theatrical trailer" for DARK VICTORY at the DC COMICS site. Here is the exact address:
http://www.dccomics.com/features/bat_dv/dv.htm
-A teaser poster for RETURN OF THE JOKER can be found at this address:
http://www.darkhorizons.com/news6/p-bb.jpg
-A SPECIAL EDITION of the 1989 BATMAN film is in the making. It will feature two previously deleted scenes (the Joker at a radio station, for one), as well as the two preview trailers and commentaries by Tim Burton and Michael Keaton. This is due out in October.
TOYS, BOOKS, AND OTHER MERCHANDISE
-PLAY BY PLAY has released a second series of Batman plush dolls. They originally came out with 14" and 22" Batman, Robin, Joker, and Riddler dolls (old style); now available are Two-Face, the Penguin, Catwoman, and Mr. Freeze (new style) in 13" and 18". Just
search eBay for these; there are a lot in auctions there at the moment.
-On September 1, it will be possible to order a copy of Paul Dini's RETURN OF THE JOKER script through Amazon.com.
-For a preview on BATMAN VEHICLE ADVENTURE (a forthcoming Playstation game), check out this address:
http://www.gameinformer.com/previews/
preview_detail.cfm?ITEM_ID=4831
-For a preivew of the RETURN OF THE JOKER game for GAMEBOY COLOR, click here:
http://pocket.ign.com/previews/14819.html
-You can also find a preview of the N64 version here:
http://ign64.ign.com/previews/14845.html
-The fourth and fifth BATMAN BEYOND videos, SPELLBOUND and CRUSH, are now available.
