Batman & The Flash: Hero Run

There's something that really stood out for me as someone in the UK who collected American comics at the end of the 1980s. It's that each new comic you got was a doorway to a world of absolute chaos and gimmickry. I'm not talking about the comic stories themselves, but about the American ads that were suddenly blaring out of the alternate spreads. Topps bubble gum cards. Garbage Pail whatevers. Endless enticements to buy Bayou Billy on the Nintendo Entertainment System. You'd be reading about Batman, knocking gloomily around some Gotham spire, and then you'd turn the page and, WHAMMO, somethin

"Young and old, gather round / Everybody hail the new king in town."

A strong open-world Gotham and trademark slapstick humour powers a fantastic plastic parody of the Caped Crusader's greatest hits. Our review of Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight.

Robert Pattinson has blamed the lukewarm reception to his superhero body in The Batman on comments he made in interviews while promoting the film.

Sebastian Stan obliquely addressed his casting in The Batman: Part II while at the Cannes Film Festival this weekend. Although neither Stan nor director Matt Reeves have directly confirmed that his role is that of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Stan told the press at Cannes that he plays “many roles in this one,” which suggests that Dent will indeed transform into his villainous alter ego Two-Face in the sequel.