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Sorry about being slightly late this week. Work travel got
in the way a bit so we are a little behind schedule.
Anyway, enjoy the Bat news and as always, have a great week.
Alan J. Porter
Millersville
MD 21108
E-mail: ajp@toad.net
IN THIS ISSUE OF
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Comics Shipping Next Week
Comics News – Batman wins Wizard Awards.
TV Show Schedules – New Batman Beyond episode airs
TV News – Justice League Beyond
Movie News – More BB:RoJ Details
Meet The Bat-Team – Meet the TV cast.
On-Line Happenings
Fanzines & Fan-Clubs
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COMICS SHIPPING NEXT WEEK (August 16th)
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BATMAN:
Written by Devin Grayson and Dwayne McDuffie, art by Roger
Robinson, John Floyd and Kieron Dwyer, cover by Brian Bolland.
New penciller Roger Robinson makes his debut in Part 1 of
the 4-part "Transference," guest-starring Catwoman. Catwoman's
nighttime encounter with Batman and a Catwoman imposter turns out to be one of
the strangest nights of the Feline Fatale's life, with nothing being what it
seems...especially the Dark Knight's behavior. Plus, a black-and-white backup
story written by Dwayne McDuffie with art by Kieron Dwyer. (40 pages, $2.50 )
BATMAN: DARK VICTORY #11
Written by Jeph Loeb, art and cover by Tim Sale.
The number of clues -- and the body count -- continue to
climb -- as the maxi-series nears its conclusion. In the heat of the summer,
Batman confronts Poison Ivy as she makes her move. But will it be against Two
Face or the Falcones? Plus, Dick Grayson gets closer to finding his parents'
killer and the Hang Man strikes again. (32 pages, $2.95)
BIRDS OF PREY #22
Written by Chuck Dixon, art and cover by Butch Guice.
In the aftermath of "The Hunt for Oracle," Black
Canary's sacrifice puts her in the service of Blockbuster as the crimelord
sends her, Lady Vic and Deathstroke the Terminator to the hidden land of
Gorilla City. Their mission: to get a gorilla heart to save Blockbuster's life.
Their chances of getting out alive: somewhere between none and worse. (32
pages, $2.50)
JLA 80-PAGE GIANT #3
Written by D. Curtis Johnson, art by Dale Eaglesham,
Christopher Jones, Andrew Hennessy, Andy Parks, and various, cover by Steve
Scott and Mark Propst.
A Giant Special featuring "The Century War" -- the
greatest crossover saga you've never read. When the Justice Leaguers begin to
remember the Moon Maiden -- a great heroine who sacrificed herself to save all
reality from the evil Centurian -- the World's Greatest Super-Heroes realize
that a crucial piece of history has somehow disappeared. But the more they
recall about this dire event, the more danger there is that the
world-shattering evil may return. Now, the JLA must team up with this
reality-erased heroine and three prime players from Crisis on Infinite Earths
to keep the Centurian from decimating the DC Universe. (80 pages, $5.95).
ROBIN #81
Written by Chuck Dixon, art by Marcos Martin and Mark
Pennington, cover by Pete Woods and Jesse Delperdang.
Tim and Kip go to a book signing, but unbeknownst to the
author, he's the target of a murderous conspiracy. Which will kill him first:
the assassin or his extraordinarily exasperating ego? Plus: Tim's friendship
with Kip is thrown into potential jeopardy, no one takes Robin seriously, and
there's wild action in a big glass elevator. (32 pages, $2.25).
DETECTIVE COMICS #359
- MILENNIUM EDITION
Written by John Broome and Henry Boltinoff, art by Carmine
Infantino, Sid Greene, Murphy Anderson, and Boltinoff, cover by Infantino and
Anderson.
The first appearance of Barbara Gordon as the Silver Age
Batgirl. This 1967 issue saw the future Oracle's debut as the "dominoed
daredoll," joining Batman and Robin against the threat of Killer Moth.
Also: the Elongated Man stars in the backup story "Riddle of the
Sleepytime Taxi." (32 pages, $2.50)
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COMICS NEWS
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WIZARD WORLD 1999 FAN AWARD WINNERS
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On Friday, August 4, the 1999 Wizard Fan Awards were
presented at the Wizard World Chicago 2000 convention, and BATMAN took home
five awards for either talent or projects published in 1999:
Favorite Hero: Batman
Favorite Heroine: Batgirl
Favorite Supporting Character: Harley Quinn
Favorite Painter: Alex Ross
Favorite Comic TV or Movie Project: Batman Beyond
BURCHETT GOES EXCLUSIVE
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DC Comics announced last Wednesday that artist Rick Burchett
has signed a one-year exclusive contract.
"I've been with DC for long time, always had a good
relationship with them, and have had the chance to work on a lot of great
projects," Burchett said. "There was no need to go anywhere
else."
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After an 8-year tenure on the Batman: The Animated Series,
Batman: The Lost Years and Batman: The Gotham Adventures series, Burchett said
his move to a more realistic approach has been "a challenge to step up
to." "I was becoming so associated with that style of art; I wanted
editors to perceive me as having more stylistic breadth," Burchett said.
"The (animated-style) drawing has to be so on target with a bare minimum
of lines; any problem with the drawing shows up immediately." Burchett is
working with Greg Rucka on the Batman/Huntress: A Cry for Blood mini-series.
"Quite simply, this has been the best working relationship I've ever
had," Burchett said. "It's an instant chemistry thing; a comfortable
fit right from the beginning. Greg and I are both on same page; we want to use
words and pictures to get at the emotional heart of the story we're
telling."
MORE “TURNING POINTS” CREATOR NEWS
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The Comics Continuum reports that Steve Lieber will be
re-teaming with his Whiteout collaborator Greg Rucka on the first issue of
Batman: Turning Points, the five-issue mini-series which explores the
relationship of Batman and James Gordon throughout their careers.
Javier Pulido, artist of Robin: Year One, will be providing
the cover. Ty Templeton is doing the cover for #2, and Joe Kubert is doing the
cover for #3.
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- Robin will be one
of the characters featured in the “Just Imagine Stan Lee Creating….” books.
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TV SHOW SCHEDULES
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BATMAN BEYOND
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The second season of the new futuristic look at the world of
the new Dark Knight is underway at 8.00 am (ET) Saturdays on the KidsWB! With
reruns weekdays at 4:30pm
8/11/00 (4:30 pm) -- "Lost Soul"
8/12/00 (8:30 am) -- "Rebirth-Part 1"
8/18/00 (4:30pm) #14 “Joyride”
8/19/00 (8:30am) #40 “Where's Terry” &
8/19/00 (10:30am) #41 “Ace in the Hole” (NEW EPISODE)
8/25/00 #22 “Rats”
8/26/00 #36 “Payback”
& #26 “Terry's Friend Dates a Robot”
From Brian Davis comes news that Batman Beyond is airing in
the UK on ITV every Sunday at 9.25am (starting January 2nd). In the UK the show
has been renamed 'Batman of the Future.' Brian has also noted that the UK
episodes have some definite edits when compared to the versions of the shows
shown in the US and Ireland.
In Canada Batman Beyond can be found on YTV airing at 2.30pm
Saturdays and Sundays.
In Belgium Batman Beyond shown on Sunday mornings on the
cable channel VT4
In Holland Batman Beyond is shown on RTL4 at 9.05am every
Sunday.
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; NOTE ADDITIONAL EPISODE now on Saturdays at 8:00, and 8:30am Eastern
and Pacific Time on the Kids' WB! ... But DON'T FORGET TO CHECK YOUR LOCAL
LISTINGS FOR EXACT TIMES IN YOUR AREA
8/15/00 (3:30pm)
Batman #95 “Torch Song”
8/16/00 (3:30pm)
Batman #93 “Growing Pains”
8/16/00 (4:30pm)
Superman #49 “The Demon Reborn”
8/17/00 (4:30pm)
Batman #109 “Judgement Day”
8/22/00 Batman #100
“Cult of the Cat” & Superman #45
“Knight Time”
8/23/00 Batman #103
“The Demon Within”
8/24/00 Batman #107
“Chemistry” & Batman #99 “Critters”
NOTE: Shows #1 - 85 are the classic "Batman: The
Animated Series" style. Shows #86 onwards are the "New
Adventures" style.
In Canada The New Batman Adventures can be found on YTV at
12 noon ( all time zones). For a weekly schedule check out http://www.ytv.com
The Irish TV station RTE2 broadcasts The New Batman
Adventures on Tuesdays around 5pm and on Fridays at 5.30pm
In Belgium The New Batman Adventures is shown on Saturday
mornings on the cable channel VT4
In Italy The New Batman Adventures are now on Canale 5 every
Saturday and Sunday at 11.00am
BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES
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Batman is back on the Cartoon Network. Unannounced CN has
started running episodes of BTAS in order at weeknights at 6.30 pm ET and
Saturdays at 11.00am.
Batman the Animated Series is on Cartoon Network in
Australia from April 3rd at 7.00am and 5.00pm weekdays.
SUPER-FRIENDS
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On the Cartoon Network (USA)
SUNDAY 1:00-2:00 am & 1:00-2:00 pm
Several GWN readers have also reported that showing at
4.30pm (EST) weekdays are a variety of Super-Hero related cartoons including
episodes of SUPERFRIENDS and the old 1970's vintage BATMAN shows.
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 1.30pm (EDT) Monday thru
Friday.
The European satellite channel "Trouble" also airs
the 1960's show at 7am and 11am every morning.
In Italy the classic series can be found on daily on
"Canal Jimmy" (a satellite network dedicated to cult films &
television) at 10.15 A.M.
In Holland Adam West and crew can be found on RTL4 at 12.50
on Wednesday afternoons.
In Germany the show can be found on a local Berlin station
each Saturday of 8.00 - 8,25 o'clock. And Sundays from 7.30 - 7.55 o'clock
In the UK the classic show will be shown on Granada Plus at
8:30am every day from Monday 17th April, with double-bills on Saturdays at 6pm
from Saturday 22nd April.
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SEASON OPENER DETAILS
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The Batman Beyond 3rd Season opening episode will
be “Ace” focusing on Batman’s dog !! It is written by Hilary J. Bader and
directed by James Tucker.
The episode shows that Ace was originally trained to fight
other dogs by a ruthless owner, Ronnie Boxer, before he escaped. One day while
Terry is walking Ace, he sees his previous owner and takes off after him,
setting up the story as Terry and Bruce try to find him.
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Paul Dini previewd the episode at Wizard World saying that
it was difficult to portray the abuses Ace went through without going too far
Saturday morning television. "Some of the more intense scenes were trimmed
down a little bit.”.
JUSTICE LEAGUE ON BATMAN BEYOND
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AT the recent Wizard World convention Paul Dini, spoke about
the upcoming two-part BATMAN BEYOND episode of the series featuring the Justice
League. "I just looked at the episode yesterday. One change now: It's now
40 years in the future, and it's the Justice League Unlimited.”
"Superman goes to see Bruce and says, 'I think it's
time for Terry to join the League.' We say that Bruce was an original member,
although kind of a reserve member because he wasn't one for joining up.
Superman needs Terry to come in because he's somebody he can trust and there
may be a traitor in the league. "It's really cool. All the characters look
great.
Dini also said the door was left open for more JLU
appearances. "If we do more Batman Beyond, we'll definitely do more
JLU,"
MORE BEYOND SEASON 3 ?
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The final thirteen episodes of Batman Beyond will air during
the third season on Kids' WB! Starting on August 19th. Hoever Paul
Dini has hinted at the possibility of more to come. "We finished
production on the show. It doesn't mean that there's not going to be any
more," Dini said at Wizard World. "They just haven't given us a
pick-up for a new season yet. If the ratings still stay up there, I don't see
any reason why they wouldn't give us a pick-up of some sort. They're very
encouraged by the way Return of the Joker (movie) is looking and I think they
want to at least investigate doing another direct-to-video Batman maybe a year
from now. So we're doing some plotting now, working up a few outlines, things
like that."
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“RETURN OF THE JOKER” - DETAILS
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As well as revealing TV news Paul Dini, previewed the
upcoming Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker direct-to-video movie at Wizard
World and revealed that the much talked about the flashback sequence takes up
"not quite a fourth of the movie. It's an extensive chunk, which fills in
a lot of the gaps.. It answers a lot of questions. And it brings up some other
questions."
Dini went on to say that "There's some really cool
stuff. There's some humor, there's some action and there's some real tragedy in
there. It's sort of a big turning point in Batman's life and it explains the
set up for why he became the man he did in Batman Beyond.
He also gave some background on the way the movie was put
together: "Glen Murakami, Bruce Timm and I wrote the story last year. e sat in a room for like two days. We came up
with some ideas and by the end of two days, we had this really cool story and
we pitched it to Alan Burnett, to get his blessing. And he liked it.
Then I went home and spent six weeks writing it and we
basically shot it. Other than a couple of notes here or there - Bruce thinking
a scene is too long or to change this here or there - it's pretty much
everything I wrote. I liked it an awful lot
Dini confirmed reports that he was to record part of a
commentary track as, part of the bonuses on the DVD. "There's going to be
two scenes that were cut just prior to animation, that didn't effect the story
any; they just added a fair amount of background color. They are going to be included
on the special material. The voices had been recorded. We shot it as a lycra
reel, so we shot it from the storyboard and timed it as if it went to
animation. And it's going to have music behind it. So these are going to be two
lost sequences."
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MEET THE BAT-TEAM
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NORTH HOLLYWOOD CA – October 7-8
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The HOLLYWOOD COLECTORS & CELEBRITIES SHOW (http://hollywoodcollectorshow.com/garlan.htm) will be held at the Beverly Garland's Holiday Inn on 4222 Vineland Avenue on October 7th and 8th. The show will include appearances from: ADAM WEST, FRANK GORSHIN, YVONNE CRAIG, JULIE NEWMAR, LEE MERIWETHER and GEORGE BARRIS builder of the TV Batmobile’
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ON-LINE HAPPENINGS
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GOTHAM GIRLS UP AND RUNNING
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The second “webisode” of GOTHAM GIRLS is up and running at http://www.gothamgirls.com
. It features Batgirl and Catwoman.
BATMAN COMIC BOOK APPEARENCES
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The listing of all Batman Comic Book Appearances from 1939
to present is now available at http://www.magpage.com/~demes/batapps.htm.
Any corrections / aditions can be sent to Jim Demes at demes@magpage.com
CATCH UP ON THE GOTHAM GAZETTE FAN-FICS
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Since the GOTHAM GAZETTE web-site went into hiatus I’ve had
several e-mails from GWN readers asking where they can find the excellent
fanfic stories we used to run. Well writer Lee Barnett now has them posted on
his own website at http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/budgie
so click on by and check them out.
NEW BATMAN DISCUSSION LIST
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BATSIGNAL a new Batman on-line discussion group has been launched at
http://www.eGroups.com/group/BatSignal
Or subscribe direct by sending an e-mail to BatSignal-subscribe@egroups.com
BATMAN RELATED E-MAIL NEWSLETTERS
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Batman Animated Newsletter - Tim Leighton (juno@direct.ca)
Claw Marks: The Catwoman Fan Club Newsletter - Lynx Delirium
http://clawmarks.homepage.com/main.html
Batman UK - Monthly Newsletter – Brian Davis (www.batmanuk.freeserve.co.uk/batmanuk/)
Batman:
Defender Of Gotham weekly update – Dave Carroll (http://www.fandom.com/batman )
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BATMAN FANZINES & FAN-CLUBS
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(Know of any Batman related Fan-clubs that aren't listed ?
Send me an e-mail at ajp@toad.net with details. When contacting any of these
clubs please mention GWN.)
KNIGHTHOOD OF THE BAT
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The Knighthood Of The Bat is an online ICQ based fan club
which, through the use of ICQ members can contact each other and share in their
common interest of Batman. Check it out
at the excellent Batman: Defender Of Gotham website at www.fandom.com/batman
BATMAN TOY & COLLECTORS PRICE GUIDE
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Editor John Mack has announced that he has suspended
publication of the BATMAN TOY & COLLECTORS GUIDE. .
GREEN HORNET & BATMAN FAN & COLLECTORS CLUB
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$10 a year for a bi-monthly newsletter. Contact J.
Washington III, 321 Gracie Road . Chesapeake VA 23325
HARLEY QUINN FAN CLUB
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Based in San Diego. For more info contact Mike at 4574
Mercurio St. San Diego CA 92130
UNOFFICIAL BATMAN ANIMATED FAN-CLUB
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This club began in September and consists of a quarterly 30
page newsletter which is mailed out - 'a fan made magazine' with news, reviews,
guides, artwork and basically all that we can stuff in related to Batman, Batman
Beyond and Bruce Timm's amazing artwork. The club is non-profit making (i.e. -
you only pay for paper and printing costs) and it's made by fans for fans.
Based in the UK but USA and other members are always welcome. If you would like
more information on how to join please e-mail - brian@batmanuk.freeserve.co.uk
or for more info see website at http://www.batmanuk.freeserve.co.uk/club/
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Sources used in compiling GOTHAM WEEKLY NEWS
- DC Comics On-Line
Newsletter (http://www.dccomics.com/newsletter.html )
- Comics Continuum (http://comicscontinuum.com/index.htm)
- Newsrama
(http://www.anotheruniverse.com/newsarama/index.html)
- Comics2Film (http://www.comics2film.com )
- Dark Horizons
(http://www.darkhorizons.com/news.htm )
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