Batman: Gotham by Gaslight Movie

Batman: Gotham by Gaslight was the book that kicked off DC’s famed Elseworlds line of stories. Published in February 1989, a few months before Tim Burton’s first Batman movie kicked off a new wave of Batmania, Gotham by Gaslight tells the tale of what would happen if Bruce Wayne became Batman in 1889…and had to face off with the greatest mad killer of that era, Jack the Ripper. With moody art by the brilliant Mike Mignola, Gotham by Gaslight was like nothing comics fans had seen at the time. It’s…

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Hellboy Reboot Will Be a More Gruesome Film

As fans might expect from the planned R rating and the involvement of director Neil Marshall, the newly announced Hellboy reboot will be darker, and considerably more bloody, than the previous two films. Following the surprising (but brief) news delivered Monday by Hellboy creator Mike Mignola, co-screenwriter Andrew Cosby (Eureka) filled in a few more details about the reboot, tentatively titled Hellboy: Rise of the Blood Queen. “I can’t really talk about specifics with regard to the story, which they’re keeping a pretty tight lid on at the moment, but…

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