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Before I dive into this one headfirst let me start with this (Click to enlarge):

That my friends [What are you, John McCain? ~D] is the LATEST teaser image released by DC Comics, courtesy of Newsarama, which was attached with a question from Dan Didio: “Can you find all the clues in this image?” I don’t want to ruin the fun by telling you guys what clues I was able to find, but I would like to talk about what has all of us Batman fanboys quaking like crack fiends in between fixes. Who will be The Bat?

Thankfully, Grant Morrison will not be penning this one, which I’m sure puts Dustin’s heart at ease [I think Peter Tomasi should write this and anything having to do with Dick Grayson.  Ever. ~D again]. Tony Daniel will be taking over here in both the writing and art aspects. (Let’s be honest, he can’t do much worse than Morrison did.) So, before Battle for the Cowl officially kicks off in March, let’s take a look at the possible competitors:

Dick Grayson
The Prodigal Son. Dick Grayson has been at the side of the Dark Knight longer than anyone has (Aside from Alfred of course). Following the tragic death of his own parents Dick Grayson was taken in by a sympathetic Bruce Wayneamd soon became the first Robin. [Actually, depending on the continuity, Bruce was the first Robin ~D] After stepping out from beneath the shadow of the Bat, Grayson became Nightwing and set out to become his own man. Over the years Nightwing has really come in to his own.  It would be a shame to see an end come to the Nightwing identity, but can you really see the next Batman being anybody other than Dick Grayson?

Tim Drake
Over the years since Tim Drake put on the red tights he has really come in to his own. When I think of Robin I think of Tim Drake; Drake is the definitive Robin, but is he strong enough to become more than that? In recent months we’ve seen Robin go through hell and have to be Gotham’s only protector in the absence of Batman, battling off gang wars, Jason Todd, Lynx, Anarky, and a fake Red Robin, mostly arranged by Spoiler in an attempt to make Tim “better.” After handling all of this at once and doing pretty good at it, has Tim proven himself capable of being the next Batman?

Jason Todd
Jason Todd has always been the black sheep of the Bat-Family. He was taken in by Batman with the idea of making Todd into something better and channeling his rage for a better cause. Despite Batman’s best efforts, the second Boy Wonder was always a loose cannon. During A Death in the Family, we saw an angst filled Jason Todd searching for his mother only to be captured by the Joker and brutally beaten to death with a crowbar. Later, Jason Todd was brought back to life by Superboy’s reality punch only to fall out of the public eye almost entirely. But is it possible that Jason Todd could surprise us all and win The Battle for the Cowl?

Ted Grant
Even Wildcat has a stake in this fight. As an expert martial artist and master of countless fighting styles, Ted Grant definitely has the moves. Having trained Batman himself, Grant shares the same will and is obviously capable of carrying on the mantle. But will he?

Thomas “Hush” Elliot
Thomas Elliot, in my opinion, is one fucked up dude. Over the short amount of since his introduction into the Batman Universe, he has gone out of his way to tear down Bruce Wayne and destroy everything that he loves. It all started in Hush when Elliot exploited his friendship with Bruce Wayne and the death of Jason Todd to launch a devastating attack on Batman.  Most recently he was the main villain in the Heart of Hush story arc in which he removes Selina Kyle’s heart from her chest while keeping her alive with technology given to him by Mr. Freeze then performs plastic surgery on himself to look exactly like Bruce. Now that he has the mask of Bruce, will he be able to take on the face of Batman?

Harvey Dent

Former District Attorney Harvey Dent has always been a wild card. With all of his actions decided by the flip of a coin, Two-Face is an erratic man of chance. For a time, he was cured of his split-personality disorder, had his face restored by plastic surgery, and stood in for Batman during his year-long journey of self-discovery [See 52 ~ the indomnitable D Man]. Upon Batman’s return, Dent was reunited with his “darker” personality and re-scarred his face himself to again become Two-Face. Now that Batman appears to have left again, will Harvey Dent once again become the protector of Gotham?

Out of this list of competitors who will lay claim to the cowl? The Prodigal Son? The Boy Wonder? Perhaps someone darker? No one know until Battle For the Cowl kicks off in March. Until then we’re all left asking ourselves: Who will be the Batman?

Honorable Mentions:

Damian Wayne
Though Damian is an underdog here there is still a chance -  there are some crazy writers out there, after all. I think it’s fairly safe to  say that Damian WILL have a substantial role in the Battle for the Cowl and that his future is almost certainly as the next Robin.

Katherine “Kate” Kane
Katherine Kane, the current Batwoman, deserves some mentioning here. Though I find it doubtful she will have much of a role in Battle for the Cowl, she has really come into her own. Who knows, maybe she’ll become an official member of the Bat-Family?

Selina Kyle
I really don’t see Catwoman vying for the cowl, but I do see her interfering with Thomas Elliot’s efforts. She could be a huge factor in the story.

Alfred Pennyworth
Former spy in the Queen’s service, expert medical training, mechanic, chef, Father Figure to Bruce, and he does windows!  My money says “Watch Alfred.” I obviously don’t think he will be fighting to become the next Batman but I am interested to see who he throws his support behind.

Harleen Quinzell
I’m honestly not entirely sure why she has been in the current solicitations from DC but she has my attention. What role will she have?

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After all the hype leading up to the Joker’s Asylum miniseries, I’ve been underwhelmed. Every issue has been utterly forgettable. Every one except for the last.

In Joker’s Asylum: Two-Face, David Hine has written maybe the best Two-Face story I’ve ever read, taking the “in the right situation, you could be me” premise that seemed to be the sole premise of the Joker and applying it to Two-Face and a young firefighter scarred in an inferno but otherwise happy and well-adjusted.

I’m afraid I can’t get too detailed without ruining the plot, but this story (possibly coupled with recently viewing The Dark Knight) really left me with a deep feeling of who Two-Face is and what makes him tick and the “flip a coin” finale may have been the perfect ending for a story featuring Two-Face.

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The last time that some pictures of Aaron Eckhart as Two-Face from The Dark Knight appeared, the lawyers from Warner Brothers sent out letters demanding they be taken down. Hopefully they’ll enjoy the free publicity now that the movie is almost out.

These pictures also add some context to the previously released pictures of Joker dressed as a nurse. I had assumed that he was sneaking in to get someone; now we know that he was trying to get at Dent/Two-Face.

Edit: Sorry, kids. I was hoping that Warner Brothers would see the promotional value in these pictures being left out, or that they had actually been leaked by someone involved that was authorized to do such leaking, but I just got a (actually rather polite) letter from their lawyers asking me to take the pictures down.

I apologize if you came looking for the pictures and will now leave disappointed, but please believe me that judging from these pictures, they have done an excellent job in transforming Eckhart into Two-Face.

Go see The Dark Knight on July 18, 2008.

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Updating from the Ha Ha Times portion of my last post - the geniuses on the Superhero Hype Boards have figured out “the clue”!

enaxor in IRC ran the grid of letters through a simple substitution cipher…

A B C B D E F G E H F I
D G J J G K E L M J N E
M J G E N O G E J G A B
P K E C G N N G D E B Q
E N O G E Q B M D N O E
R B D K E N B E N O G E
D H S O N E B Q E G T A
O E A H D A C G K E Q H
U G E C G N N G D E R B
D K E N B E Q H P K E B
M N E R O G D G E N B E
S B E Q D B F E O G D G

which became (ie, A=C, B=O, C=L, etc)

color-me-imp
ressed-just-
use-the-seco
nd-letter-of
-the-fourth-
word-to-the-
right-of-eac
h-circled-fi
ve-letter-wo
rd-to-find-o
ut-where-to-
go-from-here

“color me impressed just use the second letter of the fourth word to the right of each circled five letter word to find out where to go from here”

look for the red circled words… on the hahahatimes… then follow the instructions…

…to find http://whysoserious.com/redballoons.

Clicking on the clowns’ noses will inflate the balloons. Inflating the nose changes the color of the eyes. Getting all the clowns’ noses blue at the same time gets you a ticket to a new site,
http://whysoserious.com/redballoons/ineptlackeys.htm, with a new message from The Joker.

Looks like Mr. J has decided to flex some muscle.

Technorati Tags: Movies, Batman, The Dark Knight, Batman Begins, Christopher Nolan, Gotham City, Christian Bale, Aaron Eckhart, Heath Ledger, Two-Face, Harvey Dent, Joker, Ha Ha Times

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I’ve been hardcore slacking on the blog front lately. I’m sorry about that. I’d like to give you a great excuse about how life has just been insane and busy and all that, and it is, but I also hit a slump that I couldn’t get out of and the longer I’ve slacked, the harder it’s become to stop slacking and get back to some serious posting. I’ll try to do better in the future.

Luckily, I’ve come across alot of news on my favorite subject - The Dark Knight - including a review, a new poster, and a viral update!

In the first bit of news, some lucky sumbitch has already seen the movie and submitted a review to Ain’t It Cool News! Tim Bisley, the author of the review, gives us a loose breakdown of the plot, thus there are obviously some spoilers, reaffirms that the movie is - at heart - the story of Harvey Dent, makes comparisons to films like Heat and Greek tragedies, and calls for a posthumous Oscar nod for Ledger.

You can, of course, head over to AICN to read the review, but I’ll quote it here for my fellow lazy bums:

Hi Harry and the rest of the crew,

Just after watching The Dark Knight. I see no reviews are online so I
thought Id send you my review.

Ive kept this review as spoiler free as possible as I dont want to
ruin anything like someone did recently with another Christian Bale
movie!!!

Ill start by saying that I was a fan of Batman Begins and am a huge
admirer of Christopher Nolan’s body of work. I had my faults with BB
mainly to do with how they shot and edited the fight sequences but
felt it was a great start to a much larger story and I jumped with joy
when Gordan pulled out the Joker card at the end.

The Dark Knight opens with a bank heist sequence that highlights how
the joker is always one step ahead of the criminals he is working with
and the police who are after him. Numerous men break into a bank
controlled by the mob wearing clown masks and comment on how The Joker
has put the whole thing together. This is the catalyst for which the
rest of the events in this movie takes place.

The heist does not go to plan well at least not for all the gang. Its
a great set up and payoff and a unique way of introducing the ace in
TDK’S whole or in this case its Joker.

Heath Ledgers performance of the joker is truly one for the books. A
man of no remorse or morals who simply wants to see things burn. There
is no back story or establishing the character. He is fully formed. He
does have some dialogue scenes that reveal a bit of his background.
Lets just say he has some issues with his father and that smile of his
is rooted in a gesture of love. He is far from a caricature and has
depth . He realises that without Batman he would not be. The Joker is
almost more of a terrorist than criminal. He is not motivated by
money. He wants to see people suffer. Its a damn shame that this was
Heath Ledger’s final major performance as it shows a whole different
side to him as a performer and I now know that he was endlessly
talented. To watch him walk away from an exploding hospital dressed as
a nurse is probably my favourite moment Ive seen on film so far this
year. Also look out for when he makes a pencil disappear such a cool
moment! Best supporting Oscar anyone?

Gotham is still engulfed by crime. Falcone’s reign as the head of the
mob is over and that seat has been filled by Salvatore Maroni played
by Eric Roberts. What becomes clear is that there are also numerous
other gangs within Gotham. Its no longer just one syndicate. They are
all in some way in cohoots but the arrival of Batman has made it
harder for them to operate.

Batman has inspired the city officials particularly Harvey Dent. The
DA for Gotham city. This is really his story. The rise and fall of the
white knight. He is Bruce Wayne’s hope for Gotham City. A hero who
doesn’t have to wear a mask. A man who can inspire hope in the masses.
If BB was about fear then TDK is about hope and is relevant in today’s
times. Harvey Dent is a good honest man who is willing to bear the
weight of bringing down all the criminals on his shoulders and what
that means for his own life and those he loves. In terms of his
transition to Two Face all I will say is that everything online that
Ive seen is fake. The moment we first see him in hospital when Harvey
Dent asks Gordan what his nickname used to be in Internal Affairs and
Gordan says Harvey Two Face and Harvey turns to him . Such a clever
way of establishing the character. Even down to his double sided coin.
Lets just say Aaron Eckhart puts Tommy Lee Jones to friggin shame!

The film feels more like a crime drama in a grand city scape than a
typical comic book movie. It feels like Heat except Batman is Al
Pacino and The Joker is Robert De Niro and just like in that film we
have a great scene between Heath Ledger and Christian Bale across a
table. There is also an element of a Greek Tragedy.. There is a vast
sense of morality at play within the film.

Dent is trying to bring down the criminals and wants to bring them in
under a RICO charge. To do this he needs Batman’s help as he has to
bring in the man who takes care of all their money. A glorified
accountant as Rachel Dawes puts it.Think Al Capones accountant in the
Untouchables. So Batman ventures to Hong Kong. It adds to the idea
that this is very much set in the real world and its not just Gotham
that Batman can access.

This all happens within the first third of the film. The run time is
two and a half hours. It doesn’t feel that long as there is so much
going on within the film. Ive always felt Christopher Nolan was able
to handle pacing unlike many movies that are over two hours these
days. This is also his first entirely linear film and he proves
himself to be a gifted storyteller and a master of utilising film as a
visual medium. He fills each frame with so much scope and detail. You
can tell he is enjoying himself with the amount of money he is being
allowed to play with and wants to better himself and the franchise.
Although this movie doesn’t feel like an instalment in a franchise.
The best thing I can think of for comparison is The Godfather Part 2.

There is no sign of the Batcave in this film. Although Alfred does
make mention of it saying how he looks forward to it being finished.
Bruce now lives in a pretty sweet penthouse apartment and his new
batcave is in an underground layer in the docks. Bruce and Lucious Fox
have been working on the suit and toys although to my surprise the
Batpod was in BB and nobody spotted it. It’ll put a smile on your face
when it makes its introduction.

Christian Bale owns this role. He is Bruce Wayne and he is Batman. He
is also a third character in some regards as there are almost two
sides to Bruce Wayne. The public figure, a playboy billionaire who
knows how to spend his money and the Bruce Wayne behind closed doors
who only Alfred and Rachel get to see. A man covered in bruises and
wounds who desperately wants be free of Batman but is compelled to
make a difference as no one else can. He can play the villain to be
the hero as he does.

The second third focuses on the capturing of The Joker. The city is
living in fear as he makes threats on national television that he
always follows through with. You simple have no idea what he will do
next. There appears to be no reason to his madness although that
proves to not be the case.

I don’t really want to give away anymore. I will say there is death
but not in the way some of the fan boys who have watched the trailer
are thinking. There is a prestige moment within the film that is a
true Chris Nolan moment. The scarecrow is in the film but has a very
minor role.

Just go see it on opening day in a room full of fans. Ill be doing the
same and have no doubt Ill enjoy it even more the second time round.

Enjoy.

Tim Bisley

Damn, this sounds like an awesome movie! I wish I had more geek friends around Orlando so that we could buy out a showing for this thing.

In our next bit of Dark Knight news, Comic Book Movie has released a new poster! Click the image below for a larger copy.

Finally, there’s a new edition of The HaHa Times!

Circled letters have been decoded to give us the following message:

page 1 - Herrings are red
page 2 - Corpses are blue
page 3 - You’re on the right track
page 4 - But you don’t have the clue

To my knowledge, “the clue” has yet to be found.

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The wait is over!

The second trailer for The Dark Knight is now available at http://www.whysoserious.com/happytrails/trailer.htm.

Unfortunately, it’s not the Jokerized version, but it’s still pretty awesome. And I’m pretty sure that scene with Harvey’s head in profile holding the gun by his face is actually a shot of Two-Face. You can almost get a glimpse of some crispy edges on the side facing away from us. It’s much more noticeable on the big screen. Also, as The Dreaded Mike Haynes pointed out in comments, you can see the shoulders of his suit are different colors and patterns. Good catch, Mike!

Here, check it out:

(click the image for a bigger version)

You can see this trailer on the big screen (where it looks very cool) before Iron Man, which lives up to the hype and then some.

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Emails went out from Jim Gordon today letting us know that we’ll have to step up in order to stay out of jail next week.

My friend,

Indictments are about to be handed down. If you don’t want your name on one, we’ll need your full cooperation in an upcoming operation.

In case you haven’t heard, we are struggling with a bit of corruption in the department. I’m not about to let the Gotham PD collapse in on itself, so we’re taking action. We’ve identified a group of offenders that need to be apprehended. Problem is, most of these cops are hightailing it out of the city. But a C.I. just like you just gave us some information on their last known whereabouts. Now all we need is to catch them. This is where you come in.

Consider yourself on deck. I’ll contact you next week, and let’s just say it’s in your best interest to play along. County’s not a place you want to spend the rest of your life.

Lt. Jim Gordon, MCU

People also received calls on the numbers they submitted to Acme Security Systems asking them to participate in a survey and received a phone number to give out to others who would like to participate. The number, by the way, is 877-777-6197. On the surface, the survey seems like a fairly straightforward opinion survey.

But, if you check out the latest update on the Concerned Citizens for a Better Gotham website, you see this note:

Message from the Webmaster:

You may be wondering why I haven’t updated this site recently. Well, you wouldn’t either, if you were facing legal actions like slander charges and defamation of character accusations.

I can’t afford to get sued for hundreds of thousands of dollars, especially now that everyone who supported this site is “unavailable” or “can’t remember” they had anything to do with the site.

If I weren’t waiting for my last paycheck, I’d go on a little “vacation” myself. In fact, if you don’t get any more updates from me in the next few days, it means I did just that.

This whole smear campaign has been a real SOURCE of consternation for me. I’ll be glad when it’s all in the past. And you know what? I just might vote for Harvey Dent.

William Bucksworth-Haven, Webmaster Extraordinaire

Taking note of the stresss on “SOURCE”, view the source code for the page. You’ll find this bit in the code -

Enter those numbers for the survey answers and you’ll hear a message that I’ll let you listen to for yourself, mostly because I’m too damn lazy to transcribe it at the moment.

Since it’s the number that we submitted to ACME, I assume the message is for Joker’s clowns, but it could just as easily apply to the people involved in trying to bring down Harvey Dent.

Of course, they could be the same people, couldn’t they?

What do all of you think? Let me know!

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Source: WikipediaIn response to the latest edition of The Gotham Times, Joker has released a new edition of The Ha Ha Times and I’m here to walk you through the discovery so far.

On The Gotham Times, point your cursor over the “ha” in the “Gotham” of the paper’s title. You’ll notice that there is a flash animation of the words “ha ha ha” and it is now clickable. Follow that urge to click that link and you’re taken to the latest edition of The Ha Ha Times. This edition is titled The Gotham Lies and has doctored articles like “Harvey Dent Joins Hair Club For Men” and an ad for the Iceberg Lounge’s Titanic Night.

Soon after the new edition’s discovery, the geniuses on The Superheroy Hype! Forums noticed that certain words were circled. User Sam_Cooksey discovered that, by using this formula:

For each paragraph that has a circled word in it, start at the beginning of the paragraph and count how many words until you get to the circled word. That number corresponds with the alphabet A=1 B=2 etc. For example, if the circled word is the fifth word in that paragraph, the letter for it is “E”

We would discover the following messages:

Page 1:
Made you look again. Nothing Here

Page 2:

Red Herring

Page 3 and 4:

Seriously, how many times are you gonna fall for this

As of these writings, that’s all that has been found. Theories are being thrown all over the place, including the theory that this is just a big April Fool’s prank by “Joker”.

Head over to the Hype to follow their progression yourself, or I’ll update this post if and when I come across anything else that’s worth knowing

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Hey folks, just wanted to let you know that I - and presumably anyone else who signed up with the I Believe In Harvey Dent website - just received the following message via e-mail:

Hello, Dent Believers!

It’s been great to see the response from all of you! We knew that citizens of Gotham would rally behind Harvey Dent and you have! (It was inspiring to see some of you on TV!) Gotham citizens have come out to meet the Dentmobiles, many of them using the Dentmobiles as an opportunity to meet up with other Harvey Dent supporters in their neighborhoods and build this grassroots campaign.

The momentum is building!

There have been sporadic reports of rallies being broken up by police, which is disturbing. Does it indicate a bias on the part of the men in blue? A backlash against Harvey Dent because of his campaign to stop corruption?

Harvey Dent is expected to make his decision whether to run for Gotham District Attorney within days, and seeing all of you out there with your signs and banners can only tell him that Gotham needs him! Gotham is asking for change! That we believe in Harvey Dent!

Spread the word. Make an impression! And don’t forget to check out the latest submissions at http://www.ibelieveinharveydent.com/youinaction.aspx . We’ve been told that Mr. Dent may be close to making a decision – so your efforts can make a difference!

Finally, don’t forget to check http://www.ibelieveinharveydent.com/ontheroad.aspx” to see if a Dentmobile is coming to a neighborhood near you this weekend.

Take Back Gotham!

I just checked out the submissions, and they are pretty sweet. Now if I could just get the Dentmobile to come to Orlando…

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Some recent posts on Panels of Awesome, The Unofficial Dark Knight Movie Blog, and several other places reminded me that I haven’t really said much regarding the movie I am most looking forward to for the next year - The Dark Knight!

From what I’ve read, the movie will be drawing from the storylines of both The Long Halloween and The Killing Joke, both of which were superb stories. The main villains are set to be Joker, “Boss” Sal Maroni, and Harvey Dent/Two-Face, which probably indicates to alot of long-time Batman fans what plot points they’re likely to use.

Quite a few viral websites surrounding the world of Batman have sprung up, beginning with I Believe In Harvey Dent and I Believe in Harvey Dent, Too. Originally, the latter site featured a version of the former defaced to make Harvey Dent look like the Joker. The page now appears to feature nothing more than a “page not found” message, but if you highlight the text, you find the joker’s laughter.

Next up was Why So Serious, where The Joker sent us on a scavenger hunt to take photos of particular letters, eventually spelling the message “The Only Sensible Way To Live In This World Is Without Rules.” Under the right corner of this message, you can see what looks like the corner of a photograph. If you click that corner, you hear a sound clip of the Joker and the overlaying message burns away to reveal an image of Heath Ledger as The Joker:

Click on that and you’re taken to Rory’s Death Kiss, a play on the movie’s shooting title of “Rory’s First Kiss”. The Joker had left a message on this page encouraging “clowns” to go out to local landmarks and take photos of themselves in full Joker regalia.

The page now features the results of these instructions. Those who got their pictures accepted by deadline received a copy of The Gotham Times over the previous holiday.

During the same time, more viral websites popped up, including websites for The Gotham City Rail, The Gotham City PD, Gotham National Bank, The Gotham Times (and the corresponding Ha Ha Times from the Joker, both of which feature some of the images from Rory’s Death Kiss), Gotham Cab, Gotham Unified School District, Acme Security Systems, and the tribute to a girl killed in gang violence Remembering Gina.

In the meantime, a personality profile questionnaire popped up on Why So Serious, which eventually led to a “mausoleum” page featuring a safe and the clues necessary to unlock it. The crew at the Unofficial Dark Knight Movie Blog have already gotten in, but I won’t post those details until I work out exactly how they did it. That shouldn’t stop you, though… head on over there to see what else they know.

UPDATE: I finally got it. As the above link says, the bloodied letters are an anagram for “Time for Taffy”. In the Gotham times, the time of death mentioned for Johnny “Taffyface” Linata is 7:38 AM. Reset your clock to this time, and you’re in!

Inside is a note from the Joker congratulating you on thinking outside the box (and promising to have a new job soon), and some evidence:

One last thing, and then you will know everything that I know… Empire, a British film magazine, will feature Heath Ledger as The Joker on their January cover. They had planned on slowly revealing the image on their website over a few days, with the culmination (I believe) coming tomorrow, but someone accessed the image ahead of time and it is now alll over the web. Most people have probably already seen it, but since it is the most clear image I’ve seen of Ledger in the Joker makeup, I’m posting it again:

And that, my friends, is EVERYTHING I know.

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