According to various home media retailing outlets and independent research, the recent All-Star Superman direct-to-video animated feature made a respectable debut on the home video market. The latest DC Universe Animated Original Movie title moved an estimated 122,000 DVD copies in its first week, along with an impressive 65,000 units in Blu-ray editions in the same timeframe, resulting in an estimated 187,000 total home video units sold in its first sales week of February 27th, 2011. The animated feature hit the DVD sales chart at #7 in its first week, and hit #3 on respective Blu-ray charts. Keep in mind the sales numbers above do not take into account rental numbers, OnDemand numbers, or legal download numbers.
To compare, the previous “DC Universe Animated Original Movie” title Superman/Batman: Apocalypse debuted with an estimated 250,000 copies sold on DVD and Blu-ray editions sold during its debut week in September 2010. The last similarly themed release, the DC Showcase Animated Original Shorts collection anchored by the exclusive Superman/Shazam!: The Return Of Black Adam animated short, debuted to a combined total of 94,500 combined units sold in its first week in November 2010.
Above is the cover art for all three separate home video releases for the direct-to-video All-Star Superman animated feature. Click on the links below to discuss both the recent All-Star Superman animated feature and its the respective DVD and Blu-ray home video releases.
Please continue to the The World’s Finest All-Star Superman subsite for further details on the newly-available direct-to-video animated feature release. Click here to view the trailer and clips from the All-Star Superman direct-to-video animated feature. A co-production of Warner Premiere, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group, DC Comics and Warner Bros. Animation, the direct-to-video All-Star Superman animated feature is now available from Warner Home Video.
Young Justice #2, the latest issue of the new DC Comics title based on the current Cartoon Network animated series, arrives in comic book and hobby stores today. The issue, written by Art Baltazar and Franco with artwork by Mike Norton, continues to reveal what happened after the conclusion of the two-part Young Justice “Independence Day” series premier. Official details for this issue are available below.
YOUNG JUSTICE #2
Written by: Art Baltazar and Franco Art by: Mike Norton
Superboy discovers that an unwanted guest in the team’s cave is not really what he appears to be! Is the threat deadly to only The Boy of Steel or is the enture Justice League in danger, as well? Superboy struggles to find the balance between fighting for himself and for the sake of others!
The cover price is $2.99US. Young Justice #2 is also available same day digitally through DC Comics and Comixology. Click here to read a review of the Young Justice “Independence Day” series opener published here at The World’s Finest last year.
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Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment passed along the following new trailer for the upcoming Batman: Arkham City video game. Slated to arrive at stores in North America beginning Tuesday, October 18th for the Xbox 360, PC and PS3, Batman: Arkham City is set inside the heavily fortified walls of a sprawling district in the heart of Gotham City. This highly anticipated sequel to 2009s Batman: Arkham Asylum, introduces a brand-new story that draws together an all-star cast of classic characters and murderous villains from the Batman universe, as well as a vast range of enhanced gameplay features to deliver the ultimate experience as the Dark Knight. Please click on the thumbnail below to view the trailer in the Quicktime format.
Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill reprise their respective roles as Batman and Joker in Batman: Arkham City, the highly-anticipated sequel to the critically acclaimed Batman: Arkham Asylum video game, along with Emmy Award-winning Batman writer Paul Dini again penning the story. Further details on this upcoming video game release are expected in the near future, including new content.
Collecting the final thirteen episodes from the show’s first season, the two-disc Batman: The Brave and The Bold – Season One, Part Two DVD collection is the latest home video release for the acclaimed Batman: The Brave and The Bold animated series. The entire first season of the series is now readily available to own on DVD. Click on the thumbnail images below to view the complete package artwork for this new release.
Released by Warner Home Video, Batman: The Brave and The Bold – Season One, Part Two is now available to own at all retail and online outlets. Please click here to view details for this new Batman: The Brave and The Bold home video collection. Warner Home Video is tentatively scheduled to release a new Batman: The Brave and The Bold home video title by the third quarter of 2011, with details set to be revealed in the coming months, though timetable details are subject to change.
Stay tuned for further Batman: The Brave and The Bold updates here soon at The World’s Finest, including exclusive content and details on upcoming all-new episodes.
DC Comics has released comic solicitation information for the publisher’s June 2011 library of releases, including details for The All-New Batman: The Brave and The Bold #8, the revamped comic title based on the popular Batman: The Brave and The Bold animated series. Official details for The All-New Batman: The Brave and The Bold #8, scheduled to ship in June 2011, can be found below. Click on the thumbnail for a closer look at the cover art.
THE ALL-NEW BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #8
Written by: Sholly Fisch Art by: Rick Burchett & Dan Davis Cover by: Rick Burchett & Dan Davis
Get ready for pirates, perfidy and an occasional porpoise when Batman and Aquaman join forces for an epic quest to the bottom of the sea! An ancient artifact holds the only chance for a pirates ghost to find redemption. But to reach it, Batman and Aquaman will have to run a gauntlet of underwater perils! On sale June 8th, 2011. Cover price is $2.99 US. Rated E.
Click here for further details on the Batman: The Brave and The Bold comic series. Additionally, stay tuned for continued Batman: The Brave and The Bold updates, including exclusive content and details on upcoming episodes of the acclaimed animated series.
DC Comics has also released details on the June 2011 issue of Young Justice, the comic title based on the acclaimed Cartoon Network animated series of the same name. The Young Justice comic series acts to compliment to animated series, telling stories taking place between episodes. Further details are available below.
YOUNG JUSTICE #5
Written by: Art Balazar and Franco Art by: Mike Norton Cover by: Mike Norton
Aqualad, Robin, Kid Flash, Superboy and Miss Martian are ready for their first mission as a team. To get to know each other better, they decide to trade stories around the campfire, revealing how they all started as crimefighters. Will this bring them together or underscore their differences? On sale June 22nd, 2011. Cover price is $2.99 US. Rated E.
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Four new clips, in the Quicktime format, have been providing by Warner Home Video promoting the upcoming Batman: The Brave and The Bold – Season One, Part Two DVD home video release. The clips feature scenes from Batman: The Brave and The Bold episodes “Mystery in Space!” and “Trials of the Demon!” Batman: The Brave and The Bold – Season One, Part Two is set to hit shelves March 15th, 2011. Please click on the thumbnails below to view each of the four Quicktime clips.
The two-disc Batman: The Brave and The Bold – Season One, Part Two DVD collection hits shelves on Tuesday, March 15th, 2011. Click here to view the press release from Warner Home Video for the Batman: The Brave and The Bold – Season One, Part Two home video release, and click here to view the package artwork.
Stay tuned for further Batman: The Brave and The Bold updates here soon at The World’s Finest, and including further coverage on this home video release and exclusive content from upcoming episodes of the acclaimed animated series!
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has passed along the following Batman: Arkham City press release revealing the street date for the upcoming highly-anticipated video game sequel to the acclaimed 2009 Batman: Arkham Asylum title. Batman: Arkham City will be available on the Playstation 3 and XBOX360 video games consoles and for Windows PC. Both the press release and new images, click on the thumbnails below for a closer look at each, are available below.
Highly Anticipated Batman: Arkham City Launches in Stores Beginning October 18
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment today announced that the highly anticipated videogame Batman: Arkham City will step out of the shadows and onto store shelves in North America beginning October 18, in Australia beginning October 19 and in Europe and other global territories beginning October 21, for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, Games for Windows PC and the PlayStation3 computer entertainment system. Developed by Rocksteady Studios, Batman: Arkham City is the follow-up to the award-winning hit video game Batman: Arkham Asylum and delivers an authentic and gritty Batman experience.
Batman: Arkham City builds upon the intense, atmospheric foundation of Batman: Arkham Asylum, sending players soaring into Arkham City five times larger than the game world in Batman: Arkham Asylum and the new maximum security home for all of Gotham Citys thugs, gangsters and insane criminal masterminds. Set inside the heavily fortified walls of a sprawling district in the heart of Gotham City, this highly anticipated sequel introduces a brand-new story that draws together a new, all-star cast of classic characters and murderous villains from the Batman universe, as well as a vast range of new and enhanced gameplay features to deliver the ultimate experience as the Dark Knight.
Batman: Arkham City is based on DC Comics core Batman license. Fans can visit www.batmanarkhamcity.com to sign up to receive updates regarding the game and join the discussion on the recently launched community site at http://community.batmanarkhamcity.com to participate in forums, read upcoming developer diaries and stay abreast of all the latest Batman: Arkham City news.
About DC Entertainment DC Entertainment, home to such iconic DC Comics properties as Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, The Flash, MAD Magazine, and Fables, is the creative division charged with strategically integrating across Warner Bros. and Time Warner. DC Entertainment works in concert with many key Warner Bros. divisions to unleash its superheroic characters across all media, including but not limited to film, television, consumer products, home entertainment, and interactive games. Publishing over 1,000 comic books, graphic novels and magazines each year, DC Comics is the largest English-language publisher of comics in the world.
About Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, a division of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group, is a premier worldwide publisher, developer, licensor and distributor of entertainment content for the interactive space across all current and future platforms, including console, handheld and PC-based gaming for both internal and third party game titles.
About Rocksteady Studios Ltd Rocksteady Studios is a multi-award winning videogame developer based in London, England. Located in a spacious, purpose built converted factory, with full motion capture and audio studio capabilities, Rocksteady is an energetic company formed by a core team of senior industry professionals. This creates an ideal balance of drive, talent, proven methods, experience and cutting edge technology to make AAA games. Now employing over 90 people, Rocksteadys mission is to be a highly professional, efficient company whose purpose is to make great games, and have happy and healthy team members. This philosophy is the heart and soul of the company. Rocksteady received the coveted studio of the year award at the 2009 VGA awards.
Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill reprise their respective roles as Batman and Joker in Batman: Arkham City, the highly-anticipated sequel to the critically acclaimed Batman: Arkham Asylum video game, along with Emmy Award-winning Batman writer Paul Dini again penning the story. Batman: Arkham City hits Playstation 3, XBOX360, and Windows PC on October 18th, 2011. Click here to view the full-length Batman: Arkham City trailer. Stay tuned for further updates.