June 2023 will see the release of Batman: The Adventures Continue – Season Three #6 from DC Comics. Listed as part of the publisher’s solicited titles for June 2023, the details provided by DC Comics also reveal Batman: The Adventures Continue – Season Three has been extended from a seven-issue mini-series to eight issues. Also set for release in June 2023 is a special Static one-shot which introduces the Static Shock original character Anansi into DC Comics continuity. Continue below for artwork and further details, including information on DC Comics’ 2023 Pride Month titles, all provided as part of the June 2023 solicitations from DC Comics.
BATMAN: THE ADVENTURES CONTINUE – SEASON THREE #6
Written by ALAN BURNETT and PAUL DINI
Art by TY TEMPLETON
Cover by EVAN “DOC” SHANER
Variant cover by TOM REILLY
Villain variant cover by GUILLEM MARCH
1:25 variant cover by HAYDEN SHERMAN
$3.99 US | 32 pages | 6 of 8 | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
Crime is at an all-time low in Gotham City with all the major super-villains behind bars. With the city finally quiet, Batman’s mission might finally be at an end. But when Ra’s al Ghul and his daughter, Talia, show up with a proposition, Bruce is forced to determine what the future of Batman will be! ON SALE 6/13/23
Also set for release come June 2023 is a special Static one-shot title featuring Static Shock‘s Anansi and the latest collection of special DC Pride titles. DC Pride titles are released every year by DC Comics as part of the publisher’s annual Pride Month celebrations. Continue below for details.
STATIC TEAM-UP: ANANSI #1
Written by EVAN NARCISSE
Art by CHARLES STEWART III
Cover by NIKOLAS DRAPER-IVEY
Variant cover by NATACHA BUSTOS
1:25 variant by EDWIN GALMON
$3.99 US | 32 pages | One-shot | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
In a story set before the events of Static: Shadows of Dakota, the Static Shock animated series fan-favorite African superhero Anansi pays a visit to Dakota City, investigating a supernatural disturbance…but he’s going to need Static’s help to explore the occult side of the Milestone Universe! ON SALE 6/13/23
DC PRIDE 2022 #1
Written by GRANT MORRISON, NICOLE MAINES, CHRISTOPHER CANTWELL, NADIA SHAMMAS, and others!
Art by HAYDEN SHERMAN, PAULINA GANUCHEAU, STEPHEN SADOWSKI, SKYLAR PATRDIGE, MILDRED LOUIS, and others!
Cover by MATEUS MANHANINI
Wraparound variant cover by GABRIEL PICOLO
Variant cover by OSCAR VEGA
Special foil variant cover by JEN BARTEL ($11.99 US)
$9.99 US | 104 pages | One-shot | Prestige | (all covers are card stock)
DC Pride is back again with a brave and bold and all-new collection of stories starring DC’s fan-favorite stable of LGBTQIA+ characters—many of whom will find themselves in thrilling team-ups the likes of which you’ve never seen before!
Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy go to extreme measures to get a little alone time…but there’s nowhere on the planet Crush can’t crash! Jon Kent gets a comprehensive course in dark magic when John Constantine sics a golem on him. Tim Drake and Connor Hawke learn that there’s nothing more awkward than reuniting with an old friend after you’ve both come out and one of you was indoctrinated by the League of Shadows for a while. Circuit Breaker struggles to stifle his powers after the Flash of Earth-11 leaps out of the time stream and knocks them both into another dimension. Just how far would Flashlight go to honor his lost love? All these stories and many more in DC Pride 2023!
This year’s anthology also includes:
• An introduction by Phil Jimenez!
• A 5-page preview of Dreamer’s YA debut written by Nicole Maines and drawn by Rye Hickman!
• A parade of pinups by Babs Tarr, Maria Llovet, Brandt & Stein, Noah Dao, Travis G. Moore, and more! ON SALE 5/30/23
DC PRIDE: THROUGH THE YEARS #1
Written by GREG RUCKA, WILLIAM MESSNER-LOEBS, STEVE ORLANDO, VITA AYALA, and TIM SHERIDAN
Art by J.H. WILLIAMS III, GREG LaROCQUE, JAMAL CAMPBELL, and CIAN TORMEY
Cover by DEREK CHARM
$9.99 US | 80 pages | One-shot | Prestige
Take a journey through over 30 years of fan-favorite LGBTQIA+ characters in the DC Universe with this collection that not only remembers and celebrates three landmark issues of days past but also teases exciting new stories yet to come!
DC Pride: Through the Years collects:
• The Flash #53 (1991), in which villain-turned-hero Pied Piper comes out to his friend the Flash and helps thwart a dastardly villain
• Detective Comics #854 (2009), the thrilling beginning of Batwoman’s first solo series, which would launch her into stardom
• Supergirl #19 (2018), which tells the story of Lee Serano—a nonbinary teenager who befriends the Girl of Steel
• An all-new story starring Alan Scott, which will light the way to his next great adventure as Green Lantern! ON SALE 6/13/23
Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment has announced the upcoming DC Animated Movie titles Batman: The Doom That Came To Gotham and Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes & Huntsmen, Part One will be part of the upcoming WonderCon 2023 annual pop-culture convention. Additionally, WonderCon 2003 announced two other panels relating to the world of DC Comics animation, The Psychology and Celebration of Batman: Mask of the Phantasm and Fleischer Cartoons: Restoring the Cartoons of Max Fleischer. Details for those panels are following the Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment press release, all available below.
WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY HOME ENTERTAINMENT
TO HOST WORLD PREMIERES OF BATMAN: THE DOOM THAT CAME TO GOTHAM,
JUSTICE LEAGUE x RWBY: SUPER HEROES & HUNTSMEN, PART ONE
AT WONDERCON 2023 IN ANAHEIM
CASTS, FILMMAKERS SET FOR PANELS OVER MARCH 24-26 WEEKEND
Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment returns to WonderCon 2023 with its traditional big screen debuts of DC animated films – headlined this year by the World Premieres of the highly anticipated Batman: The Doom That Came To Gotham and Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes & Huntsmen, Part One during the March 24-26 weekend in Anaheim, CA. Both screenings will be followed by panel discussions amongst cast and filmmakers.
Batman: The Doom That Came To Gotham will premiere on Friday, March 24 at 6:00pm in the Arena. Thus far, confirmed to participate on the post-screening panel is Tati Gabrielle (Kaleidoscope, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Uncharted) as Kai Li Cain, Christopher Gorham (The Lincoln Lawyer, Insatiable) as Oliver Queen, David Dastmalchian (Dune, The Suicide Squad, Ant-Man) as Grendon, producer/co-director Sam Liu (The Death and Return of Superman), co-director Christopher Berkeley (Young Justice) and screenwriter Jase Ricci (Teen Titans Go! and DC Super Hero Girls: Mayhem in the Multiverse).
Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes & Huntsmen, Part One will premiere on Saturday, March 25 at 1:30pm in North 200A. To date, confirmed talent to participate on the post-screening panel is Natalie Alyn Lind (Big Sky, The Goldbergs, Gotham) as Wonder Woman/Diana Prince and RWBY’s long-running cast – Lindsay Jones (Camp Camp) as Ruby, Kara Eberle (RWBY: Ice Queendom) as Weiss, Arryn Zech (The Detective is Already Dead) as Blake, and Barbara Dunkelman (Blood Fest) as Yang – alongside Jeannie Tirado (Soul, Saints Row) as Green Lantern, and Tru Valentino (The Rookie, The Cuphead Show!) as Cyborg. Also included on the panel are producer/director Kerry Shawcross (RWBY franchise) and screenwriter Meghan Fitzmartin (Supernatural, Justice Society: World War II).
Additional talent will be announced as confirmed.
Both films will have encore screenings in the Arena on Sunday, March 26. Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes & Huntsmen, Part One will screen at 12:15pm, followed by Batman: The Doom That Came To Gotham at 2:00pm
About Batman: The Doom That Came To Gotham:
Inspired by the comic book series by Mike Mignola, Richard Pace and Troy Nixey, Batman: The Doom That Came To Gotham is a 1920s-based tale that finds explorer Bruce Wayne accidentally unleashing an ancient evil, expediting his return to Gotham City after a two-decade hiatus. The logic/science-driven Batman must battle Lovecraftian supernatural forces threatening the sheer existence of Gotham, along the way being aided and confronted by reimagined versions of his well-known allies and enemies, including Green Arrow, Ra’s al Ghul, Mr. Freeze, Killer Croc, Two-Face, James Gordon and Bruce’s beloved wards. Prepare for a mystical, often terrifying Batman adventure unlike any other. Produced by Warner Bros. Animation, DC and Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment, Batman: The Doom That Came To Gotham will be available to purchase Digitally and on 4K Ultra HDTM Blu-ray Combo Pack and Blu-rayTM on March 28, 2023
About Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes & Huntsmen, Part One
Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes & Huntsmen, Part One finds the Justice League facing off against a new horror: adolescence! Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Cyborg, Green Lantern and Vixen are surprised to find that not only have they materialized on a strange world called Remnant, but they’ve also been transformed into teenagers. Meanwhile, the heroes of Remnant – Ruby, Weiss, Blake and Yang – find their world has been mysteriously altered. Can the combined forces of the Justice League and Team RWBY return Remnant to normal before a superpowered Grimm destroys everything they know? Produced by Warner Bros. Animation, Rooster Teeth Animation, DC and Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment, Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes & Huntsmen, Part One, available to purchase Digitally and on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Combo Pack and Blu-ray on April 25, 2023.
About Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment
Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment (WBDHE) distributes the award-winning movies, television, animation, and digital content produced by Warner Bros. Discovery to the homes and screens of millions through physical Blu-ray Disc™ and DVD retail sales and digital transactions on major streaming, video-on-demand cable, satellite, digital, and mobile channels. WBDHE is part of Warner Bros. Discovery Content Sales, one of the world’s largest distributors of entertainment programming.
About DC
DC, part of Warner Bros. Discovery, creates iconic characters and enduring stories and is one of the world’s largest publishers of comics and graphic novels. DC’s creative work entertains audiences of every generation around the world with DC’s stories and characters integrated across Warner Bros. Discovery’s film, television, animation, consumer products, home entertainment, games, and themed experiences divisions, and on the DC Universe Infinite digital comic subscription service. Learn more at DC.com
About Warner Bros. Animation
Warner Bros. Animation (WBA) is one of the leading producers of animation in the entertainment industry, producing and developing projects for multiple platforms, both domestically and internationally. WBA’s current series include Animaniacs for Hulu, Batwheels, Bugs Bunny Builders, Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai, Harley Quinn, Jellystone!, Looney Tunes Cartoons, My Adventures with Superman, Noonan’s, Tiny Toons Looniversity, Tom and Jerry Time, Tom and Jerry in New York, and Velma for HBO Max, Teen Titans Go! for Cartoon Network. The studio is currently in production with New Line Cinema on the upcoming original anime feature film, The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim. WBA’s full-length theatrical film, Teen Titans GO! to the Movies, was released in summer 2018. As home to the iconic animated characters from the DC, Hanna-Barbera, MGM and Looney Tunes libraries, WBA also produces highly successful animated films — including the DC Universe Movies — for DVD, Blu-ray and digital media. One of the most-honored animation studios in history, WBA has won six Academy Awards®, 40 Emmy Awards, the George Foster Peabody Award, a BAFTA Children’s Award, an Environmental Media Award, a Parents’ Choice Award, the HUMANITAS Prize, two Prism Awards and 21 Annie Awards (honoring excellence in animation).
About Rooster Teeth
Rooster Teeth is a fan-driven, community built entertainment company. From humble origins in a spare bedroom, Rooster Teeth created the web series Red vs. Blue, an innovative form of entertainment for a changing media landscape that sparked the growth of a passionate global fandom. From that foundation, Rooster Teeth pioneered a direct-to-consumer lifestyle brand for its growing online following with subscriptions, advertising, e-commerce, and live events. Rooster Teeth produces several original content series including RWBY, the most popular western-style anime series today, The Rooster Teeth Podcast, and daily video series featuring an in-house cast of influential talent. With broadcast and live-action production capabilities and a world class animation studio, Rooster Teeth engages top networks, streaming entertainment services and creative talent to develop projects that reach global audiences through its Studios division. Rooster Teeth cultivates the gaming lifestyle it helped define with partnerships through its industry-leading video-first podcast network, The Roost. Rooster Teeth has a massive global footprint of more than 45 million subscribers to its YouTube Network, 5 million unique weekly viewers across its RoosterTeeth.com hub and more than 4 million registered community members. The company was founded in 2003, and is a subsidiary of Otter Media, a WarnerMedia company. Discover more at RoosterTeeth.com.
Additionally, WonderCon 2023 has announced two more scheduled panels, one dedicated to Batman: Mask of the Phantasm and the other touching upon the forthcoming home media release of Max Fleischer’s Superman 1941-1942 from Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment. Details on those panels can be found below.
The Psychology and Celebration of Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
Sunday March 26, 2023 12:30pm – 1:30pm PDT
Room 300C
The hosts of The Arkham Sessions celebrate the 30th anniversary of the beloved animated film Batman: Mask of the Phantasm. Podcast hosts Brian Ward and Dr. Drea Letamendi (Fandom) will treat the audience to a conversation with the film’s co-director, Eric Radomski (Batman: The Animated Series), as well as with Londyn Jackson (History of the Batman) and Ashley Victoria Robinson (Geek History Lesson) as they “unmask,” explore, and pay tribute to the storytelling of Batman, the Joker, and of course, the Phantasm!
Fleischer Cartoons: Restoring the Cartoons of Max Fleischer
Saturday March 25, 2023 10:00am – 11:00am PDT
Room 300E
Celebrating the art and inventions of Max Fleischer, animation historian Ray Pointer will be showcasing new restorations of cartoons featuring Betty Boop, Popeye, Koko the Clown, Superman, and more. Join him for a Q&A with Max’s granddaughter, Jane Reid, and to learn about the history of Fleischer studios.
Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham arrives March 28, 2023 on Blu-ray and DigitaI, followed by Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes & Huntsmen, Part One on April 25, 2023, both coming to Blu-ray and Digital from Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment. Check out The World’s Finest DC Animated Movie subsite for more on the acclaimed movie series. Also, be sure to check out the The World’s Finest Batman: The Animated Series subsite and get more details on the forthcoming Max Fleischer’s Superman 1941-1942 home media release here. Stay tuned for further updates right here at The World’s Finest.
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The continuing third season of Batman: The Adventures Continue and a Young Justice: Targets collection are among DC Comics’ releases solicited as hitting shelves starting May 2023. The Young Justice: Targets collection picks up following the events of Young Justice: Phantoms, the fourth and most-recent season of the acclaimed Young Justice animated series. Continue below for artwork and further details, all provided as part of the May 2023 solicitations from DC Comics.
BATMAN: THE ADVENTURES CONTINUE – SEASON THREE #5
Written by ALAN BURNETT and PAUL DINI
Art by TY TEMPLETON
Cover by SCOTT GODLEWSKI
Variant cover by DANNY EARLS
Villain variant by FRANCIS MANAPUL
1:25 variant cover by HAYDEN SHERMAN
$3.99 US | 32 pages | 5 of 7 | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
The battle for Straightman’s mind concludes as Batman clashes with the Joker and the Suicide Squad! Can the Dark Knight free Straightman from the clutches of the Joker or will he be lost forever to the Clown Prince of Crime? ON SALE 5/9/23
YOUNG JUSTICE: TARGETS
Written by GREG WEISMAN
Art and cover by CHRISTOPHER JONES
$16.99 US | 144 pages | Softcover
Queen Perdita has been kidnapped! Mysterious armored assailants have snatched the Vlatavan royal out from beneath Bowhunter Security, leaving Green Arrow and Black Canary poisoned and comatose in the process! Now a rallying cry echoes around the globe, and across super-teams, to band together and rescue Perdita! Spinning directly out of the hit HBO Max show, this collection is a must-read for every Young Justice fan! ON SALE 7/18/23
Additionally, The World’s Finest recently caught up with artist Jordan Gibson to discuss his work on Batman: The Adventures Continue, among other projects. Click here to read the interview and stay tuned for further coverage on Batman: The Adventures Continue. Also, be check out the The World’s Finest Young Justice subsite for more content dedicated to the fan-favorite series.
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The third season of Batman: The Adventures Continue continues and a special DC Pride collection are among DC Comics’ scheduled releases for April 2023. Batman: The Adventures Continue – Season Three #4 continues the two-part story which started in issue #3, with Ty Templeton listed as the issue’s artist. Continue below for artwork and further details on Batman: The Adventures Continue – Season Three plus details on a special DC Pride collection featuring a short story by Kevin Conroy, all provided as part of the April 2023 solicitations from DC Comics.
BATMAN: THE ADVENTURES CONTINUE – SEASON THREE #4
Written by ALAN BURNETT and PAUL DINI
Art by TY TEMPLETON
Cover by JORGE CORONA
Variant cover by MIKE PERKINS
Villain variant by BRIAN BOLLAND
1:25 variant cover by HAYDEN SHERMAN
$3.99 US | 32 pages | 4 of 7 | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
The tragic story of Straightman continues in “Crack-Up,” part two! The Joker’s not-so-funny sidekick is hell-bent on revenge and has arrived at the doorstep of the dastardly doctor who mangled his mind, Hugo Strange. Meanwhile, Batman tangles with a mysterious foe who has a strange and unexpected tie to Straightman. ON SALE 4/11/23
DC PRIDE: THE NEW GENERATION
Written by KEVIN CONROY, ALYSSA WONG, TRAVIS G. MOORE, DEVIN GRAYSON, and others
Art by NICK ROBLES, BRITTNEY WILLIAMS, EVAN CAGLE, ZOE THOROGOOD, and others
Cover by PHIL JIMENEZ
$19.99 US | 192 pages | Hardcover
DC celebrates Pride Month with more stories, more characters, and more pride than ever before! This gorgeous hardcover collects for the very first time:
-Thirteen thrilling tales spotlighting LGBTQIA+ fan-favorites new and old including Superman (Jon Kent), Nubia, Kid Quick, Connor Hawke, Aquaman (Jackson Hyde), Green Lantern (Jo Mullein), Alysia Yeoh, the Ray, Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy, and Batwoman
-“Finding Batman,” an autobiographical comic written by the late Kevin Conroy and drawn by J. Bone that details how Kevin’s personal experiences from childhood to Hollywood ultimately informed his universally beloved performance as the iconic voice of Batman
-All five parts of Tim Drake’s coming-out story across Batman: Urban Legends #4-6, #10, and DC Pride: Tim Drake Special #1
-An introduction by activist, actress, and real-life superhero Nicole Maines
-Gorgeous art from across the complete DC Pride 2022 celebration! ON SALE 5/23/23
The World’s Finest also recently caught up with artist Jordan Gibson to discuss his work on Batman: The Adventures Continue, among other projects. Click here to read the interview. Stay tuned for further coverage on Batman: The Adventures Continue and be check out the The World’s Finest Batman: The Adventures Continue subsite for more content. Click the link below to discuss the news!
The World’s Finest caught up with artist Jordan Gibson to discuss his work on the acclaimed DC Comics title Batman: The Adventures Continue. The comic series, currently in its third and final season, continues the adventures of Batman following the events of Batman: The Animated Series and The New Batman Adventures. Here, Gibson discusses his work, his influences, how Batman: The Animated Series played a crucial role in his life, and what’s right around the corner for Batman: The Adventures Continue! Click on the image below to read the interview.
In addition to Batman: The Adventures Continue, Gibson’s other notable works include Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers, Dial H For Hero!, and Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man, among many others. Batman: The Adventures Continue – Season Three #1 is now available from DC Comics in both print and digital.
Gibson also created a title card in the style of Batman: The Animated Series for Batman: The Adventures Continue – Season Three #1. Watch the special video below.
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