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If your a Doctor Who, and comic book fan, you’ll be doubly pleased to hear about “Doctor Who: The Forgotten” from IDW Publishing.

Set to start in August the series will feature “lost” stories from each of the 10 Doctors.

Think it might be worth a look. You can read more about it from its creative team, Tony Lee and Pia Guerra over at CBR

Batman Gotham Knight – Official Trailer

Check out the trailer for the Batman Gotham Knight animated film.

When I first read Watchmen a few years ago, I was blown away at how far it pushed what was possible in a graphic novel.

To date, Watchmen remains the only graphic novel to win a Hugo Award, and is also the only graphic novel to appear on Time Magazine’s 2005 list of “the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to the present.”

So you can imagine, along with everyone else that has read the book, I’m rather excited and scared.

Watching videos like the one here, showing some behind the scenes footage though, put my mind at ease. The amount of detail that director Zack Snyder is putting into the film is incredible and he seems to be sticking very closely to the book.

As we get ready for the arrival of the new Batman movie, ‘The Dark Knight’. Buzztown has delved into the history of Batman and present you with this ‘The Bluffers Bullet point Guide to Batman Comics’.

• Batman was co-created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, though only Kane receives official credit, Bill Finger had a huge influence on the Batman we know today. Kanes original sketches had Batman wearing a red suit with wings and a small mask similar to what Robin would later wear. Finger  changed these to the look we are more familiar with, and also came up with the name Bruce Wayne as Batman’s secret identity. At the time of Finger’s death in 1974, DC had not officially credited Finger as Batman co-creator.

• Batman first appeared in Detective Comics#27 in May 1939. The story was called “The Case of the Chemical Syndicate,” and was written in the ‘pulp’ style popular at the time. This influence was evident with Batman showing little remorse over killing or maiming criminals and was not above using firearms.

• Unlike most superheroes, he does not possess any superpowers; he makes use of intellect, detective skills, science and technology, wealth, physical prowess, and intimidation in his war on crime.

• Robin was introduced based on Finger’s suggestion Batman needed a “Watson” with whom Batman could talk. Sales nearly doubled, despite Kane’s preference for a solo Batman, and it sparked a proliferation of “kid sidekicks”. More after the Jump