The World’s Finest recently had the opportunity to ask a few questions to Batman: The Adventures Continue – Season Three artist Jacob Edgar. Edgar will be joining the art team for issues #7 and #8, the final two issues of the acclaimed Batman: The Animated Series tie-in title from DC Comics. Here, Edgar discusses his work on Batman: The Adventures Continue – Season Three, his influences and past works, the impact of Batman: The Animated Series, and much more! Click on the image below to read the interview.
The last two issues of the third and final volume of the comic title, which follows the events of Batman: The Animated Series, Batman: The Adventures Continue – Season Three #7 arrives Aug. 22, 2023 with #8 to follow on Sept. 19, 2023. Be sure to visit the The World’s Finest Batman: The Adventures Continue subsite for details, artwork, videos, interviews, and more from the DC Comics title! Stay tuned for further updates and coverage right here at The World’s Finest!
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DC Comics has provided The World’s Finest with the final cover artwork for The Batman Adventures Omnibus, the upcoming oversized collection of the acclaimed 1990s comic series based on Batman: The Animated Series, hitting shelves Sept. 5, 2023. The hefty hardcover includes all 36 issues of The Batman Adventures, along with its two annuals, holiday special, The Batman Adventures: Mad Love, a Batman: Black & White story, and the Batman: Mask of the Phantasm comic adaptation. Continue below for a look at the collection’s dusk jacket, including trade dress and text, plus more, all made available by DC Comics.
THE BATMAN ADVENTURES OMNIBUS Written by KELLEY PUCKETT, MARTIN PASKO, PAUL DINI, and others
Art by MIKE PAROBECK, TY TEMPLETON, BRUCE TIMM, and others
Cover by TY TEMPLETON
$150.00 US | 1176 pages | Hardcover
Debuting in 1992, Batman: The Animated Series achieved a near-impossible feat by integrating the dark and mature themes of the Tim Burton Batman films into a kid-friendly cartoon show. This massive omnibus collects the entire comics run of the animated Dark Knight from The Batman Adventures #1-36, The Batman Adventures Annual #1-2, The Batman Adventures Holiday Special #1, a story from Batman Black & White #1, The Batman Adventures: Mad Love #1, and for the first time ever, the never-before-reprinted comic book adaptation of the animated feature film Batman: Mask of the Phantasm! ON SALE 9/5/23
The Batman Adventures Omnibus, with a price tag of $150US, arrives Sept. 5, 2023 from DC Comics. The official product description is above.
In related news, DC Comics also recently updated the release dates for the last two issues of Batman: The Adventures Continue – Season Three. The third and final volume of the comic title, which picks up following the events of Batman: The Animated Series, Batman: The Adventures Continue – Season Three #7 will now hit shelves Aug. 22, 2023 and #8 will arrive Sept. 19, 2023. The issues were previously slated to ship July 11, 2023 and Aug. 8, 2023, respectively.
DC Comics has announced a new collection spotlighting the animated-style adventures of Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy, featuring stories based and inspired by Batman: The Animated Series, will hit stands later this year. The forthcoming Batman: Harley & Ivy trade paperback collection includes the 2004 Batman: Harley & Ivy mini-series by Paul Dini and Bruce Timm, along with an assortment of related tales. Continue below for details.
BATMAN: HARLEY AND IVY
Written by PAUL DINI, BRUCE TIMM, RONNIE DEL CARMEN, and TY TEMPLETON
Art by BRUCE TIMM, RONNIE DEL CARMEN, RICK BURCHETT, and others
Cover by BRUCE TIMM
Writer Paul Dini and artist Bruce Timm, the creative minds behind the critically acclaimed Batman: The Animated Series, follow up their Eisner-winning Batman: Mad Love with another tale featuring the loopy but loyal moll Harley Quinn, this time teaming up with her best gal pal, Poison Ivy! Collects stories from Batman: Harley and Ivy #1-3, Batman Adventures Annual #1, Batman Adventures Holiday Special #1, Batman and Robin Adventures #8, and Batgirl Adventures #1, plus stories from Batman: Gotham Knights #14 and Batman: Black & White #3. $19.99 US | 176 pages | 6 5/8″ x 10 3/16″ | Softcover | ISBN: 978-1-77952-629-8
ON SALE 11/21/23
To note, DC Comics previously released a Batman: Harley & Ivy hardcover comic collection in 2016 with similar contents. Be sure to check out the The World’s Finest Batman: The Animated Series subsite for an detailed exploration of the classic cartoon!
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Warner Bros. Japan said production is currently underway on Suicide Squad ISEKAI, an all-new original anime series based on the popular DC Comics characters. Announced during a special panel at the Anime Expo 2023 convention, the studio stated WIT Studio will be handling the animation production for the series. Watch the announcement trailer below.
Additional details announced include that Suicide Squad ISEKAI will be directed by Eri Osada, with screenplays by Tappei Nagatsuki and Eiji Umehara. Continuing, Naoto Hosoda is the main character designer and Kenichirou Suehiro is the music composer. A teaser poster was also released illustrated by Akira Amano, who’s credited with draft character designs for Suicide Squad ISEKAI. Click the thumbnails below to view the teaser poster and a look at the show’s logo.
Warner Bros. Japan describes Suicide Squad ISEKAI initially as follows:
DC’s Harley Quinn, the Joker, and The Suicide Squad rampage onto the stage of ISEKAI* in the new original anime series from Warner Bros. Japan and WIT Studio, Suicide Squad ISEKAI. The most maddening worlds collide in an epic and violent fantasy with the strongest line-up of anime creators!
*ISEKAI means “another world”, which is now one of the most popular genres for Japanese anime.
Suicide Squad ISEKAI is expected to be released in 2024, with more details to be released in the coming months. Stay tuned for select Suicide Squad ISEKAI coverage right here at The World’s Finest.
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DC Comics has released its solicitations catalogue for July 2023, which includes details on the penultimate issue of Batman: The Adventures Continue – Season Three and a massive The Batman Adventures hardcover omnibus collection. Also set for release is a second hardcover collection for the Harley Quinn: The Animated Series spin-off comic titles. Continue below for artwork and further details, all provided by DC Comics.
BATMAN: THE ADVENTURES CONTINUE – SEASON THREE #7
Written by ALAN BURNETT and PAUL DINI
Art by TY TEMPLETON
Cover by JUAN FERREYRA
Variant cover by CLIFF CHIANG
Villain variant cover by RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE
1:25 variant cover by HAYDEN SHERMAN
$3.99 US | 32 pages | 7 of 8 | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
The Court of Owls are back, and they’ve conscripted Man-Bat to join their fight against Batman! And while Batman faces off against the attacks of the Court, Bruce Wayne continues to be roped into Ra’s al Ghul’s mysterious scheme. Batman is besieged on all sides in this penultimate chapter! ON SALE 7/11/23
THE BATMAN ADVENTURES OMNIBUS
Written by KELLEY PUCKETT, MARTIN PASKO, PAUL DINI, and others
Art by MIKE PAROBECK, TY TEMPLETON, BRUCE TIMM, and others
Cover by TY TEMPLETON
$150.00 US | 1176 pages | Hardcover
Debuting in 1992, Batman: The Animated Series achieved a near-impossible feat by integrating the dark and mature themes of the Tim Burton Batman films into a kid-friendly cartoon show. This massive omnibus collects the entire comics run of the animated Dark Knight from The Batman Adventures #1-36, The Batman Adventures Annual #1-2, The Batman Adventures Holiday Special #1, a story from Batman Black & White #1, The Batman Adventures: Mad Love #1, and for the first time ever, the never-before-reprinted comic book adaptation of the animated feature film Batman: Mask of the Phantasm! ON SALE 9/5/23
HARLEY QUINN: THE ANIMATED SERIES: LEGION OF BATS!
Written by TEE FRANKLIN
Art by JON MIKEL and SHAE BEAGLE
Cover by YOSHI YOSHITANI
$24.99 US | 240 pages | Hardcoverr
When last we checked in with Harley Quinn, she ate, she banged, and she killed…but now it’s time for something a little different. Fresh out of the events of Harley Quinn: The Animated Series season three, Harley has found herself a part of a highly unlikely team – the Bat-Family! Meanwhile, Poison Ivy has found herself prepping for her new job – leader of the Legion of Doom! But while Harley and Ivy adjust to their respective new roles, a ghost from Ivy’s past enters the fray and threatens the relationship between everyone’s favorite clown and plant couple!! ON SALE 9/12/23
Additionally, a trade paperback release for the first Harley Quinn: The Animated Series comic collection, titled Harley Quinn: The Animated Series: The Eat. Bang! Kill. Tour, will hit shelves August 29, 2023.
Lastly, in related news, Young Justice producer Greg Weisman’s ongoing Gargoyles series at Dynamite Comics, based on his acclaimed 1990s Gargoyles animated series, is releasing its first collected edition. Featuring the first six issues of Gargoyles, the title will be available in both hardcover and softcover collections. Details are below.
GARGOYLES VOL 01: HERE IN MANHATTAN HC/TPB
Written by GREG WEISMAN
Art by GEORGE KAMBADAIS
Cover by DAVID NAKAYAMA
Price: TPB: $19.99 US/ HC: $24.99US/ SIGNED HC: $34.99US | 160 pages The first collection of Gargoyles creator Greg Weisman’s all-new tales set in the world of his beloved animated show is finally here! Collecting issues #1-6 of the acclaimed series written by Weisman and illustrated by George Kambadias, Gargoyles: Here in Manhattan reintroduces the Manhattan Clan, a Gargoyles family newly dedicated to their mission of defending humanity in modern-day New York. But even though their commitment is strong, their bonds are about to be tested to the limit when nefarious factions from all across the world attempt to steal that rarest, most precious of possessions… an unhatched Gargoyle egg!
To celebrate this historic publication, Dynamite Entertainment is proud to present three special editions with covers by the legendary original Gargoyles comics series artist Amanda Conner and new series cover superstar David Nakayama, plus a special signed edition by Jae Lee. ON SALE 07/12/23
Click here for further information on the Gargoyles series from Dynamite Comics.