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Batman: Gotham Knight (2008)
IMDB rating: 7.10
Plot: Anime-inspired direct-to-DVD anthology film. Comprised of six short stories, from diverse creators, including Academy Award-nominated Josh Olsen (A History of Violence), Batman Begins writer David S. Goyer, and comics scribe Brian Azzarello. It’s planned for a release window of two to four weeks prior to the release of The Dark Knight, and would bridge the gap between Batman Begins and The Dark Knight.
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Actors: Conroy Kevin,Dourdan Gary,McCallum David,Burton Corey,Friedle Will,George Brian,Marsden Jason,Menville Scott,Meskimen Jim,Newbern George,Padnos Corey,Paulsen Rob,Richardson Kevin Michael,Animation,Action,
Batman continuity retcons?
I’ve only been reading Batman comics for a year & have built up quite a collection, but I really need to get my shit straight with what is & is not in canon.
I realize that an entire series or graphic novel can be out of continuity but still have something canon in it, like….Batman Confidential now trumps Legends of the Dark Knight &….in The Killing Joke, the Joker’s origins were retconed but what he did to Barbara still stands.
I’ve also been told that while Batman Adventures, Batman & Robin, & Gotham Adventures pertain to the DC Animated Universe, the Harley Quinn series connects to it.
So what’s in & what’s out? Partialy or completely? This includes graphic novels & related series like Azrael: Agent of the Bat, Gotham Knights, Last Laugh, Salvation Run, Shadow of the Bat, Gotham Central, Emperor Joker, Dark Victory, No Man’s Land, The Long Halloween, Batman Cacophony, Gotham Girls, Countdown/Crisis (I get all of them mixed up).
You can make your explanations as long as you want. I run a fanclub for girls getting into comics & I don’t want to spoon-feed them the wrong information.
*Cracks fingers* Hoo-boy, I’m not going to waste time here so here we go!
Now, the first thing you have to understand is that after the following events ‘Infinite Crisis’ and ‘Crisis on Infinite Earths,’ occured, many charactesr were retconned. These events were just cheesy things made up by DC to get their character’s histories and powers straight which is especially why the DCU is one of the most confusing universes in the history of comics. The first and easiest method is trying to locate the ‘Elseworlds’ tag on the cover. If the Elseworlds tag is there, that means it’s an alternate-universe one-shot and not canon. A few examples do not have the Elseworlds tag however, such as the Dark Knight Returns, which was published before the Elseworlds tag was introduced.
The main series within the main Batman continuity (and canon) includes the following:
-Batman
-Batman: Confidential
-Streets of Gotham
-Batman and Robin
- Detective Comics
- Gotham City Sirens
- Red Robin
- Azrael
- Batgirl
Other miniseries titles such as Cacophony and the Widening Gyre are part of continuity too. Several series you refer too have already been cancelled including Legends of the Dark Knight, Shadow of the Bat, and Gotham Central which are all canon. The rest you mention in your fourth paragraph are all part of the main canon too. Note that the DCAU is a SEPERATE canon, meaning that the Batman Adventures is not of the mainstream canon.
Now, regarding the Killing Joke, you have to understand that there is no true origin for the Joker. Sometimes he tells it one way and other times the other and the point is that the origin is simply left up to the reader’s imagination. Alan Moore tried to complexify it abit with that story, but I wouldn’t ponder too much on that. If you’re ever confused, look up the Batman article on Wikipedia. Scroll down to the ‘Links to Related Articles’ section and open it. Under ‘Batman Publications and storylines’ will be a compulsive list divided into categories such as canon, out-of-cannon, crossovers, etc.
I hope this helps you, and props to you for making a girls comic-book fan-club too! Cheers.
Juliu$ | Sep 08, 2009