The Flash comes to Gotham for Zero Year

Over the last two days, DC Comics have been releasing details of the books that will be tying into Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo's "Batman: Zero Year" story.  So far, I've posted about them here and here. Now, DC have added to the list of series with a new tie-in, in the form of "The Flash"

The issue takes place in Gotham City, and features Barry Allen before he becomes the Scarlet Speedster that he is today, and it apparently solidifies his decision to become a forensic scientist for the police force.

The Flash #25 will be written by Brian Buccellato and Francis Manapul with art by Chris Sprouse and Karl Story, it'll be released sometime this November.

I also think this cover might give some clues to what the key moment in Zero Year that links all of the tie-ins together is, possibly a breakout in Arkham Asylum, or more likely, Blackgate prison?

There's still one more Zero Year tie-in to be revealed sometime soon, but I think this is the last non- Batman related series in the event.

(Source: MTV Geek)

Batwing coming to All Star Western in June

Did you hear? The star of All-Star Western, the past-based Jonah Hex, is travelling to present day Gotham City! The Civil war veteran turned Bounty Hunter usually based in the past of Gotham City is in the modern version of the city and he'll be running into somebody he doesn't seem too happy to meet...

The cover to All-Star Western #21, image originally from Comic Book Resources.

That's right! Time travelling Jonah Hex will be taking on the new Batwing, Luke fox. the current Batwing series is being written by the same double team who are on All-Star Western, Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray, they're also the first writers to write this new Batwing.

All-Star Western #21 is released on Wednesday 26th of June, written by Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray with interior art by Moritat.

Full Cinematic trailer released for Batman: Arkham Origins

Today the full cinematic trailer for the new Batman game, Batman: Arkham Origins, was released to the internet. The almost five-minute long trailer is completely made up of Cinematic footage with no gameplay, Personally, I love this trailer and the footage it shows but it would be good to see some gameplay soon, since, let's be honest, the game won't all look like this.

Anyway, enough talk, here's the trailer!

Pretty cool, right? The characters we see in the trailer are ( in order ) Black Mask's henchmen, Batman, Deathstroke, Deadshot (I'm pretty sure) and Black Mask.

This is the first Arkham game not made by Rocksteady studios and their role is replaced by WB Games Montreal, who have done a pretty good job on the cinematics. It's also the first game in the series that allows you to roam the streets of Gotham city, whereas the previous game were set within Arkham  facilities.

It's been said that Kevin Conroy is returning for the game, even though previously he'd claimed he wasn't involved, but Batman doesn't speak in the whole trailer, so I'm not completely sure.

Batman: Arkham Origins is released on the 25th of October this year and if you pre-order now from Amazon you get a playable Deathstroke DLC for every console the game is playable on (except the WiiU) with unique weapons and challenge maps and two costumes for the character.