Two more Batman 3 rumors...

Two more Batman 3 rumors...

Fred Weller (In Plain Sight) as the Joker?

Amy Adams (Enchanted) as Catwoman?

I guess these rumors will just keep rolling till actual casting is announced.
But you gotta admit...looking at that one picture of Fred Weller, then looking at the comic book version of the Joker.....

Original TV 'Catwoman': Angelina Jolie Would Be Perfect in the Part

Original TV 'Catwoman': Angelina Jolie Would Be Perfect in the Part

Julie Newmar, who starred as the Catwoman in the original "Batman" TV series, thinks Angelina Jolie "would own the part," she tells the New York Daily News.
The actress, 74, said that her industry friends tell her Jolie has made "inquiries about the role. I can understand how it would pique her interest. Catwoman is Batman's one true love.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,393521,00.html

All I can say is....YES!

Marvel Comics

Marvel Comics is an American comic book company owned by Marvel Publishing, Inc., a division of Marvel Entertainment, Inc.

Marvel counts among its characters such well-known properties as Spider-Man, the X-Men and their member Wolverine, the Fantastic Four, The Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Iron Man, Daredevil, Ghost Rider and many others. Most of Marvel's fictional characters are depicted as inhabiting a single shared world; this continuity is known as the Marvel Universe.

The comic book arm of the company was founded in 1939 as Timely Publications and was generally known as Atlas Comics in the 1950s. Marvel's modern incarnation dates from the early 1960s, with the launching of Fantastic Four and other superhero titles created by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, and others. Marvel has since become one of the largest American comics companies, along with DC Comics.




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Superheroes are older than we think

Superheroes are older than we think
Robert Hudson reviews Our Gods Wear Spandex by Christopher Knowles

Alan Moore's Watchmen was the only graphic novel to appear in Time magazine's 2005 list of the finest 100 novels written in English since 1923. Moore also wrote The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and V for Vendetta, both of which have been turned into movies. Open any of these books and you are plunged into an allusive world of post-modern playfulness, analogy and reference. Symbols of Egyptian gods and sinister Masonic uniforms appear on Professor Moriarty's evil airship as he battles the Invisible Man, Alan Quartermain and brutal Mr Hyde.

Moore is a self-proclaimed magician, and one interpretation of his worldview is the old dictum that when you stop believing in God, you start believing in everything. The more generous interpretation is that the world of the superheroes is a richer one than most people give it credit for, and its authors and artists work within a fascinating tradition, reaching unbroken back into antiquity, in which archetypes are constantly revised, revisited and reinterpreted.

full story here:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/01/03/bokno130.xml




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Bulletgirl

Bulletman was a Fawcett Comics superhero created by Bill Parker and Jon Smalle for Nickel Comics #1 in May, 1940.

Jim Barr was the son of a police officer who was killed and as a result took it upon himself to fight crime. Like many comic book characters of the time, he used chemistry to develop powers for himself; in his case greater muscle mass and brain power. He also invented a Gravity Regulator Helmet (which was bullet shaped and gave him his name), which allowed him to fly and deflect bullets.

Shortly after Bulletman began his crime-fighting career, he created a second helmet for his girlfriend and later wife Susan Kent, who adopted the name Bulletgirl.

Bulletman and Bulletgirl were Fawcett Comics' second most popular characters after Captain Marvel and the Marvel Family. They were acquired by DC Comics along with the rest of the Fawcett comics stable of characters in 1972. However, the characters lapsed into public domain prior to the said acquisition, which would later allow AC Comics to reprint their Golden Age adventures.

During this period of time, Bulletman and Bulletgirl appeared with fellow Fawcett heroes to form Shazam's Squadron of Justice against the forces of King Kull. Their age appeared to be as it was in the 1940's without explanation. They subsequently appeared a few times with Captain Marvel and his family.

Bulletman and Bulletgirl were eventually retrofitted into DC Universe continuity as members of the All-Star Squadron, and in the pages of The Power of Shazam were given a daughter named Deanna Barr, who donned her mother's helmet and operated briefly under the name Windshear. Bulletman and Bulletgirl also appeared in Alex Ross and Mark Waid's Kingdom Come limited series.

In 2005, a new Bulletgirl known as Bulleteer was introduced as one of the Seven in Grant Morrison's Seven Soldiers of Victory. She is unrelated to these older heroes, though her costume is to some extent inspired by theirs. In issue #3, Susan Barr appeared in a brief cameo, visiting her successor.

Bulletman and Bulletgirl later re-appeared in the pages of Infinite Crisis on the newly reborn Earth-S along with the other Fawcett superheroes.

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The Body Doubles

The Body Doubles are DC Comics villains. They first appeared in Resurrection Man #1. (March 1996)

Bonny Hoffman and Carmen Leno are hired killers who work for the Requiem, Inc. Assassination Agency. Bonny is the daughter of an East Coast mob boss who wanted to prove to her father that she could be as tough as any man, while Carmen is a former adult film star and exotic dancer, who hoped to advance her career as a legitimate Hollywood actress. Both women met and became assassins and use many types of hi-tech firearms and concealed weapons, often found in their make up accessories

The Body Doubles began working for Bonny's Uncle Nick, an assassin himself, and a magnificent drag queen to boot. As hired killers, the Body Doubles often came into conflict with Resurrection Man.

The two spent some time working for a beauty-obsessed alien warrior woman named Mystress. She wanted to use the energies of several female superheros as part of a makeover. Usually she used normal female victims but this time was special.

The ladies kidnapped Argent, Power Girl and Deep Blue. They went after Black Canary but this was during the time she had no powers so they ended up letting her go.

They also tried to kill Catwoman when she was running for mayor of New York City, but they were defeated.

They continue to work for Uncle Nick, merrily murdering assigned victims while pursuing their dreams. The Body Doubles, as of Villains United #1, have joined the Secret Society of Super Villains, as well as having aided the Riddler and several other villains in Gotham City in Infinite Crisis #1.

Later on in their careers, they adopted a manner of dress reminiscent of the Manga duo The Dirty Pair, as envisaged by Adam Warren.



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Elaine Belloc

Elaine Belloc is a principal character in the DC/Vertigo Comics series Lucifer created by Mike Carey, based on characters created by Neil Gaiman, Sam Kieth, and Mike Dringenberg in the comic The Sandman.
Elaine was created by Carey specifically for the Lucifer series, and her character is that of a young girl with special powers who encounters Lucifer and takes part in the adventures and battles surrounding him.

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