Interact with Producer Mike Goguen

LoG has a new interview set up with one of the true masterminds behind the Batman: Michael Goguen. His credits also include director of the Batman vs. Dracula film. Member of our official forum can click the link below and submit their questions for Mike.

http://legionsofgotham.proboards70.com/index.cgi?board=interaction&action=display&thread=1133322639

If you're not a member of our forum, click the following link for info on how to get signed up!

http://www.legionsofgotham.org/ForumJoin

The Batman vs. Dracula PVC dvd Set

Thanks to our ever resourceful forum member PJ, LoG has a great image of the Batman vs. Dracula DVD/PVC gift pack in the package...and it looks amazing! Here it is in scale with a Triple Shot Batman. Click on the image to enlarge!

Batman in the UK ratings

WB in the UK have sent Legions Of Gotham the stats for the show over there on the BBC:

“THE BATMAN” -- BBC SUCCESS

‘The Batman’ animated series launched on BBC1 on Thursday 20th October for the first time on terrestrial TV in the UK.

In the first week just under 700,000 viewers tuned in, delivering a 6.8% share with all Individuals. The show ranked at #1 in the timeslot with Boys 4-9 (97,000 viewers) as well as Boys 4-15 (161,000 viewers), averaging shares of 24% and 20% respectively

The BBC ran a 2 week competition during CBBC interstitials featuring product placement of Batman product.
In addition, Blue Peter had a feature on how to make your own Batcave. The authentic cave consisted of papier mache walls and a working lift that children could fill with ‘The Batman’ accessories and toys.
In half-term Batman product saw a significant uplift in sales of merchandise.
For example Mattel experienced a strong increase in sales in the week after the launch of “The Batman” in key retailers:

Tesco
+60%
Argos
+45% (led by Batcave +220% supported by Mattel TV advert)
TRU
+40%
Asda
+30%
Woolworth's
+25%

The success of “The Batman” on the BBC will push Christmas sales and set the stage for a strong year for “The Batman” in 2006.

New Interview!

We've posted our new interview with the voice of Grundy in the season 2 episode "Grundy's Night, Kevin Grevioux! Check it out here:

http://legionsofgotham.proboards70.com/index.cgi?board=interviews&action=display&thread=1133077419&page=1#1133077419

Updates!

The newest episode of the Batman, Fleurs Du Mal, featuring the 3rd appearance of Poison Ivy, aired today on Kids WB! You can read our official talkback on this episode on our forum here:

http://legionsofgotham.proboards70.com/index.cgi?board=bringonthebatman&action=display&thread=1133020659

Also, don't forget that the special edition Batman vs. Dracula gift pack with the two PVCs is in-stores now! Its been found at Wal-Mart and Best Buy. If your locations don't have it, you can get it for a good price online at Walmart.com or Amazon.com (see links below)

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=4098493

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000A59QTQ/002-4042720-8824820?v=glance&n=130&n=507846&s=dvd&v=glance

Schedule Updates

There will be no weekday episodes of The Batman during the week of Nov 28th - Dec 2nd. The Saturday Dec 3rd episode is a re-run, "A Fistful of Felt", featuring the Ventriloquist and Scarface. You can always refer to our TV Schedule area on the lower right hand side of this webpage.

In other updates - remember to pick up the Batman Strikes #15! Its in stores now. Its NOT an adaptation of the film...its a continuation of the story that picks up about 15 minutes into the film...so its a must read! Plus, there's a gorgeous Jeff Matsuda cover! (originally debuted here on LoG)

New Ivy Episode Coming -- this weeks Talkback

Happy Saturday Bat-fans! We're discussing this weeks episode "The Laughing Cats" on our official forum here:

http://legionsofgotham.proboards70.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=bringonthebatman&thread=1132373768&page=1

click to see what other fans thought of this Joker vs Catwoman episode, and the 1st appearance of Joker's legendary hyenas!

In other news...The next new episode of the Batman will be "Fleurs De Maul" or "Flowers of Evil". Look forward to seeing Piera Coppola re-visit her role as the spunky but evil Poison Ivy! And watch out...you just might see Piera chatting it up with fans on our forum after the episode! Thanks to Jim Harvey of WF for updating the fans on this episode title.

http://legionsofgotham.proboards70.com/index.cgi?board=bringonthebatman&action=display&thread=1132366584

Exclusive look - Mattel The Batman ExP for 2006!

Legions Of Gotham has the exclusive look at the Mattel The Batman eXp packaging design for the upcoming year. Figures, such as Riddler and Batgirl, will be released at retail in this new packaging design. Click the link below to check out all of the images and a special explanation of the creation process by Mattel designer Frank Varela!

http://legionsofgotham.proboards70.com/index.cgi?board=news&action=display&thread=1132107512&page=1#1132205204

Batman Strikes #18!

Here is the solicitation and cover image for February's Batman Strikes #18. It features the first time our pal Bill gets to write Batgirl & Ivy, and the first time Master Jones gets to pencil them! Looks like J-Mat is back on covers!

Written by Bill Matheny; Art by Christopher Jones and Terry Beatty; Cover by Jeff Matsuda Introducing: Batgirl! For the first time ever in The Batman Strikes, Barbara Gordon hits the streets of Gotham City, fighting for justice and keeping her secret alter ego hidden from her father, Police Commissioner James Gordon! Johnny DC 32pg. Color $2.25 US On Sale February 8, 2006

Too much of a good thing?

The Batman fans on our official forum, and many other forums around the net are calling for less Joker in the show! We LOVE Kevin Michael Richardson, but we're honestly getting a little dry on this Joker. They need to mix it up a little and let us miss him. Then, bring him back in style!

Mattel The Batman Toy Scoop!

LoG had our 4th exclusive chat with Mattel on Friday morning. You can now read the results of the chat on our forum by clicking the link below. News includes info about new upcoming retail exclusive villains and Catwoman IN STORES!

http://legionsofgotham.proboards70.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=news&thread=1131848547

LoG was the first to announce the Metalhead (Gearhead) figure for 2006, along with showing the new Batmobile and many other exclusive The Batman animated toy scoops. You can find links to most of those from the forum link posted above!

"BRAWN" aired today

The episode for this morning did turn out to be "BRAWN", as originally solicited by Kids WB! You can check out what other fans thought about the episode at our official talkback here >>>

http://legionsofgotham.proboards70.com/index.cgi?board=bringonthebatman&action=display&thread=1131802230

Piera Coppola Update

Piera has updated us on what she's currently got going...

Quote:

"I did a computer game called "Neopets: The Darkest Faerie" - it is being released Nov 15, 2005 for the Sony PSP2 and I am playing the Darkest Faerie herself. What is funny is I found out long afterwards that Alistair (Alfred) is also a character in the neopets game.

lol. Small world.

The Neopets artists aso gifted me with a cartoon drawing of ME which I like a whole lot better that the photo promo I sent you.

(see image below, courtesy of neopets.com...along with The Darkest Faerie cover of the Neopets Magazine)

Quote:

"The cool thing is that the artists and programmers surprised me with a personal cartoon drawing of ... ME. So below, you can compare Poison Ivy with the Darkest Faerie with the Neopets version of ME. lol. Why do I always play villains?"

Thanks to Piera for keeping us updated on her work! We love her as Ivy, and we know we'll be seeing her on the show again very soon!

Schedule Confusion & New Interview

There's a lot of confusion about what will be shown this Sat. Nov 12th. KidsWB! has solicited two different episodes, and our contacts are out of the office, so we likely won't have a definitive answer prior to Sat. We'll all have to watch and see. Hey, it'll be a surprise...surprises are fun....aren't they? sigh.

Anyhew, good news...fans of The Batman vs. Dracula film will want to run out and pick up The Batman Strikes #15 this wednesday! It fills in time not featured in the film, its NOT an adaptation...its a continuation of the story! You can now read our interview with Batman Strikes #15 artist Wes Craig, and check out some pencil pages from the issue! Click the below link to check it out!

http://legionsofgotham.proboards70.com/index.cgi?board=interviews&action=display&thread=1131518855&page=1

Kids WB! Schedule Change

**UPDATE 11/7/05 - commercials for BRAWN are still showing, so we're unsure what will air! Stay tuned, we'll keep you updated as info comes in.
11/6/05/- Kids WB! had originally solicited "BRAWN" as the new season 3 episode for next Saturday, November 12th, however, the KidsWB! website states that next weeks new episode will be titled "CASH FOR TOYS". If this episode does air in place of "BRAWN", it features the 1st appearance of the new villain "The ToyMaker" (see pic below)

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The Batman Toys On-Sale this week...

Target has the following "The Batman" items on sale this week

*The Batman Plug n' Play Game - $15.99
*The Batman Motion Activated Gear Tv Action Game - $39.99

for images click here

New Lopez Pre-Prod Art

We've now added a TON of new Jose Lopez pre-production art to the gallery on our site. Click here to check it all out >>>

Joker On Venom!

You can now see a pic of Joker on Venom from next week's new episode "BRAWN", our forum. Click here to check it out>>>