TheDarkKnightReturns

Over a lifetime of reading comics, Senior Writer Chris Sims has developed an inexhaustible arsenal of facts and opinions. That's why, each and every week, we turn to you to put his comics culture knowledge to the test as he responds to your reader questions...

The trouble with DC having a title called Batman and Robin is, well, they've got to have a Robin. If the cover to this month's issue is to be believed, that new Robin could very well be The Dark Knight Returns' Carrie Kelley. However, series writer Peter Tomasi sort of stops that train of thought in its tracks in an interview with The New York Post: "What you'll find out once you crack the

TV: New Arrow stills show what Seth Gabel (Fringe) will look like as The Count in the Jan. 30 episode, "Vertigo." Reality TV: One of the people who worked on King of the Nerds is more or less sorry for how the show has turned out, after working hard to make it as decent as possible...

Batman fans who dig DC Collectibles statues and toys, it looks like March and April are going to be your month. Fans of, well, everyone else? You're just going to have to be really happy for your Batman-loving bros and brodettes. That's right, the latest batch of product solicitations from DCC are all about the Caped Crusader and his many incarnations...

Recently I read Miguel Corti's experimental comic Watchmen #13. A cut-up pdf created by numbering and randomizing the panels in Alan Moore and David Gibbon's Watchmen, the book is laid out along variations of the original's consistent nine-panel grid...

Animation: The first trailer for The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 home video release sees Batman clash with Superman, among other foes. Opinion: Kendra James lays out some important "Do's and Dont's" for ABC's potential upcoming S.H.I.E...

Square Enix gave fans an early look at very gray prototypes of its The Dark Knight Rises Batman and Bane Play Arts Kai figures this past summer at SDCC, but Tokyo Game Show attendees are the first to see the upcoming 8" figures in living color...

DC Collectibles will kick off 2013 with a selection of new and new-to-you busts, statues and action figures, judging from December solicitation info. In the "New" category are Batman: Arkham City Harley Quinn and Before Watchmen Silk Spectre statues, plus a Joker bust and a New 52 style Justice League Superman action figure...

We've seen Batman pursue criminals, the Mutant leader declare war, and some thugs freak out, but the latest clip from Warner Home Video's Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Pt. 1 animated feature is all about Bruce Wayne... getting a massage...

Mattel will at least partially maintain its New 52 mindset come 2013 with the second wave of its 6" DC Unlimited action figures, although a video game look is also making its way into the mix. In addition to a Jim Lee-designed Wonder Woman, the line will include a new Injustice: Gods Among Us Batman based on NetherRealm's upcoming fighting game...