Thursday, 10 October 2019

Should Jason Todd Die? Again?

 
 
Jason Todd might be dead (again), and fans are being asked whether he should be (... again).
This week’s episode of DC Universe’s Titans ended with a cliffhanger, as the superhero soap opera is wont to do. Dick Grayson (Brenton Thwaites) and Starfire (Anna Diop) were unable to stop the assassin Deathstroke (Esai Morales) from dropping Jason Todd (Curran Walters) off of a building. The young Robin plummeted and the show cut to black, leaving fans in the lurch for a week.
But in the meanwhile, DC Universe’s forums have something for them to do: Vote on whether Jason should live or die.
“Will he live or will Jason Todd die?” says the poll description. “Take the poll below to let your voice be heard! This isn’t the first time that Jason’s fate was left to the whims of others; will history repeat itself or will he live to mouth off another day?”
The description refers to the 1988 Batman story arc A Death in the Family, in which the second issue ended with the potential death of Jason Todd, the second Robin. Readers were offered the opportunity to call a 1-900 number and vote on whether he should survive.
 



Tuesday, 17 September 2019

Batman Day

 

Batman Day, DC’s annual celebration of the Dark Knight, will take place Saturday, September 21st. This year’s event celebrates Batman’s 80th anniversary. DC and Warner Bros have announced event plans for the occasion, including beaming the Bat-Signal into the skies in cities around the world. Batman’s iconic symbol will light up skyscrapers and landmarks worldwide as the sun sets on each city. Fans can follow the event as it rolls out around the globe with the new interactive Batman Bat-Tracker launched by DC today. The Batman Bat-Tracker will mirror the real-time projections as each city flips on its Bat-Signal. More information is available at Batman80.com 
 
The Bat-Signal will appear around 8 p.m. in each of the chosen cities. Those cities include:
  • Melbourne, Australia at Fed Square facing Flinders Street
  • Tokyo at MAGNET by SHIBUYA109 at Shibuya Scramble Crossing
  • Berlin at Potzdamer Platz 11
  • Paris at Galeries Lafayette
  • Barcelona at Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya
  • London at the Senate House
  • São Paulo at Itaúsa - LMB
  • New York TBA
  • Montreal at Complex Dupuis
  • Mexico City at Torre Reforma
  • Los Angeles at City Hall