Gotham Central
What would the police be doing when Batman is off on his rounds solving crimes? How would they handle a technologically advanced criminal when the dark knight is otherwise occupied? A recently published  comic series focused on the people of Gotham City Police,  and their love-hate relationship with Batman and the hazards that came with the occupation. Batman hardly appeared, although the Bat Signal was almost a supporting character, and most of the villains were ordinary mad people with a desire to wear costumes. Commissioner Gordon would have to be a regular , so start looking for a more mature actor who can grow a mustache.

When a  new item concerning of batman is released, the demand for our dark knight hits the market. When the toy line of batman begins action figurines was released named after the batman movies, tills started to ring .

Batman action figures have remained popular since the first release in the early 60′s and there are more Batman figure toys than any other super hero character out there.

Toy companies put out action figures toys each year with different themes and people are interested in these to collect them or simply because it is a batman toy.

The batman Begins action figures toy line is true quality, launched when the Batman movie was released in 2005. Here are the top 5 action figures that are popular from the Batman Begins action figures collection:

1. Batmobile

2. Ultimate Batman Figure

3. 14 inch action cape Batman

4. Battle Gear Batman Begins Figure

5. 13-inch Superman figure

There have been many important stories that Batman comic book issues have focused on in recent years.

DC comics promises that Legacy will be the last large crossover for a year, to give readers a break from the large, long stories. The word from Denny O’Neil is that no crossovers will occur for one year; that all in-title stories will never extend beyond three months; and that every month there will be at least one single-issue story. Also, there are going to be six team-ups of characters.

Regarding the recent appearance of The Spectre in Batman #540 & #541, and Batman in The Spectre #51: this is not a crossover. They just happen to be appearing in each other’s titles, and this happens to be around the same period of time…

Kingdom Come was a recently-released miniseries showing a possible future for the DCU characters. Superman has retired (after his parents and Lois died); Batman apparently has never fully recovered from Bane, and has robotic Bat-men protecting Gotham (Gotham is the only “safe” city in the US now); and Lex Luthor has been conspiring with Catwoman, the Riddler, Ib’n Al Xu’Ffasch (Ra’s al Ghul’s grandson (son of Batman and Talia)), and others. A new breed of superhumans has become bored with protecting the people, and hunt one another down, killing many innocent people in the process. Diana convinces Kal-El to return to his role as Superman and take control of the new superhumans, after they destroy most of the American Midwest during one of their battles. The story is presented from the point of view of a priest being taken around by the Spectre (very much like the three ghosts in A Christmas Carol).

The story is in four parts: the first shows the new breed of superhumans, and Diana’s meeting with Kal-El. The second shows the incarceration of these new superhumans by Superman and his allies. The third shows Bruce Wayne and the people on his side – those that oppose Superman’s methods, meeting with Lex and his people to stop Superman, and the fourth shows the final showdown.

Kingdom Come featured fantastic artwork by Alex Ross – it is all painted. And Mark Waid wrote an excellent story, although there are a lot of things that were left unexplained that made the story confusing. The newest issue of Wizard (#65) explains a lot of the back stories behind Kingdom Come, and is definitely worth picking up.

J.K. Rowling has now written a total of seven books in the series, six of which have been released as films. The seventh installment, ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’, is to be brought out in two parts. The first of these is scheduled for release on 19th November 2010 and the second part is planned for 15th July 2011.

Bearing in mind how much children adore these books and movies it would be a great theme to work around if you are planning on organising a party. You might not live in Hogwarts but you could still make it a very magical experience for your child and guests. When deciding on which is the best costume for your child there are so many wonderful characters in the Harry Potter books to choose from. Besides, I am quite sure that your child will have plenty of input in the matter.
That is, if they’ve already got their harry potter costume !

In 1977 when George Lucas released ‘Star Wars’ a type of mass star wars costumes hysteria overcame the general public. His film was expected to do well but not to the degree that it did. Everywhere that you looked or went it was all around you. The movie captured the imaginations of both children and adults alike. It was a unique and magical time in the history of cinema.

Prior to ‘Star Wars’ there had been some very good science fiction films but none of them had contained the same ‘specialness’. It was a film that could be enjoyed over and over again by anyone and everyone. Even people who had previously avoided the realms of science fiction movies found it hard to resist its charms. The results of a poll conducted in the United States showed that not only had virtually every American seen the film but that many had sat through it for five or six times.

Whilst ‘Star Wars’ helped to launch the career of actors such as Mark Hamill and Harrison Ford it also included old favourites Peter Cushing and Alec Guinness. At the time, the movie pushed the boundaries of special effects to new heights. In the successive films these limits were raised still higher.

‘Star Wars’ hit on a nerve in society. It managed to contain so many things which were universally appealing to cinemagoers. There was romance, adventure, an array of strange creatures and some very memorable (if not immortal) characters. You would be hard pushed to find anyone, from grandparent to child, who had not heard of Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker or Princess Leia