What if the only person standing between the dark knight and his ruthless battle to take back the streets of Gotham was his greatest nemesis? That’s the setup for Batman: White Knight, which stars the former clown prince of crime in a quest to take down the Batman. The only difference this time? The Joker isn’t killing people with toxic laughing gas or threatening to poison Gotham’s water supply with his homebrewed poisons. Because he’s completely sane after his latest stint at Arkham Asylum, and no longer has a maniacal urge to murder.

The next film from the DC library revives the style of Batman: The Animated Series with its breakout star, Harley Quinn. A team-up between Batman, Nghtwing and Harley Quinn to put a stop to Poison Ivy and the Floronic Man’s latest world domination plans, it looks alright. Or better than Batman: The Killing Joke at least, which set a bar so low last year that you can’t even limbo underneath it. That particular film is out n August 15. After that? A more Victorian slice of Batman, as it looks like the cult classic 1989 Elseworlds graphic novel is finally getting some animated love.

DC Comics have released the official checklist for the upcoming series, affected titles and one-shots for Batman’s Metal adventure. While the bulk of the tale will be contained in the six Dark Knights issues, the Dark Days, Batman one-shots and plenty of other familiar heroes will help fill in any gaps.

DC Comics and Warner Bros. Animation are celebrating ten years of animated movies by collecting every film into one massive boxset. That’s 30 animated movies, as well as the five DC Showcase short films that make the most of their brief running time: The Spectre, Green Arrow, Jonah Hex, Catwoman and Superman/Shazam: The Return of Black Adam.

After almost eight decades of publication, it’s safe to say that there’s a Batman out there for every taste. The late Adam West was a goofier incarnation affectionately known as the Bright Knight, Frank Miller’s caped crusader was a grizzled veteran of years on the street and current Batman writer Tom King has helped craft a far more psychological take …

Prefer Play Arts Kai to Hot Toys? You’re looking for something more stylised in the art design department probably. Style which the latest Black Panther and Justice League Batman figures from that brand have plenty of.

Activision’s previous two Spider-Man games are perhaps the prime example here of lifting a few ideas from its rival and running wild with them. An idea that developer Insomniac Games wants to avoid, preferring instead to be more inspired by their distinguished competition.

If Scott Snyder and artist Greg Capullo really did lay some clues at the beginning of their Batman run, maybe they can be found right in front of us. Thanks to Dark Days: The Forge, we’ve already received one massive clue as to the focus of the mystery metal that plays so pivotal a role in the series: Immortality. Spoilers below.