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Batman Online Comic

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( DJ ) 09/02 08:07 PRESS RELEASE: AOL , DC Comics To Offer Batman Comic Online

Entertainment Editors/Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

 

DULLES, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 2, 2003--

 

Sin Tzu is Unleashed as the Newest Villain in the Batman Comic Series

 

New Series Starring the Dark Knight Detective to be Featured on

KOL, AOL's New Service for Kids Launching This Fall

 

The Dark Knight Detective, the citizens of Gotham City and AOL members will

soon have a new nemesis -- Sin Tzu -- who will make his cyberspace debut this

Fall in the brand new original online Batman comic strip created for America

Online by DC Comics. Through a special agreement between AOL and DC Comics,

"Batman: Shadow of Sin Tzu" will appear online exclusively on AOL five days a

week. This new Batman ongoing storyline was developed especially for the

online environment and for KOL, AOL's new experience for kids, which will be

available to consumers this Fall.

In the upcoming daily strip written by Mark Schultz and with art by Rick

Burchett, two of comics' finest talents, Gotham's most notorious villains have

banded together under mysterious circumstances. Batman must discover who is

behind this diabolical conspiracy before an all-out war descends on the city.

Could it be Two-face, Mr. Freeze, Catwoman, the Joker, or perhaps Sin Tzu -

the latest criminal mastermind and shadowy eastern mystic created by comic

book superstar Jim Lee and Flint Dille? As the mystery unfolds, kids can go

online each weekday and get a new episode in this exciting year-long serial.

"Kids love comics and Batman is one of the coolest, most beloved superheroes

of all time," said Malcolm Bird, Senior Vice President and General Manager

Kids and Teens, America Online. "We are thrilled to give kids online access to

this original online comic series that they can follow online all year. This

offering from DC Comics is a great example of AOL's commitment to offering

kids cool original programming they can't get anywhere else."

"'Batman: Shadow of Sin Tzu' is the first-ever strip exclusively developed

by DC for the online environment, and we are thrilled to give AOL members

access to this special online edition of such an exciting comic," said Richard

Bruning, Senior VP & Creative Director at DC Comics. "By bringing this

world-class superhero to the Internet, we are literally bridging the

generational gap between parents who grew up reading Batman stories in comic

books and watching him on television and their kids who will now be able to

check out Batman's daily adventures online."

AOL and DC Comics have also joined forces to offer a host of additional

special content and features for AOL's new experiences for its kids and teens

audiences. Kids can check out special Batman and Superman comics online at KOL

as well as access other features related to the world's most famous

superheroes. In addition, each weekday, kids and teens can get new Spy vs. Spy

comics and wacky excerpts from the classic Mad Magazine.

America Online will introduce KOL, the first version of AOL designed

entirely for kids, this Fall. Combining exclusive content from industry

leading kids brands and all-new original programming, this new service will

offer kids a fun and entertaining online experience just for them that is

fully integrated with AOL's Parental Controls.

 

About America Online, Inc.

 

America Online, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of AOL Time Warner Inc.

Based in Dulles, Virginia, America Online is the world's leader in interactive

services, Web brands, Internet technologies and e-commerce services.

 

About DC Comics

 

DC Comics, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, is the largest

English-language publisher of comics in the world and home to such iconic

characters as Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and the Sandman. These DC super

heroes and others have starred in comic books, movies, television series (both

animated and live-action) and cyberspace, thrilling audiences of all ages for

generations. DC Comics' Web site is located at www.dccomics.com.

 

CONTACT: America Online, Inc.

Tracy Williams, 703-265-1876

or

DC Comics

Peggy Burns, 212-636-5450

 

KEYWORD: VIRGINIA

INDUSTRY KEYWORD: E-COMMERCE INTERNET ENTERTAINMENT MARKETING

AGREEMENTS PRODUCT

SOURCE: America Online, Inc.

 

 

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