Month: February 2019

Credit: Royal Mail / Marvel Comics Credit: Royal Mail / Marvel Comics The United Kingdom’s Royal Mail is issuing a Marvel-themed set of stamps this March, with new artwork by Alan Davis and Neil Edwards. The 15-stamp set includes Spider-Man, Hulk, Thor, Captain Marvel, Black Panther, Doctor Strange, and yes, Captain Britain, Peggy Carter, and

Credit: Matt Wagner (Image Comics) Credit: Matt Wagner (Image Comics) 35 years ago, a 23-year-old Matt Wagner launched Mage – a modern-day Arthurian tale that was also a semi-autobiographical story for Wagner himself. And on February 27, 2019, that story ends with Mage: The Hero Denied #15 from Image Comics. Wagner once again spoke with

Credit: Marvel Studios A new Captain Marvel spot has been released, and it frames Brie Larson’s first solo female Marvel Studios superhero as joining the pantheon of MCU big guns Iron Man, Captain America, and Thor. Take a look: [embedded content] So Iron Man was “built,” Captain America was “made”, and Thor was “born.” So

Credit: Marvel Comics Here’s a gallery of all of Marvel’s new May 2019 comic book covers. SAVAGE AVENGERS #1GERRY DUGGAN (W) • MIKE DEODATO JR. (A)Cover by DAVID FINCHVARIANT COVER BY MIKE DEODATO JR.VARIANT COVER BY SIMONE BIANCHIVARIANT COVER BY TBAVARIANT COVER BY SKOTTIE YOUNGVARIANT COVER BY LEINIL FRANCIS YUHIDDEN GEM VARIANT COVER BY MOEBIUSBLANK

Credit: Ominous Press Credit: Ominous Press Press Release Ready, set, draw! Published by Ominous Press, BART SEARS’ DRAWING POWERFUL HEROES: BRUTES AND BABES was a huge success on Kickstarter, reaching nearly 300% of its funding goal. Now, DRAWING POWERFUL HEROES: BRUTES AND BABES VOLUME 2 is underway, with the Kickstarter campaign going live on Tuesday,

Check out a preview of next week’s Honor and Curse #1. HONOR AND CURSE #13.99 / 32 pages / Full Color / On Sale 02.27.2019Writer: Mark LondonArtist: Nicolas SalamancaColorist: TekinoLetterer: Miguel ZapataCover: Nicolas SalamancaOrphaned as a young boy, Genshi Sakagura was adopted by the Iga clan after witnessing the murder of his parents. Now, Genshi

Credit: Vault Comics Press Release Vault is excited to announce its new Bound: Comics and Community initiative. Under this initiative, Vault will provide comic shops with up to $25,000.00 (retail value) worth of product to support a variety of community engagement events throughout 2019. Vault is especially interested in supporting events that promote literacy, create

Dougray Scott Credit: Kathy Hutchins / Shutterstock.com Jaoob Kane and Batwoman Credit: J.H. Williams III (DC) Dougray Scott has been cast as former U.S. Army Colonel Jacob Kane, the father to Kate Kane (a.k.a. Batwoman), in CW’s Batwoman pilot, according to Deadline. “Scott will play Jacob Kane, a former military colonel with a chip on

Neil Gaiman Credit: Entertainment Press / Shutterstock.com Press Release Partnering with the most renowned family entertainment production company in the world, The Jim Henson Company, and with award-winning author Neil Gaiman writing and executive producing, Fremantle today announced that the company is developing a reimagined version of Jim Henson’s iconic 80’s anthology series The Storyteller

Credit: IDW The Transformers and Ghostbusters are teaming up this summer in a new crossover series from IDW Publishing, according to i09. The story, while largely under wraps, centers on a Cybertronian signal that brings the Transformers to Earth, and leads them to enlist the help of the Ghostbusters. It’ll be written by Erik Burnham, with art

Credit: DC Collectibles Press Release DC Collectibles, the award-winning line of collectibles, is bringing its acclaimed BATMAN: BLACK AND WHITE statue line to Walmart stores as 4″ mini-figures. The new figures are direct transformations of the company’s acclaimed 9″-scale figures and feature designs from many world-renowned artists including Jim Lee, Bruce Timm, Amanda Conner, Darwyn

Credit: DC The DC Universe is about to be overrun with zombies in the new series DCeased – and Batman will have to stand against them. Writer Tom Taylor will bring his well-known sense of horror to the series, along with artists Trevor Hairsine, Stefan Gaudiano, James Harren and Rain Beredo. In DCeased, Darkseid will unleash

Hasbro announced a litany of new Marvel toy releases over the weekend as part of Toy Fair 2019, including various Outback-era X-Men figures, Ant-Man props, and Deadpool NERF blasters. All are scheduled to arrived in stores later this year. Got a comment? There’s lots of conversation on Newsarama’s FACEBOOK and TWITTER!

Credit: DC Entertainment Credit: DC Entertainment DC canceled writer Mark Russell and artist Richard Pace’s Second Coming title from Vertigo after disagreements over editorial changes led the duo to request the full rights to the book back, according to HuffPost. Although not quoted directly, HuffPost reports that Russell said that DC requested the removal of

Ryan Coogler Credit: DFree / Shutterstock.com Daniel Kaluuya Credit: Featureflash Photo Agency / Shutterstock.com Lakeith Stanfield Credit: Featureflash Photo Agency / Shutterstock.com Black Panther co-writer/director Ryan Coogler is set to produce the film Jesus Was My Homeboy about the life of Black Panther activist Fred Hampton, according to Deadline. The Hollywood trade also reports Black Panther‘s Daniel

Check out a double preview of two of Dynamite’s February 20 releases, Turok #2 and Lone Ranger #5. Lone Ranger (Vol.3) #5writer: Mark Russell | artist: Bob Qcovers: John Cassaday (A) John Cassaday (RI-B/W), John Cassaday (RI-Virg)FC | 32 pages | $3.99 | Teen+The Lone Ranger and Tonto miraculously come back from the dead to

Credit: Chris Mooneyham (DC) Credit: Chris Mooneyham (DC) As the Joker’s Daughter returns to the DCU in this week’s Nightwing #57, the enigmatic character is being co-written by DC newcomer Zack Kaplan as “a little Jack Nicholson, a little Heath Ledger,” but (surprisingly) ultimately sane. Kaplan is writing scripts based on a plot by Scott

Credit: Mitch Gerads/Clayton Cowles (DC) Credit: Mitch Gerads/Clayton Cowles (DC) Mister MiracleWritten by Tom KingArt by Mitch GeradsLettering by Clayton CowlesPublished by DC Comics‘Rama Rating: 10 out of 10 “We’re all bound by something.” Duty. Family. Country. Loyalty. Love. Death. Life… and Anti-Life. These are all the threads that come together to bind Mister Miracle,

Credit: Evgeniy Bornyakov/Lauren Affe (AfterShock Comics) Credit: Andrei Bressan (AfterShock Comics) Writer Stephanie Philips and artist Evgeniy Bornyakov are on the case of a child abduction that opens the door to centuries of dark U.S. history in the new series Descendent from AfterShock Comics. Scheduled to debut May 1, Descendent begins with the abduction of

Credit: Sony Pictures / Marvel Studios Credit: Marvel Studios Gwyneth Paltrow is closing the door on her tenure as Marvel’s Pepper Potts, saying after Avengers: Endgame she doesn’t expect to want to do any other Marvel Cinematic Universe films. At the same time however, she said she would “always be there” if Marvel asked her

Credit: Marvel Studios Ned Benson Credit: Featureflash Photo Agency / Shutterstock.com Marvel Studios has hired writer/director Ned Benson to do a rewrite on the Black Widow script, accordin to Collider. Benson is best known for writing and directing The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby. Credit: Marvel Studios Lore director Cate Shortland was hired to direct Black

Credit: David Giesbrecht (Netflix) Jessica Jones star Krysten Ritter has eulogized the upcoming third season following Netflix’s announcement that it is canceling the show (as well as The Punisher). In a post on Instagram, Ritter said it’s been “a dream to play Jessica” and that she is “grateful for every second of it. The third

Credit: Marvel Television/Netflix Credit: Marvel Television/Netflix Netflix has canceled both The Punisher and Jessica Jones, according to Deadline. The recently-filmed third season of Jessica Jones is still expected to air on the streaming service later this year, however the company has reportedly pre-emptively canceled any intention of subsequent seasons. “Marvel’s The Punisher will not return

It’s been 20 years since the very first Lego Star Wars building sets hit stores. To celebrate, Lego has redesigned some of its most popular models from the last two decades. Lego will release five commemorative Star Wars building sets on April 1. But that’s not all  Lego has announced a grand total of 24

Credit: David Palumbo (Dark Horse Comics) Dark Horse’s adaptation of Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden’s Joe Golem: Occult Detective prose novels continues with May’s The Conjurors #1. Illustrated by Peter Bergting (with colorist Michelle Madsen), The Conjurers begins with Joe Golem presumed dead – just as Dr. Cocteau and his gas-men are about to take

Credit: DC Universe Credit: DC Universe Doom Patrol, season one episode one “Pilot”Starring Brendan Fraser, Matthew Bomer, April Bowlby, Diane Guerrero, Timothy Dalton, and Alan TudykDirected by Glen WinterWritten by Jeremy CarverAiring on DC Universe‘Rama Rating: 8 out of 10 The comparisons between DC Universe’s Doom Patrol and Netflix’s Umbrella Academy would have been unavoidable,