Month: October 2019

DC has released a first look at next month’s John Constantine: Hellblazer #1, the debut of the new series by Simon Spurrier and Aaron Campbell. “John Constantine is back in London, back to his old tricks-and just in time, as things have become very dark indeed in his old stomping grounds,” read DC’s description of

Junji Ito Credit: Crunchyroll Junji Ito is well-known for including a vast swath of horror in his various mangas, but now he’s looking for scares in the real world by visiting the famous “haunted” house, the Winchester Mystery House. In a video recorded by Crunchyroll, Ito gets a tour of the San Jose monument, and

Sean Bean Credit: lev radin / Shutterstock.com Sean Bean will join TNT’s Snowpierer in its second season, according to Deadline. Details of Bean’s character are “being kept under wraps.” “Set more than seven years after the world has become a frozen wasteland, Snowpiercer centers on the remnants of humanity, who inhabit a gigantic, perpetually-moving train

Prowler reemerges in this preview of November 6’s Miles Morales: Spider-Man #12. MILES MORALES: SPIDER-MAN #12SALADIN AHMED (W) • JAVIER GARRÓN (A) • Cover by KEN LASHLEY2099 VARIANT COVER BY TBA• Miles is caught in the middle of a war between Ultimatum and the old guard!• Which means he’s about to catch the hands of

Credit: LDD Presents Press Release “They’re all dead. They just don’t know it yet.” From Alex Proyas’s cult classic superhero film, The Crow joins the LDD Presents family! After a crow brings Eric Draven’s restless soul back from the dead, he sets out to wreak revenge upon his killers. The Crow wears his signature face

Credit: Netflix Netflix has released the new “main trailer” for the upcoming series The Witcher starring Henry Cavill and also confirmed all eight episodes of the series will debut on the streaming service globally on December 20, 2019. Based on the best-selling fantasy series of books, Netflix calls The Witcher an “epic tale of fate

Credit: Valiant Entertainment Credit: Valiant Entertainment The Flash may be billed as “the fastest man alive,” but Flash Forward artist Brett Booth is giving him a run for his money as he draws that DC monthly book and Valiant’s defacto flagship title Bloodshot, also monthly. Bloodshot #2 hit stands this week (with #3 due out

Credit: George Perez (DC Comics) During New York Comic-Con a few weeks ago, DC co-publishers Dan DiDio and Jim Lee spoke about developing an overall timeline for the DC Universe, breaking it down into several major eras and outlining some surprising sequences of events in relation to classic DC heroes. Now, DC Nation has tweeted what

Credit: Image Comics Diamond Comic Distributors have informed retailers that Beauty #30 and #31, the final intended issues of the series, have been canceled by Image Comics. The two issues were originally solicited to come out on September 25 and December 18. Per Diamond’s notificication, Image currently doesn’t plan to re-solicit these issues. The publisher

Credit: Peter Laird/Kevin Eastman (IDW Publishing) Credit: Dave Wachter (IDW Publishing) Diamond Comics Distributors has informed retailers that Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles has been pushed back two weeks. The milestone issue was originally solicited for release November 27, but is now projected to be released December 11. Neither Diamond or IDW Publishing has given a

Credit: DC Credit: DC DC has announced a trio of new stories for its upcoming Batwoman/Supergirl: World’s Finest Giant #1, which will be available to retailers directly (as opposed to the previous Giants being Walmart-exclusives). First up is “Sister Sister” by Margaret Stohl and Laura Braga. Here’s the description: “When a powerful alien weapon falls

Credit: Kathy Hutchins / Shutterstock.com Updated October 31, 2019: The Batman director Matt Reeves has confirmed that actor Jeffrey Wright will play Commissioner Gordon in his film. Here’s Reeves’ tweet confirming the casting: Tweet! #Gordon ???? pic.twitter.com/O4PBX7MmuH — Matt Reeves (@mattreevesLA) October 30, 2019 Wright joins Robert Pattinson as Bruce Wayne/Batman, Zoe Kravitz as Selina

Credit: Viktor Kalvachev (DC) Credit: Jenny Frison (DC) DC has informed retailers that Wonder Woman #83 has been pushed back three weeks to a new December 18 release date. While that’s not unusual, DC has not (yet) rescheduled December 11’s Wonder Woman #84 – meaning on the present release schedule, #84 would come out before

Credit: DC Universe With the announcement of DC-based shows Green Lantern, DC Super Hero High, and Strange Adventures on the upcoming HBO Max streaming service, subscribers to the DC Universe service may be wondering about the service’s future. Now, DC Universe has released a statement reiterating the content they plan to bring through 2020, and assuring fans

Credit: Marvel Comics The magical side of mutantdom gets a revamp with some big potential consequences in this week’s Excalibur #1 from writer Tini Howard and artists Marcus To and Erick Arciniega. With new status quos for the entire Braddock family and a new villain for mutants on the rise, here’s how it all went

Credit: DC Universe Warner Bros. have announced that the first season of DC Universe’s Harley Quinn will be 13 episodes – despite ordering 26 episodes of the of the show. Harley Quinn, which is scheduled to debut December 6, was announced in November 2017 as a “26-episode adult animated series.” The season 1 finale –

Credit: DC Universe DC Universe has offered reviewers early access to episodes of its Harley Quinn animated series – a standard practice – but the manner in which the service’s PR team reached out is worthy of Harley herself – and it’s a bit surprising. Not only has the entire season been offered up, but

Credit: DC It looks like some intergalactic wires might have been crossed during Tuesday’s rollout of the HBO Max May 2020 streaming service launch announcement.  As Newsarama noted is our reporting, HBO Max released two, seemingly contradictory descriptions of executive producer Greg Berlanti’s Strange Adventures series.  In their press release, they described the series as

Credit: Epix Credit: Epix Epix has renewed Pennyworth for a 10-episode second season with a plan for it to debut in 2020, as first reported by Variety. The series is a prequel of sorts that features the adventures of a young Alfred Pennyworth – destined to be Bruce Wayne’s surrogate father and loyal butler. The

Credit: Marvel Comics Credit: Marvel Comics The larger ramifications of the new mutant status quo – with most mutants gathered as one on the new sovereign nation of Krakoa – on the rest of the Marvel Universe are just scratching the surface as the linewide “Dawn of X” relaunch rolls on. But this week’s Excalibur

Press Release In just a few short months, 2020 will be upon us and readers will enter the new year with an event that’s been decades in the making: IRON MAN 2020! To celebrate this landmark story and to bring in the new year in the grand Marvel way, the industry’s best artists have crafted

Credit: Reiko Murakami (DC) Press Release This Halloween, you can keep your ghosts, goblins, candy corn, and red balloon carrying clown costumes, because DC and Joe Hill are taking care of all your boogeyman needs now and the coming months as the Hill House Comics imprint debuts today with BASKETFUL OF HEADS, written by Joe Hill, with

Credit: Bantam Books Credit: HBO A day after one Game of Thrones prequel was reportedly canned, the other Game of Thrones prequel was greenlit for a full season on the May 20-launching HBO Max streaming service. As reported by Variety, George R.R. Martin’s Fire & Blood novel will be adapted as Game of Thrones: House

Credit: HBO HBO has canceled its planned Game of Thrones prequel show, according to Deadline. The show was to star Naomi Watts, and would have been written by Jane Goldman. Filming of the pilot (by director S.J. Clarkson) is reportedly complete and in the editing process, but Goldman has emailed some of the cast and

Credit: Rebekah Isaacs/Michael Russell/Crank (Vault Comics) Credit: Rebekah Isaacs/Michael Russell/Crank (Vault Comics) It takes a lot of money to put humankind into space, and with NASA and other government agencies seemingly unable to take that “one small” next step for man, a new solution is being offered: porn. In the recently launched creator-owned series Money

With Spider-Man/Venom: Double Trouble #1 due out November 6, Marvel have released the covers. In addition to the main cover by series artist Gurihiru, there are variants by Jen Bartel, Logan Lubera, Arthur Adams, and Paulina Ganucheau. SPIDER-MAN/VENOM: DOUBLE TROUBLE #1 (of 4)MARIKO TAMAKI (W) • GURIHIRU (A/C)• You’ve seen ‘em duke it out in

Credit: Warner Bros. Marvel Studios is making a significant commitment to streaming MCU programming in the form of shows including The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Loki, Hawkeye and more. But according to Variety, Warner Bros. could be banking on DC feature films to power their efforts in what is being billed as the upcoming “streaming wars.”

Credit: Humanoids STRANGELANDS #5 (MR)(W) Magdalene Visaggio, Darcie Little Badger (A) Vincenzo Federici (CA) John CassadayWill the Lands survive yet another face-off with an old foe? Stranded on a boat on the Mediterranean sea, Adam and Elakshi were hoping to experience some kind of break. But Hardman has found them again and this time, he’s

Check out a preview of this week’s Harleen #2 (via DCComics.com). HARLEEN #2written by STJEPAN ŠEJICart and cover by STJEPAN ŠEJICvariant cover by STJEPAN ŠEJICDespite the strongest objections from every possible authority—including district attorney Harvey Dent—Dr. Harleen Quinzel’s found herself with free access to every inmate in Arkham Asylum, where she desperately pursues a revolutionary