Month: November 2019

Mao’s forces rise from the dead in a preview of November 27’s East of West #44. EAST OF WEST #44Writer: Jonathan HickmanArtist: Nick DragottaAge Rating: T+“CONQUEST” All the great Nations of man have fallen. Witness the rise of Babylon.$3.99 Got a comment? There’s lots of conversation on Newsarama’s FACEBOOK and TWITTER!

DC is saying celebrating Thanksgiving by releasing a cornucopia of Action Comics pages – a preview of this week’s Action Comics #1017 and a first look at next month’s Action Comics #1018, along with the covers to #1019 and #1020.  Brian Bendis, John Romita, Jr., Klaus Janson, Brad Anderson and Dave Sharpe team-up for the

Credit: Black Mask Studios LAST SONG #3Writer: Holly InterlandiArtist: Sally CantirinoMature$4.9968 pagesB&WSynopsis: A single moment makes Nicky step back for the first time in several years. Suddenly he’s living in a house by himself, all his old haunts are unfamiliar, and there’s an eerie silence where his best friendship used to be. Attempted catch-up sessions

Credit: DC Steve Orlando Credit: DC Wonder Woman has returned home to Themyscira — and she’s brought new series writer Steve Orlando with her. After two guest stints on Wonder Woman, the DC ‘exclusive’ writer has taken over the title post-G. Willow Wilson and into her upcoming milestone #750. It’s a tumultuous times, as the

Credit: David Hayter Back in 2003, before Zack Snyder directed 2009’s Watchmen feature film, another version of the movie almost made it to production with director David Hayter, best known as one of the screenwriters for X2 and X3: X-Men United. Hayter and Alex Tse wrote a screenplay for the film which Watchmen writer Alan

Credit: Marvel Comics Credit: Marvel Comics Press Release When Giant-Size X-Men hits stands next year, X-Men fans will get to see Jonathan Hickman’s bold vision for mutantkind unfold in epic adventures told by the industry’s most acclaimed artists. These large-scale but standalone stories will be specifically designed to highlight the artist’s talents, and each issue

Credit: 20th Century Fox After years of debate, a study conducted by online media seller musicMagpie has concluded that Die Hard is factually a Christmas movie. There. It’s settled.  musicMagpie narrowed down four holiday movie categories – “Christmas References,” “Financial Performance,” “Critical Acclaim” and “Holiday Buzz” – raking a variety of films in their performance in each

Credit: Image Comics SAVAGE DRAGON #250WRITER / ARTIST / COVER A: ERIK LARSENCOVER B: FRANK CHOCOVER C: ROB LIEFELDCOVER D: WALTER SIMONSONCOVER E: SKOTTIE YOUNGCOVER F: BLANK SKETCH VARIANTFEBRUARY 26 / 100 PAGES / FC / M / $9.99ERIK LARSEN’S SAVAGE DRAGON HITS ISSUE 250!For 28 years, ERIK LARSEN has chronicled the lives and times

With Conan: Serpent War debuting December 4, Marvel have begun releasing the first issue’s covers. In addition to the main cover by Carlos Pachecho, there are variants by Neal Adams, InHyuk Lee, Giuseppe Camuncoli, David Finch, and even a “Stone” variant (artist unnamed by Marvel). CONAN: SERPENT WAR #1 (OF 4)JIM ZUB (W) SCOT EATON

Credit: Simone Bianchi (DC) Credit: DC Comics The Geoff Johns-written Green Lantern Corps movie “remains a priority” for Warner Bros., according to Variety. Johns is expected to finish a new script by the end of 2019. Green Lantern Corps appears seperate from the recently announced Green Lantern-centric HBO Max series, however Johns is reportedly working

Credit: Warner Bros. Credit: Warner Bros. Both 2020’s Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn and 2021’s The Suicide Squad are expected to be R-rated films, according to Variety. “In the case of Birds of Prey, the film won’t be in the pitch-black, grim vein of Joker,” explains Variety. “Insiders describe the film

Credit: Shutterstock.com Credit: DC J.J. Abrams has had discussions with Warner Bros. Pictures about a new Superman film, according to Variety. Abrams, who has become a franchise revitalizer with Star Trek and Star Wars, recently signed a multi-year first look deal between WB and his company, Bad Robot. The Hollywood trades were already speculating Abrams

Credit: Marvel Comics Credit: Marvel Comics Conan 2099 #1Written by Gerry DugganArt by Roge Antonio and Erick ArciniegaLettering by Travis LanhamPublished by Marvel Comics‘Rama Rating: 9 out of 10 Credit: Marvel Comics The most popular barbarian in the Marvel Universe takes to the future nicely in Conan 2099 #1, as writer Gerry Duggan and artist

Credit: DC Incoming Batman writer James Tynion IV has shared his vision of Gotham City post “CIty of Bane” and into his run on the title. In this week’s installment of his newsletter, the writer goes into detail about Gotham City in 2020: a dystopian, gothic-industrial urban sprawl that reflects the darkest aspects of the

Credit: Jim Lee (TNT) TNT is having a week-long BatWeek movie marathon now through December 1, airing all of the modern live-action Batman solo films from Michael Keaton to Ben Affleck (and even an animated film or two). But in an example of corporate synergy, TNT has partnered with their WarnerMedia sister company DC to

A new storyline channels classic 50s sci-fi in this preview of November 27’s Bettie Page: Unbound #6. Bettie Page: Unbound #6writer: David Avalloneartist: Julius Ohtacovers: John Royle, Scott Chantler, David Williams, Pasquale Qualano, Photo CoverFC | 32 pages | Action/Adventure | $3.99 | Teen+It’s almost 1953, and Americans are afraid. There are flying saucers in

Lyla and Kadunud take a psychedelic journey to the center of their minds in this preview of December 11’s You Are Obsolete #4. YOU ARE OBSOLETE #4$3.99 / 32 pages / Full Color / ON SALE 12/11/19Writer: Mathew KlicksteinArtist: Evgeniy BornyakovColorist: Lauren AffeLetterer: Simon BowlandCover: Andy Clarke w/ Jose VillarrubiaIt’s a literal trip of an

Credit: Image Comics Credit: Image Comics Image Comics’ Crowded ongoing will be seguing from single issues to OGN collections in 2020. “Crowded is moving to trade-only for its final arc,” artist/co-creator Ted Brandt told Newsarama. “It’s not necessarily what we’d have liked, but the economics of single issues are what they are. Unless you sell

Credit: Serialbox/Marvel Comics Press Release Daniel Gillies, best known for his role as Elijah Mikaelson on popular CW series The Vampire Diaries and The Originals, will bring the Asgardian brothers Thor and Loki to life as the official narrator for Thor: Metal Gods, the first of several original serialized fiction and audiobook series based on

Credit: Michael Allred/Laura Allred (Insight Editions) Credit: Michael Allred/Laura Allred (Insight Editions) Michael Allred has orbited around the magic and mystique of David Bowie for decades through his various creator-owned and work-for-hire work, and now he’s landed square in the middle of it with a 160-page biography OGN thanks to co-writer Steve Horton and Insight

Credit: Marvel Comics Credit: Marvel Comics A new Annihilation event is coming to the Negative Zone – and this time, its usually- antagonist denizens are the ones in peril. With billions of lives in a hostile alien world at stake, who ya gonna call? If you’re writing Annihilation – Scourge: Fantastic Four, you call in

Credit: Marvel Comics Credit: Marvel Comics Marvel has informed retailers that January 8’s Marvels X #1 can be placed on sale beginning on midnight, Tuesday January 7. The publisher plans to offer “variant covers, promotion item [sic], and more…” Earth X artist John Paul Leon is working on a special “Party” variant edition cover for

Credit: Lucasfilm An actor’s copy of the Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker was briefly for sale on eBay – but Disney was able to catch it before it was leaked any further, according to co-writer/director J.J. Abrams. “One of our actors, I won’t say which one – I want to, but I won’t –

Credit: Disney+/Lucasfilm Spoilers ahead. The disappointing length of the second episode of The Mandalorian sparked some frustration among fans, us included. However, this week’s installment, titled “The Sin,” is a similarly short 36 minutes, which gives rise to a new theory; Both Star Wars Rebels and Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated spin-off series, for

Credit: AMC Julia Ormond has been cast  in a lead role for AMC’s third The Walking Dead series, which the network has now confirmed as The Walking Dead: World Beyond. Ormond’s character, Elizabeth, is described as a “charismatic leader of a large, sophisticated and formidable force.” “We are thrilled to have Julia join our merry

Credit: LucasFilm They’ll be more Star Wars movies and TV shows in the future, but Disney wants fans to think of The Rise of Skywalker as the ‘Endgame’ of all the films that came before.  A “look back at Star Wars’ impact on pop culture over four decades of storytelling” aired during Sunday evening’s American Music

Friday DC released a few pages from next month’s Legion of Super-Heroes #2. In the second issue of Brian Bendis and Ryan Sook’s reboot, “it’s been one thousand years since anyone has seen the oceans of the Earth, but with Aquaman’s original trident recently discovered, a chase to control Earth’s future tears across the galaxy. All this and the

Credit: Stjepan Sejic (DC/Black Label) Credit: Stjepan Sejic (DC/Black Label) Stjepan Sejic’s Harleen #3 has been postponed three weeks, according to a DC notice sent out to retailers. Originally solicited for release November 27, the finale is now set for release December 18. Here is the updated solicitation: Credit: Stjepan Sejic (DC/Black Label) HARLEEN #3