Month: January 2020

Credit: Marvel Comics Credit: Marvel Comics Gwen Stacy has been a Marvel Comics staple for the last few years in her alt-universe Ghost Spider incarnation. But on February 12, the mainstream Marvel Universe Gwen returns in a flashback tale that puts her in the solo title potlight for the first time. With Gwen Stacy #1,

Christopher Hastings and Ryan Browne are debuting several new Valiant characters in their just-launched Quatum & Woody ongoing, and in Februry 26’s #2 along comes what the writer describes as someone who could become one of Valiant’s top villains. “Comics readers of the world, it is my pleasure to introduce you to a character who

DC has released a first look at next month’s Ages 17+ Far Sector #4, starring the publisher’s newest Green Lantern. “Writer N.K. Jemisin (the award-winning author of The Broken Earth and Inheritance science fiction trilogies) and artist Jamal Campbell (co-creator of Naomi) continue the story of Sojourner ‘Jo’ Mullein when Far Sector #4 hits shelves

Owen Wilson Credit: Tinseltown / Shutterstock.com Credit: Marvel Studios Owen Wilson has been cast in an undisclosed role for Disney+’s Loki, according to ComicBook. The report indicates the comedy actor has a “major” part in the show, but further details are not disclosed. Wilson is best known for his roles in Cars, Wedding Crashers, and

John Constantine’s rivalry with the new wizard on the British blocks, Tommy Willowstree, gets more complicated when they’re forced to team up in a preview of February 26’s John Contantine: Hellblazer #4. Series writer Simon Spurrier and artist Matías Bergara begin their second arc on the series, under DC Black Label’s “Sandman Universe” titles. “The

Credit: Top Cow 2020 marks the 25th anniversary of the 1995 debut of Witchblade – the long0running character at the core of one of Top Cow’s foremost franchises. And to celebrate, the publisher is putting together a 25th anniversary collection – that even includes portions of spin-off series The Darkness. “25 years of Witchblade is

Credit: Lucasfilm Purported test footage from George Lucas’ scrapped Star Wars TV show has surfaced online courtesy of Stargate Studios, who created some of the special effects for the clip. Titled Star Wars: Underworld, the show would have taken place in the Rebellion era visiting such locations as Coruscant, as seen in this clip, which

Credit: Marvel Comics Marvel’s Goblin Queen  … a.k.a Madelyne Pryor … a.k.a oh man, it’s complicated … is returning to the pages of the X-Men titles in March’s Hellions #1 by writer Zeb Wells and artist Stephen Segovia, according to Marvel’s latest teaser.  Last seen in Secret Wars, she returns to “shake things up on Krakoa,”

Credit: Greg Capullo (DC) Scott Snyder Credit: Kat Calamia (Newsarama) The heavily teased DC ‘encore’ by writer Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo is intended to be the writer’s “big final conclusion” to all he’s done at DC in the past decade. No, he’s not leaving the publisher – but its intended to mark the end

Credit: The CW A Kung Fu reboot pilot is in development from Greg Berlanti for the CW, acording to The Hollywood Reporter.  THR reports the Blindspot writer-showrunner team of Christina M. Kim and Martin Gero will develop the pilot along with Berlanti. A revival of the 1972-1975 David Carradine cult series that run on CBS, the potential

Credit: Marvel Comics Greetings, ‘Rama readers! Ready for your quick volley of reviews? Best Shots has your back, with this week’s Rapid-Fire Reviews! Let’s kick off with Courageous Kat Calamia, who takes a look at X-Men… Credit: Marvel Comics X-Men #5 (Published by Marvel Comics; Review by Kat Calamia; ‘Rama Rating: 8 out of 10):

Credit: DC Credit: DC As Robert Venditti starts his run on Justice League, the writer is combining villains and characters from different team members to make the threats big enough to challenge the team – all meant to make them stronger for “what comes next.” Venditti’s run begins with next week’s Justice League #40, with

Credit: Rafa Sandoval/Jordi Tarragona (DC) Credit: Rafa Sandoval/Jordi Tarragona (DC) DC has revealed the contents of March 4’s Superman Giant #2, leading with a new 24-page story by series writer Robert Venditti and artists Paul Pelletier and Andrew Hennessy. “Someone is running bets on Superman’s exploits throughout Metropolis and putting ordinary citizens in harm’s way,”

Credit: Federico Vicentini (Marvel Comics) Credit: Federico Vicentini (Marvel Comics) Meet Marvel’s newest character: a maligned Captain America super fan called the Natural. Scheduled to be introduced in February 26’s Falcon & Winter Soldier #1, this ‘hero’ explores a dark side to Cap’s legacy that Bucky and Sam will try to correct. “The Natural is

Credit: McFarlane Toys/DC Credit: McFarlane Toys/DC Credit: McFarlane Toys/DC Also making his figure debut is Superman in the Unchained Armor as depicted from Scott Snyder and Jim Lee’s Superman: Unchained. Now this feels more like a Jim Lee design brought to life. The “S” plate and blue parts of the armor have a metallic sheen

Press Release Spinning out of last year’s ABSOLUTE CARNAGE, SCREAM: CURSE OF CARNAGE has been delighting readers with its twisted mix of horror and heroics. Writer Clay McLeod Chapman, joined by artists Garry Brown and Christopher Mooneyham, has taken the fiercest symbiote around on a terrifying ride, filled with shocking revelations about the Venom mythos.

Credit: Universal Pictures The high-octane trailer for F9: Fast & Furious 9 has arrived, and it plays out with its own share of twists for the film. Check it out: [embedded content] Along with the trailer, here’s the film’s official synopsis: “Vin Diesel’s Dom Toretto is leading a quiet life off the grid with Letty

Credit: Paulina Ganucheau (Scholastic) Credit: Paulina Ganucheau (Scholastic) Noelle Stevenson’s hit Netflix cartoon She-Ra and the Princess of Power expands to comic books next month with Scholastic’s graphic novel, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power: Legend of the Fire Princess. Writer Gigi D.G. and artist Paulina Ganucheau are no strangers to magical fantasy,  with D.G.’s

Credit: DC Credit: DC DC has informed retailers that the Robin 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular has been postponed a week. Originally announced and solicited for release March 11, the anthology has shifted back slightly to March 18. Robin originally debuted back in March 6, 1940’s Detective Comics #38 to offer a teenage vantage point

Credit: Marvel Comics Becky Cloonan Credit: Thought Bubble Becky Cloonan is no stranger to the works of Robert E. Howard – she once sailed the seas of Cimmeria as the artist of an adaptation of the classic story “Queen of the Black Coast” – but now she’ll cross swords with a very different Howard character

Credit: Kickstarter Press Release Kickstarter PBC is excited to host the 2020 Bluestockings Comics Fest at their Greenpoint, Brooklyn headquarters on Saturday, July 18. Free and open to the public from 11AM to 6PM, this event is designed to celebrate and showcase comics by queer and trans creators. The fest will include panels and professional

Sean Ellis and John Gebbia’s long-running webcomic Dose! is being migrated over to be an ongoing series for indie publisher It’s Alive.  “Dose! is a unique reinterpretation of the super hero genre which explores what would happen to society if the technology and superhero population introduced in the Silver Age of Comics grew exponentially through

Sideways‘ Tempus Fuginaut returns to pose Wally West with a Multiversal power upgrade in this DC first look at February 19’s Flash Forward #6. But with that power may also come a terrible choice – as DC puts it, “save his family or save the day.” 2020 may be another rough year for poor Wally.

Batgirl #44 canceled cover Credit: Giuseppe Camuncoli/Cam Smith (DC) Batgirl #44 new cover Credit: Giuseppe Camuncoli/Cam Smith (DC) DC has informed retailers that February 26’s Batgirl #44 will not include the originally-solicited story, but instead has a new story by the same creative team – writer Cecil Castellucci and artist Cian Tormey. “BATGIRL vs. a

Credit: Marvel Comics Artists Geraldo Borges, Szymon Kudranski, Oscar Bazaldua, Robert Gill and Mattia De Iulis have been added to the upcoming Avengers #31 standalone issue, joining the originally-solicited Gerardo Zaffino. The publisher did not give a reason for this change, however it comes just one week after the book was postponed from February 19

Press Release What if four children were abducted by a UFO and implanted with stolen technology capable of destroying an ancient alien race? What if twenty years later those same aliens want what was taken from them? Find out in Mad Cave’s intergalactic new series: Stargazer. Story by Anthony Cleveland (Show’s End), with art by