Month: January 2020

Credit: Scout Comics ASSASSIN AND SON #1Written by Shad Gaspard and Marc Copani and Illustrated by Eder MessiahFull Color, 32 pages, $3.99On Sale Date: April 15, 2020April is WrestleMania season! Featuring the comic writing debuts of former WWE wrestlers, Shad Gaspard (member of Cryme Tyme) and Marc Copani (Muhammad Hassan)! ASSASSIN AND SON is a

Iron Man 2020 apparently has a big bloodbath approaching, as the solicit for April’s #4 alludes to a tragedy occurring some time in the preceding issues. But Slott and Gage giveth just as they taketh away, with the solicit text also mentioning a surprise return from an Iron Man character thought to be dead, saying

Credit: Marvel Studios Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck at the world premiere of “Captain Marvel” at the El Capitan Theatre Credit: Paul Smith/Featureflash Marvel Studios has begun staffing up for the promised sequel to 2019’s blockbuster film Captain Marvel – but the co-writers/directors of the original film aren’t returning with it, according to The Hollywood

Credit: Thought Bubble Press Release Credit: Thought Bubble Thought Bubble, the UK’s largest comic art festival has announced the dates for their 2020 festival and comic con, which after a hugely successful move in 2019, will return to Harrogate Convention Centre. Taking place from 9th to 15th November 2020, the award-winning festival will include an eclectic series

DC has unveiled the first variants to March 11’s Robin 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular. In addition to the main cover by Lee Weeks, we have Julian Totino Tedesco (1950s), Dustin Nguyen (1960s), Kaare Andrews (1970s), Jim Cheung (1990s), Derrick Chew (2000s), and Yasmine Putri (2010s). ROBIN 80TH ANNIVERSARY 100-PAGE SUPER SPECTACULAR #1written by MARV

Credit: DC Credit: DC Spoilers ahead for this week’s Shazam! #10. According to writer Geoff Johns, now is the “right time” to bring back Superboy-Prime, who appeared for the first time in almost a decade in this week’s Shazam! #10. And Prime isn’t the only blast from his past who’s coming to Shazam!: Johns said

Credit: Lucasfilm Production on Disney+’s Star Wars TV series Obi-Wan has been placed on hold, according to Collider. Reports indicate that scripts for the series didn’t meet Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy’s standards and were sent back to the writing staff for retooling. They go on to report that the crew, which had assembled at London’s Pinewood Studios

Credit: DC Credit: DC Wonder Woman #750Written by Steve Orlando, Gail Simone, Mariko Tamaki, Greg Rucka, Kami Garcia, Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, Marguerite Bennett, Vita Ayala and Scott SnyderArt by Jesus Merino, Colleen Doran, Elena Casagrande, Nicola Scott, Phil Hester, Riley Rossmo, Laura Braga, Amancay Nahuelpan, Bryan Hitcher, Vicente Cifuentes, Ande Parks, Romulo Fajardo, Jr.,

By Justin Partridge, Best Shots Reviewer January 23, 2020 02:30pm ET Credit: Marvel Comics Credit: Marvel Comics Web of Venom: The Good Son #1Written by Zac ThompsonArt by Dio Neves, Oren Junior, Rain BeredoLettering by Clayton CowlesPublished by Marvel Comics‘Rama Rating: 7 out of 10 Donny Cates’ “Venom-verse” continues to expand in Web of Venom:

Credit: Archie Comics ARCHIE ARCHIE AND KATY KEENE #4 (of 4)Katy Keene is missing in New York City! After rejecting a major opportunity in the fashion biz, Katy has run off into the night. Archie and the gang search for Katy and soon find out that things are more complicated than they seem. Script: Mariko Tamaki

Credit: Marvel Studios But is it THE shield..? Page Six is showing off some new candid photos taken Monday from the Atlanta set of Disney+’s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier featuring co-star Wyatt Russell who will play John Walker (a.k.a. U.S. Agent in the comic books) in a military uniform and a full-on Captain America-ish costume

Credit: CBS In a touching moment between two old colleagues, Patrick Stewart has invited Whoopie Goldberg to reprise her Star Trek: The Next Generation role as Guinan for season two of his upcoming eponymous CBS All Access show Star Trek: Picard. “Alex Kurtzmann, the producer of Picard, and all of his colleagues – of which

DC has released a look at eight “Decades” variants for March 4’s 96-page prestige format (i.e. $9.99) The Flash #750. Each cover from the 1940s through the 2010s will be illustrated by different artists.  Here is the full list. Readers can view each cover in our gallery.  1940 – Nicola Scott & Annette Kwok1950 – Gary

Credit: IDW Publishing Press Release IDW Games (OTCQX: IDWM), in partnership with Warner Bros. Consumer Products and DC, announced today that Batman: The Animated Series Adventures – Shadow of the Bat will launch on Kickstarter on February 18, 2020. A miniatures-driven board game, Shadow of the Bat is part of the Adventures Universal Game System

Credit: Kodansha USA Alvin Lu Credit: Kodansha USA Alvin Lu has been named President and CEO of Kodansha USA Publishing as part of what Publisher’s Weekly describes as a “restructuring” by the parent company, Kodansha Ltd. Lu is promoted up from being the company’s General Manager, and replaces former President/CEO Kohei Furakawa. Lu will oversee

Amazing Spider-Man: Sins Rising Prelude #1 cover Credit: Ryan Ottley (Marvel Comics) Credit: Ryan Ottley (Marvel Comics) The drumbeat for Marvel Comics’ next big Amazing Spider-Man story begins in April with the Sins Rising Prelude one-shot ASM series writer Nick Spencer, working with artist Kim Jacinto, is revealing the “secret history” of the recently-resurrected Sin-Eater.

Credit: Cameron Stewart (Archie Comics) Credit: Veronica Fish (Archie Comics) Just as Netflix’s Chilling Adventures of Sabrina is set to return this Friday, the original over at Archie Comics is prepping for a return… but with a “darker, more dangerous edge.” Sabrina the Teenage Witch writer Kelly Thompson and artists Veronica and Andy Fish are

Credit: Marvel Comics This week’s Excalibur #6 from Tini Howard, Marcus To, and Erick Arciniega, resolves last issue’s big moments for Apocalypse and Rogue – but rounds out its status quo changes with some long-lasting developments for the X-Men, Otherworld, and Captain Britain. Spoilers ahead for Excalibur #6. Credit: Marvel Comics Credit: Marvel Comics Somewhat

Rosario Dawson Credit: Kathy Hutchins / Shutterstock.com Credit: John Paul Leon (DC/Vertigo) Rosario Dawson has been cast as Alma Ortego, the lead role in HBO Max’s DMZ pilot, according to Deadline. The series is based on the Vertigo series of the same name by writer Brian Wood and artist Riccardo Burchielli. Whereas the DMZ comic

Credit: Oasis Games Press Release Oasis Games today announced Bleach: Immortal Soul, a new mobile RPG focused on storytelling and strategy while following Ichigo’s adventures to become a Soul Reaper. Officially licensed by TV Tokyo and developed by GREE for launch in spring 2020, the game brings the BLEACH franchise to life through dozens of

Credit: Greg Capullo/Jonathan Glapion (DC Comics) J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot is “exclusively developing” Justice League Dark film and TV projects as part of its five-year overall deal with Warner Media, according to Deadline. Bad Robot is reportedly booking meetings now with writers for specific projects under this umbrella. Characters possibly under that umbrella, based on

Credit: Columbia Pictures Credit: Columbia Pictures The first official poster for Columbia Pictures’ Bloodshot has been released – featuring, of course, star Vin Diesel. “After he and his wife are murdered, marine Ray Garrison is resurrected by a team of scientists. Enhanced with nanotechnology, he becomes a superhuman, biotech killing machine – Bloodshot,” reads Columbia’s

Credit: Lucasfilm The revived Star Wars: The Clone Wars will return for its twelve-episode ‘Final Season’ on Friday, February 21, Disney+ announced Tuesday morning.  Along with the premiere date, Disney+ is also showing off a new trailer.  [embedded content] Credit: Lucasfilm According to Disney+, the new Clone Wars episodes will “continue the storylines introduced in

By Pierce Lydon, Best Shots Contributor January 22, 2020 03:06pm ET Credit: DC Credit: DC Batman #87Written by James Tynion IVArt by Guillem March and Tomeu MoreyLettering by Clayton CowlesPublished by DC‘Rama Rating: 7 out of 10 Round two of James Tynion’s Batman run goes about as well as the first. Tynion’s approach is simple

Credit: Marvel Comics Credit: Marvel Comics Marvel Comics has announced the creators of 2020 Ironheart (via Marvel.com), a limited-series tie-in for Iron Man 2020 for which only the title was previously revealed. Vita Ayala and Danny Lore will write 2020 Ironheart alongside artist David Messina. The plot – which unfolds in the midst of Arno Stark’s war

Credit: McFarlane Toys/DC Credit: McFarlane Toys/DC Credit: McFarlane Toys/DC Let’s get right to it: this is the best figure of the lot and it’s easy to see why. The high points-of-articulation already given, and packed with two of his infamous Escrima sticks, McFarlane Toys’ Nightwing pretty much ready to do battle from the second he’s

Credit: Marvel Comics Kit Harington and Gemma Chan were spotted in an intimate moment on the set of Marvel Studios’ Eternals, sharing an embrace as their characters Dane Whitman and Sersei. You can see the image right here, via Page Six – they’re both in street clothes, though Chan is wearing Sersei’s usual green color scheme.

Check out a preview of January 29’s Olympia #3. Olympia #3 (of 5)WRITER: Curt Pires, Tony PiresARTIST / COVER A: Dee Cunniffe, Jason CoplandJANUARY 29 / 32 pages / FC/ T+ / $3.99This issue features interiors from special guest artist JASON COPLAND (Kill All Monsters, Judge Dredd). Olympian and Elon are the only ones who