Month: January 2020

Credit: Chad Hardin (DC) Credit: Chad Hardin (DC) Just as orders are due for retailers, DC has revealed the contents of February 19’s Wonder Woman Giant #3. Writers Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti continue their Wonder Woman Giant run with a new story, “Planned Extinction,” with artists Daniel Sampere and Juan Albarran. “Wonder Woman thinks

Credit: Disney/Fox Following the media conglomerate’s acquisition of 20th Century Fox, Disney is dropping part of its newly-purchased production studio’s moniker, according to Variety. The former 20th Century Fox will reportedly now be known as 20th Century Studios, while its subsidiary Fox Searchlight Pictures will become simply Searchlight Pictures. The Hollywood trade states decisions regarding whether 20th

Credit: Marvel Comics Credit: Marvel Comics Marvel Comics has announced Children of the Atom, a new X-Men series of unspecified length set to debut in April. Announced with only an image bearing the Children of the Atom title and a line-up of Cyclops, Angel, Marvel Girl, Gambit and Nightcrawler, the story’s name is a classic

Credit: Marvel Comics Credit: Marvel Comics Credit: Declan Shalvey (Marvel Comics) Punisher MAX villain Barracuda will come to the Marvel Universe proper in a new series from Ed Brisson and Declan Shalvey, as announced via AiPT!. Appropriately titled Punisher Vs. Barracuda, the five-issue limited series will pit the core Marvel Universe Punisher against a mainstream version of

Credit: DC Check out a gallery of all of the new DC April comic book covers here. THE JOKER 80TH ANNIVERSARY 100-PAGE SUPER SPECTACULAR #1written by BRIAN AZZARELLO, PAUL DINI, DENNIS O’NEIL, SCOTT SNYDER, TOM TAYLOR, JAMES TYNION IV, and moreart by RAPHAEL ALBUQUERQUE, LEE BERMEJO, SIMONE BIANCHI, TONY S. DANIEL, MIKEL JANÍN, JOCK, JOSÉ LUIS

Credit: DC Credit: DC DC Black Label’s Sandman Universe line will lose one of its core titles as The Dreaming is coming to a surprise end with April’s #20, as revealed in DC’s just-released April 2020 solicitations . The cancelation comes as a surprise, as writer G. Willow Wilson and artist Nick Robles were announced as taking over the

Credit: DC Credit: DC Writer Paula Sevenbergen and artist Aneke will take over as the creative teamfor DC’s Catwoman with the series’ April issue, as revealed in DC’s just-released April 2020 solicitations . The duo take over from writer/artist Joëlle Jones, who launched the series in July 2018. The publishr hasn’t specified the reason for

Credit: Jim Cheung (Marvel Comics) Credit: Jim Cheung (Marvel Comics) Press Release When EMPYRE #1 hits stores in April, it will be a culmination of decades worth of Marvel storytelling in an epic sci-fi tapestry that will delight both longtime comic fans and newcomers! Before the debut issue lands, two all-new essential one-shots will pave

Credit: Greg Capullo/FCO Plascencia (DC) Credit: Greg Capullo/FCO Plascencia (DC) Press Release The Joker 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular #1 Celebrates Eight Decades of Chaos, Mischief, and Mayhem with Batman’s Greatest Enemy Tribute Comic Book to Feature Original Stories from Comics Legends, Decades-Spanning Variant Covers, and More Available at Comic Book Retailers and Digital Stores

Now that the Spectre has made his live action debut in the CW “Crisis on Infinite Earths” crossover, the supernatural character is getting the spotlight in the company’s comic books as well. The Spectre was recently seen in Pete Tomasi’s Detective Comics, where his host – police officer Jim Corrigan – was on the beat

Credit: Marvel Comics Greetings, ‘Rama readers! Ready for your pellets? Best Shots has you covered with this week’s Rapid-Fire Reviews – let’s kick off with Personable Pierce Lydon, who takes a look at Avengers… Credit: Marvel Comics Avengers #29 (Published by Marvel Comics; Review by Pierce Lydon; ‘Rama Rating: 7 out of 10) The new

Image Comics’ partners signing at I Like Comics Credit: Image Comics Eric Stephenson Credit: Emi Lenox There’s a lot of good news out of the comic industry lately, but that doesn’t mean there’s not room for improvement. Image Comics’ Publisher/co-owner Eric Stephenson has been a part of the industry for almost 30 years and is

Credit: Walt Disney Pictures Credit: Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Pictures has decided to dust off the long-dormant Nicholas Cage film franchise National Treasure with plans for a third film, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Bad Boys for Life screenwriter Chris Bremner has reportely been taped to write a third National Treasure film, with franchise

Credit: McFarlane Toys/DC Credit: McFarlane Toys/DC Credit: McFarlane Toys/DC We’ve seen the Batgirl of Burnside in figure form, but this is the first figure for Sean Gordon Murphy’s new design that debuted in 2018’s Batgirl #27. In this Babs is back to her roots, clothed in grays, blues, and yellows – inspired somewhat by the

Credit: DC DC has informed retailers that Black Label’s Doom Patrol: Weight of the Worlds #7 has been postponed four weeks. Originally solicited to arrive January 29, the series finale is now estimated for February 26. Concurrent to this news, DC also changed the publication date of the trade paperback collection, moving it back a

Meet Paradox, the new DC villain debuting February 12 in the pages of Josh Williamson and Howard Porter’s The Flash #88.  “As a hero, the Flash helps as many people as he possibly can…but Paradox shows what happens when ordinary people pay the price for super-powered battles royale,” reads DC’s official description. “What started as a

Credit: Mike Del Mundo (Marvel Comics) Jeff Lemire Credit: Image Comics Marvel’s Immortal Hulk is spinning off a one-shot from writer Jeff Lemire and Mike Del Mundo. The two creators are working on a new series debuting this April titled Immortal Hulk: The Threshing Place, where a gamma-irradiated monster is on the loose – but

Credit: HBO HBO’s Watchmen showrunner Damon Lindelof has closed the door, resoundingly, on his long-running “will he? won’t he?” public decision-making about returning for a second season of the series. According to USA Today, Lindelof has “no interest in a second season” but he says he has given HBO “my blessing” to continue on with

The new(ish) Captain Britain is feeling being a leader as the team battles Morgan Le Fay in next week’s Excalibur #6. EXCALIBUR #6TINI HOWARD (W) • MARCUS TO (A)Cover by MAHMUD ASRARMARVELS X VARIANT COVER BY MIKE McKONEDARK PHOENIX SAGA 40TH ANNIVERSARY VARIANT COVER BY ADI GRANOVThe Secret of Rogue’s Coffin!Locked in her mysterious coffin, Rogue

Credit: Ian Bertram (Dark Horse Comics) Credit: Tyler Boss (Dark Horse Comics) 4 Kids Walk Into a Bank‘s Tyler Boss is trading bank heists for small town mysteries – and going solo to do it – in Dark Horse’s Dead Dog’s Bite. “Dead Dog’s Bite is something I’ve been quietly working on for the past

Check out the first look at February 12’s Archie #711, the second part of the “Archie and Katy Keene” storyline. ARCHIE #711 (ARCHIE AND KATY KEENE PART 2)Katy Keene’s musical debut has got everyone talking—unfortunately, it also means that no one’s talking about Archie’s newest single. With even his girlfriend, Sabrina, clamoring to be Katy’s

Credit: DC Credit: DC DC’s April 2020 solicitations will debut at 12pm ET Friday, and artists Mitch Gerards and Doc Shaner are getting ahead of the game by tweeting covers to April’s Strange Adventures #2, written by Tom King and illustrated by … them.  Here’s a look at the full solictation for the issue, along

Credit: Denis Makarenko / Shutterstock.com Director Bong Joon Ho is having a moment, but don’t expect the Academy Award-nominated director of Parasite to parley his success into a gig at Marvel Studios. Bong, who last year garnered some attention for saying he had no interest in making superhero films because he “can’t stand people wearing tight-fitting

Credit: Funko Funko and Diamond Comic Distributors are partnering on a figure capturing the iconic moment Tony Stark sacrifices himself/defeats Thanos in Avengers: Endgame with a Previews-exclusive I Am Iron Man Glow-In-The-Dark Pop! Figure. Credit: Funko “Featuring the signature Funko style fans have come to know and love, this dramatic battle-damaged Tony Stark kneels on

Credit: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and NetherRealm Studios have released a new Mortal Kombat 11 gameplay trailer showcasing the upcoming addition of DC’s The Joker. “Unpredictable, violent and incredibly dangerous, The Joker is chaos personified,” reads the official description. “The infamous clown has terrorized the streets of Gotham City and targeted

Credit: Netflix Netflix has summoned forth a new trailer for The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina season 3, which premieres January 24 on the streaming service. Here’s the trailer: [embedded content] And the official synopsis for season 3: “Though she defeated her father Lucifer, the Dark Lord remains trapped within the human prison of her beloved

Credit: DC Universe WarnerMedia’s HBO Max streaming service is set to debut this May, and have some of the content that its sister streaming service, DC Universe, has – as well as some DC shows that won’t be on the DC-themed service. HBO Max’s Chief Content Officer Kevin Reilly said this week that the relationship

Credit: Cameron Stewart (DC) Credit: Joëlle Jones (DC) Catwoman has an anniversary coming up, and DC is celebrating it in a ‘super spectacular’ style. On April 15, the publisher plans to release Catwoman: 80th Anniversary Super Spectacular #1 – a one-shot anthology similar to the recent ones for Action Comics #1000 and Detective Comics #1000.