Month: February 2020

Fan Expo Dallas 2019 Credit: Fan Expo Dallas Press Release The stream of guest announcements began in November for this year’s mega-hit weekend at FAN EXPO DALLAS, March 27-29, 2020 at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas. From science fiction fantasy to Gen X icons, from superheroes to comedy geniuses, FAN EXPO DALLAS

Wonder Woman: Dead Earth #2 Credit: Daniel Warren Johnson (DC) Greetings, ‘Rama readers! Ready for your Thursday pellets? Best Shots has your back, with this week’s Rapid-Fire Reviews! Let’s kick off with Jerky-Eating Justin Partridge, who takes a look at Guardians of the Galaxy… Credit: Marvel Comics Guardians of the Galaxy #2 (Published by Marvel

Credit: Marvel Comics Credit: Marvel Comics Press Release “New York, NY— February 20, 2020 — Announced earlier today at ComicsPRO in Portland, Oregon, Marvel Comics will be putting the final chapter of the Skywalker saga to the page in a comics adaptation of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Writer Jody Houser (Star Wars: TIE

Credit: Ron Lim (Marvel Comics) Credit: Pete Woods (Marvel Comics) Marvel Comics’ modern flagship character Tony Stark, a.k.a. Iron Man, is apparently coming back from the dead for May 13’s Iron Man 2020 #5, as just revealed in the company’s solicitations for that month. “Tony Stark is back! But is this the real Tony? How

Marvel Comics’ May 2020 solicitations are here, and with them we’ve got a gallery of all 132 of Marvel’s May comic book covers released so far. You can read the solicitation text over here in our Marvel Comics May 2020 solicitations. Got a comment? There’s lots of conversation on Newsarama’s FACEBOOK and TWITTER!

Empyre hasn’t even begun yet, and Marvel is getting ahead by releasing a first look at April 29’s #2. Read this, then go back to our first look at Empyre #1 – that issue is set for an April 15 debut. EMPYRE #2 (of 6)AL EWING & DAN SLOTT (W) • VALERIO SCHITI (A) •

Credit: Marvel Comics Check out all of Marvel’s new May 2020 comic book covers in gallery form here. EMPYRE: X-MEN #1 & #2 (OF 4)Issue #1 – JONATHAN HICKMAN & TINI HOWARD (W)Issue #1 – MATTEO BUFFAGNI (A) Cover by MIKE MCKONEIssue #2 – GERRY DUGGAN, BENJAMIN PERCY & LEAH WILLIAMS (W)Issue #2 – LUCAS

Credit: Chip Zdarsky (Marvel Comics) Chip Zdarsky Credit: Thought Bubble Something big is coming in May for Marvel’s Daredevil according to series writer Chip Zdarsky – and it’s called “One More Day.” Echoing the evocative 2007 Spider-Man crossover which saved Aunt May but retconned out key historical Spidey events such as Peter’s marriage to Mary

Sasha Velour Credit: Center for Cartoon Studies Credit: Center for Cartoon Studies Press Release CCS alumni Sasha Velour ’13, a gender-fluid drag queen and international icon, will deliver the commencement address to The Center for Cartoon Studies’ class of 2020. The Commencement ceremony will take place on Saturday, May 2, 2020 at 11am, at Northern

DC is showing off Doom Patrol and Batman: Universe artist Nick Derington’s art for his two-issue Batman/Superman arc beginning with next week’s #7. The two-parter written by Joshua Williamson teams up General Zod with Ra’s al Ghul and follows up on the destruction of the Bottle City of Kandor.  “Yes, it’s been a little while since Rogol

Netflix has released a series of character posters announcing Umbrella Academy season 2. Each poster shows just a character’s eyes in an umbrella silhouette. The posters, released via Twitter, came with the caption “When are they?”, signifying the importance of time travel to the season’s plot. The second Umbrella Academy limited comic book series, Dallas,

Credit: Ravensburger Games Ravensburger Games has announced a new edition of its 2019 Toy Association award winning Villainous game, this time swapping the original version’s Disney bad guys for a host of Marvel Comics supervillains. Villainous is a strategy game in which players take on the persona of various villains and try to outwit and

Credit: Aspen Comics FATHOM vol 9 #2Vince Hernandez – Story  / Mauricio Campetella – Art / Peter Steigerwald – ColorsOne of independent comic’s longest running series forges ahead with a new destiny for the Aspen Universe!The quick-witted, action-packed team from the Fathom Blue series finally make their debut within the series proper! Aspen Matthews and

This May, Marvel is breaking bad with a series of “Dark” variant covers showcasing evil, twisted versions of their most popular heroes. Here’s the list of titles getting “dark” covers. Just don’t call it a “Dark Multiverse”… AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #45 DARK MARVEL VARIANT by DOALYBLACK WIDOW #2 DARK MARVEL VARIANT by OLIVIER VATINECAPTAIN AMERICA #22

Classic Doc Savage cover Credit: Bantam Books Sony Television partner Original Film is developing a TV series based on the adventures of classic pulp hero Doc Savage, according to Deadline. The TV series was originally intended as a feature film, which was announced in 2013, with Dwayne Johnson signing on to lead the film in 2016. However,

Credit: Mikel Janin/Jordie Bellaire (DC) Batman/Catwoman writer Tom King has posted a new illustration by Mikel Janin and Jordie Bellaire that show his two heroes in a loving embrace – with Selina apparently pregnant. Take a look: ???????? pic.twitter.com/VljG1IJpTO — Tom King (@TomKingTK) February 19, 2020 With Clay Mann announced as the sole artist on

Chris Hemsworth Credit: Tinseltown / Shutterstock.com Credit: Oni Press Netflix has scheduled Extraction, its Chris Hemsworth-led adaptation of Joe & Anthony Russo, Ande Parks, and Fernando León González’s Oni Press comic book Ciudad, for an April 24 release on the streaming service. Based on a story by the Russos and Parks, Extraction tells the story

Credit: Francesco Mattina (DC) Credit: DC DCeased: Unkillables #1Written by Tom TaylorArt by Karl Mostert, Trevor Scott, Neil Edwards, John Livesay and Rex LokusLettering by Saida TemofontePublished by DCReview by Justin Partridge‘Rama Rating: 8 out of 10 The world of DCeased gets a new breed of hero in the violently cool DCeased: Unkillables. Focused on

Credit: Office Endless Tokyo theater company Office Endless is producing a stage adaptation of 2018 DC anime film Batman Ninja, to be performed at Tokyo’s Theatre Moliere Shinjuku from October 10 through December 31. Few other details of the production are known, but an official site for the live action Batman Ninja has been set up, along

Credit: Stephen Byrne (DC) Credit: Stephen Byrne (DC) Spoilers ahead for this week’s Wonder Comics #12. With this week’s release of DC’s Wonder Comics #12, it marks the end of Mark Russell and Stephen Byrne’s dystopian/after school special-esque limited series with Zan, Jayne, and Gleek. In the finale, Zan and Jayna deal with the consequences

Kid Cable’s first solo series is set to begin March 11, and ahead of that Marvel has begun releasing the debut issue’s variant covers. In addition to the primary cover by series artist Phil Noto, there are variants from W. Scott Forbes, Nick Bradshaw, Greg Capullo (a ‘hidden gem’), and a blank cover. CABLE #1GERRY

Marvel Comics has introduced the members of its new United Kingdom-based super team The Union. They’ll make their debut in a five-issue Empyre tie-in series from writer Paul Grist and artist Andrea Di Vito launching this May. Along with classic Marvel character Union Jack, the team is comprised of Britannia (the spritual embodiment of Britain),

Credit: Dark Horse Credit: Dark Horse Dark Horse has announced a comic book adaptation of the original screenplay for classic 1980s sci-fi action movie Predator. Originally titled Hunters, the screenplay by John C. Thomas and James E. Thomas was eventually produced as Predator. Now, their original script will be adapted in a five-issue limited series

Check out a preview of this week’s Death to The Army of Darkness #1. Death to The Army of Darkness #1writer: Ryan Parrott  |  artist:  Jacob Edgarcovers: Ben Oliver (A), Arthur Suydam (B), Mirka Andolfo (C), Sebastian Piriz “Valentine” Variant (D)FC  |  32 pages  |  Comedy/Horror  |  $3.99  |   Teen+  An all-new series by RYAN

By Matthew Sibley, Best Shots Reviewer February 18, 2020 11:30am ET Credit: BOOM! Studios Credit: BOOM! Studios Alienated #1Written by Simon SpurrierArt by Chris Wildgoose and André MayLettered by Jim CampbellPublished by BOOM! Studios‘Rama Rating: 8 out of 10 Credit: BOOM! Studios The most frustrating thing about being a teenager is that no one else

Mark Waid Credit: Humanoids Credit: Humanoids Credit: Humanoids Humanoids has named Mark Waid as Publisher to oversee “creative, editorial, marketing and sales as well as making new inroads with retailers and librarians”, per the announcement. Waid has worked with Humanoids since 2018, when he was hired as Director of Creative Development. Waid replaces Fabrice Giger, who