Month: February 2020

Credit: DC January 2020’s Direct Market comic book sales were slightly down versus January 2019, largely in part to a lower title count than last year. But more on that later. Credit: DC According to figures released by Diamond Comic Distributors Friday morning, the Wonder Woman #750 anniversary issue was the top comic book in January,

Credit: Warner Bros. Speaking in an Entertainment Weekly roundtable with the rest of the film’s principal cast and director Patty Jenkins, Wonder Woman 1984 star Pedro Pascal (who plays Maxwell Lord in the film) says the sequel would feel right at home in the1980s period in which it’s set. “I was born in 1975, and

DC has released an early look at one of several stories from the upcoming oversized Flash #750, this one a Silver Age style Flash tale by writer Marv Wolfman and artist Riley Rossmo. In Wolfman & Rossmo’s “Flash of All Worlds”, a Silver Age style Barry Allen takes on Mirror Master in a classic funhouse

Credit: Lee Weeks (DC) Greetings, ‘Rama readers! Ready for your weekly pellets? Best Shots has your back, with this week’s Rapid-Fire Reviews! Let’s kick off with Jalopy-Driving Justin Partridge, who takes a look at the latest issue of X-Men… Credit: Marvel Comics X-Men #6 (Published by Marvel Comics; Review by Justin Partridge; ‘Rama Rating: 9

Credit: Nick Roche (Marvel Comics) Credit: Nick Roche (Marvel Comics) It should come as no shocker that Marvel’s resident robot rights activist Machine Man should be a big part of the current Iron Man 2020 crossover. Arno Stark and the original Iron Man 2020 continuity first appeared in issues of a Machine Man limited, so

Strange Adventures #2 cover Credit: Evan “Doc” Shaner (DC/Black Label) Self-portrait Credit: Evan “Doc” Shaner Evan “Doc” Shaner has renewed his exclusivity deal with DC. The artist shared the news on Twitter, saying the deal was for “another couple years” without giving specifics. Strange Adventures #3 cover Credit: Evan “Doc” Shaner (DC/Black Label) “I’ve had

Credit: Marvel Studios Actor Haaz Sleiman tells NewNowNext that he’s portraying the husband of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s first openly gay superhero on the big screen – Brian Tyree Henry’s Phastos of The Eternals. “I just shot a Marvel film with the first openly gay superhero, The Eternals,” Sleimann told NewNowNext. “I’m married to the gay superhero

As presaged in previous Marauders issues and the recent tease for #11, the preview of February 19’s Marauders #8 is the first on scene to find what is apparently the dead body of Kate “Kitty” Pryde. MARAUDERS & #8GERRY DUGGAN (W) • STEFANO CASELLI (A) • CoverS by RUSSELL DAUTERMANTHE TREASURE OF ISLAND M!As Verendi’s

Credit: DC Credit: DC Credit: DC The continuity of Batman: The Animated Series will return in a six-issue digital-first limited series starting this April, titled Batman: The Adventures Continue. The title will be written by Batman: The Animated Series co-creator Paul Dini and longtime writer for the show and its spin-offs, Alan Burnett. The series

Credit: Image Comics/Skybound Entertainment Credit: Image Comics/Skybound Entertainment Credit: Image Comics/Skybound Entertainment Justin Jordan and Matteo Scalera’s Dead Body Road is returning for a new volume this May from Image Comics and Skybound Entertainent subtitled Bad Blood. In this new volume, Scalera is drawing covers while Benjamin Tiesma is joining as the new series artist.

Credit: Mike Henderson (Marvel Comics) Active duty U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Phillip Kennedy Johnson will lead Marvel’s Captain America into the upcoming Empyre comic book event for a three-issue series with artist Ariel Olivetti. First reported by CBR, Empyre: Captain America is described as a “tremendous honor” by the veteran. “Cap is the truest

Credit: A24 A24 has released the trailer for The Green Knight, a horror movie twist on the classic King Arthur legend of Gawain and the Green Knight. Directed by David Lowery, The Green Knight stars Dev Patel as Gawain alongside Alicia Vikander and Joel Edgerton. Here’s the trailer: [embedded content] The Green Knight is due

Check out a preview of February 26’s The Legend of Korra: Ruins of the Empire Part Three. The Legend of Korra: Ruins of the Empire Part Three TPBThanks to Commander Guan and Doctor Sheng’s brainwashing technology, all hope for a fair election in the Earth Kingdom is lost. Korra works with Toph, Su, and Kuvira

Credit: David Baldeon (Marvel Comics) X-Factor is about to relaunch in the “Dawn of X” era courtesy of writer Leah Williams and David Baldeon – and to mark the occasion, Baldeon has taken up X-Factor tradition and given the team a line of matching uniforms. Here are Baldeon’s designs for, from left to right, Rachel

Credit: Jesús Merino/Vicente Cifuentes/Romulo Fajardo Jr. (DC) Credit: Jesús Merino (DC) Artist Jesús Merino has renewed his exclusivity agreement with DC, extending it for three additional years. He recently drew a story in January’s Wonder Woman #750, and will return for a two-issue stint with April’s #755 and #756. “Somebody in DC had the great

Credit: Andrea Sorrentino (DC/Black Label) Credit: Andrea Sorrentino (DC/Black Label) Writer Jeff Lemire and artist Andrea Sorrentino are following up their three-issue DC Black Label series Joker: Killer Smile, with a one-issue Batman-centric epilogue titled Batman: The Smile Killer. First reported by Syfy Wire, Batman: The Smile Killer is scheduled to debut May 13. This

Credit: Stjepan Šejić (DC/Black Label) Stjepan Šejic’s DC Black Label series Harleen is complete and now out in a special hardcover, but as the author tells Newsarama the story is far from over. And he doesn’t just mean for Harley Quinn. After Harleen‘s hardcover release February 5 (coinciding with Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous

Credit: Marvel Comics Credit: Marvel Comics Old rivals/buddies Cable and Deadpool will meet for the first time … again … in May’s Cable #3 by Gerry Duggan and Phil Noto. The twist is, of course, courtesy of the new, younger version of Cable.  “Deadpool considers Cable one of his best friends, but the young star

Credit: Matt Reeves The Batman director Matt Reeves has released a camera test for his new big screen take on the caped crusader, featuring the debut of star Robert Pattinson in his Batman suit. Check it out: [embedded content] The Batman – Camera Test from Matt Reeves on Vimeo. The Batman is in production for

Credit: DC The final two issues of Jeff Lemire and Keith Giffen’s DC series Inferior Five have been pushed back, with the publisher now aiming for March 25 and April 8 releases, respectively. Originally solicited as a 12-issue series, Inferior Five was truncated to six issues with November’s #3. Inferior #5 was originally solicited to

Credit: DC DC will continue rolling out the details of its updated continuity timeline in a series of five numbered Generation one-shots that showcase various eras of DC history following its Free Comic Book Day release Generation Zero: Gods Among Us. These five one-shots will be written by a braintrust of Brian Michael Bendis, Dan

With two issues on shelves and a third due out next Wednesday, BOOM! Studios have shared a first look at March’s Red Mother #4. Due out March 18, this issue follows Daisy as she delves deeper into her fiancee’s disapparance and the visions she’s having of the titular Red Mother. “As Daisy works to unravel

Thor: Love & Thunder director Taika Waititi may not ever get back around to his planned live-action film adaptation of Katsuhiro Otomo’s manga and anime Akira – though he thinks someone will. “I think eventually it will happen,” Waititi told Variety following last Sunday’s Oscars, where he won ‘Best Adapted Screenplay’ for Jojo Rabbit. “I’m just not

Credit: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Credit: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Press Release Warner Bros. Home Entertainment proudly presents the World Premiere of Superman: Red Son, the next entry in the popular, ongoing series of DC Universe Movies, in the SilverScreen Theater at The Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood on February 24, 2020. Filmmakers and

Credit: Marvel Studios Thor: Love & Thunder director/co-writer Taika Waititi can’t say for sure whether Tessa Thompson’s Valkyrie will be explicitly portrayed as queer in the upcoming fourth Thor movie – but if Marvel and Tessa Thompson are on board, he’s ready. Waititi is writing the script himself, reportedly alongside recent hire Jennifer Kaytin Robinson. “I think

Credit: Greg Capullo/Jonathan Glapion/FCO Plascencia (DC) Credit: Greg Capullo/Jonathan Glapion (DC) Credit: Greg Capullo/Jonathan Glapion (DC) After two years of hints and teases, the sequel to 2017-2018’s Dark Nights: Metal has taken shape as Dark Nights: Death Metal – a six-issue event series scheduled to debut May 13. The entire Metal creative team – writer

Credit: Marvel Comics The final two issues of J.J. Abrams, Henry Abrams, and Sarah Pichelli’s Spider-Man title have been postponed again. Spider-Man #4 was originally solicited to arrive December 11, but was pushed back once to February 19 and now to an April 8 release date. Spider-Man #5, the series’ finale, is now scheduled for