Month: March 2020

Credit: Warner Bros. Press Release April showers means more time for DC UNIVERSE members to binge their favorite comics, movies and more only on DC UNIVERSE, the digital subscription service for DC fans! We’re back, Puddin’! The Clown Princess herself, Harley Quinn returns for season 2 on April 3. Following Harley and her crew’s adventures

Credit: Image Comics Eric Stephenson Credit: Emi Lenox Image Comics’ Publisher/Chief Creative Officer/Co-owner Eric Stephenson has shared an open letter to fellow comic publishers, urging for immediate, organized action to stave off what he sees as an immediate threat to the Direct Market with the coronavirus pandemic. Here is the letter, shared with permission: Dear

Jim Valentino, Robert Kirkman, Eric Stephenson, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri Credit: Image Comics Eric Stephenson Credit: Emi Lenox Image Comics publisher/co-owner Eric Stephenson sees that the COVID-19 pandemic will have a severe effect on the comic book industry, especially on the front lines of the 3,000+ small business owners operating as comic book

ComicsPRO board of directors Credit: ComicsPRO The Direct Market comic book retail trade organization ComicsPRO has shared 14 tips for retailers on how to handle the COVID-19 outbreak. Here it is, shared with their permission: The recent COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak has and will continue to affect our businesses in the foreseeable future. Here’s 14 ideas

Credit: ComicsPRO ComicsPRO Executive Director Marco Davanzo has shared a letter the comic book retailer trade organization has been sharing this week regarding ways Diamond Comic Distributors and coic publishers can help ease the issues the Direct Market is going through with the coronavirus outbreak. Here is the letter, shared with permission: The ComicsPRO Board

Credit: Marvel Comics Credit: Marvel Comics It’s been a little while since the Infinity Stones were a major part of the Marvel Universe … the Marvel comic book Universe, that is. Since 2017, to be exact, when the limited series Infinity Wars ended with Adam Warlock, long the guardian of the Soul Stone, releasing the

Newbury Comics in Burlington Mall, Boston Credit: m_sovinskii / Shutterstock.com The U.S. Northeast comic book retail chain Newbury Comics will be closing all 28 of its locations at 6 p.m. Eastern Wednesday, with plans to re-open on Sunday, April 5. This is done in effort to limit the spread of COVID-19. “We realize the impact

The book’s called Batman/Superman, but for March 25’s #8 – or at least this preview of that issue – you could call it Batman/Superman/Zod (though we know how long that’ll last). BATMAN/SUPERMAN #8written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSONart and cover by NICK DERINGTONcard stock variant cover by ANDY KUBERTGeneral Zod is on a mission to resurrect the

Credit: Columbia Pictures Credit: Columbia Pictures Sony Pictures will release the currently in theaters (whichever ones are still open) Valiant Comics adaptation Bloodshot for purchase through video-on-demand services starting March 24, following its March 13 theatrical release.  The move comes amidst rapid theater closings and record low box office intake in the wake of the ongoing

Lyle Waggoner at the Carol Burnett 50th Anniversary Special Arrivals at the CBS Television City on October 4, 2017 in Los Angeles, CA Credit: Kathy Hutchins / Shutterstock.com Actor Lyle Waggoner has died at age 84 in West Lake, California, following an illness, as covered by The Hollywood Reporter. Born Kyle Wesley Waggoner in Missouri,

Credit: Becky Cloonan (Dark Horse Comics) Credit: Becky Cloonan (Dark Horse Comics) My Chemical Romance has reunited, and now Dark Horse is re-releasing the tie-in comic book series to their hit album “Danger Days.” The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys will be released in Dark Horse’s hardcover Library Edition format – subtitled California. “I

Credit: BOOM! Studios BEAR OGN HC*****ADVANCE SOLICITED FOR AUGUST 2020*****Publisher : Archaia, an imprint of BOOM! StudiosRetail Price : $24.99Writer: Ben QueenArtist: Joe Todd-StantonCover Artist: Joe Todd-StantonSynopsis:– Bear is a guide dog for the blind, and he would do anything for his best friend and owner, Patrick. But when Bear suddenly loses his own vision,

Credit: CW CW has postponsed the broadcast of the next scheduled new episodes of its shows The Flash and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow (via CBR). Both shows will air new episodes on Tuesday, March 17, but Legends of Tomorrow’s March 24 episode premiere “Zari, Not Zari” has been replaced with a re-run of the episode “A

Credit: Artists, Writers, and Artisans Credit: Artists, Writers, and Artisans The new publishing company of former Marvel publisher Bill Jemas and former Editor-in-Chief Axel Alonso kicks off this week with the release of The Resistance #1 by writer J. Michael Straczynski and artist Mike Deodato Jr. Formed with the idea to tell stories with “high

Credit: Marvel Studios Credit: Marvel Studios Marvel Studios’ Black Widow has been pulled from its planned May 1 theatrical release – with a make-up release date not announced. First reported by Variety, this comes as the COVID-19 (commonly known as coronavirus) pandemic spreads, and theater chains such as AMC and Regal have closed all of

Credit: Image Comics Image Comics has announced a series of actions they’re taking to help comic book retailers in light of the growing COVID-19 (commonly known as coronavirus) pandemic. Here is a letter sent out to retailers by Image, shared with the company’s permission: Dear Retailer Partners, Image Comics seeks to promote and elevate the

Credit: Brandon Peterson (DC) Credit: Brandon Peterson (DC) DC has revealed the cover and contents to May 20’s Titans Giant #2, with promise of a wedding engagement and threat of DC superheroes’ secret identities revealed to the world. In writer Phil Hester and artist Scott Koblish’s “Bride of Blood,” Deathstroke beseeches long-time adversaries, the Titans,

Credit: Aaron Campbell (Vault Comics) Credit: Aaron Campbell (Vault Comics) Vault Comics will publish a comic book based on longrunning tabletop roleplaying game Vampire: The Masquerade, as announced in The Hollywood Reporter.  Tim Seeley, Tini Howard, and Blake Howard will co-write the ongoing series with Devmalya Pramanik and Addison Duke providing the art. Aaron Campbell will create

Credit: Warner Bros. Warner Bros. have decided to release Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) on home video early in light of the growing COVID-19 (commonly known as Coronavirus) pandemic, as reported by Variety. While the specific, originally-intended home video release date is not specified, the Hollywood trade reports that

Credit: Marvel Comics Credit: Marvel Comics Spider-Woman #1Written by Karla PachecoArt by Pere Perez, Paulo Siqueira, Oren Junior and Frank D’ArmataLettering by Travis LanhamPublished by Marvel Comics‘Rama Rating: 7 out of 10 Jessica Drew is sporting some brand-new togs in Spider-Woman #1, but despite her stylistic overhaul, the storytelling in this new series feels surprisingly

By Justin Partridge March 17, 2020 03:47pm ET Credit: Marvel Comics Credit: Marvel Comics Outlawed #1Written by Eve EwingArt by Kim Jacinto and Espen GrundetjernLettering by Clayton CowlesPublished by Marvel Comics‘Rama Rating: 8 out of 10 A tragedy befitting a crossover befalls the Champions in Outlawed #1. Kicking off the teen-centered event, Outlawed #1 details

Credit: Dynamite Entertainment Nick Barrucci Credit: Dynamite Entertainment Dynamite Entertainment is the second publisher, after Image Comics, to weigh in with measures to help Direct Market comic book retailers in light of the coronavirus pandemic. Dynamite’s owner Nick Barrucci is offering returnability for retailers on its product – through Diamond Comic Distributors, or directly if

Credit: Marvel Comics Credit: Marvel Comics Marvel Comics has unveiled a new teaser foreshadowing Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel’s new position as Supreme Accuser of the Kree in Empyre – and she may not the only one vying for the job. The teaser states “A new Accuser must rise” and shows the hands of several Marvel heroes

Credit: Luciano Vecchio (Marvel Comics) Press Release When Kamala’s Law goes into effect in the highly anticipated one-shot OUTLAWED this week, the former teen vigilantes Night Thrasher, Firestar, Rage, Speedball, Namorita, and Silhouette will need to step up to lead the next generation of the Marvel Universe. But will they be able to make them

Credit: Diamond Comic Distributors Diamond Comic Distributors have given the go-ahead for comic stores to sell Wednesday’s new comics & other products immediately, in light of potential quarantines resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. “Please be advised that – to give you the best possible opportunity to realize sales before your local quarantine policies compel you

Marvel’s big summer event Empyre comes April 15, and in advance of that the publisher is releasing all of the variants to it. In addition to the primary cover by Jim Cheung, there are variants by Alexander Lozano, Jamie McKelvie/Matthew Wilson, Ed McGuinness, Tony S. Daniel, David Finch, and Michael Cho. EMPYRE #1 (of 6)AL

Credit: DC Credit: DC DC has disclosed the cover and contents of May 13’s Aquaman Giant #4. In the lead story written by Wonder Woman’s Steve Orlando and drawn by V Ken Marion and Sandu Florea, Aquaman and the Sea Devils re-engage with the Geoff Johns-era Aquaman (and movie) villains, the Trench. Cecil Castellucci and

Credit: Mad Cave Studios Dry Foot #1Writer: Jarred LujanArtist: Orlando CaicedoColorist: Warnia SahadewaLetterer: Justin BirchIn Shops: June 10, 2020SRP: $3.99A group of 4 children in 1980s Miami plot against the most dangerous gang in the city, Los Marielitos. Together they attempt to steal enough cash to escape the life of crime and drugs they are