Month: May 2020

Credit: Fernando Blanco/FCO Plascencia/Gabriela Downie (DC) Credit: Joelle Jones (DC) DC’s next Catwoman creative team – writer Ram V and artist Fernando Blanco – are getting a head-start with a story in June 3’s Catwoman 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular #1. In “Addicted to Trouble,” Selina and her sister, Maggie, his the road to help

Credit: Fernando Blanco (DC) Credit: Fernando Blanco/FCO Plascencia (DC) Credit: Fernando Blanco/FCO Plascencia (DC) Writer Ram V an artist Fernando Blanco ae taking over DC’s Catwoman title with September’s #25. You might recall that each of them previously worked on the series – V guest-writing #14 and #15, and Blanco acting as secondary artist to

It’s a Jeff Parker double-header in Friday May 29’s The Flash: Fastest Man Alive #6, collecting stories from The Flash Giant anthologies. The Flash: Fastest Man Alive #6Writer: Jeff Parker“Perfect World” with Artists: Miguel Mendonça, Mike Spicer and Rob LeighGorilla  Grodd  takes  control  of  the  Senate  and  declares  war  on  Canada! Only the Flash is

Credit: Hasbro/BOOM! Studios The Power Rangers franchise has thrived with the success of BOOM! Studios’ various comic book series, but one comic book story proved so popular that it almost spawned a live-action spin-off featuring Jason David Frank (the franchise’s Tommy Oliver) taking on the dark Drakkon persona introduced in those comic books. “The only

Steve Geppi at Comics, Cards & Collectibles in Reisterstown, Maryland Credit: Diamond Comic Distributors Credit: Diamond Comic Distributors The COVID-19 pandemic has affected nearly the entire comic book industry, most notably the distribution infrastructure that gets comic books from publishers such as Marvel and DC to Direct Market retailers and ultimately to fans, with the

Aquaman leads the Sea Devils into battle in May 28’s Aquaman: Deep Dives #6, reprinting Steve Orlando and V. Ken Marion’s story from Aquaman Giant. Aquaman: Deep Dives #6Writer: Steve OrlandoArtists: V. Ken Marion, Sandu Florea, Andrew Dalhouse and Wes Abbott“Stinging Tide – Part 2”While investigating an abandoned Scorpio base, Aquaman and the Sea Devils

Credit: Mahmud Asrar (Marvel Comics) Credit: Scott Hepburn (Marvel Comics) Three more current Marvel Comics titles are transitioning to digital-only – the ongoing series Valkyrie: Jane Foster and Scream: Curse of Carnage, along with the limited series Revenge of Cosmic Ghost Rider. This is the second wave of titles switched from day-and-date digital/print to digital

By Pierce Lydon, Best Shots Reviewer May 27, 2020 07:00am ET Credit: DC Credit: DC The Flash #754Written by Josh WilliamsonArt by Rafa Sandoval, Jordi Tarragona, Arif Prianto and Hi-FiLettering by Steve WandsPublished by DC‘Rama Rating: 6 out of 10 Credit: DC With his last issues already announced, Josh Williamson’s Flash tenure might be running

Credit: Mezco Toys Credit: Mezco Toys Press Release The One:12 Collective Wonder Woman is combat-ready, outfitted in a Themysciran battle suit with removable neck and shoulder armor, worn only by the most elite Amazonian warriors. The fearless demigoddess wears a cape with an integrated posing wire that attaches via a clasp at the neck. Man-made

Credit: DC Comics Director Zack Snyder has posted an image of Darkseid for his upcoming cut of Justice League for HBO Max.  Here’s the image from Twitter, posted with the simple caption “He’s coming … to HBO Max.” He’s coming… to HBO Max pic.twitter.com/tthWwAqzWp — Zack Snyder (@ZackSnyder) May 27, 2020 Darkseid was reportedly Snyder’s

Credit: Warner Bros. Deadline is reporting Wednesday night that Henry Cavill is in talks to reprise his role as Superman/Clark Kent in the Warner Bros. theatrical DC Universe. The online trade goes on to report a sequel to Man of Steel or standalone Superman film is not in the works, and that Cavill could return to the

Credit: Guillem March/Tomeu Morey/Clayton Cowles (DC) Credit: Guillem March/Tomeu Morey/Clayton Cowles (DC) In the later hours of Tuesday evening, DC debuted the first in what is framed as a series of Instagram-exclusive Batman webcomics by the series’ creative team which serves as preludes to the title’s return on June 9. “Hey! While on break, I

Credit: Disney+ Disney+ has announced a new teen superhero film titled Secret Society of Second-Born Royals, based on an original concept. Here’s Disney+’s officials synopsis, focusing on a second generation hero who conflicts with her super-parents. “Secret Society of Second-Born Royals follows Sam, a rebellious teenage royal who unknowingly develops superpowers from a genetic trait

Credit: Leila Del Luca (DC) Credit: Leila Del Luca (DC) What is the American Dream for the 21st century? Wonder Woman finds that in the upcpoming new take on her origin for the young adult series Wonder Woman: Tempest Tossed. In this June 2 OGN, the Amazon princess is a teenager coming of age as

By Pierce Lydon, Best Shots Reviewer May 27, 2020 02:00pm ET Credit: Marvel Comics Credit: Marvel Comics Marauders #10Written by Gerry DugganArt by Stefano Caselli and Edgar DelgadoLettering by Cory PetitPublished by Marvel Comics‘Rama Rating: 8 out of 10 Credit: Marvel Comics It’s been a while since we last saw the Marauders, and this is

By Justin Partridge, Best Shots Reviewer May 27, 2020 02:30pm ET Credit: Marvel Comics Credit: Marvel Comics Avengers #33Written by Jason AaronArt by Javier Garron and Jason KeithLettering by Cory PetitPublished by Marvel Comics‘Rama Rating: 6 out of 10 Moon Knight aims to take the mantle of Earth’s Mightiest Hero by force in Avengers #33.

Credit: Nick Anderson Redbubble has reinstated Nick Anderson’s “The Trump Cult” satirical political cartoon to its website after the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF) mounted a campaign to protest their decision to remove the cartoon after complaints from the Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. A representative from Redbubble tells Newsarama that the political

Self-portrait Credit: Lilah Sturges Credit: Alexa Sharpe (BOOM! Studios) Lilah Sturges has been writing comic books for 15 years, but she herself will say that people see her as a new writer – thanks in part to a ‘reset’ after writing The Magicians comic books. But Sturges has had a decade-plus career in comics, from

Credit: IDW Publishing IDW Publishing (OTCQX: IDWM), the award-winning publisher of comic books and graphic novels, is thrilled to announce its revised Direct Market release schedule for Summer 2020. With world-renowned brands like Sonic The Hedgehog and Transformers, groundbreaking original series like Usagi Yojimbo and Sleeping Beauties, acclaimed celebrations of the comics medium like Dave

Credit: Jamie Hewlett Credit: Z2 Comics Press Release Stop the presses! Twenty years in the making, the Gorillaz ALMANAC is the very first annual by Gorillaz, published this October 2020 in partnership with the renowned Z2 Comics. Inspired by the great British tradition of the hardback annual, Gorillaz ALMANAC is a full colour, one-of-a-kind, fun-packed,

DC has released a first look at the follow-up to Joker: Killer Smile, writer Jeff Lemire and artist Andrea Sorrentino’s Batman: The Smile Killer! According to DC the prestige format Black Label one-shot epilogue “takes a different look at the Clown Prince of Crime, through the eyes of a young Bruce Wayne and his favorite cartoon

Credit: TriStar Pictures Credit: TriStar Pictures Doctor Strange director Scott Derrickson has signed on to direct TriStar Pictures’ long-gestating sequel to Jim Henson and George Lucas’ Labyrinth, according to Deadline. Maggie Levin (Into the Dark, My Valentine) has reportedly signed on to write the script. In this report is accurate, they would replace screenwriter Nicole

Credit: Luciano Vecchio Credit: Luciano Vecchio Luciano Vecchio, artist of Marvel’s upcoming New Warriors relaunch, hasn’t slowed down in creating his own Marvel/DC mash-up characters following Newsarama’s “Amalgam Again” event in which we paid homage to the Marvel/DC 90s Amalgam series. Over the weekend, Vecchio unveiled two more Amalgams – and even some supporting characters.

Credit: David Nakayama (Marvel Comics) Credit: David Lopez (Marvel Comics) Marvel Comics has informed retailers it is cancelling three of its themed variant programs – “Living Vampire,” “Dark Marvel,” and “Sneakers” – which includes 53 covers in total. The “Living Vampire” variants were originally solicited pre-COVID-19 for a June 2020 release, with the following covers:

Credit: Vault Comics Press Release Vault Comics is offering extensive return-to-market support for retailers as part of the Vault Bound initiative. The updated Vault Bound initiative extends returnability line-wide across all of our new comics shipping in June and July, while also significantly reducing the price per copy that retailers pay for both our new

Credit: Inkwell Awards Ryusei Sawada Credit: The Kubert School Press Release The Kubert School had their annual scholarship awards event earlier in May via a virtual scholarship ceremony through Google Meet, due to the Covid-19 global pandemic. The Inkwell Awards’ 11th Dave Simons Inkwell Memorial Scholarship Award of $1000 was presented to second-year student Ryusei

Credit: DC Credit: DC DC has informed retailers that a second round of titles distributed by Diamond Comic Distributors will be delayed, with the publisher saying the distributor is responsible for the issues. In some cases, DC is asking retailers using other distributors (such as UCS and Lunar) to hold their releases for a later

Credit: Warner Bros. Credit: Warner Bros. In light of WarnerMedia’s decision to put a #SnyderCut edition of Justice League into production, Suicide Squad writer/director David Ayer has come out arguing for a similar treatment to his 2016 film. “My cut would be easy to complete,” Ayer tweeted in a response to a question about it.