Month: May 2020

Credit: The CW Batwoman actor Ruby Rose has announced her plans to leave the series, vacating the title role ahead of the currently in development second season, scheduled to premiere in 2021. Rose issued a statement on her departure, though she did not spell out her reasons for leaving the show. “I have made the

Credit: DC Credit: DC DCeased: Unkillables #3Written by Tom TaylorArt by Karl Mostert, Trevor Scott, Neil Edwards and Rex LokusLettering by Saida TemofontePublished by DCReview by Justin Partridge‘Rama Rating: 8 out of 10 Spoilers ahead. DCeased: Unkillables comes to a shockingly heartfelt conclusion in its third and final issue, as a ragtag collection of villains

Credit: Newsarama The clock that ticked off the minutes from Wednesday to Wednesday—the pulse of new comic day—was stopped by COVID-19. Now that it’s ready to tick again, the clock can be reset to…really, any day. So the question becomes: What’s the best day for new comic releases? The clock is already off-kilter. “Traditional” Wednesday

Credit: DC Credit: DC DCeased: Hope at World’s End #1Written by Tom TaylorArt by Dustin Nguyen and Rex LokusLettering by Saida TemofontePublished by DCReview by David Pepose‘Rama Rating: 8 out of 10 The Anti-Life Equation continues its merciless shuffle forward in DCeased: Hope at World’s End #1, as writer Tom Taylor and artist Dustin Nguyen

Credit: Warner Bros. Sales of adult halloween masks depicting The Dark Knight Rises version of Batman villain Bane have spiked during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, The Hollywood Reporter reports. Portrayed by Tom Hardy in Dark Knight Rises, that version of Bane wears a gas mask that pumps painkilling gas into his lungs. Though the plastic costume

Credit: Warner Bros. Animation Christopher Gorham is thrilled that one of his projects isn’t held up by the coronavirus crisis. After his latest live action TV pilot was put on hold, Gorham is hoping the release of Justice League Dark: Apokolips War will also emphasize a message of heroes fighting together at a time when

Credit: Lucasfilm Actor Timothy Olyphant, who was recently reported as joining the cast of The Mandalorian, was spotted on set filming scenes wearing Boba Fett’s iconic armor, according to /Film – but he’s probably not playing Boba Fett. Actor Temeura Morrison who portrayed Boba Fett’s father/progenitor Jango Fett in Star Wars: Attack of the Clones and who voiced

Credit: Netflix Credit: Netflix Spoilers ahead for She-Ra And The Princesses of Power Season 5. Friday, May 15th Netflix premiered the last 13 episodes of She-Ra And The Princesses of Power. Season 5 explored new relationships, including the rekindled and growing bond of Catra and Adora. Following traumatic events, they find each other again and

Credit: Marvel Comics Hero Initiative, the charity dedicated to helping comic book creators in medical or financial need, has announced their line-up for a new week of a series of live experiences featuring comic book creators providing question-and-answer sessions, tutorials, and original art in Zoom online webconference rooms.  The new “Hero Initiative Live” events are currently

Credit: BOOM! Studios Credit: BOOM! Studios DCeased writer Tom Taylor and Power Rangers artist Daniele di Nicuolo have teamed up to create a new series, Seven Secrets for BOOM! Studios. Seven Secrets tells the story of what happens when seven unthinkable secrets – everything from hidden knowledge to doomsday weapons – are made public. Those secrets

Credit: Marvel/LootCrate Credit: Marvel/LootCrate LootCrate will celebrate the color purple this summer – as in the hues of the violet spectrum of light, not the seminal Prince film and album – with a loot box full of stuff centered on X-Men who wear purple. The characters to be featured include Gambit, Magneto, Psylocke, and Lockheed,

Credit: Warner Bros. Warner Bros. will re-release Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy to movie theaters in Hong Kong and Taiwan starting in May, according to Deadline. The re-releases will begin in Taiwan on May 29. The three films will then release separately over the course of three weeks in Hong Kong, with Batman Begins arriving June 4,

Still from ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ Credit: Warner Bros. Mad Max: Fury Road director George Miller has opened up about his plans to create a prequel for the 2015 film centering on the early life of protagonist Furiosa, played by Charlize Theron in Fury Road – saying he plans to recast the part due to

DC Digital First’s Batman: Gotham Nights #5 swings in for an action packed preview ahead of its May 19 digital release. Here’s the description of two of the stories that make up its contents: Story 1 – “To save a friend from seemingly insurmountable odds, the Dark Knight Detective must summon every ounce of his

DC has released a first look at The Batman’s Grave #7, on sale June 9 in DC’s revised summer schedule.  “In this seventh of 12-issue maxiseries written by Warren Ellis with art by Bryan Hitch, there’s a lunatic on the loose and a dead body inside a supposedly impregnable home,” reads DC’s description. “Members of

DC’s heroes face off against Wonder Woman and the zombie hordes in this preview of May 19’s DCeased: Unkillables #3. DCEASED: UNKILLABLES #3written by TOM TAYLORart by KARL MOSTERT and TREVOR SCOTTcover by HOWARD PORTERcard stock variant cover by FRANCESCO MATTINAcard stock movie homage variant cover by TASIA M.S.It’s the epic finale of the next

Credit: Netflix Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy Season 2 will begin streaming on July 31, 2020, the network announced Monday.  “On October 1, 1989, seven extraordinary humans were born. On July 31, 2020 they return,” reads the brief announcement.  The streaming series is based on the Dark Horse comic book series created and written by Gerard Way

Credit: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Warner Bros. is considering moving Christopher Nolan’s next film, Tenet, off its planned July 17 release date – if 80% of global theaters aren’t open in time, according to Deadline. Citing unnamed sources, Deadline reports Tenet may be pushed back from its planned July release if 80% of theaters around the world,

Credit: DC Credit: DC Swamp Thing: New Roots #4Written by Mark RussellArt by Marco Santucci and John KalisczLettering by Dave SharpePublished by DCReview by David Pepose‘Rama Rating: 9 out of 10 Despite being best known for his more political work, writer Mark Russell delivers a surprisingly — and satisfyingly — action-packed done-in-one story for Swamp

Credit: DC Credit: DC Credit: DC With this month’s release of Detective Comics Vol. 3 — and the June re-solicitation of the series’ upcoming issues — writer Peter Tomasi is hoping his Batman stories will give readers a break from the real world’s bad news. Featuring a Spectre story with art by Kyle Hotz, the

Doctor Fate, Monster Boy, and Gold Lantern – some of whom have connections to modern day DC heroes – all join the team in this preview of June 9’s Legion of Super-Heroes #6. LEGION OF SUPERHEROES #6 written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS art and cover by RYAN SOOK card stock variant cover by ALEX GARNER

Credit: DC Readers of DC’s The Terrifics looking for new issues in DC’s recently released revised June, July and now August schedules will get an opportunity to read the series conclusion, just digitally for the final three issues.  Credit: DC Credit: DC The final print issue of The Terrifics will be #27, scheduled for May 26. The

Credit: DC DC’s Supergirl ongoing series is still scheduled to conclude with issue #42, as announced in the publisher’s original May 2020 solicitations, but now the series’ final two issues will publish on digital platforms only as part of the publisher’s revised post-distribution shutdown schedule. Supergirl #41 will be on digital platforms exclusively on May 26 and

Nightwing gets embroiled in the main Batman title’s ongoing “Joker War” crossover – going face to face with the Clown Prince of Crime himself – in June 9’s Nightwing #71. NIGHTWING #72written by DAN JURGENSart by RONAN CLIQUETcover by TRAVIS MOOREvariant cover by ALAN QUAHDick Grayson has learned the truth: that “fixing” his identity lies

Credit: DC BATMAN: THREE JOKERS #1written by GEOFF JOHNSart by JASON FABOKcover by JASON FABOKvariant cover by JASON FABOK1:25 variant cover by TBD1:50 variant cover by TBDThirty years after Batman: The Killing Joke changed comics forever, Three Jokers reexamines the myth of who, or what, The Joker is and what is at the heart of

Credit: CBS All Access CBS All Access has announced Strange New Worlds, its latest Star Trek TV show which will focus on Captain Pike, Spock, and the pre-Kirk Enterprise. Anson Mount and Ethan Peck will reprise their roles as Pike and Spock from Star Trek: Discovery, respectively. They’ll be joined by Rebecca Romijn reprising her guest role

Credit: Sean Gordon Murphy Credit: Sean Gordon Murphy Sean Murphy is returning to creator-owned comic books in a big way – and checking off almost everything on his bucket list all at once. In the upcoming OGN The Plot Holes, the Batman: White Knight writer/artist is drawing all the dream projects he always wanted but

Credit: DC Credit: DC Harley Quinn writer Sam Humphries has announced on Twitter that the series will come to a conclusion with August’s #75. “Hey y’all, I’m hammer-smashing the embargo to break the news that Harley Quinn is over with issue 75! Final issue! No worries and no tears, this has been the plan for almost a