Month: May 2020

A distress call from Aquaman takes his teammates to Antarctica in a first look of May 12’s Justice League #44. JUSTICE LEAGUE #44(W) Robert Venditti (A) Xermanico (CA) Francis ManapulCold war kickoff! After receiving a distress signal from Aquaman, the Justice League travels to Antarctica, where they discover an ancient prison at the bottom of

Credit: Ty Peterson Welcome to the conclusion of #AmalgamAgain. This final mash-up is brought to you by Newsarama and returning artist Ty Peterson. You can check out exactly what Amalgam Again is here,and our first mash-ups, the Mighty Mortal, Recurve, Iron Bat and Panther Queen. Then check out our latest amalgam below. Credit: Ty Peterson The Who:

Credit: DC Credit: DC Now that Scott Snyder is finally able to talk about the release of Dark Nights: Death Metal, he says the book is even more relevant in the current crisis than it was before. Working with his Batman artist and frequent collaborator Greg Capullo, Snyder first came up with the idea for

Credit: The Hershey Company Batman & Robin. M&M. And now, DC & Hershey. DC and the Hershey Company are partnering for a new candy – The Super Hero Hershey’s Milk Chocolate Bar – to debut this July, but they’re sending out an early batch to those on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic. “Supporting our

Still from “Return of the Jedi” Credit: Lucasfilm Boba Fett will appear in the second season of Disney+’s The Mandalorian, played by veteran Star Wars actor Temuera Morrison, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The Hollywood trade reports that it’s “expected” that he’ll play “just a small role” in the already-filmed second season – with THR confirming

Credit: Diamond Comic Distributors Friday Diamond Comic Distributors made their resumption of operations official. May 20 has been moved from a target date to a the first on-sale date for their resumed distribution of comics. Here is the full text of a notice sent to Direct Market retailers Friday.  “Diamond Comic Distributors, Alliance Game Distributors, and all

Credit: Travis Charest (Marvel Comics) Credit: Travis Charest (Marvel Comics) ‘Top Retailers’ will be receiving advance copies of the postponed Black Widow #1 later this month – even though the #1 itself won’t officially be on sale for months. In the latest edition of its retailers-only newsletter, Marvel says that “top retailers will receive copies

Credit: Rob Liefeld (Image Comics) Marc Guggenheim Credit: Eugene Powers / Shutterstock.com Former Arrow showrunner Marc Guggenheim has signed on to write Studio 8’s planned Prophet film, based on the character created by Rob Liefeld. First reported by Deadline, Guggenheim’s involvement comes as the studio aims to “build a franchise” arround Liefeld’s Rip Van Winkle-meets-Captain

Credit: Leandro Fernandez (Image Comics) Charlize Theron plays the lead role of immortal soldier Andromache in Netflix’s adaptation of Greg Rucka and Leandro Fernandez’s The Old Guard, and now Vanity Fair has the first look at Theron in the role, along with some of her co-stars. “It was important to feel the weight of thousands

Credit: Book Industry Charitable Foundation / DC / Oni Press-Lion Forge Publishing Group Press Release The Book Industry Charitable (Binc) Foundation will be making a distribution from the newly created Comicbook United Fund on May 12th to comic book store owners. An enormous community effort led by Creators 4 Comics, Jim Lee, DC, and Oni-Lion

Credit: Julian Totino Tedesco (Marvel Comics) Credit: Julian Totino Tedesco (Marvel Comics) Press Release Disney+ has ordered the 8-episode series “Just Beyond” from writer Seth Grahame-Smith and produced by 20th Century Fox Television. The horror/comedy anthology, based on the best-selling BOOM! Studios graphic novel series from iconic children’s writer R.L. Stine (“Goosebumps”), was created by

Credit: Lucasfilm Fantastic Four director Josh Trank says the Star Wars movie he was signed on to direct in 2015 would’ve been a standalone Boba Fett film – and that contrary to reports he was “fired”, the director says he quit the production. In an interview with Polygon, Trank explained that he was hired to direct a

Netflix has released a host of images from the upcoming first season of Cursed, its adaptation of the Simon & Schuster YA novel of the same name by Thomas Wheeler with art by Frank Miller. The show debuts this summer. Here’s Netflix’s official description: “Based on the New York Times bestselling book, Cursed is a

Credit: DC Credit: DC A rewards program is being rolled out for the DC Universe streaming service. The aptly titled DC Universe Rewards program will give users ‘tokens’ for doing specific activities on the streaming service, which will then be redeemable for rewards including a free month of the service, t-shirts, posters, pins, or a

Credit: Wildstorm Credit: Wildstorm Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt are re-teaming to co-star and co-produce Ball and Chain, based on the Scott Lobdell Homage/Wildstorm four-issue limited series from 1999 and what Deadline calls Hollywood’s “hot spec package.” According to the online trade, the project is being shopped to studios, including Netflix, but so far it

Credit: DC DC sent shockwaves through the Direct Market comic book industry in late March when it announced it was exploring a “multi-distributor model” in light of Diamond Comic Distributors’ suspension of operations due to the coronavirus epidemic. The publisher shocked retailers again weeks later when it announced their exploration led to the seeming end

Welcome to #AmalgamAgain part four. This mash-up is brought to you by Newsarama and returning artist Hailey Renee Brown. You can check out exactly what Amalgam Again is here,and our first mash-ups, the Mighty Mortal, Recurve and Iron Bat. Then check out our latest amalgam below. by Hailey Renee Brown The Who: Panther Queen The Inspiration: DC’s Wonder Woman and Marvel’s Black

Credit: Dan Schkade Writer/artist Dan Schkade, known for his Eisner-nominated webcomic Lavender Jack and his work on The Spirit, has posted a full-length fan comic recreating Doctor Fate’s first appearance in May 1940’s More Fun Comics #55 – marking Fate’s 80th anniversary this month. Here’s the start of Schkade’s Twitter thread, showing the first two

Credit: DC Credit: DC Batman: The Adventures Continue #3Written by Alan Burnett and Paul DiniArt by Ty Templeton and Monica KubinaLettering by Joshua ReedPublished by DC‘Rama Rating: 7 out of 10 Credit: DC After a shaky debut, writers Alan Burnett and Paul Dini and artist Ty Templeton return to the Dark Knight’s animated universe with

Jeremy Atkins at XRAY.fm Credit: XRAY.fm Jeremy Atkins has announced that he is leaving his position as Head of Corporate Communications for Polarity, the parent company of Oni Press, Lion Forge, and Magnetic Press. “Tomorrow marks my last official day at Lion Forge/Oni Press, as I move on to the next adventure in this wacky

Gail Simone and Clayton Henry’s Flash Giant stories are coming to digital, in this preview of Friday, May 8’s Flash: Fastest Man Alive #3. FLASH: FASTEST MAN ALIVE #3Writer: Gail SimoneArtists: Clayton Henry, Marcelo Maiolo and Rob Leigh“The Accelerated and the Infinitesimal”Temporal travesties are wreaking havoc on the streets of Central City, and the Flash

Abraham Lincoln Credit: Alexander Gardner Credit: Flatiron Books Long before John Wilkes Booth shot Abraham Lincoln, and even before the U.S. Civil War began, there was yet another secret plot to kill the newly elected president. This one was hatched by a secret society – complete with handshakes and titles – before Abraham Lincoln even

Credit: DC DC has rolled out their revised June 2020 release schedule, including the new release date of their summer event Dark Nights: Death Metal. The major issues in this new schedule beside Death Metal is the twice-monthly Batman returning, as well as the anniversary anthologies for the Joker, Catwoman, and Green Lantern. In addition,

Credit: DC Credit: DC Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo’s Dark Nights: Metal sequel Death Metal has returned to DC’s schedule. Originally solicited for a May 13 release, the debut of the six-issue limited series is now June 16 as part of DC’s post-Diamond shutdown revised schedule. The Tuesday date represents the day-and-date digital debut along with

Credit: Gentle Giant Credit: Gentle Giant Fans may have to wait another six months to see Black Widow, since it’s been postponed to a November 5 theatrical release – but they’ll be able to get up close and personal with the film’s villain, Taskmaster, much sooner – thanks to an upcoming deluxe action figure release

Jinky Coronado Credit: Richard Boom Credit: Jinky Coronado Press Release Jinky Coronado, the former FHM lingerie model and calendar girl, is at it again with another sexy schoolgirl-type comics-related project. This one is BEAUTIFUL DREAMERS, an adult coloring book featuring her series characters from BANZAI GIRL, EXPOSURE, and other comicbook projects. Credit: Jinky Coronado Jinky