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Multiversal mischief abounds when Gwen Stacy runs afoul of fellow alt-Earth denizen the Maker in this preview of February 19’s Ghost Spider #7. “Having played a pivotal role in last year’s Absolute Carnage event, fellow dimension skipper Maker’s latest machinations will turn Gwen’s life upside down!,” reads Marvel’s description of the issue. “What does this

Credit: CBS All Access Here’s your chance to beam out to avoid spoilers for episode 1 of Star Trek: Picard. Well, it’s finally here. With the exception of The Mandalorian on Disney+, Star Trek: Picard is probably the most talked about new TV sci-fi in the last few years, ever since it was announced by

The classic cartoon He-Man joins the fray in this first look at February 19’s He-Man and the Masters of the Multiverse #4. He-Man and the Masters of the Multiverse #4Written by Tim SeeleyArt by Tom DerenickColors by Matt YackeyLettering by Saida TemofonteCover art by In-Hyuk LeeIn Shops: Feb 19, 2020Final Orders Due: Jan 27, 2020SRP:

Credit: Oni Press Credit: Oni Press Oni Press have canceled all orders for r(ender) #1 through #3, but the series is still in active development. The publisher’s representative explained that original series artist Lenka Šimecková has stepped down due to health issues, with co-creator/writer Leah Williams and Oni now looking for a new artist to

Credit: Marvel Comics Credit: Marvel Comics Press Release This past week, writer Tini Howard and artist Marcus To completed their opening story in EXCALIBUR to critical and fan acclaim and proved that mutant magic is stronger than ever! Amidst a legendary battle in Otherworld, a new Excalibur was forged and a saga rooted in both

Noah Mills Credit: Kathy Hutchins / Shutterstock.com The Enemy Within actor Noah Mills has joined the cast of Disney+’s Marvel TV series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier in an unnamed role according to Deadline. Mills reportedly joins Anthony Mackie as Falcon, Sebastian Stan as Winter Soldier, Daniel Bruhl as Baron Zemo, Emily VanCamp as Sharon Carter,

Press Release Heavy Metal Entertainment announces the release of Heavy Metal #298, the Furthest Reaches Special, to be released March 2020. In the lead up to Heavy Metal’s landmark 300th issue, the world’s greatest illustrated science fiction mag will take readers to the edge of the cosmos and beyond with this specially curated issue. Managing

Credit: Comic-Con International: San Diego Press Release Comic-Con International (Comic-Con) has announced that the Eisner Awards judges have selected two individuals to automatically be inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Awards Hall of Fame for 2020. These inductees are pioneering newspaper cartoonist Nell Brinkley (creator of the Brinkley Girl)and African American cartoonist/illustrator E. Simms Campbell

Check out the entire first issue of Aftershock’s Animosity Vol. 5 TPB right here before its February 5 release from AfterShock Comics. Animosity vol 5 TPB$19.99 / 128 pages / color / On sale 2.5.20Writer: Marguerite BennettArtist: Elton Thomasi and Rafael De LatorreColorist: Rob SchwagerLetterer: Marshall Dillon and Taylor EspositoCover: Rafael DeLatorre w/ Marcelo MaioloOn

Credit: Schell Games Press Release Love is in the air! This Valentine’s Day (Feb. 14), leading game developer Schell Games will delight fans of superheroes, romantic fan fiction, and narrative games with the launch of its newest title Mission: It’s Complicated. With all pertinent details now available on its Steam page, Mission: It’s Complicated is a

Marauders #6 excerpt Credit: Matteo Lolli/Mario Del Pennino/Erick Arciniega/Federico Blee/Cory Petit (Marvel Comics) Credit: Russell Dauterman (Marvel Comics) Marauders‘ series artist Matteo Lolli is making an unsolicited early return to the title, taking over March’s #9 from Stefano Caselli. Caselli was set to draw the series’ second arc – issues #7 through #10 (and possibly

Credit: Warner Bros. Credit: Splat Hair Color Warner Bros. and Splat Hair Color have teamed up to offer a free private “hometown screening” of Birds of Prey (and the Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) for themself and 50 guests. To enter the contest, fans can visit Splat Hair Color’s website to fill out a form. Splat –

Credit: Bryan Hitch (DC) DC’s Superman: Heroes #1 one-shot has been postponed three weeks. Originally solicited for release January 29, the jam comic is now estimated for release February 19. Superman: Heroes #1 is a crossover between DC’s Superman family of titles, with the writer and artists from Superman, Action Comics, Supergirl, Superman’s Pal Jimmy

Credit: Stuart Immonen/Dave Stewart (DC/Black Label) Credit: Jeremy Wilson (DC/Black Label) Joe Hill, the famed horror writer and architect behind DC’s Hill House Comics group of titles, is teaming up with acclaimed artist Stuart Immonen and colorist Dave Stewart for the new Arctic-based thriller Plunge. Launching in February 19, Plunge is being described by DC

Credit: Christian Ward (Dynamite Entertainment) Credit: Christian Ward (Dynamite Entertainment) In Mark Russell’s Red Sonja run, he followed the She-Devil with a Sword as she toppled and killed an evil emperor. To top it, he’s back with a spin-off series from the point-of-view of the felled emperor’s son as he plots his revenge. As he

Dynamite Entertainment will pay homage to writer and artist Todd McFarlane with a series of variant covers this April. The six covers will each be drawn by Adam Gorham and colorist Michael Garland, and is inspired by an iconic Todd McFarlane drawing. Here’s the list of issues getting McFarlane tribute covers along with the original images

Check out a preview of next week’s Immortal Hulk #30. IMMORTAL HULK #30AL EWING (W) • JOE BENNETT (A) • Cover by ALEX ROSSMARVELS X VARIANT COVER BY NICK BRADSHAW• The first Gamma Bomb unleashed a terrifying creature with impossible strength who waged war on all human authority.• The authorities gave the beast a name

Brute Force is back – and stealing the spotlight from the debut of the next Marvel hero Man-Slaughter in a preview of next week’s Weapon Plus: World War IV #1. WEAPON PLUS: WORLD WAR IV #1Benjamin Percy (W) • Georges Jeanty (A) • Cover by Kyle HotzVariant by SKANWHATEVER KNOWS FEAR!Biochemist Ted Sallis was developing

Credit: Dynamite Entertainment Credit: Dynamite Entertainment Press Release Nancy Drew is dead! Or so it seems, as to celebrate her 90th anniversary the famous literary character’s mysterious fate is investigated in a new monthly comic series published by Dynamite starting in April. Help solve the case in Nancy Drew & the Hardy Boys: The Death

Credit: Marvel Comics Check out all of Marvel’s new April 2020 comic book covers in gallery form here. EMPYRE #1 (of 6)AL EWING & DAN SLOTT (W) • VALERIO SCHITI (A) • Cover by JIM CHEUNGAvengers Variant Cover by ALEXANDER LOZANOFantastic Four Variant Cover by MICHAEL CHOKree/Skrull Variant Cover by TONY DANIELVariant Cover by DAVID

Credit: Marvel Comics Credit: Marvel Comics The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe will return as part of Empyre, Marvel’s upcoming crossover that unites the Kree and Skrull, longtime enemies, under the banner of Emperor Hulkling. The new supplement, Empyre Handbook, was revealed in Marvel’s just-released April 2020 solicitations. A longtime staple of Marvel Comics,

Here is the very first look at Marvel’s pinnacle event of 2020 – Empyre. Writers Al Ewing and Dan Slott, working with artist Valerio Schiti, are staging a war culled from classic Marvel history with today’s most popular characters. On one side, the Avengers and the Fantastic Four… on the other, a unified Kree/Skrull alliance,

Credit: Marvel Comics Credit: Marvel Comics April’s Deadpool #6 will send Wade Wilson back into the arms of the X-Men, as he butts heads with the mutant team over his desire for a Krakoa gate on Monster Island. But when the X-Men don’t exactly want to welcome Deadpool on Krakoa, he’ll mount a full-on invasion.

Credit: Dynamite Entertainment Credit: Dynamite Entertainment Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson will reunite alongside artist Russ Braun for a new prequel to their landmark series The Boys titled Dear Becky. The limited series will focus on Becky Butcher, the wife of Billy Butcher, whose death sets off the events of the series’ original 90-issue run.

Credit: Scout Comics ASSASSIN AND SON #1Written by Shad Gaspard and Marc Copani and Illustrated by Eder MessiahFull Color, 32 pages, $3.99On Sale Date: April 15, 2020April is WrestleMania season! Featuring the comic writing debuts of former WWE wrestlers, Shad Gaspard (member of Cryme Tyme) and Marc Copani (Muhammad Hassan)! ASSASSIN AND SON is a

Iron Man 2020 apparently has a big bloodbath approaching, as the solicit for April’s #4 alludes to a tragedy occurring some time in the preceding issues. But Slott and Gage giveth just as they taketh away, with the solicit text also mentioning a surprise return from an Iron Man character thought to be dead, saying

Credit: Marvel Studios Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck at the world premiere of “Captain Marvel” at the El Capitan Theatre Credit: Paul Smith/Featureflash Marvel Studios has begun staffing up for the promised sequel to 2019’s blockbuster film Captain Marvel – but the co-writers/directors of the original film aren’t returning with it, according to The Hollywood

Credit: Lucasfilm Production on Disney+’s Star Wars TV series Obi-Wan has been placed on hold, according to Collider. Reports indicate that scripts for the series didn’t meet Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy’s standards and were sent back to the writing staff for retooling. They go on to report that the crew, which had assembled at London’s Pinewood Studios

Credit: DC Credit: DC Spoilers ahead for this week’s Shazam! #10. According to writer Geoff Johns, now is the “right time” to bring back Superboy-Prime, who appeared for the first time in almost a decade in this week’s Shazam! #10. And Prime isn’t the only blast from his past who’s coming to Shazam!: Johns said

DC has unveiled the first variants to March 11’s Robin 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular. In addition to the main cover by Lee Weeks, we have Julian Totino Tedesco (1950s), Dustin Nguyen (1960s), Kaare Andrews (1970s), Jim Cheung (1990s), Derrick Chew (2000s), and Yasmine Putri (2010s). ROBIN 80TH ANNIVERSARY 100-PAGE SUPER SPECTACULAR #1written by MARV