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Credit: Marvel Comics Credit: Marvel Comics Avengers of the Wastelands #1Written by Ed BrissonArt by Jonas Scharf and Neeraj MenonLettering by Cory PetitPublished by Marvel Comics‘Rama Rating: 4 out of 10 Credit: Marvel Comics Back in the good old days of 2008, “Old Man Logan” burst onto the scene with an intensity and bleakness that
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Credit: Kickstarter Kickstarter is putting together an anthology aimed at collecting some of the best Kickstarted comics since it launched in 2009. And in true Kickstarter fashion, it wants the public to be a part of the decision-making. We’re creating an anthology to highlight some of the best #Kickstarted comics. Nominate your favorite comics project
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Things get deadly silly in this preview of April 1’s The Ludocrats #1. THE LUDOCRATS #1 (OF 5)WRITER: KIERON GILLEN & JIM ROSSIGNOLARTIST: JEFF STOKELY & TAMRA BONVILLAINCOVER: JEFF STOKELYAPRIL 1 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99SERIES PREMIEREThe Ludocrats! The aristocrats of ludicrous! A collision of the ornate fantasy of Dune and
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Credit: Marvel Comics Credit: Marvel Comics Marvel has opened retailer orders for a sampler book with previews of spring releases including Empyre, Outlawed, Marvels Snapshots, and unspecified other titles. The publisher is encouraging retailers to offer the sampler free to customers, and will be selling them to retailers in $5 bundles of 25 copies. Marvel
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Check out a preview of February 5’s Kill Whitey Donovan #3. Kill Whitey Donovan #3 (of 5)Sydney Duncan (W), Natalie Barahona (A/C/Variant Cover), and Jason Pearson (Cover)On sale Feb 5FC, 32 pages$3.99MiniseriesAs the third chapter of this thrilling journey unfolds, more history between Hattie and Anna is revealed—but the answers provide little comfort. Meanwhile, in
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Credit: DC Comics Press Release Atari® — one of the world’s most iconic consumer brands and entertainment producers — today announced a deal with GSD Group — a leading innovation and strategy agency, led by founder Shelly Murphy and partner Napoleon Smith III — to acquire the rights to build video game-themed Atari Hotels in
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Credit: McFarlane Toys/DC You could swing this guy around and he’d be a serious weapon. McFarlane Toys sort of made a name for themselves making these clunky figures in the 1990s, but there’s never been this level of articulation. Credit: McFarlane Toys/DC Credit: McFarlane Toys/DC Based on the Patrick Gleason’s Hellbat armor from Batman &
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Credit: Marvel Comics Credit: Stephanie Durels Manning Jason Aaron launched his Avengers run in May 2018, and 20 months in he’s now framing 2020 as “the main source and breeding ground for everything new I want to do in the Marvel Universe.” “You’re seeing that unfold right now in the wild, space-adventuring, Silver-Surfer-stabbing, Brood-Thor-roaring “Starbrand
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Credit: Brian Bolland (DC) The Batman director Matt Reeves has begun production on the Caped Crusader’s latest movie incarnation – and to celebrate, he’s tweeted an clapboard signifying the occasion – which also reveals a (partially obscured) art deco-inspired red The Batman logo: #DayOne #TheBatman cc: @GreigfraserD pic.twitter.com/kOgcsa6zX3 — Matt Reeves (@mattreevesLA) January 27, 2020
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Optimus Prime in ‘Bumblebee’ Credit: Paramount Pictures Paramount is planning to “revamp” its Transformers film franchise with a pair of untitled films that follow the mold of Bumblebee, according to Variety. The Hollywood trade reports that Paramount has two scripts in progress from writers James Vanderbilt and Joby Harold, respectively. It’s unclear what the plot of either
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Todd McFarlane at the Batman Experience at Comic-Con Museum Credit: DC Todd McFarlane Credit: Lan Pitts (Newsarama) Todd McFarlane is a busy, busy man these days. The first line of DC action figures designed by his company, McFarlane Toys, hits shelves later this month. He has plans to write and direct a live-action Spawn reboot
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Credit: r.m.Guéra (Image Comics) Credit: r.m.Guéra/Giulia Brusco/Jared Fletcher (Image Comics) Jason Aaron and r.m Guéra’s biblical crima drama The Goddamned will return this May in a new volume titled “The Virgin Brides,” which follows up the series’ first arc – 2015-2016’s “Before the Flood.” “That’s right, the long-awaited return of your favorite Biblically-gruesome crime series,
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Credit: Jason Smith (Vault Comics) Credit: Jason Smith (Vault Comics) Magdalene Visaggio and Jason Smith’s “snarky-ass space opera” Vagrant Queen returns this with with a second volume, A Planet Called Doom. Created just as a Syfy adaptation of the first volume is underway, in this Vagrant Queen sequel Vissagio and Smith continue this galaxy-reaching story
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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
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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
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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
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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
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