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
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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: Paul Pope (Marvel Comics) Kevin Smith Credit: Featureflash Photo Agency / Shutterstock.com It looks like Marvel’s Howard the Duck will not hatch—at least as an animated series on Hulu. And the reportedly delayed Tigra & Dazzler has also been shelved. Howard the Duck writer/executive producer Kevin Smith has told Newsarama that the writing staff
Credit: Aaron Lopresti/Matt Ryan/David Baron (DC) Credit: Bryan Hitch (DC) Writer Robert Venditti takes over DC’s Justice League title with February’s issue #40, working with veteran artists Doug Mahnke and Aaron Lopresti on a story that features the return of the Eradicator. DC provided some Newsarama preview pages from Venditti’s second issue, Justice League #41
Credit: Marvel Comics Marvel has informed retailers that both Avengers #31 and New Mutants #7 have been postponed a week. New Mutants #7, solicited for release February 12, is now set for February 19. Avengers #31, announced for a February 19 release, has been postponed to February 26. Here is the solicitation for both issues:
Credit: Marvel Comics Greetings, ‘Rama readers! Ready for your Thursday pellets? Best Shots has your back with this week’s Rapid-Fire Reviews! Let’s kick off with Jousting Justin Partridge, who takes a look at this week’s issue of Excalibur… Credit: Marvel Comics Excalibur #6 (Published by Marvel Comics; Review by Justin Partridge; ‘Rama Rating: 9 out
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
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.
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: 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
Credit: Thought Bubble Press Release Credit: Thought Bubble Thought Bubble, the UK’s largest comic art festival has announced the dates for their 2020 festival and comic con, which after a hugely successful move in 2019, will return to Harrogate Convention Centre. Taking place from 9th to 15th November 2020, the award-winning festival will include an eclectic series
By Justin Partridge, Best Shots Reviewer January 23, 2020 02:30pm ET Credit: Marvel Comics Credit: Marvel Comics Web of Venom: The Good Son #1Written by Zac ThompsonArt by Dio Neves, Oren Junior, Rain BeredoLettering by Clayton CowlesPublished by Marvel Comics‘Rama Rating: 7 out of 10 Donny Cates’ “Venom-verse” continues to expand in Web of Venom:
Credit: DC Credit: DC Wonder Woman #750Written by Steve Orlando, Gail Simone, Mariko Tamaki, Greg Rucka, Kami Garcia, Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, Marguerite Bennett, Vita Ayala and Scott SnyderArt by Jesus Merino, Colleen Doran, Elena Casagrande, Nicola Scott, Phil Hester, Riley Rossmo, Laura Braga, Amancay Nahuelpan, Bryan Hitcher, Vicente Cifuentes, Ande Parks, Romulo Fajardo, Jr.,
Credit: Archie Comics ARCHIE ARCHIE AND KATY KEENE #4 (of 4)Katy Keene is missing in New York City! After rejecting a major opportunity in the fashion biz, Katy has run off into the night. Archie and the gang search for Katy and soon find out that things are more complicated than they seem. Script: Mariko Tamaki
Credit: CBS In a touching moment between two old colleagues, Patrick Stewart has invited Whoopie Goldberg to reprise her Star Trek: The Next Generation role as Guinan for season two of his upcoming eponymous CBS All Access show Star Trek: Picard. “Alex Kurtzmann, the producer of Picard, and all of his colleagues – of which