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Credit: Terry Dodson/Rachel Dodson/Laura Martin (Marvel Comics) Credit: Terry Dodson/Rachel Dodson/Laura Martin (Marvel Comics) Marvel Comics brought a series of announcements to London’s MCM Comic Con over thr weekend – and Newsarama covered it. Here’s what’s been announced, with links to in-depth stories on each. – X-Men/Fantastic Four, delving into the place the Fantastic Four’s

Credit: IDW Publishing Sonic the Hedgehog #25—Cover A: Tyson HesseIan Flynn (w) • Adam Bryce Thomas (a) • Tyson Hesse (c)“A Sudden Shift.” The world has fallen to the Metal Virus. Heroes, villains, and civilians have become Zombots. There’s only one place left to hide and the few survivors—good and bad alike—find themselves up against

Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan Kenobi Credit: Lucasfilm Ewan McGregor has confirmed that his return as Obi-Wan Kenobi wasn’t originally going to be a streaming TV show. In an interview with ComingSoon.net, the actor said he prefers the extended serial format as opposed to a single film. “It wasn’t always going to be a series, not

Credit: Jerry Craft (HarperCollins) Jerry Craft Credit: Kirkus Reviews Jerry Craft’s New Kid has been announced one of three winners of this year’s Kirkus Prize. The HarperCollins title won for the “Young Readers’ Literature” category. In addition to the honor, Craft will also receive $50,000 from Kirkus Reviews. Credit: Jerry Craft (HarperCollins) “New Kid is a

DC has released a first look at next month’s Batman: White Knight Presents Von Freeze #1, a special interlude issue in Sean Murphy’s  continuing White Knight saga. Illustrated by Klaus Janson and Matt Hollingsworth, the special tells the “tragic tale of White Knight’s Mister Freeze. On the night of Bruce Wayne’s traumatic birth, Victor Fries must intervene

Credit: The CW Credit: The CW The CW has ordered nine more episodes of Warner Bros. Television’s Batwoman, bringing its first season up to 22 episodes. First reported by Deadline, this comes after just three episodes have aired; seems like CW like what they see from the show and its ratings. Batwoman‘s DVR and streaming

Credit: Doug Mahnke (DC) Credit: Doug Mahnke (DC) DC has revealed the two new stories in November 27’s Swamp Thing Giant #2. Formerly Walmart-exclusive titles, the Giant titles will now be available to comic stores directly. Writer Mark Russell returns to the bayauo for “Everything Eats, Everything Dies” with artist Marco Santucci. “Swamp Thing scours

Credit: 20th Century Fox Deadpool actor Ryan Reynolds has offered his own acerbic brand of congratulations to the cast and crew of Joker, in honor of the DC film breaking Deadpool 2‘s record as the highest grossing R-rated film ever at the global box office. Here’s Reynolds’ R-rated tweet: R-Rated box office congratulatory posts aren’t

DC’s three-way mash-up of Star Trek‘s Mirror Universe, Marvel’s What If..? and their own multiverse continues next month in Tales from the Dark Multiverse: Infinite Crisis #1. Here’s a first look.  In the pages previewed, Ted Kord-Blue Beetle isn’t shot in the head by Maxwell Lord as he infamously was, but instead turns the tables on

Credit: Valentina Remenar (Marvel Comics) Credit: Valentina Remenar (Marvel Comics) Writer Alyssa Wong will launch a new volume of Star Wars: Doctor Aphra in April 2020 alongside artist Marika Cresta. The announcement was made at London’s MCM Comic Con. Wong herself confirmed the news on Twitter. “Looks like the Star Wars cat is out of

he Color of Power: Heroes, Sheroes, & Their Creators Credit: Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute he Color of Power: Heroes, Sheroes, & Their Creators Credit: Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute Press Release The Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute (CCCADI) is pleased to present the exhibition The Color of Power: Heroes, Sheroes, &

Credit: Marvel Comics Credit: Marvel Comics Writer Margaret Stohl and artist Juan Ferreyra will create a new volume of Spider-Man: Noir in 2020, a five-issue limited series that brings the character, who made it into the recent animated blockbuster Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, back to comic books (via Marvel.com). The character, who first appeared in a titular

Credit: Joe Jusko (Marvel Comics) Credit: Joe Jusko (Marvel Comics) Painter Alex Ross will curate and provide covers for a new six-issue Marvel Comics anthology limited series titled simply Marvel, as announced Friday at London’s MCM Comic Con (via ComicBook). Joe Jusko will paint covers for the series, while Ross will curate the stories and creators

Credit: Dark Horse Comics Aliens vs. Predator: Thicker Than Blood #2 (of 4)Jeremy Barlow (W), Doug Wheatley (A), Rain Beredo (C), and Chun Lo (Cover)On sale Jan 8FC, 32 pages$3.99MiniseriesWith nowhere left to run but into the Predators’ ship, every turn leads Maria and Tyler deeper into danger—until they discover a captive xenomorph. Could the

Credit: Guru-eFX (Marvel Comics) Press Release Just announced at MCM Comic Con London, Conan will be starring in a new series that will take the barbarian to places he’s never gone before! Conan made his grand return to the Marvel Comics earlier this year and now, CONAN: BATTLE FOR THE SERPENT CROWN will have the

Credit: Lucasfilm Obi-Wan Kenobi actor Ewan McGregor has offered new details about the plot and setting of his upcoming untitled Disney+ show as the character – which will apparently bridge the gap between when Obi-Wan arrived on Tatooine and when he met with Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: A New Hope. “The storyline sits between

Credit: Warner Bros. Ewan McGregor calls his Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) villain Roman Sionis/Black Mask as emblematic of the “time of Trump.” “[He is] an absolute narcissist. spoiled in his upbringing to the point of having no contact with what life or people are about, who has a

X-Men / Fantastic Four #1 cover (inks) Credit: Terry Dodson/Rachel Dodson (Marvel Comics) This February, the X-Men’s “Dawn of X” status quo is reaching out into the broader Marvel Universe – beginning with the Fantastic Four. As teased in House of X #1, the four-issue X-Men/Fantastic Four title will explore how the broader Marvel U

Credit: Marvel Comics Credit: Marvel Comics Writer Jonathan Hickman will bring back the Giant-Size X-Men title – this time as a series, with each installment focusing on different characters and created alongside a different artist. Kicking off the newly-revamped Giant-Size X-Men is a story titled Jean Grey and Emma Frost, which will explore the complicated

Credit: Stephanie Hans (Marvel Comics) Press Release Announced today at MCM Comic Con London, Robert E. Howard’s swashbuckling heroine, Dark Agnes, will helm her very first comic series! Dark Agnes will be making her Marvel Comics debut this December in CONAN: SERPENT WAR, introducing this beloved swordswoman to a new generation of readers, before taking

Credit: Marvel Comics Credit: Marvel Comics Marvel Comics’ Invaders ongoing will end with December’s #12. Launched out of a December 2018 event titled “The Great Defense”, Invaders launched in January 2019 with writer Chip Zdarsky and artists Carlo Magno and Butch Guice. Credit: Marvel Comics “Yeah, issue 12 is the end,” Zdarsky confirmed to Newsarama.

Credit: Michael Turner (Aspen Comics) Credit: Aspen Comics The directing duo of Kevin Adams and Joe Ksander (Next Gen) have been tapped to direct the inter-connected Fathom and Soulfire films, as reported by Variety. Novelist/TV writer Kristen Gore is writing the Fathom film, while Reign‘s Bo Yeon Kim and Erika Lippoldt are penning Soulfire. The

Credit: Valiant Entertainment QUANTUM AND WOODY #1Written by CHRISTOPHER HASTINGSArt by RYAN BROWNECover A DAVID NAKAYAMACover B by DAVE JOHNSONCover C by DAVID LOPEZPreorder Edition Cover by ERICA HENDERSON1:100 Fool’s Gold Variant by GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLIBlank Cover Also AvailableQuantum & Woody — the worst superhero duo in the world — are Earth’s LAST hope against stopping

Batman/Catwoman ad Credit: Clay Mann/Tomeu Morey (DC) Batman/Catwoman writer Tom King has offered an explaination why the series was pushed off its originally-announced January 2020 launch. Tom King Credit: Kat Calamia (Newsarama) “While working on the initial issues of Bat/Cat, Clay Mann and I started to realize we might have something good here, a Mister

Check out a preview of next week’s Silver Surfer: Black #5. SILVER SURFER: BLACK #5 (of 5)DONNY CATES (W) • TRADD MOORE (A/C)Variant Cover by Cian TormeyVariant Cover by RON LIMFORESHADOW VARIANT COVER BY CIAN TORMEYMary Jane Variant COVER BY David Nakayama• The final stand against Knull!• The Surfer’s severely depleted of his Power Cosmic,

Credit: Valentin Ramon Credit: Valentin Ramon Press Release What if the mullet haircut – that symbol of rowdy redneck kitsch and hokey hockey hooliganism – was not all what it seemed? That’s the conceit at the heart of Night of the Mullets, a new graphic novel that launched this week on Kickstarter, written by Boaz

With Marvel Zombies: Resurrection #1 coming out October 30, the various variant covers have begun to be released. In addition to the main cover by In-Hyuk Lee, there are variants by Clayton Crain (a Scorpion Comics exclusive), Greg Land, Jung Geun Yoon, Kael Ngu (a 7ate9 Comics exclusive), Nick Bradshaw, and Ryan Browne (a 7ate9

Credit: Kevin Maguire (DC) Pedro Pascal will be playing Maxwell Lord in the upcoming Wonder Woman 1984. Writer/director Patty Jenkins put two and two together on Pascal’s previously-unnamed role in a tweet: Well hello… Max. #WW1984 pic.twitter.com/BgWsjyJixw — Patty Jenkins (@PattyJenks) October 24, 2019 One image of Pascal from Wonder Woman 1984 has previously been

Credit: Archie Comics ARCHIE ARCHIE AND KATY KEENE #1 (of 5)There’s a new girl in Riverdale and she’s turning everyone’s heads—and NOT everyone is happy about that! Who is Katy Keene and why is she so Insta-famous and beloved in Riverdale? And, moreover, why is she quickly becoming Archie’s biggest competition? Find out in this