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Credit: Juan Calle (Immedium) Credit: Juan Calle (Immedium) Press Release Immedium announces the publication of the children’s picture book The Discovery of Anime and Manga. Written by comic book veterans Phil Amara and Oliver Chin and illustrated by artist Juan Calle, this is the third tale in the fascinating and informative series The Asian Hall

By Pierce Lydon, Best Shots Reviewer July 23, 2019 06:43am ET Credit: The CW Credit: The CW Batwoman, Season 1 Episode 1Directed by Marco SiegaWritten by Caroline DriesStarring Ruby Rose, Meagan Tandy, Camrus Johnson, Nicole Kang, Dougray ScottProduced Berlanti Productions, Mad Ghost Productions, DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. Television‘Rama Rating: 6 out of 10 The

Credit: Mariner Books Markella Kavenagh has been cast as a new character, Tyra, in Amazon’s Lord of the Ring TV series, according to Variety. If accurate, Kavenagh would be the first actor reported for the series. No photo of the actor was available at presstime. Kavenagh is best known for her role in the Australian

Credit: Marvel Comics Credit: Marvel Comics Just hours after the close of Comic Con International: San Diego, Marvel is back at it with a new teaser prepping the Marvel Universe for a new, anonymous monarch. The teaser, seen here, appears to be drawn by Chris Bachalo. It features a blacked out figure in a crown

Credit: Marvel Comics Credit: Marvel Comics Marvel Comics is encouraging comic book store retailers to hold launch parties for the upcoming Spider-Man #1 by writers J.J. Abrams & Henry Abrams with artist Sara Pichelli. The book is scheduled to debut September 18. “Gather and celebrate the launch of Spider-Man #1 (of 5) (JUL190833) on September

Shannen Doherty Credit: Kurt Iswarienko (The CW) Press Release Riverdale executive producer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa announced at Sunday’s Comic-Con 2019® panel that the season four premiere will feature a special tribute to Luke Perry. Perry’s longtime friend and former costar Shannen Doherty will guest star in a special role in the episode, which will air Wednesday,

Credit: Marvel Studios Marvel Studios finally unveiled its Black Widow solo movie during their Hall H panel at Comic Con International: San Diego, and after the announcement, star Scarlett Johansson was on hand to offer some insight into what the long-awaited film will focus on. “You actually get to all the questions you may have had

Credit: CW EW is reporting Monday evening that actor Elizabeth Tulloch will reprise her role as Lois Lane in the 5-hour 2019-2020-bridging “Crisis on Infinite Earths” Arrowverse event. The entertainment mag is also reporting the crossover will feature the debut of Lois and Clark’s child.  Tyler Hoechlin will reprise his role as Superman opposite Tulloch and

Credit: Chip Zdarsky (Marvel Comics) Credit: DC Batman #75Written by Tom KingArt by Tony S. Daniel, Mitch Gerads, and Tomeu MoreyLettering by Clayton CowlesPublished by DCReview by Justin Partridge‘Rama Rating: 9 out of 10 “City of Bane” kicks off with a poetic slice of worldbuilding in Batman #75. Pieced together by another dip by Tom

Credit: DC DC promised Direct Market comic book retailers a chance to check out and advance order a series of acetate covers for select DC Universe titles in November, and here they are.  We’ll update with the remainder of DC’s November solicitations next month.  Check out DC’s full October solicitations here and a gallery of

Credit: DC Check out an advanced preview of DC’s November solicitations here and a gallery of all of the October covers here. BASKETFUL OF HEADS #1written by JOE HILLart by LEOMACSbackup story art by CREDITcover by REIKO MURAKAMIcard stock variant cover by JOSHUA MIDDLETONThe rain lashes the grassy dunes of Brody Island, and seagulls scream

Credit: Marvel Studios Credit: Marvel Studios Saturday while Marvel Studios was lighting the internet on fire with a bonkers presentation announcing a bevy of new films and Disney+ TV shows in the MCU’s future, Disney was celebrating the MCU present, making the somewhat surprise announcement Avengers: Endgame passed Avatar on the all-time global international box office

By Kat Calamia, Newsarama Contributor July 21, 2019 10:55am ET Credit: Gustavo Duarte (DC Comics/DC Zoom) Like the Sunday edition of The Daily Planet, DC is delivering here on Sunday’s Comic-Con International: San Diego with a look at its middlegrade titles. Dear Justice League‘s Gustavo Duarte, DC Super Heor Girls‘ Agnes Garbowska, and Superman of

Credit: DC Eisner-winning Mister Miracle creative team Tom King and Mitch Gerads and artist Evan Shaner will create Strange Adventures for DC – a new series starring Adam Strange that appears to grapple with dark questions of the Rann/Thanagar war. Here’s the announcement, from Twitter, with covers by Gerads and Shaner: 2020KING • SHANER •

Credit: Rod Reis (Marvel Comics) Marvel Comics’ head X-Men writer Jonathan Hickman is here, ready to talk about the franchise in light of the announcement of numerous new ongoing mutant titles this fall. After Powers of X and House of X, Hickman will be writing the flagship X-Men title as well as co-writing New Mutants

By Pierce Lydon, Newsarama Contributor July 21, 2019 09:55am ET Credit: Philip Tan (DC) DC co-Publisher (and upcoming Metal Men writer) Dan DiDio opens up the SDCC Sunday programming with a group panel talking about upcoming releases from DC. So far this weekend DC has been thin on announcements, so we’ll see what this panel

Credit: CW CW unveiled a slew of trailers for its DC TV shows Arrow, Flash, Supergirl, and Black Lightning during the network’s Comic Con International: San Diego presentation – and now, those trailers have surfaced online for the public. Here’s what they showed: The Flash [embedded content] Supergirl [embedded content] Black Lightning  [embedded content] Arrow

Credit: DC Universe The first trailer for DC Universe’s Harley Quinn (with Big Bang Theory‘s Kaley Cuoco as Harley) has been released. There’s some mature content in the video, so be prepared – and watch out for that Joker shot. [embedded content] Harley Quinn is anticipated to debut this fall on the DC Universe streaming

Credit: DC Justice League writer Scott Snyder is returning to creator-owned comic books in a big way this year – with Saturday’s Undiscovered Country announcement being just the first in a wide swath of titles coming up. And Snyder is here now on a breezy SDCC Sunday afternoon, talking about his upcoming projects with Giuseppe Camuncoli,

Credit: Marvel Studios Marvel Studios publicly announced its plans for ‘Phase 4’ – yes, that’s officially what the post-Avengers: Endgame slate is called – and what isn’t planned for release by 2021 is almost as surprising as what is on the horizon. Along with a slate of ten sequels, new properties, and even in-continuity MCU tie-in

Wait … what?? Credit: Marvel Studios Marvel Studios won the Internets Saturday night with their star-studded, announcement-filled, total-surprises-holding Hall H panel at Comic-Con: International.  You’ve probably already read ALL the news by now, so check out some of the highlights in these video recaps of the event.  Part One Part Two

Credit: Valiant Entertainment Come see Todd McFarlane (president at Image Comics, creator of Spawn) and surprise guests from the creative teams of Spawn #300 and #301. This inside look at the creation of these landmark issues help begin the celebration as Spawn becomes the longest-running, creator-owned comic book in the world. And you can follow along

Fans at Comic-Con: International Saturday got their first look at images and characters from the upcomung CBS All Access animated comedy series, Star Trek: Lower Decks, which will follow the support crew on one of Starfleet’s least important ships. The 10-episode first season is scheduled to premiere in 2020. Lower Decks co-creator and executive producer

Credit: DC All heroes on deck, as DC hosts a “Superheroes of DC” panel Saturday at Comic-Con International: San Diego. DC seems to be building up to some big announcements – will this be the panel they do it in? We’ll see, but regardless we’re bound for some interesting conversation and insight on current and

Credit: John McCrea (Image Comics) Credit: John McCrea/Mike Spicer (Image Comics) Gerry Duggan and John McCrea’s short-lived 2018 Image Comics title Dead Rabbit is returning with a new name and a new #1. Now titled Dead Eyes, the first issue is scheduled to hit shelves October 2 with an oversized #1. “We’re very happy to