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Credit: ABC Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman actor Eddie Jones has passed away at the age of 82 according to a Facebook post from the Interact Theater Company, with whom Jones reportedly had a longstanding association as a performer and colleague. “Our treasured longtime member, dear friend and trusted colleague, Eddie Jones, passed away

Credit: Warner Bros. Joker writer/director Todd Phillips says his version of the Clown Prince of Crime, played by Joaquin Phoenix, has an entirely new origin story not derived from comic books. “We didn’t follow anything from the comic-books, which people are gonna be mad about,” Phillips told Empire. “We just wrote our own version of where a

Avengers: Age of Ultron cast at Comic-Con 2014 Credit: Marvel Studios The official schedule for Comic-Con International: San Diego has added a presentation from Marvel Studios to take place in the notorious Hall H on the Saturday evening of the convention. Here’s the description for the event, for which the only announced guest is Marvel

Credit: Marvel Studios The Marvel Cinematic Universe name for Thanos’ use of the Infinity Gauntlet to kill half the life in the universe has seemingly undergone an evolution since it took place in 2018’s Avengers: Infinity War, with its latest moniker – ‘the Blip’ – coming up several times in the now-in-theaters Spider-Man: Far From

Credit: Walt Disney Pictures The first teaser trailer for Disney’s live-action adaptation of Mulan has premiered. Check it out: [embedded content] Mulan stars Yifei Liu as Mulan; Donnie Yen as Commander Tung; Jason Scott Lee as Böri Khan; Yoson An as Cheng Honghui; with Gong Li as Xianniang and Jet Li as the Emperor. Mulan

Credit: Sony Pictures Credit: Sony Pictures Spoilers ahead from Spider-Man: Far From Home. A brief mention of Kree splinter cells in Spider-Man: Far From Home in a conversation between ‘Nick Fury’ and ‘Maria Hill’ is evidence that the generations-long war is still going on in the present day of MCU 2024, according to Marvel Studios President

Credit: Sony Pictures Credit: Sony Pictures Entertainment Spoilers ahead for Spider-Man: Far From Home. Spider-Man: Far From Home‘s buzzy mid-credits scene was more than just a shock to moviegoers, but it will have significant reverberations and be the major Peter Parker story going into the third planned Spider-Man film, according to Marvel Studios President Kevin

Credit: Sony Pictures/Marvel Studios Credit: Sony Pictures/Marvel Studios Spoilers ahead for Spider-Man: Far From Home. Mysterio’s explanation of a Marvel Cinematic Universe Multiverse might have been shot down as a deceptive ploy in Spider-Man: Far From Home, but Marvel Studios’ President Kevin Feige is re-confirming that the MCU multiverse is indeed real. When asked if

By Adrian Care, Best Shots Reviewer July 5, 2019 12:45pm ET Credit: Trevor Hairsine/Stefano Guadiano/Rainier Beredo (DC) Credit: Trevor Hairsine/Stefano Guadiano/Rainier Beredo (DC) DCeased #3Written by Tom TaylorArt by Trevor Hairsine, Stefano Gaudiano and Rain BeredoLettering by Saida TemofontePublished by DC‘Rama Rating: 8 out of 10 Even when telling a story based on a simple

World’s most one-sided fist fight? Find out as Jayna takes on the Justice League in this preview of July 10’s Wonder Twins #6. WONDER TWINS #6written by MARK RUSSELLart and cover by STEPHEN BYRNEvariant cover by EMANUELA LUPACCHINO and RAY McCARTHYThe Scrambler has given the world one month to fix everything—or else suffer “The Great

Credit: Axe/Marvel Marvel Comics and hygiene product company Axe have teamed up for a new team of promotional superheroes called the Fresh-Men . Here’s a trailer explaining the story behind the scent-themed superheroes, which bears some resemblance to a certain similarly-named Marvel Comics property.  [embedded content] Described as “the world’s chillest and freshest smelling superheroes,”

Credit: Richard Pace (AHOY Comics) Credit: Amanda Conner/Paul Mounts (AHOY Comics) Jesus Christ returns to Earth with AHOY Comics’ Second Coming – and his first superhero team-up. Originally slated for DC’s Vertigo imprint before even that vaunted ‘mature readers’ imprint found Mark Russell and Richard Pace’s story too mature, Second Coming is now coming out

Get face-to-face with the new U-Go Girl in this preview of July 10’s Giant-Sized X-Statix #1, and read more about what’s in store directly from writer Peter Milligan and artist Mike Allred. GIANT-SIZED X-STATIX #1PETER MILLIGAN (W) • MICHAEL ALLRED (A/C)VARIANT COVER BY Aaron KuderThey’re back and more alive than ever for this special one-shot!

By Pierce Lydon, Best Shots Reviewer July 5, 2019 11:30am ET Credit: Mike Perkins/Paul Mounts (DC) Credit: Mike Perkins/Paul Mounts (DC) Lois Lane #1Written by Greg RuckaArt by Mike Perkins and Paul MountsLettering by Simon BowlandPublished by DC‘Rama Rating: 8 out of 10 Credit: Mike Perkins/Paul Mounts (DC) One of the best parts of any

The end of the second Port of Earth story-arc in a preview of July 17’s #12. PORT OF EARTH #12WRITER: ZACK KAPLANARTIST / COVER: ANDREA MUTTIJULY 17 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99END OF STORY ARCSeattle is scheduled for destruction in order to protect Earth from an alien outbreak. But to protect

Credit: Javier Fernandez/Bruno Redondo (DC) Credit: Bruno Redondo (DC) Spoilers ahead for this week’s Justice League #27. In Justice League #27, the Justice League knows all about the various DC “crises” — from the “infinite” ones to the “final” — and some of them even remember the events. Superman remembers Final Crisis, and Barry Allen

By Justin Partridge, Best Shots Reviewer July 5, 2019 10:00am ET Credit: Charlie Adlard/Cliff Rathburn (Image Comics/Skybound Entertainment) Credit: Charlie Adlard (Image Comics/Skybound Entertainment) The Walking Dead #193Written by Robert KirkmanArt by Charlie Adlard and Cliff RathburnLettering by Rus WootonPublished by Image Comics‘Rama Rating: 10 out of 10 Spoilers ahead. ”Wherever you are, whatever you’re

Credit: Sony Pictures Credit: Sony Pictures Sony Pictures’ Spider-Man: Far From Home has snapped up $310 million at the global box office so far – with expectations it’ll hit $500m by Sunday night, according to Deadline. That breaks down to $91.5m domestically and $218.5m internationally. The Spider-Man sequel got an early start in China, Japan

Credit: Agnes Garbowska (IDW Publishing) Credit: IDW Publishing The bears are back – and they’re coming to comic books. The iconically cute Care Bears are back with a hit animated series on Boomerang and now with a three-issue comic book series debuting July 10. While some might peg these as nostalgia acts, these emotionally-coded anthromorphic

Credit: Ozgur Yildirim (Marvel Comics) Updated July 3, 2019: Marvel have adjusted their overship plans for July 17’s Loki #1. Wheras last week the publisher informed retailers it would be doubling its pre-FOC orders, Marvel now says they’ll instead give 50% additional copies – so essentially, instead of ‘pre-order one, get one free,’ it’s ‘pre-order

Credit: Klaus Janson and Matt Hollingsworth (DC Comics) Batman: White Knight writer/artist Sean Gordon Murphy and artists Klaus Janson and Matt Hollingsworth are collaborating on a story featuring Mr. Freeze, as announced by Murphy on Twitter. Murphy didn’t reveal any details of the plot, but did share three pages of art from Janson and Hollingsworth

Credit: TMS Entertainment Credit: TMS Entertainment Katsuhiro Otomo will create a new anime series described as a ‘continuation’ of his iconic cyberpunk manga and anime Akira, as announced at Anime Expo in Los Angeles (via The Hollywood Reporter). No details on the new Akira series, which will be released through Sunrise, were reported by the Hollywood

Credit: Giuseppe Camuncoli/Matt Wilson (Image Comics) After months of teasing, writers Scott Snyder and Charles Soule have unveiled the first look at their upcoming creator-owned series with Image Comics. Credit: Giuseppe Camuncoli/Matt Wilson (Image Comics) Although still currently untitled, the teaser graphic gives a brief description of the premise as well as the artists –

Credit: DC Credit: DC MAD Magazine will be transition to become a reprint magazine with no new content outside its covers following October’s #10. “MAD will be leaving the newstand after issue #9. MAD #9 will land on newsstands in early August with all-new content,” said DC’s Manager of Comic Book Specialty Marketing Adam Phillips

The Fantastic Four’s Sue Storm-Richards gets her first series with Invisible Woman – check out a preview of the first issue here before its July 10 debut. INVISIBLE WOMAN #1 (of 5)MARK WAID (W) • MATTIA DE IULIS (A)Cover by ADAM HUGHESVARIANT COVER BY STEVE MCNIVENHIDDEN GEM VARIANT COVER BY JACK KIRBYVARIANT COVER BY STEPHANIE

Halle Bailey Credit: Walt Disney Pictures Credit: Walt Disney Pictures Halle Bailey has been cast to play Ariel in Disney’s live-action The Little Mermaid adaptation. First reported by Variety, Bailey joins a cast which includes Jacob Tremblay (as Flounder) and Awkwafina (as Scuttle). Melissa McCarthy was previously reported to be in talks to play the

Credit: Skybound Entertainment Credit: Charlie Adlard (Image Comics/Skybound Entertainment) Press Release Image/Skybound is pleased to announce that THE WALKING DEAD #193 by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard—which hit shelves today and concluded the long-running comic book series—is being rushed back to print in order to keep up with customer demand as the news of the

Credit: BOOM! Studios Credit: BOOM! Studios Press Release BOOM! Studios is proud to continue The Road to San Diego, a ten-day spotlight on the most exciting comic book and graphic novel news in advance of Comic Con International in San Diego (July 17-21), with the announcement of the WWE SMACKDOWN LIVE #1. Written by Kevin Panetta