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Credit: DC Credit: DC Spoilers ahead for this week’s Heroes in Crisis #7. Heroes in Crisis #7 just made Wally West a leading suspect in the mass murder at Sanctuary. The issue also showed Wally bringing Poison Ivy back to life (and we think, maybe, our prediction from a few months ago was right, that

Credit: Sanford Greene/Ron Wimberly/Clayton Cowles (Image Comics) Credit: Sanford Greene (Image Comics) Bitter Root has been optioned as a live-action feature film by Legendary Pictures, according to Deadline. The comic book’s co-creators David F. Walker, Sanford Greene, and Chuck Brown will reportedly be among the executive producers. “[With Bitter Root, we’re] mixing action and horror,

Credit: Swords & Sassery Credit: Swords & Sassery Press Release ComiXology, Amazon’s premier digital comics service, dropped a surprise new series today, the first issue of Stone Star, a 5-part sci-fi, action-adventure comic series by Jim Zub (Champions, Avengers: No Road Home, Rick & Morty vs Dungeons & Dragons) and Max Dunbar (Champions, Dungeons &

Credit: J.J. Abrams (Lucasfilm) An image purported to be a Star Wars: Episode IX poster is floating around on the interwebs. Our sister site GamesRadar+ picked is up here: Star Wars 9 poster leak brings out the Knights of Ren and gives C-3PO a bowcaster https://t.co/u1WCEAbBEY pic.twitter.com/BzSokf9j7J — GamesRadar+ (@GamesRadar) March 27, 2019 That’s right

Credit: N3TWORK Credit: N3TWORK Press Release N3TWORK, a leading mobile game company, has partnered with global content leaders Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF.A, LGF.B) and Millennium Media to bring the iconic characters of Hellboy to the mobile fantasy puzzle RPG, Legendary: Game of Heroes. Credit: N3TWORK As the debut licensed partnership in Legendary: Game of Heroes, the

Check out a first look at History of the Marvel Universe, an upcoming project by writer (and defacto Marvel historian) Mark Waid and artists Javier Rodriguez and Alvaro Lopez. Announced at C2E2 last Friday, History of the Marvel Universe is one of the key projects in Marvel’s 80th Anniversary celebration this year. The six-issue series

Credit: Marvel Studios Credit: Marvel Studios In a wide-ranging feature profile in The Hollywood Reporter on Captain America/Avengers: Endgame‘s Chris Evans, among the topics the trade addresses with the actor is Marvel Studios’ view of his active and potentially polarizing political commentary on social media.  THR describes Evans as often “camped out on Twitter” at @ChrisEvans,

Credit: Greg Capullo/Jonathan Glapion/FCO Plascencia (DC) Long-time DC Senior Editor Chris Conroy is leaving the Batman group offices to work on the company’s Black Label and Vertigo lines, and specifically heading up the Sandman Universe titles. Conroy’s final Batman title is this week’s Detective Comics #1000, as he announced on Twitter. “Good morning, and I

Credit: IDW Entertainment IDW Media Holdings, Inc. has hired J.P. Morgan to help in a company review for a possible sale (or other alternatives) to “maximize stockholder value and realize the full potential of its vast content library and pipeline.” IDW is the parent company of IDW Publishing. “IDWM continues to build on its extensive

Credit: Marvel Comics Credit: Marvel Comics Marvel Comics is overshipping three March 27 titles – Daredevil #3, Invaders #3, and Marvel Comics Presents #3. Overshipping is where publishers send out extra copies of an issue at no cost to a retailer. Marvel is doubling all amounts of Invaders #3 and Marvel Comics Presents #3 for

Read the first full issue of John Layman and Joe Eisma’s Charlie’s Angels ahead of the release of the full collected edition by Dynamite Entertainment. Charlie’s Angels TPwriter: John Layman    artist: Joe Eisma    cover: Joe EismaFC  |  124 pages  |  $19.99  |   Teen+  The Angels are back, baby! — The original Angels, Jill, Kelly and

Credit: Marvel Studios In a new featurette preceding the film, the cast and crew of Avengers: Endgame recap what happened in the final moments of Infinity Wars and make it clear just how much is at stake for Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. Check it out: [embedded content] Avengers: Endgame opens in theaters April 26.

Credit: Hero Tomorrow Apama The Undiscovered Animal #10It’s finally here – the full origin story of TAP DANCE KILLER! When flirty, mega-talented actress Nikki St Clair invites Ilyia to audition for a horror show musical he figures it’ll be welcome break from his ever-tragic superhero gig. But things take a surreal turn when the show’s dastardly and diabolical Vaude-Villains become the

Credit: BOOM! Studios Credit: BOOM! Studios Press Release BOOM! Studios today revealed details of their groundbreaking upgrades to their BOOM! Guarantee retailer rewards program, first announced last month at the ComicsPRO Annual Meeting (where the publisher received the prestigious Industry Award). With the introduction of this new benefit to the BOOM! Guarantee program – which

Credit: Joe Bennett/Ruy Jose/Paul Mounts (Marvel Comics) Credit: Alex Ross (Marvel Comics) The Immortal Hulk #15Written by Al EwingArt by Joe Bennett, Ruy Jose and Paul MountsLettering by Cory PetitPublished by Marvel ComicsReview by David Pepose‘Rama Rating: 8 out of 10 Credit: Joe Bennett/Ruy Jose/Paul Mounts (Marvel Comics) Writer Al Ewing’s thoughtfully constructed mythology on

Credit: Megan and Jorge Lacera (Children’s Book Press) Credit: Megan and Jorge Lacera (Children’s Book Press) Press Release In a new zombie picture book, Mauricio “Mo” Romero is a young zombie with a deep, dark secret: he loves vegetables. But everyone knows that zombies don’t eat veggies! Can Mo’s special gazpacho convince his carnivorous parents

A large series of new Avengers: Endgame posters appeared Tuesday morning on social media under the hashtag #AvengersEndgame with the phrase “Avenge the Fallen.” The new solo character posters seemingly spotlight the survivors of ‘The Snap’ in color imagery, with the characters who were ‘Snapped’ (or otherwise perished in Infinity War) memorialized in black &

Press Release Everyone is a target as ABSOLUTE CARNAGE takes over the Marvel Universe, hooking its symbiote into every hero! To celebrate the release of the epic summer event, Marvel is releasing a series of “Carnage-ized” variant covers that reimagine some of Marvel’s iconic heroes as victims of the deadly symbiote! First revealed at the

Credit: Mad Cave Studios HONOR AND CURSE #5Writer: Mark LondonArtist/Cover: Nicolas SalamancaColorist: TekinoLetterer: Miguel ZapataGenshi and Nishiro learn the whereabouts of the only person capable of controlling Genshi’s Tengu, the Elder One. Meanwhile, Lord Haruki is bent on turning the village against Genshi and sends a group of men, led by Toho and Takeshi, after

Credit: 20th Century Fox Credit: 20th Century Fox With the Disney/21st Century Fox buyout now complete, observers are still speculating as to what the ultimate fate of the Fox-produced/Disney-owned New Mutants film will be. And now Wolfsbane actor Maisie Williams says even she’s not sure what’s going on with the movie, which began filming in

Credit: Lucasfilm Credit: Marvel Comics Marvel has announced plans for a free Star Wars sampler to be distributed by participating comic stores on the franchise’s annual May the 4th event (as in “May the 4th/Force Be With you”). Marvel’s sampler will include previews of Galaxy’s Edge, Age of Rebellion – Boba Fett, Tie Fighter, and

Credit: Marvel Studios Credit: Marvel Studios So we’ve all see Captain Marvel by now, right? We can proceed with only minor spoilers warnings? Over the last week respected comic book veteran Roy Thomas has been cited regarding his disappointment that Marvel Studios did not portray the Skrulls in their more classic villainous light in Captain

Credit: George Marston (Newsarama) Credit: New Line Cinema Moviegoers who didn’t catch this Saturday’s sneak preview of Shazam! may have a hard time avoiding spoilers over the next two weeks. A key part of the climax of the film is being spoiled in toys stores around the country with tie-in action figures for the film

Credit: Sony Pictures Credit: Sony Pictures Credit: Sony Pictures Credit: Sony Pictures Sony has released three new Spider-Man: Far From Home posters featuring Spidey in his new darker suit in various European tourist hotspots.  Peter touring Europe with his Academic Decathlon teammates is the narrative throughline of the sequel. There he encounters who may (or

Credit: Kathy Hutchins / Shutterstock.com Credit: Marvel Comics Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige spoke at length about the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe in a hefty chat with ScreenRant, hinting at a variety of future projects from a potential Young Avengers like spin-off, to the Eternals as a document of MCU history, and even Ms. Marvel.