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An iconic duo reunite in a preview of next week’s Wolverine: Infinity Watch #1. WOLVERINE: INFINITY WATCH #1 (of 5)GERRY DUGGAN (W) • ANDY MACDONALD (A)Cover by Giuseppe CamuncoliVARIANT COVER BY MIKE McKONESKRULLS VARIANT COVER BY JEE HYUNG LEEVARIANT COVER BY SKOTTIE YOUNGWolverine has finally returned, disentwined from the evil clutches of Soteira…but hang on,

Logan and Cyke begin reforming the X-Men in a preview of next week’s Uncanny X-Men #12. UNCANNY X-MEN #12MATTHEW ROSENBERG (W) • SALVADOR LARROCA (A/C)CHARACTER VARIANT COVER BY SUPERLOGAfter the devastating events of “X-Men Disassembled,” it falls to Cyclops to rebuild the X-Men in the face of overwhelming hatred. Thankfully, he’s not the only X-Man

Credit: Brandon Thomas/Khary Randolph/Emilio Lopez (Image Comics/Skybound Entertainment) Credit: Brandon Thomas/Khary Randolph/Emilio Lopez (Image Comics/Skybound Entertainment) Writer Brandon Thomas and Khary Randolph are launching a new creator-owned series at Image Comics/Skybound Entertainment called Excellence. Set in a world of magic and a secret society of black magicians, Excellence is scheduled to debut May 8. “Spencer

Credit: Kabam Credit: Kabam Press Release Kabam, a world leader of developing entertaining, immersive, and highly social multiplayer games for mobile devices, and Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc. announced they are partnering together to release an arcade version of the award-winning mobile fighting game Marvel Contest of Champions and it is launching today in North

Check out a preview of next week’s Archie & Me Jumbo Comics Digest #15. ARCHIE AND ME JUMBO COMICS DIGEST #15BRAND NEW LEAD STORY: “Hamburger App Hunt” Dilton’s developed a smartphone app as that tracks golden hamburgers that have been hidden all around Riverdale—and whoever finds the most wins a free month of food from

Credit: Marvel Studios Credit: Marvel Studios Early tracking for Marvel Studios’ Captain Marvel projects that the film could take in $100 million in its March 8 opening weekend, according to Deadline. If so, the Brie Larson-led film would be only the third MCU solo/origin launch film to meet or exceed $100m domestically in its first

Credit: Marvel Comics Captain Marvel‘s theatrical release is just around the corner, and star Brie Larson is already thinking about a potential sequel – and about bringing Kamala Khan (a.k.a. Ms. Marvel) in to a future film. “My dream would be that Ms. Marvel would come into play [in the sequel],” Larson told an audience

Credit: DC Universe Credit: DC Universe If you’re smitten with the DC Universe, there’s good news for you – the feeling is mutual. In honor of Valentine’s Day, DC Universe has released a set of Valentines featuring characters from its shows Titans and Doom Patrol – complete with requisite romantic puns. All the Valentines can

Credit: David Finch (Marvel Comics) Credit: David Finch (Marvel Comics) Writer Gerry Duggan and artist Mike Deodato will launch a new series titled Savage Avengers this May – and the team’s line-up features none other than Conan the Barbarian. Savage Avengers will take a deadly line-up of heroes into the Savage Land alongside Conan, who

Credit: Dynamite Entertainment Credit: Dynamite Entertainment Dynamite has released the first teaser for a “mega crossover” the publisher is planning for later this year. This first reveal features Red Sonja dressed as a football player. There appear to be three blacked-out figures with her, so assumedly there are three more teasers to come. The publisher

Credit: Stanley “Artgerm” Lau (DC) Credit: Joelle Jones (DC) Writer Ram V. and artist John Timms are stepping in to draw a surprise one-off issue of DC’s Catwoman #9 this March. The duo are taking over the March 13 issue from series writer Joelles Jones and artist Fernando Blanco. “When crooks break into the pawn

Credit: Jeff Dekal (DC) Credit: Chris Mooneyham (DC) Writer Zack Kaplan has been named as the new co-writer of February 20’s Nightwing #57 alongside Scott Lobdell. DC doesn’t specify if Kaplan will be continuing on the title past this issue – neither DC’s website nor Diamond Comic Distributors’ lists him for issues #58 and #59.

Credit: Rod Reis (Valiant Entertainment) Credit: Rod Reis (Valiant Entertainment) Press Release “FINALLY, THE PSI-LORDS HAVE COME BACK TO THE VALIANT UNIVERSE!” exclaimed Senior Editorial Director Robert Meyers. “After years of teases, red herrings, and misdirects, we are so excited to announce one of the most requested books from Valiant: PSI-LORDS.” That’s right! As first revealed

Credit: Marvel Comics Credit: Marvel Comics Marvel’s original Star Wars comic book series ended in 1988 with #107, but now writer Matthew Rosenberg and a host of artists are bringing that first Star Wars series back for one more issue, a special #108 that also brings back some of the series’ classic storylines and characters

Credit: Elsa Charretier (Archie Comics) Credit: Veronica Fish (Archie Comics) Archie Comics’ long-running Archie title is getting a new name – and dual numbering. Beginning with May’s #705, the series will be titled Archie and Sabrina to signal the two characters’ romance has finally gone public. “The biggest revelation from Nick’s first arc was that

Sugar Rae, Einstein, and Desiree are off for adventure in a preview of May 1’s Hashtag: Danger #1. HASHTAG: DANGER #1(W) Tom Peyer, Paul Constant(A) Chris Giarrusso, Fred Harper(C) Richard WilliamsExploding from the pages of High Heaven, three scientific adventurers face strange creatures, lost civilizations, and supernatural threats–when they’re not too busy being complete jerks

Josh Brolin Credit: Featureflash Photo Agency / Shutterstock.com Credit: Chris White (Avalon Hill Game Company) Josh Brolin has signed on to play Gurney Halleck in Legendary Pictures’ Dune reboot, according to Deadline. In Frank Herbert’s Dune novels, Halleck is a weapons master and minstrel who works for the Atreides family. He mentors young Paul Atreides

Credit: Mark Brooks (Marvel Comics) Lauren Shuler Donner Credit: Joe Seer / Shutterstock.com X-Men film producer Lauren Shuler-Donner says she once had plans to do an entirely female centric X-Women movie through 20th Century Fox, though her plans ultimately fell through. “I frankly wanted to see an X-Women movie,” Shuler-Donner told Decider while discussing the franchise she

Credit: Trevor Hairsine (DC) Injustice writer Tom Taylor has been cryptically foreshadowing a new DC story titled DCeased – which may involve a zombie apocalypse overtaking the DC Universe. In a series of Twitter posts, Taylor offered brief quotes and teases for whatever DCeased winds up being – including art from recent Heroes in Crisis

Read the full first issue of Magdalene Visaggio and Jason Smith’s Vagrant Queen from Vault Comics, coinciding with the series’ TPB in-stores this week. The duo spoke with Newsarama about the series earlier, which you can read here. VAGRANT QUEEN TPBWritten by: Magdalene VisaggioArt & Cover by: Jason SmithColors by: Harry SaxonLetters by: Zakk SaamDesigner:

Credit: Fox Fox’s The Gifted showrunner Matt Nix doesn’t think the show will get a full third season on network television – but he does think there’s hope for life for the series yet as a streaming show. “I don’t anticipate a 22-episode season on broadcast but I’d love to be wrong,” Nix told SlashFilm while discussing

Credit: Tapas Media Tapas Media has introduced a new dog mascot that will serve as a ‘companion’ to the webcomics company’s original mascot, Tapamon. 24-year-old Australian illustrator Bilvy Jay Lee designed the winning entry, winning out over almost 600 other submissions. Credit: Bilvy Jay Lee (Tapas Media) In addition to illustration work, Lee also runs

Credit: Ken Lashley (Marvel Comics) Credit: Ken Lashley (Marvel Comics) In May, Peter Parker is webslinging his way into War of the Realms – but he’s not coming alone. Spider-Man will be leading a League of Realms composed of warriors from throuout the Ten Realms in a self-titled limited series tie-in to the linewide event

Grant Morrison Credit: Vintage USA Network has ordered a live action television series based on Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World – with Grant Morrison involved, according to Variety. Morrison is working on the pilot with David Wiener and Brian Taylor, with the project originally set-up in 2015 at USA’s sister company Syfy under the NBCUniveral

Credit: DC/Nickelodeon Credit: Freddie Williams II (IDW Publishing / DC) James Tynion IV and Freddie Williams II’s landmark 2015 crossover Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is being adapted as an animated film as part of a new partnership with DC and Nickelodeon. First reported by SYFY Wire, this cartoon feature is scheduled to be released on

Credit: Netflix/Marvel Television A day after a series of four Marvel animated Marvel series culminating with a fifth was announced to be in development for the Hulu streaming service, TheWrap industriously asked Hulu if the service would be open to reviving any of the Netflix live-action Marvel properties their Offenders series may or may not be modeled after. 

Credit: IDW Credit: IDW Cartoonist and Life of Agony bassist Alan Robert is planning a spooky new treat for the 2019 Halloween season – a new installment of his The Beauty of Horror series titled Tricks and Treats. The Beauty of Horror: Tricks and Treats brings back Ghouliana – the ghost host of Robert’s previous

Credit: IDW Publishing Credit: IDW Publishing Press Release SAN DIEGO, CA (February 12, 2019) – Beginning in April, IDW Publishing will launch an all-new front in the War on Drugs with the official Narcos comic book series, an original story set within the continuity of the first season of the drama series, a Netflix Original