Rich Johnston Archives

  Catwoman #7, initially solicited with artwork by Joelle Jones and Elena Casagrande, has now dropped Jones (though she is still the writer on the

Welcome to the mostly-daily Lying In The Gutters. You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. This is the funniest joke in The Batman Who Laughs,

Batman Creature Of The Night is a prestige mini-series that has been a long time coming from Kurt Busiek and John Paul Leon. The first issue came out over

In Batman Damned we saw some rewriting of the lives of Bruce Wayne's parents, Thomas and Martha Wayne. His parents were shot in Crime Alley, their deaths

During the summer, just after San Diego Comic-Con, Bleeding Cool's Mark Seifert began what would be a curtailed series, Marvel Declassified, looking at

In Watchmen, the reason that there aren't any superhero comic book being published in the eighties is explained away that real-life superheroes had a

Valiant Comics has been tweeting out a few teasers in recent days. This bottle of wine. And this sword. Under the label #ValiantClassified. Now they have

Free Comic Book Day is on May 4th, 2019. But the fifty (ish) titles that will be given away will be announced next week, on the Free Comic Book Day's

Batman doesn't use guns. Not unless something really bad has happened. In the Batman comics that has been explained as a consequence of his parents being

At the beginning of the year, Valiant Entertainment had an Editor-In-Chief in Warren Simons. Bleeding Cool got the scoop he was leaving after the DMG

Man, I thought Marvel were going to do this properly. But no... After running a serious of teases suggesting that Marvel was going to rewrite the history

Three Batman comic books concern the Joker today. And also concern themselves whether he is dead, alive or looks like him. Batman Annual #3 hardly does,

It's weird when related comic books suddenly seem to start telling the same stories. We went through a plague of doppelganger storylines at Marvel Comics

In last week's Batman #60, Commissioner Gordon became a bat man of his own, as he took a baseball bat to the Bat Signal, severing the police department's

Who wants to be a god? There is so much competition these days. Well, Nathan Grey fancies having a go in Uncanny X-Men #5 out today. And decides, with

Today sees the publication of Detective Comics #944, the first issue written by Peter J Tomasi in a role we first reported back in January 2018 and then

It has been rumoured. It has been teased. And on the cover of today's Superman #6 you knew it was coming... But could it be a hoax? A trick? An imaginary

Comic stores have received their Diamond 2019 calendars which helps to see what publishers the distributor will be focusing on and when. January is the DC

Two years ago Spawn Kills Everyone oneshotwas a smash hit from Image Comics, going to multiple printings as Todd McFarlane's Spawn murdered his way

This week's issue of The Avengers #11 from Marvel Comics promises War Of The Realms in four months. But there are other realms it is concerned with in

Welcome to the mostly-daily Lying In The Gutters. You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. Five most-read stories yesterday: Ratched: Ryan Murphy

Tonight, London was treated to a half hour presentation of footage from the upcoming Alita: Battle Angel movie on Cineworld’s IMAX screen on Leicester

I've just run a review for Aquaman, but this is the thing I always get asked. So I thought I'd clarify. No spoilers. After the end of the film proper,

I like superhero films, generally. I think I am genetically predisposed to get the most out of them. And, yes, that does include the likes of Batman Vs

Jean-Marc Lofficier puts together a Writer's Commentary on the Barbarella Holiday Special on sale now from Dynamite. Page One: When I was a kid, most

From Amazing Spider-Man #50 to #52 in 1967, courtesy of Stan Lee and John Romita, Peter Parker gave it all up. Spider-Man No More... because he got no

Getting a comic book graded by CGC as a 2.5 out of 10might sometimes be a disappointment. But for Detective Comics #27 that still means a lot of change.

Courtesy of The Beat comes this preview of tomorrow's Batman Annual #3. And it's the age-old story of the death of Batman's parents told from a different

Alan Moore has written on Facebook about his new film, currently in production, The Show. No seriously, he has. It's on his Official Facebook Page and

It's Rogol Zaar Vs General Zod Vs Superman. And Clark seems to be suffering from a little insecurity and self-doubt. But he only has seconds to get over