DC Comics has announced three new Tales from the Dark Multiverse comic book one-shots in December, playing off previous big event storylines including for the first time, the first Metal arc. Could the Joker Snake be eating its own tale? TALES FROM THE DARK MULTIVERSE: WAR OF THE GODS #1 (December 1) Written by VITA […]
DC's departure from Diamond was the first big change that has come about, as other changes, such as the upcoming departure of many of DC's editorial staff, have grabbed a lot of attention. One change that didn't get quite as much attention was the change over of going from the DC Giant Line to DC […]
Yesterday's Justice League #52 by Robert Venditti and Xermanico saw the DC superhero team captured and subject to the Black Mercy rose, each showing them their dreams, made real, and keeping them trapped until they – or others -could find a way to be free. Created by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons for the 1985 […]
It's hard when you are a fictional character and everyone has forgotten about you. Madelyne Pryor knows that over in Hellions, right? But what about Superboy Prime? In today's Shazam #14, the returning Superboy Prime has a similar attitude to everything. If you recall, Superboy-Prime is from a parallel Earth called Earth-Prime, devoid of any […]
Later today, DC Comics will issue their November 2020 solicitations. But before then, we have Frankensteined a few together as a bit of a teaser… beginning with a design variant cover for Batman #101 of the new character Ghost-maker. BATMAN #102 By James Tynion IV, Guillem March and Tomeu Morey. First appearance of Ghost-maker. Dark […]
DC Comics cares a lot about the Super-Pets, so much so they will go to court against Netflix to defend them. But this November, as The Batman Who Laughs Batmanhattan The Darkest Knight is creating his own New 52 full of darkest versions of reality. Definitely not a commentary on Dan DiDio, right? Surely not. […]
Death Metal has excelled as being a kind of anti-Event. Sometimes publishers will run a comedy/parody tie-in book alongside an event, rarely will they make the parody book the actual event. But that is basically what Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo have created. While Marvel Comics is publishing a treatise on empire and gardening tips, […]
Since the shenanigans last issue, the Justice League is running a planet full of people that hate each other. No, not this one, a wholly alien one, where they have taken over by force and are ruling with even less actual knowledge and attention to detail than the leaders of their collective world of origin. Once […]
DC Comics Full Solicitations from October 2020 – the non-Frankensteined version. And leading with Batman #100 and Rorschach #1 – but there are endings as well… looks like DC Comics is also going through a few prominent cuts… BATMAN #100 written by JAMES TYNION IV art and wraparound cover by JORGE JIMENEZ backup stories art […]
The team is in deep space and discovers themselves in deep philosophical trouble in Justice League #48. They stumble into a very messed up situation and, through a well-meaning but ultimately problematic phone call, make it dramatically worse. The core ideas here — an internecine struggle between two parts of an alien culture, the challenge […]
Once upon a time, DC Comics was going to produce a musical stage show starring the Justice League Of America aimed at the student college circuit. This is how it looked in 1972 as the show was offered to college venue buyers. To avoid your squints, and from a time when DC Comics was still […]
Every week your Local Comic Book Shop, hopefully, gets in a weekly assortment of comics, trades, posters, action figures, and other goodies from Diamond. Now some of these goodies sell out fast from your LCBS, so Tuesday and Wednesday LCBS retailers get on the phone (more often the computer) and let Diamond know they need more. Or […]
DC Comics has been improving its portrayal of Britain of late. While Marvel Comics decided to place Cambridge University in London, DC Comics put Wonder Woman there instead, and did a pretty good job of portraying the city. Today's Justice League takes a trip to Liverpool, and the football teams who play there, as writer […]
By June 21st Walmarts through the United States are supposed to have 4 Packs of "new" DC comics in stock, displayed, and ready to sell. It's ironic that 2 years to the day that the Walmart "exclusive" Giant line was annouced (it was June 22nd 2018), DC ends that line and instead gives Walmart four […]
Of late you haven't been able to move without DC comics characters realising that Crises have happened within their continuity, resetting their lives, rewriting them, deleting them and even restoring them. Whether it's Superman and Lois Lane having contradictory versions of their own lives co-existing with each other. Or future Batmen avoiding being other versions […]
We knew about Death Metal: Speed Metal but Death Metal: Trinity Crisis and Death Metal: Multiverse's End are new to us… take a look at DC Comics' September 2020 solicitations, available in comic shops through UCS, Lunar and now Diamond UK… Detective Comics #1027 Written By Brian Michael Bendis, Kelly Sue Deconnick, Matt Fraction, Tom […]
On the evening of June 2nd, 1932, the father of a young Jewish immigrant collapsed during a late-night robbery at his thrift store. His son, inspired by his own helplessness, went on to create arguably one of the most influential superheroes in history; a man immune to bullets and the ability to stop any crime […]
DC Comics has revealed its proper, full solicitations for August 2020 as the industry begins to ramp up back to full service. With lots and lots of Joker – but Harley Quinn's final issue with #75. I don't suppose there's any chance of a 5G Harley Quinn reboot? BATMAN: THREE JOKERS #1 written by GEOFF […]
Man, it's a long time since Bleeding Cool broke the news about a) a sequel to Metal by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo. that b) it would be called Death Metal and c) showed off artwork, all through pounding shoes on pavements. But pandemic or no pandemic, we are finally getting there. It was James […]
