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A look at Justice League (Image: WarnerMedia)
This summer will also see more DC Comics film content making its way onto the streaming service in July and August, and let's not forget the upcoming DC Comics-related television content that's on the way (Doom Patrol season 2 being the first that comes to mind, as well as Greg Berlanti's Green Lantern and Strange[...]
Dennis O'Neil, Comic Book Legend, Dies at 81
O'Neil wrote bi-weekly columns for the youth page, and during the slow summer months he filled the space with a series on the revival of the comics industry. This attracted the attention of Roy Thomas who had left DC Comics to work for Stan Lee at Marvel Comics He suggested that O'Neil take the Marvel writer's[...]
DC Comics September 2020
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 King, Grant[...]
Dustjackets Front
It's a very nice book that had several editions.  A standard edition that was released in book stores, a Previews exclusive version that had extra pages, and a deluxe slipcase that was limited to 1000 copies and released at NYCC, signed and numbered by Jim Lee himself with an exclusive Batman print. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item[...]
Rob Liefeld attends the premiere of Disney's "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" on December 16, 2019 in Hollywood, California. Editorial credit: Silvia Elizabeth Pangaro / Shutterstock.com
But also talking DC Comics… When Harley Quinn Had Her Killing Joke Moment in Birds Of Prey Batman Gets a Memorial Statue from Beast Kingdom Supergirl Star Chyler Leigh Comes Out, Shares Her Personal Journey Kevin Maguire Takes Tanga From DC Comics Dan DiDio Talks 5G "Hasty, Sociopathic Decisions" – Image Comics' Publisher On DC Comics Brian Bendis Leaving Superman Is "Sooooo[...]
"Hasty, Sociopathic Decisions" - Image Comics' Publisher On DC Comics
We get a history lesson, a look at the current state of events, and a condemnation of the action taken by DC Comics to rapidly drop Diamond Comic Distributors in favour of two new distributors that they created You can catch up with previous articles on the New Distributor Wars of 2020 right here And[...]
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DC Comics has issued another letter to comic book retailers regarding the current changes in distribution At the end, they state that both two new distributors Lunar and UCS have "solutions and affordable options" for international customers such as the UK No sign of them yet though, we have been promised more this week The[...]
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DC Comics are launching Batman: The Joker War Zone one-shot, as Bleeding Cool teased back in May – though we may have jumped the gun just a little And ooh, it includes a story by John Ridley… Gotham City is a battleground as The Joker takes over the Wayne fortune and wages a street war against[...]
Today More DC Comics Characters Realise They Were Rebooted (Spoilers)
He joined DC Comics in 2018, taking over the Superman books from Action Comics #1000, introduced characters like Rogol Zaar and Red Cloud as well as the Metropolis Invisible Mafia, dealt with Jor-El returning to life, brought Ma and Pa Kent back to life, aged Jonathan Kent into an older teenager, brought back the Legion[...]
Batman Murder Machine and The Grim Knight Join McFarlane Toys
McFarlane Toys has shown off more additions to their line of DC Comics figures We continue to stay in the realm of Batman as two darker versions of the dark knight surface Coming out of the hit DC Comics storylines Dark Nights: Metal and The Batman Who Laughs, Murder Machine, and The Grim Knight are[...]
Joker Gets Wacky in New Mini Co Statue from Iron Studios
The statue does make some nice nod to the Joker's history with the iconic crowbar from the 1988 DC Comics Batman arc "A Death in the Family" The details on this statue are very well done and that naughty smile is quite creepy Joker fans might want to add this creepy collectible to their grown[...]
Hellblazer: Rise And Fall Gives Us John Constantine With Wings
Promise. (Fun fact: John Constantine was the very first thing I worked on my very first day at DC Comics with @JamesTheFourth and @mingdoyle, on what would become our series CONSTANTINE: THE HELLBLAZER with @rileyrossmo1 That was a fun book you should seek out.) As to why John Constatine has been drinking Red Bull instead of whisky, we[...]
The Evan Dorkin/Mike Allred Metal Men Pitch That Dan DiDio Said No To
Former DC Comics publisher Dan DiDio was the latest guest of Dan Shahin on his Comic Book News YouTube show They talked about a lot, including a brief mention of a certain 5G initiative Oh yes, and me as well. Shahin wanted to bring up a few projects that he believed were pitched to Dan Didio[...]
Kevin Maguire Takes Tanga From DC to Image Comics
Weird Worlds was a DC Comics series revived just before the New 52 happened Running for 6 issues, it featured Lobo and two new characters, Aaron Lopresti's Garbage Man and Kevin Maguire's Tanga As the New 52 occurred these characters switched to the New 52 title, My Greatest Adventure for another 6 issues and with Lobo[...]
Deathstroke Takes on the Red Hood in SDCC 2020 Funko Exclusive
This time it looks like we are getting a new Funko Comic Book Moment featuring two iconic DC Comics characters From the 2016 DC Comics Deathstroke comic #16 "Face Off with Red Hood" Deathstroke is here and ready to take on Red Hood in this PX Previews Exclusive This moment is limited to only 30,000[...]
Mile High Comics Launches 'DC Sucks' 50% Off Sale
Over the weekend, Chuck Rozanski of Mile High Comics launched a DCSUCKS 50% off sale, detailing his issues with the decision of DC Comics to leave Diamond Comic Distributors As you can tell, he had issues, other people opposed his issues, and now Chuck has a response to all those responses And a final plug[...]
The Joker Knows Bruce Wayne Is Batman - And Has A Plan
At the end of Batman #85, by James Tynion IV and Guillem March, we had a Joker contemplating unveiling the identity of Batman, as Superman had done, confessing to the world that he was Clark Kent. Joker Knows Bruce Is Batman But Has A Plan (Secret Files #3 Spoilers). But also realising that such a decision would be the final battle[...]
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One of the big complaints I have heard from stores regarding DC Comics' switch from Diamond Comic Distributors to UCS Comic Distributors and Lunar Distribution concerns POS-incompatibility The lack of an ability to plug the DC numbers into the same system that manages numbers for retailers for all their orders from all the publishers through[...]
Rumours About Big DC Digital Publishing Initiative
It was like that at DC Comics when I heard the mention of the term '5G' Even though that was then cancelled, the greater details we got and the confirmation from the likes of Geoff Johns and Tom King all spilled out of that one mention. So, in the spirit of that, and aware that this[...]