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Static Shock Removed From Justice League United Line-Up
The character was part of the New 52 relaunch back in 2011, and appears to have a TV show and a revival as part of a new Milestone line of comics. And out of bounds for DC Comics right now then? Makes a change to have someone other than Marvel deleting characters… above was the knocked-back[...]
The Return Of 'All-Star' To DC Comics
All-Star was a DC Comics imprint intended to publish definitive non-continuity new reader friendly takes on DC Comics characters from some of the finest talents in the industry. All-Star Superman by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely led the pack. Followed by the still incomplete All-Star Batman And Robin The Boy Wonder by Frank Miller and Jim[...]
The Most Appetite-Rousing Twix Ad In Today's DC Comics
All the DC Comics today have a double page half-size ad for Twix featuring a guy I've never heard of (and a Google search ensuring I never want to) with the comic book story on the same page. It is a strange experience in a number of books, especially Lobo #7 with the clash between the[...]
How DC Comics Got Its Happiness Back
Since the DC Comics relaunch – and frankly before that – DC Comics has been getting a reputation of darkening down its classic comic books Meanwhile their comics intended to be darker were inappropriately lightened up There has been a battle between the grim'n'gritty and the light'n'brighty crowd, but around five years ago, it seemed[...]
Thor's Comic Review Column: Convergence Week 8, Providence, Fight Club 2, Captain Marvel #15, Secret Wars: Where Monsters Dwell #1, Old Man Logan #1, Uncanny Avengers: Ultron Forever #1, Captain Canuck #1
It's all flash, explosions, destruction and death, little heart or character, and no sense that creative want readers to invest anything beyond the money and the time spent reading… and the latter doesn't really matter. As a one-time massive DC Comics fan, I was using Futures End, World's End, and Convergence as a (very expensive) barometer[...]
The New 52 And The Absence Of Joy
By Devon Sanders The DC Universe was a very dear place to me. Today, I finally figured out why I don't enjoy DC Comics like I used to: It is simply a joyless, charmless place. As a kid, I was a fan of superheroes I would buy whatever excited my eyes Artist John Byrne could simply draw Cyclops walking away[...]