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Is It Time For A Brief Recess From Beheading In Comic Books? (UPDATE)
It was rather unfortunate timing. This week, all the DC New 52 books feature a promotion for the Lobo comic book With a prominent decapitation, with a humorous "censored" caption around the severed neck. With Original Sin also featuring a decapitation of Nick Fury at the hands of the Winter Soldier, might it be right, just for[...]
Gail Simone And Ken Lashley's Secret Six Launches From DC Comics
Gail Simone is relaunching Secret Six with Ken Lashley from DC Comics in December, announced in the LA Times. We Informed You Of This At A Previous Juncture, of course. When Gail Simone walked off Batgirl, she promised she had another DC project in the works, and this is… well, one of them. The new team will include[...]
DC Entertainment Actively Pitching A Supergirl TV Series, With Michael Green?
Michael Green is a producer on TV shows including Gotham, American Gods, Smallville, and Heroes, writer on Smallville, Heroes, Gotham, and films such as Green Lantern and the upcoming Flash. So, you know, he has form. He also worked with Mike Johnson on the New 52 reboot of Supergirl. Well, we understand Green is now taking that a little[...]
28 Thoughts About 28 Comics – Uncanny X-Men, Kung Fu Bible Classics, Batman Eternal, The Death Of Wolverine, Blood Queen, Dejah Mars, Hawkeye Vs Deadpool, Avengers World, Moon Knight, Southern Bastards, Star-Lord, Miracleman, God Is Dead, Extinction Parade, Uber, Alice Cooper, Chaos, Ex Con, Mars Attacks, Indestructible, My Little Pony, Red Sonja, Rogue Trooper, Turok, Squidder, Twilight Zone, Silent Hill and Angry Birds
Okay, so it's been gone a while. A mix of conventions, surgery and seeing to the kids during the summer holiday. But X Thoughts About X Comics is back...
Here Is Your Jetpack – The Five Years Later Future Of DC Comics Today, From Futures End, Action Comics, Aquaman, Detective Comics, Batwing, Green Lantern, Grayson, Green Arrow, Phantom Stranger, Swamp Thing and Earth 2
Today sees every DC Comics New 52 title jump forward five years Naturally there's a bit of middle age spread as every book costs $3.99. But what else? Well the Futures End series has already shown us that a war with Earth 2 took place,  plenty of "refugees" ending up on Prime Earth as well as[...]
Colourist Tom Smith, On The Mend After Suffering A Stroke
I'm asking everyone who reads this to send their prayers and good vibes to Tom and his family as they work their way through this difficult time. Tom Smith is a colourist on DC and Marvel titles, including Avengers, Infinite Crisis, Amazing Spider-Man and more, currently working for IDW on Turtles and Ghostbusters books as Scorpion[...]
The Future And The Importance Of Wonder Woman, Teased At DC Panel At Fan Expo
  Diana McCallum writes for Bleeding Cool from Fan Expo in Toronto The second DC panel of the weekend at Fan Expo revolved around the New 52 as a whole, with Larry Ganem moderating and panellists Jeff Lemire, Brian Azzarello, Greg Pak and David Finch. The panel opened by teasing the last few issues of Azzarello's Wonder Woman[...]
A Bigger Batgirl And A Bigger Len Wein
The fifth Batgirl New 52 Hardcover, Deadline, is getting a little fatter The solicitation read, BATGIRL VOL 5: DEADLINE HC Written by GAIL SIMONE and MARGUERITE BENNETT Art by ROBERT GILL, FERNANDO PASARIN and JONATHAN GLAPION Cover by ALEX GARNER On sale DECEMBER 17 • 232 pg, FC, $24.99 US It's a hazardous reunion between Batgirl and the former Court of[...]
DC Entertainment: All Access 101 At Fan Expo Canada
Diana McCallum writes for Bleeding Cool from Fan Expo The first DC panel of the weekend at Fan Expo was "DC Entertainment: All Access 101", hosted by Larry Ganem from DC Entertainment It seemed like "All Access" meant "feel free to ask anything – but the answer will probably be No Comment." The panel started with a[...]
Gendercrunching June 2014 – Including Nationality And Ethnicity At The Big Two
By Tim Hanley After posting the higher percentage of female creators for six straight months, DC was finally toppled by Marvel in June DC took a tumble while Marvel gained slightly, and it all was enough for Marvel to finally regain the top spot after a lengthy dry spell We're also looking at nationality and ethnicity[...]
The Invisible Wonder Woman
There has been plenty of commentary showing how licensing and merchandising for Guardians Of The Galaxy has managed to remove Gamora and Nebula in order
In One Week, In Two Weeks – Everyone's Killing Wolverine
This week sees the first of the DC Comics Futures End #1 specials arrive Then we have the launches of Concrete Park, Grendel Vs The Shadow, Names, God Hates Astronauts, Dark Tower, Cloaks, Alice Cooper, Ex Con, Red Sonja: Black Tower, Doctor Mirage … and the death of a certain Wolverine. Big week. And in two weeks, the launch of Project Strikeile, Copperhead,[...]
Francis Manapul's NYCC Batman Poster Also Doubles As A Handy Subway Map
So if you get lost, you have no one else to blame but Batman. And remember folks, this is the last NYCC where Batman publisher DC Comics will actually be in New York. Next year, they'll all have to fly in…   So if you get lost, you have no one else to blame but Batman. And remember folks,[...]
DC Comics To Rush Out Gotham Central #1 In Time For The TV Show For A Dollar
With the new television series Gotham set to premiere on Fox on September 22nd, DC Entertainment have suddenly decided to publish a reprint of Gotham Central #1 as Gotham Central Special Edition for $1, by Ed Brubaker, Greg Rucka and Michael Lark, due to hit comic stores for September 17th. Smart retailers might consider using it as[...]
So Who Is Under Superman's Helmet In Futures End? (SPOILERS UPDATE)
Since the beginning of the Futures End weekly, DC Comics has been teasing as to the identity of the Five Years Later Superman Wearing a helmet to hide his face – what exactly was he hiding? Disfigurement? Cyborgness? Identity? Two weeks ago, it came to a head. As it were. Well, today's issue goes through the big smackdown[...]
Pete Woods Sketches Some New New Gods For Godhead
Today's DC Comics give you a little look ahead at the Green Lanterns/New Gods crossover series Godhead running through the Lantern books in coming months. We know Bekka, daughter of Himon We know Lightray We know Metron We are even aware of the upcoming Uggha, the fiercest New God, and his fellow newcomer Malhedron[...]
Is The Big Bad Of Multiversity, The Big Bad Of Zenith?
It got complicated. Now, Rebellion hold claim to Zenith and all its attributes, even if Grant Morrison sends them nasty legal letters. But with versions of the Avengers, the Fantastic Four and the Savage Dragon making parallel appearance in Multiversity #1, could this be a way for Grant Morrison to bring back a bit of his old[...]