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Black Adam #1, part of DC's Villains Month, out today by Geoff Johns, Sterling Gates and Edgar Salazar.
Geoff Johns has played with people's expectations and prejudices around the concept of terrorism in the New 52 a fair bit, from the introduction of Baz to the recent Trinity War, and the differing attitudes to protest.
And he's[...]
Joker's Daughter #1 is a phenomenon. A comic book, not a restricted variant, but one available in every comic store in the land (albeit it allocated). And
Superman #75. Remember that? The Death of Superman, shipped in a black plastic bag with a bloody S on the cover, and a series of splash pages. Selling
In today's Jupiter's Legacy, it's time for the Utopian to face up to the children. But is it Millar Time... or is it Miller Time? Well, first it's JMS
Yesterday, in a semi-joking piece, RJ Droll wrote "the new Joker’s Daughter (who is totally going to end up being Stephanie Brown…)" That didn't go over
DC Comics writes;
THANK YOU FROM THE CO-PUBLISHERS
Dear Retailers:
We'd like to take a moment to thank you for all your support for DC's Villains Month From the time we started to talk about this initiative with you, we knew it would be an extraordinary and challenging venture We also knew that there would be several concerns[...]
I'm also excited for my two favorites; Saga and East of West! And Jupiter's Legacy really kicked ass with the third issue, Millar has my undivided attention going into #4! Image dominated this week.
DC had mixed bag of one-shots, series continuations, and lead-ins to Forever Evil that you need someone like me to decipher I[...]
Hell, I'm not sure anyone can say for sure…that's because she appeared in the "Channel 52" featurette in the back of every single DC Universe book that shipped the week of July 24, 2013 (as well as the following week, July 31).
This is actually different than the featurette from August, even though the 'story' the[...]
A indication of unstoppable desire….
I think it's safe to say that DC Comics is going to own marketshare in September However, with all the standard variations of every issue, their marketshare per comic may drop rather…
Batman #23.3: The Penguin
Infinity #3
Superior Spider-Man #18
Uncanny X-Men #12
Batman And Robin #23.3: Ra's Al Ghul And The League Of Assassins
Detective[...]
DC Comics' Villains Month has been, as Tom Huxley noted, a bit of an opti-shambles 3D covers allocated, severely in some cases, retailers made plans, got the 2D replacements and got used to the new status quo.
Then there were more allocations They winced, but found a way Joker's Daughter seemed the hot ticket, heavily allocated,[...]
The day was planned by publicist Allen 'Duke' Ducovny to promote DC Comics 100-page New York World's Fair Comic which was only available at the fair The show was broadcast live on the Superman radio program.
There is no sound for the following video, but you can do what I did and hum the John Williams[...]
We covered Frank Cho's response to the new design for Lobo (by way of Machete). Now we have a response from the new Lobo artist Ben Oliver... And the new
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Grace Randolph writes;
Battle of the Atom, DC Villains Month and Marvel's Infinity review! Which are worth your money?
X-Men Battle of the Atom, DC Villains Month with Forever Evil and Marvel's Infinity are all major comic book events going on right now I review each[...]
And while they may be anonymous donors now, they won't be for long.
DC Entertainment offered the opportunity to appear in an upcoming issue of Justice League as part of their We Can Be Heroes fundraising campaign for the humanitarian crisis in the Horn Of Africa, currently over $25,000 in its way to a $125,000 target.
There[...]
Next week! A new issue of Bleeding Cool Magazine hits the stands, a new Criminal Macabre starts, everyone lines up and tries to grab a copy of Joker's Daughter before flipping it on eBay for $100, there's the launch of the Dick Cheney-killing The Other Dead #1 and Powerpuff Girls #1 from IDW, Rat Queens[...]
Though now he sounds like the guy in the pub in Withnail And I to me.
Writer Magruerite Bennett did say;
@Maijson @alex_segura @DCComics @dandidio1 If you don't like what I've written by Page 4, you never have to read a book of mine again.
— Marguerite Bennett (@EvilMarguerite) August 23, 2013
Which is a bit odd as page[...]
The Endless Nights hardcover had a first print of over 100,000 that sold out straight away.
In October, we get a new Sandman: Overture #1 by Gaiman and JH Williams III It should be the number one ordered book of the month, by any reckoning But some retailers might have… forgotten.
DC Comics are making Sandman: Overture[...]
Years ago, I ran a vote on Lying In The Gutters. We knew Jim Lee was drawing the new All Star Batman book. But who to write it? We had our answer. Now
You've been severely allocated on your 3D covers for Villains Month from DC Comics But at least you now know what you're getting.
Think again.
DC Comics have told retailers that for next week, they will get 93% of their prevous orders for Bane #1, 84% of their orders for Doomsday #1 and 90% of their orders[...]
Mind you, in the DC Universe, I'm sure minimum police training is a little more involved, what with alien immigration through dimensional portal issues, repeated stolen Pandora's boxes and actual vampires Zombies aren't much of a stretch.
Forever Evil Relevance: 0
Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics, London Currently running Sophie's World, an exhibition highlighting the photographs of[...]
Dial H was originally a Vertigo series by China Mieville that was hijacked by the DC Universe and used as one of the New 52 launch comics It launched with Boy Chimney and I loved it.
It came to its end, but Villain's Month has given us the chance of an epilogue, with today's Dial E[...]
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Aaron Haaland writes;
Hey Fandom! It's me, Aaron, talking Ales Kot's Zero, DC Villains, and Infinity!
First, Zero by Ales Kot was insane! A perfect comic from cover/inside cover to back inside cover/back cover Every issue is a single story mission with a different artist, all building a cumulative story[...]
It's not everyone or everywhere, but there really is a consistent pattern of behavior that involves degrading talent in order to buy their loyalty, and I think people are getting wise to it.
So who is it? Jim Lee? CB Cebulski? Danielle Yanetta? Hank Kanalz? David Bogart? Most of the big names doing new Image work[...]
A few ch-ch-changes from solicitations to actual published comics, in terms of who's actually doing them... Fantastic Four #14 will now be drawn by
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Courtesy of a friendly retailer, the look of DC's 3D Covers for Villain's Month – Week Three!
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Courtesy of a friendly retailer, the look of DC's 3D Covers for Villain's Month – Week Three!
[...]
Bleeding Cool reported that DC would not have a traditional booth at New York Comic Con this year, but would have something to display Superman costumes instead.
That's now gone all official with a DC press release that reads;
With an array of costumes previously worn by the likes of Christopher Reeve, Henry Cavill, Brandon Routh, Dean[...]
A few more New York Comic Con exclusives to showcase…
DC Comics has a number of New York Comic Con comics variant exclusives.
The include Superman/Wonder Woman #1, Batman #24 and Forever Evil #1 for $10 each at the Graffitti booth, #755, as DC aren't exhibiting a traditional booth at NYCC this year.
And yes, I expect we'll[...]
DC Comics has launched a new Indiegogo crowdfunding initiative for its continuing We Can Be Heroes campaign, raising money for the humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa, their last of the year, themed around the Justice League.
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Not sure how Wonder Woman gets to be "equality" – isn't she from a society made up entirely[...]
Okay, I so I initially thought that this successful eBay sale is something of a fluke. An advance sale of the 3D cover of Joker's Daughter #1, out in a