Death Metal Archives

Confirmed: Nightwing Has His Memory Back
But now DC Comics has confirmed it happening even sooner, talking about the Justice League Death Metal series, that it will feature Nightwing will fully restored memories – and that we will be seeing it in Justice League #53 in September, and ahead of October's expected Nightwing #75 big change. Of course, he may have his[...]
Star Wars Comes to DC Comics in Death Metal #3
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,[...]
Star Wars Comes to DC Comics in Death Metal
Today saw The Robin King in Death Metal #3 make his first full appearance in his full costume – after his origin in Legends Of The Dark Knights and his appeal to The Batmanhattan Who Laughs the previous issue of Death Metal #3 Open up the cage, this bit has got a lot to say… The[...]
Death Metal Beats Batman (Just) On the Bleeding Cool Bestseller List
If any other retailers would like to report their top sellers, please contact richjohnston@bleedingcool.com. Top ten bestselling comics of the week Dark Nights Death Metal Legends #1 Batman #96 DCeased Dead Planet #3 Strange Adventures #4 Empyre #4 Giant-Size X-Men: Fantomex #1 Fantastic Four #22 Justice League #50 Star Wars #5 Empyre: X-Men #2 Thanks to the following retailers… Famous Faces & Funnies of West Melbourne, Florida Graham Crackers Comics – a[...]
Batman: Hush, Flashpoint Go Dark Multiverse – Bryan Hitch, Dexter Soy
Bleeding Cool mentioned the other day that Bryan Hitch was working on a Death Metal one-shot Because he said he was Turns out it is Death Metal-adjacent, one of a new series of Tales From The Dark Multiverse series, taking a classic DC Comics story and flipping it as a darker, sicker, parody of its[...]
Second Prints For Wynd, Death Metal, Horizon Zero Dawn, Ice Cream Man
But can Wynd, with the help of Oakley, find a way to cure himself of his magical heritage – or has he put himself in even more danger than he ever imagined? In Shops: Jul 22, 2020 SRP: $4.99 Wynd #2 second printing cover. Dark Nights: Death Metal #2 Second Printing will feature a recolored version of[...]
What Batmanhattan Means For The DC Multiverse (Death Metal Spoilers)
Do you have your copy of Dark Nights: Death Metal: Legends Of The Dark Knights out today? Today's sales on eBay have seen the comic with a $5.99 cover price sell multiple copies between $20 and $23 While the 1:25 cover has sold copies for $200 – $240 If you want a copy approaching cover[...]
If The Robin King Is A Hit, What Does That Say About You? (Spoilers)
Today sees the publication of Dark Nights: Death Metal: Legends Of The Dark Knights, featuring origin stories for the likes of Batmanhattan, B Rex and other Darkest Knights in the Death Metal world But the one that has been driving prices is the origin of The Robin King You don't get his final costume, and[...]
Death Metal: Legends Of Dark Knights Hits $25 Over The Robin King
Tomorrow sees the release of Dark Nights: Death Metal: Legends Of The Dark Knights Though for some it may be a little tricky to track it down Copies have been selling on eBay from $25 to $30, while the 1:25 cover has been selling for up to $400 (but can be found for under $300[...]
Death Metal Gets New One Shots Including The Last Stories of the DCU
We know that Bryan Hitch is writing and drawing a 48-page one-shot for DC Comics' Death Metal yet to be announced – but which one? We have a few advance listings of some Death Metal collections that reveal a few unannounced titles that may provide some suggestions: Dark Nights: Death Metal Infinite Hour Exxxtreme! #1 Dark Nights: Death[...]
Bryan Hitch To Write and Draw 48-Page Dark Nights: Death Metal One-Shot
British comic book creator who lives down the road from me, Bryan Hitch has tweeted the following news "so just to keep life interesting, as well as drawing the last two issues of Batman's Grave I'm writing and drawing a 48-page tie-in to the Death Metal series Good fun stuff." The Batman's Grave is the 12-issue[...]
Death Metal: Legends Of Dark Knights Hits $25 Over The Robin King
Thanks to certain speculation regarding The Robin King, multiple advance copies of next week's Dark Nights: Death Metal: Legends Of The Dark Knights one-shot from a variety of creators from DC Comics are currently selling for $25 each on eBay right now. eBay screencap. The 1:25 cover is selling for $400 But should they be? eBay screencap. Dark Nights:[...]
Dark Nights and Wonder Woman Get Second Printings
Covers to be revealed as and when, so here's a splash page from the newly-Einder winning Mariko Tamaki, Mikel Janin and Jordie Bellaire. DARK NIGHTS DEATH METAL #3 (OF 6) 2ND PTG Written by: Scott Snyder Art by: Greg Capullo Cover Art by: Greg Capullo All aboard! When the Justice League launches its assault on New Apokolips, the team's goal[...]
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Scott Snyder has been talking about the cheeriness of Damian Wayne-esque The Robin King, with upcoming art in Dark Nights: Death Metal #4, on the DC panel for Comic-Con@Home for the SDCC slots… What Robin King Did to Barry Allen & Alan Scott in Death Metal #SDCC "Thank you so much, good morning, I worked really hard[...]
DCeased: Dead Planet #1 Gets 3rd Printing, Death Metal #1 Gets 2nd
DC Comics are sending two comic books back to the printer, DCeased: Dead Planet #1 getting a third printing and Death Metal #2 getting a second, both for August 12th. DCEASED DEAD PLANET #1 (OF 6) 3RD PTG DC COMICS JUN208518 After a corrupted Anti-Life Equation turned billions into monsters – including Earth's Greatest Heroes – our planet was[...]
Transforming The Batman Who Laughs in Death Metal #2 (Spoilers)
DC Comics' Dark Nights: Death Metal #2 beats out Marvel's Empyre #1 but it was a close-run thing Strange Adventures is also doing rather well, considering. This is the Top Ten Bleeding Cool Bestseller List, as compiled by a number of comic stores from their sales on Wednesday and Thursday It measures what are known as[...]
Darkest Knight Rises in Two Death Metal #1s by Tynion, Hill, and more
The Dark Knights: Death Metal tie-in is called Rise of the New God #1 spotlights the Batman Who Laughs, who has become the Darkest Knight in this latest event Then, in Dark Knights: Death Metal Robin King #1, Gotham-veterans Peter J Tomasi and Tony Patrick are joined by Riley Rossomo to tell a tale of the Darkest Knight's righthand killer. Dark[...]
Transforming The Batman Who Laughs in Death Metal #2 (Spoilers)
The Batman Who Laughs was created by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo for Dark Nights: Metal, a Judge Death-type character who is the Batman from another universe, infected with the mind of The Joker, and heading up the Dark Dimensions of alternative Batmen. Flash Forward epilogue finale by Scott Lobdell and Brett Booth. Since then he has[...]
Thank FOC It's Friday
Because this represents the comic book industry returning to comic book stores en masse, Jeff Bridges, Empyre and Death Metal Thank FOC It's Friday. Traditionally FOC is the date when retailers have a last chance to amend their advance orders for comic books without penalty A final chance for publishers to promote books while orders can still[...]
New FOC Variant Covers for Death Metal #3 From Artgerm, Capullo, More
The third issue of Dark Nights: Death Metal #3 from DC Comics is on Final Order Cutoff this coming weekend which is as good a reason as any for DC to reveal the variant covers for this issue We start with an open to order variant cover by David Finch featuring the Flash (to be[...]
Empyre Propaganda Promotional Poster
A Robin 80th Anniversary Special #1 Main Cover poster was released last month, but sadly the Catwoman 80th Anniversary Special #1 did not get the same love. Joker 80th Anniversary Special #1 Main Cover Promotional Poster Finally, DC released this last week four posters all promoting the same one comic Dark Knights Death Metal #1.  All four posters are 24" X 36" and featuring[...]
A Man Among Ye #1 Variant Cover
Hawkman #24 sees both covers gone, Nightwing Annual #3 not having enough copies to go around, and the Variant Cover for The Green Lantern Season 2 #4 is no longer available from Diamond. #gallery-6 { margin: auto; } #gallery-6 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-6 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-6 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ Hawkman #24[...]
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– as this week, it was all about DC Comics and Death Metal. Death Metal Dominates Bleeding Cool Bestseller List – With A Big Wynd. Top ten bestselling comics of the week With no new Marvel titles, DC Comics rules the roost this week but it is notable that Death Metal was the bestselling title of every reporting[...]
DC Comics Pulls Warren Ellis Death Metal Story
It was a surprising piece of news, that Warren Ellis was going to write a two-page story in the Death Metal spinoff comic book Dark Nights: Death Metal Legends of the Dark Knights Even more so that it would be telling the origin of an evil Bruce Wayne Batman from a Dark Dimension, who had transplanted[...]
The Two Mising Titles
As a nation hears more about her heroic exploits, it inspires some citizens to consider their own unique gifts, and how they could be used to help protect the world – among them Alan Scott, who will become the first Green Lantern! Of course, plenty from Generation Zero tied into the current Death Metal and the[...]
Yiung Justice and Death Metal Look At The Crisis
And it looks as if Wally West has been filling him in. Death Metal and Young Justice Throw Exposition At The Many Crises. As Bart does his very best Basil Exposition impression. So he sees the Crises that have impacted the DC Universe as examples of chaos, of change Hold that thought. And how Conner Kent was caught in[...]
DC Comics Mix Up 1:100 Covers For Death Metal #1
Today sees the release of Dark Nights: Death Metal #1, one of DC's biggest selling comic books of the year We ran a few fun teasers yesterday that seemed rather popular In order to help DC reach those heady heights, they offered a number of tiered covers and promotions, such as the 1:100 B&W Sketch[...]
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Here are Ten Thoughts about Dark Nights: Death Metal #1, out this Tuesday or Wednesday, depending There are no serious spoilers here but there may be semi-spoilers Your mileage may vary of course But you might want to ease on caution, depending on your risk-aversity. 1 Sergeant Rock goes full blown American soldier closer to Hank[...]
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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 Tynion IV who gave us the nod That the Death Metal editor Marie Javins got Warren Ellis to write about an evil Robot[...]
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Batman #92 had a quarter of a million copies originally ordered, so it's return to the top spot may be ezpect, but it was up against the big event launch written by Batman writer James Tynion's old teacher Scott Snyder? Has the student bested the master? Only if you don't count that Death Metal had[...]