At C2E2 in Chicago last weekend, DC Comics sent a crew to calm people's nerves about DC's future. DC Publisher Jim Lee took point at his spotlight panel, as Bleeding Cool reported, telling people "DC has been around for 85 years and will be around for another 85 years… We're a huge important part of Warner […]
Bleeding Cool has a theory about the current Flash Forward series starring Wally West, trying to redeem himself for all those deaths in Heroes In Crisis, and then covering them all up. Because the series began with an empty Mobius chair. The chair had been empty since Dr Manhattan killed its previous occupants… …though in […]
Today's Avengers #29 may be one of *those* comics, A kinda 'what were you doing when you first read Avengers #29 by Jason Aaron and Ed McGuinness' moments. And not just because Blade is wearing a new super-space-suit formed entirely out of a Man-Thing. While the Black Widow gets her own new suit, the War […]
We have collectively been enjoying Alfred Pennyworth's mouthing off at Bruce Wayne and hi activities as Batman in The Batman's Grave, from Warren Ellis and Bryan Hitch, a comic of Warren said in his last newsletter 'I don't think DC are completely aware they're even publishing this book. So please do join us for more […]
Today sees the publication of Marvel Comics' Black Widow Prelude #1, set before the upcoming Black Widow movie – and in canon continuity with the rest of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. And it gives us new details as to how the Black Widow met the rest of the MCU and ended up working as a […]
In today's Legion Of Super-Heroes #3, Jonathan Kent pops back in time to bring his bestest friend Damian Wayne back to the 31st Century with him. Who within minutes already wants to start making changes to the future. But maybe it's the changes to his own near-future that he should be worried about. Because just […]
Remember that time we talked about an upcoming Iron Man 2020 spinoff called Weapon.EXE in an Iron Man 2020 checklist that was suddenly censored in subsequent versions. We took it to be the continuation of the Weapon series about the other subjects of the Weapon series of experiments that began with Captain America, included Venom, […]
Today's Valkyrie: Jane Foster #7 has a plethora of doctors, who are also superheroes. It becomes quite a thing with Dr Jane Foster, Valkyrie, Doctor Strange, Night Nurse and Dr Hussain – Excalibur. But it gets really freaky as the threat they are fighting twists and turns to reflect their joint professions. And to beat […]
Today's Guardians Of The Galaxy takes on all of Donny Cates' big plotlines across Thanos, Death Of The Inhumans, Silver Surfer and Guardians Of The Galaxy, culminating in this one issue. While over in Avengers #28 it's just as cosmic, because it's Christmas has Silver Surfer, Firelord and Terrax, as Three Wise Heralds following Yonder […]
Today sees the release of Batman #85, the end of Tom King's run on Batman. But also, rather cheekily the beginning of James Tynion IV's run, with a short story drawn by Guillem March. And, just as the Superman comics have seen Superman reveals his secret identity of Clark Kent, with all of the repercussions […]
Today sees the release of five, count 'em, five new Marvel X-Men comic books. Seriously now. Five. That's twenty bucks. Just saying, okay? Five. Right then. How essential are these – if at all – to following the story of Krakoa? We have X-Force, New Mutants, Fallen Angels, Excalibur and Marauders, all with their fourth […]
The History Of The Marvel Universe #6 out today, goes up to the present day and then continues into the future. For the present day it gets as far as the House Of X series. And the resurrection procedure invented by Professor Xavier to bring mutants back from the dead using the skills of five […]
Yesterday, we learnt the secret identity of Mark Millar's surprise comic book, out just in time for Christmas. Today we actually get to read it and… it seems a little familiar. Mark Millar is probably the more prominent comic book industry opponent of membership of the European Union. So his new (surprise) American Jesus series […]
Last month, there was a lot of fuss after DC Comics deleted a promotional image of a variant cover of Frank Miller and Rafael Granpa's Dark Knight Returns: The Golden Child, after complaints by Chinese protestors that it was a reference to Hong Kong street protestors. DC took it off social media but kept the […]
Today sees the publication of King Thor #4 by Jason Aaron and everyone pretty much who has worked on the comic book. And we get a story about stories… and Jason Aaron channelling himself into one Asgardian librarian with this. But t has to go back on the shelf of Thor stories. The Devourer King […]
The Dark Multiverse is infecting so many titles out today… Justice League #38 is no longer the Justice/Doom War finale. Which is a little tricky as one scene in DC's Year Of The Villain: Hell Arisen #1… …seems to rely on having read both Justice League #38 and January's #39. And she seems to accept […]
In the Tony Stark: Iron Man series written by Dan Slott, the series has woven plotlines with the emergence of Arno Stark, Bain Industries, Jocasta and Machine Man, all elements of the original Machine Man 2020 series from thirty-five years ago, that introduced Iron Man 2020. It has done so while also involving itself with […]
This is the solicitation for today's Justice League #38. JUSTICE LEAGUE #38 (W) Scott Snyder, James TynionIV (A) Jorge Jimenez (CA) Francis Manapul "Justice/Doom War" finale! Lex Luthor is triumphant. Perpetua is back to full power and ready to take on the Multiverse, to bend and twist the whole of existence to suit Doom. Has […]
Tom King has said that his run on Batman was the story of Batman and Catwoman. The halfway point was marked by their wedding – or rather a lack of it. Selina Kyle was persuaded against it by her best friend, Holly Robinson, being manipulated by Bane and the Psycho Pirate, as a way to […]
No, we don't find out how Alfred Pennyworth is alive. No, we don't get to find out what actually happened with Saturn Girl. Nor what Adrian Veidt was really playing at. But you may be able to work out why the events of Doomsday Clock, especially the Supermen Theory, haven't played large in the DC […]
