UPDATE: Yanick Paquette has asked me to add the following statement: I feel this thing has been largely blown out of proportion and my early overly harsh
forever evil Archives
I've been waiting for this for two weeks, and we started to get an inkling of it yesterday… Is that a spoiler? Possibly, but since there are going to be more spoilers below, I'd get out now if I were you.
Most-Read Comic Stories Tuesday:
The Fate Of Nightwing In Forever Evil #1 And Its Implications[...]
While others take the plot aspect of Forever Evil, with a world gone dark, and taking advantage of that scenario Some manage both.
Darkseid doesn't do that Tied up in Earth 2 and Batman/Superman continuity, we get a Darkseid who was always like he was, even when he was a farmer No explanations, no learning, just[...]
I rather liked that.
And now the same thing has happened in Forever Evil We left the Trinity War ending with the Criminal Syndicate arriving to attack the Justice League And now? This.
And there we go Maybe we'll learn more about said battle, maybe we never will But what does it say, when films like The[...]
the DC Covers for the first week of Villains Month
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The Forever Evil #1 3D cover, one per store.
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The back cover of the Villains Month issues is also 3D, with an ad for Batman Arkham Origins, with the bad guys revealed in the shadows…
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Apparently the technology used is focussed on making the lenticular image thin, so[...]
Tomorrow, DC launches their new event book Forever Evil, by Geoff Johns and David Finch, spinning off thematically across the whole of the DC universe with Villains Month.
Bleeding Cool gave you the news first, but DC then confirmed that something rather traumatic and specific would be happening to Nightwing, at the centre of the series[...]
Forever Evil? Or Four-Ever Evil?
Not content with producing a stack of 3D Villains Month covers for September (if you can get them), Bleeding Cool understands that Forever Evil #1, also out on Wednesday, may come packing one of those four page fold out things, like you have in the FCBD Special and Blackest Night –[...]
Courtesy of the Aquaman Shrine twitter feed (giving away a a digital copy on Wednesday to a lucky follower), variant covers by Ivan Reis and Joe Prado to DC Comics' Forever Evil #1 out this Wednesday, with Ultraman, Superwoman and Owlman variant covers… the new Trinity…
So without the superheroes, who's going to take[...]
So, here's the thing. Tomorrow's Catwoman is going to be a hot book. Except not many people know it right now. And revealing why is going to give a load
What will Nightwing do? Why is the Justice League going to Canada? I don't know, but BC will instruct you where to tune in the event of an emergency. John Cunningham had no comment on what will be happening with Nightwing in Forever Evil He would only say 'the internet is going to explode on September 4th[...]
Diana McCallum reports from Toronto FanExpo for Bleeding Cool:
The DC panel today at Fan Expo was all about the New 52 with a heavy focus on Trinity War and Forever Evil, and not telling us too much about either one.
John Cunningham had no comment on what will be happening with Nightwing in Forever Evil[...]
Forever Evil The Crime Syndicate Of America The Secret Society Of Super Villains The Outsider.
A few of us have has a theory as to who exactly, The Leader of the Secret Society is The Outsider It's been pieced together, the identity of the Silver Age Outsider, the fact that he knows where Batman lives, he[...]
A middling week.
But in two weeks? The launch of the DC Villains Month 3D Covers (if you're lucky) and Forever Evil, The Star Wars and Baltimore: Infernal Train, Black Dynamite from IDW, Love Stories To Die For and Reality Check launches from Image, Infinity hits its second issue and we get the first issue of[...]
Tomorrow's DC comics feature all the Villains Month covers with the backgrounds and everything added. In glorious 2D. So a friendly retailer sent in a
We've already written that Nightwing will be a focus for the upcoming Forever Evil event And we've also stated that we don't believe he's going to die But that something else of a media-frenzy nature may occur.
Now we think we may know what it is So, you know, MAJOR SPOILERS going on You have be[...]
The DC Villains Month 3D Cover fiasco took an interesting twist. We've reported how DC have had serious problems with fulfilling retailer orders of the
DC Comics has been answering questions about the heavily allocated 3D Covers for Villain's Month in September. Retailers, in many cases, have received far
It's now confirmed the Crime Syndicate Of America are coming to Trinity War and Forever Evil And they've been coming for some time.
Bleeding Cool first told you one of them would be Deathstorm, a counter to Firestorm But who, on Earth 3, is he? Geoff Johns told IGN that he'd be;
"a scientist who's been merged[...]
As Diamond and DC Comics close for the weekend, retailers are now being told exactly how many of the Villains Month 3D Cover titles they will be
In an interview with IGN, Geoff Johns has not only confirmed the Crime Syndicate's role in Forever Evil and, indeed, Trinity War, but also some of the figures in that league as seen above, namely Ultraman, Superwoman, Johnny Quick, Power Ring an Owlman "plus new member Deathstorm".
Bleeding Cool mentioned Deathstorm as an analogue to Firestorm[...]
So let your comic store know what you want – and they'll tell you if you can get it.
And for those collectors worried that they won't be able to get all 52 motion covers, you can also order the Villains Month 3-D Motion Complete Set, which will have all the comics in second print, in[...]
So what did we learn from the Forever Evil #1 preview? A flying/superstrong woman with heels and a cape… and two flying men descending from the sky to break out Black Manta, one with a green ring, the other looking a lot like Black Lantern Firestorm?
Heavy on the silhouettes, this appears to be more evidence[...]
From Justice League Of America #4, a look at the latin motto used by the Secret Society Of Super Villains, there to prepare the way for the Crime
The DC Comics Youtube channel was pretty active during Con week, with a bunch of on-camera stuff from the likes of Geoff Johns to Neil Gaiman to
However expect him in the intro to Forever Evil #1.
John Constantine has a major role in the War Constantine sees Shazam as the cause and goes after Billy Batson in Constantine #5 Expect to see Constantine actually wield the power of Shazam. According to Jeff Lemire he is a major wildcard in the war's outcome.
Forever[...]
Trinity War was described as a subterfuge event though, actually leading in to the main event of the year, Forever Evil Beginning with villains month in September, Forever Evil looks at why the supervillains in the New 52 universe act the way they do, looking to flesh out and expand the rebooted DC universe.
To tie[...]
Also confirmed that the main mastermind character for Forever Evil would be Lex Luthor When asked about the rumoured Booster Gold monthly he dodged the question and stated that he wasn't allowed to say much but to talk to Dan Didio I hope that means we will be getting a new Booster Gold monthly and[...]
…Unpossible? BC has been telling you about Forever Evil for quite awhile, and here's the latest I'm already well into SDCC week frenzy mode, so maybe the forum will be able to tell us if there's any deeper meaning here…
Rich adds: That's Ultraman and Superwoman of the Crime Syndicate Of America at the top, and[...]
I'm hoping we've all seen Man Of Steel. Or been willingly spoiled on Man Of Steel. Or have no intention of seeing Man Of Steel after being spoiled on Man Of Steel.
And will they be unveiled at San Diego Comic Con?
There are the five members of the Crime Syndicate Of America headlining the Forever Evil series, that you know.
Johnny Quick to counter The Flash
Power Ring (via Volthoom) to counter Green Lantern
Superwoman to counter Wonder Woman
Ultraman to counter Superman
Owlman to counter Batman.
And there are four more.
Sea King [...]