The CW and DC Universe's live-action Stargirl has done a great job of giving viewers a better understanding of not just Courtney Whitmore's (Brec Bassinger) backstory but also the show's historical perspective on how the cosmic staff finds its way to her hands. Now a little bad news – viewers waiting to check it out […]
With DC Universe and The CW's live-action Stargirl ready to inspire a new generation of young heroes beginning Monday, May 11 (airing Tuesday, May 12, on The CW), the show's creator/co-showrunner Geoff Johns released an open, heartfelt, and incredibly personal letter to viewers. Included with advance screener copies of the series' first three episodes, the […]
Three Jokers, the long-awaited comic by Geoff "Jeff" Johns and Jason Fabok, is finally set to debut in June. No, seriously. We know DC has been talking about Three Jokers for years now, but there's a good reason for that, according to a new interview with Johns and Fabok on Entertainment Weekly: they wanted to […]
Does this tweet from artist Jason Fabok… big #batman #Threejokers news coming soon… stay tuned. pic.twitter.com/q6HrCAqPbD — Jason Fabok (@JasonFabok) January 13, 2020 …indicate that Three Jokers #1 by Geoff Johns and Jason Fabok will be solicited by DC Comics for April? Looks like we should add it to the Frankensteined titles. Here's some art […]
The Shazam series by Geoff Johns and Dale Eaglesham has been repeatedly delayed, resolicited and delayed again. Issue 12 was solicited for March by Geoff Johns, Dale Eaglesham and Marco Santucci with a variant cover by Ken Lashley but was withdrawn even before Previews was published, leaving but a stub listing on certain comic book […]
Here you go folks, in full, the Top 100 Power List of Comics, 2019 Edition. Every year, Bleeding Cool runs its Top 100 Power List of members of the English-speaking comic book industry, weighted towards the direct market. It is judged by all manner of attributes, the ability to influence what comics exist and sell, […]
Doomsday Clock is an unauthorised sequel to Watchmen, by Geoff Johns and Gary Frank, published by DC Comics, and concluding with this week's long-awaited twelfth issue. Initially, the links to Watchmen were obvious, as well as the returning characters and history, we had the nine-panel grid, transitional scenes, mysteries baked in, the world-building with documents, […]
Matt Fraction appeared on John Siuntres' Word Balloon Podcast talking about his work on Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen and working with brian Bendis and the rest of the Superman team. And talking about the upcoming Superman/Clark Kent 'no more secrets' identity reveal in the Superman comic books. He mentioned a small spoiler regarding the spluttering […]
Originally Doomsday Clock, the unauthorised sequel to Watchmen, published by DC Comics, was meant to reveal a near-future of the DC Comics Universe. Written by Geoff Johns, then CCO of DC Comics, it was set up in DC Rebirth, saw characters and references threaded through Batman and Superman comics (the latter of which had also been […]
DC has certainly changed its narrative over the last two years. The success of Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Shazam, and now Joker have seemingly turned the perception of their properties around. Where they go from here will be most important however. With Birds of Prey and Wonder Woman 1984 the next big openers for them, DC […]
I had the chance to chat with Gary Frank at MCM London Comic Con this weekend, as he has concluded his work on the unauthorised sequel to Watchmen, Doomsday Clock, written by Gary Johns and published by DC Comics. He posted about the final page being scanned the other day… Last page of #doomsdayclock going […]
We're in the era of Unauthorized Watchmen Sequels, what with the premiere of Damon Lindelof's HBO TV series and the republication of Watchmensch by Heavy Metal. The TV series runs in an odd parallel to the other unauthorized sequel, Geoff Johns and Gary Frank's miniseries Doomsday Clock. We're one issue away from the final issue […]
In a move that truly shows once and for all that DC Comics has abandoned grim and gritty realism in exchange for a bright and optimistic viewpoint, the publisher has resolicited Shazam! #10 by Geoff "Jeff Johns and Dale Eaglesham for January 22nd. Back in August, Bleeding Cool reported that retailers had been told that all […]
Batman's dad Thomas Wayne is a bad guy now. He didn't used to be. He was the kind doctor and philanthopist who taught his son to be charitable and benevolent. Suddenly, he's a villain in nearly every new story. What's going on? Thomas Wayne was the benevolent, beloved father of Bruce Wayne. He was a […]
Bleeding Cool has run a number of articles looking at the relationship of Doomsday Clock to the rest of the DC Universe – and now The Three Jokers too. Seeing that what once was clearly intended to be the tightest of structured continuity, fall apart as a result of delays, personnel changes and internal political […]
When Geoff Johns segued from Justice League to DC Rebirth and then into Shazam and Doomsday Clock, it was set to be the hard-and-fast near-future of the DC Universe, and Johns worked with every creator on the Rebirth books about the direction of their titles, the core of the characters, and for a couple of […]
The Flash By Geoff Johns Omnibus Vol 1 is getting a new cover and new contents in a new printing, being rush-solicited through for FOC in a couple of weeks. The previous edition collected The Flash #164-176, plus The Flash: Our Worlds at War #1, The Flash: Iron Heights #1, and The Flash Secret Files #3, with this cover. This […]
Doomsday Clock #12, the final issue of the unauthorised comic book sequel to Watchmen by Geoff Johns and Gary Frank, published by DC Comics, will be out on the penultimate Wednesday of 2019. Just in time for Christmas Day. And in the wake of the unauthorised TV sequel on HBO. So, yes, that will continue […]
It's been a long wait. But, yes, as we noted, DC Comics' December 2019 solicitations indicate that Doomsday Clock #12 by Geoff Johns and Gary Frank will be out before the end of the year. And given that issue 11 came out a couple of weeks ago, and given the many delays, that's probably a […]
