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Writer Steve Orlando (Batman/Shadow, Crude, Midnighter) and artist Matthew Dow Smith's (October Girl, Suicide Squad, X-Files) recently debuted their contribution to this cultural moment in their post-apocalyptian series Dead Kings. SUMMARY: Writer: Steve Orlando, Artist: Matthew Dow Smith, Color Artist: Lauren Affe, Letters: Thomas Mauer, Cover A by: Matthew Dow Smith, Cover B by: Michael Gaydos,[...]

Steve Orlando and Riley Rossmo are the creative team for the book, which will explore J'onn J'onzz's origins in the framework of a detective story set on Earth which, if the art below is any indication, looks pretty bloody. The Hollywood Reporter had the EXCLUSIVE reveal of the series, which makes sense because the comic book[...]

The artistic team backs up Steve Orlando's functional script with a display of great graphic art, and the book earns itself a recommendation Feel free to check it out. [rwp-review-ratings id="0"] [rwp-review-form id="0"] [rwp-review-recap id="0"] Wonder Woman, Aztek, and Artemis have found Atalanta but now must face even more of the creatures that serve Tezcatlipoca in the Thirteen[...]

Wonder Woman visits Slabside Prison to see Mayfly, a woman who tried to kill Diana just months ago. Diana wants to see her get better. Is it a good read?

The panel was moderated by Marie Javins, comic editor and colorist, and included Dan DiDio, James Tynion IV, Ryan Benjamin, Robert Venditti, and Steve Orlando. Orlando is writing The Unexpected, which features new interpretations of existing characters Neon the Unknown and Firebrand He remarked that "Jody Houser likes to say that I was bitten by a radioactive[...]

OMAC was an attempt to stop it, Kamandi dealt with the world after it. And in November, Steve Orlando and Travel Foreman are going to show what happened afterwards with Electric Warriors, which would one day become the Legion of Superheroes. In 2735, the Earth emerges from the Great Disaster to rejoin the galaxy, finding a universe[...]

The Unexpected intercept the Bad Samaritan before he can literally steal the heart of Firebrand, a woman who must fight to keep mechanical heart beating. Who are the Unexpected? What do they want? Is it a good read?

Crude continues with Piotr Petrovich reaching the city of Blackstone and finding it under the thumb of two warring gangs. He plans to go through them both to figure out what happened to his son. Does it make for a good read?

If the Justice League can get a hold of Chronos' hourglass, maybe they can save the future where Earth has superheroes. Justice League of America #29 cover by David Williams and Steve Buccellato Justice League of America #29 marks the ending of Steve Orlando's run with the team Perplexingly, this book doesn't end with an implied connection[...]

This was another big week for #1's with Exiles, Domino, Immortal Men, Brothers Dracul, The Dead Hand, and Crude. Which ones were wins? Which ones were losses? Figure out the answer here!

As usual, Jeremy Konrad and I are here to discuss which ones are worthy of your time and money and which ones to avoid like the plague. Immortal Men #1 by James Tynion IV and Jim Lee, Domino by Gail Simone and David Baldeon, Exiles by Saladin Ahmed and Javier Rodriguez, Crude by Steve Orlando and Garry Brown, and The Dead Hand by Kyle Higgins and Steve Mooney are the focuses of discussion this week[...]

Crude brings us the story of a former hitman faced with the death of his own son. On his quest for vengeance, he learns about the kind of man his son was and what led to his death.

This forces Supergirl and her allies to push forward their timetable, with Kara herself going toe-to-toe with Turid Goldenaxe to protect Bones and Mokkari. Supergirl #20 cover by Robson Rocha, Daniel Henriques, and Michael Atiyeh This finale to Supergirl, has a lot of moving parts and spinning plates, with the seemingly out-of-nowhere injection of Goldenaxe from the[...]

The Atom and the Ray get much of the spotlight, with the former trying to live up to the legacy of his predecessor and the latter speaking with Ahl. Ahl himself is a return to metanarrative for writer Steve Orlando, with the most recent instance of such being his Milk Wars collaboration with Gerard Way. The God[...]

Steve Orlando has the rogue in rare form too; he's chatty, arrogant, and verging on madness. Orlando has noticeably gotten a hang of balancing the character moments and the main story in this book too Before Chronos arrives to fight the JLA, the team is chatting about the future while rebuilding Happy Harbor We learn where[...]

The Justice League members Batman and Black Canary are the only thing between Lord Havok and the death of Angor. Can Dreamslayer tip the scales? Is Justice League of America #26 a good read?

DC Comics has revealed new details, character profiles, and artwork for the upcoming comic book The Unexpected from Steve Orlando and Ryan Sook We're just gonna get this out of the way right off the bat, because surely you see the same thing we see… Oooooooh yeeeeaaaaaah! That's right The Macho Man Randy Savage! Consider that one[...]

The Justice League of America is recovering from the fight with the Queen of Fables. Batman has another mission though; he and Dreamslayer are going to restore Angor. Black Canary follows along. Is it a good read?

The Doom Patrol, JLA, Cave Carson, Shade, Mother Panic, Wonder Woman, and Batman team up for the final showdown with Milkman Man and Retconn. Can they save Prime Earth? Is it a good read?

Mother Panic is alerted to a possible return of the Gather House, the place where she was trained to be a warrior. At the location, she discovers a reverend dressed as Batman calling himself Father Bruce. This man is pumping out child warriors dressed like Robin, and Mother Panic has to stop him. Is it a good read?

However, there is a hint of arrogance in Doom Patrol's congratulating itself as the hero for "keeping DC weird." Contrasting itself against the JLA is especially odd, because, despite the stories from Steve Orlando's Justice League of America do tend to be fairly conventional, the team itself is quite diverse and odd compared to the[...]

They also appear to be a person of colour, and perhaps most notably, they will be co-written by a non-binary identifying creator. Joining Steve Orlando for the issue will be DC Writers Workshop alumni Vita Ayala, to tell this story and introduce an important new element to the ever expanding diversity of the DC Universe. It's an[...]

The comic has an all star creative team including Paul Dini, James Robinson, Jeff Lemire, Steve Orlando, Mark Russell, Kyle Higgens, Alisa Kwitney, Phil Hester, Guillem March, Frazer Irving, Kelley Jones, and more Will that "and more" include more than one woman? Will it be edited by Eddie Berganza? We'll find out, we suppose. The press[...]

When Dynamite announced they were doing The Shadow/Batman six-part series and it would be written by Steve Orlando and drawn by Giovanni Timpano, I was interested When I found out that one of the covers for issue #4 was going to be by Kevin Nowlan, I was sold Nowlan has always been one of my[...]

Dynamite has sent over a writer's commentary for the first issue of The Shadow/Batman written by Steve Orlando The issue has a variety of covers to choose from, but we've got the David Finch one here along with some interior pages from Giovanni Timpano. PAGE 1: New Year's Eve in New York This is actually an allusion[...]

In January 2018, all four of the ongoing series will be part of a four-part crossover event. Marking the conclusion of the first phase of the imprint and send each title in new directions, it will start with the Doom Patrol Special, which features the Justice League of America and will be co-written by Way and[...]

September will see the game bringing in a couple more of current iteration of the Justice League of America, as currently written by Steve Orlando. The game will bring in the Main Man, Lobo, as players battle through Metropolis's Suicide Slums to each Hero Fragments and earn and upgrade the character And don't worry, it's proper[...]

And everyone there was eager to check out brand new stuff, as well as meet the big names. In fact, that was an awesome part of the show too: the big names like Steve Orlando, Sina Grace, Amy Reeder, and James Tynion IV weren't separated off to their own row or corner, or a different room[...]

Moderated by Andreyko and with a panel listing that included Tee Franklin (Bingo Love, Nailbiter), Sina Grace (Iceman, The Li'l Depressed Boy), James Tynion IV (The Woods, Detective Comics), Phil Jimenez (Astonishing X-Men, Wonder Woman), Steve Orlando (Midnighter, Justice League of America) and Jennie Wood (Flutter series). While the beginning of the panel served as a[...]

JLA #12 is charming, but its pacing issues are abysmal. If you aren't attached to the characters, the slowness of the plot will likely drive you away.