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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.

The crossover will happen via a series of four one-shots, and at the Young Animal panel tonight, we learned what the first one will be: Doom Patrol Special, featuring the Justice League of America. Gerard Way and Steve Orlando will write the comic, with art by Aco, and a cover by Frank Quitely: A press release from[...]

Writer Steve Orlando (Batman/The Shadow, Justice League of America) and artist Giovanni Timpano (The Shadow, Transformers) will team to tell a tale of noir, mortality and generational heroes and villains, set to hit stores October 4th! The World's Greatest Mystery The World's Greatest Detective They can barely stand each other, so how will they possibly deal[...]

Batman takes the hardline security approach of assuming the worst until proven otherwise, and Ray voices the view that they  should allow benefit of the doubt until proven otherwise. Art by Andy MacDonald and Hi-Fi What's particularly great about how Steve Orlando writes these arguments is that he does so with subtlety and class[...]

You guys are awesome. Finally, I would like to include the writer Steve Orlando in this little list: Steve Orlando Orlando made waves for me when he hit the DC scene with Midnighter, which featured an unapologetic and frank look at a gay character His Midnighter was a man regularly in bed with another man, bedroom floor littered[...]

She did so in the name of good, though, so she can't really be all that bad. I personally like the way Steve Orlando is writing both Frost and Atom They have real chemistry, and it's clear there's a lot of trust between them I'm inclined to think the Atom has a crush on Frost, as[...]

Shadow insists it wasn't him, and thus our story in Batman The Shadow #2 continues. Scott Snyder and Steve Orlando are a good writing team Orlando seems to take this wheel in this episode, allowing to explore the Shadow in this DC universe, where anti-heroes aren't the norm The Shadow is also more reckless than Batman[...]

"Cowl Footage 1931" is homage to the year The Shadow made his pulp debut. Scott Snyder and Steve Orlando have clearly done their homework, as they write the book as a pulp story I was annoyed by how stupid Batman came off as, but I understand that since Batman was inspired by The Shadow, maybe Shadow should[...]

This year on the panel were Julie Benson, Shawna Benson, Franco, Dan Jurgens, Steve Orlando, Joe Prado, and James Tynion IV. The moderator started things off by asking who or what the panels' favorite Superman books were. Dan Jurgens piped up, saying that his favorite super man (and best suggestion) is Alan Moore's Superman (Eliot – 3 stories as[...]

As one retailer said to me, For every Steve Orlando that breaks out there are ten writers that crater sales and the characters become afterthoughts. It's not to say that new creators aren't good, far from it And certainly, there is a need as ever for new creators to be found all the time But when you[...]

Hall (opt Jennifer Carpenter & James Remar), CAGE! #1 with Mike Coulter, Uncanny Avengers #8 & Unstoppable Wasp #1 with Evangeline Lilly, some Stranger Things with Millie Bobby Brown (opt extra kids, and Winona Ryder), and more: There's a special Tatiana Maslany Orphan Black (various issues / covers) opportunity: January's thread (check for availability) had Justice League VS[...]

Batman has handpicked his new Justice League and it consists of some pretty interesting characters. The new one-shot focuses on why we need the JLA and

It needed to bring some hope. And boy, does it deliver. Art by Stephen Byrne Steve Orlando and Stephen Byrne craft a fantastic story that sets up the origins of the character as well as their reasons for moving forward, and perhaps why he'd be part of the new JLA coming soon. And what I think is especially wonderful[...]

It's one which shows how powerful love is and can be, and certainly for many queer people when they find it, how strong love makes you and how much we will fight for it. Because sometimes, love is strong enough to make you a gun to shoot back at the monsters. Art by Fernando Blanco and Romulo[...]

The man he loves! It's an awesome moment for those who have had their masculinity challenged, not just for who they decide to love, but how they decide to practice that love in the privacy of their own homes. In fact, during a panel at NYCC, writer Steve Orlando mentioned how a fan came up to him[...]

It doesn't matter if you've been a Superman fan for fifty years, or if it's your first time picking up a comic book; these stories have a little something for everyone. Appearing on stage at this year's New York Comic Con Superman comics panel were creators Doug Mahnke, Peter Tomasi, Steve Orlando, and Phil Jimenez[...]

By Joe Glass Hosted by IGN's Joshua Yehl, with Kris Anka, CBR's Brett White, Shannon Watters, Noelle Stevensson, Steve Orlando and James Tynion IV, here to tell us how being geeky and queer worked out for the best. Yehl and White came up with the idea to do the panel just a few months ago and wouldn't it[...]

It's time for more news from BOOM! Studios as we continue our journey on the #RoadToSanDiego! Writer of series, Midnighter, Virgil, and Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Steve Orlando has announced his only original series entitled Namesake It's a four issue limited series, written by Orlando, with art by Jakub Rebelka. The story follows… "Jordan Molossus, a[...]

Boom! Studios has sent out a preview of their new Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #0 showing off their various covers and a few interior pages to entice you to buy the book as it hits comics shelves this week. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #0 Writers: Kyle Higgins, Steve Orlando, Mairghread Scott Artists: Hendry Prasetya, Corin Howell, Daniel Bayliss It's[...]

Steve Orlando has been named on of the Advocate Magazine's "40 under 40" for 2016 So ageist… The Advocate's annual list of 40 exemplary people under age 40 has a message we think all generations should hear This year the 40 Under 40 series highlights young LGBT people fighting intersectional battles in our greater community. He's the[...]

Midnighter by Steve Orlando et al (DC Comics) When DC announced their new DC You initiative, I was hugely surprised to see that Midnighter was getting his own series. Midnighter is of course well known and established as one of DC's LGBTQ superheroes, but up until know was pretty much part of 'Apollo & Midnighter', falling in[...]

By Joe Glass New York TimesOUT is bringing the LGBTQ wonder to New York Comic Con this year, starting with this panel today, featuring Kris Anka, James Tynion IV, Babs Tarr, Kevin Wada, Jenny Wood, and a late and running Steve Orlando. Asking Steve about Midnighter, one of the only monthly books from DC about an unapologetic,[...]

Peter S Svensson writes from Image Expo and shares his notes… Midnighter's Steve Orlando is back at Image with JD Faith for their new comic, Virgil. This book is "what if Quentin Tarantino had balls?" "What if Django had a gay couple?" Orlando calls it "queerspoiltation". It's about an outed cop in Jamaica, where gay rights are minimal at best, fighting[...]

By Joe Glass This week has seen the release of the first DC comic headlined by a gay male lead, in the form of Midnighter by Steve Orlando, Aco and Romulo Fajardo Jr. Midnighter is of course an existing character, albeit one who's gone through some changes since the New 52 came around In the 90s, he[...]

In a conversation about Midnighter being a single gay man and about Catwoman being bisexual, Midnighter writer Steve Orlando was asked, @josephglass @JustPlainTweets @FotoCub Constantine is in the club ! Don't worry — Steve Orlando (@thesteveorlando) March 11, 2015 Hmm Just doing the maths Midnighter is gay Catwoman is bi Constantine is bi Harley Quinn is bi (with two titles[...]

CBR quoted DC co-publisher Dan DiDio as saying, We were just talking to [Steve Orlando] about it — what he found most intriguing about the story is a single male character We've seen Midnighter and Apollo together in relationships, what he wants to is tell the story about a single male character, and ultimately, what is[...]

By Chris Thompson [audio:http://popculturehound.net/podcast/PCHPodcastEpisode94.mp3] It's been a little while since the last episode with Tim Daniel (which you can still listen to here), but this time I'm back to chat with up-and-coming writer Steve Orlando about his hit mini-series Undertow, which had its penultimate issue this week from Image Comics. Steve and I discuss breaking into comics, how[...]

By Erik Grove If you haven't been reading Undertow by Steve Orlando and Artyom Trakhanov from Image Comics, the bad news is that you're late to one of the craziest and most visually stunning new books on the shelves but the good news is that you still have time to remedy that With the first 3[...]

In addition to Alex + Ada, Undertow, by the team of Steve Orlando and Artyom Trakhanov is another noteworthy new release from Image on comic store shelves right now This book focuses on the politics and warfare of an ancient and majestic Atlantis – and the rebels that are fighting to bring it down It's[...]

In UNDERTOW #1, writer Steve Orlando (MYSTERY IN SPACE) and artist Artyom Trakhanov bring pulp monster adventure to comics and debut a new take on Atlantis in this new series.   In UNDERTOW, Atlantis is a world superpower and breathing air is something of a rare phenomena "UNDERTOW takes a lot of expectations about Atlantis fiction and[...]