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Welcome to Bleeding Cool's weekly preview of Batman/Superman: World's Finest #12! This week's preview promises to be an interesting one as Supergirl and Robin reminisce about a first date that went terribly wrong. Joining me this week is Bleeding Cool's AI writing assistant, LOLtron LOLtron, what are your thoughts on the preview? And remember, no trying[...]

Welcome readers to Bleeding Cool's preview of Superman #1, the first issue of the new Superman series by writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Ivan Reis Lex Luthor plays the role of Superman's new conscience in this preview, in stores Tuesday Joining me to provide thoughts on the preview is Bleeding Cool's AI writing assistant,[...]

As you can see from the screencap below, the second season is "just postponed" as Gunn continues working on Superman Legacy So it's Waller first, and then Peacemaker, and from the sounds of things, viewers can expect some serious connections between Waller and Peacemaker. Image: Twitter DC Studios: A Look at "Chapter 1 – Gods and Monsters"[...]

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Releasing as the newest Target Exclusive set of DC Multiverse figures, Project Superman has arrived Superman will now join Flashpoint Aquaman in the wave of four figures with the ability to build Flashpoint Cyborg This weakened Krypton has been held captive for years and is not on the street he should be As war rages[...]

But what about what Murphy will be doing himself? He will be taking the Murphyverse beyond the Batbooks… "After that, I plan to write/draw the next big volume, World's Finest: White Knight! Not only will we address Superman and Wonder Woman, but the rest of the Justice League as well I won't spoil too much, but[...]

With a little less than a month to go until it returns for its third season, The CW's Tyler Hoechlin & Elizabeth Tulloch-starring Superman & Lois received some good news from DC Studios co-heads James Gunn & Peter Safran at the end of January regarding the show's immediate future During a rollout of their short-term &[...]

The Adventures of Superman's famous radio adaptation opening from 1940, which was turned into the comic book mantra, went as follows: "Faster than a speeding bullet More powerful than a locomotive Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman! Yes, it's Superman—strange[...]

Superman: Legacy is a new movie to be written by James Gunn is scheduled to be released on the 11th of July, 2025, and will focus on Superman balancing his Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing, the first part of what Gunn has titled the "Gods and Monsters" phase of DCU films Gunn added: "Superman:[...]

Our line-up for this morning includes Steven Moffat hoping the sun never sets on the BBC & Disney+'s Doctor Who, DC Studios' co-head James Gunn's tackling Superman's trunks & Harley Quinn's future, Disney+'s Wonder Man filming soon (with a Baron Zemo tease), NBC's The Blacklist ending "Red" Reddington's (James Spader) run after ten seasons, and[...]

We already knew that Gunn was writing a new Superman movie, but we got the first details for the film and a title; Superman Legacy. Image: DC Comics/HBO Max Screencap Gunn, infamous now for using social media to his advantage, has taken to Twitter to ask the public the most important question regarding one of DC's most[...]

DC Studios co-heads James Gunn & Peter Safran had some good news for fans of The CW's Tyler Hoechlin & Elizabeth Tulloch-starring Superman & Lois During a rollout of their short-term & long-term plans for the DCU, the duo said that they expect the series to run for "one or two more seasons."  Gunn added, "It's[...]

Superman and his family of books feature some of the silliest and best covers you will find on the market I love just standing in my shop and laughing at old Superman covers, as well as Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen You haven't lived until you spend an afternoon going through the back issue bins and[...]

1950s-era Batman is often thought of as the peak of DC Comics superhero weirdness, but Superman's 1949 crossing over with a real-life Orsen Welles in a promotional tie-in with Welles' film Black Magic is also as strange as it gets Superman #62 features Superman teaming up with Orson Welles to battle Martler, the Martian Nazi,[...]

Maybe Peacemaker Season 2? Sure! But it could also be the "Superman" film that Gunn's writing, that Amanda Waller spinoff series that was rumored some time back, or something completely different Or nothing at all But, hey… it's something to help make the slightly less-than-72-hour wait seem a bit more tolerable. Image: Instagram Stories Screencap A few[...]

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The world no longer knows that Superman is Clark Kent, nor that Lois Lane is married to him They have adopted two alien refugees to their family Jon Kent also has his secret identity back Lois Lane is Editor-In-Chief of the Daily Planet And Lex Luthor is telling Superman that he wants to be on[...]

Bleeding Cool mentioned back in November that Lois Lane was to be up for the role of Editor-In-Chief at the Daily Planet in DC Comics' Superman comic books, as a result of Perry White suffering a heart attack, after being Patient Zero for the new telepathic imprint spread around the world for anyone who learns[...]

Some huge casting news to report, with The CW's Tyler Hoechlin & Elizabeth Tulloch-starring Superman & Lois having found its Lex Luthor in actor/director Michael Cudlitz (The Walking Dead, Clarice) With the season looking to have a heavier focus on Metropolis, it only makes sense that Luthor make his debut in the Superman & Lois universe[...]

First introduced in Season 1 Episode 11, "A Brief Reminiscence In-Between Cataclysmic Events," and rumored to be returning for the third season based on set photos towards the end of the year, Paul Lazenby (Henry Miller/Atom-Man) put to rest any rumors about his involvement in what's to come with The CW's Tyler Hoechlin & Elizabeth[...]

This week sees the publication of Action Comics #1051, the Superman comic intended to kick off the new DC Comics era dubbed "Dawn Of DC", and playing out across 2023 We looked at a possible "Knight Terrors" for the Batbooks in the summer, yesterday But what of Superman? Clark Kent and his son Jonathan Kent have[...]

Welcome to Bleeding Cool's preview of Action Comics #1051! This week, Superman takes to the streets to fight for sustainable energy sources as the series gets a fresh start Joining me in this preview is Bleeding Cool's AI writing assistant, LOLtron I'm sure it will have plenty of thoughts on the preview, as long as[...]

As we approach the conclusion of Batman/Superman: World's Finest #11, it looks like Superman may have come to the end of his rope Having failed to guide Boy Thunder in this preview of Batman/Superman: World's Finest #11, Superman is left with only one option Joining me to discuss this preview is Bleeding Cool's AI writing[...]

What would DC Comics have been publishing in the Batman and Superman titles in 2024 if the 5G plan had been enacted? Bleeding Cool is publishing The 5G Files, looking at the aborted-but-not-quite relaunch/reboot planned for DC Comics in 2020 dubbed 5G or Fifth Generation. Planned by then-publisher Dan DiDio, it would have seen the main characters of the DC Universe,[...]

What would DC Comics have been publishing in the Batman and Superman titles in 2024 if the 5G plan had been enacted? Bleeding Cool is publishing The 5G Files, looking at the aborted-but-not-quite relaunch/reboot planned for DC Comics in 2020 dubbed 5G or Fifth Generation. Planned by then-publisher Dan DiDio, it would have seen the main characters of the DC Universe,[...]

But what would have happened next?  Bleeding Cool is publishing The 5G Files, looking at the aborted-but-not-quite relaunch/reboot planned for DC Comics in 2020 dubbed 5G or Fifth Generation. Planned by then-publisher Dan DiDio, it would have seen the main characters of the DC Universe, Clark Kent, Bruce Wayne and more, aged up and replaced by newcomers to the roles of[...]

Our line-up for this morning includes Idris Elba starring in a teaser for Netflix's Luther: The Fallen Sun, NBC's Night Court star John Larroquette discussing revisiting Dan Fielding, Showtime's Yellowjackets dropping a new teaser & preview images, Amazon's The Boys looking to set a new bar for "disgusting" with Season 4, James Gunn getting ready[...]

Super Adventure Comic #55 is the UK edition of World's Finest #71, an issue that launched the Superman/Batman team stories in that title, which is a key because the combination of the world's two most famous superheroes in actual stories also proved to be comics' most important team-up for decades.  While World's Finest had featured[...]

To no one's surprise, the future of The Man of Steel is at the top of a lot of DCU fans' lists when it comes to wanting more intel on who the new Superman will be for the Gunn-penned feature film And while that alone would be pressure enough, throw into the mix that the[...]

Planned by then-publisher Dan DiDio, it would have seen the main characters of the DC Universe, Clark Kent, Bruce Wayne and more, aged up and replaced by newcomers to the roles of Superman, Batman and more, the fifth generation of DC superheroes Welcome to The 5G Files and New Superman, Chapter Seven. We had previously talked[...]