Our line-up of news, opinions & commentary for this morning includes Netflix dropping an epic Stranger Things 4 official trailer, The CW's Superman & Lois going "bizarrely" emo, The CW's The Flash star Robbie Amell discussing his Ronnie Raymond return, Kevin Smith expresses his pride in his Arrow impact, Lucifer star Lesley-Ann Brandt talks Lucifans[...]
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Last year, Bleeding Cool broke the news that Jonathan Kent, son of Clark Kent and Lois Lane, and the new Superman of Earth at DC Comics would be revealed to be a queer young man There had been some rumours that he might be defined as gay, but Bleeding Cool pushed back on that, stating[...]
John Bogdanove has sold several pages of original art from his personal collection of his work for the Death Of Superman storyline thirty years ago, through Heritage Auctions this week It may have been the best time to do so, given the current state of the original comic book market His cover as used for[...]
World's Finest #3 has two of my favorite things on the cover, Superman and baseball Before I worked at a comic shop, I had no idea that people collected certain theme covers, especially from the golden and silver age Ice cream covers, beach covers, there are sub-groups for so many things Now I get it,[...]
Superman is accused of murder in this preview of Superman: Son of Kal-El #10, and you know it must be true, because would Lex Luthor lie about Superman?! We mean, when has he ever done that before? If you can't trust Lex Luthor, who can you trust?! Check out the preview below.
SUPERMAN: SON OF KAL-EL[...]
Superman #14 features one of the most iconic covers of the golden age, and maybe only rivaled by Action Comics #1 as far as Supes covers go Fred Ray was the artist, and you wonder if when he was done with this cover, and took a step back and looked at it and just let[...]
Superman: Space Age ia a new comic book series by Mark Russell and Mike Allred launching from DC Comics in July Mike Allred has a long comics history as creator of Madman but also creating superhero comics with a retro sensibility, reminiscent of the sixties While Mark Allred has the reputation of creating satirical works[...]
With Tom King and Chris Burnham working on Dark Crisis: Worlds Without A Justice League: Superman #1 While Brandon Thomas, Chuck Brown and Fico Ossio do the same in a back-up strip for Aquaman Poor Aquaman, has to share his main title with another Aquaman and si now relegated to a backup strip.
Pariah The Great[...]
General Zod crushes protestors in this preview of World of Krypton #5, in stores on Tuesday from DC Comics.
I love The CW angst and total cheese possibly too much for my own good, but this past week's episode of Superman and Lois was just too much Oh, not too much teen angst (though there were borderline levels of that), but too much Lois (Bitsy Tulloch) being a hysterical woman to the point where[...]
With an admirable modern spirit straining against unfortunate similarities with the past, Superman: Son of Kal-El #8 tries to chart a new path for the young hero Unfortunately, the parallels between the elements of Jon Kent and his father's life that are too numerous and too similar to distinguish the work.
Superman Son Of Kal-El #8[...]
Superman is back, and he is ready to dish out some pain as Beast Kingdom reveals their new Dynamic 8ction Heroes figure Coming to us straight from the pages of DC Comics, the Man of Steel is back in his icon and stylish Black Recovery Suit This 1:9 scale figure will feature 26 points of[...]
Before we get to preview the next episode of The CW's Tyler Hoechlin & Elizabeth Tulloch-starring Superman & Lois, a quick congratulations to the show's cast & crew for the great news this week that the series has been given a green light for a third season Of course, how that Season 3 ends up[...]
The Supermobile is the DC Comics equivalent to Batman's Batmobile, but rather than enhancing Superman's abilities, it attempts to duplicate them, whenever Superman loses his powers in some spurious fashion Created by Cary Bates for It's a Bird… It's a Plane… It's Supermobile! in 1978's Action Comics, it was initially created as a promotional tie-in[...]
They just begin their shared investigation when the issue comes to an abrupt stop, and you'll have to continue the story in the next issue of Superman: Son of Kal-El.
Let's be clear — Tom Taylor does some of the best character writing in the industry right now, and the team of Bruno Redondo, Adriano Lucas,[...]
No sooner have they made Tom Taylor an exclusive comic book creator (which basically means he can keep his Boom and Image creator-owned comics, but no more Marvel) than they have made his artistic partner on Superman: Son Of Kal-El and exclusive DC Comics creator as well Cian Tormey announced on Twitter;
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I am very[...]
Superman's ultimate baddie will always be Brainiac to me Give me a foe that uses brains over brawn anytime, especially against Superman; I get so tired of the argument that all Supes comics are boring since he cannot be bested physically Brainiac is a different beast altogether, and I would love to own his debut[...]
It's Superman time! The auction house ComicConnect has a lot of major items going under the hammer today, but this one might be major in a very different way than you might expect for an auction of Action Comics #1, the first appearance of Superman, slabbed by CGC Because while slabbed Action Comics #1's have[...]
After that brutal "tough love" family intervention left Jonathan (Jordan Elsass) at a serious crossroads and Ian Bohen's Anderson pledged his allegiance to Ally (Rya Kihlstedt), the next episode of The CW's Tyler Hoechlin & Elizabeth Tulloch-starring Superman & Lois isn't dialing back the serious drama with this week's episode "Into Oblivion." Something's off about[...]
One of the coolest things in the Director's Cut was the arrival of Henry Cavill Superman in his Black Suit The Black Recovery Suit plays a big role in the Death of Superman story and it is a badass costume to see in live-action Iron Studios is bringing the Black Suit back once again as[...]
Superman has been unleashed as the newest DC Comics Art Scale statue to fly on into Iron Studios Capturing the Man of Steel to perfection, Iron Studios has delivered a truly incredible statue standing at 10.2" tall The Boy Scout is displayed in his classic superhero pose with his fists on his waist, showcasing that[...]
And they discuss Superman's apparent extreme vulnerability to magic.
Here's the thing – that's not meant to be the case Superman is indeed vulnerable to magic in the DC Universe but only as much as the next guy He has no defense against magic, but then neither would you It's not meant to be his Kryptonite[...]
All thoroughly obsessed with who Wonder Woman might, or might not, be sleeping with.
Frank Cho sketch cover
Frank Cho posted "Superman Versus Wonder Woman, sketch cover The battle you've been waiting for The sketch cover no one asked for… Superman in bed with Wonder Woman This outrageous sketch cover is up for grabs at Big Wow![...]
Batman describes Poison Ivy in a way she finds reductive in this preview of Batman/Superman: World's Finest #1, in stores Tuesday But tell us this, Batman: who's the one releasing unregulated herbicide into the Metropolis environment willy nilly? What about the environmental damage that's going to cause? And no, "Robin, hold your breath" is not[...]
New heroes, new groups, and so many more changes arrive, including a brand new controversial Superman taking to the skies Superman's son Jonathan Kent is taking over the mantle now, and McFarlane Toys is giving him his very own action figure Besides the very interesting head sculpt, the new Superman is coming to life with[...]
Up, Up, and Away! Superman is flying on in with a brand new and exclusives DC Comics Amazing Yamaguchi Revoltech figure This figure is based on his New 52 design as he dons his Black Suit and will be a Big Bad Toy Store exclusive Standing 7" tall, the Man of Steel comes with five[...]
Heading into tonight's episode of The CW's Tyler Hoechlin & Elizabeth Tulloch-starring Superman & Lois, we've been previewing the strained relations in play between Lois (Tulloch) & Lucy (Jenna Dewan), Jordan (Alex Garfin) & Jonathan (Jordan Elsass), and Lana (Emmanuelle Chriqui) & Kyle (Erik Valdez) But this time around, the spotlight lands on Superman (Hoechlin),[...]
Well, with Superman Vs Lobo #3 out today, that traditional has been maintained as well, as the ad from the next issue from Superman Vs Lobo #2 attests.
Superman Vs Lobo #2 ad for Superman Vs Lobo #3
Nine weeks late That's enough to give all sorts of people heart palpatations When last we left Superman and[...]
In our preview from over the weekend for The CW's Tyler Hoechlin & Elizabeth Tulloch-starring Superman & Lois, we saw that things continued to worsen between Lois (Tulloch) & Lucy (Jenna Dewan), Jordan (Alex Garfin) & Jonathan (Jordan Elsass), and Lana (Emmanuelle Chriqui) & Kyle (Erik Valdez) But worst of all, it was the growing animosity[...]
Grant Morrison continues to expound and expand on what went down with Superman & The Authority, 5Gand DC Comics, and Bleeding Cool has been paraphrasing along,
When it was still part of the 5G concept and a little more parodic, I had this big daft idea to update the classic utopian Superman story Superman Red/Superman Blue from 1963 by having[...]