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The most popular DC characters at the time had stories inside- Batman and Robin, Superman, Sandman, Slam Bradley, and Zatara all appeared between the covers, which featured no advertisements A full 96 pages of story in there Another interesting tidbit is that the cover for the 1940 issue with its yellow background is the first[...]

Superman fans and collectors have no shortage of comics to buy on a daily basis, the man has been saving the world for decades at this point But one book that deserves extra attention and is a great buy at the moment is Action Comics #9 from the New 52 run Featuring the solo cover[...]

In comic book series Superman: Birthright by Mark Waid, Leinil Francis Yu and Gerry Alanguilan, it presents Clark Kent with the power to see the living aura that surrounds all creatures, that fades with death As a result of this, Clark Kent is portrayed as a vegetarian Originally planned as non-canon, the series was later[...]

June sees the release of Batman/Superman: World's Finest #4 by Mark Waid and Dan Mora, and the cardstock cover featuring some kind of merged Batman and Superman figure has got a few comic book speculators all of a flutter.  As if this may be a new character As if they may go on to have[...]

From Superman to Batman to Thor to Wonder Woman to The Hulk to Iron Man… the list goes on and on Being a comic book character with Daddy Issues is nothing special, so the best characters have got to have Mommy Issues too Like, well, Batman again Batman has a lot of issues In this[...]

The current run of Action Comics written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson has seen Superman take his pursuit of freedom and justice to WarWorld, run by Mongul, in an attempt to free the captive, fighting slaves of the world A freedom, however, it seems that few want A confrontation of the simplicities summed up by Superman[...]

Superman is back and is getting a pretty freaky figure from McFarlane Toys for their new 7" Page Puncher line This new line will include a Never Before Seen Black Adam comic from DC Comics and will include figures based on the comics art We have already seen Black Adam and Batman arrive, and it[...]

Last month's Batman/Superman: World's Finest #2 saw the Doom Patrol's finest researchers investigate a Chinese superhero team from 1579 BC, for want of a better phrase, known as the Warriors Of Ji, from the House Of Ji. With Robin and Supergirl taking a trip through time to meet them to try and uncover the secrets to[...]

The Page Punchers line is finally up for pre-order, with Batman and Superman leading the charge Page Punchers consists of new 3" action figures with some articulated joints as well as a companion comic book World's Finest is here, with Batman coming with Batman #608, which does kick off the widely popular Hush storyline. Superman on[...]

After delivering a Bat-lecture to Jon in this preview o Superman: Son of Kal-El #11, Batman is about to get a taste of his own medicine… from Pa Kent! You're in for it now, Batman… Check out the preview below. SUPERMAN: SON OF KAL-EL #11 DC Comics 0322DC147 0322DC148 – Superman: Son of Kal-El #11 Roger Cruz, Norm Rapmund[...]

Created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, the Superman story in Action Comics #39 was written by Siegel and Leo Nowak Early issues of Action Comics are foundational in importance to the Golden Age, and have been in demand for decades, and this Action Comics #39 (DC, 1941) Condition: VG up for auction in the[...]

Rising from the grave is Black Lantern Batman, and Black Lantern Superman is here to do Nekron's bidding These deadly and decaying sculpts are perfect for McFarlane Toys and are shown in their black and silver suits.  Sadly, no accessories are included, but a lot of time was put into their decaying sculpts Those head sculpts[...]

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John Henry Irons made his debut in The Adventures of Superman #500 He then rose up to the statue of hero after the death of Superman at the hands of Doomsday John created a metal suit that replicated the powers of the Man of Steel and even honored him with his logo on the chest[...]

Check out the preview below. ACTION COMICS #1042 DC Comics 0222DC070 0222DC071 – Action Comics #1042 Julian Totino Tedesco Cover – $5.99 (W) Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Shawn Aldridge (A) Riccardo Federici, Adriana Melo (CA) Riccardo Federici The origins of Mongul, his mysterious champions, and Midnighter's underground rebellion stand revealed! When another of Superman's truest allies is killed, will the tragic loss[...]

It is considered the nadir of Supermanbery Superman IV: The Quest For Peace which saw Lex Luthor hijack Superman's plans to rid the world of all its nuclear weaponry, creating his ultimate opponent, Nuclear Man It really is an awful film But can it be reclaimed? As this week's Earth Prime: Superman & Lois comic[...]

In this preview of Batman/Superman World's Finest #2, Superman… MAY DIE!! Unless the Negative Man can save his ass… from the inside out! Check out the preview below. BATMAN/SUPERMAN: WORLD'S FINEST #2 DC Comics 0222DC021 0222DC022 – Batman/Superman: World's Finest #2 Tim Sale Cover – $4.99 (W) Mark Waid (A/CA) Dan Mora The Man of Steel and the Dark Knight have[...]

We have already seen Batman rising up from the grave, and now it is time for Superman for his resurrection The Man of Steel is back as a part of the Black Lantern army with a new decaying head sculpt with a Black Lantern suit This marks the second Blackest Night figure to arrive, making[...]

But after that, journalist Nia Nal and her superhero alter-ego Dreamer will make her first DCU appearance in July, in Superman: Son of Kal-El #13, also co-written by Maines. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ "I'm so excited to work with[...]

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[...]

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[...]