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Superman cries in anguish at the thought of a Justice League devoid of Zack Snyder's vision before the release of the Snyder Cut.
Superman: Dawn of Justice But once Snyder was gone, Whedon replaced all of Snyder's badass Superman scenes with scenes where Cyborg says "booyah," drastically changing the tone of the film The movie flopped at the box office, losing money for Warner Bros. However, hardcore fans of Zack Snyder, known colloquially as Snyderbronies, immediately sprung into action,[...]
Yesterday's News Today: That Time George Perez Condemned DC Working Practices
Take, for instance, the stunning new clickbait technology developed by our friends at ComicBook.com, who published an article this weekend headlined George Perez's Corporate Clash over Superman: 'They Made Me Not Care'. Now that's a headline! How do you make one of comics' most revered legends stop caring about his work? Well, this occurred during the[...]
DC Comics Urges Readers to Be Like Superman and #StandWithRefugees... Again
The video, made up of panels from a 1960s public service announcement, shows Superman teaching kids to be nice to refugees, showing them the hardships those refugees endure when fleeing political strife, war,  or natural disasters in their home countries. Superman has always exemplified courage and shown us the best in humanity This #WorldRefugeeDay, support @theIRCand[...]
Naomi Makes Metropolis Debut in Action Comics #1015
"The Great One" seems reinvigorated after a lackluster last few years at Marvel, and in his short tenure at DC, he's already completely taken over Superman, launched an Event Leviathan to clean up the continuity of DC's secret organizations, brought back Young Justice, and set the stage to bring back the Legion He also introduced[...]
Watch the Trailer for Frank Miller and John Romita Jr.'s Superman: Year One
DC Comics has released a trailer for Superman: Year One, the upcoming comic from superstar creators Frank Miller and John Romita Jr The Black Label comic takes Superman back to his youth in Kansas, described as the "definitive origin of Superman." Watch the trailer below: From the creators behind The Dark Knight Returns and Kick-Ass comes[...]
Dan DiDio Has a New Cover for Frank Miller's Superman: Year One
Dan DiDio, DC Comics publisher, posted a random titbit on Facebook, stating, It's that time of day for "Random stuff on desk that makes me happy." And in doing so, showing off a previously unseen cover to Superman: Year One by Frank Miller, John Romita, Danny Miki and Alex Sinclair It shows the young Clark Kent being[...]
Krypton
SYFY's Superman-prequel-series-with-a-time-twist Krypton returned for a second season this week, and one thing has become pretty clear: it bears surprising similarities to the British soap opera Hollyoaks. Krypton is about Superman's grandfather Seg-El in his youth fighting against an oppressive caste system that dominates Kryptonian society He's having a secret Romeo-and-Juliet love affair with Lyta Zod,[...]
"Titans" Season 2: Natalie Gumede Cast as Mercy Graves, Lex Luthor's Bodyguard/Assistant
Interestingly enough, the character's origin story doesn't begin in the comics – Mercy Graves first appeared in a 1996 episode of Superman: The Animated Series. DC Universe So let's see: we have Joshua Orpin (The Blake Mysteries: Ghost Stories) confirmed as Conner Kent/Superboy – with Krypto riding shotgun – and now Gumede's Mercy Graves in play[...]
Superman #12 Preview
And in this preview of Superman #12, by Bendis, Ivan Reis, and Joe Prado, we see the return of another classic: the sideways comic book page! It starts out like any other issue, with a nice big splash page showing the united members of the House of El in epic space battle… But after that, things[...]
William Gibson’s Alien III: The Path from Screenplay to Audio Play
He produced The Death and Return of Superman, Judge Dredd serials, Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere and Good Omens, and the previous Alien audio plays. Both the comic and the Audible production use Gibson's second draft of the screenplay The 1988 draft is less action-heavy and features a smaller cast of supporting characters and doomed extras Dark Horse's[...]
Donny Cates Thinks Superman's Secret Identity is Played Out
So it's no surprise that Cates would feel like he's in a position to offer advice to rival publisher DC Comics, and Cates' advice is simple: it's time for Superman's secret identity to go. Clark Kent as Superman's alter ego has been around as long as Superman, and in fact some might argue that being raised[...]
James Gunn's 'Brightburn' Asks: What if Clark Kent Grew Up Evil? [Review]
Written by James' brother Mark and cousin Brian, they take the classic origin story of Clark Kent/Superman, and throw it into a spin that would make Quentin Tarantino proud It's wicked, graphically violent, and perfectly solid way to spend 96 minutes. [rwp-review-recap id="0"] Set primarily on a small farm outside of the fictitious small community of Brightburn,[...]