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There's been quite a media blitz over Superman early in this Comic Con week, including interviews with Jim Lee and Dan DiDio regarding the new take on the character among other things Overall, it paints a very different picture from the Superman we've come to know, and Lee, DiDio, and Grant Morrison go on[...]

DC Comics kicked off SDCC week with a new DCU Superman media blitz, and it's a safe bet that will continue with other relaunched characters for the next few days Meanwhile, the bootlegged The Avengers trailer has caused off-the-charts excitement among fans, to the point where you have to wonder whether its perfectly-timed appearance[...]

There's lots of news swirling around about Superman today, and DC has just issued a made-for-mainstream-news set of points covering what's going on with the relaunch, along with a bigger version of this morning's official, actual Action Comics #1 cover: He has been called the Man of Steel, the Last Son of Krypton and a strange[...]

From the NY Post, the cover to Action Comics #1 by Rags Morales, shipping from DC in September. Grant Morrison is quoted as saying "We felt it was time for the big adventures of a 21st-century Paul Bunyan who fights for the weak and downtrodden against bullies of all kinds, from robot invaders and crime lords[...]

Bleeding Cool reported a month ago on what was dubbed Kittengate, the pulling of Superman #712 from the printers and its replacement with an inventory issue. Chris Sims of Comics Alliance compared the solicitation and promotion of the original issue and concluded that this was because of the appearance of the character Sharif, a Muslim superhero,[...]

But I suppose we'll never know. Most-Read TV/Film Stories Today: No, The Superman Logo Isn't Hidden In The New Batman Poster, But Anyway Here's the poster for you to scrutinise, and then I'll show you where the Superman S is meant to be. The Dark Knight Rises Official Teaser Poster We've all been anxiously following every tidbit of news[...]

Here's a national TV ad for the Batman RIP storyline. These are accompanied by online advertising and wraparound front cover on the popular free public transport newspaper La Hora, given out to over two million passengers. A special edition was released a couple of weeks ago that contained The Killing Joke there was a special edition released[...]

In the newest issue of Flashpoint, out today, we discover that Superman crash landed as a baby in Metropolis instead of Kansas, killing 35,000 As a result he seems to be considered a very serious threat by the government But also a being that they have to keep safe You know, just in case. And[...]

Aquaman, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, Superman, Batman, Flash and Cyborg we knew. But it also seems we have Deadman, Atom, Element Woman, Firestorm, Green Arrow, Hawkman, Power Girl and Mera. Power Girl certainly seems to be wrapping herself up Unless it's Zealot Or Black Canary Or someone else And maybe that Firestorm is Union. What do you think? UPDATE:[...]

  There's a lot of fuss right now over the removal of the planned story for Superman #712, out this week, Chris Roberson's original solicited story, replaced by the Kurt Busiek Krypto story, itself subject to repeated removal when originally solicited four years ago. People having kittens, as it were. Comics Alliance has run a long article by[...]

Yesterday on the open George Pérez Fan Page on Facebook, Pérez posted the image above with the following; Since this book will be on the stands tomorrow, I figure it would be okay to finally show my variant cover for SUPERMAN 712, which I dedicated to the memory of a dear friend named [...]

In the last week I've sent not an inconsiderable time with certain comic book professionals calming them down around certain invective expressed towards

Lots of long-standing comic book institutions are going through major changes right now. I saw a couple people talking to Jason Aaron on twitter today

A month or two before the DC Relaunch was announced, Bleeding Cool started to hear news that the marriage of Lois Lane and Clark Kent was to be dissolved, and a relationship between Wonder Woman and Superman was on the cards As the relaunch news date approached, we heard further collaboration, but it was only[...]

Here is the solicitations for Superman/Batman #85 that recently shipped. SUPERMAN/BATMAN #85 Written by JUDD WINICK Art by TRAVEL FOREMAN Cover by MIGUEL SEPULVEDA Witness Dick Grayson's first adventure with Superman as Batman in this thrilling story that pits The Dark Knight and The Man of Steel against the monstrous villain Sabbac, a Kryptonian serial killer and an[...]

A variant cover to Superman #1. It certainly looked professional, touches of a DC production But that UPC was just too early for such an image, and they rarely release these images with logos I was able to confirm however that it was a faked image, then found the original, created by Jeremy Roberts on DeviantArt. I[...]

Note everyone still in the old costumes of course – why would you want to put the new Superman on a lollipop? We do like Batman's glowing gut though. New Art From Rob Liefeld's Hawk And Dove Rob Liefeld has been sharing some of his production artwork for Hawk And Dove #1 He writes; Gail Simone And B[...]

Jumbo Sharky writes for Bleeding Cool: You can see the infamous "Return to Krypton" scene from Superman Returns in full, glorious HD on the Superman Anthology Blu-ray box set It's on shelves now in the US, and available from next Monday in the UK. It's really something in HD, but you can get at least get a[...]

There we go. A scarily angled video shot ogf Grant Morrison's address to the Hero Complex Film Festival at the weekend.

George Perez has just released an update regarding his involvement in Superman: The Man Of Tomorrow via his facebook page. Since I'm not going to be doing any interviews regarding the SUPERMAN reboot (not wishing to inadvertently spill any plot beans) I just want to give you all the skinny on what exactly I'm doing on[...]

The official blurb for Action Comics #1 by Grant Morrison and Rags Morales gives us the impression that we're heaing for a Year One approach… This momentous first issue will set in motion the history of the DC Universe as Superman defends a world that doesn't trust their first Super Hero. Why does that sound[...]

But they do state that the full name of the Perez book is Superman: The Man Of Tomorrow To come later on the DC Source blog I'm sure. UPDATE: And there you go Confirmation of Michael Green, Mike Johnson and Mahmud Asrar on Supergirl #1, George Perez only writing (and covering) Superman #1 (that's the full[...]

It's True tweeted "If Superman is so smart, why his underwear on the outside?" Well, six hundred and eighty-one thousand Twitter followers, he doesn't anymore But DC just haven't announced it yet. Now it's still relatively early on the West Coast, but it's the end of the day in the UK But the comics internet is on[...]

UPDATE: The full Superman news has been confirmed and corrected right here. This is the George Pérez cover to Superman #1 that DC will be announcing tomorrow Bleeding Cool believes that George will be writing and drawing the book. This appears to show in full for the first time new look for Superman and it fits in[...]

Picturing a glorious future in that vein, with Superman recruiting both Wonder Woman and Batman And with DC Comics relaunching their line, what better time for the central DC characters to take on a more political vein? And return to Tehran under a different banner… Oh, and he's done it using DC Comics original art board[...]

 Bleeding Cool also told you about George Perez on Superman, Jeff Lemire on Animal Man, and lots of other stuff  Definitely another manic monday in comics news, so let's get caught up: Most-Read DC-Relaunch Stories Today: DC Comics Relaunch: Batman And Robin, Dark Knight… And Batgirl! Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and Rumors Batman #1[...]

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He co-wrote, then fully wrote, the Wonder Woman #1 relaunch in 1986, as well as co-plotting Teen Titans and writing and drawing various Superman titles around the same time Indeed he left DC for some time after writing duties on Wonder Woman were passed to William Messner Loebs for the marriage issue. But after that, apart[...]

But, if true, will have the biggest multi-media implications. I'm told that Superman and Wonder Woman will be getting together. In a very media friendly fashion, indeed. Or at least it will be a plot point A possibility And why? Because this may be as a result of DC Universe/Flashpoint merged continuity, with a non-married Superman and a non-married[...]

In September, along with all the new issue one relaunches, Bleeding Cool has been told to expect a new Legion Of Superheroes series, Legion Lost. The