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Once upon a time, Tom King was fired from his Batman run, twenty issues shy of its planned completion His run ended with City of Bane, and James Tynion IV took the book on As a kind of sop, Tom King was given a twelve-issue spinoff to finish his storyline in a non-continuity fashion with[...]

As part of the proto-online NYCC Comic-Con happening this weekend from ReedPOP, The Metaverse, Marguerite Bennett and Tom King joined a video chat with Victor Dandridge to talk about their dream projects – those that exist and those that do not – or at least, do not yet Amongst many projects, Tom King talked about[...]

But it seems that, unlike San Diego, Metaverse will come with a price. In the comic book side, Friday and Saturday will see a couple of free panels on YouTube. FREE: Comic luminaries Tom King, Mitch Gerads and Marguerite Bennett chat about dream projects – Friday, August 14 at 4:20 PM ET / 1:20 PM PT /[...]

However, Tom King's scattershot plot is not tailor made for this kind of diptych storytelling, managing time shifting a little less smoothly than Lost did. There are so many engaging elements in Strange Adventures #4 that the shortcomings are frustrating RATING: HONORABLE MENTION. Strange Adventures #4 (of 12) By Tom King, Mitch Gerads, Evan Shaner Welcome to planet Rann,[...]

On Friday, comic book writer Tom King issued a statement on Twitter, criticising his publisher DC Comics for commissioning a cover for his Rorschach comic from Jae Lee, as Lee had contributed a cover to Ethan Van Sciver's leading Comicsgate crowdfunding titles. Tom King Issues Full Apology to Jae Lee, Removes Tweets Knowing Jae Lee, I suspected[...]

Desperately seeking Luigi, while Warren Ellis, Batman, Tom King and Jae Lee ran around right behind The Daily Lying In The Gutters, remains a long-running run around the day before and the day ahead You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. Luigi, Jae Lee and the ten most-read stories on Bleeding Cool[...]

But today he responded to the social media storm that began with Tom King two days ago, and exploded, despite attempts to quell it Tom King added hours later that he had spoken to Jae Lee, saying "We're all good" However, Jae Lee writes today; Jae Lee post to Instagram, in memory of Loki. Two weeks ago,[...]

The cover credit was solicited last week, but it appears that writer Tom King did not read the fine print He just posted on Twitter; Today DC put out an alternate cover to Rorschach by Jae Lee, who has also done covers for comicsgate, a hate group DC does not consult creators on alternate covers; I[...]

Instead, this was Reggie Long, son of Rorschach's prison psychiatrist, who had taken on the role, the mask and the mission. Tom King and Jorge Fornes have their own unauthorized sequel to Watchmen, Rorschach, to be published by DC Comics in October It also features Rorschach, as well as a Lone Ranger style-sidekick But who is[...]

Yesterday, Bleeding Cool reported on Tom King and JorgeFornés upcoming unauthorised sequel to Watchmen, Rorschach. But what can we see in the images revealed so far? And can we start a campaign from this point to get Tom King to give us his take on Alan Moore and Bill Sienkiewicz's Brought To Light? Anyway… Rorschach 1 We have a cover[...]

Bleeding Cool has been following Tom King and Jorge Fornés plans for a new Watchmen project for some time Now we know what it is Rorschach, a twelve-issue series and another unauthorised sequel to Watchmen from DC Comics Man, I haven't written that phrase for a while Things must be getting back to normal. Rorschach 1 It[...]

This Halloween, they're capitalizing on their specialization in the macabre again with two new anthologies with tales of terror by Batman's ex Tom King, The Wilds co-creator Vita Ayala, BOOM! Studios current golden boy James Tynion IV, tried-and-true vet Marv Wolfman, and more Take a look at the two anthologies, Legend of the Swamp Thing Halloween Spectacular[...]

You're absolutely right." Tom King, one of DC Comics most prominent writers, and former CIA agent, wrote the recent Up In The Sky Superman story that ran exclusively in Walmart before being packaged for the bookstore and comic book store He tweeted out, with evidence: "Mother f-cker I put it in a comic this year[...]

Tom King likes Watchmen But then, don't we all? Recently DC Comics has been reviving Watchmen with prequels like Before Watchmen, unauthorised sequels like Doomsday Clock and integrating the characters of Watchmen into the DC Universe by having Dr Manhattan blamed for the New 52 revival, bringing Thomas Wayne and Jor-El back from the dead,[...]

With a twist from the creative team of Suicide Squad #6 turn in a fight scene that’s great and leads to an epic one-on-one between Batman and Deadshot

Through both, each man is being tested: Adam by the harsh Rannian deserts, apparently avoiding the oppression of mechanical menaces, and Holt is tested by the task in front of him, the question of investigating a beloved hero. The cover of Strange Adventures #2 published by DC Comics with the creative team of Tom King, Mitch[...]

He also gave an unforgiving account of the pressure he felt at DC Comics, his failure to deal with it well, and his troubles since. He also talked about a Black Lightning/Superman comic book called Sources that he was commissioned by DC Comics to draw, five years ago, written by then-Batman writer Tom King[...]

Famously Batman first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in 1939 and now its a thousand issues later. A special 144-page $10 issue will attempt to highlight the "Detective" in Detective Comics as Batman and his allies will have seven times the space to fill with mysteries to solve, taking them from the seediest corners of Gotham[...]

That included a trip courtesy of Tom King, Mikel Janin and Jordie Bellaire to a version of her life seemingly abandoned by DC Comics (at least until the Batman/Catwoman series comes along – maybe Christmas if you're good) One that also tied in with Tom King and Lee Weeks' Batman Annual #2 story, that told[...]

It was this time last year that Bleeding Cool first told you that Tom King was being booted from Batman with #85 Then that he would continue what would have been his run until around Batman #105 with a 12 issue series, Batman/Catwoman, drawn by Clay Mann This was later all confirmed and scheduled for[...]

Again, if you can get past the somewhat retrograde concept at the core, there's a decent share of entertainment in DCeased: Unkillables #3.

Well, Bleeding Cool learnt that DC Comics were expecting something different, with Poison Ivy only returning as a bud, for Harley Quinn to then grow, and for this Poison Ivy to turn back to the one-or-two-note villain she used to be. However, Heroes In Crisis writer Tom King had no intention of doing any of that[...]

Superstar creators Tom King and Matthew Rosenberg sent shockwaves throughout the comics community after having lunch with each other Thursday No, it's not because one is a Marvel and the other is a DC, nor is it because the pair of comic creators had the audacity to go out in public despite the looming threat[...]

(DC Comics, creative team: Tom King, Mitch Gerads, Evan "Doc" Shaner, Clayton Cowles) Hh There is no denying that this issue has a clear application of craft Everybody involved knows how to make comics Unfortunately, Taylor, er, King's script is obtuse about what we are in for Will this be the start of a timeless masterpiece,[...]

Tom King, Mitch Gerards, and Doc Shaner, all working on Strange Adventures, had different takes on the city King challenged the audience for calling 'soda' by the name 'pop' (the only true name, as any Midwesterner knows) Gerards mentioned he was from Minnesota but hated deep dish pizza Shaner said he was from Michigan, which[...]

James Tynion IV came to Batman following a long run from Tom King that divided fandom, rather I was on the 'YAY' side But I am also enjoying Tynion's run, a couple of issues in But how to separate it? Tynion IV wrote a letter to Jorge Jimenez, artist on the upcoming Joker War, and[...]

Copies of Batman #89, out this Wednesday, has already sold copies on eBay for $35 raw and $130 in CGC 9.8. And all because it has the first appearance of

Tom King was a guest on John Sientres' Word Balloon podcast over the weekend During which he talked about all manner of comics and movie projects, but also the end of his run on Batman and his plans for Batman/Catwoman with Clay Mann. When being asked about his decision to kill Alfred Pennyworth off and whether[...]

A strong relationship with Jim Lee going back decades, Harras plays certain favourites among the creative teams and this year he was finally able to fire Tom King from Batman. Joe Quesada (Down) He used to be the modern face of Marvel Comics, though Joe Quesada has managed to grab a little of that magic[...]

DC Comics has revealed the release date for Strange Adventures, the upcoming project by Tom King, Mitch Gerads, and Evan "Doc" Shaner which breaks from previous Tom King works by being about Donald Trump instead of PTSD First announced at New York Comic Con as coming in 2020, we now know the first issue will[...]