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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[...]

And he happened to use pages from the upcoming final Batman comic by Janin and Tom King, Batman #85, seen here online for the first time. Go on, let's take a look Probably spoilers if you think about this too hard And you can also check out Tom King's own Batman #85 page reveal right here. And[...]

And it begins with Tom King's run on Batman. Tom King's run on Batman has seen Bane plan to break Batman, and for Bruce Wayne's parallel dimension father to come along and do the same And all as a parallel to Bane lifting Bruce Wayne above his head, dropping him on his knee and literally breaking[...]

At New York Comic Con, Tom King told Den Of Geek about his then-planned ending to Batman, "I think I still might do a scene I really want to do a scene with Batman and Kite Man in a bar, just drinking beers At Porky's bar, of course I had a big debate, should it[...]

=(DC Comics, creative team: Tom King, Andy Kubert, Sandra Hope, Brad Anderson, Clayton Cowles) There has been nothing wrong with the previous five issues in this series Superman, at his core, has been doggedly doing his Superman thing, hell bent on saving a single child, abducted by some alien warlord Here's the thing: writer Tom King[...]

Later Thomas Wayne Batman is seen in the Convergence crossover by Dan Jurgens, where he helps Clark and Lois give birth to their son, Jonathan. As part of Tom King's Batman run, after travelling on the Cosmic treadmill, the Flash and Batman found themselves in the presence of Flashpoint Batman just as Thomas was planning to[...]

Today sees Tom King's penultimate issue of Batman, with Mikel Janin Batman #84 And it's not about Bruce Wayne – not directly Instead, it's the story of Thomas Wayne, the Flashpoint Batman, a man who lost his son at the hands of Joe Chill, a gunman on the streets of Gotham, and became a Bat[...]

The conclusion to "City of Bane" arrives in Batman #85, the final chapter that both brings Tom King's acclaimed run on the series to a close, before he gets to finish what he originally intended with Clay Mann in a truncated spin-off series, Batman And Catwoman later in 2020 As the solicitation reads; BATMAN #85 (W) Tom[...]

Something that back in Batman #12 we learnt more about, That vow first appeared in Detective Comics #33 back in 1940, from Bob Kane, Bill Finger and Jerry Robinson. Seen again through the years, in Secret Origins #6 by Roy Thomas, Marshall Rogers, and Terry Austin from 1986. Reprised by the same art team in Batman: Dark Detective[...]

Could another unauthorized sequel to Watchmen be on the way? Superstar writer Tom King posted an interesting photo to Twitter on Thursday, showing all twelve issues of Watchmen (#7 looks like it's hidden behind #6) and noting that he's reading them as "research for a thing." Research for a thing pic.twitter.com/JQOS7qbx7s — Tom King (@TomKingTK) November 7, 2019 The[...]

Last month, Tom King said that the Batman Annual #4, out today with Jorge Fornes, would be his last word on Batman Even though he has more tales to tell… but he managed to get quite a lot of them into this one. Hell yeah He's doing the next annual, which is sort of my ultimate[...]

A while ago, Bleeding Cool reported that Tom King was fired off the ongoing Batman gig with #85, twenty issues shy of his planned run on the series, he was given one of his twelve-issue maxi-series, Batman/Catwoman to finish his story, with artist Clay Mann. DC Comics confirmed the news, but in a DC-PR-arranged interview with Entertainment Weekly, Tom King refuted[...]

When Tom King was fired off the ongoing Batman gig, twenty issues shy of his planned run on the series, he was given one of his twelve-issue maxi-series, Batman/Catwoman to finish his story, with artist Clay Mann But it wasn't in the DC Comics January 2020 solicitations as planned, though Batman #86 was What gives? He[...]

It's run talking about Tom King's Batman online, especially with people who think there just hasn't been enough Bane in City of Bane I would argue the title suggests it's about the city rather than about Bane, his effect on the place and the way it workd now – although setting two issues on a[...]

Tom King makes people cry And if they're not crying, they're definitely feeling something At New York Comic Con last weekend, the line to meet Tom King stretched across all of Artist Alley (Those people had to buy something from his booth to earn their spot in line.) So just why hasn't DC's most critically[...]