Tom King Archives

Superstar writer and former Jack Bauer, Tom King, is one of the most powerful people in comics, and not just because of his access to the C.I.A.'s surveillance apparatus In addition to writing Eisner-bait comics at both Marvel and DC, as well as DC's flagship title, Batman, King was also recently spotted traveling the globe[...]

As Batman engages in hand-to-hand combat with Bane, an unseen narrator speaks (even if you are bound to get who it is before the eventual reveal) taking the opportunity to run through Tom King's first fifty issues, summarising all the plots and machinations that occurs as part if Bane's big plan Every nuance – The[...]

Batman #72 by Tom King, Mikel Janin, Jorge Fornes and Jordie Bellaire previewed below, is published on Wednesday In which it is revealed just how Bane has been pulling all the strings in the storyline that has run since Tom King's first issue, leading to an ultimate destruction of Bruce Wayne, the Batman But it[...]

Tom King may have been removed from Batman before finishing his planned 100-issue run after Batman #85, with the remaining issues cut short to a 12-issue upcoming Batman/Catwoman series But don't think that means King is on the outs with DC It seems that both King and DC Publisher Jim Lee are still pretty chummy,[...]

I'll try to be quieter." – Tom King, co-creator of The Sherrif Of Babylon, writer on Mister Miracle, The Vision, Batman. "Bleeding Cool, where I go to find out who I've disappointed and to what degree I've done it before it's actually happened!" -Rob Liefeld, co-creator of Deadpool, Cable, X-Force, creator of Major X, Brigade and[...]

Pictures planned film adaptation of Jack Kirby's New Gods with Ava DuVernay in the director's seat, it sounds like we may know who'll be handling the script. According to a report over on The Wrap, a source confirmed to them that King would be co writing the script with DuVernay for New Gods. DC Comics characters Big Barda and Mister Miracle from[...]

But was it always meant to be these characters? Well… as it turns out, Tom King recently gave readers a glimpse into how he makes his sauce, and the ingredients turn out to be somewhat… arbitrary? Read on, assuming you've read Heroes in Crisis #9, as some of this could be considered minor spoilers[...]

Because earlier this week, Bleeding Cool broke the news that Tom King was being fired from the Batman twice-monthly ongoing series, but that he would be able to continue his storyline in a truncated Catwoman-related mini-series. Today, DC Comics made that all official Eventually. Firstly that the upcoming storyline by King, City Of Bane would conclude with[...]

Yesterday morning, Bleeding Cool broke the story that Tom King had been dropped by DC Comics from the Batman ongoing comic, and that his final issue would be Batman #85 It seemed to take the industry by surprise and we received word from a number of senior industry figures asking if we were quite mad[...]

Earlier today, Bleeding Cool broke the news that Tom King's Batman run will end at issue 85, with King being removed from the title by DC Comics, not by his own choice The news is shocking not only because King has long said his run will be 100 issues long, but also because he only[...]

Earlier today, with great personal regret, Bleeding Cool ran the story that writer Tom King was being dropped by DC Comics from the Batman twice-monthly comic book I wasn't happy, I'm still not I am getting more information as to how this all may be going down, which I will share once it coagulates into[...]

Bleeding Cool has been informed by multiple senior industry sources that the current writer of DC Comics' twice-monthly leading title Batman, Tom King, is to leave the series with issue 85 – and that this was not his decision King retains an exclusive contract with DC Comics and will likely be working on other projects[...]

Batman has always been kind of a dick, but the Caped Crusader has evolved into something more, at least according to this preview of Batman #71, by Tom King and Mikel Janin, in stores this Wednesday In this preview…   That's right We said it Well, technically, Kitty Pryde said it. Just take it from Jim Gordon… Wait, what? Uh… But[...]

Batman writer Tom King is a former C.I.A spy, so it's reasonable to assume he's well-versed in the art of propaganda and foreign coups, and King puts one of those talents to good use regularly in promoting his upcoming comics King often posts small teases from the interior art of upcoming Batman comics on Twitter,[...]

agent Tom King has reported receiving at least one death threat on Twitter following Wednesday's release of Heroes in Crisis #8. The issue featured big revelations about the killer at Sanctuary, a superhero PTSD treatment center, which you can read all about here Of course, Tom King would prefer you actually buy the comic, but to[...]

Batman writer Tom King isn't playing mind games when it comes to writing a naked Bane into his Batman comics King was asked about the villain's feelings on nudity on Twitter, and he responded with the explanation that Bane is simply more comfortable without clothes, as established by continuity Apparently, growing up alone in an[...]

And thanks to moderator Mark Evanier (one time assistant to Jack Kirby and all around entertaining man), Tom King (writer on Mister Miracle, Batman), Steve Sherman (a one time assistant to Jack Kirby with Evanier and master puppeteer), John Morrow (editor of the Jack Kirby Collector), Tom Kraft (President of the Jack Kirby Museum &[...]

Former Director of the CIA Tom King has a weird relationship with death Speaking of a Superman comic he wrote in which Superman imagined Lois Lane being brutally murdered over and over again, King once said, "To me this is a metaphor for the best parts of love." And of course, King is the writer[...]

Tom King apparently hasn't gotten the memo about the changes at DC Comics Not only is the company making cuts to its comics line and personnel, but after the BatPenis incident and the whole Second Coming thing, Warner Bros is watching DC closely and they don't seem to be taking kindly to any shenanigans, especially[...]

Only, not all the muscle behind it will be his own. Of course, Year of the Villain teases The Batman Who Laughs as the focus of Batman's ire this year. It all kicks off this May, as former Archduke of Counter-Terrorism for the CIA Tom King moves on from exploring PTSD to exploring daddy issues in The[...]

Stop doing this. — DONNY⚡️CATES (@Doncates) February 14, 2019 As if that wasn't bad enough, Cates' counterpart at DC Comics, Tom King, has seized on the opportunity to attempt to drive his rival off of Twitter, which would surely be a big PR victory for the Distinguished Competition King responded to Cates' tweets with a suggestion of[...]

Superstar DC Comics writer Tom King and former CIA agent is GIVING UP COMICS! That's right, he's giving up comics… to government employees Tom King is giving up his comics, the ones DC sends him as comps (unlike certain publishers) for government workers who are not receiving paychecks thanks to the government shutdown. What did you think[...]

Superstar writer and alleged former CIA operative Tom King is always teasing hot new art coming up in his DC Comics series on Twitter, but you won't believe whose art King is pimping for a variant cover on Heroes in Crisis #9 Okay, maybe you will believe it, since we already spoiled it in the[...]

And we have some newly announced artists to the run (interrupted by a Heroes In Crisis tie-in by Josh Williamson and Guillem March). Tom King tweeted: Knightmares is a series of shocking 1 shots that form one story, scratching at the soul of Batman The artists on these books are, well, the best in comics: 61: @TravisGMoore 62: @MitchGerads 63:[...]

As we dive headlong into what's sure to be the unprecedented @#$%show of 2019, it's time to start the new year off right by making wild predictions about

Naturally, this was met with a strong reaction on social media from fans of both characters. This afternoon, Heroes in Crisis writer Tom King took to Twitter to reveal that the cover would be pulled at his request. "An unfinished cover for Heroes in Crisis 7 was leaked prior to going through the standard DC approval process,"[...]

This time, it's bookseller Barnes & Noble, which is now accepting pre-orders for a Barnes & Noble EX-X-XCLUSIVE hardcover edition of Tom King and Mitch Gerads' Mister Miracle, as King revealed on Twitter. If you're a pre-order person (or want to give a pre-order gift): Barnes and Noble is putting out a store exclusive version of[...]

Earlier this week, Batman writer Tom King posted a Miller-drawn image of Batman with the caption "coming up in Batman" on Twitter, causing fans to assume that Miller would be collaborating with King inside the comic. Okay, our clickbait article about the topic might have helped spread that notion But the tweet speaks for itself: Coming up[...]

Superstar writer and former CIA Operative Tom King briefed Twitter Tuesday on an exciting surprise coming up in an unnamed issue of Batman It seems that Frank Miller will be collaborating with King on an upcoming story, though King didn't share specifics, such as whether Miller is drawing the cover or interiors, or whether his[...]

And as we noted, Batman writer Tom King, who is smack dab in the middle of a planned hundred-issue run on Batman, is nowhere to be found, with Flash writer Joshua Williamson writing all four issues. King to Twitter to explain that the reason he's not writing the books is to take time to work on[...]