What’s more violent and out of control than one Midnighter? Try dozens of Midnighters in infinite loops, righting his past wrongs. The former WildStorm hero is returning with a new back-up serial in DC’s Action Comics, beginning this week with March 23’s Action Comics #1029 (opens in new tab). In …
Read More »The Guardians of the Galaxy take their last flight before the New Age of Space in #12 preview
Just as writer Al Ewing and artist Juann Cabal’s Guardians of the Galaxy are about to embark on Marvel’s ‘New Age of Space’ (including an upcoming clash with Ewing’s other title S.W.O.R.D. in June), Marvel has released a preview of Guardians of the Galaxy #12 (opens in new tab), which …
Read More »Snyder Cut: What is Zack Snyders Justice League and how is it different from 2017s Justice League?
The Snyder Cut – once a dream, now a reality. The director’s cut of the superhero team-up, now titled Zack Snyder’s Justice League, arrives on HBO Max, and there’s a lot to untangle if you’re not already submerged in the Snyder Cut movement. Zack Snyder’s Justice League is a reinvention …
Read More »Secret Invasion Disney Plus series casts Kingsley Ben-Adir in lead role
Kingsley Ben-Adir has been cast alongside Samuel L. Jackson and Ben Mendelsohn in the Disney Plus series Secret Invasion, reports Variety (opens in new tab). Ben-Adir will reportedly play one of the primary antagonists in the Disney Plus series, though Marvel and Disney Plus are staying tight-lipped about further character details. Ben-Adir is perhaps best-known …
Read More »Kickstarter partners with Bookshop.org in new deal which could stoke comic sales
The crowdfunding platform Kickstarter partnered with the online bookstore Bookshop.org for it to be a marketplace for successfully crowdfunded book projects – especially comic books and graphic novels. With the partnership, Bookshop.org will market and sell these Kickstarter-funded books (from various publishers) direct to its online customers – and sell …
Read More »Comics Kickstarters were 24% more successful than other books in 2020
Kickstarter has closed the books on 2020, and as expected it was a record year for the comics division. A few months back, we reported that Kickstarter had already broken their year-over-year record of $16.9 million by October 2020 with $22m. Now with the dust settled, over $25 million was …
Read More »Best Shots review: The Joker #1 is a gruesome detective story
The world’s most infamous supervillain gets his own series, or does he? Despite being named the Joker, the Clown Prince of Crime appears more as a demon in The Joker #1 (opens in new tab), as Tynion focuses the story on former police commissioner Jim Gordon. The Joker #1 credits …
Read More »Is that a Red Skull/Venom mash-up in new Carlos Pacheco Heroes Reborn variant covers?
Marvel Comics has released a second set of April ‘Heroes Reborn’ variant covers by artist Carlos Pacheco in as many days. This new set of six covers mostly feature the members of the Squadron Supreme who star in the alt-reality event, and the images “offer exciting hints at the backstories …
Read More »New horror comic Creeping plays on social media fad challenges
Fresh off the reveal of a secret room behind one person’s bathroom mirror on TikTok, Dark Horse Comics is introducing an even creepier new fad: Creeping. It is an online challenge to spend the night in a frightening location – an abandoned house, a poky cemetery, a foreboding cave… whatever. …
Read More »WandaVision channels a classic comic book moment for heartbreaking effect
WandaVision has now concluded, and along with setting the stage for Wanda’s next MCU adventure, the season finale raises questions about what’s next for the Vision, while also tying into one of the character’s most iconic comic book moments in a way that makes the ending of the show even …
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