Another staff member at the Daily Planet is getting his own DC Comics spotlight this summer. This time, readers will follow Editor in Chief Perry White throughout the years of his lustrous journalism career, including reprinted stories, in an anthology-style one-shot. Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen’s Boss Perry White #1 will …
Read More »Augusts Flash #785 might hold the key to Dark Crisis
Don’t sleep on The Flash. DC’s monthly series, along with the Worlds Without A Justice League specials, may hold the key to writer Joshua Williamson’s Dark Crisis event and how long the Justice League will remain ‘dead’ following the events of Justice League #75. The Flash #785 variant cover by …
Read More »The Scarlet Witchs Doctor Strange 2 villain turn is historically accurate but its time to do better
Wanda Maximoff, the Scarlet Witch, has been built up as a key figure in the MCU over the last few years, and the currently in theaters Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness shows exactly how she fits into the overall scheme of things. But her current MCU journey somewhat …
Read More »Oscar Isaacs next comic book project to launch August 9
Moon Knight season 1 may have just concluded, but Oscar Isaac isn’t done with the world of comic books. On May 4, independent publisher Legendary Comics announced Head Wounds: Sparrow, an original graphic novel developed by the Dune and Moon Knight actor to be published in collaboration with Rocketship Entertainment …
Read More »The DCU mourns in Dark Crisis #1 preview
With the Justice League now ‘dead’ in April 26’s Justice League #75, the pieces are in place for the post-Justice League event series Dark Crisis, and DC has released the first seven pages of the debut issue, along with a Jim Lee-drawn variant that pays homage to the original Crisis …
Read More »Best Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles stories
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – heroes on the half-shell! Turtle power! If you’re a fan of a certain age, you read those words with a very specific cadence and rhythm in your mind, from the iconic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon theme song of the late ’80s and early ’90s. …
Read More »Thunderbird is back and badass after 50 years in Giant-Size X-Men special
Most comic book superheroes and villains killed in action don’t stay dead permanently, but sometimes they stay dead longer than expected. And after nearly five decades of an unusually long death (with two brief exceptions), Marvel’s John Proudstar (AKA the original Thunderbird) returned December 22 in the finale of Leah …
Read More »Gargantos – the Doctor Strange 2 monsters Marvel history and name change explained
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is now streaming on Disney Plus, meaning a whole new audience is meeting Gargantos, the cyclopean, tentacled monster attacking New York City in one of the film’s early action scenes. “Who the heck is Gargantos?” you may be asking, as all appearances seem …
Read More »Moon Knight – explaining the powers and multiple personalities of Oscar Isaacs new MCU superhero
Moon Knight episode 5 has premiered on Disney Plus, and it brings more answers about Marc Spector and Steven Grant’s past while keeping his heroic identity waiting in the wings, with nary a sign this episode of the possible third personality that’s been hinted at in earlier episodes. Moon Knight, …
Read More »Spider-Man has a new mystery villain
What did Spider-Man do? That’s the question posed by April 27’s Amazing Spider-Man #1, which relaunches the ongoing title with a mystery surrounding some kind of terrible disaster, the responsibility for which apparently lies at Peter Parker’s feet. But what Spidey did (or seems to be taking the blame for, …
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