It’s hard to imagine Hamilton‘s Lin-Manuel Miranda being afraid of anything these days. But back when he landed his first acting gig on The Sopranos, he remembers being “scared shitless.” In 2007, the Pulitzer Prize winner made a brief appearance as a hotel employee in ‘Remember When’, the fifteenth episode …
Read More »Wonder Womans mother Hippolyta is murdered as Trial of the Amazons begins
Who saw that one coming? The trial is about to begin. Amazons hailing from all corners of the globe, from the noble Themyscirans to the forgotten Bana-Mighdall to the mysterious Esquecidas, have converged on Paradise Island for a single purpose. A new champion is to be chosen to guard Doom’s …
Read More »Tom King teases bigger mysteries, more JLI in the “very sexy” Human Target
In all of DC history, few characters have gone from obscure to A-list faster than the Human Target. Christopher Chance’s Black Label 12-Book whodunit adventure is drawn and colored by Greg Smallwood and written by Tom King, who’d be the first person to tell you Smallwood’s name should go first. …
Read More »The best Riddler stories to read before The Batman
Starting the first week of March, audiences everywhere will meet Matt Reeves’ version of one of Batman’s most infamous foes, the Riddler, in the new film The Batman. Played by Paul Dano with an aesthetic apparently based on the unidentified real world serial killer known as the Zodiac, the new …
Read More »The Tinder Swindler subject Simon Leviev breaks silence over Netflix documentary
The Tinder Swindler subject Simon Leviev, born Shimon Hayut, has addressed the Netflix documentary about him. The documentary details how “Leviev” used a fake identity to allegedly pose as the son of Lev Leviev, a billionaire Israeli-Russian diamond mogul. He connected with women on the dating app Tinder and, after …
Read More »The origin of the new Spidey villain Queen Goblin teased in Amazing Spider-Man #89
The recently introduced new Green Goblin legacy character Queen Goblin has been quite popular online since she was first announced by Marvel, and it seems we’ll all soon learn her story. In a preview of February 16’s Amazing Spider-Man #89 (opens in new tab), it’s revealed that Queen Goblin appears …
Read More »Key DC executive Daniel Cherry III is leaving the company after just 16 months
One of the key leadership figures at the comic/media company DC, Daniel Cherry III, has left the WarnerMedia subsidiary after just 16 months, according to The Hollywood Reporter (opens in new tab). Cherry, who was hired in September 2020 for the newly-created position of General Manager (a senior VP level …
Read More »I Am Batman #5 reveals why Jace Fox is leaving Gotham – for his family, and because of that OTHER Batman
DC’s new Batman, Jace Fox, has quickly established himself as a force within the Bat-titles and Gotham City, but in November the publisher announced he’d be leaving that city behind for the bright lights of New York City. I Am Batman #5 cover (Image credit: DC) (opens in new tab) …
Read More »Army of Thieves ending explained: your biggest questions answered
Warning: Major spoilers ahead for Army of Thieves. Turn back now if you haven’t watched the movies on Netflix! Army of Thieves, the Army of the Dead prequel all about Matthias Schweighöfer’s Dieter, is here. The film sees the safe-cracker offered a way out of his everyday life by Nathalie …
Read More »Batmans Detective Comics to run weekly beginning this winter, but with a lot less of Batman
DC’s long-running Detective Comics title will be picking up the pace after the December holidays, with new issues planned weekly for the foreseeable future. The title, which has been monthly or twice-monthly in recent memory, will begin coming out weekly with December 28’s Detective Comics #1046 – a coda to …
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