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Writers Scott Snyder and James Tynion IV created the building blocks for Dark Nights: Death Metal in Snyder’s recent Justice League run, so it’s only fitting the event would tie back into the flagship series.  (Image credit: Gary Frank (DC)) (opens in new tab) The Flash’s Joshua Williamson takes over …

The Hero Initiative, the charity dedicated to helping comic book creators in medical or financial need, is readying the release of the Batman 100 Project, the latest interaction of their fundraising project featuring comic book artists drawing 100 original covers for a recent high profile comic book release.  In this …

Three comic book classes make up half of the Hero Initiative’s latest pro-fan live experiences line-up, the proceeds of which go to the organization’s mission of helping comic book creators in medical or financial need.  Brian Michael Bendis returns for a fourth ‘semester’ of his comic book writing class, open …

Four days after the story broke online and was then removed (opens in new tab), DC removed all doubt Tuesday by officially announcing (this time to the Hollywood Reporter (opens in new tab)) the immediate launch of Injustice: Year Zero, a twice-monthly, 14-chapter digital-first comic book return to the alternate …

Tom Taylor is reportedly working on a new comic book in the Injustice franchise. While Taylor posted another clue to his new DC project scrabble board (the letter “A” this time) Friday, about an hour earlier Comicbook.com (opens in new tab) reported on the identity of the project in a …

Empyre: X-Men #2 expands on the climactic finale of the first issue, in which Scarlet Witch resurrected millions of dead mutants on Genosha as zombies just before a Cotati invasion – all of which was interrupted by the sorta super-old-lady-sci-fi-gardening brigade known as Hordeculture, who return for this preview of …

Stopping short of an apology, Dynamite Entertainment has issued a statement seemingly in response to being called out by fans and comic book professionals on social media for their association with self-described affiliates of Comicsgate. In an unsigned statement that neither identifies Comicsgate by name nor any of the creators …

Just days after announcing all 35 volumes of Hiroyuki Takei’s hit manga Shaman King (including three never published in North America) would be made available on Amazon’s digital reading services July 28 (opens in new tab), Kodansha USA has hit pause on those plans due to what it calls issues …

Still having a hard time with the death of Gwen Stacy almost 50 years later? Now’s your chance to seek closure as the writer responsible – comic book legend Gerry Conway – will meet with five fans on a Zoom meeting as part of the Hero Initiative’s latest round of …

Marvel Comics has released a new preview of interior pages from Amazing Spider-Man #48. The preview features Spider-Man’s allies Gwen Stacy/Ghost-Spider and Miles Morales/Spider-Man joining up with Peter Parker as they take on Sin-Eater, a returning foe from the ’80s who’s gotten a bit of an upgrade since he last …