DC has unveiled not just the first look at the new villain of its upcoming ‘Endless Winter’ crossover the Frost King, seen here in character design art from artist Howard Porter on the upper left corner of the page at right, but has added an informal name to the collective …
Read More »The secret comic book origin of Brad Meltzer
Brad Meltzer is an uber-successful prose novelist, a non-fiction author, and even a TV show host – but he’s also a comics writer. And more importantly to him, he’s a comics fan. An unabashed comics fan. “I’m from the philosophy of: if you read comics, say it loud and say …
Read More »Hit audio drama podcast Bubble expands to comic books
Maximum Fun’s audio serial podcast series Bubble is expanding into the world of comics for an original graphic novel coming in 2021 from First Second, an imprint of the book trade publisher Macmillan. “I’m a lifelong comics fan so it was a literal dream come true to make this book,” …
Read More »How the creators of Getting It Together got it together
Image Comics’ upcoming series Getting It Together (opens in new tab) is a ‘slice of life’ dramedy, and as it turns out the path towards it coming to be is also a bit of a story as well. Co-writer Omar Spahi has shared an essay recounting how he and co-writer …
Read More »DC cancels Batman Beyond
The current DC ongoing title Batman Beyond will be ending with December’s fiftieth issue. This was announced as part of the DC December 2020 solicitations (opens in new tab). “The finale of Dan Jurgens’s iconic run on Batman Beyond finds Terry McGinnis accused of crimes he didn’t commit!,” reads DC’s …
Read More »Empyre Aftermath: Avengers disassembles a Marvel super team
This week’s Empyre Aftermath: Avengers #1 (opens in new tab) from Al Ewing, Valerio Schiti, and Marte Gracia clears up some questions about the end of Marvel’s Empyre event, and, in typical Marvel fashion, lays some seeds for the next story evolution of the publisher’s cosmic status quo. Spoilers ahead …
Read More »Marvel Zombies: Resurrection is a “true horror story set in the Marvel Universe”
Writer Phillip Kennedy Johnson recently guided an iconic Marvel hero through a cosmic crisis in Empyre: Captain America (opens in new tab), and now he’s following that up by getting his hands on a version of the entire Marvel Universe in Marvel Zombies: Resurrection (opens in new tab), which has …
Read More »DC Generations event returns reimagined with the homecoming of “the original” 1939 Batman
DC’s Generations event is finally getting a proper start this January but seemingly reimagined in Generations: Shattered #1, an 80-page one-shot priced at $9.99. The original event was put on hold due to comic book distribution delays due to COVID-19 and a major change in DC’s executive ranks in the …
Read More »Kurt Busiek returns to Amazing Spider-Man for a new untold tale with #850
Marvel’s Amazing Spider-Man will be celebrating 850 issues on October 7 with the release of the current volume’s Amazing Spider-Man #49 (opens in new tab). And in addition to a lead story from the current run’s creators, they are also welcoming Spider-Man creators of the past – including Kurt Busiek, …
Read More »Franklin Richard and Iceman explore the Fantastic Fours secret history in September
For those old school Fantastic Four fans still getting used to little Franklin Richards rockin’ black hair and a stud in his ear, now he’s added a full-on X-Men uniform to his more mature look. Marvel has given Newsarama readers a first look at a splash page from September 30’s …
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