Major spoilers for The Batman follow. If you haven’t seen it, turn away now! The Batman may have kept its card close to its chest – but, of course, there was always going to be a Joker in the pack. Late on in the movie, Riddler (now locked up in …
Read More »The Swamp Thing #11 ramps up the body horror with supernatural surgery
Levi Kamei, the current Swamp Thing, may be a wreck after being left in pieces (like, literally in pieces) by the last chapter of writer Ram V and artists Mike Perkins and Mike Spicer’s The Swamp Thing, but on March 29, The Swamp Thing #11 brings the fan-favorite horror title …
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 »King and Smallwoods The Human Target takes a five-month break
In May writer Tom King will begin a two-year trip to DC’s Danger Street, but he’s also smack dab in the middle of a murder mystery in his other long-form DC Black Label (Mature Readers) series The Human Target. The Human Target Book Six cover by Greg Smallwood (Image credit: DC) …
Read More »Flash and Aquaman leave the rest of the Justice League behind for a two-way team-up this June
Two classic Justice League members who have rarely worked together directly will team up starting in June, as DC brings together Barry Allen and Arthur Curry for a three-issue limited series titled Aquaman & The Flash: Voidsong, which pits the two heroes against a bizarre alien invasion. In Voidsong, from …
Read More »Death in superhero comics is meaningless – its about the stories that surround it
Death is the ultimate finale in superhero comics… but it is often also the implicit precursor (or promise, even) of an inevitable return. We sometimes trick ourselves to get lost in the moment (or lost in that cycle), but it’s true. As comics fans, we understand that any death in …
Read More »The new Iron Fist is just who we thought – but the mystery of his powers continues in Iron Fist #2
Update: February 16’s Iron Fist #1 (opens in new tab) confirmed once and for all that the new Iron Fist is in fact who everyone (including Newsarama, as you can read below) predicted: Lin Lie, the former Sword Master, whose namesake weapon was recently shattered (again, more on that if …
Read More »Robert Pattinson says he was told to change his initial “atrocious” Batman voice
Robert Pattinson has revealed that he initially tried something a little different for his The Batman voice – but it didn’t work out. “Everyone does this kind of gruff, gravelly thing, and I’m like, ‘I’m going to do the opposite – I’m gonna go really whispery,'” Pattinson said on Jimmy Kimmel Live …
Read More »Marvels Thor celebrates the big 25 with another fight with Hulk and a look ahead at his future
Even for an immortal god like Marvel’s Thor who has lived eons, reaching a big round number in age means something. This May, he’s celebrating 25 issues of the current Donny Cates/Nic Klein volume with an oversized anthology issue. Thor #25 main cover (Image credit: Gary Frank (Marvel Comics)) (opens …
Read More »Free Comic Book Day 2022 – the full list of DC, Marvel, Image, and other free comics and how to get them
Someone tell Hallmark to make a card because there’s a big holiday coming up – Free Comic Book Day. The annual event celebrated at most every comic shop around the world returns on May 7, providing – you guessed it! – free comic books for pretty much anyone who shows …
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