Marvel Comics is about to spend the summer capitalizing on its longstanding trend of having its heroes come to blows in fights and conflicts that have lasting impacts on the Marvel Universe with AXE: Judgment Day, which puts the Avengers, X-Men, and Eternals in a three-way superhero conflict. But Marvel …
Read More »The Three Jokers return in Batman #125
DC has released a trailer for writer Chip Zdarsky and artist Jorge Jiménez’s upcoming Batman run, which kicks off in July 5’s Batman #125. That issue launches ‘Failsafe,’ a story that introduces a villain of the same name previously described by Zdarsky as “Batman’s Doomsday,” But the trailer hints at …
Read More »Marvel Comics Star Wars: Yoda explores the legendary Jedis long life
Of all the characters in the Star Wars galaxy, Yoda has perhaps one of the longest and most interesting histories to explore. And this October, he’ll star in a 10-issue limited series that does exactly that, featuring a variety of creators who will explore key moments in his long, powerful …
Read More »First look – Scott Snyders Dark Spaces: Wildfire presents an impossible choice
IDW Publishing kicks off its new line of original content in July, starting with the anthology series Dark Spaces. Writer Scott Snyder is spearheading the project, which will explore the choices people make when they’re placed in impossible situations. First in the series is Dark Spaces: Wildfire, a five-part heist …
Read More »Optimus Prime & Megatron switch roles in Transformers: Shattered Glass 2
IDW Publishing has announced a new five-issue limited series, Transformers: Shattered Glass 2, for debut in August. Following immediately on the heels of its 2021 predecessor, Shattered Glass 2 will continue to explore a dark, alternate reality in which the Autobots and the Decepticons have swapped roles: Optimus Prime is …
Read More »Black Adam writer Christopher Priest hopes readers give the series a fair shot
Depending on who you ask, Black Adam of the Shazam family of powers is either an anti-hero or a downright villain. The character is slated to make his big-screen debut this year, played by Dwayne Johnson, but before that happens, he’ll star in a new ongoing series written by Christopher …
Read More »Conan the Barbarian and Marvel Comics will apparently part ways in July
It seems the end of an era is at hand as Conan the Barbarian is once again leaving Marvel Comics, with the license presumably returning to owners Conan Properties. Marvel originally began publishing Conan comics in the ’70s, though that license expired in the ’90s. Marvel picked up Conan’s comic …
Read More »The best female superheroes
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness may focus on the titular Sorcerer Supreme, but it also spotlights several women in the Marvel Universe, all of whom have unique comic origin stories and one of who is among Newsarama’s selections of the best female superheroes of all time. The movie …
Read More »Action Comics Annual 2022 first look – Superman and Mongul had very different childhoods and moms
The cosmic warlord Mongul – created by comic book brand names Len Wein and Jim Starlin – has been menacing Superman and the entire DC Universe for decades, but everybody was a kid once, and for the first time DC readers will get to see Mongul’s formative years and why …
Read More »DC killed Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman, and the Justice League – heres how they did it
You’ve known that it was going to happen since January. The World’s Greatest Super Heroes are meeting their end (for real, kinda), but what you still don’t know are the details. Just how would Batman, Wonder Woman, Superman, and the rest of the Justice League actually perish in the main …
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