DC Digital First’s daily comic book releases are speeding along toward June 5’s Flash: Fastest Man Alive #7 – which pits Barry Allen against the Pied Piper as swarms of rats take over Central City. Is there a case of mistaken identity, though? Pied Piper a.k.a. Hartley Rathaway may be …
Read More »Best Shots Review: Birds of Prey #1
(Image credit: DC/Black Label) (opens in new tab) Birds of Prey #1 Written by Brian Azzarello Art by Emanuela Lupacchino, Ray McCarthy, Trish Mulvihill and John Kalisz Lettering by Steve Wands Published by DC/Black Label Review by David Pepose ‘Rama Rating: 3 out of 10 Simultaneously publishing comic books with …
Read More »10 Best Catwoman stories of all time
Catwoman celebrated her 80th anniversary in 2020, and DC is continuing their spotlight on Selina Kyle in 2021’s upcoming Batman/Catwoman, finally debuting after a long wait. If you’re ready for some felonious feline escapades but don’t want to wait till then, Newsarama has you covered with this rundown of the …
Read More »10 Best Spider-Man artists of all time
Since 1962, there have been plenty of contenders for this best Spider-Man artists list. Steve Ditko created the character alongside Stan Lee back in the day, but since then we’ve had plenty of wonderful artists like Todd McFarlane, both John Romita Sr. and Jr, and more. Spider-Man is a world …
Read More »Why Wonder Woman is “the perfect queer character”
The original version of this story was published in July of 2014. With DC in the midst of a celebration of Wonder Woman’s 80th anniversary, Newsarama is taking a look back at a dynamic that might be as relevant today or even moreso than it was then. If you take …
Read More »Royalties? Contracts? Who owns what? Following the money for creators and their creations in comic books
The ‘starving artist’ may seem a romantic notion; the solitary, me-against-the-world Bohemian willing to sacrifice all monetary gain to preserve the integrity of their work. But at the end of the day, who really wants to starve? Comics, like most artistic enterprises, is also a commercial enterprise. And without some …
Read More »The enduring legacy of Swamp Thing
Swamp Thing isn’t your standard superhero – but that is completely his charm. Originally created in 1971 by Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson, Swamp Thing grew on readers over the years as a unique figure in DC’s comic books – monstrous but humane, hard-to-draw but a favorite among artists, and …
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