Various news sites have revealed that Joss Whedon‘s Avengers Assemble has surpassed The Dark Knight in the box office charts, setting new records on the way. The film has taken $1bn in just it’s third week of release and looks set to rise into the top ten grossing films of all time. Experts are predicting […]
This Week’s Comics (16th May 2012)
These titles are due to hit the shelves on Wednesday 16th May 2012! AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ENDS OF EARTH #1 Marvel Comics From one “Ends of the Earth” to the other, Spider-Man isn’t the only hero fighting free the globe from Doctor Octopus’s treacherous tentacles in this extra sized story! And the dying doctor has some […]
DC Annuals to look out for in August…
Over the past couple of weeks, DC have started to announce a number of the annuals going on sale this August. Detective Comics Annual #1… Batman group editor Mike Marts: “This special Annual, written by Tony S. Daniel and illustrated by Romano Molenaar and Sandu Florea, pits the Dark Knight against the Black Mask—a Gotham […]
Great B.P.R.D. Interview with Mike Mignola and John Arcudi
Dark Horse have posted a extensive interview with the creative team behind BPRD Hell On Earth: The Devil’s Engine, Mike Mignola and John Arcudi. They began talking about how they keep the branching series, timelines and time periods together… Mike Mignola: “This is pretty much all I think about, so keeping stuff straight is pretty […]
Kid Flash One-Shot on the way
Kid Flash is to appear in a special one-shot issue of DC Universe Presents this August. Ryan Sook‘s cover art The Teen Titan will be dealing with pre-historic problems brought back from Mystery Island in DC Universe Presents #12, due to hit shelves on 15th August. “The Teen Titans survived the Culling and are in […]
Phantom Lady to debut for DC
DC have announced another new title to their roster. Following on from Before Watchmen and He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe comes Phantom Lady, a four-part miniseries written by Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti and illustrated by Cat Staggs and Rich Perotta. Amanda Conner’s cover to Phantom Lady #1 Justin Gray: “Phantom Lady and […]
Mark Paniccia previews Spider-Men
Marvel editor Mark Paniccia spoke about Brian Michael Bendis’s Spider-Men through the Marvel website this week. Spider-Men is a limited series from writer Bendis and artist Sara Pichelli that will ‘introduce the Peter Parker we’ve known and loved for five decades to Miles Morales of the Ultimate Comics Universe’. Mark Paniccia: “We were at a […]
Cool Hellboy: The Fury pt.1 Motion Comic
Motion comic lovers will appreciate this great new Hellboy: The Fury installment uploaded by Dark Horse. ‘War ensues between the forces of good and evil as Hellboy finally confronts the Queen of Blood one on one, setting the stage for a new chapter in Hellboy’s life!’ Full story.
Rick Remender to leave Venom writing team
Marvel hosted a liveblog last night to reveal that Rick Remender is leaving the Venom writing team on issue #22. Co-writer Cullen Bunn will take over sole writing duties, while Remender will still write Venom in Secret Avengers. “Coming out of Savage Six, Venom is looking down the barrel of a lot of changes,” said […]
Cover of the Week #19
Front cover fans can relax, it’s time for Cover of the Week! Week 19 has thrown up some great artwork. There were a few covers we liked in particular, including the nice foil-y GI Joe #13 covers by Will Rosado and Dark Shadows #5 by Francesco Francavilla, but pipping them to the post we have […]
Image preview first Fatale collection
Those of you who may have missed the boat on the fantastic horror-noir series Fatale from Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips will get a chance to see what all the fuss is about this June. Image are releasing the first collection titled Death Chases Me, which brings together the first story arc that ran through […]
Kill Shakespeare at Kapow!
Conor McCreery and Anthony Del Col, the creators of IDW’s controversial Kill Shakespeare comic book series are undertaking a two-week signing and convention tour of England, appearing at the Bristol Comic Expo as well as the Kapow! Comic Convention this month. They will be joined at Kapow! by series artist Andy Belanger. “We’re quite interested […]