Last week’s comics proved to be another fine collection of inviting front covers with a few catching our collective eye in particular. The Lizard makes a grisly return on the front of Amazing Spider-Man #688 courtesy of Giuseppe Camuncoli, while there is high drama from Jose Ladronn on All Star Western #10 and high class […]
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Animated ‘Dark Knight Returns’ cast revealed
Hollywood Reporter have revealed the cast for the DC animated move based on Frank Miller‘s Dark Knight Returns. Batman/Bruce Wayne will be voiced by ‘Robocop’ star Peter Weller, with Ariel Winter from ‘Modern Family’ playing Robin. Also cast are Wade Williams (Prison Break), David Selby and Michael McKean. Bruce Timm, executuive producer on DC’s animated […]
DC Show off Variants for Batman, Shade, Silk Spectre and Deathstroke
DC have unveiled a whole host of lovely variant cover art for our perusal including contributions from Rafael Albuquerque (Batman #10), Rob Liefeld (Deathstroke #10), Frazer Irving (Shade #9), Jim Lee (Silk Spectre #1) and a personal favourite from Dave Johnson (Silk Spectre #1). Goggle yourself silly below…
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 […]
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 […]
‘Princely’ Vertigo graphic novel on the way
DC Vertigo have announced they will be publishing Prince Of Cats, an original graphic novel, in September. The softcover is a ‘hip-hop retelling of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet’ written and illustrated by Ronald Wimberly (Sentences: The Life of M.F. Grimm). “[The story] focuses on Tybalt (derisively referred to as “The Prince of Cats”) and […]
8th(!) Reprinting for Justice League #1
DC have announced that New 52’s Justice League #1 has gone back to print for an unprecedented eighth time! Geoff Johns and Jim Lee‘s title is the flagship of DC’s New 52 and the number-one selling comic book of 2011. Have you bagged a copy yet? The Justice League eighth print is scheduled to be […]
This Week’s Comics (9th May 2012)
These titles are due to hit the shelves on Wednesday 9th May 2012! BATMAN HC VOL.1:THE COURT OF OWLS DC Comics Following his groundbreaking, critically acclaimed run on DETECTIVE COMICS, writer Scott Snyder (American Vampire) begins a new era of The Dark Knight with artist Greg Capullo (Spawn) and a new beginning for BATMAN! In […]
Keep your Eyes Peeled for DC’s New Potato-Heads
DC have revealed the first images of the new additions to Hasbro’s Mr. Potato-Head line: Superman and Wonder Woman! He may be made of plastic, but this summer Mr. Potato Head will be dressed as the Man of Steel, complete with his classic costume and cape. Meanwhile, Mrs. Potato Head pays homage to Wonder Woman, […]
DC Love FREE COMIC BOOK DAY (and so do we!)
DC have posted ‘Five Reasons Free Comic Book Day is Special’: “#1 – New Faces Get a glimpse of the future and a look at some new characters inside of DC COMICS – THE NEW 52 FCBD EDITION. Among these new faces is Pandora! You’ve been wondering about her since her appearances in FLASHPOINT and […]
Pat McCallum on Earth Two (which is out today)
# It’s only been nine months since the whole DC continuity was reset and restarted from number one – in order to tie up all loose ends / multiple universes / etc and get everybody on the same page. Now, this week, sees the new launch of Earth Two. With DC treading these waters once […]