When we last saw Archer and Armstrong, they had just been introduced to the new Geomancer–a re-envisioning of the classic Valiant character who had survived an encounter with the Null and the One Percent, a couple of groups of nasty-baddies that our two heroes (and Armstrong’s brother The Eternal Warrior)...
About a week ago, DC Comics announced that it was cancelling six titles from its New 52 line of superhero comics, and has not, as yet, announced what they might be replaced with. Replaced, you see, because DC has kept “The New 52″ at fifty-two titles since the post-Flashpoint relaunch...
Spoilers ahead for Batman #17, the conclusion to Death of The Family. Mark Millar, writer and co-creator of Kick-Ass for Marvel Comics and a number of creator-owned properties, most of which are or will soon be major motion pictures, has not always been kind to his former employers at DC...
Believe it or not, some of these Valentines contain spoilers for The Walking Dead. Both AMC and Skybound have pushed websites live today that allow fans of The Walking Dead to view, print and send Valentine’s Day cards featuring gruesome images from the TV series and comic books based in...
Recently, we spoke with Cougar Town co-creator and executive producer Kevin Biegel about comics. That may sound like an arbitrary conversation to have, except that Biegel is a comics fan himself, having chimed in on Joss Whedon’s Marvel future when that relationship was still pretty new and then seen his...
Marvel Comics have announced the official start date for Kick-Ass 3, the final chapter in Mark Millar and John Romita, Jr.’s ultra-violent teen superhero saga. The comic, which is set to be adapted into a film to close out Universal Studios’ Kick-Ass trilogy, will reportedly feature an all-new villain and...
Warning: Spoilers ahead for Uncanny X-Men #1, out today. Much of the marketing around Brian Michael Bendis’s Uncanny X-Men series has revolved around the notion of an “X-Men traitor,” a tried-and-true trope of the series that the writer is reinstituting with a new twist for the new run. And we...
Warning: Spoilers ahead for today’s Batman #17. What do fans really want out of their massive, multipart, multi-title crossover event stories? It’s hard to know. Responses on Twitter to the issue, and Death of the Family in general, have been split, with an edge toward the positive, but one of...
Warning – Spoilers follow for Batman #17 and the rest of Death of the Family. Following Geoff Johns’s lead on Green Lantern, a few of the writers who took over DC Comics following the New 52 relaunch did their best to reinvent the characters’ mythology, adding texture and background to...
Warning: There are spoilers ahead for Batman #17 and the rest of the Death of the Family crossover. Digital copies of Batman #17, the final chapter in Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo and company’s sprawling, family-wide Death of the Family crossover, have begun to hit ComiXology, the Barnes & Noble Nook,...
With the solicitation for All-Star Western #20, speculation that the character on the second half of the series’ gatefold cover to #19 might be Booster Gold seems to be gaining some ground. Last month’s solicitation text for All-Star Western #19 set off some alarms with DC Comics fans, who can...
Two variant covers for Batman #17, the final part of The Death of the Family, due out tomorrow, are already starting to climb on eBay. While there are still a number of newly-launched auctions starting out at low prices, the Buy it Now prices on the 1:25 variant cover and...
Marvel Comics announced today that their forthcoming Guardians of the Galaxy series by Brian Michael Bendis and Steve McNiven will not only be one of their supported “Launch Party” titles, with retailers allowed to run midnight release parties for the title, but there will be a set of Guardians of...
Valiant Entertainment announced today that they will be releasing “One Dollar Debuts” in May–a program not unlike the popular Image Firsts program, which will allow fans to buy first issues of their sold-out Summer of Valiant titles and their critically-acclaimed Shadowman launch for only a buck. Valiant’s relaunch has been...
First the Pope, now Spider-Man? What’s the world coming to? Marvel Comics released a teaser today for the upcoming Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #23. The issue, due out in May, appears to see Miles Morales hanging up the webs in a cover that’s an homage to a classic John Romita image...
