Taylor Swift: Not so “Super” a Girl Anymore
Helen Slater can rest easy. DC Comics, thanks to Scotland’s Sunday Mail newspaper, has let us all know that the prospects of a Supergirl movie starring country/pop singing sensation and mega-star Taylor Swift are utterly false. Many sites and publications, including this one, reported the rumor when it originally appeared just a couple of weeks ago. It seems now that those plans are certainly a moot point! Swift is set to star in her first feature-length role in this February’s Valentine’s Day. Read more
Comic Book Highs, Lows, Misses and More for 2009!
Get out the champagne, party horns and confetti! The new year is soon upon us, and like most other people who are out there reflecting on the year that was, we’re taking stock of the triumphs, the tragedies, the highs and the lows. Of course there are those “did that just happen” moments as well, just to keep things interesting. Let’s take a trip back over the past twelve months, shall we, to see the highs, lows and wth’s over this year in comics, using our own unique system of categories, labels and examples! Read more
Supergirl to be Played by Superstar Taylor Swift?
With comic book movies hotter than ever, casting for various film projects has been rampant and swift. In the case of some very recent news about a Supergirl remake, swift is definitely the appropriate word! Twenty-year old country music superstar Taylor Swift is reported to be the frontrunner for the lead role as Superman’s Kryptonian cousin Kara Zor-El, who possesses many of the same powers as him in her guise as Supergirl. Read more
Comic Book Previews for the Week of September 23rd, 2009
The days of summer are slowly waning, soon we’ll break out sweaters and jackets, and pumpkins, hopefully not of the bomb variety, will pop up everywhere. That doesn’t mean we have to slow down our reading of comics, especially THIS week!! Marvel brings the long-awaited, much-ballyhooed, debut of the new Spider-Woman solo series is HERE!! Spider-Woman #1 arrives, courtesy of power team Bendis and Maleev. What will await Jessica Drew as she makes her way in a savage new world? Dark Reign: The List takes aim at the X-Men this week, and also look for the one-shot Dark Reign: Made Men, which will focus on the lesser villains of Marvel and how Osborn’s world has affected them. Amazing Spider-Man #606 brings old flame/nemesis/ally The Black Cat back into Spidey’s life, and look for Ms. Marvel #45 as the battle between the original and current Ms. Marvel reaches its climax! Read more
Supergirl Annual #1 a Mixed Bag
DC’s Supergirl has seen quite a resurgence over the past several months, due in no small part to new writing talent and a creative direction that has made much use of the New Krypton storyline and the interesting addition of the ever-emerging and intriguing character of Superwoman. With this forward momentum present, DC released this week the first annual of Supergirl. With it, two key stories are presented, one being the origin and development of Superwoman and the other focusing on Supergirl’s new secret identity as Linda Lang. While there are two distinct stories here, only one emerges as a clear and distinct narrative. Read more
Comic Book Previews for September 2nd, 2009
Before you hit the beach, the mountains or some other locale for the Labor Day holiday, don’t forget to swing by your local comic book shop and pick up this week’s new releases! Image Comics continues to serve up plenty for fans of their runaway hit series Chew. Issue four bows this week, along with reprints of the first three issues! This is your chance to catch up on the adventures of Detective Tony Chu all in one week! Pete Wentz, frontman for the band Fall Out Boy, sees his co-creation debut this week with the first issue of Fall Out Toy Works, the first in a five issue limited series! Mice Templar: Destiny #3 also lands in stores this week, giving fans of Image even more to be excited about! Read more
Comic Book Previews the Week of August 19th, 2009
Another Marvel character hits a milestone issue this week! After joining the 600 club this summer, The Incredible Hulk, Captain America and Spider-Man will welcome Daredevil into the multiple-hundreds club when Daredevil #500 bows this Wednesday. Lady Bullseye and Kingpin will continue to make Matt Murdock’s life complicated as Ed Brubaker crafts this tale, with another creative team set to pick up after this issue. Joining Luke Cage, the Punisher goes dark with Punisher Noir #1, a tale set in the 1920’s with mobsters aplenty! Look for a very Rogue-centric issue of X-Men Legacy #227, as she struggles with the burden of carrying the mind and power of a god! Read more
Comic Book Releases for July 15th, 2009
The bright and sunny days of summer are about to get a lot darker! This Wednesday will see the release of DC’s universe-shattering event, Blackest Night. Spinning out of the Green Lantern mythos, Blackest Night will see the return of long and recently deceased members of the DC community, and the results will be devastating. That’s not the only major thing happening in comics this week! Read below to see what else DC and other comic book publishers have in store for us this week! Read more
Top 10 American Flag Comic Book Covers
The American flag is used on many a comic book cover. Earlier this week, Comicbook.com selected our choices for the Top 10 Most Patriotic Comic Book Covers. Many of the covers we selected included an American flag in their design. For this Fourth of July, Comicbook.com decided to focus exclusively on covers that included the American flag in their design, and we selected our Top 10 American Flag Comic Book Covers. We tried to include variety, so we didn’t pick more than one cover from any one comic book series. Read more
More Breaking News from the DC Comics HeroesCon Panel!
Just on the heels of major announcements from Marvel Comics, DC Comics held their first major panel of HeroesCon 2009 at 2PM. Led by Ian Sattler, DC Senior Story Editor, talent such as Dustin Nguyen and Jamal Igle sat down to discuss goings on in the DC Universe for the next few months.
The discussion quickly kicked off with talk of the major changes to the Batman universe. The new ongoing series Batman:Streets of Gotham will focus on the changes in not only personnel of the Bat Family, but also the city of Gotham itself, just now recovering from the violent events of Battle for the Cowl. Sattler said that SOG, with a Manhunter feature, will have much more of a focus on the day-to-day effects of living in this new Gotham City with a new Batman and Robin.
