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
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
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
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.
DC Comics Returns To The Sunday Funny Page Format
According to Comic Book Resources, DC Comics has announced a new weekly series that will launch later this summer. The announcement came during the annual meeting of ComicsPRO, an organization of direct to trade publishers. Rumors about the book began in February when samples of Kyle Baker’s Hawkman pages were released on the Internet.
Titled Wednesday Comics, the 12 part series is designed to look like the Sunday morning comics section. Each issue will be bound like a traditional comic book; only the pages won’t be cut. The 16-page issue will fold out like a traditional broadsheet funny page.
Each issue will feature 15 individual stories spread out over the course of the series 12 week run. Along with Baker’s Hawkman, other stories include a Sgt. Rock tale by Joe Kubert, and a Metamorpho adventure by Neil Gaiman and Michael Allred.
Warner Bros. Announces Superman And Batman Team-Up Movie
Green Lantern: First Flight hasn’t even hit stores yet, and already Warner Bros. and DC Comics are announcing their next animated project. On Monday, Warner Bros. confirmed that the sixth feature in the DC Universe series would be Superman/Batman: Public Enemies. The movie will likely be released direct to DVD later this fall.
The Superman/Batman feature is based on the first six issue story arc in the comic book series of the same name. Spoiler Alert: The story takes place while Lex Luthor is President of the United States. During his presidency, Luthor sways public opinion against the Man of Steel with the revelation that a large kryptonite meteor is hurtling towards Earth and orders the heroes of earth to arrest Superman. Smelling a rat, Batman becomes a fugitive himself as he helps Superman expose Luthor’s plot.
Comic Book Dollar Bin Discoveries: A Special Message From Supergirl
For this installment of Dollar Bin Discoveries, we turn to a cautionary tale from the 1980’s, a decade famous for many things, particularly “very special episodes”. In a column a couple of months ago, I wrote about famous cause/issue comics, comics that addressed social issues such as drug abuse, African hunger and so forth. I must admit that I hadn’t realized that Supergirl had joined in the fun when I wrote that piece, so I now amend my oversight with this entry in Dollar Bin Discoveries.
The Book: Supergirl: American Honda Presents Safety Belt Campaign Issue
The Date: 1984
Summary: Our issue begins with Supergirl trying to help stop a truck from falling off a bridge in the wake on an earthquake on the west coast. After saving the driver, whose truck is full of dynamite no less, she realizes that there’s too much to be done out there, so she calls and cancels her date with her boyfriend, Steve, who apparently is used to Linda Danvers, Supergirl’s secret identity, canceling on him. In a bit of “I’ll show her”, he decides to take his much younger sister to the movies instead (insert creepy pause here, now scratch your head).
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