As August reaches the height of summer in the northern hemisphere, DC has released its August 2022 comic book solicitations – AKA its catalog of all its planned releases for the month. And what a month it’s shaping up to be, with DC continuing the trend of paying homage to …
Read More »Batman and Superman go to Hell in Worlds Finest #3
Batman is no stranger to mentoring younger heroes – he’s got a whole crew of Robins and other sidekicks in his orbit. But in Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #3 (opens in new tab), he’s got his hands full with a different kid superhero – literally – as he carries Billy Batson …
Read More »George Pérez, legendary comic book creator, dies at 67
Legendary comic artist George Pérez has died, his family announced Saturday, May 7. According to a message on his Facebook page, he passed away Friday, May 6, “peacefully at home with his wife [Carol] of 490 months and family by his side. He was not in pain and knew he …
Read More »Michelangelo joins his brothers in TMNT: The Last Ronin finale
Nearly two years ago, IDW released the first issue of an ambitious story set in the world of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The Last Ronin #1 embraced the comic book tradition of aging up heroes to fight in a new and unfamiliar world, pitting an older Michelangelo in a …
Read More »A Justice Leaguer dies for a second time in a week in Flashpoint Beyond #1
The world of Flashpoint is back, despite the best efforts of one of its citizens. Now, Thomas Wayne’s Batman must get to the bottom of his world’s sudden reappearance into reality, without the help of the man that set the universe right in the original Flashpoint storyline. On May 3rd, …
Read More »DC reveals full Worlds Without a Justice League specials
Last month DC released Dark Crisis: Worlds Without a Justice League – Superman #1, a July Dark Crisis tie-in special that the publisher billed as a “tribute” story to Superman (and Aquamen, see details below), who died in the pages of April 26’s Justice League #75 (which is getting a …
Read More »The Justice League is dead but DC may have already revealed how they come back
On April 26, the Justice League died. We’ve all known that would happen for months, but if you haven’t read April 26’s Justice League #75 yet and don’t want to know any more details than that, now’s the time to head on out, because… Spoilers ahead for Justice League #75 …
Read More »Chasm, Ben Reillys new supervillain might be coming to Free Comic Book Day
Marvel Comics’ three Free Comic Book Day (FCBD) 2022 specials might have just added Spider-Man’s newest supervillain Chasm. Is Chasm coming to Free Comic Book Day? (Image credit: Marvel Comics) (opens in new tab) Is Ben Reilly’s new supervillain identity what Marvel is referring to with its new “The Dark …
Read More »TMNT: The Last Ronin #5 first impressions – finale concludes Michelangelos story brilliantly
Who is The Last Ronin? It was the biggest question of 2020 for the TMNT fanbase. Now, three issues and nearly two years after the release of the first chapter, readers have not just the answer to the Last Ronin’s identity, but how his brothers and father died, how Shredder’s …
Read More »The Justice League is dead. But it leaves a long legacy of great comic book stories
The end-all-be-all of Justice League stories … literally … will be on sale on April 27 when Justice League #75 arrives. Sorry for the spoilers (heh), but it’s titled ‘Death of the Justice League’ and it’s about … you guessed it, the death of most of the current Justice League …
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