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Snyder-Cut Spoilers in Justice League #59

February 23, 2021 Walt

Zack Snyder Justice League movie is scheduled for release on HBO-Max on March 18th. There is a controversy on if the covers on the variant covers spoil the content of the movie. Well, the cats out of the bag, and many people have already seen the covers. At least one of the specially commissioned Snyder Cut covers, from Liam Sharp,… Read More

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Brian Michael Bendis Ending His Run On Superman and Action

September 14, 2020 Walt

Brian Michael Bendis will be wrapping up his run on both the main Superman title and Action Comics this December according to the latest DC Comics solicitations. A couple months ago Brian Michael Bendis teased that he was nearing his run on Superman but DC Comics fans didn’t really have a clear idea of just how close Bendis was to… Read More

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Bendis To Reintroduce 1987 Villain From Superman IV

June 25, 2018 Walt

Superman’s world in the comics is getting a big shakeup thanks to Brian Michael Bendis but no one thought that we would see a screen villain from 1987 namely Nuclear Man, who debuted in the often criticized Superman IV: The Quest for Peace. It all started thanks to a joke by Nick Derington, who drew a sketch of Nuclear Man… Read More

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Bendis Interview About Changing Superman #Superman

May 18, 2018June 25, 2018 Walt

Brian Michael Bendis began with a bang in the Action Comics #1000 with the introduction of a new character Rogol Zaar who claimed he (and not a natural disaster) was behind the destruction of Superman’s home planet, Krypton. The story lit up Twitter and other media outlets about the fact that he is changing the continuity in rebirth as established… Read More

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Man Of Steel Orders Lower Than Expected

May 9, 2018June 25, 2018 Walt

Last week we learned that DC Comics was making the entire run of the Man Of Steel weekly mini-series by Brian Bendis and selected artists returnable for retailers if the retailers upped their orders considerably. The trick is used to inflate order numbers by retailers and ensure that there will be more comics in print for all six issues. Also… Read More

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Does Brian Michael Bendis Like Superman?

March 15, 2018June 25, 2018 Walt

Brian Michael Bendis, the longtime Marvel writer who created Jessica Jones and wrote for all the company’s big heroes from Spider-Man to The Avengers, is going to DC Comics. In a November 7 tweet, Bendis announced to the world that he’d be joining DC Comics. This month at the South by Southwest conference, he sat on a panel with DC… Read More

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Brian Michael Bendis To Write Superman

February 1, 2018June 25, 2018 Walt

Brian Michael Bendis has recovered from his illness and we now know what his assignment with DC Comics will be. Bendis will be taking over writing duties on DC Comics’ monthly Superman and Action Comics titles. In addition, DC will re-release Bendis’ acclaimed creator-owned Jinxworld comics and publish new content from him as well. Before his run on the main… Read More

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Brian Michael Bendis Very Sick

December 22, 2017June 25, 2018 Walt

Avengers and Ultimate Spider-Man writer Brian Michael Bendis he’s recovering from a serious MRSA infection which put him in intensive care for days and temporarily blinded him. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a bacteria that is resistant to many antibiotics. Orbital infections caused by MRSA are “a rising menace in the ocular field” according to the National Institute of Health.… Read More

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Marvel Releases Statement On Brian Michael Bendis

November 7, 2017June 25, 2018 Walt

Marvel Comics has provided ComicBook.com with a statement in response to the news that writer Brian Michael Bendis will be leaving the publisher to write exclusively for DC Comics. Bendis has been a writer at Marvel for over 15 years, and the statement reflects the longstanding relationship between the writer and the publisher. Bendis confirmed the news, retweeting the DC… Read More

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Marvel’s Civil War II – Success or Failure?

October 6, 2016June 25, 2018 Walt

When Marvel Comics began teasing a sequel to their Civil War comic book event last year I had mixed feeling that it could be done again and succeed as a major crossover story arc again. Are they tryng to capitalize on the fact that it is the 10th anniversary of the original series written by Mark Millar and art by… Read More

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Brian Michael Bendis at Rose City Comic Con

September 15, 2016June 25, 2018 Walt

Last weekend we had a chance to speak with Marvel’s writer Brian Michael Bendis and ask him some qustions about Marvel Comics and what he is doing plus we saw him at his teaching best in the panel “Teaching Comics with Bendis and Walker”. Walt: Brian, who’s idea was it to kill Bruce Banner? Bendis: That was my idea. Walt:… Read More

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Marvel Civil War II #3 Review

July 20, 2016June 25, 2018 Walt

I loved Mark Millar’s Civil War series in 2006–2007 with art by Steven McNiven. It had everything you would want in a cross over superhero comic extravaganza. Civil War follows the implementation and consequences of the Superhuman Registration Act, a legislative bill that requires the mandatory registration of any person based in the United States with super powers. The act… Read More