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New Plastic Man Series From Gail Simone for DC #Comics

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The writer for Wonder Woman/Conan series, Gail Simone is teaming up with her Birds of Prey artist Adriana Melo for Plastic Man. The six-issue miniseries for DC Comics will follow Patrick “Eel” O’Brien, a petty thief and con artist who ended up with his stretchy, rubber-like powers after being shot in the shoulder and doused with chemicals. Created by Jack Cole for Police Comics #1 back in 1941, Plastic Man was one of the first superheroes to incorporate humor into action stories. “He’s the jester, the joke, the stretchy weirdo,”…

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Review The Terrifics #1 DC Comics #Comics

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Spoilers: Something new is coming from DC with a new age of Heroes and the fate of the Multiverse may be in their hands. The Terrifics #1 is a great story with a direct tie-in to the outstanding series Dark Nights Metal. Metal is a series about an evil force from the Dark Multiverse which has invaded the DC Universe using special elemental metals as a conduit for power. The Dark Universe is a dark image of the Multiverse full of evil nightmare versions of people and events that should…

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Should An Ezra Miller Flashpoint Movie Be Made?

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The studio had started courting various directors to helm the film in 2017, and they finally decided on Goldstein and Daley earlier this year. WB was especially interested in the pair after they achieved critical acclaim for writing the story for Marvel’s Spider-Man: Homecoming as well as directing WB’s latest comedy, Game Night. Unfortunately, the deal between them and the studio wasn’t finalized… until now. Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley are confirmed to direct DC’s Flashpoint movie. This news comes on the heels of The Flash solo film reportedly…

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Neil Gaiman’s Sandman Universe Announcement

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Four books. One remarkable universe. In celebration of The Sandman’s 30th Anniversary, Neil Gaiman and Vertigo Comics proudly introduce The Sandman Universe, the next chapter in one of the most influential and beloved works of fantasy ever devised. Four new series set in the world of Gaiman’s comic, written by four masters of imagination. “I found Vertigo at a time when I was bored with comics, then I read Sandman and my head exploded,” Vertigo executive editor Mark Doyle said in a press release. “Suddenly I saw all these endless…

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Time Warner Could Be Split Up

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A cloud looms over Warner Bros. because of the lawsuit by the Department of Justice against AT&T’s $85 billion bid to buy studio parent company, Time Warner. If the merger fails, an individual close to the company told TheWrap that Time Warner would likely be broken up into parts and sold separately as Warner Bros., HBO, and Turner — leaving the fate of DC Comics a bit up in the air. DC Entertainment was not named as a potential spin-off of its own, but it currently operates under the umbrella…

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New DC FILMS Vice President and List of Future Films

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Chantal Nong has been named DC Films’ Vice-President of Production, working under the recently-named President Walter Hamada, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Nong has worked at Warner Bros. since 2011 and is overseeing the development of the Jason Stantham action film The Meg as well as Crazy Rich Asians. She also worked as an assistant to producer William Horberg on The Kite Runner and Synecdoche, New York. As part of this promotion announcement, THR also outlined the order in which DC Films will be doing future projects. According to unnamed…

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What is Wonder Woman 2’s Working Title?

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Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman sequel will begin filming this summer at Warner Bros. Studios in Leavesden, England. The film reportedly has been given the working title “Magic Hour.” This may lead us to the possible content of the movie and the possible Villian. One of the frequent foes of Wonder Woman is DC Comic’s villain Circe who was introduced in 1949’s Wonder Woman #37 as a wicked sorceress. All her powers were centered around magic. Looks like the logical choice given the title “Magic Hour.” There is also a rumor…

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Interview with Jeff Parker at I Like Comic Con

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Starting in comics as an artist, Jeff Parker gained wide acclaim in the last decade writing at Marvel with his runs on big action books such as Thunderbolts and Hulk, as well as creating new titles like Agents of Atlas and X-Men: First Class. At DC Comics he launched Batman ’66 while also revamping Flash Gordon for Dynamite. His next big upcoming project is FUTURE QUEST, an event series bringing back the classic action-adventure heroes of Hanna-Barbera, out this Summer. Among his original creations are the sci-fi and adventure graphic…

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Road to Action Comics #1000: Who is Luthor?

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While we’re all looking forward to issue #1000 of ACTION COMICS, DC All Access co-host and Superman megafan Jason Inman is looking back…at some of the series’ best issues in this new ten-part column. A strong hero must always be confronted by a strong villain. Batman has the Joker, Green Lantern has Sinestro and Superman has Lex Luthor. Luthor’s comic book debut does not disappoint and features forward-looking comic storytelling that makes it seem like this is a modern comic book. So let’s put on your kevlar helmet and prepare…

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Interview with Karl Kesel at I Like Comic Con

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Karl Kesel is known as comics writer and inker in the comic industry for over 34 years. He has inked many comics and was a writer on The Adventures of Superman, Daredevil, Harley Quinn, Hawk and Dove vol. 2 and 3, Superboy vol. 3, Superman vol. 2. Kesel has been nominated for a number of Eisner Awards, “Best Inker” (1991) and (1992) and “Best Cover Artist” (1992). In 2016, he was nominated for Inkwell Awards Favorite Inker. Current creation Section Zero with Tom Grummett can be found at Panic Button…

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Micheal Bay Thinking About Lobo Film

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Lobo is a fictional character that appears in the comic books published by DC Comics. The character first appeared in Omega Men #3 (June 1983), and was created by Roger Slifer and Keith Giffen. An alien, Lobo works as an interstellar mercenary and bounty hunter. Introduced as a hardened, rarely used hardboiled villain in the 1980s, the character remained in limbo until his revival as an anti-hero biker in the early 1990s. The character enjoyed a short run as one of DC’s most popular characters throughout the 1990s. This version…

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Constantine Returns to Arrowverse, Black Lightning’s War on Drugs

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DC’s Legends of Tomorrow is back…and it’s bringing the greatly missed John Constantine with it! In today’s edition of #DCTV, Hector Navarro dives deep into tonight’s much anticipated new episode of Legends, which finds Matt Ryan’s Constantine returning to the Arrowverse. Plus, we look at this week’s powerful Black Lightning, read off some of your answers to our last Question of the Week and offer up a couple of comic books connects.

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Joaquin Phoenix ‘Agrees’ To Be Newest JOKER

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Joaquin Phoenix has agreed to play the Joker in writer/director Todd Phillips’ untitled Joker origin film produced by Martin Scorcese, according to Variety. the Hollywood trade said that Phoenix was approached as Phillips’ top choice for the role in late 2017, and agreed to it – although “studio negotiations” have not commenced. Phillips’ Joker film is said to “delve into what it took for the Joker to become a mastermind criminal,” and take place in the 1980s. This film is framed as part of an unnamed new banner within Warner…

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Brian Michael Bendis To Write Superman

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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 Superman titles begins, Bendis also has a major miniseries coming to shake up the status quo for the Kryptonian hero. “My first appearance in DC Comics will be Action Comics…

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