A library card is now the superhero cape equivalent for comic book fans who want to revel in the sagas of their favorite characters. hoopla digital (hoopladigital.com), the category-creating mobile and online service for public libraries, today announced the expansion of the DC Universe Rebirth comic offerings with the arrival of DC UNIVERSE REBIRTH Vol. 2s. Starting today, library patrons can access and enjoy full digital volumes of DC Rebirth Vol. 2 collected editions, which will debut in pairs on hoopla digital the same day as print versions release everywhere.…
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A huge emotional pivot to Batman, and a tightly made issue, but little progress in the overall Rebirth mystery. However, it sets up for a big finish in final part. The third part of The Button, the story-line that has been promised to provide the next major steps in the ongoing mystery of Rebirth, Batman #22 performs spectacularly well in some respects, but slightly under-performs in another. Heading into this review, beware: there are significant spoilers. The issue itself is great. Tightly written, with a powerful tension throughout and continuing…
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Youngblood #1 Written by Chad Bowers and Rob Liefeld Art by Jim Towe, Juan Manuel Rodriguez, Rob Liefeld and Shelby Robertson Lettering by Rus Wooton Published by Image Comics Rob Liefeld’s Youngblood is home again at Image Comics. But does it still have the same appeal that it did at the birth of the company and the height of Liefeld’s popularity? We’re talking about a series that has undergone a lot of changes, stops, starts, and attempts at remaining relevant over the years. A veritable all-star roster of creators have…
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Marvel’s The Defenders is an upcoming American web television miniseries developed for Netflix by Douglas Petrie and Marco Ramirez, based on the Marvel Comics superhero team of the same name. It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), sharing continuity with the films of the franchise and is the culmination of a series of interconnected shows from Marvel and Netflix. The miniseries is produced by Marvel Television in association with ABC Studios, with Ramirez and Jeph Loeb serving as Producers. The limited series stars Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock…
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The first teaser for Marvel Television’s Inhumans on ABC has been released. Inhumans is currently being filmed in Hawaii, with Iron Fist showrunner Scott Buck heading up the project. The cast includes Anson Mount as Black Bolt; Serinda Swan as Medusa; Iwan Rheon as Maximus; Ken Leung as Karnak; Eme Ikwuakor as Gorgon; Isabelle Cornish as Crystal; Sonja Balmores as Auran; and Ellen Woglom in an unnamed role. Inhumans’ two-part season premiere will debut in IMAX theaters September 1, before its television debut on ABC September 26.
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When you explore the galaxy with one of the most powerful figures in the Marvel Universe, every day is an adventure — but what happens on those days where a major cosmic crisis arises, or, worse, the events of your previous exploits come back to haunt you? Dawn Greenwood, the girlfriend and traveling companion of the Silver Surfer is about to find out. Writer Dan Slott and artist Mike Allred’s fan favorite “Silver Surfer” series is ramping up the action with some big stories that pay off long plot threads…
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In early March, Marvel Comics announced a line of villain variants for the upcoming Secret Empire event series. The Secret Empire villain variants each feature a different major Marvel villain drawn by Dan Mora for each issue of the Secrete Empire series. The villains include Madame Hydra, Baron Zemo, Magneto, Kingpin, and Baron Mordo. However, the villain variant cover for Secret Empire #2 was held back and marked as “top secret.” Marvel was clearly trying to avoid spoiling something for fans, but now Marvel let the cat – or the…
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[Warning: The following contains spoilers for Secret Empire.] To celebrate the start of the miniseries, which sees Captain America lean into his new Hydra-aligned history and take over the country, Marvel released a new chat bot that allows readers to chat with Spider-Man about the series. Although, the term chatting might be giving the bot a little too much credit. The conversation, which takes place in a Facebook Messenger window, starts with Spider-Man asking if you’re ready to join the fight against Hydra, but instead of allowing you to simply…
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Starz has debuted a new featurette for their upcoming small-screen take on Neil Gaiman’s American Gods, and it serves as a handy introduction for those unfamiliar with the source materiel… The pilot episode of Starz and Bryan Full’s adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s American Gods will be with us very soon, and we have a new featurette (it’s being sold as a trailer but clearly isn’t) that provides a much better idea of the plot for those that might have been feeling a little lost by the previous promos and teasers.…
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It seems as though a pair of fan favorites may have been cut out of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, as first Nathan Fillion, reported to be featured in a cameo as Simon Williams, posted a photo on Instagram possibly insinuating a scene with him will not make the final cut of the film. However given the wording of Fillion’s post, this could be a joke on his part and does, in a round-about way, confirm he was on-set and in costume for an unconfirmed role in the film.…
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Story by Nick Spencer Art by Daniel Acuña and Rod Reis Cover by Mark Brooks Publisher Marvel According to Marvel the “Secret Empire” #0, is the last big event in comics for them for a while. It has all the action and surprises of a Marvel-wide event. Individual heroes and teams are challenged to the limit of their abilities and overcome by a masterminds plan to take over all they hold dear and control the governments of the world and defeat all opposition to their domination of the world. Every…
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The new Star Wars: The Last Jedi Trailer is here! Check out the new official trailer starring Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Mark Hamill! The story continues in Episode 8. Let the talk begin – What does it all mean? Witness the spender this December
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IDW Publishing is working on a line of Star Wars comic books aimed at younger readers, beginning with Star Wars Adventures in fall 2017. Announced at Star Wars Celebration Orlando on Friday, Star Wars Adventures and other unannounced titles will be part of Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi tie-in program. No details on the creators involved have been announced. “Lucasfilm is thrilled to expand our relationship with the talented and creative folks at IDW to bring Star Wars comics to kids,” said Michael Siglain, Creative Director of Lucasfilm Publishing.…
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The Fantastic Four #1 (cover dated Nov. 1961), helped to usher in a new level of realism in the comic medium. The Fantastic Four was the first superhero team created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist/co-plotter Jack Kirby, who developed a collaborative approach to creating comics. This title would set the pace for the Marvel universe for years to come. It formed a cornerstone of the company’s 1960s rise from a small division of a publishing company to a pop culture giant. The first 100 comics would bring the Marvel…
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Reports are coming in that Jude Law will play a younger incarnation of iconic Hogwarts headmaster, Albus Dumbledore, in David Yates’ upcoming sequel to Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them… Warner Bros. has announced that Jude Law (AI, Sherlock Holmes, The Young Pope) has signed on to play the young Albus Dumbledore in the planned follow-up to the mega-successful Fantastic Beasts and where to Find Them. He’ll join the returning Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scamader, and Johnny Depp as the villainous Grindelwald. Dumbledore was originally brought to life by…
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Veteran superhero actor Dolph Lundgren has been cast in DC Films’ Aquaman as King Nereus of Xebel, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Xebel is an seperate underwater kingdom neighboring Atlantis, and Lundgren’s Nereus is described as a rival “who claims Mera as his own and wants to kill Aquaman.” Nereus was created by Geoff Johns and Paul Pelletier in 2012’s Aquaman #19, and was tipped to play a part in Geoff Johns’ long-promised Aquaman: Legend of the Seven Seas story-arc. Director James Wan is scheduled to begin shooting Aquaman this…
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The Flash Trailer “The Once and Future Flash” The Flash Season 3 Episode 19 Trailer – Check out the new Trailer for The Flash Season 3 Episode 19 “The Once and Future Flash” airing Tuesday April 25th on The CW. Barry (Grant Gustin) travels to the future to find out Savitar’s still unknown identity in the hopes of saving Iris (Candice Patton). Upon his arrival in 2024, Barry encounters future versions of his Team Flash friends, who, following the death of Iris, have become very different people, profoundly impacted by…
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Joss Brolin, whose name never came in casting rumors for the character, has snagged a four-movie deal to portray Cable. USA TODAY Josh Brolin has signed on to play comic-book character Cable, opposite Ryan Reynolds’ foul-mouthed mercenary in Deadpool 2, The Hollywood Reporter and The Associated Press confirmed Wednesday. But, wait, wasn’t Brolin already cast in the Marvel Cinematic Universe? Indeed. Brolin plays Thanos, a supervillain who has a major role in the forthcoming Avengers: Infinity War. Reynolds, himself, made light of the fact that Brolin’s been cast as a…
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Marvel Comics says it is taking “disciplinary action” against one of its artists, who inserted Islamist and antisemitic references into a comic book, according to the comic news website comicbook.com Indonesian artist Ardian Syaf says he included in X-Men Gold #1 hidden references to the election of the governor of Indonesia’s capital Jakarta. The vote has been one of Indonesia’s most polarizing elections, and is about much more than about choosing the city’s leader. Bitterly contested between the Chinese Christian incumbent, Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama, and his Muslim rivals, who…
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Thor facing Hela, Thor loosing Mjölnir, Thor facing chains, Thor facing Valkyrie, Thor meeting Grandmaster, Thor vs Hulk, Thor and Loki all in this trailer. A must see for comic fans. This November, Thor: Ragnarok. Watch the teaser trailer now! Storyline: Thor is imprisoned on the other side of the universe and finds himself in a race against time to get back to Asgard to stop Ragnarok, the destruction of his homeworld and the end of Asgardian civilization, at the hands of an all-powerful new threat, the ruthless Hela.
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Recently I have been monitoring the message boards and blogs about the drop in sales of comics in general and especially Marvel sales. Many people blame the drop in Marvel sales is because of the direction they are going by abandoning the classic characters and becoming more diverse in story telling. The classic Marvel heroes have been primarily white and not of color, so their efforts are to introduce more people of color like Miles Morales (Spider-Man) and Riri Williams (Ironman). While that may have been the perception in modern…
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Check out a first look at the Black Lighting TV series costume. Cress Williams is playing Black Lightning, and the series has officially begun filming in Atlanta. Black Lightning is coming to The CW from executive producers Greg Berlanti, Salim Akil, Mara Brock and Sarah Schechter, from Berlanti Productions and Akil Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television. Salim Akil is directing and wrote the Black Lightning pilot. “I knew way too much about the world as a young boy growing up in Richmond, California,” Akil said. “I was no…
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WB continues building their Batman movie franchise with none other than Marvel’s The Avengers director Joss Whedon on Batgirl. Variety reports Joss Whedon, known for his take portraying women in a good light, is nearing a deal to write, direct, and produce an untitled Batgirl movie as part of the DCEU. WB also has the Matt Reeves Batman movie, the David Ayer Gotham City Sirens film, and a Nightwing movie in development. It’s further said that presently no other producers are attached to the Joss Whedon Batgirl movie, but the…
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Spider-Man Homecoming New Trailer Thrilled by his experience with the Avengers, young Peter Parker (Tom Holland) returns home to live with his Aunt May. Under the watchful eye of mentor Tony Stark, Parker starts to embrace his newfound identity as Spider-Man. He also tries to return to his normal daily routine — distracted by thoughts of proving himself to be more than just a friendly neighborhood superhero. Peter must soon put his powers to the test when the evil Vulture emerges to threaten everything that he holds dear. Micheal Keaton’s…
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Justice League Movie Trailer was released by Warner Bros. this Saturday. It was very good and highlighted the recruitment of Cyborg, Aquaman, and the Flash with shots of Batman and Wonder Woman and the others in action. No sign of Superman but there is a panel with Amy Adams as Lois Lane. Also there is a scene with J. K. Simmons as James Gordon Police commissioner. All in all it is worth viewing. May the movie itself be as entertaining. Check it out and comment. Justice League unites in theaters…
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