Tag: Comic Book

Ava DuVernay’s ‘New Gods’ With Comic Book Creator Tom King

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Tom King writer of the award-winning ‘Mister Miracle’ comic book series has joined Ava DuVernay in an attempt to write the screenplay of DC Films’ New Gods movie. King successfully revived the mythology of the “Fourth World” comic book series from the 1970s using the great characters created by the comic book legend Jack Kirby. The “Fourth World” stories reveal the conflict between two alien planets, New Genesis and Apokolips. The storyline migrates to earth when Darkseid, the ruler of Apokolips, discovers that the key to eradicating free will across…

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DC Comics Raises Comic Book Prices

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DC Comics has confirmed that as of last week all DC Universe ongoing titles – physical and digital – will be priced $3.99. This includes price increases of Wonder Woman and The Flash, but will also raise the price of the previously $2.99 Batman, Suicide Squad, Detective Comics, Green Lanterns, Hal Jordan & The Green Lantern Corps, Harley Quinn, and Injustice. Superman and Action Comics, two other previous $2.99 titles, were already solicited at $3.99 when they went monthly. In January 2017, DC increased the price of several of its…

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Is Superhero Movie Attendance Dropping?

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2017 was a big year for comic book based movies with four studios vying for moviegoers attention. We are looking at seven releases by Sony, Fox, Marvel and Warner Bros. The Quality this year for superhero movies has never been better with an audience rating averaging 7.67 stars out of ten. All things considered the seven movies we are talking about were good and all of them were fun to watch, and some of the movies were outstanding. let’s start out with Sony’s movie made with the help of Marvel…

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‘Calexit’ Comic Book Imagines California in Revolt

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A new comic book hitting shelves this week imagines a full-scale revolt against the federal government in the state of California over President Donald Trump’s strict immigration policies. Calexit, a new series from Black Mask Studios, is set in a bitter future in which the state of California is plunged into a war with the federal government and a civil war within its own borders. The story in the the comic describes a world in which climate change has ravaged much of the state, while masked Californians battle the government…

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May 2017 Comic Book Sales

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Diamond sent over the followinging charts and info for comic book sales for the month of May and more:  (BALTIMORE, MD) — (June 16, 2017) — The United States is dominated by Hydra, with Captain America at its head, in Nick Spencer, Steve McNiven, and Jay Leisten’s Secret Empire #1 from Marvel Comics, the best-selling comic book of May according to information provided by Diamond Comic Distributors, the world’s largest distributor of comics, graphic novels, and pop culture merchandise. Marvel Comics was May’s top publisher with a 38.05% dollar share…

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The Unworthy Thor Returns

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You may have asked what happened to the original Marvel Thor Odinson (Son of Odin). It can be a little confusing after Battle World and Secret Wars. There is a new series coming called Unworthy Thor, it will explain where Odinson is and what he has been doing. The series will be created by Thor writer Jason Aaron and artist Olivier Coipel. It will answer the questions about what happened to Odinson after he was found unworthy to wield Mjolnir back in the series Original Sin where Nick Fury whispered…

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Spider-Man Costumes for “Renew Your Vows”

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Marvel Comics has debuted the Spidey costumes to be worn by Mary Jane Watson-Parker and Annie Parker, Mary Jane and Peter’s daughter, from the upcoming, ongoing series incarnation of “Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows.” ComicBook.com debuted the following “Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows” #1 cover and concept art boasting artist Ryan Stegman’s new designs, which you can check out below:                     “Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows” sees an alternate version of the Spidey mythos in which Peter and MJ never split up,…

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Five Star review for All Star Batman

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Scott Snyder pulls out all the stops in his new Batman book, All Star Batman. I am an enthusiastic fan of Scott Snyder (Batman, Witches) and Greg Capullo’s (Spawn, Batman) as a creative team. Their 4 year run of the Batman title is some of the best story telling I have ever read. Unlike most of the new 52 characters at DC Batman did not change much after Flashpoint. Scott continued to build on an already rich Batman mythos giving us the court owls, death of the family, year zero,…

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Preview: THE FALLEN #1

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(Writer) Greg Pak (Art) Mark Bagley (Cover) Leinil Francis Yu How will the Marvel universe deal with the fallout of Bruce Banner’s death? As a giant falls, friends and enemies alike gather to mourn his passing. Amadeus Cho, Rick Jones, Betty Ross, Thunderbolt Ross, the Warbound and more. Can they all keep a level head – or will some of them get ANGRY? Plus, what secrets lie in the Last Will and Testament of Bruce Banner? Aug 17, 2016: $4.99 READ BELOW: CLICK ARROW TO NAVIGATE IN MIDDLE OF PICTURE…

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Aaron Kuder with Marvel Comics

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Media Release — Marvel Entertainment is excited to announce that Aaron Kuder is exclusive to Marvel! Reflecting on bringing his talents to Marvel, Kuder exclaimed “I’m completely stoked to be working at the House of Ideas again. I grew up as a Marvel kid (no really, my 7th birthday wish: grow up to be Spider-Man. But don’t tell anyone. Otherwise it won’t come true.”) Kuder’s first assignment is teaming up with comic superstars Charles Soule and Jeff Lemire for the highly anticipated 4-issue DEATH OF X series, beginning in October.…

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Doctor Strange #10 Review

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Marvel: August 3, 2016 Writer: Jason Aaron Art: Chris Bachalo Cover: Kevin Nowlan Cover Price: $3.99 Eric Bradach’s The Comixalaxy The Marvel business model at the moment is obsessed with re-launches and the fixation on releasing new #1’s on the racks to boost sales. Every time DC seems to be edging them out on the top 10 charts, they react with an event with an endless amount of tie-ins, and readers are understandably becoming tired and frustrated of the current climate. With each event there is the promise of a…

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Marvel’s Latest “Dead No More” Update

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Marvel’s latest promotion for upcoming Spider-Man story “Dead No More” comes in the form of an animated gif, one that warns that everything that’s been said up to this point about the arc may have been one big misdirect. Following a gradually accelerating series of related panels, the text “Everything you’ve been told is wrong” is revealed, along with the words “The conspiracy revealed this week.” Notably, the font in the word “conspiracy” strongly resembles that of the “Spider-Man” logo used for much of the 1990s: The “Dead No More”…

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Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows Ongoing Coming to Marvel NOW!

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It was recently announced that the popular Secret Wars mini is to become a new ongoing in the new Marvel NOW! relaunch, to be written by Gerry Gonway with art by Ryan Stegman. It looks like it might be in regular continuity after Secret Wars. Renew Your Vows was the Secret Wars series that saw Peter Parker, Mary Jane and their daughter May Annie from a parallel universe where they remained married. It was very, very popular, The big bad, Regent was also somehow resurrected in the standard Marvel universe…

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Matt Ryan is John Constantine in “Justice League Dark”

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A first look at Warner Bros. Animation’s upcoming "Justice League Dark" animated film has surfaced online. The footage includes a trailer, and behind-the-scenes look at the animated adaptation with the filmmakers. Additionally, the video confirms that Matt Ryan, who played John Constantine on NBC’s cancelled "Constantine" TV series, will reprise his role for the film. Other members of the film’s Justice League Dark include comic book mainstays Black Orchid, Etrigan, Zatanna, Deadman, and Swamp Thing. Usual Justice Leaguers Wonder Woman, Superman, Green Lantern and Batman (especially) also appear in the…

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Spider-Man’s greatest villain Doctor Octopus is coming

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It’s been a long time coming, but Spider-Man’s greatest villain is finally coming back to life. Did somebody call a doctor? The latest comic solicitations for Marvel’s October releases confirm Doctor Octopus is officially coming back. Here’s the story’s logline: “Death is no more, and DOCTOR OCTOPUS HAS RETURNED!!! How is he back? And what does he have to do with The Jackal?” He’ll make his return in Issue No. 20 of Amazing Spider-Man, by Dan Slott, Christos Gage and Giuseppe Camuncoli. If you haven’t been following Spidey comics for…

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