Tag: COMICS

DC Comics Profits Down in 2015

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Bleeding Cool is reporting that DC Comics is down over 2 million dollars for their financial year beginning in 2015. Reasons cited include the cost from moving the offices from New York to Burbank were higher than expected as well as the poor performance from the less than stellar Convergence event series and tie-ins, in addition to the post-Convergence relaunch doing all that not great. DC also offered their comics to be returnable, which has only added to the problem, as obviously the issues are not selling and retailers are…

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Secret Wars Battleworld #1

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Media Release — The battles in Secret Wars are so big, we had to launch an entirely new title just to contain them! Today, Marvel is pleased to present your new look inside SECRET WARS: BATTLEWORLD #1 – a new 4-issue Secret Wars limited series of wall-to-wall action across the surface of Battleworld! Bursting with epic action, each issue of SECRET WARS: BATTLEWORLD features two all-new high-octane stories ripped from the pages of the biggest event of the year! This issue – what happens when Dr. Strange possesses the Punisher?…

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Dan DiDio Reveals Secrets of DC Comics’ “Convergence”

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DC’s upcoming event Convergence is one of the most anticipated events from the publisher in recent years, and now after much waiting and speculation they have revealed which universes will be involved in the event. Among the cities involved are Metropolis from the Kingdom Come universe, and Moscow, the home of the Red Son Superman. “Here, we’re not only telling a story that not only touches upon every character and every generation of hero, but brings them all together in one story, one event,” says DC Comics’ Co-Publisher Dan DiDio…

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Bat-mobile Info-graphics 75 Years Old

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After 75 years of omnipresence, one can make a very strong case that the Batmobile is the most iconic automobile in all of pop culture history. Since Batman’s debut back in 1939’s “Detective Comics” #27, the caped crusader has always relied on a car — usually a stylish, feature-loaded one — to get him from his cave to crime scenes. As a crucial part of the Bat-mythos, the Batmobile — dubbed such in 1941’s “Detective Comics” #48 — has appeared in everything from comics and cartoons to films and video…

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Who Was Curt Swan?

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Born Douglas Curtis Swan February 17, 1920 Died June 17, 1996 (aged 76) Nationality American Area(s) Penciller Notable works Action Comics Adventure Comics Superman Awards Inkpot Award, 1984 Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame, 1997 Douglas Curtis “Curt” Swan (February 17, 1920 – June 17, 1996) was an American comic book artist. The artist most associated with Superman during the period fans call the Silver Age of comic books, Swan produced hundreds of covers and stories from the 1950s through the 1980s. I began reading comics in the fifties and if…

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Silver Surfer #10 Review

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I have read Silver Surfer stories for years and enjoyed them from the time since Norrin Radd first came to earth in Fantastic Four #48 in March 1966. There is something about the sad story of how Norrin became the Silver Surfer and Herald of Galactus, who was a cosmic force of destruction. Galactus hunger drove him to devour and absorber the power and substance of a planet. Norrin’s sacrifice saved his planet homeworld Zenn-La but condemned him to search the heavens using his Cosmic powers to find more planets…

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Preview of Amazing Spider-Man #16.1

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Marvel Comics has released a first look preview at Amazing Spider-Man #16.1, the beginning of the “Spiral” story by, celebrated Spider-Man writer, Gerry Conway. Conway teams with artist Carlo Barberi to tell a story of the Marvel Universe’s underworld, which has been in chaos since the demise of the Kingpin. As the war between Hammerhead, Tombstone, the Circus of Crime, Black Cat and Mr. Negative escalates, Spider-Man swings in the keep things under control, but is confronted by Police Captain Yuri Watanabe, who has become a masked vigilante called the…

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New Writer talks About Dan Slott’s Silk

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SPOILER WARNING: This article contains significant spoilers for Marvel’s “Silk” #1, released this past Wednesday. Marvel’s new spider-powered superhero Silk (civilian name, Cindy Moon) has only been active a few months, but she’s kept busy: playing guest star roles in books like “Amazing Spider-Man” (where she was introduced by Dan Slott and Humberto Ramos) and “Spider-Woman,” along with a central role in the recently completed “Spider-Verse” event. Cindy’s packed schedule fits the character — she feels the need to make up for lost time after having spent a decade locked…

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The First Time Superman Died

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Death of Superman,” in Superman #118 (January 1958): A gangster named Blacky Barton impersonates Superman at a masquerade party in order to lure the Man of Steel into a Kryptonite deathtrap. Which does not work because of the special power of Superman plus the fact it was imitation Kryptonite. In this issue, Superman shows the power to control his heart rate. READ BELOW: CLICK ARROW TO NAVIGATE IN MIDDLE OF PICTURE – PHONE OR TABLET FLIP IMAGE Death of Superman,” from 1961’s Superman #149, by Jerry Siegel, Curt Swan, and…

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Amazing Spider-Man 14 Review

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As a whole, Spider-verse may be Marvel’s best attempt at an event comic in years. The core premise and conflict engrossing. the way it celebrates Spider-Man’s long, colorful history is delightful. Even the tie-ins tend to be well-crafted and very relevant to the core storyline. That said, there have been flaws with the approach to Spider-verse, and those flaws threaten to derail the whole experience in this final issue. Amazing Spider-Man #14 is almost entirely consumed by the final battle between the surviving Spiders and the Inheritors. Everyone’s path finally…

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POP! Goes the ICON “San Hannibal” Comes to a conclusion…

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but did you even know it began?  “San Hannibal” by Dan Schkade and Jesse Snavlin is a noir treat in monochromatic colored splendor.  It follows a private detective Avery in his search for missing photojournalist Savannah Loy and all the mayhem lying in the wake of his search.  The story is set in a semi futuristic city called San Hannibal kinda has an LA vibe to it and it is wrought with political intrigue and vigilantism.  Other than the story the book is filled with the most powerful coloration which adds…

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Who Is Marvel’s Beyonder And Battle World?

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I just read New Avengers 29 and found out as other readers did that the Beyonders will play a part in the new Battle World coming soon and the remaking of the Marvel Universe. As you can see from the cover is the Beyonder from the original Secret Wars series toying with Yellowjacket. And at the end of the comic book is another version of Beyonder enities from the Beyond Realm. They followed Hank Pym to earth and meet the Avengers, Hank called them the Ivory Kings and The White…

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Who Is Marvel’s Silk?

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When Peter Parker was bitten by the radioactive spider that gave him his powers, it managed to bite another before dying. This woman, hidden for years by Ezekiel from Morlun, has been found by Spider-Man… and is the new spider woman known as Silk! Origin Thirteen years ago, during a demonstration on the use of radioactive rays at a science exhibit, a spider was accidentally exposed to the radiation and absorbed large amounts of it. In its dying moments, the arachnid bit the nearest living thing to it, Peter Parker.…

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Marvel Secret Wars Live Kick Off

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This May, time has run out and Secret Wars, the landmark eight-issue event, is ready to shake the very foundations of the Marvel Universe as you know it. But first, on Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at 3 PM ET, we’re hosting the ground breaking SECRET WARS LIVE KICKOFF! Fans can head to Marvel.com/secretwars to get their very first Secret Wars info straight from Marvel’s Editor-in-Chief Axel Alonso and SVP, Executive Editor Tom Brevoort streaming live from New York City’s own Midtown Comics next week! Prepare for the coming of a…

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DC Comics Convergence

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Being told in the weekly comic book series set five years in the future, the events of THE NEW 52: FUTURES END play directly into CONVERGENCE—DC Comics’ massive 2 month event taking place in April and May of 2015. Where do worlds go when they die? The Earthquakes felt round the Multiverse, Superman’s lost days after ‘Doomed,’ the World’s End – all these points will converge as the history of the DCU is spun from a new perspective, the perspective of a mad god and his arrogant child. The biggest…

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