Tag: COMICS

Darkseid is Back in the New DCU Justice League

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What could be big enough to bring earths greatest heroes together to form the Justice League that would be a threat from Darkseid and his minions from Apokolips.  Darkseid first appeared in Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen #134 (November 1970) and was created by writer-artist Jack Kirby. Darkseid is one of the most powerful characters in the DC Universe. Debuting in the Bronze Age of Comic Books, he has appeared in four decades of DC Comics publications, featuring prominently in the New Gods titles and limited series as the recurring nemesis…

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Fear Itself 7 Marvel Preview: It Ends Here

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This is it! This year’s blockbuster comics event from Marvel Architects Matt Fraction and Stuart Immonen, comes to its cataclysmic finale in FEAR ITSELF #7! Left defenseless and on their own, Earth’s Mightiest must dig deep for one last assault on The Serpent and the Worthy!

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DC Comics sells over 5 million comic books in six weeks

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Media Release — DC Comics – the home of Superman, Batman, Green Lantern and Wonder Woman – is experiencing its best comic books sales in more than 20 years, following a historic renumbering of all DC Comics titles with 52 all-new first issues. With sales of more than 5 million copies in only six weeks, the first issues of DC COMICS – THE NEW 52 are generating international headlines and bringing fans back into comic book stores across the country.

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AVENGERS: X-SANCTION #1 Comic Shop Variants

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Media Release — Marvel is proud to unveil the highly anticipated comic shop variant covers to Avengers: X-Sanction #1! As all-out war breaks out between Cable and the Avengers, your comic shop will get caught in the crossfire and be immortalized in one of two all new covers! In the Avengers: X-Sanction #1 Wanted Variant by Bryan Hitch, see the bounty on your comic shop with an actual photograph of your store right on the cover!

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Superior The Movie Mark Millar’s Creation

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Mark Millar is one of the successful writers for modern comics with some pretty big titles for both DC, Marvel and now with his publishing of Superior in Marvel’s Icon label, Superior is Millar’s most recent creator owned series and has already become one of his most popular with fans.

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Avengers: The Children’s Crusade

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One of the series that has almost been over looked this year is Avengers: The Children’s Crusade. The Young Avengers appear in the 2010–2011 miniseries we are now at number 7 of 9 it will hit the stores September 21 this month. In the series, Magneto learned that the Young Avengers were going to search for the still missing Scarlet Witch, and that Wiccan and Speed may be the reincarnations of Wanda’s children. The Young Avengers finally find Wanda Maximoff (Scarlet Witch) and through a series of events she remembers what happened in Avengers…

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Marriage in DC and Marvel: Lois and Clark, Peter and Mary Jane

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There are many changes coming to the DC Universe in September. Information on the “New 52” is being released and some previous suspicions are being confirmed. One in particular involves Superman and Lois Lane. Lois has been the love interest for Superman/Clark Kent since they all first appeared in 1938’s Action Comics #1. Their courtship lasted decades and finally they were married in 1996’s Superman: The Wedding Album. Now after fifteen years, the marriage will be over. This is something quite popular in the comic world right now with the…

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Flashpoint #5 It Begins Here

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In 1956, DC Comics successfully revived superheroes, ushering in what became known as the Silver Age of comic books. Rather than bringing back the same Golden Age heroes, DC re imagined them as new characters for the modern age. The Flash was the first revival, in the aptly named tryout comic book Showcase #4 (Oct. 1956). This new Flash was Barry Allen, a police scientist who gained super-speed when bathed by chemicals after a shelf of them was struck by lightning. He adopted the name The Flash after reading a…

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Justice League #1 The New DC Universe

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Well Flashpoint is over it ends with a new DC Universe with the Flash and Batman the only ones that have knowledge that things have changed. Justice League #1 introduces Batman, Green Lantern, and Superman as the early stories of how the Justice League came together. The next Justice League #2 is named Batman vs Superman and will show how the characters evolved in the new universe as a group of heroes, if they survive the the first meeting. Well the art work is great Jim Lee and Scott Williams…

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FEAR ITSELF #6 (The Fate of Thor?)

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Marvel has taken Friday’s Fear Itself panel at Fan Expo Canada to release a first look at next month’s Fear Itself #6, showing a sequence that maybe puts the speculation on the fate of Thor in a whole new light. FEAR ITSELF #6 (of 7) Written by MATT FRACTION Penciled by STUART IMMONEN Cover by STEVE McNIVEN Variant Cover by STUART IMMONEN Variant Cover by MIKE McKONE Marvel Architects Variant also available Marvel Architects Sketch Variant also available Marvel Comics; September 14, 2011 The penultimate chapter of the apocalypse is…

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