Tag: COMICS

MARTIAN MANHUNTER Returns In DARK NIGHTS: METAL #5 Preview

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J’Onn Jonnz returns just in time in a preview of this week’s Dark Nights: Metal #5. DARK NIGHTS: METAL #5 Written by SCOTT SNYDER Art and cover by GREG CAPULLO and JONATHAN GLAPION Variant covers by TONY S. DANIEL, ANDY KUBERT and JIM LEE Retailers: This issue will ship with four covers. Please see the order form for details. The Justice League faces the final extinguishing of our world, invaded on all sides by unimaginable nightmares, fueled on to the edge of oblivion only by the belief that there must…

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Joe Quesada Pens Open Letter on Social Media’s Impact on Comics

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Joe Quesada is best known for his work at Marvel as editor of Marvel Knights, and later as editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics. Now he is Chief Creative Officer of Marvel Entertainment. Because Quesada has been a part of the comic book industry for over 20 years, I am interested in what he has to say about the social media and how it has evolved. Recently he wrote an open letter to those who use social media to criticize the comic industry. I have provided the full letter below. As is…

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Young JEAN GREY Alive In Series Finale Preview

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A preview of next week’s series finale, Jean Grey #11. Jean Grey the younger is still alive or is she see in the preview below in the final issue of Jean Grey. JEAN GREY #11 DENNIS HOPELESS (W) • VICTOR IBANEZ & ALBERTO ALBURQUERQUE (A) Cover by DAVID YARDIN CONNECTING VARIANT COVER (1 OF 5) BY VICTOR HUGO Variant Cover by Elizabeth  Torque PSYCH WAR PART 4 It was all leading up to this… young Jean Grey vs. the Phoenix! But after all her training, this might be a battle that…

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Darkseid – Who are the New Gods?

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DC Comics 101: Who are the New Gods? By Tim Beedle The New Gods are one of the most fascinating, imaginative and entertaining corners of the DC comic book universe. Longtime DC Comics fans speak of the New Gods in almost reverent tones, and for good reason. Yet the New Gods are also, arguably, some of the most intimidating and confusing characters to new fans. They’re drawn from a complex world with science fiction and fantasy elements, and they’re proudly strange and unusual. And on top of all of this,…

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Lost Siegel and Shuster Superman Story to Be Published

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Lost Siegel and Shuster Superman Story to Be Published In New Action Comics #1000: 80 Years of Superman Hardcover Book Edited by Paul Levitz with a New Jim Lee Cover and an All-Star Talent Line-up Including Laura Siegel Larson, Jules Feiffer, Gene Luen Yang, Al Plastino, Otto Binder, Curt Swan, Marv Wolfman, John Byrne, Dick Giordano, Grant Morrison, Len Wein, Carmine Infantino and More! A new hardcover book, ACTION COMICS #1000: 80 YEARS OF SUPERMAN, is being published by DC Entertainment as part of its celebration of the one-thousandth issue…

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FRANK MILLER RETURNS TO THE WORLD OF “300”

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Dark Horse to Release “Xerxes: The Fall of the House of Darius and the Rise of Alexander” in April 2018 Dark Horse is proud to reveal art from Xerxes: The Fall of the House of Darius and the Rise of Alexander, the highly anticipated companion to Frank Miller’s award-winning series 300. Comics legend Frank Miller, creator of Sin City and 300, writes and draws this sprawling historical epic, twenty years in the making. Alex Sinclair, the colorist for Miller’s Dark Knight III: The Master Race, provides his stunning colors to…

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Dan Slott Leaving AMAZING SPIDER-MAN This Summer

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Amazing Spider-Man writer Dan Slott has announced his departure from the series with Amazing Spider-Man #801 – a decision he says has been in the contemplating for years. Slott has been a writer on Amazing Spider-Man since 2008’s “Brand New Day” arc, having taken over sole writing duties on the title in 2010. “This was a decision that was made way long ago,” Slott told Vulture. “I gotta feel like a jerk, because whenever someone would interview me, or whenever it would come up on panels, I would look out…

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Thanos #15 Preview: The King of the Universe

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Thanos confronts the sins of his past in this preview of Thanos #15, on shelves January 24. THANOS #15  DONNY CATES (W) • GEOFF SHAW (A/C) THANOS WINS Part 3 As King Thanos and his Rider prepare to face the coming forces of the Fallen One, he surveys the Universe he’s dominated… just a king and his dog. His big…green…dog… 32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99 Thanos is at the end of time and master over all but what has he learned in his victory over all opposition. Find out in this…

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Astonishing X-Men Act 1: Life of X Reaction

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Or How Marvel Secretly Brought Professor X Back to Life… !!SPOILER ALERT!! Okay, let me say what a great way to bring a character back to life and in doing so getting rid of my least favorite X-universe character, created by Grant Morrison, Fantomex. He first appeared in New X-Men #128 published August 2002. In my mind, he has been pretty much been a throwaway rogue character. He is a little too much Gambit and not quite enough Wolverine to keep me interested. However because he is a Human, Mutant/Sentinel…

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Major Villain Makes Return to Marvel in Doctor Strange

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Doctor Strange #384 LOKI: SORCERER SUPREME Part 4! Doctor Strange has acquired the biggest weapon he could imagine to finally take back his Sorcerer Supreme title from Loki. But will it be enough? The life of someone Stephen cares about lies in the balance, and where Loki goes, innocent life doesn’t always stay safe… SPOILERS! For those of you who have not been reading Doctor Strange I ask why not? You remember a hero that was billed as the most powerful hero of the Marvel universe Sentry, well he is…

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2017 Officially First Down Year Since 2011 Comic Sales

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It’s official official. Direct Market comic book sales fell year-to-year for the first time since 2011, with 2017 finishing up about 10% off from 2016. According to figures released by Diamond Comic Distributors Friday morning, DC Comics led the Direct Market in dollar share, powered by the two best-selling comic books of the month – Geoff Johns and Gary Frank’s Doomsday Clock #2 and Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo’s Dark Nights: Metal #4 – and four other Top 10 titles.  Marvel Comics, which released the other four Top 10 titles…

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Previews: Superman The Atomic Age Sunday Comic Strips 1956-1959

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Superman’s newspaper comic strips are among the rarest of all Superman collectibles. This comprehensive series helps remedy that gap in Superman history by bringing back into print every one of the Sunday newspaper strips. The Man of Steel stars in seven classic adventures as the 1950s “Atomic Age” comes to a close. Two of the stories are original to the newspaper strip, while five were alternate versions of tales that were simultaneously published in the regular comic books. One of the featured adaptations is “Superman Versus the Futuremen,” written by…

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Star Wars Adventures: Forces of Destiny Princess Leia #1

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The Star Wars Forces of Destiny initiative celebrates the inspiring stories of iconic heroes from a galaxy far, far away…. Star Wars Adventures has joined the festivities with an exciting weekly series of comic books that explores all corners of the Star Wars universe, showing how choices both big and small ultimately shape the destinies of beloved characters, such as Princess Leia, Rey, Padme, Ahsoka, and Hera along with your soon-to-be favorites from The Last Jedi, Rose and Paige! Fans will be excited to discover these stories told by talent…

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Guardians of the Galaxy Disassemble: Infinity Countdown

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INFINITY COUNTDOWN PRIME #1 Written by GERRY DUGGAN Art and Cover by MIKE DEODATO On-Sale – 2/21/18 INFINITY COUNTDOWN #1 (of 5) Written by GERRY DUGGAN Art by AARON KUDER Cover by NICK BRADSHAW On-Sale – 3/7/18 Media Release — With a CRASH and a BANG, the cosmic strike of the Countdown begins as the greatest epic in the history of the Infinity Stones explodes onto the pages of INFINITY COUNTDOWN! And it’s a beginning so huge, it can only be told in one sweeping, mind-bending tale. This March, Gerry…

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Preview: Misfit City #8

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Misfit City #8 Publisher: BOOM! Box, an imprint of BOOM! Studios Writers: Kiwi Smith and Kurt Lustgarten Artist: Naomi Franquiz Cover Artist: Naomi Franquiz Price: $3.99 Below is a preview of number 8 in the series for Misfit City. A review for number 1 can be found here from contributor Tyrel Kessinger. A trade paperback will eventually follow in 2018. Final Issue! The girls are mere steps away from discovering the truth about Black Mary, but there’s more going on than they realize… PREVIEW COVER AND COMIC PAGES BELOW JUST…

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