Tag: Darkseid

Going Beyond the Source Wall With Scott Snyder’s Justice League

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Major DC Spoilers: At Chicago and C2E2, Scott Snyder was asked what happens to the DC Comic Universe after the events of his series Dark Nights: Metal. About the Source Wall at the end of Metal, Snyder said: “It’s the whole impetus of No Justice … but I’m just gonna spoil it: the Green Lantern Corps goes out to the wall to be like, ‘What’s on the other side?’ The energies are unquantifiable and toxic so they decide to seal it, but they realize is that they have woken up…

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Darkseid Will Join the Justice League – Wonder Con #Darkseid

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Darkseid is perhaps the most feared — and most powerful — villains in the entire DC Universe or is he? The ruler of Apokolips has faced the Justice League on numerous occasions, but come July he’ll be counted as one of its members in Justice League Odyssey, from the creative team of writer Joshua Williamson and artist Stjepan Sejic. The announcement was made Saturday at WonderCon during DC’s Publishing Panel. Joining Darkseid on Justice League Odyssey are Cyborg, Starfire, Jessica Cruz and Azrael. “He is their Hannibal Lecter,” writer Scott…

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Ava DuVernay To Direct Jack Kirby Comic Creation ‘The New Gods’

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Many of the Jack Kirby fans that were disappointed that there was no Darkseid appearance in the recent Justice League movie will be pleased that Warner Bros. has decided to move ahead on a New Gods feature film. They have chosen their director by asking Ava DuVernay to call the shots behind the director’s chair. She made history as the first woman of color to helm a $100 million-plus live-action film in A Wrinkle In Time and is closing a deal with Warner Bros and DC to direct a big-budget…

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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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Michael McElhatton (Game of Thrones) Joins Justice League Cast

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The Justice League movie is five months away coming November 17th so we are sharing the cast members as we know them. This story is from April but we wanted to inform our readers of this quality addition of the cast. The upcoming Justice League movie from Warner Brothers Pictures about the DC Comics organization Justice League just added another familiar face from Westeros. Actor Michael McElhatton, who played Game Of Thrones character Roose Bolton, confirmed in an interview with Red Carpet TV News his addition to the cast for Justice League: “I can’t really tell…

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Injustice 2 “The Lines Are Redrawn” Trailer Breakdown Video

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Over a week ago saw a new trailer for the Injustice 2 video game with “The Lines Are Redrawn,” which offered a look at new characters including Darkseid and Brainiac. Now DC All Access breaks down the trailer in the following video. An Injustice 2 Robin trailer was also recently released. Are they friends? Foes? In the morally murky world of Injustice, it’s never easy to tell. But in this DC All Access games clip, we look to see where the lines have been redrawn as we break down the…

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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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Smallville Final What Do We Know?

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Smallville Final, the special two-hour series finale airs on Friday, May 13th at 8pm EST on The CW. It is the culmination of 10 years of story to bring Clark Kent to the point he becomes Superman. Tomorrow night it will climax with the next stage of Clark’s life. Will he marry, will he fight Darkseid, will Oliver Queen turn against him, will Clark put on the suit, will he fly, and will he finally be called Superman. Recently reporters were allowed to see a sizzle reel made up of…

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Batman The Return

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On that final page of Final Crisis #6, we see Superman carrying Batman’s dead and skeletonized/mummified body – the condition of which is due to being hit by Darkseid’s Omega Beams. Struck by the time-and-space-bending Omega Beams of the Newgod Darkseid, an amnesiac Bruce Wayne is cast back in time to the dawn of history. Wayne will have to overcome amnesia and “history itself” in order to make his way back to present-day Gotham City and retake his rightful place as Batman. This story is told in the 6 part…

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Superman/Batman: Apocalypse

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When a spaceship splashes down in Gotham City harbor, Batman and Superman encounter a mysterious Kryptonian  with powers as great as Superman’s. When Darkseid get wind of this, he has the Kryptonian abducted and brought under his control on  Apokolips. It’s up to Batman and Superman to retrieve the Kryptonian, forcing them to infiltrate  Darkseid’s hostile world. Where super-powerful threats lurk around every corner. Based on the popular series in Superman/Batman starting in #8 comic book. I just viewed this entertaining animated movie and thought it is a good representation…

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