Tag: DC Comics

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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Batman 80 Page Giant #1 Caramagna introduces autism to comics

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Batman 80 Page Giant #1 for 2011 was a great collection of Batman stories but the last story written by Joe Caramagna really caught my interest and pulled my heart strings. It’s a story about Solomon Grundy, Batman and a little autistic boy named Lucas. Lucas shares an adventure with Batman which gets him to speak for the first time delighting his parents who struggle with raising this wonderful young man who happens to have autism a very misunderstood mental condition. This is the first time a Batman story has…

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Star Trek and The Legion Of Super-Heroes team up in October

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    Media Release — The original Starship Enterprise has traveled across time and space on its five-year mission, but it will be entering the DC Universe for the first time this summer. IDW Publishing is proud to announce its first-ever crossover with DC Comics’ Super Heroes in STAR TREK/LEGION OF SUPERHEROES, a six-issue monthly series beginning in October 2011. STAR TREK/LEGION OF SUPERHEROES tells the tale of the original crew of the Starship Enterprise, who beam down to a planet only to discover that the planet isn’t their intended…

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J. Michael Straczynski on Comics Superman: Earth One, DC Relaunch, Thor Movie and More

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J. Michael Straczynski has been touted as one of the great writers of this Century.  CBR TV at the San Diego Comic Con this year talks comics with him, what he likes in the industry and how he grades himself as a writer and what the future holds for Straczynski. Below is the lead story from CBR TV and video of the great interview with J. Michael Straczynski. Sorry won’t work on IPhone or IPad. Only on Mac or PC. J. Michael Straczynski, or JMS to his fans, spoke with…

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Green Lantern 67 “The Death of a Guardian”

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SPOILER WARNING: Green Lantern #67 has the biggest surprises for a Green Lantern fan in many years. The “War of the Green Lanterns” arc has come to an end but not without some controversy in the Green Lantern Corps. Hal Jordan who has been called the greatest of the Green Lanterns has killed the renegade Guardian Krona and set all the prisoners free and saved the Corps but was rewarded by being stripped of his Green Lantern Ring and kicked out of the Green Lantern Corps. Evidently the Guardians who…

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Superman #713 “Must There Be a Superman?”

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SPOILER WARNING: Superman #713 was not what I expected from a J. Michael Straczynski story line I respect him and his writing skills. Having reached the pleasant town of Portland, Oregon and having no actual crime to fight, Clark suddenly finds himself wallowing in self-doubt and asking “Must There Be a Superman?” The strongest man in the world has doubts about who he is and his role in the world and how he should help people. This surely is brought out by the depression he feels from the destruction of…

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Green Lantern Movie Review

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I was waiting to give a review of Green Lantern the Movie till I saw it again with a friend to brainstorm the good and the bad points of the movie. After the mixed reviews I wanted not to rush to a hurried conclusion. Below is some of the reviews of critics of the movie. 6 out of 36 critics gave a fresh rating to the movie on Rotten Tomatoes, 30 gave a rotten rating. Resulting in an overall 17 rating: Noisy, overproduced, and thinly written, Green Lantern squanders an…

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After Flashpoint: DC Comics New 52 shows up Marvel

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Well we have a pretty good idea what DC is trying to do with the new titles and re-numbering. They are trying to attract new readers and they are betting on the new digital market to be a gold mine. Just maybe they will do a great job with the Re-Launch the talent is there, but what was so bad about the old universe? The answer is nothing except the fact Marvel has beat you for the last 40 years in every way possible. So it is time to shake…

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New Supergirl New Costume

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Supergirl is being re-introduced this September with a new restart of the character. The female Girl of Steel and what will be different about her is not clear but she is getting some new threads. Wow has her costume changed over the years. She was created by writer Otto Binder and designed by artist Al Plastino in 1959, and she first appeared in Action Comics, in whose first issue Superman himself was introduced. The official first appearance of Kara Zor-EL was in Action Comics #252 you see a great example…

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STORMWATCH #1 New From DC Comics

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Stormwatch #1 is one of DC’s harder Edge books coming out this September courtesy of The Source. They are Stormwatch, a dangerous super human police force whose existence is kept secret from the world Directly following the ominous events of SUPERMAN #1, Adam One leads half the Stormwatch team to recover the [INFORMATION REDACTED] from deep in the Himalayas. Meanwhile, Jack Hawksmoor and the rest of the Stormwatch crew look to recruit two of the deadliest super humans on the planet: Midnighter and Apollo! And if they say no? Perhaps…

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Green Lantern Movie is Here

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Green Lantern is an upcoming 2011 superhero film based on the DC Comics character of the same name. The film will star Ryan Reynolds as Hal Jordan, with Martin Campbell directing a script by Greg Berlanti and comic book writers Michael Green and Marc Guggenheim, which was subsequently rewritten by Michael Goldenberg. Green Lantern is scheduled to be released on June 17, 2011 in 3D in 2 days. I am really excited with the release of this movie it is the time to use all the new special effects that…

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Grant Morrison and the New Superman Relaunch

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On June 11, 2011 at the LA Times’ Hero Complex Film Festival there was a brief discussion with DC Comics’ Geoff Johns and Jim Lee, who spoke about the recent announcements concerning DC’s comic books. Johns and Lee mainly took to addressing concerns and restating their excitement for the project. They really hammered home the idea that they are taking very great care to appease old readers while becoming more accessible for new ones. Johns also noted that the first arc of the JLA book he’s doing with Lee is…

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After Flashpoint DC New Superman Titles

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Friday DC Comics revealed the final 4 titles of the new DC Universe about the Superman Family: “A new era of DC Comics begins as the longest-running monthly comic of all time releases its first issue #1 since 1938. “This September, New York Times bestselling writer Grant Morrison (ALL-STAR SUPERMAN) joins with sensational artist Rags Morales to bring you tales of The Man of Tomorrow unlike any you’ve ever read before in ACTION COMICS #1. This momentous first issue will set in motion the history of the DC Universe as…

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