Warner Bros. No Show at San Diego Comic-Con

The next three DC Film movies Wonder Woman 1984, Birds of Prey or Joker will not be represented this year at the San Diego Comic-Con. We found out from Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins and Gal Gadot over social media with the release of the film’s poster for Wonder Woman 1984. Jenkins actually revealed that the full marketing campaign doesn’t kick off until the end of the year in December. “By now you’ve heard: WB isn’t going to Hall H this year. We’re so sad to miss you there! And…

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Captain America #695 for Marvel Legacy

We were wondering if Marvel would include Captain America in the Legacy release titles, well wonder no more. See the news release below for more information. Media Release — The stage has been set: this fall, MARVEL LEGACY will explode into the Marvel Universe, bringing new stories and new adventures. And no character will be left behind…including Captain America! During this year’s San Diego Comic Con International, Marvel revealed its 53rd MARVEL LEGACY title: CAPTAIN AMERICA #695. Superstar creative team Mark Waid and Chris Samnee (Black Widow, Daredevil) will reunite…

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DARK NIGHTS: METAL evil Batmen revealed

Media Release — DC Comics – After teasing comic book fans with ominous shadow images of six evil Batmen from the Dark Multiverse several weeks ago, their final, terrifying images were revealed at Comic-Con International: San Diego. Each of these malevolent characters – The Red Death, The Murder Machine, The Dawnbreaker, The Drowned, the Merciless and The Devastator – all represent corrupted versions of Batman set upon the DC universe to help conquer it once and for all, as part of the DARK NIGHTS: METAL event beginning this August. by…

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J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI Is Leaving Comic Books

[Editor’s Note: At Comic-Con International: San Diego, J. Michael Straczynski announced that he would no longer be writing comic books. Newsarama reached out to the author, who provided this letter to readers. Because of our great respect for this great talent Comics talk is providing the letter in it’s entirety as found at Newsarama] I’ve had a very funny career. Multiple careers, actually. I was a reporter in San Diego for many years, working for a host of local newspapers and magazines, including the San Diego Reader and San Diego…

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Is Superman The Greatest Hero?

At the Comic-Con International in San Diego this year writer and historian Mark Evanier moderated a panel celebrating editor Julius “Julie” Schwartz time running the Superman titles at DC Comics. The panel featured writers Elliot S. Maggin, Gerry Conway and Marv Wolfman, writer and former DC Comics President Paul Levitz and writer/editor Martin Pasko. They shared stories about Schwartz, how the famed editor changed the Superman mythos and spoke about the atmosphere of the DC Comics bullpen in the 1970s. But the most interesting part of the interchange was about the…

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