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The Walking Dead: Season 7 Ratings Down

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By Alex Osborn The viewership for Season 7 of AMC’s post-apocalyptic series The Walking Dead is considerably lower than it has been in recent seasons. As of this week’s episode, The Walking Dead’s ratings have dropped from 17 million at the Season 7 premiere down to 11 million for Episode 5, making for a 35 percent decline. Check out the graph from Wikipedia below (via EW) for an overview of how the show has performed over the years. While Season 7’s current viewership numbers are still higher than the vast…

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Watch: Justice League Action Clips

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Watch three clips below for the Justice League Action animated series on Cartoon Network. The series premieres later this month. Info: The world’s greatest Super Heroes return to television in Justice League Action, an all-new quarter-hour animated series from Warner Bros. Animation coming soon to Cartoon Network. Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman lead the DC Comics Super Heroes against their most infamous foes in adventures packed with relentless thrills, fun and action. No need to wait for the good stuff to start, each eleven-minute episode jumps in with lightning-paced action…

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Dan Slott: ‘The Clone Conspiracy’ Means Problems for Peter Parker

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Dan Slott tells THR why the dead are returning from the grave in Marvel’s new ‘Spider-Man’ comic book storyline. Somewhere, Peter Parker’s spider-sense is tingling, and with very, very good reason — the Marvel superhero is about to face one of his most unexpected challenges yet: One of his long-standing foes seems to have uncovered the key to eternal life. The Clone Conspiracy, a new series which launched last week and runs alongside the regular The Amazing Spider-Man series for the next few months, features the return of the Jackal,…

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Marvel’s Civil War II – Success or Failure?

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When Marvel Comics began teasing a sequel to their Civil War comic book event last year I had mixed feeling that it could be done again and succeed as a major crossover story arc again. Are they tryng to capitalize on the fact that it is the 10th anniversary of the original series written by Mark Millar and art by Steve McNiven or the fact that the Cinematic Universe experienced a Civil War of its own in the third Captain America movie. Some would say that if done well it…

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Warren Ellis Is Bringing WildStorm Back to DC Comics

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Warren Ellis will return to DC, to work on some of the characters that made him a household name among comic book fans, as the curator of a new pop-up imprint called WildStorm, ComicBook.com has learned exclusively. Following on the heels of the success of Gerard Way’s Young Animal imprint, WildStorm will take a similar approach, with Ellis writing the “main” book and curating the others. WildStorm will debut mid-February 2017 with a regular monthly comic titled The Wild Storm, written by Ellis with art by Jon Davis-Hunt (Vertigo’s Clean…

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Marvel Announces New Jennifer Walters Hulk Series

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Jennifer Walters’ new status quo has been revealed — and it proves it’s still not easy being green or gray. As announced by AV Club, the new Marvel series will launch this December. Writer Mariko Tamaki (“This One Summer”) and artist Nico Leon (“Ms. Marvel”) will guide Jennifer through the next phase of her life, one that sees her shed the She-Hulk name and star in a series simply titled “Hulk.” The series will follow Walters as she tries to go back to her life as a lawyer and superhero…

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New ‘Lost In Space’ TV Series Coming To Netflix

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“Danger Will Robinson!” Netflix has announced today that they have ordered a 10-episode first season of a new Lost In Space tv series. The one-hour sci-fi drama is of course based on the 1960’s sci-fi classic from Irwin Allen. New Line Cinema made a movie based on the property in 1998 directed by Stephen Hopkins which I remember being not a great movie. Find out who’s involved in this new take on the science fiction classic. The new Lost in Space tv series is a reimagined take on the property…

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Superman on Television and Movies

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Live action Superman on television and movies in the last 77 years has been played by nine actors. Kirk Alyn the first actor to play the DC Comics character Superman in live-action for the 1948 movie serial Superman and its 1950 sequel Atom Man vs. Superman. Alyn played Superman in the first Superman movie serial, released in 1948. The serial consisted of 15 episodes which recounted Superman’s arrival on Earth, getting a job as a reporter at the Daily Planet newspaper, and meeting Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen. The main…

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Here’s the latest on the series Star Trek: Discovery

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We knew the lead character in Star Trek: Discovery would be female – and not a captain – but turns out we won’t learn her name… at least, at first. “When we introduce our protagonist, she is called Number One,” Fuller told Ain’t It Cool News – noting that the moniker’s a tribute to Majel Barrett‘s character from the original Trek pilot. We will learn our new hero’s name by the end of the first 13-part season, though… Why just 13 episodes? Fuller thinks any more would “fatigue the show”,…

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Spider-Man Costumes for “Renew Your Vows”

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Marvel Comics has debuted the Spidey costumes to be worn by Mary Jane Watson-Parker and Annie Parker, Mary Jane and Peter’s daughter, from the upcoming, ongoing series incarnation of “Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows.” ComicBook.com debuted the following “Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows” #1 cover and concept art boasting artist Ryan Stegman’s new designs, which you can check out below:                     “Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows” sees an alternate version of the Spidey mythos in which Peter and MJ never split up,…

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Aaron Kuder with Marvel Comics

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Media Release — Marvel Entertainment is excited to announce that Aaron Kuder is exclusive to Marvel! Reflecting on bringing his talents to Marvel, Kuder exclaimed “I’m completely stoked to be working at the House of Ideas again. I grew up as a Marvel kid (no really, my 7th birthday wish: grow up to be Spider-Man. But don’t tell anyone. Otherwise it won’t come true.”) Kuder’s first assignment is teaming up with comic superstars Charles Soule and Jeff Lemire for the highly anticipated 4-issue DEATH OF X series, beginning in October.…

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Doctor Strange #10 Review

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Marvel: August 3, 2016 Writer: Jason Aaron Art: Chris Bachalo Cover: Kevin Nowlan Cover Price: $3.99 Eric Bradach’s The Comixalaxy The Marvel business model at the moment is obsessed with re-launches and the fixation on releasing new #1’s on the racks to boost sales. Every time DC seems to be edging them out on the top 10 charts, they react with an event with an endless amount of tie-ins, and readers are understandably becoming tired and frustrated of the current climate. With each event there is the promise of a…

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Joss Whedon Rumored To Direct The Flash And Supergirl

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According to a new rumor, Joss Whedon is going to direct The Flash and Supergirl musical crossover episodes, which was announced yesterday. The rumor may have some merit as Whedon recently let it be known that he is a big fan of The Flash series, and Grant Gustin also recently said he wants Joss Whedon to direct an episode of The Flash. Whedon also previously directed musical episodes for Buffy and Glee; the latter saw both Grant Gustin and Melissa Benoist star in the series.   The villain of The…

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Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows Ongoing Coming to Marvel NOW!

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It was recently announced that the popular Secret Wars mini is to become a new ongoing in the new Marvel NOW! relaunch, to be written by Gerry Gonway with art by Ryan Stegman. It looks like it might be in regular continuity after Secret Wars. Renew Your Vows was the Secret Wars series that saw Peter Parker, Mary Jane and their daughter May Annie from a parallel universe where they remained married. It was very, very popular, The big bad, Regent was also somehow resurrected in the standard Marvel universe…

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Watch: Justice League Action Animated Comic-Con Footage

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Check out footage released at Comic-Con from Justice League Action, the new animated series coming to Cartoon Network this Fall. JUSTICE LEAGUE ACTION producers gave Comic-Con 2016 attendees a first look at the highly anticipated Warner Bros. Animation series coming soon to Cartoon Network. During the show’s Thursday, July 21, panel, which also included voice cast members Kevin Conroy and Diedrich Bader, attendees were treated to this special highlight reel previewing all the upcoming action fans can expect every week.   Info: The world’s greatest Super Heroes return to television…

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