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Superman Doomed #1 Coming

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Superman Doomed #1 Written by SCOTT LOBDELL with GREG PAK and CHARLES SOULE Art and cover by KEN LASHLEY 1:50 Variant cover by EDUARDO RISSO Blank Variant cover available ONE-SHOT • On sale MAY 14 • 48 pg, FC, $4.99 US • RATED T Beginning the super-event you have been waiting for in The New 52: Superman vs. Doomsday in a way you’ve never seen before! And with Doomsday’s deadly new abilities, in this battle there can be no winners. The Man of Steel must unleash insane levels of power…

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Ray Fisher to Play Cyborg In Batman-Superman Movie

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After testing actors over the past couple of weeks, Warner Bros. and DC have tapped theater actor Ray Fisher for the role of Cyborg in the untitled Batman-Superman pic. Victor Stone or Cyborg, while not a major part in the Batman-Superman feature, is a member of the Justice League, and the role will become much more significant role as Warner and DC develop more films related to the Justice League universe, sources confirm. Warner Bros. had no comment on this story. Fisher joins the Batman-Superman cast that includes Henry Cavill,…

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Lex Luthor and Alfred Cast in Man Of Steel 2

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Warner Bros. has announced that Jesse Eisenberg and Jeremy Irons have been cast in Zack Snyder’s “Man of Steel” sequel. Eisenberg will play Lex Luthor, while Irons has been cast as Alfred. “Lex Luthor is often considered the most notorious of Superman’s rivals, his unsavory reputation preceding him since 1940,” Snyder said via press release. “What’s great about Lex is that he exists beyond the confines of the stereotypical nefarious villain. He’s a complicated and sophisticated character whose intellect, wealth and prominence position him as one of the few mortals…

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Gal Gadot Is Wonder Woman In Man of Steel 2

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Since being cast as Wonder Woman in Zack Snyder’s upcoming Man of Steel sequel, actress Gal Gadot has been at the center of quite a bit on controversy. Because the Amazonian superhero has forever been drawn as a statuesque, strong woman, many comic book fans have complained that Gadot is too small for the part, both in musculature and height (she is 5’9″ while her co-stars Henry Cavill and Ben Affleck are 6’1″ and 6’3″, respectively). Since the casting was announced earlier this month there has been no official word…

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Superman 75th Anniversary Animated Short

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Published on Oct 15, 2013 From the creative minds of Zack Snyder (Man of Steel) and Bruce Timm (Superman: The Animated Series) and produced by Warner Bros. Animation, this short follows Superman through the years, from his first appearance on the cover of Action Comics #1 to Henry Cavill in this year’s Man of Steel…all in two minutes!

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Ben Affleck To Play Batman In New Movie

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USA BATMAN REPORT: Holy mixed reactions, Batman. A flurry of activity on social media and in pop-culture circles ignited Thursday night when Warner Bros. announced Oscar-winning actor Ben Affleck as the newest guy to take the cape, cowl and mantle of the Dark Knight and his billionaire secret identity as Bruce Wayne. Affleck will make his first appearance in the Man of Steel sequel opposite Henry Cavill as Superman, slated to open July 17, 2015. Fans in favor of the move used hashtags such as “#Batfleck” to voice their approval…

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‘H’EL’ is back Plus Krypton Returns Crossover

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H’El is back for Villains Month in September, and this time around, readers will get some answers about the mysterious villain’s powers and past, as well as getting a glimpse of the New 52 version of Krypton. And the September story will lead directly into the next Super-books crossover in November, titled “Krypton Returns.” The crossover, which promises to send the Super-characters back to Krypton, will start in Action Comics Annual #2 in October, then cross through Superboy #25, Supergirl #25 and Superman #25. Although the story spins out of…

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Is Superman The Greatest Hero?

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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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Superman/Batman Movie Announced From WB

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Comic-Con International in San Diego has a big news from Warner Brothers, the big news was Warner’s announcement of “Superman/Batman,” a live-action film directed by Zack Snyder and starring Henry Cavill and a Batman to be named later. With the DC panel already running over, Hardwick welcomed Zack Snyder and Henry Cavill to the stage. “I know there’s been a lot of speculation about what we’re doing,” Snyder said. “It is official that we’re going to make another Superman movie.” He teased that “there’s one particular part of the film…

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Trinity War Leads to Villains Month

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“Villains Month” is a forthcoming crossover event published by DC Comics in September 2013. It is the first line wide crossover since The New 52 reboot of their shared fictional universe, and involves the regular comics stopping publication for a month, with titles focusing on the villains, such as The Joker and Bizzaro being published instead. It will spin out of the events in “Trinity War”, with Forever Evil focusing on the Secret Society of Super Villains. The DC villains that are receiving their own titles and will be a…

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Does Superman Kill? Reflection of the Man Of Steel

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Recently there has been a big controversy that stems from the Man Of Steel movie, does Superman kill and why did they allow it to happen in the movie. As one of the last fight scenes in the movie Zod and Superman are locked a titanic battle. Zod blames Superman for destroying his purpose for living, the restoration of Krypton. Superman destroys the machine that was turning earth into the new Krypton. It was transforming the world into a version of Krypton that would kill the 6 billion living there…

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Superman and Wonder Woman Comic Book Coming

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Since The Kiss in Justice League 12 DC fans have been wondering how long their relationship will continue that is between Superman and Wonder Woman, no disrespect to Lois Lane, Superman’s wife in another life. The New 52 is full of surprises but this is certainly not the first time Superman and Wonder Woman have kissed but it is the first time they have had a romantic longstanding relationship. DC has plans to investigate the romance between their most powerful couple in a series Superman/Wonder Woman written by Charles Soule…

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Another Man Of Steel Review

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May I introduce Seth one of our young Comics Talk readers who has submitted his own Man Of Steel review. He is a superhero comic and movie fan and this is a 15 year old take on the Superman movie, Spoilers Ahead: DC comics continues to blow my mind with their spectacularly action packed films. Like the dark knight trilogy, Man of Steel shows us more than just the hero. It shows is who they are as individuals. In this movie, which was like none of the other superman movies,…

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