WB Animation debuts trailer for Batman vs. Robin
Earlier this week, WB Animation announced the voice cast for Batman vs. Robin, the 23rd feature in their DC Universe Animated Film line-up. Today,...
Review: Fables: The Wolf Among Us stars a well-realized wolf in Sheriff’s clothing
It seems fitting that Fables: The Wolf Among Us is Vertigo's "first ever digital-first series" according to the publisher's website. If you can parse that distinction, meaning Vertigo has never before released a comic series in digital format prior to it's print debut, it makes a strange sort of sense that they chose this particular series to hold the title of first-ever first digital. Fables: The Wolf Among Us #1 is a comic series based on the popular Telltale video game series of the same name, which was itself based on the 14-time Eisner award winning series from creator Bill Willingham.
Tom Hardy drops out of Suicide Squad, Jake Gyllenhaal a possible replacement
David Ayer's Suicide Squad is now a man down (I wonder how many puns like this are being formulated across the blogosphere). Tom Hardy,...
Review: Justice League Throne of Atlantis Animated Goes Deep
Justice League: Throne of Atlantis is the animated film follow up to last year’s Justice League War that introduced the New 52 to DC Animation. The last few movies have been a roller coaster of quality. Flashpoint Paradox was excellent while War and Assault on Arkham suffered from execution problems. While the film has a few standout moments Justice League TOA doesn’t quite parallel the emotional strength of its Geoff Johns Aquaman source material.
JUST DO IT: Brian Buccellato Joins Image with Sons of the Devil (Interview)
By: Alexander Jones
Author Brian Buccellato is looking to steer his career in a brand new direction with the upcoming Sons of the Devil comic...
Convergence to Bring in The INJUSTICE Universe
by Davey Nieves
Today Entertainment Weekly revealed the solicits for the first four issues of the nine part Convergence event from DC Comics. The event will...
Review: It Looks Like Mortal Kombat, It Walks Like Mortal Kombat, But…
With the highly anticipated next chapter of the game set to release later this year, DC Comics is continuing to capitalize on Warner Bros acquisition of the property with a prequel comic book series. Releasing first digitally, Mortal Kombat X will bridge the gap between the game released in 2011 and its follow up this year.
Voice Cast announced for Batman vs. Robin
Via The Hollywood Reporter, WB Animation has unveiled its cast for the upcoming feature Batman vs. Robin, which despite sharing a title with a...
Lego Batman 3 Arrow DLC Available Today Complete With Brooding
he pack includes new characters like Diggle, Felicity Smoak, Slade Wilson, and even an adorably stubbled Oliver Queen. In addition to the characters and vehicles, there will be a new level based on Queen's time stranded on a deserted island.
A stroll down memory lane: Dan DiDio’s personal history of The Crisis Era
Say what you will about Dan DiDio: in his time as DC's first executive editor then co-publisher, he's remade a lot of what made the company tick, starting with Identity Crisis, the controversial but best selling mini series that kicked off what we at Stately beat Manor call The Crisis Era. (Infinite Crisis and the misleadingly named Final Crisis would follow). As DC's spring move to the west coast closes the cover on more than 75 years of comics history, DiDio is revisiting his own 13 years at DC on his FB page, as so many do as the new year starts and the cold wind howls outside...so step inside with us for some cocoa and Dan DiDio's fireside chat:
The CW announces Vixen animated series as part of “Arrow-verse”
The CW, hot on the heels of their announcement that both Arrow and The Flash have been renewed for fourth and second seasons respectively, revealed...
DC Comics Month-to Month Sales: November 2014 – Where’s My LEGO Batman?!
Greetings, sales charts fans! It's time once again to look at DC's sales figures.
Sales were down in November for DC as compared to October. Though October was a five-week month and more books naturally shipped that month, the average sales for DC as a whole and in each product category were down in November as well. But nothing to be too concerned about, as sales in the second two-thirds of 2014 are up roughly 10% as compared to the first third of 2014. Credit both the weekly Batman Eternal and the freely-orderable variant program for that increase.
Speaking of variant's, this month's was LEGO. It's hard to see the month-to-month effects of the different variants and they're now being somewhat subsumed by other effects like attrition, crossovers, creative changes, etc. But there were a few titles with LEGO variants that saw a slight increase in sales for no other apparent reason which may be an indicate that retailers ordered the LEGO covers at a slightly higher level than they did last month's Monsters variants (all other things being equal). Anecdotal evidence from some retailers (e.g. Mike Sterling of Sterling City Comics) points to a definite in-store attraction to these LEGO covers, and suggests that perhaps DC is leaving money on the table by not producing a comic based on the wildly popular LEGO Batman video games. (Though perhaps licensing issues are prohibitive)



















