Is DC Prepping To Kill Off John Stewart?
It's a modern comic book cliche. Need sales? Kill off a character. Preferably a big enough character than it can make all the newspapers...
Breaking: Frank Hannah is a real person
Part of yesterday's "March Surprise" for DC Comics—confirmation that two popular writers were walking off their books due to editorial interference—was another odd fragment...
The New Green Lantern Writers Are Revealed, Plus Fialkov’s Explanation.
Consider it official, Joshua Fialkov is definitely off his Green Lantern books. DC's Alex Segura has tweeted the new writers.
Excited to confirm @vandotjensen as...
Constantine #1 – The Six-Word Review
CONSTANTINE #1
Written by JEFF LEMIRE and RAY FAWKES
Art by RENATO GUEDES
Colored by MARCELO MAIOLO
Lettered by SAL CIPRIANO
Edited by KATIE KUBERT and BRIAN CUNNINGHAM
Covers by...
Fialkov Leaving Green Lantern Corps and Red Lanterns
It seems like a good day for announcements about leaving DC titles. First news breaks that Andy Diggle has left Action Comics. There are now...
Review – Constantine #1, This Is Not Your Father’s Hellblazer
A preview for Constantine #1 was widely circulated last month and the reaction around these parts was somewhat less than enthusiastic. IIRC, someone in...
Andy Diggle Off Action Comics – One and Done
Andy Diggle has left Action Comics. His first issue was #19. The whispers I'm hearing from high places are that Tony Daniel will be taking...
The First Round of Shocking WTF DC Covers Arrive
Hold onto your monocles, because it's time for DC comics to make their first attempt at getting you to drop them in shock. The initial...
It’s a Bird…It’s a Plane…It’s Superman hits the stage this week
Theater fans and Superman fans have some fun in store for them this week when the Encore production of It's a Bird, It's Plane...It's Superman hits the stage with Edward Watts as Clark/Superman, Jenny Power as Lois Lane and Alli Mauzey as Sydney Carlton. Originally produced in 1966 with music and lyrics by Charles Strause and Lee Adams and book by David Newman and Robert Benton, it's definitely a retro view of Superman -- he's dating Lois for one thing -- but if you like the most iconic view of the Man of Steel, this fits the bill. Plus - show tunes.
Review – Revisiting the New 52 TPBs Part 2 (Animal Man, Captain Atom, DCU...
The local library consortium got a whole bunch of New 52 Vol. 1's, so I'm going through and catching up on a few things...
DC Comics Month-to-Month Sales: January 2013
Between "Death of the Family," "Throne of Atlantis" and "Rise of the Third Army," any DC title selling 60,000 units or more in January took part in one of the three current major crossovers, which means all 10 of the company's Top 25 books. In other words: Scott Snyder and Geoff Johns are running the DC Universe right now -- and not much that's not within their reach is working all that well.
The New 52 No More (And So Much For the Line at $2.99)
When DC relaunched a year and a half ago, it was "The New 52" and it was emphasized that there were going to be...
