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Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 2/8/19: Henry Cavill is swole

02/08/2019 9:00 am by Heidi MacDonald 3 Comments

Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 2/8/19: Henry Cavill is swole

Plus Big Barda as you’ve seen her before!

Filed Under: Kibbles 'n' Bits, News Tagged With: 2009, Avengers: Endgame, big barda, deadpool cartoon, donald glover, el vicino, Frank Tieri, having to pee during a long movie, Henry Cavill, Heroes in Crisis, Netflix, pepo perez, ptsd, santago garcia, silly seal, spike trotman, ziggy pig

DC Entertainment leads Diamond 2018 Gem Award Winners

01/17/2019 2:30 pm by Joe Grunenwald Leave a Comment

DC Entertainment leads Diamond 2018 Gem Award Winners

HEROES IN CRISIS #1 and ACTION COMICS #1000 were among the best of the previous year’s companies and products as voted on by retailers.

Filed Under: Awards, Comics, DC, News Tagged With: 2018, Action Comics 1000, Awards, DC Entertainment, diamond comic distributors, gem awards, Heroes in Crisis, News

DC ROUND-UP: It’s Friends to the Rescue in HEROES IN CRISIS #4

01/02/2019 11:00 am by Louie Hlad Leave a Comment

DC ROUND-UP: It’s Friends to the Rescue in HEROES IN CRISIS #4

Booster and Beetle put bros before heroes

Filed Under: Comics, DC, News, Reviews Tagged With: DC Reborn, Heroes in Crisis

DC ROUND-UP: ACTION COMICS is Game of Thrones with pens and capes

11/28/2018 11:00 am by Alexander Lu

DC ROUND-UP: ACTION COMICS is Game of Thrones with pens and capes

DC Comics is trying something new. In the wake of their Rebirth initiative, the publisher has rapidly expanded its content to include diverse new imprints such as Young Animal, Wildstorm, Wonder Comics, Black Label, Ink, and Zoom. As their lineup expands, it can be hard to figure out what to pick up each week. That’s […]

Filed Under: DC, Reviews, Top News Tagged With: Action Comics, brian michael bendis, DC Comics, DC Reborn, G. Willow Wilson, Heroes in Crisis, review, Superman, Tom King, Wonder Woman

Review: I Start Out Smiling… (MST3K, The Wrong Earth, Heroes In Crisis)

10/18/2018 11:30 am by Torsten Adair

Review: I Start Out Smiling…  (MST3K, The Wrong Earth, Heroes In Crisis)

MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000 #1 Writer: Joel Hodgson, Harold Buchholz, Matt McGinnis, Mary Robinson, Seth Robinson, Sharyl Volpe Artist: Todd Nauck, Mike Manly Letterer: Michael Heisler Colorist: Mike Manly, Wes Dzioba Cover Artist: Todd Nauck If you’re not familiar with Mystery Science Theater 3000, here’s the elevator pitch: “What if a guy was stuck on a space station, […]

Filed Under: News, Reviews Tagged With: ahoy comics, Heroes in Crisis, MST3K, The Wrong Earth

Sales Charts: A strong month for graphic novels in September

10/12/2018 11:00 am by Heidi MacDonald

Sales Charts: A strong month for graphic novels in September

Diamond has just released its sales rankings for September 2018, and shocker, Marvel won! Again. Charles Soule and Steve McNiven’s Return of Wolverine #1 was the top periodical, followed by Heroes in Crisis #1 in units and Batman: Damned in dollars. Graphic novels perked up with a solid 11.74% growth in dollars and 15.36% in units from September 2017, […]

Filed Under: Sales Charts, Top News Tagged With: Diamond, Heroes in Crisis, september 2018 sales, Wolverine

NYCC 2018 – Tom King Talks Heroes in Crisis, Batman, and Mister Miracle at NYCC Spotlight Panel

10/07/2018 1:00 pm by Beat Staff

NYCC 2018 – Tom King Talks Heroes in Crisis, Batman, and Mister Miracle at NYCC Spotlight Panel

By Will Henderson   Want to know what’s coming up in Tom King’s current Heroes in Crisis series? If you ask nicely – and I mean really nicely – he just may tell you.  Or not, as he made clear during his spotlight panel at NYCC on Saturday.   “Sh*t happens in it, and it’s sad,” King said, “but the art […]

Filed Under: DC, NYCC, NYCC '18 Tagged With: Batman, DC Comics, Heroes in Crisis, Mitch Gerads, nycc '18, Tom King

DC ROUND-UP: what we talk about when we talk about HEROES IN CRISIS #1

09/26/2018 11:00 am by Alexander Lu

DC ROUND-UP: what we talk about when we talk about HEROES IN CRISIS #1

Alex reviews the grisly Tom King/Clay Mann event book debut

Filed Under: DC, Reviews, Top News Tagged With: Batman, booster gold, Clay Mann, DC Comics, DC Reborn, Harley Quinn, Heroes in Crisis, Superman, Tom King, Wonder Woman

PREVIEW: Read The First Six Pages Of HEROES IN CRISIS #1

09/24/2018 3:00 pm by Kate Willaert

PREVIEW: Read The First Six Pages Of HEROES IN CRISIS #1

Heroes In Crisis #1 by Tom King, Clay Mann and Tomeu Morey arrives this Wednesday, but you can read the first six pages now at DC Comics’ blog. Set at Sanctuary, a top-secret compound in rural Nebraska where heroes can go when the stress of their ongoing battle against evil gets to be too much, Heroes […]

Filed Under: Comics, DC Tagged With: booster gold, DC Comics, Harley Quinn, Heroes in Crisis

HEROES IN CRISIS Expands to Nine Issues, Adds Artist Lee Weeks

09/21/2018 2:51 pm by Zack Quaintance

HEROES IN CRISIS Expands to Nine Issues, Adds Artist Lee Weeks

The full art team for Tom King’s superhero PTSD story now includes Weeks, Mitch Gerads, and Clay Mann.

Filed Under: DC, Publishers Tagged With: DC Comics, Heroes in Crisis, Tom King

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