The world of Flashpoint is back, and so with it Grifter and the Resistance, who appear on a Jim Cheung variant cover for August’s Flashpoint Beyond #4. The issue, which is the fourth of six, was originally solicited for a May release when the series was due to come out …
Read More »The Jurassic League #1 review
A tyrannosaurus called BatWalker hunts evil in Growltham City. A triceratops called WonderDon readies for battle on her utopian island of Trimyscira. A brontosaurus called Supersaurus protects the humans of Metraaaghpolis. If these dinosaur puns don’t bring a giant smile to your face, you probably won’t enjoy The Jurassic League …
Read More »Jean-Paul Valley returns – reluctantly – in the new series Sword of Azrael
Jean-Paul Valley, AKA Azrael, AKA Angel of St. Dumas, AKA the one-time more violent replacement Batman, is back as the star of his own limited series. Sword of Azrael #1 (Image credit: DC) (opens in new tab) The August-debuting Sword of Azrael #1 is written by Dan Watters and illustrated …
Read More »A Justice Leaguer dies for a second time in a week in Flashpoint Beyond #1
The world of Flashpoint is back, despite the best efforts of one of its citizens. Now, Thomas Wayne’s Batman must get to the bottom of his world’s sudden reappearance into reality, without the help of the man that set the universe right in the original Flashpoint storyline. On May 3rd, …
Read More »DC killed Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman, and the Justice League – heres how they did it
You’ve known that it was going to happen since January. The World’s Greatest Super Heroes are meeting their end (for real, kinda), but what you still don’t know are the details. Just how would Batman, Wonder Woman, Superman, and the rest of the Justice League actually perish in the main …
Read More »The DCU mourns in Dark Crisis #1 preview
With the Justice League now ‘dead’ in April 26’s Justice League #75, the pieces are in place for the post-Justice League event series Dark Crisis, and DC has released the first seven pages of the debut issue, along with a Jim Lee-drawn variant that pays homage to the original Crisis …
Read More »The Batman creators that defined the Caped Crusader
The death of legendary creator Neal Adams means the comic book community has lost one of the defining eyes and voices of its modern era. Adams’ influence touched many publishers and characters, but no character evolved through Adam’s pen more than DC’s Caped Crusader, Batman. Adams, along with the legendary …
Read More »The Justice League is dead but DC may have already revealed how they come back
On April 26, the Justice League died. We’ve all known that would happen for months, but if you haven’t read April 26’s Justice League #75 yet and don’t want to know any more details than that, now’s the time to head on out, because… Spoilers ahead for Justice League #75 …
Read More »The Justice League, DCs preeminent superhero team, dies at 62
The DC Universe’s greatest cooperative of superheroes, the Justice League, is dead. On April 26 in the pages of Justice League #75 (opens in new tab), nine of the ten core members of the Justice League including Wonder Woman, Batman, and Superman were gathered in deep space to battle a …
Read More »Are Batman, Wonder Woman, Superman, and Justice League really dead? Yes … and no
Wonder Woman, Batman, Superman, Aquaman, John Stewart-Green Lantern, and the other members of the Justice League are dead. They were killed by Pariah’s Dark Army in April 26’s Justice League #75 in a story titled ‘Death of the Justice League.’ So that’s that, right? Right..? Let’s be upfront, we’ll take …
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