Month: December 2013

Dark Horse Comics Declares HELLBOY Day

Hellboy: The First 20 Years courtesy Dark Horse Comics
Hellboy: The First 20 Years courtesy Dark Horse Comics

March 2014 marks the 20th anniversary of Mike Mignola’s career-defining release of Hellboy: Seed of Destruction #1. After a brief appearance in Dark Horse’s San Diego Comic Con Comics special, Seed of Destruction would begin the incredible life of  “beast of the apocalypse” in countless comics and two feature films.

 

Dark Horse proclaims March 22, 2014 as “Hellboy Day,” with events happening in comic shops around the country. Dark Horse will provide shops our exclusive promotional materials and ordering discounts on all Hellboy and BPRD backlist titles as part of the celebration. Continue reading Dark Horse Comics Declares HELLBOY Day

DC Comics The New 52: Future End Weekly Series

The New 52: Futures End courtesy DC Comics
The New 52: Futures End courtesy DC Comics

DC Comics goes into the future with a new weekly series by an all-star creative team. The New 52 Futures End by Dan Jurgens, Jeff Lemire, Keith Giffen and Brian Azzarello was announced by the Associated Press. The new series will debut in May with Free Comic Book Day with a free zero issue.

 
“Really, what we’re trying to do with this book is to explore the nature of what a hero is and we’re doing that, obviously by playing with the future of the New 52 timeline,” Lemire told The AP. “Past present and future all colliding in this story line.” Continue reading DC Comics The New 52: Future End Weekly Series

Inside X-MEN NO MORE HUMANS

X-Men: No More Humans couretsy Marvel
X-Men: No More Humans courtesy Marvel

Here’s a first look inside X-Men: No More Humans. This is the first original X-Men graphic novel since the classic God Loves, Man Kills. This story marks the return of Mike Carey to the Children of the Atom who teams up with veteran X-artist Salvador Larroca.

 

No More Humans follows the recent Battle of the Atom when mutants from multiple timelines fought to protect the future of the race. In Carey’s novel – the X-Men find themselves in a world where the human race has vanished off the planet. Continue reading Inside X-MEN NO MORE HUMANS

Which Villains for SUPERMAN BATMAN Movie?

Action Comics #23.4 Metallo courtesy DC Comics
Action Comics #23.4 Metallo courtesy DC Comics

With Superman (Henry Cavill) Batman (Ben Affleck) and Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) in the Man of Steel sequel the speculation turns to who will be the villain or villains in the Zack Snyder directed follow-up.

 

Let’s look at the story so far…

 

Callan Mulvey joined the cast in an indisclosed role. Mulvey was in Zero Dark Thirty and plays role in Marvel’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Continue reading Which Villains for SUPERMAN BATMAN Movie?

Jason Aaron’s WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN Stories Never Told

Wolverine and the X-Men #4 cover courtesy Marvel.com
Wolverine and the X-Men #4 cover courtesy Marvel.com

Jason Aaron is leaving Wolverine and the X-Men in early 2014 but the series will be relaunched with a new creative team. Aaron is now writing Amazing X-Men – the search for Nightcrawler.

 

Aaron’s run with the staff and student of the Jean Grey School will be remember for quirky strange tales filled with action, teen angst, humor and a few tears.

 

After Bamfs, a Brood infested Kitty Pryde, Frankenstein’s Murder Circus, a field trip in the Savage Land and the Hellfire Club made of psycho brats, Aaron reveals the stories he didn’t get to tell Continue reading Jason Aaron’s WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN Stories Never Told

Mike Carey Back With X-MEN NO MORE HUMANS

X-Men: No More Mutants courtesy Marvel
X-Men: No More Mutants courtesy Marvel

Two of my favorite X-Men creators unite for a brand new tale of the Children of the Atom. Writer Mike Carey teams up with artist Salvador Larroca for X-Men: No More Humans, an original graphic novel in 2014 as revealed by USA Today.

 

Carey join the X-Men writing team after the Decimation, when Scarlet Witch utter the words, “No More Mutants” sending children of the atom on the fast road to extinction. The X-Men prevailed but now face a moral dilemma in this original story following the events of Battle of the Atom.  After pulling themselves from the brink how will the X-Men react when the human race vanishes – including allies like the Avengers. Continue reading Mike Carey Back With X-MEN NO MORE HUMANS

BATMAN Future Preview

courtesy DC Comics via Twitter
courtesy DC Comics via Twitter

Writer Scott Snyder revealed via Twitter that the finale of Batman: Zero Year: Dark City will be in Batman #29 and issue 28 will now be a future story by Snyder, James Tynion and artist Dustin Nguyen.

 

Batman #28 will be set 6 months ahead of current DC Comics The New 52 continuity to give fans a look at what’s coming up in 2014. Snyder is working on Batman Eternal, a new weekly series debuting next year. Snyder also shared this Nguyen preview design of a character in the future issue. Continue reading BATMAN Future Preview

GODZILLA Trailer

The first trailer for Warner Brothers and Legendary Pictures Godzilla is unleashed. Star Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Kick-Ass 2, Avengers: Age of Ultron) is a among a military unit leaping into an urban war zone.

 

The almost dialogue free trailer features Elizabeth Olsen, Bryan Cranston, scenes of apocalyptic destruction and even the King of Monsters itself!

Watch and enjoy:

This sure looks like the classic King of Monsters and not more recent version.

Godzilla storms into cinemas May 16, 2014.

Taylor-Johnson and Olsen play husband and wife and will re-team as brother and sister (Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch) in Avengers: Age of Ultron.

By Editor