BRUCE WAYNE BATMAN AGAIN IN 2016?

Batman #49 courtesy DC Comics
Batman #49 courtesy DC Comics

Bruce Wayne is in love and finding a new life with no memory of the pain that turned him into the Dark Knight. Bruce survived his Endgame encounter with the Joker but emerged a different man with a new purpose.

Jim Gordon stepped up as a new Batman working for Gotham City Police and Powers Corporation.

In the DC Comics preview for February 2016, is Bruce ready to become the costumed crime fighter again?

Here’s the telling preview for Batman #49: Continue reading BRUCE WAYNE BATMAN AGAIN IN 2016?

WONDER WOMAN EARTH ONE By GRANT MORRISON

Wonder Woman Earth One courtesy DC Comics
Wonder Woman Earth One courtesy DC Comics

Grant Morrison’s take on the Amazon Warrior arrives this February.

After taking on DC’s big two (All-Star Superman, Batman Incorporated) and the entire multiverse (The Multiversity) the acclaimed writer takes on the other hero of the DC trinity.

WONDER WOMAN EARTH ONE VOL. 1 HC

This is new installment of the best-selling Earth One original graphic novel line. Grant Morrison joins with artist Yanick Paquette to reimagine Wonder Woman for a new era. Continue reading WONDER WOMAN EARTH ONE By GRANT MORRISON

New Creative Teams for SUICIDE SQUAD, AQUAMAN, TEEN TITANS

New Suicide Squad #15 courtesy DC Comics
New Suicide Squad #15 courtesy DC Comics

DC Comics announced new creative team for NEW SUICIDE SQUAD, AQUAMAN, and TEEN TITANS starting with February 2016 issues.

DC veterans taking on these iconic titles.

Here’s the updated lineup of writers and artists:

NEW SUICIDE SQUAD #17 will be written by Tim Seeley (GRAYSON, BATMAN ETERNAL) and illustrated by Juan Ferreyra (GOTHAM BY MIDNIGHT, BATMAN ETERNAL).

“Indentured super villain Harley Quinn has made covert contact with someone outside the walls of Belle Reve prison—and this mysterious savior has discovered the secrets of Amanda Waller and Task Force X.” Continue reading New Creative Teams for SUICIDE SQUAD, AQUAMAN, TEEN TITANS

DEATH Of MAJOR MARVEL CHARACTER In SQUADRON SUPREME

Squadron Supreme courtesy Marvel
Squadron Supreme courtesy Marvel

He’s been a villain, hero, King and member of several super teams but for one Marvel icon…time is up.

Marvel revealed a major character will be killed off in Squadron Supreme #1.

The new team book by James Robinson and Leonard Kirk will unleash a dangerous new super group from another reality in the All-New, All-Different Marvel Now following Secret Wars.  In Avengers #0 we saw an idea of how ruthless this team could be.

The Squadron Supreme’s world was destroyed. They want revenge. They’re going to be the judge, jury and executioner of…

Before we continue here’s a SPOILER ALERT!

(Although is it a spoiler if Marvel’s writer is revealing what’s going to happen in the first issue?)

O.K. If you don’t want to know stop reading now.

Here it comes…. Continue reading DEATH Of MAJOR MARVEL CHARACTER In SQUADRON SUPREME

EXTRAORDINARY X-MEN REUNION of STORM and LOGAN

Storm #4 courtesy Marvel
Storm #4 courtesy Marvel

Will sparks fly…again?

In the final page of Extraordinary X-Men #1, Storm and her team tracked down a presence that shouldn’t be there. They find Wolverine…just not the one they know and love.

From the cover it appears Old Man Logan will join up with Storm’s team as they try to save mutants from the threat of the Terrigen Cloud.

Will this Logan and Storm have the same sparks as before?

A year before Wolverine died, Logan and Ororo gave in their long burning attraction and became lovers. Now Storm is mourning the loss of her lover, teammate and friend while stepping up as X-Men leader. How will this Logan affect her?

Did this Logan from an alternate future have the same romantic relationship with Ororo? This version of Logan was tricked into killing his fellow X-Men. How will seeing them again affect him?

Will the old spark flare up between Storm and Old Man Logan?

Storm fell for this older man since Logan was technically hundreds of years older than Ororo when they connected romantically but looked younger. Will Old Man Logan and Storm spark again even against the backdrop of a new threat against mutants?

Old Man Logan and young Jean Grey will meet in Extraordinary X-Men #3.

Extraordinary X-Men #2 arrives Wednesday and Old Man Logan #1 is coming later this year – both are by Jeff Lemire.

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DARK KNIGHT RETURNS: THE LAST CRUSADE One-Shot

Dark Knight Returns: The Last Crusade courtesy DC Comics
Dark Knight Returns: The Last Crusade courtesy DC Comics

The backstory behind the greatest Batman epic.

DC Comics announced DARK KNIGHT RETURNS: THE LAST CRUSADE. This is a one-shot set before the events of Frank Miller’s THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS.

Nearly three decades ago, Frank Miller told the story of an older Batman who comes out of retirement in the influential epic. Dark Knight Returns: The Last Crusade, will take us back to over ten years before this classic work, when Batman was still actively fighting crime with his previous Robin, Jason Todd.

This one-shot will reveal the previously untold story of how Jason met his end in Frank Miller’s Dark Knight universe and featuring the first appearance of Miller’s Joker since his death in The Dark Knight Returns. Continue reading DARK KNIGHT RETURNS: THE LAST CRUSADE One-Shot

From JAMES BOND Book to Movie, 7 for 007.

courtesy 007.com
courtesy 007.com

Spectre feels like the end for the Daniel Craig James Bond era. The star is signed for a fifth film and was a producer of the latest 007 adventure who recruited director Sam Mendes to return.

After  24 films and more than 50 years, creators still find inspiration in the Ian Fleming novels. EON Productions went back to the first Fleming novel for Craig’s first film. Casino Royale was followed by Quantum of Solace then Mendes explored Bond’s youth in Scotland in Skyfall. In Spectre, Oberhauser (a father figure in Bond’s life mentioned briefly in a short story) was part of the story that saw the return of S.P.E.C.T.R.E. and Blofeld to films.

Is there anything left from the Ian Fleming novels that can be used for future films? Here are 7 Ian Fleming story elements for future 007 movies: Continue reading From JAMES BOND Book to Movie, 7 for 007.

ONLY THE X-MEN, How Mutants Always Make a Comeback

Extraordinary X-Men #1 courtesy Marvel
Extraordinary X-Men #1 courtesy Marvel

Mutants are under fire again in Extraordinary X-Men #1 as Terrigen Cloud is attacking, killing and sterilizing the Children of the Atom. Writer Jeff Lemire is charting the course for the mutants with this new genetic threat as a catalyst for change and drama ahead.

The X-Men have have had it tough and tragic over the decades fighting for a world that fears and hates them. Our mutant heroes always rise to the challenges editors and writers throw at them. If you need inspiration to root for the mutants as they face Death by Terrigen let’s look at the most tragic things to happen to the X-Men. Continue reading ONLY THE X-MEN, How Mutants Always Make a Comeback