Category: Books

RICK REMENDER On ALL-NEW CAPTAIN AMERICA

courtesy Marvel
courtesy Marvel

Marvel teased an all-new Captain America. Today writer Rick Remender shares details on the new role for Steve Rogers and more on the hero who will carry the shield.

 

The Super Soldier Serum is out of Rogers body and he’s now a frail man who looks and feels his actual age. Rogers is physically weaker than ever while the Red Skull is more powerful than ever (after stealing Professor X’s brain in Uncanny Avengers.)

 

A hero will rise in Captain America #25 this fall in the March to AXIS. Continue reading RICK REMENDER On ALL-NEW CAPTAIN AMERICA

BRANDON ROUTH Joins ARROW As ATOM

The Atom courtesy DC Comics
The Atom courtesy DC Comics

Brandon Routh (Superman Returns) will play another DC Comics superhero. Routh will join the cast of Arrow as scientist Ray Palmer (The Atom) next season according to TV Line.

 

The report says Palmer will be the new owner of Oliver Queen’s family corporation and a possible love interest for Felicity Smoak. Palmer is a scientist with the ability to grow and shrink his body and other objects. Continue reading BRANDON ROUTH Joins ARROW As ATOM

DOMINO Rejoins X-FORCE

X-Force #7 courtesy Marvel
X-Force #7 courtesy Marvel

Domino is back!

 

The luck powered mutant mercenary is blasting her way into X-Force #7 this week.

 

Domino was part of Cable and X-Force before the reboot into X-Force by Simon Spurrier and Rock He-Kim. She didn’t make the cut when two books ended and the rebirth of a one and only X-Force.

 

 

Cable, Psylocke, Fantomex and Marrow have taken on the superhuman arms dealer Volga. Cable’s team is barely surviving the war against their new enemy and each other as tension build among the tightly wound unit.

 

To win – this team needs a little luck! Continue reading DOMINO Rejoins X-FORCE

GRAYSON #1 The New Mission Begins

Grayson #1 courtesy DC Comics
Grayson #1 courtesy DC Comics

The name is Grayson.

 

Dick Grayson.

 

The former Robin and Nightwing gives us the masks and code-names for a new role in the DC Comics Universe: Super Spy

 

The world believes Richard Grayson is dead after the events of the Forever Evil event series. In the James Bond film You Only Live Twice, 007 was killed off so he could go undercover. In the final issue of Nightwing, Dick accepted a new mission from Bruce Wayne: infiltrate a covert organization that may be a threat to DC’s costumed heroes and the world. Continue reading GRAYSON #1 The New Mission Begins

LOBO & LOBO By CULLEN BUNN

courtesy DC Comics
courtesy DC Comics

Will the real LOBO stand up, aim and fire?

 

Cullen Bunn (Deadpool, Magneto, Sinestro) is adding another villain/anti-hero to his impressive resume.

 

DC Comics is launching a new Lobo ongoing series by Bunn and artist Reilly Brown according to Comic Book Resources.

 

Lobo (a Keith Giffen creation) was an intergalactic bounty hunter created in 1983 but became hugely popular in the 1990’s as The Last Czarnian (by Alan Grant and Simon Bisley) then fell into guest star/back burner status. Continue reading LOBO & LOBO By CULLEN BUNN

FOUR Starring NICK FURY For JULY 4TH

Original Sin #1 courtesy Marvel
Original Sin #1 courtesy Marvel

Is the original Nick Fury about to retire…permanently?

 

The ageless superspy may be a dead man before Original Sin is over.

 

With the cinematic Nick Fury (aka the son who looks like Samuel L. Jackson) now firmly established in the Marvel Comics universe (you can see him currently in Secret Avengers with Agent Phil Coulson) and a huge revelation about the first Fury (see spoiler down below) could the World War II hero finally go to the great debriefing in the great beyond? Continue reading FOUR Starring NICK FURY For JULY 4TH

First Look: HENRY CAVILL In BATMAN v. SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE

photo by Clay Enos, courtesy Warner Brothers, a USA Today exclusive
photo by Clay Enos, courtesy Warner Brothers, a USA Today exclusive

Here’s a first look at Henry Cavill in costume as the Man of Steel from the upcoming Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice from USA Today.

 

Are those rain-soaked rooftops from Metropolis or Gotham City?

 

The super-powered sequel is now filming in Detroit.

 

Cavill is back as the DC Comics icon ready to take on Lex Luthor (Jesse Eisenberg) and the vigilante who will become his greatest ally.

 

The upcoming sequel reintroduces the Dark Knight (Ben Affleck) and Wonder Woman and Cyborg – setting the stage for a Justice League film. Continue reading First Look: HENRY CAVILL In BATMAN v. SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE