Vertigo Executive Editor Shelly Bond debuted interior pages from the highly anticipated Dark Night: A True Batman Story. This original graphic novel by Paul Dini (Batman: The Animated Series) and Eduardo Risso (100 Bullets).
Superman villain Lex Luthor stole the show and let the speculation begin.
Ahead of the big DC Comics Rebirth announcement Saturday, DC Entertainment shared behind the scenes insight, new covers and a team of top creators at the first WonderCon panel (DC All Access).
Moderator and DC All Access co-host Jason Inman introduced creators including Vertigo Executive Editor Shelly Bond, writer J.T. Krul, artists Ming Doyle, Jason Fabok, Mitch Gerads, and Annie Wu, and LEGO artist Nathan Sawaya.
Fabok (Justice League, Wonder Woman, Batman Eternal) gave fans preview of Justice League #49, #50 which teased a new status quo and uniform for villain Lex Luthor.
This issues will conclude Darkseid War by Geoff Johns and Fabok. Luthor became a member of Justice League following the events of Forever Evil. During the current arc, Luthor became ruler of Apokolips following Darkseid’s death.
Marvel revealed an ominous teaser via Twitter that sends a chill into the hearts of X-Fans:
The “Death of X” coming Fall 2016.
No official word on if this is an event, new book or story arc featuring what we assume is the X-Men.
Things are already bleak for the mutants since the All-New, All-Different Marvel Now began following Secret Wars:
M-Pox is spreading as the Terrigen Mists that create new Inhumans are killing and sterilizing mutants. No new mutants are being born and others are dying after exposure to the Mists.
Cyclops died (off-screen) in an attack on the Inhumans. Storm took the school to Limbo to create X-Haven to protect mutants from the mists in Extraordinary X-Men. Could Death of X reveal what happened to Cyclops and other missing mutants like Emma Frost in the 8 months after Secret Wars and the relaunch? Continue reading MARVEL Teases DEATH OF X
When Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo end their epic Dark Knight run with Batman #51 next month they leave fans with amazing parting gifts in form of cool new characters in Gotham City.
Harper Row aka Bluebird, Julia Pennyworth, Duke Thomas are part of the new generation of allies in the Batman family introduced in The New 52.
As a boy, Duke helped Bruce Wayne in his Zero Year as a costumed crime fighter under Riddler’s reign. The breakout star led the We Are Robin title and movement. Will Duke have a new code-name and role in the DC Comics Rebirth?
A decade after Marvel’s Civil War, a new conflict sparks a battle of heroes vs heroes.
Iron Man and Captain Marvel will lead opposite camps over the power to protect or change the future.
Civil War II: Choosing Sides is one of the big new Civil War II tie-ins announced at C2E2 this past weekend. The anthology companion book features the comebacks of Nick Fury, Damage Control and Night Thrasher in stories of how heroes decide which leader to follow.
Declan Shalvey, Brandon Easton, Chad Bowers, and Chris Sims will create stories about how heroes will decide to follow Tony, Carol or possibly switch their allegiance.
DC Entertainment co-publishers Dan DiDio, Jim Lee and Chief Creative Officer/Writer Geoff Johns will announce new details forDC Universe: Rebirth line wide June re-launch at WonderCon this Saturday.
Tonight’s short video finally showed us a peak behind the blue curtain as we saw silhouettes of ten characters with a quick zoom into to one character in color followed by a flash then the word “Power” followed by the return of Rebirth and the blue curtain and a reminder of this weekend’s big media event.
Is this a promotional image or is this the new Justice League roster?
Looking for a vacation? Valiant wants you to book a trip to Bloodshot Island. Valiant’s anti-hero lands on a crazy island as part of Valiant Entertainment‘s list of new issues coming this June.
Marvel revealed solicitations for June 2016 books as the big event spreads across the All-New, All-Different Marvel Now. Here are highlights to watch out for coming this June.
Civil War II #1, #2 by Brian Michael Bendis and David Marquez arrives. A new Inhuman with precognitive powers emerges in the double-sized first chapter where lines are drawn and bodies fall. Then, Tony Stark takes the law into his own hands and declares war on the Inhumans but not all the heroes are behind him.
Civil War II: Choosing Sides #1 of 6 features the return of Nick Fury, Night Thrasher and Damage Control in this anthology series by multiple creative teams showing how different heroes are affected by the conflict and who follows Stark, who follows Carol Danvers.
Civil War II: X-Men The emergence of the new Inhuman forces one mutant leader to take on the Inhumans and his rival X-Men to save the mutant race. Cullen Bunn
Civil War II: Amazing Spider-Man #1 Peter Parker is caught up in the war of heroes. Christos Gage
Civil War II: Gods of War #1 Which side will Hercules choose in this limited series by Dan Abnett.