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SUICIDE SQUAD Writer On WILL SMITH as DEADSHOT

Deadshot #1 courtesy DC Comics
Deadshot #1 courtesy DC Comics

Will Smith plays an iconic Batman villain in Suicide Squad for Warner Brothers.

Even non-comic fans know Joker and Harley Quinn but some may wonder about Deadshot?

The assassin with a cybernetic eye is an expert marksman who made his debut in the pages of Batman before joining several villain teams including Secret Six, Killer Elite as well as government units like Suicide Squad and Checkmate.

Deadshot was a major player in the classic run of legendary writer John Ostrander, who created the modern day team.

What does he think of Smith as the killer who never misses? Continue reading SUICIDE SQUAD Writer On WILL SMITH as DEADSHOT

FUTURES END To CONVERGENCE

Futures End courtesy DC Comics
Futures End courtesy DC Comics

Convergence is the DC Comics event of 2015.

The road begins in the future – Futures End.

Futures End. Blood Moon. Brother Eye. Convergence. It all connects.

Set five years in the future, the events of The New52: Futures End play directly into CONVERGENCE—DC Comics’ massive 2 month event set for April and May of 2015. Continue reading FUTURES END To CONVERGENCE

Time Catches Up to TEMPUS In UNCANNY X-MEN Annual

Uncanny X-Men Annual #1 courtesy Marvel
Uncanny X-Men Annual #1 courtesy Marvel

A rookie X-Man’s lost story is revealed this week in Uncanny X-Men Annual #1.

Tempus (Eva Bell) is one of the new mutants created by Brian Michael Bendis since taking over Uncanny X-Men and launching All-New X-Men.

Eva can stop time. The Australian mutant vanished during a training session in the Tabula Rasa. Eva only disappeared from her teammates for a moment but when you have the power of manipulating time reality can get twisted.

Bendis explores how long Tempus was away and what happened to her. Continue reading Time Catches Up to TEMPUS In UNCANNY X-MEN Annual

SUICIDE SQUAD Creator On Casting AMANDA WALLER

Suicide Squad: Raise the Flag #4 courtesy DC Comics
Suicide Squad: Raise the Flag #4 courtesy DC Comics

Warner Brothers announced the cast for Suicide Squad. Will Smith, Jared Leto, Tom Hardy, Margot Robbie, Jai Courtney and Cara Delevinge will star as the rogues recruited by a covert government agency.

Deadshot, The Joker, Harley Quinn, Captain Boomerang, Enchantress, and Rick Flag are the characters chosen for this Dirty Dozen/Mission Impossible team.

In the comics it’s Amanda “The Wall” Waller who runs the secret operation. No one has been cast yet. If Waller in the movie and who should play the tough director of Task Force X? Continue reading SUICIDE SQUAD Creator On Casting AMANDA WALLER

OSCAR ISAAC On X-MEN:APOCALYPSE

X-Men #182 courtesy Marvel
X-Men #182 courtesy Marvel

Bringing humanity to Apocalypse?

One of the X-Men’s most ruthless and vicious enemies takes on the Children of the Atom in the next big screen adventure.

Oscar Isaac (A Most Violent Year) will play En Sabah Nur in X-Men: Apocalypse and reveals director Bryan Singer’s approach to portraying the classic villain.

“In the early conversations we talked a lot about that [Apocalypse’s distinct point of view and agenda],” Isaac told IGN. “Of course, you read the comic book, and [Apocalypse is] not so shaded with gray — except his face. [Laughs] That’s the only thing gray about him.” Continue reading OSCAR ISAAC On X-MEN:APOCALYPSE

ANGELA: ASGARD’S ASSASSIN Begins

Angela: Asgard's Assassin #1 courtesy Marvel
Angela: Asgard’s Assassin #1 courtesy Marvel

The strange journey of Angela into the Marvel Universe takes a new twist with a brand new Marvel series this week.

The character co-created by Neil Gaiman first appeared as an enemy of Spawn in the Image Comics Universe.

In the Age of Ultron the war angel was brought into the Marvel Universe and hooked up with the Guardians of the Galaxy.

In Original Sin and The Tenth Realm it reveal she’s Aldrif Odinsdottir the daughter of Odin. Angela was raised by angels after Asgard’s war with Heaven.

Angela: Asgard’s Assassin #1 by writers Kieron Gillen and Marguerite Bennett and artists Stephanie Hans and Phil Jimenez – continues her story and new role. Continue reading ANGELA: ASGARD’S ASSASSIN Begins

Happy Thanksgiving 2014

courtesy DC Comics
courtesy DC Comics

Consider this an early Throwback Thursday for Thanksgiving.

DC Comics gave us this Batman family image by Jason Fabok last year.

As we celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the Dark Knight we say thank you to Bob Kane, Bill Finger and all the writers, artists, editors and all who helped bring us decades of incredible stories. Have a safe and happy Thanksgiving and thanks for supporting us.

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JENNIFER LAWRENCE On MYSTIQUE In X-MEN APOCALYPSE

Jennifer Lawrence in X-Men: First Class courtesy Fox and Marvel.com
Jennifer Lawrence in X-Men: First Class courtesy Fox and Marvel.com

Jennifer Lawrence is promoting her third appearance at Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part One but X-Fans are already curious about her third turn as Mystique.

After X-Men: Days of Future Past, Raven was no longer allied with Professor X or Magneto. Where does Lawrence think Raven is when X-Men: Apocalypse begins. Continue reading JENNIFER LAWRENCE On MYSTIQUE In X-MEN APOCALYPSE