HARLEY QUINN’S GANG OF HARLEYS & HOLIDAY SPECIAL

Harley Quinn and Her Gang of Harleys #1 courtesy DC Comics
Harley Quinn and Her Gang of Harleys #1 courtesy DC Comics

Harley Quinn owns April at DC Comics – no foolin’!

It was a big Tuesday for Harley Fans as we saw a new look at Margot Robbie in the new Suicide Squad trailer.

In the DC Comics previews for April the insane villain turned anti-hero gets a new series and a new holiday themed one-shot – this time an April Fool’s special.

Superstar artists Jim Lee and John Romita, Jr. join the fun as Harley gets a book every week in April 2016.

Here’s a look at all the books featuring Harley: Continue reading HARLEY QUINN’S GANG OF HARLEYS & HOLIDAY SPECIAL

WONDER WOMAN Logo & First Look

courtesy Warner Brothers
courtesy Warner Brothers

A first look at Gal Gadot in action as Wonder Woman in her own film was part of the DC Films Presents Dawn of the Justice League on The CW.

Kevin Smith and Chief Creative Officer Geoff Johns hosted the special that gave fans new looks at Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice, Suicide Squad and Wonder Woman.

Johns confirmed Diana’s origins in the film that she is from Greek mythology raised on the island of Themiscyra with warriors called Amazons. They were created to protect man’s world but have abandoned it. Continue reading WONDER WOMAN Logo & First Look

STEVE ROGERS RETURNS AS CAPTAIN AMERICA

Steve Rogers: Captain America #1 courtesy Marvel
Steve Rogers: Captain America #1 courtesy Marvel

During the Captain America: 75 Heroic Years special on ABC tonight Marvel revealed Steve Rogers would return as the hero in comics.

Last year a villain called the Iron Nail seized the Super Soldier Serum from Rogers’ body leaving him an old man without powers. Rogers continued to have an advisory role with Earth’s Mightiest Heroes and is a member of the Uncanny Avengers cast.

Rogers recruited longtime friend and former partner Sam Wilson (aka Falcon) to be the new Captain America. Wilson is currently starring in a solo series by Nick Spencer and leads the All-New, All-Different Avengers by Mark Waid.

Rogers and Wilson are estranged but both will come together to a new threat in the crossover: Avengers Standoff: Assault on Pleasant Hill, where “something happens that restores Steve to full vigor” writer Nick Spencer revealed.
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AVENGERS STANDOFF OMEGA, SPIDER-WOMEN & More MARVEL April Previews

Spider-Women #1 courtesy Marvel
Spider-Women #1 courtesy Marvel

Spider-Women united, multiple new number ones issues and the road to Civil War II continues.

Marvel’s big event is primed to explode in the aftermath of the publisher’s first big crossover of 2016.

Avengers: Standoff continues in Marvel’s April previews.

Captain America: Sam Wilson #8 Three Captain Americas united by Nick Spencer. Wilson, Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes team up to stand against the evil in Pleasant Hill.

All-New, All-Different Avengers #8 by Mark Waid. The heroes are trapped in Pleasant Hill and can’t tell who’s who. Without memories – is this the end?

Uncanny Avengers #8 One Avenger “makes the ultimate sacrifice” to escape a trap in this tie-in by Gerry Duggan. Continue reading AVENGERS STANDOFF OMEGA, SPIDER-WOMEN & More MARVEL April Previews

DC Reveals FCBD 2016 Books

Suicide Squad courtesy DC Comics
Suicide Squad courtesy DC Comics

DC Entertainment delivers “Girl Power” for this year’s Free Comic Book Day.

Saturday, May 7 is Free Comic Book Day. DC revealed two of its titles for fans on this annual celebration.

Ahead of the big screen debut of Suicide Squad writer Adam Glass and artist Marco Rudy “introduce you to the villains that take on the dirtiest jobs in the DC universe” with a special edition issue of Suicide Squad #1, the first chapter of the iconic graphic novel SUICIDE SQUAD VOL. 1: KICKED IN THE TEETH.

Harley Quinn, Deadshot and King Shark are among the team of Super-Villains recruited by the government to take on ops that can only be called suicide missions. Continue reading DC Reveals FCBD 2016 Books

New Comics Picks for January 20, 2016

Captain Marvel courtesy Marvel via Fast Company
Captain Marvel courtesy Marvel via Fast Company

The women behind Agent Carter take Captain Marvel into orbit and Poison Ivy gets her own book! These two women take the lead in our new comic picks of the week.

Captain Marvel #1 Carol Danvers leads Alpha Flight?! The fan-favorite Avenger is the new head of S.W.O.R.D. with her own team and satellite headquarters. Danvers is Earth’s first of defense against alien threats in a new series by the team behind Marvel’s Agent Carter and Uncanny X-Men artist Kris Anka.

Poison Ivy: The Cycle of Life and Death #1 The Batman femme fatale in her own limited series. Dr. Isley gets a new start but when a fellow scientist is killed, all evidence points to Ivy. Writer Amy Chu and artist Clay Mann get the bad girl entangled in a new Gotham conspiracy. Continue reading New Comics Picks for January 20, 2016

AGENT CARTER Team Launches CAPTAIN MARVEL

Captain Marvel courtesy Marvel via Fast Company
Captain Marvel courtesy Marvel via Fast Company

A big week for two of Marvel’s most beloved female heroes and the two women behind those characters.

Writers Tara Butters and Michelle Fazekas celebrate the start of the second season of Agent Carter and the launch of a new volume of Captain Marvel. They recruited the women behind the acclaimed Agent Carter television series.

Butters and Fazekas take over the new adventures of Carol Danvers after the departure of Kelly Sue DeConnick who transformation Ms. Marvel to Captain Marvel, inspiring the Carol Corps fan movement.

Captain Marvel will be leading the first line of defense for Earth against alien threats at her own space station when the series picks eight months after Secret Wars. Continue reading AGENT CARTER Team Launches CAPTAIN MARVEL