COMICS BLEND

ALL-NEW WOLVERINE

Two Wolverines will be stalking bad guys in the All-New, All-Different Marvel Now when the line relaunches this fall.

James Howlett/Logan/Wolverine is still dead but his daughter following the Logan Legacy in All-New Wolverine.

Now we know the woman behind the behind the mask:

Laura Kinney aka X-23 stars in her own brand new series by writer Tom Taylor (Superior Iron Man) and artist David Lopez (Captain Marvel) as the new hero with a familiar costume and code-name. Continue reading ALL-NEW WOLVERINE

UNCANNY INHUMANS & X-MEN SDCC Panel

Mutants. Inhumans. Different from the rest of humanity but very different from each other. The future of X-Men and Inhumans will be intertwined even more when the All-New, All-Different Marvel Now begins this fall.

Marvel’s Uncanny Inhumans panel at San Diego Comic Con was packed with updates on the upcoming relaunches of both the Inhuman and X-Men franchises.

Uncanny Inhumans writer Charles Soule, Extraordinary X-Men, Old Man Logan writer Jeff Lemire, Uncanny X-Men writer Cullen Bunn, Extraordinary X-Men artist Humberto Ramos, and Editor-In-Chief Axel Alonso answered fan questions and revealed new details about the lines. Continue reading UNCANNY INHUMANS & X-MEN SDCC Panel

VERTIGO Launching 12 New Books This Fall

12 new books over 12 weeks from the imprint that pushed boundaries of horror, fantasy, sci-fi and thrillers makes big moves at the biggest con of the year.

Vertigo, kicked off Comic-Con: International: San Diego revealed a massive Fall slate of 12 new #1s set to release over 12 consecutive weeks starting in October.

The announcement from DC’s creator-driven imprint came on their Thursday panel with comic book and literary stars joined the ranks including Darwyn Cooke, Gilbert Hernandez, Michael Allred, Holly Black, Lauren Beukes and Gail Simone and more. Continue reading VERTIGO Launching 12 New Books This Fall

BEN AFFLECK & GEOFF JOHNS For BATMAN Film?

Looks like future Dark Knight will cast a huge, long shadow across the DC Comics Movie Universe.

Ben Affleck is in talks to star, write and direct a solo Batman film and DC Chief Creative Officer Geoff Johns will co-write according to Deadline.

The new Batman standalone would shoot Affleck’s next film Live By Night and pick up the Dark Knight after Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Justice League films according to the report. Continue reading BEN AFFLECK & GEOFF JOHNS For BATMAN Film?

DARK KNIGHT III: THE MASTER RACE New Details at SDCC

Dark Knight III The Master Race courtesy DC Entertainment

DC kicked off their San Diego Comic Con announcements with new details about DARK KNIGHT III: THE MASTER RACE by Frank Miller.

Andy Kubert, Klaus Janson will be the artist for this final chapter of Dark Knight Trilogy.

Here’s the official announcement:

DC Entertainment began Comic-Con International: San Diego 2015 with a blockbuster announcement, revealing today that artists Andy Kubert and Klaus Janson will be joining living-legend Batman writer and artist Frank Miller and acclaimed writer Brian Azzarello in bringing the final chapter of the celebrated THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS saga to life. Continue reading DARK KNIGHT III: THE MASTER RACE New Details at SDCC

MORE MISSING FROM ALL-NEW, ALL-DIFFERENT MARVEL NOW

Fans and readers have spoken. We left out some prominent characters from our first list of top heroes and villains missing from the All-New, All-Different Marvel Now.

After your suggestions and more digging here are more fan-favorites and Marvel mainstays who are MIA so far from this fall’s relaunch:

Cable and Hope! Nathan Summers has been an on-again, off-again hero since his 1990 debut. The son of Scott Summers from the future was last seen leading the latest version of X-Force saving his adopted daughter Hope (also MIA) from same techno-organic virus infected him as a child. The future leader of the war against Apocalypse and the messiah child that reignited the mutant race are not on any of the teams but don’t count them out. Continue reading MORE MISSING FROM ALL-NEW, ALL-DIFFERENT MARVEL NOW

MIGHTY THOR Revealed

All of Midgard welcomed the new Goddess of Thunder last year. The female Thor was a hit with fans and captured mainstream media attention. Her identity was revealed in Thor #8.

Longtime supporting character Jane Foster was the under the helmet. Foster is battling breast cancer so her heroism has a physical cost.

Marvel and artist Russell Dauterman shared a first look at the cover of The Mighty Thor #1, which picks up Foster’s story after Secret Wars, showing both sides of new hero.

Jason Aaron and Dauterman will stay on as the creative team when Thor becomes Mighty Thor. Continue reading MIGHTY THOR Revealed

HALLE BERRY On STORM Movie

Storm #1 by Victor Ibanez courtesy Marvel

Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry is at San Diego Comic-Con to promote the return of her sci-fi hit series Extant.

X-fans will see Berry in the upcoming X-Men: Days of Future Past – The Rogue Cut but would love to hear her say she’s playing Ororo one more time.

Alexandra Shipp is playing a younger version of the future mutant hero in X-Men: Apocalypse which is set in the 1980’s.

As Fox continues to mutate the film franchise (Deadpool, New Mutants, Gambit, Wolverine) would she ever return for a Storm solo spinoff? Continue reading HALLE BERRY On STORM Movie

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