COMICS BLEND

Top New Comics for January 28, 2015

Batman Eternal #43

This is the big issue that loops the epic back to Batman #28 as the Dark Knight and Bluebird confront Selina Kyle! DC is promising “a twist you won’t see coming.”

Harley Quinn #14

It’s almost Valentine’s Day but Harley can’t wait! Can she move on after her ex? Mad romance with DC’s anti-heroine from Amanda Conner and Chad Harden.

Dying and The Dead #1

All we need to know is this is from Jonathan Hickman. The acclaimed writer teams up artist Ryan Bodenheim (Secret) for this hybrid of sci-fi fantasy adventure. Continue reading Top New Comics for January 28, 2015

BATMAN VS. QUEEN OF GOTHAM

Batman and the new Queen of Gotham are on a collision course this week.

Is it the showdown previewed way back in Batman #28?

Selina Kyle seized control of Gotham Underworld in Catwoman #35 but it’s more than just a criminal enterprise for her.

This week Batman confronts Selina in Catwoman #38 by new creative team Genevieve Valentine and Garry Brown.

This week’s issue comes after Harper Row’s first full appearance as Bluebird in Batman Eternal #42 last week. Continue reading BATMAN VS. QUEEN OF GOTHAM

FANTASTIC FOUR Trailer

One of the biggest superhero movie mysteries is finally out.

The trailer for Fox‘s Fantastic Four reboot is here.

Josh Trank (Chronicle) directs the new take on Marvel’s First Family that veers from comics canon with a script by Simon Kinberg (X-Men: Days of Future Past)

Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Bell are playing Reed Richards, Susan Storm, Johnny Storm and Ben Grimm.

What about archenemy Doctor Doom?

Toby Keller plays Victor Domashev, a modern take on the classic super villain.

You’ve heard the rumors about the modern take, grounded approach that borrows more from Ultimate version of the team but now here’s the first look.

Watch the trailer: Continue reading FANTASTIC FOUR Trailer

HARLEY QUINN Double Trouble Week

Here’s a follow-up to our biggest new story of last year.

Harley Quinn has serious man trouble this week.

Ex-boyfriends, ruthless mercenaries and Harley!

It takes a special guy to make a girl forget the Joker!

It’s a new arc as bad boy and Harley’s neighbor Mason Macabre is back in her life.

She’s not over Mason.

What does Amanda Conner have in store in the next chapter of Harley and Mason’s mad love? Continue reading HARLEY QUINN Double Trouble Week

FOX Plans X-MEN Television Series

The X-Men franchise could mutate into a new television series.

Fox Executives Gary Newman and Dana Walden confirm they’re into talks to develop an X-Men television series spinning off the popular film franchise according to TV Insider.

Twentieth Century Fox controls the film rights to the X-Men. Marvel controls the right to the comic characters which is part of Disney. According to the story Fox would need Disney/Marvel’s approval to move ahead with a television series.

“It’s in negotiations,” Newman said. “We’re cautiously optimistic, we had a good meeting with them. That will not be on a fast track creatively. This is just the deal, now we have to find the creative.” Continue reading FOX Plans X-MEN Television Series

DAVID TENNANT is MARVEL VILLAIN in AKA JESSICA JONES

David Tennant will shed his heroic Time Lord image to play an infamous Marvel villain an upcoming Netflix series.

Marvel announced the actor who played the Tenth Doctor Who has been cast as Zebediah Killgrave (aka The Purple Man) in A.K.A. Jessica Jones. The acclaimed actor is also known for Broadchurch and the U.S. version of the series Gracepoint.

Krysten Ritter is the title hero of the second of five Marvel Netflix series (Daredevil, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Defenders.)

Jones is a former superhero turned private investigator. In comics Killgrave is a villain from her past with the power to hypnotize victims to his command via pheromones he emits from his skin. Killgrave is a master spy and manipulator. The purple skin and hair is due to a chemical accident. Continue reading DAVID TENNANT is MARVEL VILLAIN in AKA JESSICA JONES

SCARLET WITCH Twists In UNCANNY AVENGERS

If you thought there were some surprising choices for members in the first Avengers Unity Squad then wait until you see the new motley crew are a mission far from unity.

From the ashes of AXIS this new Uncanny Avengers is rises and heads to a place we’ve have been in a long time. Rick Remender reunites with artist Daniel Acuna for the next volume with a with a different mission.

The new team is Rogue, Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver, Sabretooth, Vision, Brother Voodoo and all-new Captain America (Sam Wilson) and follows the big shocker in AXIS that Wanda and Pietro are not Magneto’s children. Continue reading SCARLET WITCH Twists In UNCANNY AVENGERS

PENGUIN Meets NYGMA on GOTHAM

Oswald Cobblepot is on the rise as his former boss Fish Mooney falls on Gotham. The mole is playing mobster against mobster on his bloody path to becoming the infamous Batman villain Penguin.

Robin Lord Taylor teases what’s coming up in his series including a monumental meeting between the two men who will become Penguin and Riddler (played by Cory Michael Smith.)

“We haven’t done a lot yet, and I don’t know what’s coming, but Edward Nygma and Oswald finally meet, and it is, hands-down, one of the top three things that we’ve shot in the whole series. Continue reading PENGUIN Meets NYGMA on GOTHAM

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