COMICS BLEND

JOSS WHEDON On AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON Villains

Joss Whedon is talking about the evil artificial intelligence Earth’s Mightiest Heroes will fight in Avengers: Age of Ultron.

“I’m having a blast with Ultron. He’s not a creature of logic — he’s a robot who’s genuinely disturbed. We’re finding out what makes him menacing and at the same time endearing and funny and strange and unexpected, and everything a robot never is,” the director says in an upcoming 300th issue of Empire Magazine.

Ultron (played by James Spader) is just one of the villains the Avengers will take on in the sequel. Continue reading JOSS WHEDON On AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON Villains

SUPERMAN BATMAN Movie Casts CYBORG

The Man of Steel sequel will add another DC icon to the growing list of heroes (Batman, Wonder Woman.) Variety reports Ray Fisher has been cast as Victor Stone aka Cyborg in the untitled sequel.

Victor Stone was a member of the Titans and not really connected to Superman or the Dark Knight. When DC Comics The New 52 relaunched the Justice League – Victor was a founding member along with Bruce Wayne and Clark Kent. Continue reading SUPERMAN BATMAN Movie Casts CYBORG

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #14 Review

Guardians of the Galaxy #14 courtesy Marvel

Guardians of the Galaxy #14 features three stories that might make you wish for three Guardians books and inspire sequel dreams for the movie that isn’t even out yet.
The double-sized anniversary issue marks the 100th issue starring the cosmic Avengers. In the marquee story by writer Brian Michael Bendis and new artist Nick Bradshaw (Wolverine and the X-Men) with Jason Masters and Todd Nauck, three arcs act like a spiral star converging into a big cliffhanger.

Flash Thompson aka Agent Venom is the new envoy from the Avengers. Drax takes Flash on a rite of passage in a seedy galactic underbelly that Greedo or Han Solo would feel right at home in. I’m intrigued at how the aliens react to seeing the earth man bonded to the infamous symbiote. Continue reading GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #14 Review

STEPHANIE BROWN Joins BATMAN ETERNAL

Batman Eternal #3 hit comic book shops this week with a vengeance! A major villain returns shaking up the Gotham City power structure in politics and the underworld.

I’ll keep the identity of that bad guy secret but the other big addition to the Bat-cast is the New 52 introduction of Stephanie Brown. Batman #28 already revealed Brown will become a prisoner of Selina Kyle – and Stephanie is wearing her Spoiler costume when the Dark Knight discovers her.

John Layman just wrapped Detective Comics and joined the writing team on the Batman Eternal weekly and talked about Brown with DCComics.com: Continue reading STEPHANIE BROWN Joins BATMAN ETERNAL

ARMOR HUNTERS & HARBINGER Milestone In July Previews

The Armor Hunters are coming for X-O Manowar this summer but everyone on earth is in jeopardy from the cosmic showdown in Valiant’s big summer event. The war between the Hunters and Aric will crossover into most of the publisher’s marquee heroes.

But that’s not the only big story from the Valiant July previews.

Death of a Renegade began in this week’s Harbinger and in July it’s the fallout and future of the teen team in the milestone Harbinger #25. Continue reading ARMOR HUNTERS & HARBINGER Milestone In July Previews

BATMAN ZERO YEAR FINALE And ROBIN RISES Previews

Batman vs. Riddler in the Zero Year Finale, the return of Robin, the Dark Knight vs. the Justice League and the next chapters of the gang war in Batman Eternal are just of the books DC revealed for July 2014. Here are the official story previews and covers:

ROBIN RISES: OMEGA #1
Written by PETER J. TOMASI
Art by ANDY KUBERT and JONATHAN GLAPION

The hunt for Robin is over, and the battle joined! But Batman’s family feud with Ra’s al Ghul is about to erupt into something bigger when it’s interrupted by the forces of Apokolips! This epic story continues in… Continue reading BATMAN ZERO YEAR FINALE And ROBIN RISES Previews

DC Comics Reveals FUTURES END Month Details

The New 52: Futures End #1 courtesy DC Comics

Ever since the launch of The New 52 DC Comics marks the anniversary with a month of themed titles. Zero Month was a look at the origins of your favorite heroes and villains, evil took over in Villains Month last year and this September DC creators take you 5 years into the future with Futures End month. The month will tie into the upcoming Futures End weekly series by an all-star team of creators.

DC just revealed the story descriptions from the issues:

GRAYSON: FUTURES END #1

Branded a traitor, Dick Grayson has become the most powerful hero in the newly resurgent and dominant Mother Russia – and now, he must battle the Beast from the East in one final struggle for supremacy! Continue reading DC Comics Reveals FUTURES END Month Details

New GRAYSON, TEEN TITANS And SUICIDE SQUAD In July

Nightwing ends but Richard Grayson’s story is far from over. Teen Titans are reborn. Suicide Squad recruits big guns. Three new number ones coming from DC Comics among the July previews out today.

GRAYSON #1
Written by Tim Seeley and art by Mikel Janin.

“Dick Grayson. Former sidekick. Former Super Hero. Former dead man. And now…agent of Spyral?! A thrilling new chapter of Dick Grayson’s life begins in this new, ongoing series. It’s a super-spy thriller that will shock you and prove one thing: You might think you know Nightwing – but you don’t know Dick.” Continue reading New GRAYSON, TEEN TITANS And SUICIDE SQUAD In July

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