Top 5 Comic Book Picks for May 8, 2013

Batman #20 courtesy DC Comics
Batman #20 courtesy DC Comics

Batman #20 One of the Dark Knight’s strangest foes strikes and inspires a team-up fans have been waiting for since Scott Snyder took over! How will this issue tie in to the Year Zero?

Fearless Defenders #4 Valkyrie gets a new look! The mystery villain unleashes the Doom Maidens! Did Dani Moonstar survive her experiments? Action and humor with Marvel’s all-female adventure team that’s a mix of Lethal Weapon and Tomb Raider.

Harbinger #12 Showdown in the Harbinger Wars! Pete and the Renegades face to face with the escapees of Project Rising Spirit! Will they connect or clash?

Star Wars #5 Princess Leia’s undercover mission Continue reading Top 5 Comic Book Picks for May 8, 2013

JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA’s David Finch

Justice League of America #3 courtesy DC Comics
Justice League of America #3 courtesy DC Comics

Is there a traitor among DC’s new super group? A new Secret Society is forming! One of the villains has the power to attack the Justice League of America from within!

Who could it be?

Justice League of America #1 courtesy DC Comics
Justice League of America #1 courtesy DC Comics

We could learn new clues in this week’s Justice League of America #3 by Geoff Johns and David Finch.

The superstar team of Johns and Finch are building up to the big crossover Trinity of Sin in which this team will crossover with Justice League and Justice League Dark.

David Finch at Fan Expo Vancouver 2013, photo by ComicsBlend
David Finch at Fan Expo Vancouver 2013, photo by ComicsBlend

Earlier this month at Fan Expo Vancouver I interviewed David Finch. With such an eclectic roster, I asked Finch which members of Justice League of America were his favorites to draw so far. His answer included a surprise and what could be an ominous tease for the team’s youngest member:

Trinity of Sin is a huge crossover that’s been in the works since The New 52 reboot. It’s almost the second anniversary of DC Comics The New 52 relaunch which was controversial but successful. I asked Finch what it was Continue reading JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA’s David Finch

Amazing Spider-Man 2 Essential Villains

 

Andrew Garfield as The Amazing Spider-Man courtesy Columbia Pictures
Andrew Garfield as The Amazing Spider-Man courtesy Columbia Pictures

You could almost give Amazing Spider 2 a subtitle: the Many Foes of Spider-Man! The sequel includes Electro, Rhino, Norman and Harry Osborn. Super hero sequels have suffered from the inclusion of too many villains but writers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci say all these foes are “essential” to the story:

“I think you have to go into it and say, ‘is this character essential to the story or are you just throwing him in for no reason whatsoever’,” Kurtzman tells MTV.

The sequel swings into cinemas in May, 2014.

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GRIMM The Comic Book

Grimm #1 courtesy Dynamite Comics
Grimm #1 courtesy Dynamite Comics

Those fairy tales and myths that gave you chills as a child are real and deadly in the world of Grimm.

The acclaimed television series inspires a brand new comic book out this week. Grimm #1 from Dynamite Comics is set in the world of the NBC series.

Portland detective Nick Burkhardt is no ordinary police officer. Nick is descended from a line of guardians known as “Grimms.” The guardians protect humanity from mythological creatures Continue reading GRIMM The Comic Book

New Threat in SUPERMAN UNCHAINED

Superman Unchained #1 courtesy DC Comics
Superman Unchained #1 courtesy DC Comics

Scott Snyder unleashed the Court of Owls then the Joker at Batman since The New 52 relaunch. Snyder is teaming up with Jim Lee to launch Superman Unchained. Given Snyder’s track record with Batman and Swamp Thing how darker will this Superman book be? He’s what Snyder told Comic Book Resources:

“I really like stories where characters are challenged by their worst fears. Superman is facing someone new and it’s going to shake him. It’s not horror, and there’s humor between the characters, but it’s definitely about dealing with something that frightens him. This is basically the Superman story I would tell if I could only do one. It’s got the full cast and Lex Luthor, but also new Continue reading New Threat in SUPERMAN UNCHAINED

Ellen Page as Kitty Pryde in X-Men: Days of Future Past

ellenpageaskittyKitty Pryde is on set and ready for action!

Director Bryan Singer shared this image of Ellen Page on the set of X-Men: Days of Future Past via Twitter. Page played Kitty in X-Men: The Last Stand. Page is seen with Shawn Ashmore who reprises his role as Bobby Drake, Iceman.

If the film follows the classic comic book storyline, Page will have a significant role in the movie. In the comics, a group of future Continue reading Ellen Page as Kitty Pryde in X-Men: Days of Future Past

Klingons in STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS and Beyond?

Star Trek Countdown to Darkness #4 courtesy IDW Publishing
Star Trek Countdown to Darkness #4 courtesy IDW Publishing

As I watched the big screen trailer for Star Trek Into Darkness right before Iron Man 3 this weekend I immediately thought John Harrison (Benedict Cumberbatch) is working with the Klingons!

The Federation’s greatest enemy (of the original Star Trek series) were developed but cut from J.J. Abrams first film.

At the Star Trek Into Darkness London premiere Damon Lindelof appears to confirm the inclusion of the alien warriors in the upcoming film and in a possible third movie:

“You can never see enough Klingons, and I think in this film we’ve given the audience a little taste, but there’s also a promise that Continue reading Klingons in STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS and Beyond?