COMICS BLEND

BATMAN REBIRTH Begins

Detective Comics Rebirth courtesy DC Comics via Twitter

Batman Begins Again.

The Dark Knight challenged by a new hero in Gotham City as Scott Snyder passes the torch (or should we say turn the Bat signal?) to Tom King.

Get ready for “Batman Boot Camp” as Bruce teams up with Batwoman to teach the next generation of Gotham’s heroes.

Following the DC Comics Rebirth creative team announcements here are more details of the Batman family of books coming this June:

Batman: Rebirth #1

Tom King and Scott Snyder with artist Mikel Janin.

Evil 365: Gotham City faces the threat of the Calendar Man. This one-shot arrives June 1st.

Batman #1 I Am Gotham

Tom King with artists David Finch and Matt Banning.

“How does Batman confront a new hero who wants to save the city from the Dark Knight? Continue reading BATMAN REBIRTH Begins

Valiant is taking their comics and creators on the road to meet more than a million fans in the US and Canada throughout 2016. The publisher announced new dates for the Valiant 2016 Convention Tour – a months-long, coast-to-coast celebration. The Valiant tour hits Seattle’s Emerald City Comicon 2016 (ECCC) next week. From Thursday, April 7th through Sunday, April 10th, fans engage with Valiant at the Washington State Convention Center for a weekend packed with programming, special guests, and ECCC exclusives. Valiant will be at Booth #1702 all weekend long.

Fans can get the highest-proofed exclusive of the weekend with the A&A: THE ADVENTURES OF ARCHER & ARMSTRONG #1 ECCC EXCLUSIVE VARIANT – featuring the artwork of fan-favorite artist Ian McGinty and writer Rafer Roberts and artist David Lafuente kick off the first issue of Valiant’s next series here with “IN THE BAG” – an insane rescue mission sending Archer into the depths of Armstrong’s bottomless satchel to free his roguish partner from an ages-old enemy…but only if he can fight his way through a mind-bending maze of history’s greatest lost treasures first!” (Click on the image to see it full size.)

Then, meet the teams behind superhero sagas with signings from an all-star cast of special guests, including artist Clayton Crain (4001 A.D.), artist Adam Gorham, breakout writer Jody Houser (FAITH), and writer Robert Venditti (X-O MANOWAR).

Here are the ECCC Valiant panels: Continue reading VALIANT COMICS ECCC Preview

EMERALD CITY COMICON 2016 For Virgins & Veterans

photo by Josh Lewis, courtesy Seattle Refined

Emerald City Comicon 2016 is just one week away. Tens of thousands of fans gather in Seattle for the biggest pop culture celebrating in the Pacific Northwest. This year ECCC expands to a fourth day of comics, cosplay, gaming and more. The 14th Edition of ECC is kicking off in true Seattle style with two guys who could rock a superhero uniform: Seattle Seahawks Richard Sherman and Bobby Wagner. Six fans will compete on Sherman and Wagner’s teams in a ECCC Black Ops 3 Open on day one.

Stars of The Walking Dead, Supergirl, The Flash, Marvel’s Daredevil, IZombie, Once Upon A Time, Firefly and even a Mighty Morphin Power Ranger are among the cast of celebrity guests who will greet fans in panels, autograph and photo sessions. Legendary creators and rising star comic book writers and artists will be here for sketches, autographs and spotlight panels. Continue reading EMERALD CITY COMICON 2016 For Virgins & Veterans

CIVIL WAR II New INHUMAN, New Art Revealed

Marvel is on the verge of war.

Heroes vs. Heroes. Whose side are you on?

Civil War II will shake the alliances, friendships and teams of the All-New, All-Different Marvel this Summer. The power to change the future causes a rift between Iron Man and Captain Marvel and everyone must choose a side.

Creators of the superhero showdown revealed big new details, shared new art and answered fan questions in a special Marvel live event.

Invincible Iron Man launch team Brian Michael Bendis and David Marquez are writing and drawing the main seven issue series. The fan-favorite creators were joined by Editor-In-Chief Axel Alonso, Executive Editor Tom Brevoort.

The story begins with a Free Comic Book issue by Bendis and Jim Cheung, then a Zero issue with artist Olivier Coipel and an epilogue.

The team revealed writers of individual characters picked where they thought their heroes would land during a creative retreat and “it was pretty evenly divided.” Continue reading CIVIL WAR II New INHUMAN, New Art Revealed

SON OF SUPERMAN Begins in June

Superman is a Super Dad when the DC Comics Rebirth begins this June.

The Man of Steel is the new Pa Kent and raising a Super-Son. There’s a mystery man who claims to be Clark Kent. Lex Luthor has become a Superman.

Is the Superman/Wonder Woman romance over as a different relationship dynamic hits home for Kal-El?

DC revealed the official descriptions of the first new issues of the Superman family of books:

Superman Rebirth #1 Peter J. Tomasi and Doug Mahnke and Jaime Mendoza. In this one-shot, Can Superman protect the world while raising a super-son with his wife, Lois Lane?
Now it’s Clark’s turn to be Pa Kent and teach his son what it means to be super, but who is hunting Superman’s son – and why? Continue reading SON OF SUPERMAN Begins in June

Women Heroes To Join WONDER WOMAN

Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman courtesy Warner Entertainment

When Wonder Woman joined the fight against Doomsday, it inspired the loudest, passionate cheer from the cinema as we watched Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.

Gal Gadot is currently filming a Wonder Woman standalone film but took time to engage with fans in a Twitter Q&A.

“It feels great! Being a mother, it’s very important that #WonderWoman comes back to life, we need more female superheroes.” Gadot responded to a fan.

Diana is DC’s most famous comic book heroine but who else could join the Amazon in the DC Comics movie universe.

Here are our top three picks of DC powerhouses to join up: Continue reading Women Heroes To Join WONDER WOMAN

New Comics Picks for March 30, 2016

Captain America: Sam Wilson #7 courtesy Marvel

Joss Whedon returns for comics, the Batman and Robin Eternal finale and return to an X-Men golden era.

It’s all part of our top new comics picks of the week:

Captain America: Sam Wilson #7

The massive milestone 75th Anniversary issue. Steve Rogers, Bucky Barnes and now Sam Wilson have all wielded the iconic shield and code-name. Joss Whedon and John Cassaday, Greg Rucka and Mike Perkins, Tim Sale help celebrate the legacy with new stories and Nick Spencer reveals the next chapter of Avengers Standoff.

X-Men ’92 #1

The breakout Secret Wars book is back and so are the 90’s X-Men. Just when thought it was safe the reopen the Xavier School for Gifted Children, here comes Omega Red armed with more than his toxic tentacles. Chris Sims take you way back with new tales of the X-era that influenced a generation.

Godzilla Obilivion #1

The King of the Monsters in back in a new limited series by Joshua Hale Fialkov and Brian Churilla. An adventure into a monster infested dimension brings back an evil invader to our Earth.

Batman and Robin Eternal #26

The big finale of the weekly series that united all of Batman’s partners, brought back Cassandra Cain and introduced the evil of Mother. Is one of Bruce’s allies under her control in a massive fight with Mother’s army.

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BATMAN v SUPERMAN Lex Luthor Deleted Scene

Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice courtesy Warner Brothers

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice conquered the global box-office.

The Dark Knight, Man of Steel and Amazon Warrior fought off Doomsday but another alien entity almost made the cut.

Warner Brothers shared a new scene with Lex Luthor (Jesse Eisenberg) hailed as “Communion.”

This revelation adds to the list of big burning questions after seeing the superhero showdown that launched the DC Comics film universe.

Luthor is in the Kryptonian ship and encounters a horrific being with otherworldly technology.

Watch and join the speculation:

Continue reading BATMAN v SUPERMAN Lex Luthor Deleted Scene

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