Tag: Futures End

FUTURES END Final Countdown to CONVERGENCE

Convergence #0 courtesy DC Comics
Convergence #0 courtesy DC Comics

Endings, beginnings and the future of the DC Multiverse in March 2015.

The New 52 Futures End and Earth 2: Futures End weekly series counts down to a finale this March leading into Convergence – a major event that will take over the DC Universe in April and May.

Here are the official descriptions:

CONVERGENCE #0 by Dan Jurgens and Jeff King with art by Ethan Van Sciver.
“Where do worlds go when they die?
The Earthquakes felt round the Multiverse, Superman’s lost days after “Doomed,” the World’s End – all these points will converge as the history of the DCU is spun from a new perspective, the perspective of a mad god and his arrogant child. The biggest story in DC history ties into literally every DC story ever told – and it all begins here. Continue reading FUTURES END Final Countdown to CONVERGENCE

FUTURES END To CONVERGENCE

Futures End courtesy DC Comics
Futures End courtesy DC Comics

Convergence is the DC Comics event of 2015.

The road begins in the future – Futures End.

Futures End. Blood Moon. Brother Eye. Convergence. It all connects.

Set five years in the future, the events of The New52: Futures End play directly into CONVERGENCE—DC Comics’ massive 2 month event set for April and May of 2015. Continue reading FUTURES END To CONVERGENCE

Top Comics for September 17, 2014

All-New X-Men #32 courtesy Marvel
All-New X-Men #32 courtesy Marvel

A week of books so big we expanded to a top 10:

 

All-New X-Men #32

Miles Morales, meet the original X-Men? A new mutant’s power surge causes a dimension tripping crossover between the young X-Men and Ultimate Spider-Man by Brian Bendis and Mahmud Asrar.

 

Avengers #35

Time Runs Out! Jonathan Hickman takes the series into the future with a powerhouse new time! It’s Earth’s Mightiest Heroes vs. The Illuminati as Hickman builds up to his grand finale! Continue reading Top Comics for September 17, 2014

LEGION MONTH For Your Consideration

Legion of Super-Heroes: Enemy Rising courtesy DC Comics
Legion of Super-Heroes: Enemy Rising courtesy DC Comics

September is theme month for DC Comics.

 

2014 is Futures End as you jump five years into the DC Comics Universe with every book.

 

It’s a tradition on the anniversary of The New 52: 2012 was Zero Month featuring origin stories. 2013 was Villains Month starring infamous rogues and the kickoff of the Forever Evil event series.

 

For Your Consideration in 2015: Continue reading LEGION MONTH For Your Consideration

Top Comics for September 9, 2014

BMFE_Cv1_2D_ds_540a442b342611_44061374Batman Futures End

5 years into the future – Bruce Wayne is creating an army with dangerous science to continue his war on crime. What happened to Bruce and Gotham City to force him into such desperate measures.

 

Death of Wolverine #2

Logan’s mutant healing factor is gone, an old enemy has put a bounty on his head attracting the world’s most ruthless hunters. The search for the answers takes him back to Madripoor and one step closer to his final battle. Continue reading Top Comics for September 9, 2014

ARMY OF BATMEN? FUTURES END Preview

BMFE_Cv1_2D_ds_540a442b342611_44061374Welcome to the future of Gotham City and the DC Universe.
Batman Futures End shows us the dramatic new measures Bruce Wayne is using in his war on crime?
Is Bruce going to far with dangerous, strange science?

 
All this month every issue will be set 5 years in the future.

 

In last week’s Detective Comics Futures End, Bruce was forced with work with Riddler.
What surprises do Scott Snyder and Ray Fawkes for this future Batman adventure and could it tie into the Batman Eternal weekly and Endgame, the next arc by Snyder? Continue reading ARMY OF BATMEN? FUTURES END Preview

DETECTIVE COMICS FUTURES END Review

Futures End: Detective Comics #1 courtesy DC Comics
Futures End: Detective Comics #1 courtesy DC Comics

Batman and Riddler together again!

In Detective Comics Futures End the Dark Knight and master of manipulation are working together as allies?

September 2014 is the third anniversary of The New 52 reboot of the DC Universe. Every book this month is jumping five years into the future.
“Anniversary” by regular Detective Comics co-writer Brian Buccellato is set in the near future but ties into two recent arcs.
It’s the anniversary of The Zero Year Blackout (from Scott Snyder’s Batman: Zero Year New 52 origin of the Dark Knight) and Calendar Man is threatening Gotham City. Julian Day’s family tragedy fuels his systematic crimes but his latest scheme is a copycat crime with a deadlier twist. Continue reading DETECTIVE COMICS FUTURES END Review

FUTURES END MONTH Covers Revealed

Futures End: Batman #1 courtesy DC Comics
Futures End: Batman #1 courtesy DC Comics

DC Comics is taking you into the future- 5 years in fact.

 

Is this an army of Bruce Wayne clones on the cover of Futures End: Batman #1 by Jason Fabok?

 

This September, DC Comics – The New 52 flashes forward five years, giving you a look at what may be in store for your favorite DC Comics characters in a month-long Futures End event.

 

This latest September tradition (Zero Month, Villains Month) is inspired by the new weekly Futures End comic series. Each monthly title in the New 52 will feature a stand-alone story that offers a look at a possible future for its subject. Continue reading FUTURES END MONTH Covers Revealed