Big news from DC Comics at WonderCon. Following the new JUSTICE LEAGUE by Scott Snyder will come two more JUSTICE LEAGUE titles with one of DC’s biggest villains on one of the teams.
DC co-publishers Dan DiDio and Jim Lee, writer Scott Snyder revealed more of the future of DC’s biggest team franchise following the conclusion of DARK NIGHTS METAL and the JUSTICE LEAGUE: NO JUSTICE limited series. Continue reading New JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK And JUSTICE LEAGUE ODYSSEY
The mysterious Black Diamond lands in the hands of the host it was meant for and the evil entity Eclipso is unleashed as part of The New 52 in Villains Month.
The body-snatching force has taken different forms and turned up all over the DC Universe.
This week in Justice League Dark #23.2: ECLIPSO “he takes his most dangerous form yet.” Continue reading Eclipso Invades Justice League Dark
The evil entity Eclipso haunts The New 52 in Villains Month.
The body-snatching force has taken different forms and turned up all over the DC Universe.
This September in Justice League Dark #23.2: ECLIPSO “he takes his most dangerous form yet.”
“In the shattered genius Gordon Jacobs, Eclipso’s found himself the perfect host — a brilliant man seething with disappointment, and too broken-down to exert any control over the most powerful evil in creation! How far will Eclipso make Gordon Jacobs go? And who’s next in his sights?” says Editor Bob Harras. Continue reading Eclipso Is Back
Trinity War reached the halfway mark in Justice League Dark #22 this week with a big twist (Spoilers – click here to see the cliffhanger.)
DC Comics shared a first look inside Justice League Dark #23 – the penultimate chapter of Trinity War and then it’s right into Villains Month and Forever Evil!
As you view artist Mikel Janin’s interior art for this landmark issue:
What vision is Madame Xanadu having? Continue reading JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #23 Preview
Batwoman #18 Kate Kane has a new partner and new role in the war on crime. Batman guest stars as a new arc kicks off. Did Maggie saw yes to Kate’s marriage proposal? What’s her reaction to the big reveal?
Captain Marvel #11 Carol faces a new version of one her deadliest foes! Ms. Marvel took on the alien operative known as Deathbird. The Shi’ar warrior was the twisted sister of Empress Lilandra and the mad D’Ken and became a foe of the X-Men. (Imagine Game of Thrones but with birdlike aliens and you get the Shi’ar! ) Who is the new high-flying villain stalking Carol?
Constantine #1 The star of Justice League Dark hellblazes into his own solo series by Jeff Lemire, Ray Fawkes and Renato Guedes. John Constantine is the amoral hero lurking in the darkest shadows of the DC Universe. What he learns in the premiere issue threatens The New 52 universe!
Doctor Who: Prisoners of Time #3 All eleven Time Lords are featured in this epic story celebrating the Doctor’s anniversary! Break out your magician’s cape and make way for Jon Pertwee! Could the Master be the mastermind of this episode’s cross-time caper?
Indestructible Hulk #5 Green Goliath versus Big Bad Blue! Hulk versus Attuma! Can Bruce Banner’s S.H.I.E.L.D. team stop Attuma’s frightening plot against the surface world? I love how Mark Waid writes Banner.
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What’s not to love about I, Vampire from DC Comics The New 52? The vampire war has arrived in Gotham City. Joshuah Hale Fialkov tells The Source his book is not just a horror comic book.
“All great stories are love stories,” said Fialkov. “Sometimes they’re about two people in love, or two people falling out of love, or a man in love with vengeance, or, a man in love with Truth, Justice, and the American Way. All of the characters we love are motivated almost entirely by love.”
“So,” Fialkov continues, “it only made sense to write a book not just about a man and a woman in love, but, about them both being in love with abstract concepts that put them at odds with each other.
“Mary loves freedom, Andrew loves humanity… Up until now, their love for one another was enough to keep that imbalance in check, but, not anymore.”
I, Vampire #6 arrives Wednesday. The I, Vampire/Justice League Dark crossover begins in March.
One of the big topics at last week’s comic book discussion at my local shop was a love of the Teen Titans and the “growing up” of DC sidekicks.
Dick Grayson became Nightwing and even Batman for a time. Cyborg is on the new Justice League. Tim Drake (Red Robin) is the new leader of the DC New 52 Teen Titans. Starfire has hooked up – literally – with Jason Todd and Roy Harper in Red Hood and the Outlaws.
So where is Raven? The beautiful half demon heroine created by the legendary Marv Wolfman and George Perez needs a role in the New 52. As we lovingly reflected on the Titans (then and now) and suddenly I realized no one mentioned the dark lady of the New Teen Titans.
What popped into my brain and out of my mouth was “she’d be great in Justice League Dark!” Some of my fellow Titans agreed so this is my plea to DC – what a great fit for a beloved Titan who graduate to join John Constantine, Madame Xanadu, Deadman, Shade and Zatana?
And with our beloved Raven comes her father, Trigon, and maybe a new romantic start with Beast Boy?
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Writer changes for two of edgier DC’s New 52 titles. Peter Milligan is taking over Stormwatch from Paul Cornell with issue 9. Jeff Lemire is taking the reigns of Justice League Dark with issue 9 – after the Justice League Dark, I Vampire crossover. Milligan is staying on Red Lanterns and Hellblazer.
“Stormwatch has the craziness, the paranoia and the occasional bursts of odd humor that really grab me. This is my kind of book. In other words, when I re-read Paul Cornell’s excellent first series with a view to taking over the writing duties I was really excited. And I’m excited too by what I have planned, from Stormwatch facing a ferocious character from the Red Lantern Corps, to hidden secrets being revealed about the origin of Stormwatch, and some shocking revelations about the mysterious Shadow Lords. It’s going to be a very intense ride,” Milligan told The Source.
“It’s a bit of a wrench leaving Justice League Dark, of course, and not working with the increasingly outstanding Mikel Janin. But the fact that Jeff Lemire is taking over makes me very sanguine. I think Jeff is great. And I think he’ll be great for this book. It’ll be intriguing to see how he handles the great conman mage, John Constantine, whose twisted life I’m continuing to chronicle over in Vertigo’s Hellblazer.”
Lemire is leaving Frankenstein Agent of SHADE. Matt Kindt is taking over the series.
This Geek’s Take: I wonder if Stormwatch will evolve into The Authority like it did under the Wildstorm banner? I highly recommend The Authority trades by Warren Ellis and Mark Miller. I loved Jenny Sparks – can we reincarnate her into the New 52?