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Courtesy of DC Comics, here's an exclusive sneak peek at the next issue of The Fury of The Firestorm: The Nuclear Men by Gail Simone and Ethan Van Sciver. In this preview, superpowered teenager Ronnie Raymond confronts some heavily armed fellows with whom he has a bone to pick. More »
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Do you want to imagine Superman going Super-pantsless? If not, then don't do a search on the Twitter hashtag: #Supermanrenouncespants. Started by DC Comics writer Gail Simone, it already includes such gems as: More »
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Superheroes are huge, not just in comics but in movies and novels as well. So there's nothing more exciting than the idea of creating a new superhero from scratch. But aren't all the good ideas taken? Not necessarily. More »
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Bane! Even the name sounds ominous. He's been confirmed as the villain of Christopher Nolan's third Batman film, but now people are wondering just who this wrestler-masked guy is. We've got you covered with our complete guide to Bane. More »
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The eighth season of Buffy wraps up January 19, but the Whedon camp's already planning ahead. According to Birds of Prey writer (and "Women In Refrigerators" coiner) Gail Simone, she's been given a carte blanche opportunity to helm Season 9. More »
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Last week on Batman: The Brave and The Bold, the Birds of Prey ranked the sexual prowess of DC's superheroes, in song. Batman landed on top, but Aquaman and the Flash didn't fare so well. You're going to enjoy this. More »
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What's on the stands this Wednesday? The strongarm police tactics of everyone's favorite mushroom-coiffed space cop, urban fantasy starring a man-boy wizard, and a new installment of Joe Hill's acclaimed supernatural thriller Locke & Key. More »
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Marvel wraps up Norman Osborn's Dark Reign in earnest tomorrow with end of Siege and its few remaining Avengers titles. Marvel's Heroic Age is upon us, but there's no Howard The Duck title on the stands. I call fowl! More »
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Eager to shake things up for Wonder Woman, DC Comics and writer Gail Simone has come up with an unexpected new route for the character: renouncing her heritage, religion and embracing her superherodom. Oh, and becoming a cagefighter. Really. More »
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When you know what's coming next in your favorite TV or movie series, does it ruin your enjoyment? Do the plot twists fall flat? We don't think so. In fact, spoilers fuel our love for thrilling science fiction stories. More »
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With Transformers starlet Megan Fox calling her "lame" and the most successful writer in the American comic industry joking that she's "a walking STD farm," it's time to ask: Why doesn't Wonder Woman get the respect she deserves? More »
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Self-mutilated gender-confused antagonists who happen to be related to perverse double-jointed supervillains? It can only be Gail Simone's morally dubious DC Comics series Secret Six. Click through for a preview of this week's issue. More »
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With Beyonce making a bid for the title role and rumors of McG being considered for the director's chair, it's beginning to look as if the Wonder Woman movie may finally be about to move out of the limbo that it's been in for too long. With that in mind, we asked the current writer of the Wonder Woman comic what she thought of a movie version of her heroine. More »
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Don't get too cozy with the line-up of characters in Gail Simone's new ongoing Secret Six comic, about second-string supervillains who get caught up in shady deals. There will be death and mayhem, and nobody is safe, she warned in her panel at New York Comic-Con this past weekend. We'll finally get the Batman vs. Catman showdown we (well, I) have been waiting for. And her Wonder Woman comic will have "so much crazy shit," you'll be playing bullets-and-bracelets with your eyeballs. Are you ready for Gail Simone's onslaught of awesomeness? Prepare yourself below. More »
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Seventeen-year-old Tabitha Brennan drives a truck which transforms into a giant girl robot, crushing the mobsters who stand between her and crime boss-hood. That's just one splash page from this week's Birds of Prey #113, the first issue from Sean McKeever (Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane). See the full image, and get some spoilers, below the fold. More »
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Murder shatters the peace in a retirement community for old superheroes, in Gail Simone's awesome Welcome To Tranquility Vol. 1, out this week. The collection of the first six issues of Tranquility comes too late to win new fans and save the series from cancellation, but it's still worth picking up for bizarre characters like Emoticon, the gangsta with a mask that displays his feelings, and Zeke the rockabilly zombie gravedigger. Freed from working on corporate-owned characters, Simone cranks her inventiveness up to 11. What other comics might help get you through Hump Day? Glad you asked. More »
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Instead of mourning the dismal prospects of the Wonder Woman movie, now is the time to celebrate. Tomorrow sees the release of Wonder Woman #14, written by new series writer Gail "Birds of Prey" Simone. Can you spot the clues to awesomeness in this promo blurb? More »
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