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The 75 Books You Should Own For DC Comics' 75th Anniversary

Graeme McMillan — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:00:49 PST

2010 sees the 75th anniversary of DC Comics, which launched in February 1935 with the first issue of New Fun. Since then, it's gone on to publish some of the greatest comics ever. Here're seventy-five you really should've read already. More »

Final Crisis Is Frustrating, Flawed And Arguably Worth It All

Graeme McMillan — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:40:00 PDT

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It's a bold book about the end of the world, full of big ideas, epic events and beautiful art, and starring some of pop culture's biggest icons. So why does the hardcover collection of DC's Final Crisis disappoint? More »

Meet The New Gods, Not Exactly The Same As The Old Gods

Graeme McMillan — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:00:04 PDT

They're the core characters behind DC's summer extravaganza Final Crisis, but that doesn't mean that you necessarily know who Darkseid, Orion, Metron or any of the rest of the New Gods actually are. Before "evil wins" in the DC Universe, here's a quick primer to let you know just what a Fourth World actually is, anyway. More »

Batman RIP, But Not Reborn

Graeme McMillan — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 07:20:31 PST

Of all the announcements from Wondercon this past weekend, not one of them shed any light on the rumor that Batman was going to die and become reborn as one of DC's "New Gods" during this summer's Final Crisis event. As it turns out, Batman and Final Crisis writer Grant Morrison was online during WonderCon weekend, talking to Newsarama about how that rumor got started, as well as what he does to do to the Dark Knight. More »

What Kind of Outer-Space God Will Batman Be?

charliejane — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 09:30:00 PST

Rumor has it Batman will ascend to the next evolutionary level and become a New God. This move would remove Batman from his pulp detective roots and make him firmly a science-fiction hero because the "New Gods" in DC Comics aren't supernatural. They're more like ultra-powerful aliens in outer space. The most important question now is, what will Bruce Wayne be the god of? More »