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Something For Everyone Who Likes Awesome In This Week's Comics

Stop now, what's that sound? It may just be the stampede of new books hitting comic stores tomorrow - As we get closer to San Diego Comic-Con, publishers are stepping up their game, and tomorrow's haul includes first issues, final issues, deaths and resurrections and all manner of exciting things to make your hump day worthwhile. Join us under the jump, why don't you? More »

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9:00 AM on Tue May 13 2008
By Graeme McMillan
3,181 views, 11 comments

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Decypher DC's White Board Of Doom

It appeared at last month's New York Comic-Con, and then again in last week's DC superhero comics. Later, an easy-to-read version showed up as part of an interview with DC Comics head honcho Dan DiDio over the weekend. I'm talking about the whiteboard of doom. This is DC's latest attempt to tease fans with hints of what's to come in the next year or so. Having trouble telling your JSA from your JLA on the whiteboard, and wondering what it all means? We'll try and make some sense of it all, under the jump. More »

7:00 AM on Mon May 5 2008
By Graeme McMillan
2,156 views, 13 comments

Latest by n/a: @Gaambit: I'm with you on both counts. As lukewarm as I am about Barry coming back, I feel that Bart was bumped off unnecessarily. Also, The thought of power-ring equipped Supermen is *insane,* I can't wait! more »

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Superman, Batman Face Their Mortality And Morality In Final Crisis

Marvel's Secret Invasion may be the comic book getting all the press right now, but DC's Final Crisis is truly the big idea event comic of the year. At least, if the latest interview with writer Grant Morrison is anything to go by. A seven-part series involving all of the DC Universe and detailing what happens when the good guys lose, Morrison is promising things fan have never seen before when the series begins in May. More »

10:37 AM on Wed Apr 16 2008
By Graeme McMillan
4,658 views, 44 comments

Latest by braak: @JennaW: Well, you'll get no argument from me that Ellis is a mad, pervy bastard. But even has hasn't yet rejected linear consciousness. It's one of those things where, in Planetary, Ellis talks about self-transforming machine elves, and their secret more »

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Batman RIP, But Not Reborn

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 »

7:20 AM on Mon Feb 25 2008
By Graeme McMillan
12,330 views, 11 comments

Latest by n/a: As far as the statement "When we say that this is the story that changes the legend of the Dark Knight forever, we're quite serious about that" by Morrison, I feel that the 'past' of bruce will be altered in more »

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Is Batman Going to Die?

It's been hinted at by DC Comics' head honcho Dan Didio and now the official solicitation copy for April's Batman #676 seems to confirm the long-standing rumor that Bruce Wayne is not long for this world. More »

9:20 AM on Tue Jan 22 2008
By grae
6,165 views, 49 comments