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book review
Final Crisis Is Frustrating, Flawed And Arguably Worth It All
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 »
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Comment by StratfordX: The pacing of Final Crisis reminded me a lot of The Wire, and since I'm one of those people when... 3 Responses | Other threads
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new comics we crave
This Week's Comics: Runaways, Dead Batmen And Khaaaaaaaaan!
Evil wins, superheroes go bad, sidekicks go solo, time gets reset and Buck Rogers makes his comeback. Oh, and there's a Wrath of Khan comic. Is there nothing that this week's comics won't do to try and make you happy?
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Comment by Brain.wav: I hate the digest-sized Runaways.. comics aren't that small for a reason. And you can get the hardcover for... 5 Responses | Other threads
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multiverse vacation
Get Away From It All By Traveling The Multiverse
As summer brings thoughts of vacation, why not consider stopping off on one of the many Parallel Earths of science fiction? There's an infinite number of possibilities available to you - and here are some of our favorites. More » -
twittermania
Most Excellent Fictional Twittercommentary
Wondering just how much more interactive comics can become? Why not let Most Excellent Superbat tell you himself, thanks to the wonders of the internet and social media. More » -
new comics we crave
Cinema's Most Famous Bad Movie Returns In This Week's Comics
It looked like a quiet week in the world of comics following last weekend's Free Comics extravaganza - but then I saw the following words and knew differently: Plan 9 From Outer Space Strikes Again.
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Comment by alphanumeric1971: I don't know what it says about me, but I've never seen plan 9. 8 Responses | Other threads
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thinking out loud
What If A Show Shouldn't Be A Show?
Watching last week's Dollhouse, one thing became clear: its main flaw isn't actually the show itself but the fact that, at its heart, it's not really a TV series. Or, at least, it shouldn't be.
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Comment by ShyamaliJibroni: I had high hopes for this show for obvious nerdie reasons, but its really bad... Remind me of Alias. The... 9 Responses | Other threads
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sleazy zombie superheroes
DC Promises Rebirth and Zombie Lanterns
After a 2008 chock full of weirdness, DC Comics wants to get back to basics with more grounded stories... by putting front and center one of their biggest, most cosmic stories ever. Which stars zombies. More »
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Comment by Sammo21: Just an "FYI" the black lanterns aren't technically zombies, just because they have the decomposed look. Just saying. 4 Responses | Other threads
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batman rip
The Real, Honest To Goodness Fate of Batman Revealed, Finally
As everyone who read last week's Final Crisis #7 saw, Batman's recent "death" wasn't as simple as it seemed. But in case you were still in the dark, writer Grant Morrison spills the beans. Spoilers... More »
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Comment by Smeagol92055: R.O.A.C.H.: Gah, even in prehistoric times he's still obsessed with bats. Let it go already, Bruce. Jeez. Next thing you know, he'll... 15 Responses | Other threads
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political science (fiction)
Fox News Only 40 Years Too Late In Calling For Black Superheroes
Has President Obama paved the way for black superheroes to achieve prominence? That's the claim made by Fox News... but on the day where we see a Black Superman, have they missed the boat? More »
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Comment by DaiWalka: I'm a black person and I have to say to everyone that tries to incorporate "more black people" into anything... 20 Responses | Other threads
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new comics we crave
We Salute The Superhumans
They may be powered by midichlorans, genetically-modified, or even just crossing over into our reality, but there's no mistaking the lure of those adorable superhumans. And, in this week's comics more than ever, they're everywhere. More »
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Comment by redspidey: I misread "Transhuman" as "Trashuman." Perhaps this (what I misread it as) would have been about a crime fighting... 4 Responses | Other threads
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batman rip
Finally: Is Batman RIP Or Not?
The conclusion to Batman RIP has finally arrived. Two months after the end of the story, and in a different comic altogether, yes, but the final fate of Batman is now (kinda) known. Spoilers, obviously. More »
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Comment by TrueCrime: I'd love to see the Joker go on a detective crusade to unravel the truth about Batman's "death." No one... 16 Responses | Other threads
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Comment by van_line: Nothing by Warren Ellis? He is the only one really writing sci fi comic books right now. Aetheric Mechanics Black Summer Freak... 7 Responses | Other threads
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new comics we crave
2009 Brings New Comics And Bad Supervillains
Here's how in the future we are: We're already craving the new comics of next year. Admittedly, that's because this week's comics are released on Friday, January 2nd 2009, but still. It totally counts. Really.
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Comment by Ed Grabianowski: Incognito does look pretty awesome. By the way, the Army of Darkness Christmas Special was just as good as I'd hoped... 2 Responses | Other threads
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futurism
A Web of Footnotes — How We Will Read Books in the Future
The technological development that's going to change the way we read forever isn't ebooks — it's footnotes. For the past few months, if you really wanted to understand DC Comics' big crossover series Final Crisis, you basically had to read each issue alongside Eisner-winning critic Douglas Wolk's blog "Final Annotations." Each time a new issue in the series comes out, Wolk goes through page-by-page, carefully documenting what you need to know. Final Crisis contains such an embarrassment of obscure DC heroes and fannish references that it actually requires a highly-trained reader to give you adequate back story. This practice of exhaustive online footnoting is one of the less-talked about ways that the internet is profoundly changing the way we read books — and not just comic books.
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Comment by Chip Overclock: When I read Umberto Eco's THE NAME OF THE ROSE, I did so side by side with THE KEY TO... 5 Responses | Other threads
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new comics we crave
Space Trucking And Classic Stories Improve This Week's Comics
If your comic book shelf is missing some classic - and, admittedly, not so classic - works, then this week's new releases may go some way towards solving that problem. There is an amazing number of classic comics collections that you should consider, if not essential, then at least well worth picking up. Especially if you're a fan of British science fiction that involves trucking and CB radios - and, let's face it, who isn't?
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Comment by goldfarb: Longshot is significant as it's the breakout book by Art Adams...whose style was ripped off by Todd McFarlane (a prick)... 3 Responses | Other threads
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superhero bondage club
Fetish Comes Out Of The Superhero Closet
As anyone who's read the original Wonder Woman comics knows, superhero comics have a proud - or maybe that should be ashamed - history of bondage undertones, whether it's Wonder Woman's Suffering Sappho or Emma Frost's off-panel nighttime activities with the Hellfire Club. But the recent appearances of two new supervillainesses is making us wonder: Have superhero comics finally grown up and become openly bondage-friendly? More » -
final crisis
DC's Crisis Full Of Time-Travel And Pornographers
Want to know what's coming up in DC's dystopic summer event Final Crisis? Everything you would want and more. Friday afternoon's Final Crisis Management panel gave us a very chatty Grant Morrison, Dan Didio, Geoff Johns and other creators who were very willing to tell you what to expect before the end of the series - including the final fate of the multiverse, which New God comes up with amateur porn, and so much more. We've got some of the best quotes under the jump, but be warned: Spoilers await. More »
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Comment by Conspiracy-Brother: my only real concern is do they bring the martian manhunter back. or did DC make some sort of faustian... more » | Other threads
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new comics we crave
This Week's Comics Are Full Of The Undead, Abducted, Possessed And Rapping
Signs that you can tell that it's getting near San Diego Comic-Con, Part 23: Indie comic publishers start releasing more material, hoping to avoid con glut while making sure that they'll have something to show the eager masses. So while Marvel and DC have relatively restrained Wednesdays, you'll still be able to find alien abductees, classic reprints and members of the Wu-Tang Clan in stores and under the jump.
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Comment by ♠ Final ♠: @ComicNerd.com: The second issue blew. @PVIII: add Simone, Brubaker, Christos Gage, J Michael Straczynski, Kirkman, Dan Slott and Geoff... more » | Other threads
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new comics we crave
Hippos And Robots And Hellboy Oh My In This Week's Comics
It's another of those slow weeks in comic stores - which, considering comics aren't hitting the streets until Thursday this week, may not be that bad a thing. (Blame last week's holiday; apparently, the price for independence is that your comics are late a week afterwards.) While publishers try to plug the gap with reprints, the week really belongs to giant robots and hippos in pirate outfits. Find out why under the jump.
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Comment by Meirelle: Decepticon: I'm the one who usually waits for the comics to come out in trade paperback. But I'm seriously considering hunting... more » | Other threads
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final crisis
Meet The New Gods, Not Exactly The Same As The Old Gods
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 »
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Comment by TheThirdDave: You people are no help at all! After hours of research, I've found the character: Shade The Changing Man.... more » | Other threads
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superman
Unhappy 70th Birthday, Superman!
It's June 30th, DC Comics' official birthday for the Man of Steel, whose first appearance occurred seventy years ago this month in the first issue of Action Comics. It's true that DC has avoided making a big deal out of Superman's 70th birthday for some reason, but let's take a look and see what they've been doing inside the comics to celebrate. More »
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Comment by ♠ Final ♠: Happy birthday you old fart, can I see you're immigration papers?I always liked Shazam better. more » | Other threads
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the flash
Fastest Man Alive Can't Outrun Fickle Audiences
What is it with DC Comics and The Flash? On Monday came the revelation that the September issue of his comic will be the first part of a storyline called “This Was Your Life, Wally West. Then there was the recent return of 1960s Flash, Barry Allen. All this suggests that DC is about to forcibly retire their current Fastest Man Alive just a year after bringing him back from the dead. Why can’t the troubled publisher make up its collective mind about what to do with one of the first science-fiction superheroes? More »
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Comment by ArthurPDragon: [forums.comicbookresources.com] It's not just me who noticed it, but he oddly thought Wally. more » | Other threads
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rumor
DC Comics Heading for Major Shake-Up?
For people who haven't been enjoying the adventures of Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman or any other DC superheroes over the last few years, relief may be at hand. It looks as if DC Comics Executive Editor Dan DiDio is about to be removed rather soon. That's the rumor that's been going around comic circles recently, made all the more believable by the past month being one of the more unfortunate for DC's PR department in recent memory. Declarations of tiny tyrants, the problem of being second best, and the dreaded deadline doom, all after the jump.
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Comment by CaptainHawk: Glad to see it's not just me. I also broke a long run of DC titles to which I hold DiDio's... more » | Other threads
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new comics we crave
This Week's Comics: Babes, Zombies And The Love Of Fat Cobra
If there was one word to describe this week's (one day late, due to the holiday) haul of new comics, that word may be "brutal". Brutal on your wallet, that is; it's a week of big name books from both Marvel and DC, plus some indies that are worth your time and attention. No matter whether you're looking for the end of Whedon or the end of the world, the place for you this Thursday is still your local comic store. Find out more under the jump.
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final crisis
How To Cram For Your Final Crisis
With self-styled epic Final Crisis threatening to put big name characters like Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman through hell this summer while spending more time on obscure characters like Libra and the Human Flame or bringing fallen heroes back from the dead, you might worry that you'll need a crash course in DC Comics history to tell your Barry Allens from your Wally Wests. Luckily, Douglas Wolk plans to make your heroic dystopias much more comfortable with his Final Crisis Annotations. More »
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Comment by JustThisGuyYouKnow?: Final Crisis is just going to be another piece of anti-Darkseid propoganda. Look, just because someone is a walking monolith... more » | Other threads
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final crisis of secret invasions
Which Summer Comic Event Comes Out On Top?
It's the clash that you people have been asking for (well, some of you, anyway): Marvel's alien invasion paranoiafest Secret Invasion versus DC's superhero dystopia Final Crisis. Which one makes your heart flutter? Which one opens your wallet the most? And which, like the Hulk, is the strongest there is? Let's take a look at the two big superhero publisher's Summer Event Books and see which one comes out on top. More »
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Comment by Zenn-Lavian: Well, I'm one of those guys who only reads Batman and anything that relates to his world (Robin, Nightwing, etc.),... more » | Other threads
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legion of super heroes
Preview The Future of 3 Worlds
Sure, everyone may be talking about Entertainment Weekly's preview pages from DC's big summer event Final Crisis (see Morning Spoilers). Yeah, you can read the original script as well as the finished pages from the beginning of the series. But they're not the only preview to a big DC Comics series available online. Want to see the future of the Boy of Tomorrow? Come under the jump. More »
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Comment by michaelduff: Don't sweat it. Whenever I see the phrase "a gay" used on a Gawker site I assume it's meant... more » | Other threads
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morning spoilers
WTF Casting News From Wolverine And Heroes
Sometimes, you sort of know how a particular movie or TV episode is going to go, after you read a bunch of spoilers. And sometimes, you see a new spoiler and have no clue how it's going to fit together with what you already knew. Case in point: a new casting announcement for the Wolverine movie makes no sense to me at all. There's also a new character joining Heroes, who could put a different spin on the show's existing relationships. (And one fan is going nuts trying to make all the random Battlestar spoilers fit.) And then there are the weird-but-true hints about upcoming Doctor Who episodes, the confusing Lost clips, and the cryptic pages from DC Comics' Final Crisis. But even when spoilers add to our confusion, we have to consume them anyway. We're spoilervores! More »
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Comment by croush1211: @IndustrialJones: If I had to guess, a lot more of them were killed in the recent camp invasion. It certainly... more » | Other threads
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dc comics
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 »
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Comment by oyvader: @Gaambit: I'm with you on both counts. As lukewarm as I am about Barry coming back, I feel that Bart was... more » | Other threads
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new comics we crave
Axe-Wielding Schoolgirls Battle Spacemen For Your Comics Dollar
Despite what many of you merry perverts may think, it's not all musclemen in tights and axe-wielding schoolgirls in short skirts in comicbookland. Although, to be fair, both of those categories are represented in this Wednesday's comic shops, as the pre-Summer lull gets filled with reprints and all manner of plot maneuvering to get all the players on- and off-stage before the big storylines take over next month. Click on that "More" button to find out about the four color death, more death and Birth awaiting you in your local comic book store tomorrow.
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grant morrison
This Is Grant Morrison On Drugs
The most shocking revelation from Grant Morrison's panel at New York Comic-Con: comics' most trippy writer was a straight-edger until he turned 30. After that, of course, the floodgates were opened and it was drugs, drugs, drugs, as he explains in this clip, courtesy of Zach from ComicRelated.com. Besides explaining what on Earth fueled The Invisibles, his 1990s punk-paranoid comic, Morrison also dropped a few hints about Final Crisis — hope you'll be glad to see Frankenstein in issue 3. More »
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Comment by marguswaffa: Well - at least some artist are not afraid to say they use psychadelic - sorry ofcourse that many people... more » | Other threads
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final crisis
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 »
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Comment by HannahAmycus: Batman, as we know him, is never coming back? Yeah, right. And, Dr. Leslie Thompkins murdered Stephanie "the... more » | Other threads
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rant
Learn the Rules of Crossover Comic Perfection
With Marvel's Secret Invasion in full swing and DC's Final Crisis mere weeks away, it's worth looking at just what it is about superhero comics' crossover summer events that make them the four-color equivalent of your first sexual experience. They're something you get all excited about ahead of time before the actual incident goes by quickly and leaves you ultimately unfulfilled. Or maybe that's just me. Experience has taught us that there are some easy steps to follow when creating a superhero crossover involving many fan-favorite characters that will, inevitably, lead to sales success. Utilizing them can take you from near obscurity to something approaching success or, at least, your own soon-to-be-cancelled spin-off from the Avengers.
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Comment by Loserface: @ElijahDProphet: That's the gist of what I read. I remember reading that this was supposed to bring the fun back... more » | Other threads
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legion of super-heroes
Future Teens To Save Universe In Epic Manner
Because drhayes demanded it (and who says we don't listen to our readers?), DC Comics have released some more information about the Legion of Super-Heroes-related tie-in to summer blockbuster Final Crisis. Called Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds, the five-part series aims to tell a story that "is epic in its scope [going] across the universe, all across Earth, across time and space," according to writer Geoff Johns. Learn more under the jump. More » -
wondercon
Less Lesbians and Teenage Death In Upcoming DC Comics
Hope you weren't getting too excited about that Batwoman series that Dan DiDio said was happening last night; today's DC Universe panel included DiDio admitting that he'd made a mistake, and that it was actually Batgirl who was getting her own series, not DC's favorite lesbian crimefighter. Other than that, the DC panel was again light on actual announcements, with DiDio answering one question with "If you go to the New York Comicon [in April], I'd have answers for all you guys [asking about new series]." That said, there were some interesting hints and answers amongst the bantering about Final Crisis, dead teenagers and why DC as a company is going to start cracking down on creators. More after the jump. More »
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Comment by cde: @edosan: Hell, Emo-supreme can punch a wall of "reality" and change shit, and the last mutants in the Marvel-Verse can... more » | Other threads
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countdown to dc comics of 2008
You Won't Need A PhD In DC Comics To Understand New Weekly
DC Comics is still in love with weekly comics, judging from its latest announcements about its plans for 2008. DC will put out two more sequels to its first weekly success story, 52. But also, DC plans a third weekly comic, on the heels of 52 and the current Countdown. DC will also put out a low-priced one-off special giving new readers a chance to catch up on everything before a summer full of death, destruction and rebirths. We've got the details on the new projects under the jump. More »
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Comment by RRich: @CapnCalamity: Yes, compared to those other "events,' Crisis was a Nancy strip. And I'm a big Morrison fan, too, but you... more » | Other threads
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