This summer, the teens of Riverdale High will welcome new friends and rivals when all-new characters make their Archie Comics debut and then have regular recurring roles in the Archie universe. In June, readers will meet teen business mogul Eliza Han and then, in July, computer software tech genius Stacy Banks. …
Read More »Women and Men of AXE: Judgment Day is the latest Marvel variant theme
Where there is a Marvel event, variant covers follow, and this year’s Avengers-X-Men-Eternals three-way standoff will be no exception. Marvel has revealed the first of a group of Women of AXE: Judgment Day and Men of AXE: Judgment Day variant covers by artists Lucas Werneck and Ashley Witter, respectively. Meaning …
Read More »Kingpins son the Rose is back but maybe not where you think
Wilson Fisk’s son Richard Fisk, AKA the Rose, is back. But instead of trying to fill the vacuum of power in the New York City underworld in the pages of Daredevil or Amazing Spider-Man, he’ll appear in June’s Strange #3 to menace Clea Strange, Earth’s new Sorcerer Supreme. Strange #3 …
Read More »The Justice League, DCs preeminent superhero team, dies at 62
The DC Universe’s greatest cooperative of superheroes, the Justice League, is dead. On April 26 in the pages of Justice League #75 (opens in new tab), nine of the ten core members of the Justice League including Wonder Woman, Batman, and Superman were gathered in deep space to battle a …
Read More »Death of Superman changed the game for superhero death 30 years ago
‘Death of the Justice League’ in Justice League #75 (opens in new tab) has finally arrived. In the April 26 issue, the core team members including Wonder Woman, Batman, and Superman are killed and the subsequent upcoming event Dark Crisis will explore how their deaths impact the larger DC Universe …
Read More »DCs resurrecting Lazarus Pit is the stage for major Fall comics event
Update: The big fall event teased in May 17’s Shadow War Zone #1 has been revealed. It’s Batman vs. Robin, a five-issue event pitting Batman versus his son and Ra’s ah Ghul’s grandson Damian Wayne in what DC calls an “epic battle of icons years in the making!” The September-debuting …
Read More »The secret sister of Reed Richards is revealed in Fantastic Four #46
Update: Just under a year after the concept was introduced in September 2021 (more on that below), Reed Richards and his family will seek out and discover Reed’s long lost sister starting in July’s Fantastic Four #46, as revealed in Marvel’s just released July 2022 solicitations. (Image credit: Marvel Comics) …
Read More »Ukraine benefit comic aims to raise funds with help from Alex Ross, Mark Waid, Walt Simonson, and many more
Veteran comic creators including Alex Ross, Mark Waid, Walt Simonson, and many more are coming together on comic crowdfunding platform Zoop to create a 96-page anthology titled Comics for Ukraine: Sunflower Seeds which aims to raise money to support citizens of Ukraine which is currently under invasion by neighboring Russia. …
Read More »This Thor: Love and Thunder trailer shot is taken directly from Marvel comics
The first trailer and synopsis for Thor: Love and Thunder show comic book writer Jason Aaron’s fingerprints all over the July film’s plot, from the main villain Gorr the God Butcher to Jane Foster taking up Mjolnir to become the Mighty Thor. But the just-released trailer also highlights the critical …
Read More »Red Hood Jason Todd gets his own brand new Robin as he comes to the Batman White Knight universe
Writer/artist Sean Gordon Murphy’s Batman: The White Knight universe will expand again in July with a two-issue limited series focusing on the second kid sidekick to take on the identity of Batman’s crime-fighting partner Robin in core DC continuity: Jason Todd. (Image credit: DC) (opens in new tab) Batman: The …
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