He may be stuck in Pariah’s “happiness prison” in the pages of Dark Crisis, but in the pages of Superman: Son of Kal-El and Action Comics, Clark Kent returns to Earth this September. And Newsarama readers get to see the covers and solicitations for parts 2 and 3 of the …
Read More »DC reveals Queen Hippolytas killer in Artemis Wanted #1 preview
DC just revealed who killed Hippolyta, queen of the Amazons and Wonder Woman’s mother, in the preview for the Artemis Wanted #1 one-shot. Written by Vita Ayala, illustrated by Skylar Patridge, colored by Romulo Fajardo Jr., and lettered by Pat Brosseau, Artemis Wanted #1 follows Diana’s rival and former replacement …
Read More »Barry Allen as Mad Max and Batman heats up The Flash #784
‘The Search for Barry Allen’ is on. (Image credit: Marvel Comics) (opens in new tab) Spinning out of the events of Dark Crisis, the latest arc of The Flash sees a host of speedsters, including Wally West, Jay Garrick, Jesse Quick, and more, on a mission to locate their missing …
Read More »Ms. Marvel – Kamala Khans powers could be connected to the Nega-Bands or Quantum Bands from comics
The series finale of Ms. Marvel, now streaming on Disney Plus, puts some interesting new twists on Kamala Khan’s MCU superhero origins – some of which point directly at an interesting piece of Marvel Comics lore connected more directly to Carol Danvers in Marvel Comics. In comic books, Kamala Khan’s …
Read More »X-Men: The Hellfire Gala – A major death, a big secret revealed, and more
X-Men: The Hellfire Gala #1 (opens in new tab) holds all the event’s secrets in its pages, and now that the annual special is out, so are they – and some of what’s revealed packs quite a wallop. From the announcement of the new X-Men team, including the winner of …
Read More »David Bowie, Iron Maiden, and more: the weird and wild cameos from The Hellfire Gala 2022
You may not think of Doctor Doom, Marvel’s villain of villains, to be any kind of music fan – or at the very least, as Spider-Man teases in X-Men: The Hellfire Gala #1 (opens in new tab), the kind of guy who only listens to “fascist marching music”. But that …
Read More »Iron Fist finds an unlikely ally in Loki as they face down AXE: Judgment Day
Lin Lie, the current Iron Fist who wields a power all his own, is about to undergo “a trial unlike any other” as part of AXE: Judgement Day, in which characters across the Marvel Universe face cosmic judgement at the hands of the Celestials. (Image credit: Marvel Comics) (opens in …
Read More »Batmans new “Doomsday-like” villain Failsafe was apparently created by Batman
Before he lost his $100 billion fortune in ‘The Joker War,’ Bruce Wayne could fund any project he wanted, which is how Batman got so many cool gadgets and vehicles. In Batman #125, one of those gadgets goes online, and the implications are intense. Batman #125 reintroduces artist Jorge Jiménez …
Read More »Dark Crisis creators pay tribute to the original Crisis and tap into Titans history in issue #2
Despite months of lead-up to Dark Crisis, nothing could have prepared readers for the ending of the first issue. Deathstroke and his newly formed Secret Society of Supervillains have sieged Titans Tower, causing massive destruction and maybe even a death or two. It’s a a heck of a cliffhanger, but …
Read More »Venom #10 asks “Who is Bedlam?” with secret variant cover
“Bedlam.” In terms of its definition, it means “a scene of uproar and total confusion.” And even though anyone could look up a list of synonyms for the term, the true identity of the mysterious symbiote villain named Bedlam has remained a thorn in the side of Eddie Brock and …
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