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We are knee deep into DC's Convergence right now The consensus is that those bits that deal with the past realities are great, the bits that deal with the city war and overarching plot are not so great But for those wallowing in nostalgia, DC and ComiXology are giving you a greater chance to do so. So[...]

There are five male solo lead series. Has that ever happened before? We previously noted that DC's only top ten entry was down to the Arcade Block subscription service, aside from that DC's biggest selling title in the traditional direct market was Harley Quinn at 14, just pipped by Walking Dead at 13 (and at 15) There[...]

DC Comics has a new line of toys based on the art from the comics It's called the Designer Series and they recently released some images that show the process from the original comic art to the completed toy Here we get to see what they did with pieces from Greg Capullo, Jae Lee and[...]

Writer/artist Jeff Lemire is attending this week's Marvel creative treat. As Brian Bendis posted... As keen scholars know, creators can only attend said

@DCComics pic.twitter.com/7oi7MFYWvG — Marvel Entertainment (@Marvel) April 10, 2015 @DCComics pic.twitter.com/4rFEVNY6QU — Ryan Penagos (@AgentM) April 10, 2015 So DC Comics said goodbye to New York yesterday Many people had already gone, but the doors closed and the security passes to 1700 Broadway were cancelled They were done, move on Marvel didn't just respond to DC's goodbye message,[...]

What may be one of Jack Kirby's greatest creations for DC Comics, Darkseid, is finally getting the royal treatment Sideshow Collectibles is making a Premium Format Quarter Scale Figure of the Justice League's most malevolent villain The figure stands over two feet tall on it's base and features two different facial expressions. Artists: Walter O'Neal (Design)[...]

An occasional look at changes twist solicitation and publication in comics... Hulk #16 will be drawn by Rhoald Marcellius as well as the solicited Mark

Marvel's share of the comic book market dollars in March was slightly up on February from 38.44% to 38.82% but their sales of individual comics were up, buoyed by some seriously discount promotions, jumping fro 39.33% to 41.53%. DC's dollar marketshare fell from 25.91% to 23.01% and sales marketshare fell from 28.15 to 26.13% reversing recent trends. Image's dollar marketshare however[...]

Today is DC Comics' last day in New York City as the offices on 1700 Broadway close, the publisher relocating to Burbank/ It is also the last day for 77 DC employees who have declined to make the move west to Burbank One is Bob Wayne, Senor VP Sales, leaving the company after twenty-eight years. A comic[...]

This is the very first sketch of Wonder Woman from 1941. The piece, drawn by artist H.G. Peter includes his notes to writer William Moulton Marston and

This week, DC performs rather better Knocking out the second prints, they take the top three advance reorders for upcoming comics, with Wonder Woman '77 showing a massive upswing alongside the more expected Convergence and Batman. Star Wars titles perform strongly as they have all year, with Avengers and Fantastic Four leading to Secret Wars also[...]

Director David Ayers took a photo of the cast during the first table read of the Suicide Squad script. Missing from the shot is Jared Leto who will play

And in doing so, became the became the first transgender character in a Marvel or DC superhero comic who hadn't used magic, wasn't an alien, or used science fiction to facilitate that in some way She just was While there had been strides in the LGBT representation in comics, that T was somewhat lacking, and when present was[...]

Next week we get a new WB / DC animated feature with Batman Vs Robin To go with the upcoming release, they have posted this clip featuring a training session between Dick Grayson (Nightwing) and Damian Wayne (Robin) Looks like those two aren't going to get along any better in the film than they did[...]

Tomorrow's Convergence titles all feature extra material for the new reader to explain the importance and history of he characters being revisited by the two-shot comics. But, in May, the final issues of the two-shots will instead feature brand new original six issue stories to tease all the titles in DC's June min-relaunch, as they wach[...]

At Wondercon, Dan Jurgens said that there are three double page spreads in Convergence #0 that, if you stack them vertically, form one big image. But is

An announcement went out today that Dynamic Forces was teaming with EVINE Live (evine.com) to produce a two-hour shopping program focusing on a line of comic book collectibles that will include Star Wars, Marvel, DC, IDW, and Dynamite products. The two-hour event takes place on Wednesday, April 8th, at 1:00am EST (Tuesday, April 7th at 10:00pm PST)[...]

Next Tuesday, DC Entertainment President Diane Nelson and the rest of the DC Entertainment senior staff are flying from Burbank to New York, for a dinner that night to celebrate and commemorate the closing of the DC Comics New York offices. Invites for Vice Presidents or equivalent posts only, it seems. As for the DC Comics rank[...]

Marvel dominates the charts but DC Comics take two of the top spots…. 1. Convergence #0 2 Star Wars: Kanan, The Last Padawan #1 3 Amazing Spider-Man #17 4 Batman Eternal #52 5 Spider-Gwen #3 6. Avengers #43 7 Uncanny Inhumans #0 8. Harley Quinn #16 9 Uncanny Avengers #3 10. Batman Robin Annual #3 Thanks to the following retailers Jesse James' Comics, Phoenix, Arizona Jetpack Comics of Rochester, New Rodman Comics of Ankeny, Fat Jack's Comicrypt of[...]

Fashion In Superhero Comics With Babs Tarr (Batgirl), started a little early on Sunday morning following our Saturday nights out at WonderCon, but with

Here we have Bruce Timm, Mike Carlin, Andrea Romero and Sam Liu talk about the new original movie and how it's an Elseworld and unlike anything seen in the DC Animation Universe before. Justice League: Gods And Monsters is due in stores this summer. [youtube]https://youtu.be/Qro92Pp22q8[/youtube] Curious about the upcoming Justice League: Gods And Monsters? An 11 minute exclusive[...]

Announcing at Wondercon 2015, at the IDW: The Best Panel You'll Ever Attend kicking off just about now, and teased by CBR, IDW are announcing a new DC/DW crossover between Green Lantern and Star Trek. Launching in July, Star Trek/GReen Lantern: The Spectrum War will be written by Mike Johnson and drawn by Angel Hernández, featuring the[...]

While 77 employees at DC Comics didn't want to join the 70 staffers moving from New York to Burbank, there have been a number of East Coasters from other publishers happy to make the move. Marvel's Ellie Pyle was one and it seems Dynamite's Molly Mahan is another. Previously an editor working at Dynamite Entertainment in New[...]

DC Entertainment Chief Creative Officer Geoff Johns brought Hal Jordan back from the dead and established him as the central Green Lantern again He introduced Simon Baz as a replacement at one point But despite DC Comics ordering his death at one point (reversed when the writer Joshua Hale Fialkov walked in protest), and the cancellation[...]

In one week… the launch of all the DC Convergence titles begin, and we also get the launch of Rebels, Jupiter's Circle, IXth Generation Hidden Files, Legacy Of Luthor Strode, Savior, Max Ride: First Flight, Deadpool #250, the launch of Four Points, Lola XOXO Wasteland Madame, Sleepy Hollow Origins, Ravenous, Jungle Girl Season 3, Masks 2, Reanimator,[...]

In Convergence #0, Superman learns a few things about the Ultimate Brainiac as Dan DiDio calls him (without Bob Wayne to stop him using the word

All the DC weeklies end today, as one begins Add Wolverines into the mix and that's five weekly titles from Marvel and DC out today… And in today's final issue Batman Eternal, there are plenty of plot twists, looks to the future and resolutions. But for Stephanie Brown watcher, there is only one plot point that they'll be[...]

The first title edited by Ellie Pyle who moved from Marvel to DC/Vertigo – someone willing to go west when many DC staffers chose not to. The cover, as you can see features a "story so far" button And inside we get a recap of the series. This was a big thing for the comic – and[...]

So here are 26 that didn't make it to the front page on their own. New 52: Futures End Concludes With A Happy Ever After As was always planned. Avengers Try Baby Tossing As A Way To Appease The Gods And Prevent Secret Wars Surely more likely than that pretend Earth trick they tried before. Convergence Redesigns Metropolis So[...]

I'd heard the rumours, but today I saw the evidence. With Grant Morrison's Wonder Woman original graphic novel scheduled for November, it was just the