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Last Week’s Comics In Thirty Four Panels

Posted on December 23, 2012 by Rick Verbanas

The internet’s most opinionated (and Greek) comics column.  By Dr Manolis V. GREEK, LIKE MORBIUS Morbius? Michael Morbius, pasty-rat-faced vampire in a unitard, THAT Michael Morbius? According to AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #699.1 (really MORBIUS #0.1 a backdoor pilot to the upcoming Joe …

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Saturday Trending Topics: Batgirl, Deathstroke, Gail Simone

Posted on December 2, 2012 by Mark Seifert

Rumors about DC 2013 continue: As we were preparing yesterday’s story concerning rumours Gail Simone leaving Batgirl, and other DC creative changes, Gail was fueling them on Twitter. Such as this conversation. M0st-Read Comic Stories Today: Would You Have Bought Gail …

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Would You Have Bought Gail Simone’s Deathstroke?

Posted on December 1, 2012 by Rich Johnston

As we were preparing yesterday’s story concerning rumours Gail Simone leaving Batgirl, and other DC creative changes, Gail was fueling them on Twitter. Such as this conversation. Deathstroke is a nerd. — GailSimone (@GailSimone) November 30, 2012   @gailsimone DEATHSTROKE …

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What Doesn’t Quite Make Sense In The DC New 52 Timeline – With Help From Rob Liefeld

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Comicosity has created an entire timeline for the New DC 52, stretching from the beginning iof the universe unto the far far far future. Of course it isn’t plain sailing, and they have attached an Asterix Of Editorial Shame for …

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Friday Trending Topics: A Tale Of The Teen Titans

Posted on September 15, 2012 by Mark Seifert

The source of much discussion in the BC Forums today: So how close was Deathstroke’s origin in Deathstroke issue zero, to the original in Tales Of Teen Titans 43? Very, it seems… Most-Read Comic Stories Today: Swipe File: Rob Liefeld, Marv Wolfman …

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Deathstroke #0, Rob Liefeld And Feet

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Mini-Deathstroke #0 spoilers ahead. It’s been a common joke to say that Rob Liefeld can’t draw feet. And that he will do anything he can to hide them, so that he doesn’t have to draw them. It’s patently untrue, the …

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Rob Liefeld Leaves DC Comics With The Zero Issues

Posted on August 22, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Previously Rob Liefeld said that he would be leaving Grifter with issue 16, but that he’s be staying on Savage Hawkman into 2013. Today, that all changed. Rob Liefeld announced on Twitter than he would be gone after September’s Zero …

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The Week In Getting Stabbed In The Back (Includes Backstab Spoilers)

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Yesterday we showed you three comic books with Tiger action from DC, published yesterday, with spoilers for those who still wanted to retain Tiger surprise. Today, we bring you three characters in DC comics yesterday who were stabbed in the …

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The New 52, Twelve Issues On – Part Two

Posted on August 8, 2012 by Rich Johnston

The second week of the Issue 12s of the New 52. So how are the books holding up compared to last week’s look? As we learnt in Wolverine #311, when your characters start complaining about the plot, something is wrong. …

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Michael Rowe Is Deadshot In The Green Arrow TV Show, Joins Deathstroke And China White On Villains Roster

Posted on July 31, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

Beefing up the roster of villainous types in Arrow, Michael Rowe has been cast as Deadshot. He’ll be first appearing in the third episode, The Lone Gunman. We have Kelly Hu as China White set in place for the second …

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Rob Liefeld Planning On Leaving The New 52?

Posted on July 24, 2012 by Rich Johnston

With the news ringing in the industry’s ears that that Grant Morrison was planning to jump off Action Comics and Batman Inc next year, with plans for more creator owned comics work, and screenplays, Rob Liefeld, co-writer on Savage Hawkman, …

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Zealot And Deathblow Join The New DCU

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Rich Johnston

We knew that Lobo would return to the DC Universe in Deathstroke #9, the first of three monthly titles plotted by Rob Liefeld (and also drawn by him). But there was someone I wasn’t expecting to see. Jim Lee’s Zealot …

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Batman #9 And Walking Dead #97 To Sell Out Fast. Very Fast.

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Okay, I think we can say that Batman #9 is going for a sell out and a second print. The issue, kicking off the Night Of The Owls crossover, has received an awful lot of extra orders from retailers in …

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Rob Liefeld Says Sales For Grifter, Deathstroke And Hawkman Have “Fallen Off A Cliff”

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Rob Liefeld is taking over the comics Grifter, Deathstroke and Savage Hawkman, in a bit of a mini-DC relaunch, plotting them all in conjunction as part of a new cosmic storyline, and drawing Deathstroke. He is joined on the Savage …

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Swipe File: Rob Liefeld And Frank Miller

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Rich Johnston

On the left, the Rob LIefeld cover to Hawk And Dove #7. On the right the Frank Miller cover to Rom The Space Knight #17. Frank Miller has often been a point of reference for Rob Liefeld, especially on X-Force. …

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Rob Liefeld To Get Two Co-Writers On New DC Books

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Rob Liefeld is an acquired taste. Usually acquired around the age of ten – being confronted by a blaze of action, cool looking guns and people jumping around. Plot is never a major attractive point, but his work has an …

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Rob Liefeld To Write Deathstroke, Hawkman And Grifter

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Bleeding Cool ran the word that Rob Liefeld was about to start writing Deathstroke last week. It looks like I have a new source to trust. But we only knew a third of it. He’s also writing Savage Hawkman and …

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Rob Liefeld To Write Deathstroke Series?

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Coming through the industry gossip mills comes the news that Rob Liefeld, current solo writer/artist of Hawk And Dove, and artist of The Infinite, will also be writing the new 52 series Deathstroke. It’s a good source, but not one …

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