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Sometimes You Gotta Say WTF (Certified) – Friday Trending Topics

There’s an old Neil Gaiman Sandman quote which goes something like, “You cannot seek Destruction and remain unscathed”.  There’s an equally wise and on-point Risky Business quote in which Tom Cruise is advised, “Every now and then, say ‘what the fuck’. …

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First Of The DC WTF Covers Revealed – Jim Starlin’s Stormwatch Gives Us A New 52 Reboot?

Jim Starlin posted the full gatefold for Stormwatch #19 on his Facebook page and listed all the characters: From the upper left hand corner and going clockwise, shown on the cover is Hellstrike, the Forecaster, Midnighter, the Engineer, Apollo, Jenny …

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Jim Starlin To Write Stormwatch With Yvel Guichet And Jonas Trindade From April (UPDATE)

Jim Starlin is the new writer of Stormwatch from April, replacing Peter Milligan. But can you guess the artist from these examples below? UPDATE: Yvel Guichet And Jonas Trindade!

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Review: Stormwatch 12 by Peter Milligan, Will Conrad, Julio Ferreira and Guy Major

Eliot Cole writes for Bleeding Cool I’m not a fan of this issue, it felt like an overly long exit for one of the key characters. I’ve spoken up about Stormwatch before on here, and I think that Issue 12 …

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Red Lanterns #10 – The Return Of One Punch!

In the Giffen/DeMatteis Justice League, there is one scene that will stand throughout comics history. The time when Batman took down Guy Gardner Green Lantern with one punch. Indeed “one punch” has become a mantra for some. Today, in Red …

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Review Sunday – Stormwatch #9

Eliot Cole reads Stormwatch  #9 by Peter Milligan and Miguel Sepulveda for Bleeding Cool; This issue of Stormwatch contains a lot of elements of what has made the current series really rather excellent, but seems to be missing it’s heart. …

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Did Stormwatch #5 Give Us A Glimpse Of The Justice Society?

We’ve mentioned before how Stormwatch is meant to be one of the key books of the New DC 52 continuity. It’s the book where Pandora’s identity and importance will be revealed, and it looks key to many other stories too. …

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Reach Of Daemonites In The DC New 52 Goes Further

We’d already seen mention of the Wildstorm alien race, the shape-shifting Daemonites, in the Wildstorm-originated books Stormwatch, Grifter and Voodoo. But this week’s DC Comics All Access editorial page states that the Daemonite influence will also extend to Demon Knights, …

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Speculator Corner: Bottoming Out On The DCU New 52

When DC took the reins of the top slot on the sales charts for the first time in years due to the launch of the New 52, they also took over the back issue market, with sellouts across the board …

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Thirteen Thoughts About Thirteen DC New 52 #3 Comics – Action Comics, Animal Man, Stormwatch, Detective Comics, Green Arrow, OMAC, Men Of War, Batwing, Red Lanterns, Hawk And Dove, Static Shock, Swamp Thing and Justice League International

Detective Comics #3. Shock values aside, one of the biggest surprises for me has been Tony Daniel on Detective Comics. I’ve usually found his work in the past to be mediocre at best, both writing and art. Both have stepped …

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The Changing Martian Manhunter Of Stormwatch #1 (UPDATE)

Last month, Bleeding Cool ran a Swipe File, looking at the similarities between the Martian Manhunter creature of Stormwatch #1 and the Syfy movie Mongolian Death Worm. It looks like DC Comics may have taken it to heart. Because here …

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Swipe File: Syfy Vs Stormwatch #1

On the left, the cover to the DVD of the Syfy movie, Mongolian Death Worm, which is about as good as it sounds. And the big splashy page from Stormwatch #1 drawn by Miguel Sepulveda. In Swipe File we present …

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Tuesday Comics Reviews: Stormwatch, Batgirl, Batwing, Animal Man, Detective Comics, Action Comics, Men Of War, Swamp Thing, JLI, Green Arrow, OMAC, Hawk & Dove, Static Shock

Thank you Orbital Comics for your midnight opening. The only shop in London to bite the bullet, selling DC’s thirteen New 52 titles at midnight. There were doughnuts. And Tony Lee. They’ve also done a review podcast which should be …

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Joining The Dots On The New 52 Strange Woman

So I’ve been looking through a lot of New DCU  trying to find pictures of the Strange Woman Of The New 52. Of course there’s always the possibility, as with Animal Man, she was added in during production. I didn’t …

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Video Preview: Stormwatch #1

Courtesy of David Macho a video look at the new, relaunched, Stormwatch as part of the DC new 52, by Paul Cornell and Miguel Sepulveda.

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Big Fat DC Comics For 2012

We’ve seen a lovely stack of Marvel trade paperbacks and hardcovers lined up for 2012.But what about DC? Well, there’s a big hardcover 300 page collection of Warren Ellis’ Stormwatch for January for $40, with a 336 page hardcover of …

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Red Lantern Shower Scene Kicks Off More November #3 DC Covers (Let’s Drop All The Covers Here)

See I was going to start this with the cover to Action Comics #3, which I don’t think DC Comics have released. But they may have. Anyway something told me you were probably going to want to talk and tweet …

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Loads Of High Res Art From Today’s DC New 52 Panel: Wonder Woman, JLI, Stormwatch And More

Fresh from today’s panel: In case you weren’t able to make the panel, be sure to check out some of the new artwork that was shown. Below, you’ll see art from upcoming titles such as WONDER WOMAN, JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL, …

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