Metal Archives

DC Comics SVP John Cunningham told retailers at San Diego Comic-Con that Dark Days: Metal #1 will top the sales list for the month But he says that when he read the final page, he thought, "Oh shit, no one has enough books." He believes Tom King's Mister Miracle is "a work of genius" and that "he's[...]

We finally have our first good look at the main villains in the upcoming Dark Nights: Metal super-mega-crossover event from DC Comics. According to Newsarama, the group in the image above are called the Dark Justice League, and they're the big villains of DC Metal. As we know already, each is a twisted version of Batman mashed[...]

From Bleeding Cool reporter Nick Kazden: DC Comics has been having a great couple of months with the success of Rebirth and the excitement building around the upcoming Metal event series Dan DiDio and Jim Lee, co-publishers of DC, had a lively conversation with the audience that touched on everything from Batman/Elmer Fudd to a few[...]

Its attempts to somehow connect most of the powerful weapons and artifacts in the DC Universe through the metal they're made of came off like an idea that looks interesting on paper but only needlessly confuses in execution. Add to that the seemingly random artist shifts between three industry legends and some frustratingly convoluted reveals, Dark[...]

Dark Days: The Casting revealed plenty about the shape of things to come from DC in the very near future as part of Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo's event, Metal And as people pore over the pages and try to find every Easter egg, some are taking to just asking the writer. CBR did an interview[...]

The following may be considered mild spoilers for today's Dark Days: The Casting, but also might be handy knowledge for anyone excited by DC's upcoming Dark Matter initiative that follows Metal So if you don't want any spoilers and would like genuine surprise, then stop reading now. Okay, we all clear now? Okay then. In Dark Days:[...]

Do not scroll passed the spoiler warning unless you really want it. The Joker, who seems to know an awful lot about what is going on with the mystery of the strange metals and Dark Multiverse (I mean, it makes sense, he's basically still alive on account of the properties of one of those metals), relates[...]

Superstar writer and heroic champion of fan rights Scott Snyder has revealed an ultra-rare checklist variant for his and Greg Capullo's Dark Nights: Metal super-mege-crossover event Snyder posted the sure-to-appreciate-in-value variant on Twitter, where he revealed that he worked with future comics superstars Scott Snyder's kids to create it: So @dccomics is making a classy one[...]

But in this second part of the latest All Star Batman arc, we actually get to see some of this history of Bruce Wayne's oldest ally, friend and, let's face it, father-figure – and it also adds some interesting new ideas. Cover by Rafael Albuquerque This story in an interesting way also feels like a nice dry[...]

Marvel Legacy and Dark Nights: Metal  take the front and back of next week's Previews catalogue for comics shipping in September 2017. The "Gems of the month" chosen by the Big Five publishers as their best foot forward are Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1955: Occult Intelligence #1 and Best Wishes HC from Dark Horse,  Action Comics #987[...]

In August, Dark Nights: Metal will hit stores from Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo, featuring this recently revealed first issue cover: The cover is one Capullo says he had to "fight DC over," and though he didn't reveal why, we have to assume it's because the cover, which uses the Justice League members in the shape[...]

Tensions appear to be rising between comic book publisher DC Comics and KISS founder Gene Simmons as DC plans to launch its big super-mega-crossover event, Dark Nights: Metal The point of contention is artist Greg Capullo's cover for the event, revealed by writer Scott Snyder on Twitter: Got the ok from DC to tweet this crazy[...]

Why are we making this a mystery with the metal they're made of? Why should I care? Why do I get the sinking feeling we are going to somehow connect this to the Rings of the Lantern Corps? Why the hell has Batman kept this a mystery from all the people around him, including those who[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Art by Andy Kubert Dark Days: The Forge is our first piece of the story towards DC's big major crossover event, Metal It's also the first major crossover event that Scott Snyder has written that spans the whole DC universe, and not just the Bat-family So how does it stack up? In a word: Broadly. This issue,[...]

We can't guarantee 100% accuracy- in fact, our accuracy may be much lower than that – but we can guarantee that it's better than looking at a bunch of unfinished pages. In this issue of Improbable Previews, we have pages from three artists from DC's upcoming prequel to the Dark Nights: Metal super-mega-crossover event which is itself[...]

At the DC Metal panel at Megacon this weekend, hosts Dan Didio, Greg Capullo, and Scott Snyder were greeted by a special guest during the Q&A session: Image Co-Founder and Spawn creator Todd McFarlane! McFarlane stepped up to ask a question, and the moment was captured on video by the Drunken Odyssey podcast. "Could you tell[...]

But retailer exclusive covers from DC Comics have become rarer of late, since a spurt with Harley Quinn and Justice League Vs Suicide Squad. Well, they may be returning again, with Dark Nights: Metal #1 by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo, the first issue being offered for retailer exclusive variant covers. All deals have to be done by[...]

For DC's upcoming Dark Nights: Metal event, despite a wealth of promotional materials, the whole concept is still a little bit difficult to grasp Even the book's publishing schedule is arcane, but we've taken a crack at explaining it in the past: In any case, Dark Nights: Metal is the upcoming event comic by Scott Snyder[...]

If you've been following Bleeding Cool, you know that we've been following superstar artist Greg Capullo on Instagram and turning his posts of artwork for the upcoming Dark Nights: Metal super-mega-crossover event into news article So far, we've seen some glimpses of Wonder Woman, including one revealing her new costume for the event But yesterday,[...]

Last week, we showed you some art Greg Capullo has been working on for the upcoming super-mega-crossover event Dark Nights: Metal, the super-mega-crossover event of the Summer with writer Scott Snyder that will lead into the Dark Matter line of books, as foretold by the great prophet Danstrodidimos: ACTION ACTION ACTION! #METAL pic.twitter.com/99psCtO2XS — Greg Capullo (@GregCapullo)[...]

The restructuring makes the upcoming Dark Nights: Metal super-mega-crossover event, its follow-up launch of new titles created by top artists and writers under the Dark Matter imprint, and the tagline, "The New Age of DC Heroes," almost feel like part of a cohesive, well thought out strategy building on the success of DC Rebirth, leaving[...]

Oslo black metal band Sons Of Balour have signed to the Season of Mist label and will release their debut full-length on the label later this year. It would be even better if they actually existed Or maybe it wouldn't matter one way or the other. Their fictitious exploited to be detailed in their non-biographical comic Realm of the Damned will[...]