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Second printing announced for Justice League #1; reaction to The New 52 digital model August 31, 2011 | Comment on this article Leave a comment At DC Comics’ Source blog, they’ve unveiled the cover for the second printing of “Justice League” No. 1.  The issue, which went on sale today, is already seeing strong sales at comic shops nationwide, and has sold out from the distributor.  More than 200,000 copies were ordered by comic-book... Read More
Justice League #1 review August 31, 2011 DC Comics’ universe gets a kick-start with “Justice League” No. 1, initializing the company’s “The New 52.” It’s created by two of DC Entertainment’s top executives: writer Geoff Johns, chief creative officer; and artist Jim Lee, co-publisher. Both have a history of creating top-selling titles,... Read More
Jon Finkel is all right August 30, 2011 So the internet has been pretty up in arms that a Gizmodo writer went on a couple of dates with former Magic: The Gathering World Champion Jon Finkel, and then dissed him on Gizmodo for not revealing in his online profile that he was a former Magic World Champion. Just like you’re obligated to mention you’re... Read More
DC Comics reveals Flash 1 variants August 30, 2011 With DC Comics’ The New 52 about to kick off, DC has revealed two new variants for “The Flash” #1.  Ivan Reis and Tim Townsend drew the above-pictured cover. Click past the cut for the variant by Francis Manapul, which is an alternate-color scheme variant of the main cover. Read More
Justice League #1 tops 200K; Ghost Rider trailer, Avengers at D23 August 30, 2011 The Avengers assembled at a Disney event; Justice League pre-orders are the year’s best, and Ghost Rider lets it flow in his latest movie trailer. Marvel’s The Avengers The Avengers assembled at the D23 Expo, alongside producer and president of Marvel Studios, Kevin Feige. Stars Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett... Read More
James Robinson, Brian Wood announcements highlight FanExpo Canada August 29, 2011 Robot 6 has a good writeup on the goings-on this past weekend at FanExpo Canada, including the totally appropriate-for-the-venue announcement that Marvel’s Canadian superteam Alpha Flight would graduate to an ongoing series. The two things I was most excited about involve two of my favorite writers: James... Read More
Monday movie quote challenge #144 August 29, 2011 “The future’s all yours, you lousy bicycle. Read More
Read comics in public and Jack Kirby’s birthday August 28, 2011 Today is International Read Comics in Public Day.  It’s also Jack Kirby’s birthday.  If you like, you can celebrate both by reading a Jack Kirby comic book in public.  That’s what I did!  More about Kirby’s birthday at the Kirby Museum.  More about Read Comics in Public Day at the... Read More
“Justice League” #1 will kick off DC Comics’ The New 52 August 26, 2011 DC Comics will kick off its linewide relaunch, The New 52, on Wednesday, with the last pre-relaunch issue, “Flashpoint” No. 5, and the first issue of the new line, “Justice League” No. 1. According to DC, “Justice League” will be set at the dawn of the age of superheroes. The first storyline explores... Read More
How Superman almost became a Marvel comic August 26, 2011 Jim Shooter, former Marvel Editor-in-Chief, has a very interesting writeup on his blog about how Marvel Comics almost licensed the right to print comics starring DC characters from Warner Bros. in 1984. The thinking at Warner at the time was that the real money was in licensing, and maybe Marvel could make more... Read More
Robot 6 looks back at the summer of 1986 August 26, 2011 Robot 6′s Grumpy Old Fan column takes a look back at the last big DC relaunch, in the summer of 1986, and compares it to the summer of 2011. Anyway, the summer of 1986 was bracketed by “Whatever Happened To The Man Of Tomorrow?” in May, andSuperman Volume 2 in September. In between was Byrne’s reboot... Read More
The CW bringing Deadman to TV August 26, 2011 Deadline reports that the CW will attempt to bring another DC Comics-based show to the network.  “Deadman” will be based on the comic book, created by Arnold Drake and Carmine Infantino, and famously illustrated by Neal Adams.   Boston Brand is a murdered circus acrobat whose spirit can inhabit... Read More
Incredible Hulk #1 Ladronn variant revealed August 25, 2011 Marvel Comics has released the above variant cover to “Incredible Hulk” #1, drawn by Ladronn (“Cable”).  This October, Incredible Hulk #1, by Jason Aaron (“Wolverine”) and Marc Silvestri (“Cyberforce”), starts a new era for the Jade Giant as Banner and Hulk find themselves at odds. Here’s... Read More
Action Comics #904 brings the curtain down on an era of Superman, DC Comics August 24, 2011 In the last week of DC Comics before next week’s reboot kicks off The New 52, Paul Cornell brings the curtain down on Action Comics, the longest-running continuously numbered North American comic book series.  “Action Comics” No. 1 introduced the world to Superman in 1938.  A new “Action Comics”... Read More
Celebrating Batman artist Jim Aparo August 24, 2011 Tony Isabella points out on his facebook page that today is the birthday of the late Jim Aparo, one of the finest Batman artists of the 20th century.   Aparo died in 2005. Aparo worked under editor Dick Giordano at Charlton, then followed Giordano to DC Comics.  Aparo worked on Aquaman, Brave and... Read More
Charisma Carpenter to appear on Burn Notice, Supernatural August 23, 2011 Former “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Angel” star Charisma Carpenter will be visible in this fall’s television.   The Hollywood Reporter shares the above photo, and notes Carpenter will appear on USA’s “Burn Notice” in season 5. She’ll appear as a Russian trophy wife in the eleventh... Read More
Action Comics 1, Batman 1 variant covers by Jim Lee, Ethan Van Sciver unveiled August 23, 2011 Robot 6 has unveiled the variant covers to “Action Comics” No. 1 and “Batman” No. 1, part of DC Comics September relaunch, The New 52. The Superman cover is by Jim Lee; the Batman cover is by Ethan Van Sciver.  Click past the cut for the Batman cover. Read More
Justice League tops 200K; six other DC titles over 100K August 23, 2011 The LA Times is reporting that pre-orders for Justice League No. 1, which goes on sale Aug. 31, are over 200,000.   That’s the highest-ordered comic since 2009, the Barack Obama issue of “Amazing Spider-Man.” The Beat reports that, according to Comichron, that “Amazing Spider-Man” #583 in... Read More
Roy Thomas returns to Conan with “Road of Kings” August 23, 2011 Roy Thomas is instrumental in the success of Conan in comic books — and by extension in movies — so it’s only appropriate that Dark Horse has turned to Thomas as the current writer of their ongoing “Conan” saga.  The arc in “Road of Kings” 1-6, available as issues now, and set for hardcover... Read More
2,011 in 2011 comic-book reading challenge: week 32 and 33 recap August 21, 2011 Comics from Boom! Studios were in front in the past two weeks of the 2,011 in 2011 comic-book challenge, in which I am attempting to read 2,011 comic books in the calendar year.   I read 104 comics in the past two weeks — 50 of them were from “Irredeemable” publisher Boom! Studios.   With almost 64... Read More

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