Just as writer Chip Zdarsky and artist Marco Checchetto are relaunching their fan-favorite Daredevil run with a new #1 starring both Matt Murdock and Elektra in the lead as co-Daredevils, the newly launched series will reach a milestone as August’s Daredevil #2 also doubles as Daredevil #650 under Marvel’s so-called …
Read More »A new Spider UK takes the spotlight in Edge of Spider-Verse #2
Edge of Spider-Verse #2 continues the anthology limited series’ new exploration of Spider-Man’s presence in the Multiverse and introduces a new incarnation of a classic Spider-Man Multiverse ‘Variant’, Spider UK. And according to Marvel, the issue will also reveal the “threat behind the Spider-Verse’s destruction.” Edge of Spider-Verse #2 variant …
Read More »Superman knows his Dark Crisis: Worlds Without a Justice League life isnt real
Superman may be dead in the main DC Universe continuity, but he doesn’t seem too upset about it in Dark Crisis: Worlds Without a Justice League – Superman #1. At least, on the surface. In the first of a series of one-shots that explores the beginnings of Pariah’s new multiverse, …
Read More »First look – Creepshow returns to comics this September at Skybound
Skybound Entertainment will bring the classic Creepshow to comics this fall. The publisher has announced a five-issue comics anthology based on the Shudder TV series, which continues the 1982 movie of the same name (and ignores its two sequels). Originally created by George A. Romero and Stephen King, Creepshow was …
Read More »Dark Crisis kicks into gear in The Flash #783 and Dark Crisis: Young Justice #1 preview
DC is starting to get into the thick of Dark Crisis. Issue #2 of the main limited series isn’t due to go on sale until July 5, but on June 21 the first tie-ins begin, in both The Flash #783 and the start of the limited series Dark Crisis: Young …
Read More »The Human Target returns in September and raises the stakes for Lex Luthors bodyguard
Following a five-month hiatus and a mystery-packed one-shot, DC’s greatest bodyguard Christopher Chance will return for the second half of The Human Target limited series this September, and DC has just released covers for The Human Target Book Seven. When Chance’s boss, Lex Luthor, is nearly poisoned by an off-world …
Read More »Tim Sale, acclaimed artist of Batman: The Long Halloween, dies at 66
Artist Tim Sale has died at the age of 66 of unnamed causes, according to a June 16 post on Sale’s official Twitter account (opens in new tab). A previous post (opens in new tab), dated June 13, stated Sale had been hospitalized, but did not disclose the circumstances of …
Read More »Savage Spider-Man #4 brings out Spideys animalistic side
Savage Spider-Man is living up to its name by turning Peter Parker into a full-on Spider-monster, not unlike the Man-Spider from the ’90s Spider-Man animated series. Now, in Savage Spider-Man #4, things are getting even more wild and wooly as Spidey’s struggle against the super-science villains known as the Immaculatum …
Read More »Marvel marks 40 years of New Mutants this September by bringing back co-creator Bob McLeod
The New Mutants, the second class of young mutants trained at the Xavier Academy after the X-Men, will celebrate the 40th anniversary of their 1982 debut this September in New Mutants #30, which welcomes New Mutants co-creator Bob McLeod back to the title along with a host of writers and …
Read More »Spider-Man gets a new Fortnite style costume with a Secret Wars homage
Marvel and Fortnite’s Zero War crossover comic launches on June 8, and those who pick up a copy will be introduced to a new Fortnite Spider-Man Zero costume which they’ll then be able to wear in-game while playing Fortnite thanks to a special code included with Fortnite X Marvel: Zero …
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