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io9Books & ComicsDC Comics Wants You To Color In Its New Comic Covers
We’re in the middle of that already weird limbo-week between Christmas holidays and New Years celebrations. Are you stuck at work with nothing to do? Stuck at home and wanting to unwind after all that family togetherness? DC Comics’ might be able to help. Every January release from the company will have one “Adult Coloring … Continued
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You’ll Probably Buy These Justice League Paper Clips For Just the Batman Ones
The same way you really only buy sugary breakfast cereals for the smattering of marshmallows they include, this $20 tin of Justice League paperclips is still worth every last penny even if you toss all but the ten Batman clips it comes with. That’s not to imply that other Justice League characters like Superman, the … Continued
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io9TelevisionWeek’s TV: Robot Chicken Tackles DC Comics! And Arya Stark Comes to Doctor Who!
This week, we say goodbye to the beloved time-travel TV show Continuum. But also, Gotham follows up that shocking twist, Doctor Who features a Game of Thrones stalwart, and LEGO Star Wars takes us aboard the Falcon. It’s all happening in this week’s television! Tonight Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! (7PM, CARTOON) “Fred switches places with the … Continued
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Got Half a Million Lego Bricks? Build Yourself a Life-Size Batmobile
You know that giant tub of Lego bricks in your basement you think is really impressive? Take a look at the vast collection of bricks that Lego artist Nathan Sawaya has to work with. He not only designs his own Batmobile models, he’s actually able to build them large enough to drive. At 18-feet long … Continued
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DC Will Finally Credit Bill Finger As Co-Creator Of Batman
For decades, DC Comics has resisted crediting Bill Finger as one of the co-creators of Batman in screen adaptations. Following an agreement between the writer’s estate and the company, Finger’s name will appear in the credits of projects such as Gotham and Batman v. Superman. Finger was the writer who worked alongside artist Bob Kane … Continued
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Tech NewsA Superman Toy On a Flying Drone Is More Entertaining Than Man of Steel Was
Sorry, Zack Snyder, your $225 million take on Krypton’s favorite son can’t hold a candle to this fun aerial footage of a Superman figure attached to Barry Craig’s flying Phantom 3 drone. Following suit, who will be the first to strap an Aquaman figure to a remote control submarine so we can experience what it’s … Continued
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DC Is Planning a Sitcom That’s “The Office with Superheroes”
At this point the announcement of yet another comic-based TV series is barely news at all, but this one is a little different: DC and NBC are working on a pilot for Powerless, a proposed sitcom set in the DC universe that’s being pitched as “The Office, but with superheroes.” All we know so far … Continued
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What We Learned From Obsessively Studying The New Suicide Squad Footage
Like we said the other day, the Suicide Squad footage that premiered at Comic-Con really was stupendous. And after poring over it for a whole 24 hours, we’ve noticed lots of fascinating details and easter eggs. Here’s our complete breakdown of everything you might have missed. And yeah, this footage really does look kind of … Continued
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io9TelevisionWe Got the Scoop on What to Expect from DC’s Legends of Tomorrow!
Legends of Tomorrow is DC’s newest TV venture; it takes place in the same universe as Arrow and The Flash, and premieres in 2016 on the CW. Those are the facts; now, here’s the good stuff! At a press event, members of Legends’ cast and crew shared what to expect from the new show. Is … Continued
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The Harley Quinn Team on How to Make Sexy Comics That Aren’t Gross
We braved the Comic-Con crush around the awesome DC costume display to talk to the trio behind one of DC Comics’ most exciting series today: Harley Quinn. Artist-writer Amanda Conner; her husband, writer Jimmy Palmiotti; and artist Chad Hardin answered all of our burning questions. As we approached, the team—whose other titles include Power Girl … Continued
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io9Books & Comics
Even He-Man Has A Comic Book Multiverse Now
Multiverses! Don’t you know the key to comic book superstardom is an interconnected mess of alternate realities? Everyone has one, whether they’re tearing them up into a zillion pieces or slowly stitching them back together for the umpteenth time. The latest Comic to jump on the bandwagon? Why, He-Man, of course. Minor spoilers for DC’s … Continued
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The Badass Batman v Superman Batmobile Has Officially Been Revealed
The 2015 Licensing Expo just got under way in Las Vegas today, giving us our first good look at the redesigned Batmobile that Ben Affleck will be driving in the upcoming 2016 blockbuster, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. We’ve already gotten a few peeks at Batman’s newest ride, but these images, courtesy of Warner … Continued
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You can’t buy the official Lego Bat-Pod set, you can only win it
Thanks to a partnership with DC Comics you can get some wonderful Lego models of Batman’s best toys, including a massive version of the Tumbler from the Dark Knight trilogy. You can also finally get a detailed model of Bat’s backup vehicle, the Bat-Pod, but only through a contest from the Lego store. North American … Continued
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io9Books & ComicsHow To Do Justice To The Suicide Squad’s Mighty Amanda Waller
Amanda Waller is both one of the most original characters in the DCU and one of the hardest to get right. With the Suicide Squad movie on the horizon, we’ll be seeing a new version of the Wall. Here’s what it takes to get her right. Respect the Icon In a medium that gives nearly … Continued
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Tech NewsAn Onboard Camera Makes It Feel Like You’re Driving This RC Batmobile
Few of us have the financial resources to build a Batmobile that does everything the ones in the movies can do. Or even a full-scale replica that just drives, for that matter. But if you can scrape together a thousand bucks, you can easily get your hands on this 1:12-scale remote control Tumbler toy that … Continued
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io9Books & ComicsMoleskine Has Finally Put Batman On the Cover of Five New Notebooks
Despite living in a time when even our watches can take notes for us, Moleskine’s paper notebooks continue to thrive—and partly because the company has been cleverly branding its blank tomes with pop culture icons that now finally include Batman. The black and white covers of the five new notebooks serve as the perfect canvas … Continued
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Arrow Showcases Every Character’s Hidden Talent
Everyone who watched the Arrow episode a few weeks ago knows what the title of this episode, “The Offer,” means. And we know what the answer will be. So the rest of the episode was just about serving up a steaming cup of crazy, using each character’s particular talents in that area. Spoilers ahead… So … Continued
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Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventures Continue In This Week’s Comics!
Bill and Ted make their triumphant return in a new ongoing series from Boom! Studios this week, but that’s not all that’s going on in comics. Howard The Duck’s new series begins, the original Spawn returns with a new creative team, and there are plenty of graphic novels and collections to pore over! Dark Horse … Continued
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11-Year-Old Schools DC About Female Heroes, So They Turn Her Into One
This is kind of awesome. Eleven-year-old Rowan Hansen wrote to DC Comics asking why there weren’t more female superheroes, and why the female heroes don’t wear more practical costumes. They responded with a drawing of Hansen as a superhero. Her response: Thanks, but that’s not what I asked for. Hansen, who appeared on the Today … Continued