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Doc Savage – the pulp character created in 1933 who inspired the creation of Superman – is being resurrected by DC Comics in an all-new special hitting stores this November. Are you ready to meet the Man of Bronze? Savage, created by Street and Smith Publications executive Henry Ralston and editor John Nanovic in response … Continued
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When Science Fiction Fans Go Bad
Most fans of science fiction and comic books just want to enjoy their hobby in peace, or maybe one day don a costume and save the world. But every now and then, a fan turns to the Dark Side instead. Syndrome (The Incredibles) You, sir, truly are Mr. Incredible! You know, I was right to … Continued
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What’s With All The Undeath In Superhero Comics?
First, DC Comics unleashed a legion of undead characters in its Blackest Night event. Now, Marvel has announced Necrosha, an upcoming X-Men storyline that will bring back lots of dead mutants. When did zombie superheroes become the hot new thing? I have a few ideas of my own that we’ll get to in a moment, … Continued
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Producer Tells Who – And What – Lie In Batman’s Brave And Bold Future
Fans at the Batman: The Brave And The Bold panel at San Diego weren’t just treated to a preview of the series’ musical episode; they were also given a glimpse of what’s to come on the show’s upcoming season. Introducing the panel, executive producer James Tucker told the excited crowd: You guys got what we’re … Continued
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Dan Didio Discusses The Organic Future Of DC Comics
With Blackest Night and Wednesday Comics winning over con-goers, we spoke to DC Executive Editor Dan Didio about summer events, weekly and digital comics, and why personal stories are best when it comes to giving superheroes something to fight against. How’s the convention? I got in just Friday, I got in late so I hit … Continued
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Green Lantern: First Flight Screening Was Site Of Record Breaking Oath
To warm up the crowd before Thursday night’s screening of Green Lantern: First Flight, executive producer Bruce Timm led the entire audience in a recitation of the Green Lantern oath. And that moment of uber-nerdiness apparently set a superheroic record. Guinness World Records is currently double-checking before they provide official certification of the record, but … Continued
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Green Lantern: First Flight Is Space Opera Meets Cop Drama
Green Lantern: First Flight, DC’s latest animated movie, finally provides a cartoon showcase for Hal Jordan, and it doesn’t disappoint. Featuring everything from intergalactic corruption to giant baseball-bat constructions, this is Green Lantern like you’ve never seen him before. Considering the sheer volume of animation Bruce Timm and company have put out featuring the DC … Continued
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Get Ready For Double The Old School Crimefighting As Justice Society Splits
Fables writers Bill Willingham and Matt Sturges‘s run on Justice Society of America is about to get a whole lot bigger, as the book will be splitting in two to tackle the team’s gargantuan roster. DCU senior executive editor Ian Sattler moderated a panel full of writers and artists from the ever growing world of … Continued
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Classic Scifi Makes A Comeback In DC’s Superman Next Year
Wondering why the Superman comics seem to be very superhero-ish, for an alien rocketed to Earth from a dying planet? DC’s creators apparently agree with you, and they’re promising some more sci-fi for the character’s world in the next year. The next year of DC’s Superman family of comics will call back to some classic … Continued
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What Are The Different Lantern Corps, And What Do They Want?
Even if you’ve got a good handle on the admittedly complicated backstory to Blackest Night, that still leaves seven new Corps to keep track of. The colors themselves are actually fairly easy to remember, as they’re the same as the colors of the rainbow. That’s right – it’s time to bust out the old ROY … Continued
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What Roles Are The Various Human Green Lanterns Going To Play?
Since the “mantle” of Green Lantern is actually a position in an intergalactic police force, it makes sense that there are so many active claimants to the title. With five human Green Lanterns currently operating (only the four Flashes come close to matching this), Blackest Night has the difficult job of giving all of them … Continued
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Blackest Night 101
Blackest Night, the latest DC Comics mega-event, starts today with Blackest Night #1. If you’re looking for some kickass undead superhero action but haven’t been diligently memorizing every obscure tidbit of Green Lantern continuity, here’s everything you need to know. I may just be an eternal optimist (or, you know, a fool), but Blackest Night … Continued
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How Did We Get To This Point?
You could trace the roots of Blackest Night to a whole lot of places. Obviously, there’s Green Lantern: Rebirth and Sinestro Corps War, Geoff Johns’s two previous epics that both laid important groundwork for what’s going to play out over the next eight months. There’s also “Tygers”, Alan Moore’s 1986 story from Tales of the … Continued
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Who’s Coming Back To Life?
It would probably be easier to list which dead characters aren’t coming back as Black Lanterns. If I had to guess, maybe Jor-El is safe, if only because Krypton’s explosion probably didn’t leave a body behind. Everybody else? They’re all fair game. (And honestly, I’m not all that sure about Jor-El either.) Four heroes have … Continued
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With All That In Mind, What Books Do I Actually Need To Read?
DC Comics has gotten into a good habit in recent years in making its events fairly easy to follow, with one main book and a limited group of supporting titles. Final Crisis, for instance, was pretty much completely contained to books that actually carried the “Final Crisis” banner, and Blackest Night will be similar. Similar … Continued
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Say Goodbye To Your Favorite Heroes
Despite the success that they’ve brought their publisher, it seems as if DC Comics is very eager to celebrate the end of both Superman and Batman, given the care and attention lavished on two hardcover goodbyes to the characters. To be fair, the new “deluxe editions” of Superman: Whatever Happened To The Man Of Tomorrow … Continued
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Science Fiction’s Greatest Legal Minds – Revealed!
If the countless works of science fiction can agree on one thing, it’s that the future isn’t perfect. And, on the rare occasion when disputes can’t be solved with an epic starship battle, it’s time to bring in the lawyers. I think there’s an argument to be made that lawyers are underrepresented in science fiction, … Continued
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Is Superman Really Damaged Goods?
One of the more troubling things to come out of the Siegel/Warners/DC lawsuit decision this week was the feeling that everyone involved in creating Superman stories has already decided that the character is broken. Is Superman’s failure a self-fulfilling prophecy? Perhaps the most damning part of the decision document was the revelation that executives at … Continued