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Opinion: Comic Book Commentary: DC Comics' Countdown
Honestly, I thought DC had bit of more than they could chew. DC and Marvel have both been plagued by delays on their monthly titles. DC had the issues with Wonder Woman and Green Lantern. Marvel had delay issues with, well with just about every monthly title they publish. Now, I will continually assert that the proper way to create diversity in the DC Universe is to create all new minority characters. And when I mean minority characters, I don’t mean just black characters. I say that becau...   [read the full post]

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Rate Outsiders #24 – Review

Original at Weekly Comic Book Review.com external link    19 hours ago

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By joelopez101 Posted in DC Comics Tagged: Blackest Night, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Fernando Pasarin, Jay Leisten, outsiders, Outsiders #24, Outsiders #24 review, Peter Tomasi, Weekly Comic Book Review by Pete Tomasi (writer), Fernando Pasarin, Jay Leisten (art) The Story: Yup, it’s an...

Rate Live Music Short Showcases Crowdsourced Animation

Original at Wired external link    Thu, Nov 19

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By Hugh Hart Next up: Mass Animation is crowdsourcing the reinvention of DC Comics characters for highly anticipated game DC Universe Online and hopes to expand Live Music to a full-length feature. See Also: 10 DC Comics Characters Deserving a Mass MakeoverThe Rise of CrowdsourcingAnonymity for S...

Rate 10 DC Comics Characters Deserving a Mass MakeoverVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Wired external link    Wed, Nov 18

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By Scott Thill See also: Inside S.T.A.R. Labs, DC Universe Online’s Chaotic Skunkworks Eye-Popping Blog Remixes Memorable Comic Book Covers Libra, at right with the scales, is a DC Universe evil on the come-up. Give him a shove. Image courtesy DC Comics See Also:

Rate New Comic Books for November 18, 2009

Original at Rokk's Comic Book Revolution external link    Wed, Nov 18

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By LaRevolucion44@aol.com (Rokk Krinn) BOOM COMICS DC COMICS Adventure Comics #4 IMAGE COMICS MARVEL COMICS Which DC comic book am I most looking forward to reading? Which Marvel comic book am I most looking forward to reading? Which Marvel comic book am I least looking forward to reading?

Rate Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 11/17/09

Original at PW: THE BEAT external link    Tue, Nov 17

Frankly, I am tired of hearing this from retailers. When I look back and see what comics were being offered through the 1990s and early 2000s against what’s being offered today, I can’t help but feel that every retailer that says the above phrase is out of touch with the industry. There are doz...

Rate Tpull's Weekly DC Comics Review � Part 2

Original at Film Fodder external link    Sun, Nov 15

By Travis Booster Gold 26, Green Lantern Corps 42, JSA vs. Kobra 6, R.E.B.E.L.S. 10, Titans 19, and the Unwritten 7 Booster Gold 26 by Dan Jurgens, Mike Norton and Norm Rapmund Green Lantern Corps 42 JSA vs. Kobra 6 R.E.B.E.L.S. 10 Titans 19 by J. T. Krul and Angel Unzueta the Unwritten 7 by Mike Carey and Peter Gross

Past Two Weeks

 

Rate Tpull's Weekly DC Comics Review � Part 1

Original at Film Fodder external link    Fri, Nov 13

By Travis Action Comics 883, Batman 693, Batman and Robin 6, Red Robin 6, and The Shield 3 Action Comics 883 Batman 693 by Tony Daniel and Sandu Florea Batman and Robin 6 by Grant Morrison and Philip Tan Red Robin 6 by Chris Yost and Marcus To The Shield 3 by Eric Trautmann and Marco Rudy

Rate DC Comics On-Sale 11/11/2009

Original at Comic Book Bin external link    Tue, Nov 10

DC's "Pulp Universe" begins.

Rate Francis Lawrence Takes Sgt. Rock Into…the Future!

Original at /FILM external link    Mon, Nov 9

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By orfilms@gmail.com (slashfilm.com) Looks like not all of Joel Silver’s long-simmering DC Comics projects (er, sorry — DC Entertainment) have been recalled. He’s been moving veerrrryyy slowly on a Sgt. Rock adaptation, with a few scripts written over the years, but now finally has some forward momentum. If things go well, we m...

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Rate Comics’ Evil Emperors: Lex Luthor vs. Norman OsbornVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Wired external link    Fri, Nov 6

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By Scott Thill See Also: Clancy Brown: Greatest Lex Luthor Ever?Review: Superman, Batman Shine in Action-Packed Public EnemiesDC Comics’ Johns: Green Lantern Could Rival Batman, SupermanSpider-Man Musical Ensnares Cumming, Wood, but No Peter Parker?Disney to Buy Marvel in $4 Billion DealMarv...

Rate The Top 75 Most Iconic Covers in DC History - Day 3

Original at Comics Should Be Good! external link    Tue, Nov 3

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By Brian Cronin JoeMac and Adam: I like the captions on the Action Comics cover. The way it's phrased, it almost seems that Superman is more surprised ... Homages aren't the end-all be-all here, I don't think. (Watchmen #2, for example, had a lot more homages than ...

Rate James Robinson’s dark god demands fictional blood!

Original at Newsarama external link    Thu, Oct 22

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By J. Caleb Mozzocco He reappeared later in the run and ultimately joined the Justice League, but has had few appearances in the last decade or so. The last time I saw him was in a three-part Action Comics story arc by Kurt Busiek, Fabian Nicieza and Pete Woods, where he was part of a ragtag group of superheroes Sup...

October of 2009

 

Rate Tpull's Weekly DC Comics Review – Part 1

Original at Film Fodder external link    Sat, Oct 17

By Travis Action Comics 882, Adventure Comics 3, Batman 691, Booster Gold 25, Green Lantern Corps 41, R.E.B.E.L.S. 9, and Red Robin 5 Action Comics 882 by Greg Rucka, Sterling Gates, and Pere Perez Adventure Comics 3 Batman 691 by Judd Winick and Mark Bagley Booster Gold 25 Green Lantern Corps 41

Rate Comic Book Legends Revealed #229

Original at Comics Should Be Good! external link    Thu, Oct 15

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By Brian Cronin Was Superman a Spy?: And Other Comic Book Legends Revealed At October 16, 2009, J. L. Bell wrote: At October 16, 2009, Brian Cronin wrote: At October 16, 2009, Brian Cronin wrote: At October 16, 2009, Wraith wrote: At October 16, 2009, brian wrote: At October 16, 2009, Brian Cronin wrote:

Rate Adventure Comics #3 – Review

Original at Weekly Comic Book Review.com external link    Thu, Oct 15

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By DS Arsenault Posted in DC Comics Tagged: Adventure Comics #3, Adventure Comics #3 review, Brainiac, Brian Buccellato, Brian Reber, Clayton Henry, Comic Book Reviews, DC Comics, DS Arsenault, Elizabeth Gehrlein, Francis Manapul, Geoff Johns, Legion of Superheroes, Lex Luthor, Michael Shoemak...

Rate Tpull's Weekly DC Comics Review – Part 1

Original at Film Fodder external link    Thu, Oct 8

By Travis The final two pages are static again, with a spread of the JLA. Hawkman is included, and that’s a big mistake. The recent reunion of Atom and Hawkman in Blackest Night was simply amazing, and it was supposed to be their first contact after a while. To have both characters here in a pre-Blackest N...

Rate Kibbles ‘n’ Bits - 10/8/09

Original at PW: THE BEAT external link    Wed, Oct 7

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§ Don MacPherson explains how Rich Koslowski won a copyright infringement case: When it comes to stories about comic-book copyright infringement, one usually imagines Marvel Entertainment or DC Comics cracking down on unauthorized use of iconic super-hero characters. But in a Toron...

Year 2009

 

Rate Sept. 15, 2009: A Kindle and an iPhone

Original at tcj.com external link    Tue, Sep 15

By Dirk Deppey “The new [DC Comics] publisher should be a) someone from outside comics and b) should own a Kindle and an iPhone.” - Tom DeFalco   Literary Comics Pop Comics Above: panel from Star-Spangled Comics #26, ©1943 DC Comics.) Manga Comic Strips Digital Comics Comics Culture Today:

Rate Opinion: Lamentations for Levitz

Original at Film Fodder external link    Tue, Sep 8

By Travis The move might be wonderful for Levitz himself. He has had a wonderfully lengthy career in his position as CEO and Publisher of DC Comics. Originally in the DC writing stable, he handled the big characters, but was most beloved for his excellent abilities on the Legion of Super-Heroes. As mos...

Rate Warner Bros Has Lost Krypton; Will Lose Superman in 2013

Original at /FILM external link    Thu, Aug 13

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By orfilms@gmail.com (slashfilm.com) Superman first appeared in Action Comics No. 1, which was published in 1938, and sold to DC Comics by Siegel and co-creator Joel Schuster. DC Comics owns everything after that as it has been deemed a work-for-hire relationship. The court had awarded the Siegel family with many aspects of the...

Rate Tpull's Weekly DC Comics Review – Part 1

Original at Film Fodder external link    Wed, Jul 22

By Travis Adventure Comics 2, Booster Gold 24, Detective Comics 856, Green Lantern Corps 40, Red Robin 4, and Titans 17 Adventure Comics 2 by Geoff Johns and Francis Manapul Booster Gold 24 by Dan Jurgens and Norm Rapmund Detective Comics 856 by Greg Rucka and J.H. Williams III Green Lantern Corps 40

Rate Opinion: Grant Morrison Tells All About Batman and Robin

Original at io9 external link    Wed, Jul 1

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By Graeme McMillan With the second issue of DC Comics' Batman and Robin released today, we asked writer Grant Morrison why we need a new Batman, how sane Bruce Wayne really was, and whether Batman is actually sci-fi or not after all. Batman and Robin #2 is in comic stores now.

Rate Tpull's Weekly DC Comics Review – Part Two

Original at Film Fodder external link    Thu, May 21

Nightwing falls for the electrified cowl and cape trick, which also is bad, because Dick used that trick on someone else in another comic recently. They use some unmentioned dark horror that Jason endured as a youngster on the street, brought up by ...

Rate Does DC's Latest Revival Hint At Legal Victory? [Superhero Lawsuits]

Original at io9 external link    Sun, May 3

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By Graeme McMillan The series will feature one of my favorite characters to write and a mainstay of my run on TEEN TITANS - SUPERBOY... But that's not all. It can't be, right? I mean, it's called ADVENTURE COMICS. It's not called SUPERBOY. That's because the series won't just be featuring Superboy, it'll be co-feat...

Rate Opinion: Top 5 Best Comics of April 2009!

Original at readrant (WordPress) external link    Fri, May 1

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By brucecastle 1. Detective Comics #853 Pretty even between Marvel, DC, and Indies, but DC did snag the top two. Then again, DC was also responsible for the worst book of the month. Overall, I’d say that April was a pretty good month for comics. All five of these books were a hell of a read.

Rate Podcast: 2 in 1 Showcase Episode 115: Wolverine's Multiple "Origins"

Original at blakemp (WordPress) external link    Sun, Apr 19

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By blakemp In a few weeks, X-Men Origins: Wolverine will come to your local cineplex. This week, the guys discuss the characters’ origins, some of their favorite stories, the new cartoon show, and their hopes and fears for the upcoming movie. In the picks this week, Mike goes with Batman: Battle For th...

Rate Podcast: April 20, 2009: Beauty-schooled dropoutVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at tcj.com external link    Sun, Apr 19

By Dirk Deppey Literary Comics Pop Comics Review] Secret Identities: The Asian American Superhero Anthology Comics] “Dangerous Competition” Comics] “Puglyon’s Crypt” Review] Various titles Comic Strips Digital Comics Review] The Rough Guide to Graphic Novels Art] Gwen Lee Comics Culture

Rate CCL Podcast #216 - Life Story Of The Flash

Original at Collected Comics Library external link    Wed, Apr 15

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By Chris Marshall Dark Horse for October Superman: The Coming Of Atlas HC Batman: Lovers And Madmen TP The Comic Book Podcast Companion Ms Marvel Vol 6 Ascension Captain America Fighting Chance Vol 1 Superman and The Legion of Super-Heroes Wonder Woman Amazons Attack

Rate Tpull's Weekly DC Comics Review – Part 1

Original at Film Fodder external link    Sat, Apr 4

By Travis Justice Society of America 25, Superman/Batman 57, Teen Titans 69, and Teen Titans Annual 1 Justice Society of America 25 Superman/Batman 57 Tpull is Travis Pullen. He started reading comics at 5 years old, and he can't seem to stop.

Rate Tpull's Weekly DC Comics Review – Part Two

Original at Film Fodder external link    Sun, Mar 29

By Travis Batman: Battle for the Cowl: Commissioner Gordon 1, Oracle: The Cure 1, Top Ten Season Two Special #1, and Trinity 43 Okay, no Marvel reviews this week, because I had to go out of town, but here's all of the mini-series and specials from DC: Batman: Battle for the Cowl: Commissioner Gordon 1

Rate Mysterius and Holistic

Original at Newsarama external link    Mon, Mar 2

By Henry Chamberlain If there is anything I would fault the Mysterius series for it is that I am left with a desire for more. As it is, I think Parker and Fowler have packed in as much wit and style as one can hope for in a comic book, especially with such detailed art work to compliment such sharp writing. The strengths...

Rate Smallville Fanfiction Trailer - The Upper Hand by superagVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Sat, Jan 3

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By rss@youtube.com (UltraProductionsVids) Another vid for my friend, superag, at Naughty-Seduction.net, the community dedicated to the Smallville ship of Chlex (Chloe & Lex). This is a teaser trailer for her latest fanfiction The Upper Hand - http://forums.naughty-seduction.net/showthread.php?t=6516 Date of Production...

Rate Podcast: 2 in 1 Showcase Episode 99: 2008-The Year in Review

Original at blakemp (WordPress) external link    Sun, Dec 28

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By blakemp 2008 ends in just days, folks, so let’s go out with a Showcase blowout! Joined by back-up geeks Mike and Kenny, the boys announce the winners of the Best of 2008 awards, as voted on by you! Then, it’s a long talk about everything that happened in comics in 2008! The Dark Knight, the rise of Marv...

Rate Opinion: The DC Comics Encyclopedia, Updated and Expanded

Original at Comics Worth Reading » KC external link    Fri, Dec 12

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By Johanna This should have been a great book. There was a tremendous amount of effort put forward to update it. There are at least 50 new pages of material spread throughout the book, including at least 60 new entries. Most of the major characters have one or two pages added to their entries, and the Encyc...

Rate Final Crisis #5 (of 7) - Review

Original at Weekly Comic Book Review.com external link    Thu, Dec 11

By Deamentia J. Montes Posted in Batman, DC Comics, Reviews, Superman   Tagged: Alex Sinclair, Carlos Pacheco, DC Comics, Final Crisis #5, Grant Morrison, J.G. Jones, Jesus Merino, Marco Rudy    By Grant Morrison (writer), JG Jones and Carlos Pacheco (pencils), Marco Rudy and Jesus Merino (inks),...

Rate (Test) Fanfiction Dark Knight 2: The Caped Crusader Chapter 1Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Wed, Dec 10

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By rss@youtube.com (AngusGibsonT) Author: AngusGibsonT Keywords: Dark Knight Batman Joker fanfiction Angus Gibson AngusGibson Bruce Wayne Harley Quin Caped Crusader Chapter DC Comics Added: December 10, 2008

Rate CCL Podcast #199 - A Reprint of Reprints - DC Classics The Batman Annuals

Original at Collected Comics Library external link    Wed, Dec 10

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By Chris Marshall Share on Facebook Collected Comics Library Podcast #199 28,645Kb; 30m 17s http://www.collectedcomicslibrary.com/ Regular readers of the blog of listeners of the podcast, know that I’m a big fanboy of The Batman, yes “The” Batman. meaning the older and slightly more campy Batman of the G...

Rate CCL Podcast #193 - Spooky Halloween - Mystery’s and Secrets

Original at Collected Comics Library external link    Wed, Oct 29

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By Chris Marshall Marvel for January Marvel for February Marvel for March Superman/Batman: The Search For Kryptonite HC Green Lantern: In Brightest Day TPB Essential Marvel Horror Vol. 2 TPB Wonder Woman: Who is Wonder Woman? Superman: Camelot Falls Volume 2 Watchmen: Art of the Film HC

Rate How To: Create Rain cartoon newspaper comic strip effect

Original at Best Photoshop Tutorials external link    Thu, Oct 16

By Sebastiano In this tutorial we will be using real life textures to assist in color rendering the Lady Blackhawk drawn by DC Comics artist Ed… Creatin a Graphic Novel with Photos. This will help you achieve a comic book/graphic novel effect using ...

Rate Fanfiction: A good recommendation that I pass on...

Original at Blinky's Musings external link    Thu, Oct 2

By Blinky the Tree Frog Though to be fair, DC Comics encompasses a lot of different comics and characters. Fandoms from which I've read a decent amount of Fan Fiction X-Men (my first ever fanfic obsession!) X-Files (around seasons 3 & 4) Forever Knight ...

Rate CCL Podcast #187 - Jack Kirby’s Silver Star and OMAC

Original at Collected Comics Library external link    Wed, Sep 17

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By Chris Marshall Podcast #187 35,232Kb; 37m 19s http://www.collectedcomicslibrary.com/ I’ve got a jammed packed show for you this week on the show. As I promised, the feature is Jack Kirby’s Silver Star (Image Comics), but I also throw in a bonus review of his O.M.A.C.: One Man Army Corps (DC Comics). I did so beca...

Rate Batman Begins/Dark Knight fic rec Part 3

Original at brightbear (Livejournal) external link    Sun, Aug 31

By Brightbear Disclaimer: These characters are copyrighted to DC Comics. I own nothing, I'm just playing with them. Author's Note: This is taking place POST-The Dark Knight, so beware of spoilers. In Darkness Author: thelovehater ...

Rate Tpull's Weekly DC Comics Review – Part Two

Original at Film Fodder external link    Fri, Aug 29

By Travis Batman and the Outsiders 10, Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds 1, Rann/Thanagar Holy War 4, Superman/Batman 51, Tangent: Superman’s Reign 6, and Trinity 12 Batman and the Outsiders 10 Superman/Batman 51 by Michael Green, Mike Johnson and Rafael Albuquerque Tangent: Superman’s Reign 6

Rate Podcast: Brave and Bold 13: Batman, Golden Age Flash, Mark Waid is the Peter Parker of DC Comics.

Original at Photon Torpedoes on Comic Books, Superheroes, and Pop Culture external link    Fri, Aug 8

By Cousin Dick The Golden Age Flash gets some deserved attention in Brave and Bold #13 when he teams up with Batman.  Jay Garrick is one of the few people who can put Bruce Wayne in his place, which he does several times in this story.  I love this panel with Garrick running alongside the Batboat, after reject...

Rate Bridwell Appreciation Day

Original at Comics Should Be Good! external link    Fri, Mar 7

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By Greg Hatcher I even enjoyed the followup-sequel-conclusion in Action Comics Weekly twenty-some years later by Martin Pasko and Dan Spiegle. You can find the Superman and Batman ones relatively easily from a number of secondhand dealers… but boy, the Captain Marvel one’s hard to come by.

Year 2007

 

Rate Fic: "Nothing Important" (Batman Begins/Superman Returns, Bruce/Richard, 1/1)

Original at Batman Slash external link    Tue, May 22

Notes: While this is technically set in a mutual DC Movieverse that shares characters, characterizations, and backgrounds from both Batman Begins and Superman Returns, the actual story takes place long before either movie occurs. Written on request for likeadeuce. Much gratitude is e...

Rate Podcast: Audio Book Review: Infinite Crisis - Part I by Geoff Johns and DC Comics

Original at Blogcritics external link    Sun, Apr 29

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By T. Michael Testi Infinite Crisis was a seven-issue limited series of comic books published by DC Comics beginning in October 2005. It was written by Geoff Johns and illustrated by Phil Jimenez. The series storyline was based on the 1985 series Crisis on Infinite Earths, and it revisits characters and idea...

Rate Raging Bullets Episode 43 Part 1: A DC Comics Fan Podcast

Original at Raging Bullets external link    Thu, Feb 22

Time stamps: 9:40 Don Sanderson from the Megacon, Emails from Art Lyon on Justice League of America #11 and Gene Ha at the NYCC. 32:00 We are joined by Peter Rios from Comic Geeks Speak, as we look at the Legion of the Super Heroes: The Great Darkness Saga.

Rate Comics Review: DC Comics' 52, Week 29

Original at Blogcritics external link    Tue, Jan 30

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By Vichus Smith If you’re in the know, then you know what comes out of this “end” of the Justice Society of America. Still, it’s sad to see the original Green Lantern about to cry and JSA’s Thanksgiving table all but empty. It is only the original three (Lantern, Flash and Wildcat) meeting at headquarters whi...

Rate Raging Bullets Episode 38 Part 1: A DC Comics Fan Podcast

Original at Raging Bullets external link    Thu, Jan 4

Audio comments from Brent AKA Knightwingbk on the forum and Comic Timing Time stamps: 1:17:47 Manhunter Challenge: Manhunter #26 Review 1:51:09: Audio comment from Comic Timingâs Ian Levenstein and friend of the show, John Mayo.

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