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Last week, Warners officially announced that the next "Superman" movie will be a complete reboot for the character instead of a continuation of the original Christopher Reeve franchise. That makes "Superman Returns" an alternate universe version of "Superman III" and groups it with "...

By noreply@blogger.com (Michael) With Smallville sticking close to the original story, don’t be surprised if the visitors are Lightning Lad, Saturn Girl and Cosmic Boy, who founded the expansive group after saving a billionaire from assassination. Geoff Johns, a renowned writer for Legion of Super-Heroes comics, wil...

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This season, Clark Kent (Welling) moves closer than ever to embracing his calling as the iconic superhero he is destined to become. Spending less time in his hometown and more time in the big city of Metropolis, Clark will encounter new challenges and new faces - both friend and foe - as he be...

Swimmer confirmed an appearance by the Legion of Superheroes (not to be confused with the Justice League, although Swimmer also said they would love to have a storyline for Justice Leaguer Wonder Woman on the show). Regarding the Legion: "It's three superheroes, Saturn Girl, Cosmic Boy...

By Elisabeth Rappe Filed under: Action, Warner Brothers, Celebrities and Controversy, Fandom, Newsstand, Comic/Superhero/Geek, Remakes and SequelsIt seems the entire comic book and film world "misread" Warner Bros' announcement that they were angling to make Superman's reboot a gloomier one. No on...

Mark Millar and a 'Big Name Action Director' Revamping Superman? - Cinematical

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Last week Warner Bros. exec Jeff Robinov said, "We're going to try to go dark to the extent that the [DC Comics] characters allow it." A note that would apply to rebooting Superman. Last week, Warner Bros. announced that they would be making ...

By Brian Cronin it happens to be a good comic book. Joe Kubert? Seriously? At August 28, 2008, Greg Geren wrote: At August 28, 2008, Michael wrote: Joe Kubert's pages were nice, but man, what an awful, awful comic book. First time I've picked something up on ...

Superheroes don't save the day for source comics Las Vegas Review - Journal, NV - Not even Superman or Batman. Movie fans might enjoy their superhero movies, but they generally aren't compelled to then see what they've been missing on the ...

 CA - But it does face stiff competition in the form of Action Comics and All-Star Superman, and these superior books do point out certain flaws in Robinson's ...

Like many my age, my first exposure to Superman came from the George Reeves TV show. The first episode of The Adventures of Superman I remember seeing was the one featuring Doctor Hardy. Not that the good doctor was ever a character on Superman's show, but John Beradino, the actor who went on t...

While he wasn't as direct as Golden, fan-favorite writer/director Kevin Smith also had reservations on a newer, darker Man of Steel. "You always have to always keep Superman very distinct from Batman," he related. "Batman can be brooding and bleak and dark but Superman - if you want to take...

By noreply@blogger.com (Rokk Krinn) DC COMICS DCU: LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT FINAL CRISIS ROGUES REVENGE #2 FINAL CRISIS SUPERMAN BEYOND #1 JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #18 LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #45 SUPERMAN #679 TEEN TITANS #62 TRINITY #13 MARVEL COMICS Final Crisis: Superman Beyond #1 is another title that has piqued my interest. I love Morrison’s work on All Star Superman, so I am eager to see how Morrison handles Superman in this story. Plus, I am interested in learning more about the mysterious woman who enlisted Superman’s aid in Final Crisis #3. Which Marvel comic book am I least looking forward to reading? That would be Amazing Spider-Man #569. Nuff said.   [read the full post]

Superman: Doomsday (Special Edition) on DVD & Blu-ray  - Inspired by the best-selling graphic novel of all-time, DC Comics' The Death of Superman, this feature-length animated adventure boasts exciting action ... Superman Doomsday Confirmed for Blu-ray TheHDRoom

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Jack O'Halloran, who starred as Non in "Superman: The Movie" and "Superman II", says the decision to reboot comes down to money. "Warner's weren't happy with the returns on Superman Returns." As for who he'd like to replace Bryan Singer if the director decides not to continue on with the Man...

By Brian Cronin I'd like to make a very strong case for this video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAjyuyBIi08&NR=1), even though it doesn't comply with the actual ... Reader Scavenger has made his case for what the song of the Superman/Batman/Robin “day off” montage should be - he made a YouTube vid...

 - air the Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure. To spice some of it up some filler was needed between the adventures of the Man of Steel and the Man of Eel. ...

By ComicList All Star Superman TP Vol 01, $12.99 Americas Best Comics Primer TP, $4.99 Apothecarius Argentum Vol 06, $9.99 Batman Black & White Statue George Perez, $75.00 Batman Gotham After Midnite #4 (of 12), $2.99 DC Universe Last Will And Testament #1 (Cover A and Cover B), $3.99 Dokkoida Vol 03, $9.99 JLA Deluxe Edition HC Vol 01, $29.99 Justice Society Of America #18 (Regular Alex Ross Cover), $2.99 Legion Of Super Heroes #45, $2.99 Superman #679, $2.99 Venus In Love Vol 04, $9.99 Americas Best Comics Primer TPB Batman Gotham After Midnite #4 (of 12) All Star Superman TPB Vol. 01 Legion Of Super Heroes #45 DC Universe Last Will And Testament #1 DMZ #34 Final Crisis Superman Beyond #1 (of 2) Justice Society Of America #18 Superman #679   [read the full post]

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By Brian Cronin For today’s Snark Blocker, I want you to imagine the following fifteen World’s Finest covers scrolling by you as though they were part of a montage of events that Superman, Batman and Robin got up to one day on their day off. Next, come up with a song that would accompany the montage! Enjoy!

The studio is set to announce its plans for future DC movies in the next month. For now, though, it is focused on releasing four comic-book films in the next three years, including a third Batman film, a new film reintroducing Superman, and two movies focusing on other DC Comics characters. M...

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By Brian Cronin A few months back, I remarked at how much charm was involved in the little Kryptonite fever dream Superman had in an issue of Superman/Batman (a good part of the otherwise Death Spiral of a storyline). Wow. I haven't seen a good issue of Superman/Batman for a long time. I may have to pick this up. M

By Kevin Melrose According to The Journal, Warner Bros. plans to release four comic-book movies in the next three years: the third Batman installment, the Superman reboot, and two focusing on other DC Comics characters. (It’s unclear whether Watchmen is included in that count.) Likely candidates includ...

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 - Johns and Perez introduce a warped version of the Kents, the Time trapper, Superboy Prime, and a museum of the future dedicated to Superman, ...

 - This was an excellent idea to inject into the series. by Mark Waid and Scott Kolins It’sa team-up between Superman and Catwoman, but the entire issue feels ...

By Elisabeth Rappe Filed under: Action, Warner Brothers, Newsstand, Comic/Superhero/Geek, Remakes and SequelsSo much for Warner Bros really taking their time deciding what to do with the Man of Steel! Group President Jeff Robinov confirmed to The Wall Street Journal that they plan on rebooting the fra...

August 22, 2008: Superman Reboot Now Confirmed By Warner Bros. President - Superman Homepage

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 - That was the idea when DC Comics created the Justice League and teamed up their most popular heroes, including Batman and Superman. ...

By Jeff Trexler In preparing the termination notice to regain the Superman copyright, the Siegel family found a box of old Superman material, catalogued its contents–and then, in a move, lost track of it. Fortunately, the material was re-discovered in April of last year. That’s right, Siegel and Keaton.

August 21, 2008: Russell Keaton - Superman's Almost Co-Creator - Superman Homepage

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By ComicList A “Sightings” issue! “New Krypton” Part 1 of 9! The entire Superman franchise writing team joins forces, with art by Pete Woods and others, to formally launch the Superman event years in the making! While the current threat of Brainiac may have been forestalled in ACTION COMICS #870, the repercussions will be felt for a long, long time. Superman's greatest victory has lead to his happiest day ? and his saddest. Gains are balanced by losses while Superman has to figure out what to do with 100,000 Kryptonians! Hold on to your capes as this story leads directly into SUPERMAN #681. Featuring the first third of a cover triptych by Alex Ross that will continue next month in SUPERGIRL and ACTION COMICS!   [read the full post]

By noreply@blogger.com (Michael) Now available in trade paperback, this volume collects the first arc of the new series from writer Mark Waid and artist George Pérez. The Book of Destiny calls out to several heroes across time and space in the DCU for an adventure starring Batman, Hal Jordan, Lobo, Supergirl and many more!

By noreply@blogger.com (collectededitions) Aside from the Tales of the Sinestro Corps short stories and the Secret Files, the main thrust of this volume is four Sinestro Corps specials: Parallax, Cyborg-Superman, Superman-Prime, and Ion. The Cyborg-Superman story, written by Alan Burnett, essentially retells the Adventures...

By ComicList I like this arc. It isn’t my favorite Superman arc by any stretch, but it is making good use of one of Superman’s most dangerous villains. I am excited to see where this all ends up. DC Comics Johns, Frank & Sibal It’s a very good issue. The artwork is brilliant. Christopher Reeve lives in this comic book. I don’t know how any other portrayal of Superman can stack up to what is shown on these pages. Everything from the coloring of Brainiac to the yellow and red in Superman’s crest is stunning and sharp. The whole comic tells an awesome story just with the visuals. I like this arc. It isn’t my favorite Superman arc by any stretch, but it is making good use of one of Superman’s most dangerous villains. I am excited to see where this all ends up.   [read the full post]

Jeff Trexler at UncivilSociety.org has posted PDF documents from the latest round of the legal battle between the Siegel family and DC Comics over the rights to Superman and Superboy. The Defendants' Brief on Additional Issues, 80 pages saying why Warner Bros. has not lost copyright of Sup...

By Jeff Trexler The documents in question: correspondence between Detective Comics and Jerry Siegel from 1939 through 1947, entered into evidence as part of DC’s attempt to establish that all the work done by Siegel & Shuster during that time was work for hire. The case still has a while to percolate...

By noreply@blogger.com (Michael) CBR: Let’s talk about your run on “Superman,” specifically a continuity question that has been nagging some fans. In “Superman,” Clark had many adventures with his adopted son Chris, who was introduced in the “Action Comics” story “Last Son.” There were a lot of delays in completing that s...

The Superman books are planned until 2010. This includes "Superman", "Action Comics", and "Supergirl". Johns explained that "Superman/Batman" is not under the purview of the Superman creative team, that its considered more on its own, though they will be examining the relationship be...

I think the mainstream public, left and right, would go nuts for a Superman film right now, especially in this period where America 's slightly at ease with itself...to do something that has America feeling good about itself again, and something that just has the hairs on the back of your neck...

By Brian Cronin Top Five Month continues with a look at the top five transformations Superman underwent via Red Kryptonite! 4. Superman’s a monster! WOW!! At July 20, 2008, Jbird wrote: Clark is a Metallo now :( D At July 20, 2008, Sijo wrote: At July 20, 2008, M Bloom wrote: At July 20, 2008, James wrote:

2:15-3:15 A Look Back and Forward at DC Universe Animated Original Movies - From the heralded premiere of Superman Doomsday through the unparalleled launch of Justice League: The New Frontier and the blockbuster release of Batman Gotham Knight, the DC Universe animated original movi...

By Elisabeth Rappe Filed under: Action, Warner Brothers, Newsstand, Comic/Superhero/Geek, Remakes and SequelsIsn't that the most exciting headline? My mind is whirling with images of Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, and Flash showing up to some remote mountain location and saying "Where's my movie?!"

By noreply@blogger.com (Rokk Krinn) Synopsis: We begin with Superman brawling with Konvikt. Superman’s super hearing picks up Batman requesting that Superman come to the escape pod immediately. Wonder Woman steps into the fight with Konvikt and tells Superman to go to Batman. Wonder Woman says that she can hold off Konvikt. Busiek’s constant stressing of the differences between Superman and Wonder Woman on one hand and Batman on the other hand is getting boring. I get it already. Superman and Wonder Woman are insanely powerful. Batman is not. And Batman is ruthless and a genius. Wonder Woman and Superman are not. Enough already. It is time to move on.   [read the full post]

By Brian Cronin 5. Smallville 4. The Metropolis Marvel 1. The Man of Steel No love for The Action Ace? gt;1. The Man of Steel I think Smallville was a Byrne innovation. In French, we call Superman... Superman! Isn't Wonder Woman "the Amazing Amazon"? At July 5, 2008, Michael wrote:

By Elisabeth Rappe Now, this flies directly in the face of Bryan Singer confirming he was attached to the sequel. But there's been a peculiar lack of progress with it. He's obviously busy with Valkyrie, but when you look at how quickly the Iron Man and Spider-Man franchises are moving, well, someone's not movi...

Comic Creators Respond to Warner Bros' 'Dark Superman' Idea - Cinematical

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Some of you know that, at conventions, we're not the Superman Homepage, we're the SuperFan Homepage. Many of you already know the lurid tale of scandal and deceit that resulted in the Superman Homepage being unable to hold ourselves out at conventions as what we are, namely the Superman Ho...

By Brian Cronin Action Comics #23 It is the first issue of Action Comics (heck, maybe even all DC Comics, period!) to feature the DC bullet on the cover! Superman sure is awesome, no? At June 26, 2008, Michael wrote: At June 26, 2008, Dan K wrote: At June 26, 2008, Thok wrote: At June 26, 2008, Dan K wrote:

By Brian Cronin Action Comics #1 The issue was meant to be a comic strip - so Siegel and Shuster had to cut and paste the strips in a way so as to form a comic book story. 23 Action Comics (1st Lex Luther) 4: Flash or Captain America? At June 23, 2008, Richard wrote: At June 23, 2008, Richard wrote:

By Ryan Stewart Now comes Latino Review, exploding a story that they claim to have been sitting on "for weeks and weeks" out of deference to sources at DC Comics. "Kelvin knew about Brandon not being the new Superman for weeks and weeks now, ...

By Mark Beall Filed under: Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fandom, Comic/Superhero/GeekHere's the latest errata from this day in geek news. News bites too small to merit their own posts, but too good to ignore. Watch out, here come my beloved bullet points:

Justice League" airs nightly on Boomerang at 11:30 PM. Saturday and Sunday it's "Hereafter". Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday it's "Secret Origins". Thursday and Friday it's "In Blackest Night". Teri Hatcher ("Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman") continues with the third seaso...

By Christopher Campbell Filed under: Action & Adventure, Romance, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Warner Brothers, Home Entertainment, Comic/Superhero/Geek, Remakes and SequelsWhen is piracy good for movie fans? When it causes Hollywood to fight back with more aggressive distribution that benefits the impa...

IMAX theatres from New York to San Francisco are reporting strong results and high occupancy, with New York City's IMAX at AMC Loews Lincoln Square 12 and IMAX at AMC Loews Metreon 15 in San Francisco topping the North American list. The film is also performing very well in key internationa...