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Comic Book Reviews: DC Comics Round Up Week 09-21-2016

DC Comics brings us a rebirthed Trinity story line starring the big three of the DC Universe-Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman! Although this will be unlike any other “meeting” story between these icons that we’ve seen before. This week also brings us a few stellar books in the Rebirth line up along with solo Raven series (for all you Teen Titans fans).

Aquaman #7

Story: Dan Abnett Art: Scot Eaton, Wayne Faucher

Review: Arthur is still an outlaw according to the Us, he has to contend with all the problems Atlantis is currently facing while trying to discover who is framing his nation for the attacks on the surface world (Hint hint, it’s Nemo now run by Black Manta). All in all it’s safe to say it isn’t easy being King. I think that’s the...

My mom died thinking she threw away a copy of Superman number one from 1938.

Yes, I do indeed realize just how lame that must sound, and it would be if I gave a flying fish about that book with regards to my mother. I don’t but it’s important to the story I’m trying to write and just so I’m crystal clear, I’d happily burn the last copy left on Earth to spend just a minute more with my mother.

It was Superman number two she tossed out, and you can read the whole story entitled A Comic Book Tale on ComicMix.

I told her it was number one while trying to make the point that she should never throw out another comic book of mine, ever, and she never did. I have been keeping that my secret weapon for when I needed a real ‘gotcha’ to use on my mom.

Below is Digital Spy's daily guide to the major movies and TV panels happening in San Diego this Saturday, July 11.

Once Upon a Time (10am local time, 6pm UK time, Ballroom 20)

Cast members Ginnifer Goodwin, Jennifer Morrison, Robert Carlyle, Lana Parrilla, Josh Dallas, Emilie de Ravin, Colin O'Donoghue, Sean Maguire and Rebecca Mader appear for a Q&A alongside co-creators and executive producers Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz. The session will be moderated by Community's Yvette Nicole Brown, and also features a sneak peak at season five.

Warner Bros: Man from Uncle, Pan, Batman vs Superman (10.30am local time, 6.30pm UK time, Hall H)

Footage presentations and Q&As.

Man from Uncle: Cast members Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander and Elizabeth Debicki.

Pan: Cast members Hugh Jackman, Levi Miller and Garrett Hedlund, director Joe Wright

Batman vs Superman: Cast members Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot,...

Thousands of colourful fans are descending upon San Diego this week for the biggest date in the geek calendar, as Comic-Con 2015 will begin tomorrow (July 9).

As with every year, there are plenty of things happening to get ridiculously excited about, whether you're actually there dressed up as Wonder Woman or you're at home awaiting the news and videos as they come in.

Comic-Con 2015: Everything we know so far

Digital Spy is in San Diego to give you the latest updates, but here are just a few highlights to look out for (all times are GMT):

1. Batman v Superman takes centre stage

When: Saturday, 6.30pm (visit Digital Spy for our live blog)

With Marvel deciding to stay home this year, the Warner Bros panel is arguably the biggest ticket around. Zack Snyder's Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice will be the main attraction, with Henry Cavill, Ben Affleck,...

Confirming that social media is fast becoming a news source, of sorts, in terms of the entertainment industry, Senior Vice President of Production at Columbia Pictures, DeVon Franklin, was asked via Twitter for an update on the progress of the long gestating Masters Of The Universe feature film project, on January 2nd 2015. In response, he tweeted a picture of the title page of the script, dated December 24th, with credit for the completed draft going to Jeff Wadlow (writer and director of Kick-Ass 2).

@danmillerNY @RoastGooble pic.twitter.com/a9whbCChXl

— DeVon Franklin (@DeVonFranklin) January 2, 2015

It was announced in April 2014 that Wadlow had been tapped to produce a re-write of the script – which had previously been worked on by Alex Litvak, Mik Finch, Richard Wenk and Terry Rossio. Though Wadlow’s directorial prowess has him highly sought after (with Marvel reportedly being among his suitors), a director for Masters Of The Universe...

It's a weekend of geeks, nerds, celebs and more Princess Leia slave dresses than any person would Ever need to see. Yep, it's time for Comic-Con!toofab's Brian Particelli is covering the annual event from the ground this year, and we've got your inside scoop on all the convention floor happenings, hot celeb sightings and big news from all the best panels, press lines and parties.Keep reading for his first-person perspective from the Con!Hey everyone, Brian from toofab here, covering my third Comic-Con. With movies like "The Avengers: Age of Ultron" and "Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice," TV series like "Arrow," "Teen Wolf" and even TV movies like "Sharknado 2: The Second One" all making big splashes in San Diego this year for their fans, there's A Lot going on.After a 3 hour drive filled with far too much Britney Spears music from sunny Los Angeles,...

The following is a list of all comic books, graphic novels and specialty items that will be available this week and shipped to comic book stores who have placed orders for them.

Aam Markosia

Christopher Marlowe And The Bards Of Nemeton Gn, $18.99

Accent UK

Missing Have You Seen The Invisible Man (One Shot), $5.00

Action Lab Entertainment

Fracture #1 (Of 4)(Cover A Chad Cicconi), $2.99

Fracture #1 (Of 4)(Cover B Jamal Igle), $2.99

Skyward Volume 1 Into The Woods Tp, $8.99

Adhouse Books

B Plus F Hc, $19.95

Altus Press

Doc Savage The New Adventures Volume 6 The Miracle Menace Sc, $24.95

Amigo Comics

Rogues #6, $3.99

Westwood Witches #4 (Of 4), $3.99

Amryl Entertainment

Cavewoman Labyrinth (One Shot), $3.75

Cavewoman Labyrinth (One Shot)(Devon Massey Special Edition), Ar

Cavewoman Labyrinth (One Shot)(Budd Root Special Edition), Ar

Arcana Studio

Steam Engines Of Oz Volume 2 The Geared Leviathan #2, $3.99

Archie Comics

Afterlife With Archie #3 (Francesco Francavilla Regular Cover), $2.99

Afterlife With Archie #3 (Tim Seeley Variant Cover), $2.99

Archie #651 (Dan...

Last week’s column, about the apparent suicidal impulses of the Us Postal Service, advanced what I hope is a baseless and purely paranoiac thesis: Because Ups, FedEx, and their ilk don’t cover every form of deliverable and are prohibitively expensive for many small-business shippers, we are in urgent need of alternative low-cost means for shipping parcels and other three-dimensional objects that can’t – or won’t – be deliverable to us in electronic form any time soon. That’s because the P.O.’s collapse might happen faster than we can create the infrastructure necessary to take up the (very minor) slack.

That would be a Geek Apocalypse. Some momzer with an encyclopedic memory of The Overstreet Guide won’t be able to profitably ship you that copy of Tales To Astonish #12 you bid too much for. And your ability to receive items like priceless Mr. Terrific maquettes, or...

In a controversial move, DC decided to forego publishing its regular line of books and put out 52 one-shot stories featuring some of its best villains. The one-shots range from extremely popular (Joker, Lex Luthor, Brainiac) to the newer and more obscure (Relic, Shadow Thief). They feature some veteran creators and some who have barely drawn a comic. Each “Villains Month” book will get a decimal point after a regular DC Comic. For example, Joker will feature in Batman 23.1, Riddler will feature in Batman 23.2 etc. The first issue of the new DC event Forever Evil will come out the same month as the villain one-shots. It is a direct follow up to “Trinity War” and will be written by Geoff Johns and drawn by David Finch. There are quite a few “Villains Month” books, but the following comics either have great creative teams, continue a compelling storylines, or are simply intriguing.

Omg! Omg! Did you hear who they’ve signed to play Batman in a whole bunch of movies, starting with Man of Steel 2? No, not Anthony Weiner. And not Ann Coulter –she’s already signed to play Nick Fury in the S.H.I.E.L.D. teevee series. No, Warner Bros. found somebody far worse. They hired the very personification of celluloid evil: Ben Affleck.

Yes, I’m sure you heard of this. So did literally tens of thousands of “fans” who were so upset they signed a petition condemning the action. And seemingly hundreds of thousands went to Facebook, to Twitter, hell some even reactivated their My Space accounts to express their extreme displeasure. Yea, verily, Ragnarök is upon us!

To quote the immortal William Shatner, get a life. You’re entitled to your opinion; if you don’t think Ben Affleck is a worthy actor, that’s your opinion.

21 years ago Warner Bros. released a record album called Body Count and it launched a shit storm. The artist, Ice-t, performed a track called “Cop Killer” which was written from the perspective of, well, a cop killer. This is a common device in the communication arts, and it doesn’t mean the author/performer is an advocate for his character. For example, Robert Bloch wrote a novel called Psycho, from which the classic Hitchcock movie was based. I do not recall anybody accusing Bloch of being, supporting, or even befriending cannibalistic serial killers.

However, oftentimes when some strong-looking black guy assumes a position of power, certain other people completely lose their minds. The NRA and similar hate groups said Ice-t was advocating the wanton murder of police and the usual protests ensued: Warner’s Rockefeller Plaza headquarters was picketed, talking heads babbled mindlessly on teevee and radio, records were burned,...

Before I Do This Thang for the week: I’ve been getting messages from readers. Apparently, I do have them. Or, as Bob Hope might have said, “I know you’re out there, because why else would Dolores be propping me up in that direction?”

These messages I’m talking about are all “Why do you use so many links?” Clearly, if you’re asking this, you’re not clicking on them. Hint: Some – not all, or even most, but some – of them don’t lead where you might assume they do. They are instead meant to be weird, “disconnective,” hit-or-miss jokes in and of themselves. So, as the most celebrated member of The Hair Club For Men once put it, “’Nuff said.”

Now, on to That Thang. Meaning I have to stop vamping with jokes about what I didn’t learn in San Diego the weekend before last, and,...

If you’re in Chulalongkorn University’s freshman art class… well, you’re in Thailand. And you’re attending one of that nation’s leading schools.

Oh yeah, and you’re also as dumb as a bag of doorknobs. And The Simon Wiesenthal Center doesn’t think much of you.

Go figure. As you can see from the above photo, the freshmen painted a farewell banner to the outgoing class of 2013. Yes, that’s Superman, Batman, Captain America, the Incredible Hulk, and Adolf Hitler sending the graduates off to their future.

The idea was to show that good and bad people coexist in the world, according to school dean Dr. Suppakorn Disatapundhu. He also said “(We) would like to formally express our sincere apology for our students’ superhero mural… I can assure you we are taking this matter very seriously.” He did; they took it down. Well, they took it down after two days.

As I was saying …

And as for Diana …

I hated her.

Well, perhaps “hate” is too strong a word. I didn’t hate her, exactly. She made me, um, “uncomfortable.” Even as a kid reading her adventures. Not being old enough at the time to put it into words, to analyze my reaction, I figured it out as I got older.

I loved the stories that took place on Themiscrya, aka Paradise Island. It wasn’t just that I was a mythology geek – I read Edith Hamilton’s Mythology: Timeless Tales Of Gods And Heroes when I was eight years old – but that in these stories Diana was in her true element. Unapologetically independent, intelligent, strong, and self-assured, Diana was a hero who inspired. She lit up my imagination, and along with her fellow Amazons, became a role model, an icon for a little girl who thought she might become a veterinarian,...

I was considering doing a piece on how I can’t figure out why I haven’t seen any of my comic collector friends on Hoarders. You know, those people who keep moving to cheaper, bigger houses in worse and worse neighborhoods so they can have a living room big enough for those little, narrow walkways among their 437 eight-foot-high stacks of long boxes? Fear of ending up like that is the main reason I never got into collecting. Or so I thought.

But then I looked around my own claustrophobic living space and realized that people who live in Mylar snuggies shouldn’t throw weighted-based maquettes.

But I’m not a collector. I’m an accumulator. I haven’t paid for a comic book in 20 years, but people keep sending them to me. I can’t get them to stop. So I put them aside, saying I’ll get to them eventually.

Look, up in the sky. It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s…. …the third consecutive week that the Geezer, also known as me, used that hokey lead. Pathetic? You decide. But as long as we’re here…what’s the Man of Steel doing this time? Looks like he’s holding his ears. That must mean that he’s somewhere near the end of his hit movie, at the climactic battle, before a kind of lengthy denouement. Because that was one noisy climax. But first, a geezerly digression. When I was young – and we’re talking really young, like six or seven – I much enjoyed the “cowboy pictures” I saw at the neighborhood theater on Friday nights. The dime Mom gave me bought a cartoon, maybe a Three Stooges feature and two cowboy pictures with real good guys: Hopalong Cassidy, Sunset Carson, Tim Holt, Red Ryder, and...

If you are a fan of comics, sci-fi movies, or sci-fi TV – in other words, if you are a SciFiMafia.com reader – you need to be listening to the weekly live radio broadcast of Where Monsters Dwell. Hosted by Remington J. Osborne and Monster Mike, Where Monsters Dwell is a weekly live dose of pop culture talk radio.

Spanning such topics as comics, movies, TV and games, Where Monsters Dwell also features live creator interviews every week along with their own perspective on pop culture news and happenings. You can tune in live around the world on Wednesdays at 8:30/7:30c at WhereMonstersDwell.ca, where you can also download previous broadcasts. Do that.

They’ve been on the air for almost 5 years and in that time have aired nearly 250 episodes and interviewed comic creators both new and established, including Mark Waid, Tony Moore, Darick Robertson, Todd McFarlane, Jamal Igle,...

A lot of people ask me, "Creepy, how did you first come to love horror movies so much?" Well, growing up in the Seventies, there was plenty to go around. There were TV classics like Gargoyles, Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, and any number of TV Movies of the Week, and there was also...

There was also a ton of weird and quirky bits of monster-themed kids programming. Usually "The Munsters" and "The Land of the Lost" get all the love, and rightly so. They're absolute classics. That being said, we're gonna talk about some other things here. Things you may not have known even existed. For instance, were you aware that way before Venkmen, Spengler, Stantz and Zeddmore there was a whole other set of Ghostbusters? How about a different Monster Squad? Got your attention? Good. Sit back, relax, and get ready to soak up some lunacy as we revisit.

When I was a kid, comics were all I thought about. There was no better time in my day than when I was finished all my crap schoolwork and was able to turn my attention to the Fantastic Four, Spider-Man or Batman

I was a child of DC but soon I was just as vested in Marvel as I was in DC. I remember when Kirby left Marvel to do the Fourth World books at DC. That to me at the time was as big a deal as Obama becoming the first black President is now.

Really.

Kirby coming to DC was Huge. I’ll never forget when I got my first issue of the Forever People and saw Kirby’s Here on the cover.

Comics golden age for me was the second silver age. That second silver age was Walt Simonson’s Thor, Howard Chaykin’s American Flagg!, Frank Miller’s Daredevil,...

The following is a list of all comic books, graphic novels and special items that will be available this week and shipped to comic book stores who have placed orders for them.

Aam Markosia

Cancertown Blasphemous Tumours Tp, $19.99

AC Comics

Men Of Mystery #88, $29.95

Ace Books

Doctor Who The Wheel Of Ice Hc, $26.95

Action Lab Entertainment

Order Of Dagonet #2, $3.99

Amryl Entertainment

Cavewoman 2008 HeroesCon Signed Regular Sketchbook, Ar

Cavewoman Gangster #3 (Of 3), $3.75

Antarctic Press

Gold Digger Holidays Special #2, $3.50

How To Draw And Design Steampunk Pocket Manga Tp, $14.95

Zombie Kid Diaries Volume 3 Walking Dad Gn, $10.99

Ape Entertainment

Strawberry Shortcake Digest Volume 3 Field Day And Other Stories Gn, $6.99

Strawberry Shortcake Volume 2 #2, $3.99

Arcana Studio

Arcana The Book Gn, $14.95

Intrinsic Gn, $14.95

Archaia Entertainment

God Machine Hc (Leather Bound Edition), $49.95

Archie Comics

Archie #640, $2.99

Archie And Friends Double Digest #23, $3.99

Betty And Veronica Prom Princesses Tp, $9.99

Jugheads Double Digest #188, $3.99

Mega Man #21 (Alice Meichi Li Variant Cover), $2.99

Mega Man #21 (Chad Thomas...

The following is a list of all comic books, graphic novels and special items that will be available this week and shipped to comic book stores who have placed orders for them.

12-gauge Comics

Anti #3 (Of 4), $3.99

Aam Markosia

Christmas Carol Gn, $12.99

All Star U Gn, $18.99

Amaze Ink (Slave Labor Graphics)

Malleus Maleficarum A Guide To Catching Witches Gn (resolicited), $12.95

Amryl Entertainment

Cavewoman 2012 Pittsburgh Comicon Signed Sketchbook, Ar

Andrews McMeel

Calvin And Hobbes Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat Sc (New Printing), $16.99

Calvin And Hobbes Lazy Sunday Book Sc (New Printing), $12.99

Calvin And Hobbes Something Under The Bed Is Drooling Tp, $12.99

Calvin And Hobbes Sunday Pages 1985 -1995 Sc (New Printing), $16.99

Calvin And Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book Tp (New Printing), $16.99

Calvin And Hobbes The Revenge Of The Baby-Sat Tp (New Printing), $12.99

Indispensable Calvin And Hobbes Sc (New Printing), $18.99

Antarctic Press

Gearhearts Steampunk Glamor Revue #5, $3.99

Gold Digger #145, $3.99

Ape Entertainment

Donarr Unyielding Tp, $7.99

Archaia Entertainment

Conspiracy...

Some 30 years ago DC and Marvel produced a series of ads featuring their characters (except Superman) in one-page adventures hawking Hostess products. That campaign ran forever, so when we relaunched E-Man at First Comics I thought it would be fun to get people to do Hostess ad parodies featuring their creator-owned characters. John Byrne did Rog-2000, Max Collins and Terry Beatty did Mike Mist, Lee Marrs did Pudge Girl Blimp, Reed Waller did Omaha The Cat Dancer, and so on.

A few years later I was at DC Comics where I edited (interm-ly; Marv Wolfman was moving to the west coast and had some health issues) Teen Titans Spotlight. Mike Baron wrote a story featuring The Hawk (of the original Hawk and Dove) wherein the lead character uttered the epitaph “Bite My Twinkie!” Whereas it was completely in character, one of DC’s top-most executives took great offense at this.

The Movie Pool finds more than meets the eye to the Transformers Rescue Bots: Roll to the Rescue DVD!

The Set-up

A band of Transformers with rescue abilities is assigned by Optimus Prime to protect the town of Griffin Rock. From the Hub TV network show.

The Delivery

A kinder, gentler version of Transformers geared towards younger kids, Rescue Bots is a well-done, entertaining cartoon that is perfect for the 7 to 12-year-olds it aims for.

The new show focuses on a new group of Transformers called Rescue Bots, who come to Earth after getting the signal sent out by Optimus Prime. With skills made for rescue operations, Prime assigns them to work undercover as rescue vehicles in the town of Griffin Rock. Chase, Heatwave, Blades, and Boulder are the led characters here, although Optimus Prime does show up in cameos.

The animation is surprisingly well done, and doesn't appear cheap like so many current cartoons.

Please take a moment to look at the graphic that accompanies this article. Chances are you seen it before on the net or right here on ComicMix when Glenn posted it a few days ago.

Shit.

I’ll admit it’s clever as shit. It’s interesting as shit. It’s thought provoking as shit.

I came across this on Facebook and I must admit I was mad as shit when I read it. I was even madder when I saw it was a marketing ploy. Don’t get me wrong. It’s a great marketing ploy and I freely admit that shit.

I went to the website and the Facebook page of the person who put it up. After reading some of the stuff on the Facebook page I was disappointed that I was so upset. Why? Because this is the sort of person I should like. We share...

I am a black man.

Well that’s not really true. I’m a tall and unbelievably handsome black man. I work in television, mainstream books and comics. Most of the works I’ve created in all of those mediums have featured black people in foremost roles.

I create black characters because I’m a black creator and I’d like to see more black people represented in the media and I think it’s my job to…yada, yada, yada…

Over the years I’ve said a zillion times that the reason I create black characters is because I felt we were under represented and I did believe it was my responsibility to create characters so young black kids can feel themselves represented.

But is it really my responsibility to create black characters because I’m a black man now? Have we come far enough in the country and...

According to BigGameHunter, "DC Universe Online" is now free-to-play, optimized for the PS3 computer entertainment system and PC, in a world created in the artistic vision of comic book illustrator Jim Lee, delivering physics-powered action set in the 'DC Universe'.

"...experience the power of visceral combat where you control every blow your character strikes. Choose your side, superhero or villain, as you battle to save or conquer. Explore the 'DC Universe,' walk the darkened streets of 'Gotham City', investigate the mysteries of the futuristic cityscape of 'Metropolis' and travel to legendary locations including 'Arkham Asylum' and the 'Justice League of America Watchtower'.

"Fight alongside or against your favorite DC heroes and villains including 'Batman', 'The Joker', 'Superman', 'Wonder Woman' and whole lot more..."

Story narratives are scripted by DC Comics' writers Geoff Johns and Marv Wolfman.

Click the images to enlarge...

Cover of The Essential Batman Encyclopedia

My time at the New York Comic-Con has come and gone and a good time was had.

As expected, I had countless whirlwind 30-60 second conversations with people, shaking hands, hugging, kissing, and making rather merry. There were some extended conversations and a few business meetings which was nice.

I arrived early enough on Thursday that getting my badge was a breeze and wish more shows were so well staffed. I began running into people I knew the moment I entered the Jacob Javits Center and was delighted. My first appointment was with an editor about a project I can begin talking about next week. We got to know one another beyond the e-mails and phone calls and I think we got along just swell. She then snuck me onto the show floor two and a half hours early so I got a chance...

This is the Wonder Woman I would choose:

She’s from Legends of the Dcu: Crisis on Infinite Earths #1. The designer solved a problem that’s defeated every other attempt to fix her costume: he turned the eagle symbol into something that both holds up her costume and suggests armor.

I dunno who suggested that costume, but I suspect the writer, Marv Wolfman, suggested she look Middle-Eastern. It makes sense. In classical literature, the island of the Amazons has been located in Libya and Asia Minor.

While I like the skirt, I would be tempted to give her pants. And there’s something to be said for a longer skirt like the one she first wore:

There was an excellent analysis of Wonder Woman, “Wonder Woman, Delineated” at Fractal Hall, a site that’s no longer on the web. The writer proposed:

So, what makes her work?

A) Truth. Truth truth truth truth truth.

"The ring will answer all your questions… if you learn how to use it. " Tomar Re --> Comic Book History Who is Tomar-re? Tomar-re is a DC Comics character, and a member of the intergalactic peace group the Green Lantern Corps. He debuted in Green Lantern #6 in a story written by John Broome with art by Gil Kane. First Appearance Tomar-re was a Xudarian, a race of aliens from the planet Xudar in Sector 2813. He was a scientist on his home world before joining the Green Lantern Corps and becoming the Green Lantern of Sector 2813. Tomar-re with his kind Tomar-re is a pivotal member of the Green Lantern Corps by training its new members. Green Lantern Tomar-re's most famous dealt with the planet Krypton. Krypton, which is Superman's birth planet, was growing increasingly unstable. It was due to explode, Tomar-re sought to use a rare compound called stellarium to...

DC has announced the artist lineup and synopses for the first issues of the publisher’s retroactive titles that pay tribute to the 1980s.

DC Retroactive: Batman– The ‘80s #1

Artist Jerry Bingham and writer Mike W. Barr come together to tell the story of someone using the name, appearance and methodology of The Reaper and is stalking the streets of Gotham City and killing off mobsters. The catch? Both men who previously masqueraded as The Reaper are dead. Can Batman get to the bottom of the identity of this mysterious killer while simultaneously shepherding an untried Robin (Jason Todd)?

DC Retroactive: Justice League Of America – The ‘80s #1

Along with writer Gerry Conway, artist Ron Randall revisits Jla Detroit, a chapter in the team’s history that may have been one their most controversial line-ups ever.

DC Retroactive: The Flash – The ‘80s #1

The ‘80s were a decade that forever changed the Scarlet Speedster.

Emerald City Comic Con kicked off Friday in Seattle. DC's Bob Harras, Matt Idelson, Will Dennis, Chris Roberson, Marv Wolfman and Sergio Aragones were among one of the first panels to field questions from fans. Of course, questions thrown their way involved almost everything under the sun that is DC, from DC Universe Online to the upcoming Flashpoint event, but what I found relevant to Cbm were the teaser styled responses given to questions concerning the upcoming Superman film and Wonder Woman TV Show. On whether or not the costumes for the upcoming Superman film and Wonder Woman television series would resemble the costumes from the comics, DC's Editor-in-Chief Bob Harras had this to say... “I haven’t seen anything on ‘Superman. I’ve seen some sketches for the Wonder Woman costume and I will say this today – there is every intent to make them similar. People do these TV...

This week's highlights inlcude DC Universe Online Legends #1. Tying-in with the DC Online Universe game, this brand new series is brought to you by an all-star team including Marv Wolfman, Tony Bedard and Howard Porter. In this first issue, Lex Luthor’s obsession with destroying Superman reaches a fever pitch when he cuts the ultimate Devil’s deal with Brainiac, but with the shake of a hand, has Luthor consigned humanity to genocide? Meet 15-year-old Peter Parker in the acclaimed Ultimate Spider-Man (2000), and watch him grow up into the hero we know and love, through personal tragedy and a fateful bite. With great power, there must also come great responsibility! Wolverine (2003): Old Man Logan #8 (Giant Size), the brutal conclusion to the Old man Logan arc – fifty years in the future the United States have been overtaken and divided amongst supervillains… Wolverine returns and unleashes a tidal wave of bloody...

Narrated by Ryan Reynolds, an impressive documentary is coming your way November 9th.

Warner Bros. Pictures presents an enthralling examination of the creative forces behind the World’s Greatest Super Heroes in Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics, an all-new documentary that takes viewers behind the scenes of the iconic company with unprecedented access to the Warner Bros. and DC Comics archives. Narrated by Ryan Reynolds, Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics will be distributed by Warner Home Video on November 9, 2010 on DVD – also available On Demand and for Download.

Behind the amazing tales of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and a host of other well-known characters is the equally impressive story of the challenges, creativity and triumphs of the company that brought those characters to life. Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics is both a celebration of the best writers and artists in comics and a thoughtful...

Warner Bros. Pictures will release a new documentary entitled Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics. The film is narrated by Ryan Reynolds (Green Lantern) and will look at the 75 year history of the iconic company. The doc hits DVD and digital download on November 9th, 2010.

Check out the trailer and full press release below!

Trailer: Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics

Press Release:

Warner Bros. Pictures presents an enthralling examination of the creative forces behind the World’s Greatest Super Heroes in Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics, an all-new documentary that takes viewers behind the scenes of the iconic company with unprecedented access to the Warner Bros. and DC Comics archives. Narrated by Ryan Reynolds, Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics will be distributed by Warner Home Video on November 9, 2010 on DVD for $24.98 (Srp). Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics will also be available On Demand and for Download.

Secret Origin: The Story Of DC Comics Riveting documentary Narrated By Ryan Reynolds celebrates the creative talent Behind The World’S greatest super Heroes Warner Home Video To Distribute DVD Nov. 9

Burbank, CA (August 11, 2010) – Warner Bros. Pictures presents an enthralling examination of the creative forces behind the World’s Greatest Super Heroes in Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics, an all-new documentary that takes viewers behind the scenes of the iconic company with unprecedented access to the Warner Bros. and DC Comics archives. Narrated by Ryan Reynolds, Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics will be distributed by Warner Home Video on November 9, 2010 on DVD for $24.98 (Srp). Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics will also be available On Demand and for Download.

Behind the amazing tales of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and a host of other well-known characters is the equally impressive story of the challenges, creativity and...

Here is the trailer for Warner Home Video's upcoming documentary on DC Comics called Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics, which will be narrated by none other than Ryan Reynolds. This is the documentary that is being directed by Jeffrey Blitz (Spellbound, Rocket Science, Lucky). In a previous interview with producer Sean Welch he said,

DC Comics contacted us and asked if we would do this. Jeff and the director are comic book enthusiasts since they were kids and remain comic book enthusiasts. So yes, we have access to their archives, their material, their covers, their panels, the creatives and the executives in the DC world.

And now we have a little teaser trailer that gives us some nice little insight on the origin of DC Comics and the artists who created these iconic superhero characters.

Here's a Synopsis:

The original DC Comics Documentary is the first of...

Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics will release on video on November 9th with Ryan Reynolds narrating it. Watch the trailer after the jump courtesy of Collider.

From the Press Release:

The original DC Comics Documentary is the first of its kind: a compelling look at the company that created the modern super hero, produced with unprecedented access to the archives at Warner Bros. and DC Comics. Both a celebration of the best writers and artists in comics and a thoughtful exploration of seventy-five years of DC Comics history, Secret Origins combines insights from respected hitorians, interviews with some of the most influential comic book creators in history, and excerpts from comics, films, and television shows to bring the story of DC Comics to life in new and unexpected ways.

Warner Brothers presents an enthralling examination of the creative forces behind the World’s Greatest Super Heroes in Secret...

On November 9, Warner Home Video will be releasing a very cool documentary called Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics and it’s going to be narrated by Ryan Reynolds (Green Lantern). As the press release says:

The original DC Comics Documentary is the first of its kind: a compelling look at the company that created the modern super hero, produced with unprecedented access to the archives at Warner Bros. and DC Comics. Both a celebration of the best writers and artists in comics and a thoughtful exploration of seventy-five years of DC Comics history, Secret Origins combines insights from respected hitorians, interviews with some of the most influential comic book creators in history, and excerpts from comics, films, and television shows to bring the story of DC Comics to life in new and unexpected ways.

While the press release makes no mention of who directed and produced the documentary,...

The long-awaited documentary, Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics, screened at Comic-Con International and was previously announced as being included as a bonus in the forthcoming Batman Beyond complete series boxset. Now we have word that the crown jewel of the company's 75th anniversary celebration will be available on its own this November.

Here are the official details:

Burbank, CA (August 11, 2010) – Warner Bros. Pictures presents an enthralling examination of the creative forces behind the World’s Greatest Super Heroes in Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics, an all-new documentary that takes viewers behind the scenes of the iconic company with unprecedented access to the Warner Bros. and DC Comics archives. Narrated by Ryan Reynolds, Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics will be distributed by Warner Home Video on November 9, 2010 on DVD for $24.98 (Srp). Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics will also be available On Demand and for Download.

The annual gaming mecca E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo) is in full swing in Los Angeles right now, and while our colleagues at Multiplayer are on the floor bringing their gaming-savvy readers updates from the show, here's one item that should be particularly interesting for comic fans: the world premiere of the "DC Universe Online" game trailer.

Written by a comics dream team that includes such veterans as Jim Lee, Geoff Johns and Marv Wolfman, "DC Universe Online" is a massive, online multiplayer game featuring a large stable of DC's best-known heroes and villains interacting with user-created, superpowered characters.

From the trailer, we get a peek at Superman, Flash, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, and Batman on the hero side (among others), as well as a rogues gallery that includes Lex Luthor, Joker, Catwoman, Harlequin, and Sinestro (complete with his modern Yellow Lantern costume).

According to Playstation.Blog, where the trailer debuted,...

Warner Bros is preparing their DC Comics line to become a significant portion of their entertainment slate. While Batman has been tearing up the box office for the studio as The Dark Knight, executives are setting up more Green Lantern and the Superman reboot and eyeing stand-alone films for Flash, Aquaman, and Wonder Woman.

At a presentation for their investors last Thursday, a slide detailed the studio’s hopes to capitalize on the June 17, 2010 release of Green Lantern (in 3D) starring Ryan Reynolds. In addition to the feature, they’ll be releasing an accompanying game and direct-to-video movie, expanding their comic book publishing, and launching a CGI Green Lantern TV series.

Warner Bros chairman and CEO Barry Meyer also said they’re “nearing” a greenlight for a Flash movie. In July 2009, the studio quietly hired comic book writers Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, and Marv Wolfman to consult on all DC adaptations,...

Crystal Bowersox got some support from the comics Twittersphere during last night's "American Idol." Marv Wolfman and Rob Worley both approved of her performance going into tonight's follow-up round in the competition.

In other tweets, Jeff Lemire posted a Superboy sketch that someone at the Maine Comics Arts Festival was very lucky to have snagged, Stan Lee offered some "Thor" movie insights, and Rob Liefeld has some pressing questions about fouls in the Suns/Lakers Western Conference Finals. Find out who you agree with, who you disagree with, and who has brilliant things to say about the iPhone.

I'm @brianwarmoth, and this is your Twitter Report for May 26, 2010.

@JeffLemire My first sketch of Superboy, done for a fan at The Maine Comic Arts Festival this past weekend! http://twitpic.com/1r80se

-Jeff Lemire, Writer/Artist ("Sweet Tooth," "The Nobody")

@dresdencodak I always felt Martian Manhunter had a more compelling...

Back in 1988, CBS premiered a new animated series focusing on the adventures of Superman. The "A" story was a Man of Steel tale based in Metropolis, while the "B" segment was a visual scrapbook of sorts, flashing back to Clark Kent as a child in smallville. Veteran writer Marv Wolfman was the creative guiding force of the show and as the series is released on DVD, he took the time to reflect with Voices Fromm Krypton on the show.

Since Ryan Reynolds was revealed to have landed the role of superhero Green Lantern in July, all has been quiet on the casting front.

There are many more characters in the screenplay for the Warner Bros superhero film, as I detailed earlier.

A casting call being sent out to agencies is now seeking actors and actresses to fill four other roles in the story.

Taking this a little further than the official casting call, revealed on Spoiler TV, let's see exactly who these characters are and who might be a suitable choice.

But first, a reminder of the main character. Reynolds will play hotshot pilot Hal Jordan, who is chosen to wear a powerful ring when a dying alien crashes on Earth. With the ring and its lantern-like battery, he becomes the next Green Lantern who is part of an intergalactic corps who are each assigned to protect different sectors of the universe.

Warner Bros. hasn't had any success so far in developing the DC Comics property Shazam! into a movie. Writer after writer after writer has sat down in front of their computer screens and done draft after draft after draft but still the project has failed to move forward. There was some interest from Dwayne Johnson in playing Black Adam, the main adversary to the Shazam! hero Captain Marvel, but that still wasn't enough to do the deed.

But Warners isn't giving up. A while back a decision was made to enlist the help of a trifecta of superstar DC Comics writers -- Grant Morrison, Geoff Johns and Marv Wolfman -- to serve as a creative think tank. Each of the three comic book writers would become a shepherd for one particular DC Comics property that was in the process of being adapted into a Warner Bros. feature film, acting as...

At the recent San Diego Comic-Con, we got some major quality time with all things DC Universe Online from our gameplay footage of the game to our interview with DC superstar artist Jim Lee . We also had the opportunity to get some hands with the game itself, have a sit down with some of the developers and a one on one interview with writer Marv Wolfman and discuss his work on DC Universe Online. Because there is just so much information from Sdcc we have about DC Universe Online, this is going to a be two part story with the second half coming out tomorrow.

DC Universe Online was created with the goal of fulfilling the superhero fantasy in the DC world. Players will be given the ability to create their own hero or villain in order to achieve their own legacy. The ultimate goal of any hero or villain...

THR is reporting that Warner Bros is moving forward with several DC Comics' properties, including "Jonah Hex," "The Green Lantern," "Red" and "The Losers." "Superman" rights will soon leave the studio, but a third "Batman" movie could still happen. Are there any other DC Comics' project the studio is looking at? This past fall, Warners quietly hired three of DC's biggest writers -- Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison and Marv Wolfman -- to act as consultants and writers for its superhero line of movies. Johns has already worked up a new treatment for a "Flash" script, being written by Dan Mazeau. The projects Morrison and Wolfman are working on are in the early stages at Warners, whose execs declined to comment. The studio is also taking pitches on sci-fi hero Adam Strange and the underwater-breathing hero "Aquaman," to be produced by Leonardo DiCaprio. Also in the pipeline: "Bizarro Superman" being written...

The Hollywood Reporter’s got a big rundown of all the upcoming and in-the-pipeline movies from D.C. Comics, including the publishing house’s idea of putting three of its biggest writers, Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison and Marv Wolfman on some of the properties to get them moving again with a fresh spin. They also mention that a live-action “Aquaman” movie is currently in development over at Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way shingle. But wait, fans of “Aquaman”, I wouldn’t get too excited about that. DiCaprio’s company is producing about five billion geek-friendly movies at the moment, and I don’t think a single one of them has ever actually gotten made. I could be wrong, of course. Other D.C. films that are currently in the pipeline includes the much-delayed “Flash” movie, with Geoff Johns doing another treatment on the film, which originally boasted a script by Dan Mazeau.

Remember earlier this year when I pondered just what the heck was taking so long when it came to DC's big screen adaptations? Well, all we had to do was give them a few months, and they started kicking ass and taking names. The Hollywood Reporter has a big piece all about how DC and Warner Bros have united in a creative partnership that rivals the continuity-happy gang at Marvel Entertainment, and it's a relationship that is hoping to yield some wonderful surprises.

In a show of just how serious they are, Warner Bros quietly brought on comic supermen Grant Morrison, Geoff Johns, and Marv Wolfman to act as creative consultants for their major properties such as The Flash, Teen Titans, and anything else the studio might throw at them. Even now, Wolfman and Morrison are working on super secret productions the likes of which fans can only dream about.

In the competition to adapt comics for the screen, Marvel is clearly winning.  DC Comics, owned by Warner Bros, may have set the stage with early adaptations of Superman and Batman, but their rival used the success of Spider-Man and Blade to drive the development of their other properties.

Since Marvel Studio started producing movies in 1998, they’ve developed 18 different releases with many more on the way.  Iron Man, Hulk, Captain America, Thor, and Nick Fury all have their planned stand alone films along with the scheduled team-up event The Avengers.

Meanwhile, other than the successful revival of the Batman franchise, DC Comics has struggled trying to bring its imprints to the silver screen.  A Superman resurrection (Superman Returns) performed well, but wasn’t good enough for an immediate sequel or continuation.  The Spirit was a disaster and Watchmen was a disappointment (financially).  Justice League, DC’s answer to the Avengers,...