San Diego Comic-Con is a treasure trove of exciting previews for upcoming comic books, and without a doubt, one of the biggest and most anticipated series to spin out of this year’s celebration is a brand-new volume of Shadow of the Bat. The original Shadow of the Bat series was a beloved, foundational part of […]
Doomsday is a legendary comic book villain because he did what everyone else thought was impossible: he killed Superman. Doomsday is the first villain who managed to truly bring down the Man of Steel, and he left a permanent mark on DC as a whole. Of course, Superman came back as he always does, but […]
Superman has been DC Comics’ shining beacon of hope for over 85 years. Of course, just two years after his 1938 debut, the Man of Steel encountered Lex Luthor for the first time – the billionaire criminal mastermind who would become his greatest archnemesis and plague him for decades to come. Together, Superman and Lex […]
Batman is DC’s most popular character; an argument can be made that he’s the most popular superhero ever. With the DCU heating up, fans have wondered when we’d get a new big screen Batman. While Batman: The Brave and the Bold has been announced, nothing is known about it yet and that’s a very tantalizing […]
Superman is the most important superhero of all. He represents truth, justice, and a better tomorrow better than any other superhero out there. He inspires all of us to be better and to do good for the sake of goodness. He’s a true hero who has saved reality more times than anyone can count, and […]
Creating characters can be tricky. Trying to capture people’s personalities and defining traits into a facsimile of real life and present it, in written works or what have you, can be a difficult process for anyone, from legendary authors to new tabletop enjoyers. Dungeons and Dragons addressed this issue by creating a helpful, if restrictive, […]
Comic books are a collaborative process. At any given time, around five people work on a single issue, not counting however many editors and designers who have their fingers in the pie. From the writers to the letterers, no comic book could exist without a team of talented and skilled creatives pushing it forward, turning […]
No matter what era or medium got you into DC Comics, you knew Solomon Grundy. He’s been a perennial threat to virtually every super-hero and team in the pre and post-Crisis on Infinite Earths comic book universes. Maybe you grew up seeing Grundy as a charter member of the Super Friends’ Legion of Doom, or […]
Superman is the most iconic superhero of all time. Everyone knows the story of an alien refugee who was flung to Earth to escape the destruction of his home planet, being raised by kindly farmers to become the greatest hero that the world will ever know. He constantly inspires others to stand up and do […]
San Diego Comic-Con has come and gone, but it also left us with a whole lot of interesting, exciting new comics to talk about. Conventions have been the home for announcements and major companies’ upcoming plans for years now, and SDCC is one of the biggest and greatest of them all. Marvel and DC each […]