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When the world thinks about superheroes, they think about Superman: here's why
How DC's Superman brand design is the DNA that defines all superheroes.
July 08, 2025
Carl Waldron
News
Ironheart almost had her own Marvel Comics series in 2023 - and then Marvel Studios delayed her Disney+ series
Corporate synergy killed 2023's Invincible Ironheart comic book series from Marvel Comics
July 07, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
Features
Meet the high school math teacher who is on a mission to read every Superman comic ever published
One man’s never-ending battle to read every single Superman comic
July 07, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
News
The company behind The Boys comics and those based on Disney's Zooptopia and Warner Bros' The Powerpuff Girls is about to run out of money
Dynamite Entertainment is owed more than a million dollars by failed distributor Diamond, and a request for expedited payment has been rejected by US courts
July 03, 2025
Graeme McMillan
News
First look at a New Mutants reunion as Dani Moonstar joins Magik (and her huge sword!) in her X-Men spin-off comic
Magik re-teams with Mirage as Illyana and Dani try to right past wrongs in the latest issue of Marvel Comics' Magik this July
July 03, 2025
Graeme McMillan
News
Spoilers!Marvel kills one classic hero (and offers a surprise resurrection of a 1980s favorite) in Immortal Thor's final issue
All good things must come to an end, even an Immortal Thor - but the final issue of the Marvel Comics series does not go the way many were expecting
July 02, 2025
Graeme McMillan
Features
Remembering the divisive and revolutionary Secret Wars creator (and former Marvel Comics' EiC) Jim Shooter following his death at age 73
How a comics writing child prodigy named Jim Shooter came to be Marvel Comics' boss, created Secret Wars, and wasn't afraid of making enemies to do it.
July 01, 2025
Graeme McMillan
News
Check out this Spider-Man x Kamen Rider mashup developed as part of Marvel's Mangaverse line
Artist Ben Dunn unveiled artwork created for Marvel's Mangaverse line, giving Spider-Man a rad Kamen Rider-esque look
June 30, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
News
Marvel is worried underage fans would read their R-Rated Red Band and MAX comics on the Marvel Unlimited app - and parental controls isn't "easy"
Marvel Comics editor Tom Brevoort explained in his newsletter why Max and Red Band series aren't available to read on Marvel Unlimited
June 30, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
News
The one big lesson the 1997 Spawn movie taught Todd McFarlane, and how it influences his comics, toys, and upcoming Spawn reboot of Spawn to this day
"I know my audience," says McFarlane, currently at work on Blumhouse's King Spawn starring Jamie Foxx
June 30, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Marvel still regrets accidentally publishing a phone sex line on a Captain America comic's cover, 20 years later
This isn't the Captain America hotline, but Marvel was advertising a different kind of hotline back in the 'Winter Soldier' era.
June 29, 2025
Chris Arrant
Features
The great Spider-Man "rip-off:" Marvel artist says his work was "plagiarized" by another, and that artist says Marvel told him to do it
Marvel Comics published a Spider-Man cover homaging a classic one, but one of the original artists says it went to far and "plagiarized" the whole thing
June 27, 2025
Chris Arrant
News
Thunderbolts' Sentry was conceived as an Hourman pitch for DC Comics' Vertigo, says co-creator Paul Jenkins
One aspect of the original Hourman idea that did end up carrying over to The Sentry was drug addiction. However, that aspect was MUCH more central to the Hourman pitch, until a Vertigo comics legend told Jenkins to reconsider
June 26, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
DC's top artist Dan Mora is leaving to give Hasbro's Transformers "a whole new era" with The Walking Dead writer Robert Kirkman
Mora meets the eye. (Sorry, it's difficult to work Robert Kirkman's name into a Transformers pun.)
June 26, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Marvel is making an R-rated Fantastic Four comic where they all become zombies
Marvel Zombies: Red Band will retell the Fantastic Four's first space voyage with an undead twist
June 26, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
News
Star Wars & the murder of Yaddle by Count Dooku are being re-lived (and explored) in July's Jedi Knights #5
Witness the final turn of Count Dooku from Jedi to Sith Lord in Star Wars: Jedi Knights #5.
June 26, 2025
Chris Arrant
News
One of One Piece's biggest moments arrives in One Piece Vol. 112 (along with new color art of Luffy's Elbaph arc outfit!)
The Mural in Chapter 1138 of One Piece sets the stage for the climatic battle to come
June 25, 2025
Trent Cannon
News
Ahead of James Gunn's Superman movie, DC just retconned a key (but controversial) piece of the Watchmen sequel back into core DC canon
DC has just confirmed that a controversial origin retcon is officially canon ahead of the release of DC Studios' Superman - and the two might be connected more than it seems
June 25, 2025
Graeme McMillan
News
Marvel's Giant-Size X-Men revamp was inspired by DC's nearly-forgotten WW2 superteam the Blackhawks
How Marvel borrowed from DC Comics’ Blackhawks and the Legion of Super-Heroes when they revamped the X-Men
June 24, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Features
How Marvel Comics' Fantastic Four quietly re-envisioned superhero gender equality in 1961
Instead of wearing a skirt or a dress, Sue Storm matched her Fantastic Four teammates by wearing their now iconic jumpsuits
June 24, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
News
Exclusive!Darkness falls and magic reigns in the trailer for Netflix graphic novel sequel Fate: The Winx Saga Vol. 2
The second volume in Mad Cave Studios' continuation of the YA Netflix series debuts in stores this July - and we have an exclusive look at the trailer
June 24, 2025
Graeme McMillan
News
Why Marvel Comics canceled the flagship X-Men title in 1970, and made plans to breakup the franchise
Marvel Comics didn’t publish any new X-Men stories from 1970-1975
June 23, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
News
Ultimate Spider-Man writer Jonathan Hickman isn't staying in space after the end of Marvel's four-issue Imperial
The writer will not be repeating his Ultimate Spider-Man and X-Men success with an ongoing sci-fi series spinning out of his current Imperial miniseries, according to editor Tom Brevoort
June 23, 2025
Graeme McMillan
News
Ignition Press brings cosmic horror to San Diego Comic-Con 2025 with Roots of Madness from Wonder Woman: Nubia writer and House of Slaughter artist
The new series from start-up indie publisher Ignition Press will debut at SDCC 2025, along with exclusive merch
June 23, 2025
Graeme McMillan
News
Celebrate the late Octavia E. Butler with a glimpse inside the comic book version of her prescient dystopian novel, Parable of the Talents
Creators Damian Duffy, John Jennings, and David Brame have brought Octavia E. Butler's 1998 novel Parable of The Talents to comics and we have an exclusive look inside on the anniversary of Butler's birth
June 22, 2025
Graeme McMillan
News
Deadpool and Batman was only the beginning; Marvel and DC's next comic book crossover will also include Jeff the Land Shark, Wonder Woman, Krypto, Captain America, and more
Marvel has announced information about three more Marvel/DC crossovers coming in the pages of September's Deadpool/Batman #1
June 20, 2025
Graeme McMillan
News
Marvel looks back at Secret Wars from years past (and forward to Avengers movies in the future) with two September comic titles
Both the new Avengers storyline and a new Battleworld series launch in September, showing that Marvel Comics has the future of the MCU and Avengers: Doomsday in mind
June 19, 2025
Graeme McMillan
News
Former Amazon ComiXology execs plan to revolutionize digital comics with new platform Neon Ichiban - and Marvel and DC are already in
David Steinberger and Chip Mosher are bringing the upgrades piloted at DSTLRY to their new company, and Marvel and DC have already signed on to sell through the platform
June 19, 2025
Graeme McMillan
News
Exclusive!Comics' first superhero, The Phantom, returns for a new generation from Mad Cave Studios this September
The newspaper strip hero The Phantom, who predates Superman, is back in a new monthly series from indie publisher Mad Cave Studios this fall
June 19, 2025
Graeme McMillan
News
The writer responsible for breaking up Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson is returning to Marvel's Amazing Spider-Man
J. Michael Straczynski is writing a new five-issue miniseries set in Spidey's past
June 18, 2025
Graeme McMillan
News
James Tynion and Michael Avon Oeming's Blue Book true-life UFO stories spread to the Soviet Union and beyond in new series Red Book
Discover the truth behind UFO sightings in 20th century Communist Russia and China in James Tynion and Michael Avon Oeming's Red Book, coming this fall from Dark Horse Comics
June 18, 2025
Graeme McMillan
News
Upstart comics publisher Ignition Press announces standalone 'Ignition Press Room' location for San Diego Comic-Con 2025
Want to be part of SDCC 2025 but don't have a pass? Ignition Press has you covered
June 17, 2025
Graeme McMillan
News
Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman turns his attention to epic fantasy for a new series that's "impossible to overhype"
Skinbreaker, an eight issue comic book series by Robert Kirkman and David Finch, will begin September 2025
June 17, 2025
Graeme McMillan
News
Exclusive!Batman's fallen son Jason Todd heads to New Orleans (and the Huntress) for a new adults-only Red Hood comic book series - in mainstream DC continuity
Jason Todd is leaving Batman and Gotham City behind (but taking his guns and his bike) in the new mature-readers comic book series set in mainstream DC continuity
June 17, 2025
Graeme McMillan
Features
The new Spy x Family manga arc is the most badass Yor has been since the Cruise Arc in season 2
The Spy x Family manga continues to deliver great moments and stunning art - plus Yor Forger beating the snot out of an incel. What's not to love?
June 16, 2025
Trent Cannon
News
Unbox a brand new manhua and other goodies from Mad Cave Studios's new imprint Nakama Press!
Nakama Press is a brand-new imprint publishing manga, manhua, manhwa, and manfra from around the world
June 16, 2025
Ashley V. Robinson
News
Why don't superheroes stop wars, instead of fighting supervillains? Marvel offers an answer, via The Fantastic Four leader Reed Richards
Reed Richards believes that it's not worth the political fallout to intervene in international conflicts, according to a recent Marvel comic book (Meanwhile, DC's Superman is stopping wars around the world as per his new movie trailer)
June 16, 2025
Graeme McMillan
Features
45 years ago, The Death of Phoenix changed the X-Men (and superhero comics) forever - or at least, until the next Marvel retcon changed everything all over again
Amazingly, the X-Men creators' original plan wasn't even to kill off Jean Grey for the Phoenix's genocidal actions - but then Marvel editor-in-chief Jim Shooter stepped in
June 13, 2025
Graeme McMillan
News
Marvel is leaning into its own mythology and suggesting a new holiday for fans - does anyone else want to celebrate 616 Day?
In the pages of Giant-Size Amazing Spider-Man #1, a new Marvel holiday has arisen: 616 Day
June 11, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
Features
Donny Cates' Ultimate Spider-Man pitch was to create a Spider-Man for grown-ups and not the kids Marvel has with its other Spider-Men
Inside Donny Cates' goal to "break" Peter Parker "as hard as you can" with his Ultimate Spider-Man.
June 11, 2025
Chris Arrant
News
"Never try to kill the giant": Todd McFarlane maps out his industry-redefining gameplan that created Image Comics, McFarlane Toys, and Spawn
The driving manta that led Todd McFarlane to success with Spawn, Image Comics, and McFarlane Toys.
June 11, 2025
Chris Arrant
News
Marvel’s Nightcrawler was originally created as a literal demon, but then X-Men co-creator Jack Kirby got there first with DC's Etrigan the Demon
The X-Men’s Nightcrawler would have been an actual demon if it wasn’t for Jack Kirby’s Etrigan
June 11, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
News
Marvel is bringing the original Iron Fist back to life (and back to comics) in September's The Undead Iron Fist
Danny Rand died, but he got better. And he's set to star in the 4 issue Undead Iron Fist mini-series from Jason Loo and Fran Galán, exploring why all Iron Fists have to die by the time they turn 33
June 10, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
Features
The business of the comic and toy business, according to Spawn creator & Image Comics co-founder/president Todd McFarlane
Todd McFarlane on the secrets of his success, the inspiration for Spawn, his desert island pieces of media, and more.
June 10, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
News
Marvel's Storm originally didn't have weather powers - she was a part-time house cat
The X-Men’s Storm was originally envisioned as a feline hero called the Black Cat
June 10, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
News
Marvel's Wolverine was created to be a teenager and not a grizzled veteran - even after he joined the X-Men
Len Wein said Wolverine was supposed to be a 19-year-old kid - but someone after him changed it all.
June 09, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
News
Warner Bros. Discovery is splitting into two companies in 2026: Here's what that'll mean for DC, HBO Max, and you
You might have questions about the news that DC and HBO parent company Warner Bros Discovery is splitting in two in 2026 - we have answers
June 09, 2025
Graeme McMillan
News
How Batman: Year One artist David Mazzucchelli helped inspire Nicolas Cage's acclaimed drama Pig
Pig director Michael Sarnoski explains that a lesser-known work by legendary Batman/Daredevil artist and Frank Miller collaborator Mazzucchelli inspired the 2021 gastrodrama
June 06, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Before Marvel revamped the X-Men in the '70s with Giant-Size X-Men, it almost ditched all their costumes instead
During the 1970s Marvel almost relaunched the X-Men as realistic heroes with no costumes
June 06, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
News
Meet the X-Men from a rejected early '00s manga reboot: A werewolf Wolverine, a genderswapped Angel, and a Professor X looking to 'cure' being a mutant
In the early '00s, Marvel published a manga-inspired reboot of all their major Marvel heroes - but this X-Men pitch never saw print.
June 06, 2025
Chris Arrant
Features
Batman: Dark Patterns feels both impossible and impressive
The current Dark Patterns miniseries from DC and creators Dan Watters and Hayden Sherman is a future classic Batman comic
June 05, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Marvel's Wolverine costume as we know it was based on Batman (his ears at least), according to X-Men legend Dave Cockrum
It turns out there’s a reason Wolverine’s cowl looks like Batman
June 05, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
News
Marvel Comics did a drastic revamp of the X-Men with Giant-Size X-Men - and the original writer was "pretty pissed off" when he learned he had been replaced
Meet Mike Friedrich, the original writer for Marvel’s Giant-Size X-Men #1
June 04, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
News
Goodbye, Yellow Brick Road no more: Elton John to provide foreword fora Wizard of Oz reboot comic (Don't call it Wicked)
Elton John is returning to the yellow brick road for a foreword to Ultimate Oz Universe this November
June 03, 2025
Graeme McMillan
News
Discover (or Rediscover!) the origins of the Critical Role's Mighty Nein before Amazon's Prime Video TV series in a new boxed set coming this fall
The upcoming Mighty Nein Origins Boxed Set collects eight hardcover graphic novels revealing the backstory of fan-favorite Critical Role characters, celebrating the series' 10th anniversary
June 03, 2025
Graeme McMillan
News
Mission: Impossible star Tom Cruise and Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld almost did a project together in the 90s
The two collaborated on a potential project for years, while Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld was also working with Steven Spielberg and the team behind Independence Day
June 03, 2025
Graeme McMillan
News
Street Fighter and Mega Man comic publisher apologizes to fans and asks stores to reorder summer stock after cutting ties with struggling distributor
UDON Entertainment, which publishes Street Fighter and Mega Man comics, is asking comic stores to reorder all its material through August after cancelling its arrangement with the troubled Diamond Comic Distributors
May 30, 2025
Graeme McMillan
News
DC's flagship Batman series delayed a month as Jim Lee and Jeph Loeb's 'H2SH' storyline hits a snag
The next issue of the fan-favorite Batman storyline has been delayed for four weeks, DC has told retailers.
May 30, 2025
Graeme McMillan
News
Indie comic company Vault bought by Aethon Books to create "one-stop shop" next-gen sci-fi super-publisher
Aethon Books has purchased a majority stake in comic publisher Vault Comics, creating an full-service independent sci-fi all-rounder that can handle prose, audiobooks, and comics
May 30, 2025
Graeme McMillan
News
Iconic horror manga creator Junji Ito has inspired this new DC Comics rendition of Batman villain Two-Face by Artgerm
The body horror and sense of wrongness in the piece is unlike any portrait of Two-Face we've ever seen.
May 30, 2025
Trent Cannon
Features
"I'm not the bad boy of comics anymore": Inside the life of Donny Cates
Donny Cates revamped Marvel's Venom and almost did the same for Ultimate Spider-Man - but instead he spent the last two years rebuilding himself.
May 30, 2025
Chris Arrant
News
Schools and libraries don't have unlimited digital access to BOOM! Studios comics anymore - here's why
If you've loved reading comics from BOOM! Studios on services like Comics Plus, then I'm sorry. With Penguin Random House's acquisition of BOOM! the titles will be deactivated from the service
May 30, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
News
God Country isn't dead - as Netflix movie deal was just renewed, and Donny Cates has ideas for a sequel
Donny Cates and Geoff Shaw created a otherworldly Texas fantasy in God Country - and Netflix is (still) developing a movie on it.
May 29, 2025
Chris Arrant
Features
After two years, Marvel Comics' Knull co-creator Donny Cates begins his comeback this summer with a "very, very weird book" that is "the biggest thing I've ever done in my entire life"
Donny Cates talk about his Marvel past, his comics future - and if DC and Marvel are a part of it.
May 29, 2025
Chris Arrant
Features
DC Comics highlights the 100-year-old gay bar that has been in Gotham longer than Batman
Safe spaces, queer places: opening the doors to the 100-year-old gay bar you didn't know existed inside DC Comics' Gotham City.
May 28, 2025
Chris Arrant
News
Epic Marvel & DC cover artist Artgerm says he will "will die on the hill of human art," as AI 'artists' steal his work as a popular AI prompt
The man who has produced some of the most popular DC and Marvel comics variant covers is less worried about AI art than you might think.
May 28, 2025
Trent Cannon
Features
Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man reboot is a "weird and lonely experience" for Donny Cates as its original writer because he now sees himself as its star Peter Parker
Donny Cates says he was developing the Ultimate Marvel reboot for five years before a near-fatal car accident took it away from him, and there's unresolved feelings seeing it now without him.
May 28, 2025
Chris Arrant
Features
Marvel Comics' original Ultimate Spider-Man reboot writer Donny Cates opens up on where he's been, where he's going, and how he's been
What really happened to Donny Cates, according to Donny Cates.
May 28, 2025
Dave Buesing
News
DC sneaks the new Batman logo reveal into the Deadpool/Batman announcement
Hey, that Batman logo looks pretty unfamiliar, doesn't it...?
May 27, 2025
Graeme McMillan
News
Is Superman coming to Peacemaker? James Gunn teases a "really, really, really big cameo" for season 2 of the HBO Max DC drama
Gunn also confirms that Peacemaker's second season on HBO Max will revolve around a piece of technology that will feature in the 2025 Superman movie
May 27, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Marvel has deputized Deadpool as its top star (Sorry, Spider-Man!) for a rare crossover with DC Comics opposite Batman
This year will see big names from both Marvel and DC work on two Deadpool and Batman crossovers - and more
May 27, 2025
Graeme McMillan
News
Cover artist Artgerm's favorite DC character is Supergirl - but only because of the CW show and Melissa Benoist
The cover artist turned his love for Supergirl into a six-issue variant cover run for DC all because he loved the CW show so much.
May 27, 2025
Trent Cannon
News
When Tom Cruise started Mission: Impossible, he turned to Marvel Comics and Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld to get the whole thing going
Rob Liefeld provided the cover art (and some of the interior artwork) for a 1996 Marvel Mission: Impossible comic at Tom Cruise's request
May 23, 2025
Graeme McMillan
News
Fresh from his MCU Daredevil: Born Again revival, Marvel Comics resurrects Frank Castle in comic books for adults-only series Punisher: Red Band
Two years after replacing him with a new incarnation of the anti-hero, Frank Castle is back as Marvel Comics' Punisher for a new miniseries published under the Red Band 17+ imprint
May 23, 2025
Graeme McMillan
Features
Deadpool and My Hero Academia's All Might punching Thanos is still the best crossover team-up in Marvel history [Popverse Jump]
The Merc With A Mouth was never more relatable than when he was fanboying over teaming up with All Might in Deadpool Samurai
May 23, 2025
Trent Cannon
Features
How Giant-Size X-Men #1 rescued a franchise and changed the shape of Marvel’s publishing empire forever
Inside the giant-sized X-Men revamp that saved Marvel's mutants, using inspiration and rejected ideas from two DC projects.
May 22, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
News
Penguin Random House pulls distribution access to key publishers from Diamond (including Marvel, Boom! Studios, and Dark Horse Comics)
If your comic store has been relying on Diamond Comic Distributors to get your Marvel comics every week, there's a new wrinkle they'll have to deal with starting at the end of June
May 21, 2025
Graeme McMillan
News
NYCC 2025 is growing to 5 days - with a special Wednesday just for professionals again
A full day of pro-only panels, signings, giveaways, and more at New York Comic Con 2025.
May 21, 2025
Chris Arrant
News
Exorcisms, half-demons and queer Victorian romance collide in Oni Press's 2026 graphic novel The Demon of Beausoleil
The fan-favorite webcomic from Brazilian cartoonist Mariana Costa will come to print in January 2026 from Oni Press
May 21, 2025
Graeme McMillan
Features
The blue collar Dark Knight of Absolute Batman is the Batman I need right now
When money is the one thing missing from Batman's toolbelt, Bruce Wayne is even more resourceful and more Batman.
May 21, 2025
Carl Waldron
News
Onetime comic distribution monopoly Diamond is hit by layoffs, department closures within hours of being sold
Ad Populum, which bought Diamond Comic Distributors and Diamond Book Distributors at auction, started layoffs within "minutes" of the sale being announced as final
May 20, 2025
Graeme McMillan
News
Godzilla writer/artist James Stokoe takes on kung-fu revenge stories with Dark Horse's Orphan and the Five Beasts: Bath of Blood this fall
The second series of Alien and Godzilla cartoonist James Stokoe's kung-fu craziness hits the stands (literally) this September
May 20, 2025
Graeme McMillan
Features
Marvel Matters: The MCU has grown from movies to TV series & cartoons - but MCU comics? It's tougher than you think
The idea of MCU comics is as old as the MCU itself, but despite owning a comics company Marvel Studios hasn't been able to make it work (although they've tried).
May 20, 2025
Chris Arrant
News
Marvel’s X-Men comics are broken, says Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld, but he knows who can fix them (No, it's not him)
"Whatever the check is, whatever the number is, go write it and give it to one Scott Snyder," Rob Liefeld says about the one man he believes can make Marvel's X-Men great again
May 19, 2025
Graeme McMillan
Features
James Tynion IV & Michael Walsh's Exquisite Corpses is gamifying a battle royale murder party - and it makes me want to play the game (if they make one!)
It's Clue meets Magic: The Gathering in the killer comic Exquisite Corpses
May 19, 2025
Carl Waldron
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Marvel's Infinity Stones originally came from Thanos creator Jim Starlin's religious schooling and wondering what an evil God would want
"I started questioning as to what a god who is not benevolence, but malevolence would be like," Jim Starlin told Popverse about the origin of the Infinity Stones
May 17, 2025
Graeme McMillan
News
DC have created a new Justice League spin-off team that Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman don't know about - so don't share this article with them
Who watches the watchmen? We'll leave that to Alan Moore, but there's a Justice League inside the Justice League that even the big three don't know about
May 16, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Marvel Studios' gender-swap of MCU star Taskmaster almost didn't happen; here's what changed
One of the male finalists for the MCU Taskmaster role ended up getting another role as a consolation prize.
May 16, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Finally, Superman's The Daily Planet is looking into the weirdness that is Gotham City (Who is that bat guy, btw?)
Jimmy Olsen is moving to Gotham City to expand the Daily Planet - which might not be the best news for Jimmy Olsen or Gotham City, considering the bat guy flying around as a result
May 16, 2025
Graeme McMillan
News
AfterShock Comics aims to revamp its editorial team and revive its comics line as it emerges from bankruptcy
More than two years after it declared bankruptcy, indie comics publisher AfterShock Comics is attempting to make a comeback
May 16, 2025
Graeme McMillan
News
After DC Studios' Superman movie, DC Comics will remind us how "warped, suspenseful and occasionally horrific" the Man of Steel can be in Black Label book for ages 17 & up
The five-issue comic book series comes from the creative team behind the Eisner Award nominated Ice Cream Man series from Image Comics
May 16, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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DC's Absolute Batman to get even bigger as some surprise "fan-favorite characters" will debut soon that will "feature hugely" in series, according to Scott Snyder
June's issue will start the second big storyline of Absolute Batman, and introduce two very familiar faces (and that's not including Absolute Bane)
May 16, 2025
Graeme McMillan
News
And the winners in the 2025 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards are...
It was a good night for DC Comics, as well as creator Gene Luen Yang
May 15, 2025
Graeme McMillan
News
How did DC bring Wonder Woman writer Greg Rucka back into the fold? By giving him an idea he didn't think could work
Comic book writer Greg Rucka has shared how DC Comics got him to find a solution for why two villains like Cheetah and Cheshire would work together without betraying each other
May 15, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
News
DC president Jim Lee returns to Image Comics for a Batman/Geiger crossover... kind of
Lee co-founded Image Comics in 1992, but hasn't provided any artwork for the publisher since 2011... until this year's cover 'crossover' with Geoff Johns and Gary Frank's Geiger.
May 15, 2025
Graeme McMillan
News
Exclusive!EC Comics returns to cosmic horror with anthology series Cruel Universe 2, launching this summer from Oni Press
The first issue of EC Comics' Cruel Universe 2 features work from Greg Pak (Incredible Hulk), Ann Nocenti (Daredevil), Kano (Action Comics) and The Walking Dead's Charlie Adlard
May 13, 2025
Graeme McMillan
News
Classic Civil War novel The Red Badge of Courage is coming to comics, and Popverse has an exclusive preview
Steve Cuzor is adapting the 1895 novel from Stephen Crane into a graphic novel, and we have a sneak peek before the book's May 13 release
May 12, 2025
Graeme McMillan
News
Dog Man heads up Children's Book Week 2025: "Reading is the greatest superpower of all"
Dav Pilkey and Scholastic are donating up to 50,000 books to US locations as part of the November 2025 event to promote child literacy.
May 10, 2025
Graeme McMillan
News
X-Men was "the most disappointing creative experience" Jonathan Hickman has ever had, the Marvel writer reveals
"It's really, really difficult for me to talk about it or think about it in any kind of positive aspect," Jonathan Hickman says about the fact that he didn't get to finish the X-Men story he started with 2019's House of X/Powers of X dual miniseries
May 10, 2025
Graeme McMillan
News
Donny Cates revealed as the original writer of Ultimate Spider-Man (and the entire Ultimate Marvel reboot), before Jonathan Hickman or Chip Zdarsky
Call him the Maker - Venom's Donny Cates was in line to write Ultimate Spider-Man before Jonathan Hickman or Chip Zdarsky.
May 09, 2025
Chris Arrant