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Why X-Men legend Chris Claremont made Wolverine's claws a "natural" ability - and how it relates to Stan Lee
In an old interview with Jim Lee, Claremont recalled "taking Wolverine through moderate degrees of hell along the way, making him a more totally natural character just because this is one of the things that always bugged everybody"
July 10, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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Invader Zim creator Jhonen Vasquez blasts Nickelodeon, Paramount & BOOM! Studios as "lizards" for reviving the franchise without telling him (and the new writer is upset too!)
Invader Zim creator Jhonen Vasquez says he was left out of the revival—and the new writer Jim Zub agrees it shouldn’t have happened.
July 08, 2026
Chris Arrant
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer's new era starts with a "big status quo shift" surprise, but one Redditor seems to have almost solved it
Comics staple Kelly Thompson is doing big things with the Buffy the Vampire Slayer mythos over at Dynamite... and fans are getting worryingly close to figuring out what
July 06, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
How creative burnout on Marvel's Punisher led Jim Lee to one of comics’ greatest runs: X-Men
Legend of Marvel Comics art turned legend of DC Comics publishing Lee says that there are only so many ways you can draw a vigilante in a van before getting tired
July 01, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
A decade before the X-Men movies even began, Jim Lee confirms he was making Charles Xavier Patrick Stewart
We've uncovered an old Marvel Age article in which artist-turned publisher Lee makes a bang-on prediction about the cinematic future of the X-Men's leader. And something about 'Geoffrey the Human Shark?' (Just kidding)
June 30, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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Marvel Studios is heavily involved with the X-Men '97 season 2 prequel over at Marvel Comics, including stuff they couldn't fit in the cartoon
X-Men '97 Season Two comic writer Steve Foxe said Marvel Studios were "were incredibly generous with their time and insight, as well as with all sorts of scenes and character background that didn’t make it into the show"
June 29, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
That's not Matrix in the new Supergirl comic, despite DC's advertising text... but she is coming
The cover to DC's Supergirl #14 is misleading, but writer Sophie Campbell is clearing things up
June 25, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
The X-Men '97 season 2 writer pitched changing the name of the comic because he's focusing so much on the side characters over the core cast
Marvel almost renamed its X-Men ’97 comic because it isn’t really about the X-Men anymore.
June 25, 2026
Chris Arrant
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Supergirl has Bilquis Evely to thank for her movie. Bilquis Evely has Supergirl to thank for her career
Evely's Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow is the bedrock of the DCU's second film. And had the artist not found Kara Zor-El at a pivotal point in her life, neither the comic or the film would've been the same
June 23, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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The tragedy at the heart of Supergirl may date back to her creator’s real life and the death of his daughter
Kara Zor-El, the titular hero of both Craig Gillespie's 2026 DCU entry and the Woman of Tomorrow comic, is a character rooted in the fictional destruction of Krypton and, as Tom King recounts, the real-life tragedy of co-creator Otto Binder
June 22, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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DC Comics' Lobo has become synonymous with superhero badassery. Ironically, that's exactly what he was created to spoof
When DC Comics legend Keith Giffen created Lobo, he wanted to make an "indictment" of ultra-violent superheroes. Then, he became the "poster boy" for exactly that
June 18, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Guides
4 Kids Walk Into a Bank ending explained
4 Kids Walk Into a Bank: Everything you need to know about Matthew Rosenberg and Tyler Boss’s graphic novel ahead of the movie
June 15, 2026
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Guides
Vision Quest ending explained: Everything you need to know about the Marvel storyline ahead of the MCU miniseries
Marvel’s Vision Quest comic ending explained
June 15, 2026
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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Lobo was supposed to be part of Supergirl comic the movie is based on, but DC Comics said 'No'
The original pitch for Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, upon which the upcoming film is based, was a Supergirl x Lobo comic book team-up. Then DC Comics requested the Main Man be axed
June 12, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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He-Man's most famous weapon was originally a reference to Golden Age Superman comics
Donald F. Glut, the writer who penned the first ever He-Man adventures via Mattel-produced mini-comics, points back to specific Superman storyline as inspiration for Eternia's mightiest blade
June 04, 2026
Grant DeArmitt