Dc’s Villain of the Month campaign is just getting better and better. This time the individual being featured seems to never be included enough as of late. He full of question which answer could potentially mean your life. That’s right, the Riddler. Batman readers know that The Riddler is one of the four Gotham Rogues that will be presenting themselves in the pages of the upcoming September line.
Buzzfeed has released one of the best stories of goodwill to men involving comic book that I have seen in awhile. Children who are undergoing Chemotherapy in Brazil have a new hope to look forward to when receiving their medicine from doctors. Having faith that you can overcome an obstacle is half of the battle, and believing ins’t a difficult task when you believe you have The Justice League on your side.
A new picture from Spiderman 2 was released today. The filming has been going on around the greater NYC area and has stirred up quite a crowd. However, a new picture released shows a character that most of us had parted ways with. This reboot has stars Andrew Garfield playing the beloved Peter Parker, Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy and a few other well known names. Warning, clicking below might spoil a lot for the second movie.
Say Anything’s lead singer Max Bemis recently released his first comic through Boom! Studios. The comic has been such a success amongst fans that it’s already in it’s second printing and variant cover. However, his music fans aren’t the only ones interested in this ironic series. Great art meets a strangely familiar twist of sanity story line, it’s definitely worth picking up.
It’s official, Glenn Close has signed on as another Hollywood name to the Guardians of the Galaxy film. She will be playing the head of Nova Corps. However, it was no easy climb to the top. Glenn beat out many hopefuls to obtain the role. Names such as High Laurie, Ken Watanabe, and Alan Rickman all lost to Miss Cruella De Ville herself. There are many stars still in contention and in talks of different roles.
It is confirmed that in December that David Finch will be drawing a new comic with the title Forever Evil. This will air weekly and hikes the monthly title count to 56 as opposed to the 52 months that has previously existed. It assumed that post Finch pitching the idea that he has been secretly working on this series as an answer to Marvel’s Age of Ultron. No writer is confirmed yet, however I’m sure that we’ll be informed in the near future.
It is upon us. Apart from the highly anticipated film of the summer, Man of Steel, comic book retailers are participating in a day dedicated to the alien hero himself, Superman. Wednesday June 12th has been announced as Man of Steel Day and apart from the excitement inflicted one can also receive a copy of ALL STAR SUPERMAN #1 SPECIAL EDITION comic book by Grant Morrison and Frank Quietly.
Bryan Singer has announced that Quicksilver will be featured in XMen: Day’s of Future Past. This character will be played by American Horror Story’s Evan Peters. However, in all of this happiness of casting and announcements we are so soon to forget that Quicksilver and his sister Scarlet Witch are to be featured in Joss Whedon’s new Avengers 2 script. Marvel crossover? PLEASE!
A man in Elbow Lake, Minn. who had recently purchased a house for next to nothing, only to find out that the house was way more valuable than it appeared. During the process of cleaning and gutting the structure, David Gonzales found a mound of papers providing insulation to the house. Amidst said papers an unusual book caught his eye. A copy of Action Comics No. 1 was found. This comic first aired in 1938 and is the first appearance of the one, the only, Superman.
Since the first wave of water colored poster art had been released for the newest installment of “The Wolverine” we have only seen vague and slightly distinguishable characters. In accordance with the new trailer release (which is awesome) we have also been given posters that are clearly defined as characters Yukio and Viper. The art is still pretty ambiguous, however follows in suit with the films genre and style and I think they work well. Not to mention a pretty awesome scene in the trailer of Jean Grey was revealed.
