A hero is often defined by his or her  villains. And few heroes have villains as cool and colorful and flat out weird as the Flash. The Rogues define the Flash and he  defines  them: Mirror Master, Heat Wave, Weather Wizard, the Trickster and most especially the two Captains Captain  Cold and  Captain Boomerang.  

He has a “R” on his shirt, but he’s not Robin. Who’s the mysterious kid in the Batcave with the orange hair? Is it Clayface’s kid? Maybe Joker’s son? Hmmmm….  

Poison Ivy rarely leaves Gotham City, and yet here she is in Smallville, just as the town’s vegetation is out of control. Think she might be in town to actually help Superboy get to the bottom of this mystery? Yeah, color me skeptical, too. Issue 2 of SUPERBOY lands on Wednesday.  

What better way to start a week than with some variant covers? First up, we have a terrifyingly awesome cover by Gene Ha for BATMAN & ROBIN #19. Next, the indomitable Dustin Nguyen gives us an iconic, powerful cover for Jeff Lemire’s SUPERBOY #3. Neal Adams’ original pencils adorn the cover of BATMAN: ODYSSEY #6, and last but certainly not least we have a cover for GREEN LANTERN: EMERALD WARRIORS #6 by Felipe Massafera. Check them all out below!  

It may or may not be good to be the King, but it’s definitely an amazing time to be a Batman fan. Month in and month out, the writers and artists are knocking out some great books with a truly distinctive look and feel to them. Take Paul Cornell and Jimmy Broxton’s wry, action packed mini-series KNIGHT AND SQUIRE: it’s funny, playful and, in just two issues, the series has introduced a slew of memorable and quirky new villains.  

David Kim is not a hero. He is – was – a scientist with no intentions of dabbling in powers or fights between good and evil. He just wanted to do his research and marry his fiancée and have a normal life. Eventually, he planned on aging, retiring and dying. But sometimes, fate steps in, infects you with nanotechnology and robs you of life and death forever.  

After storming the world for nearly 40 years and taking their very special brand of heavy metal to all four corners of the planet, JUDAS PRIEST -one of the most influential heavy metal bands of all time, have announced this will be their final world tour!!  

  Jägermeister, the brand known for decades of involvement with rock bands, continues to own the concert circuit with the 2011 Jägermeister Music Tour featuring Buckcherry. The Jägermeister Music Tour kicks off January 19th in San Diego, CA and plays 26 shows across the nation in celebration of Buckcherry’s new single “It’s a Party” off of their recently released album “All Night Long”.  

A harrowing “end of the world” song, “World Painted Blood,” the title track from Slayer’s most recent release, has been nominated for a Grammy Award in the category of “Best Metal Performance.” This is the band’s fifth Grammy nod, with the band having taken home the prize twice, first for “Eyes of the Insane” in 2006, and then again with “Final Six” in 2007, both in the “Best Metal Performance” category.  

The debut full length titled Euphoric Hymns from the Altar of Death is limited to 500 copies (100 on maroon vinyl, 100 fire orange & black, and 300 black). The LPs come with reverse board printed jackets, an 12″ x 18″ poster, and double-sided insert.  

Today FUNimation Entertainment is launching the first two English dubbed episodes on FUNimation.com/video as well as YouTube. In honor of the event, FUNimation has also announced the full cast of the English dub of the action anime series Sacred Blacksmith:  

Exploding on to the scene in 2006, and shortly thereafter being handpicked to open for Metallica on their Death Magnetic tour, The Sword has proven themselves through album and live show with force. With new drummer on the skins, The Sword slayed New York City Saturday night with their brand of doom/ stoner metal.