Tag: DC Comics

  • Justice League Movie Rumours Return

    Justice League Movie Rumours Return

    A recent interview with Warner Bros. executive Jeff Robinov in The Los Angeles Times has suggested new plans for a Justice League movie, no doubt inspired by the hype (and good will) surrounding Marvel’s upcoming Avengers. Unlike this year’s continuity primers Captain America and Thor, however, it appears that the Justice League film will itself…

  • Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne TPB Review

    Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne TPB Review

    2011, DC Comics Story: Grant Morrison Art: Chris Sprouse, Frazer Irving, Yanick Paquette, Cameron Stewart, Ryan Sook, Lee Garbett Like Superman and Captain America before him, Batman was always going to best the Grim Reaper and return to the DCU – even though technically he was never dead. It was more a question of when…

  • Green Lantern to Headline MCM Expo London’s Comic Con

    Green Lantern to Headline MCM Expo London’s Comic Con

    Where: Excel London, Royal Victoria Dock When: 27-29th May Press Release: MCM Group are delighted to announce that much-anticipated action-adventure Green Lantern will be the official title sponsor of the next MCM Expo, which takes place at ExCel London on 27-29 May. Now in its tenth year, MCM Expo is London’s comic con, covering movies,…

  • DC Universe Online: Legends #1 Comic Review

    DC Universe Online: Legends #1 Comic Review

    DC Comics, $2.99 Story: Marv Wolfman, Tony Bedard Art: Howard Porter, Livesay, Adriana Melo, Norman Lee Colours: Carrie Strachan DC Universe Online: Legends sits in the rather unenviable position of being a comic book based on a video game based on a comic book. However, DCUO is no ordinary video game but an MMO; an…

  • Batman: Heart of Hush TPB Review

    Batman: Heart of Hush TPB Review

    2009, DC Comics Story: Paul Dini Art: Dustin Nguyen Colours: John Kalisz With Heart of Hush Paul Dini takes Jeph Loeb’s bandaged villain and injects some much needed pathos into his backstory, exploring Thomas Elliot’s warped relationship with his mother and the Elliot family’s criminal ties. The original ‘Hush’ arc was seemingly developed to give…

  • Superman: Earth One Graphic Novel Review

    Superman: Earth One Graphic Novel Review

    2010, DC Comics/Titan Books Story: J. Michael Staczynski Pencils: Shane Davis Inks: Sandra Hope Colour: Barbara Ciardo J. Michael Staczynski updates the Last Son of Kryton’s origin for the inaugural release from DC’s new Earth One imprint; the publisher’s latest attempt to attract new readers with monthly titles that are free from all the cumbersome…

  • Comic Book Cramathon: Garth Ennis’s The Boys pt 2

    Comic Book Cramathon: Garth Ennis’s The Boys pt 2

    Previously: Comic Book Cramathon: Garth Ennis’s The Boys pt 1 So far The Boys has been a mixed bag of superhero conspiracy theory, toilet humour and extreme ultraviolence. With Volume Three: Good for the Soul, Ennis takes a breather, letting The Legend fill Hughie in on the Ennis’s intricate back-story. This couldn’t have come sooner,…

  • Comic Book Cramathon: Garth Ennis’s The Boys pt 1

    Comic Book Cramathon: Garth Ennis’s The Boys pt 1

    Welcome to Comic Book Cramathon, the first (and hopefully not the last) in a series I’ll be sporadically running. The basic challenge I’m setting for myself is to review a series within a week; be it a series I overlooked, underappreciated or completely misunderstood during its early years, or a run that I’ve been buying…