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Superman is the most iconic and recognizable character in comics history, and today Kal-El celebrates his 80th birthday. April 18th, 1938 marks the first appearance of The Last Son of Krypton in Action Comics #1 and is celebrated across the infinite universes as good ol’ Clark’s natal day. We figured we’d pool our thoughts and […]

Steven Spielberg has his sights set on a DC Comics title, and surprising no one, it’s Blackhawk. The 1941 comic centers on a team of World War II fighter pilots (a subject we know Steven has a passion for) led by the mysterious Blackhawk. Created by Chuck Cuidera along with creative input from  Bob Powell and Will Eisner, the character […]

SYFY’s new Superman prequel series Krypton is just around the corner, and we’re learning more about what other notable DC personalities we may see on the series. During this morning’s DC Comics presentation at South by Southwest (SXSW), there was some talk about just such a thing. During the Q&A portion of the DC Press Breakfast […]

Today, IGN got the exclusive trailer drop for the upcoming animated feature film Suicide Squad: Hell To Pay.  The film is from Warner Brothers Animation, DC Entertainment, and Warner Brothers Home Entertainment. Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay is an R rated feature following the antics of the current squad- Deadshot, Bronze tiger, Captain Boomerang, Killer Frost, […]

It’s kind of a crazy time for Warner Brothers’ DC Comics film division, after a less-than-optimal box office return of their multi-million dollar teamup flick Justice League following the blockbuster reception of Wonder Woman. It looks like the Flash standalone film Flashpoint may have found it’s director(s), as John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein have reportedly entered into ‘talks’, so says Variety.  […]

It was only a matter of time before Warner Brothers Pictures needed to make some big changes to their DC Comics film division.  After some seriously disappointing blockbuster films (Batman V Superman and Justice League specifically), the folks at WB decided to replace the head of their comic book centric productions. According to Variety, WB just […]

Batman: The Animated Series turned 25 years old this year, and with it, the bestest henchwench in comics, Harley Quinn.  True, she didn’t show up until later in the cartoon, but she’s remained a focal character in the Batman Rogue’s Gallery. Deadline just broke the news that Warner Brothers digital platform has ordered 26 episodes of […]

[rwp-review-recap id=”0″] Now, before anyone starts howling, “but what Wonder Woman?” WW is unquestionably wonderful both within the annals of comic films, as well as a film in general for both impact on popular culture and capturing the zeitgeist of the moment. However, here we’re talking Justice League as a part of a larger whole. Wonder […]

Take this how you will, fans of Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice probably won’t like Justice League.  It’s tonally different, the characters are different, everything is extremely different.  If you liked Wonder Woman, you may be slightly happier?  Slightly? I’m assuming you’ve at least seen the trailers going into reading this review, but that’s about as spoilery […]

Despite numerous rebrandings over its 25-year history, the Syfy channel really is trying. Earlier this year, a mysterious trailer for a pre-Superman TV series called Krypton appeared online, quickly dismissed as a “fan thing” for about a month before Syfy confirmed its authenticity. And today it was announced that Blake Ritson (Da Vinci’s Demons, Upstairs Downstairs) […]