Archive for the ‘Comic Books’ category

  • Comic Book Review: ‘Worlds’ Finest: Huntress and Power Girl’ #8

    Posted Saturday, January 12th, 2013 03:17 pm GMT -4 by
    Helena’s adventures from the Huntress miniseries come back to haunt her, as she is targeted by mercenaries out to collect the billion Euros bounty on her head.  She doesn’t fare well, losing a lot of blood.  While she recovers, she flashes back to her conflicted...
  • Comic Book Review: ‘Hellboy in Hell’ #2

    Posted Saturday, January 12th, 2013 12:12 pm GMT -4 by
    Previously in the world of Hellboy – After over 60 years of battling things that went bump in the night, Hellboy found out he was a direct descendant of King Arthur and the rightful King of all Britain. Great news though shortly after that he died saving the world from...
  • Syfy Kicks Off Powerful Mondays With The Return Of ‘Being Human,’ ‘Continuum’ and ‘Lost Girl’

    Posted Friday, January 11th, 2013 10:59 am GMT -4 by
    Mondays won’t be something to dread anymore as Syfy has brought back their Powerful Mondays programming block. What does that mean? It means the return of ‘Being Human’ and ‘Lost Girl’ and the premiere of the new show ‘Continuum! To get everyone excited about Mondays,...
  • New Line Hires Dan Trachenberg To Direct ‘Y: The Last Man’

    Posted Thursday, January 10th, 2013 07:45 pm GMT -4 by
    Could ‘Y: The Last Man’ really go into production soon? It sure looks like it as New Line has just signed on Dan Trachenberg to helm the film. This will be Trachenberg’s first foray into features but he has made a name for himself directing the live action fan film short...
  • George Lucas‘ Mind Blown With Syfy’s ‘Robot Combat League’

    Posted Thursday, January 10th, 2013 06:35 pm GMT -4 by
    The people behind the upcoming game series ‘Robot Combat League’ must be feeling mighty proud of themselves after a visit from none other than C3PO and R2D2 creator George Lucas. During a visit on the set of the upcoming Syfy series, Lucas seemed quite impressed...
  • Top Ten She-Mutants For ‘XX’

    Posted Wednesday, January 9th, 2013 07:30 am GMT -4 by
    The Marvel NOW! train keeps chugging along and Marvel just released this teaser image that shows a DNA strand and two letters, “XX.”  The fan community has exploded with speculation that this signals a new all female X-title, perhaps X-Women.  (Females have two...
  • New Marvel NOW Teaser For Brian Wood And Olivier Coipel’s ‘XX’

    Posted Tuesday, January 8th, 2013 09:30 pm GMT -4 by
    This week, a new Marvel NOW teaser was revealed for a new title coming in April. As you can see from the picture above, the teaser features a DNA strand and the letters XX. Comic Book Movie speculates that it’s another X-Men title. Adding to the speculation, the chromosome...
  • David E. Kelley Comments On New Wonder Woman Pilot ‘Amazon’

    Posted Tuesday, January 8th, 2013 05:30 pm GMT -4 by
    photo credit: Phil Stafford / Shutterstock.com As comic book fans all know, producer David E. Kelley famously developed and directed a pilot starring Wonder Woman for NBC, but the Peacock network infamously passed on picking it up. At the Television Critics Association’s...
  • What’s On Comic Book Stands – January 9th

    Posted Tuesday, January 8th, 2013 12:27 pm GMT -4 by
    Here is the list of new comics, trade paperbacks and more shipping on 1/9/2013. As always, check with your retailer for availability, as not all releases may be on sale in all areas at the same time. This is Star Wars as you remember it . . . and as you have never seen it before!...
  • ‘Young Justice Invasion: Before The Dawn’ – Recap

    Posted Sunday, January 6th, 2013 03:25 pm GMT -4 by
    SPOILER ALERT! This is a full episode recap, so if you don’t want to read any spoilers, please watch the episode first! Blue Beetle gets a lot of focus and embellishment this episode which opens with a flashback to his origin. Standing outside of a burning Kord Industries,...
  • ‘Green Lantern: The Animated Series’ – “Steam Lantern” Recap

    Posted Sunday, January 6th, 2013 10:25 am GMT -4 by
    SPOILER ALERT! This is a full episode recap, so if you want to avoid spoilers, please watch the episode first. In the last episode, Hal was seemingly vaporized by the Anti-Monitor.  Turns out, he was actually teleported to another dimension!  He plummets to a world seemingly...
  • Peter David Hospitalized After Stroke, How Can You Help?

    Posted Saturday, January 5th, 2013 06:25 pm GMT -4 by
    Comic book writer Peter David suffered a stroke last weekend and his wife recently posted that things are going well, but rehab will be a long road.  (She amusingly noted that he spent part of his time working on an X-Factor script.)  David is famous for his work on comics...
  • Comic Book Review: ‘All-New X-Men’ #5

    Posted Saturday, January 5th, 2013 05:28 pm GMT -4 by
    After seeing what Scott Summers has become and who he roles with now, the original teenage team of X-Men return to the Jean Grey School For Gifted Students to find the present day Hank McCoy having a cardiac episode. This issue opens with the younger McCoy forging a mental bond...
  • Comic Book Review: ‘Justice League Dark’ #15

    Posted Saturday, January 5th, 2013 05:25 pm GMT -4 by
    In Justice League Dark Annual #1, Zatanna and Timothy Hunter vanished and have been missing since.  In this issue, we discover that they’ve been teleported to a realm called Epoch, overflowing with wild magical energy, but where it appears that magic is illegal.  A science...
  • Comic Book Review: ‘Iron Man’ #5

    Posted Saturday, January 5th, 2013 02:59 pm GMT -4 by
    This here is the final issue of the first arc in the new Marvel NOW! Iron Man series. Tony is finally coming face to face with the last possessor of the Extremis tech that he vowed to hunt down after Maya Hansen, the creator of the virus and an old flame, was murdered. While...