Archive for the ‘Comic Books’ category

  • Comic Book Review: ‘The Twelve’ #12

    Posted Saturday, April 28th, 2012 10:00 am GMT -4 by
    The wrap up to Straczynski and Weston’s ‘The Twelve’ is bittersweet.  Blue Blade and the Fiery Mask are dead, as is Dynamic Man, whom the rest of the heroes had to kill when they learned of his true nature.  (See ‘The Twelve’ #11 issue)  Rockman...
  • Comic Book Review: ‘Supercrooks’ #2

    Posted Friday, April 27th, 2012 10:11 pm GMT -4 by
    Last issue, former super villain Carmine is caught cheating a casino and is ordered to pay them $100 million in a year’s time.  With nowhere else to go, he turns to former protegee Johnny Bolt, himself fresh out of prison and reunited with ex-fiancee Kasey, also a former...
  • Comic Book Review: ‘The Flash’ #8

    Posted Friday, April 27th, 2012 07:30 pm GMT -4 by
    When we left the Flash, he had jumped into one of the mysterious vortexes in an attempt to save Iris. On the other side of the vortex, Flash found himself inside the Speed Force… and he isn’t alone! As this issue opens, we get a flashback to 1944 as one of the Tuskegee...
  • Comic Book Review: ‘Superman’ #8

    Posted Friday, April 27th, 2012 03:22 pm GMT -4 by
    In ‘Superman’ #7, the Man of Steel had his first ever encounter with Helspont, one of the Daemonite villains from the Wildstorm comics that was folded into the DCU at the start of the New 52. Helspot proved to be quite powerful and was making an attempt to control Superman…...
  • Comic Book Review: ‘All-Star Western’ #8

    Posted Thursday, April 26th, 2012 06:00 pm GMT -4 by
    In ‘All-Star Western’ #7, Jonah Hex, in an effort to track down the terrorist cell known only as the August 7, had entered an underground fighting tournament. There, in the dust and blood of the arena, Hex met his first member of the 7 known only as Z.C. Branke… and...
  • Exclusive Preview: ‘Red Lanterns’ #9

    Posted Thursday, April 26th, 2012 04:00 pm GMT -4 by
    Can Atrocitus keep control of the Red Lanterns? Check out this ScienceFiction.com EXCLUSIVE preview of ‘Red Lanterns’ #9 from DC Comics, which will be out on comic book stands everywhere April May 2nd! (click image to the left to enlarge) No RED LANTERN is safe! ATROCITUS...
  • That Judge Dredd Film Actually Got An R-Rating

    Posted Wednesday, April 25th, 2012 08:00 pm GMT -4 by
    When it was first announced that Hollywood was about to make another attempt to bring the uber-popular (in the UK anyway) comic anti-hero Judge Dredd back to the big screen, many fans viewed the news with trepidation. That was in no small part due to the dismal 1995 film starring...
  • ‘Robot Chicken’ Is About To Do To DC Comics What It Did To Star Wars

    Posted Wednesday, April 25th, 2012 06:00 pm GMT -4 by
    The stop-motion toy-centric and supremely hilarious sketch show ‘Robot Chicken’, which was created in party by Seth Green (‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’) and airs on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim block of shows is about to make comic book fans very happy. Back in 2007,...
  • Comic Book Review: ‘Aquaman’ #8

    Posted Wednesday, April 25th, 2012 04:00 pm GMT -4 by
    Wow!  Well, the biggest reveal this issue is that the calm, kind, rational Aquaman of the bulk of this series so far is a far different person than the Arthur of old! This issue opens six years ago, after the death of Arthur’s father and just after his existence was revealed...
  • Awesome New Promo Art For ‘The Dark Knight Rises’

    Posted Wednesday, April 25th, 2012 03:00 pm GMT -4 by
    If the news of a new ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ trailer to be shown before ‘The Avengers’ movie was enough to get you excited about the final installment of the Dark Knight trilogy then we have more great material for you! Promo art photos have arrived thanks to Superhero...
  • Ruffalo And Johansson On Black Widow’s Future And Why Hulk Is Awesome

    Posted Wednesday, April 25th, 2012 02:00 pm GMT -4 by
    With Joss Whedon’s ‘The Avengers” (or ‘Avengers Assemble’ if you’re one of our readers that live across the big pond) just around the corner, the promotional materials are coming hot and heavy. Just this morning, we posted two new clips featuring Iron Man and a cool...
  • ‘Star Trek’ Scribes Bob Orci And Alex Kurtzman To Rewrite ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ Sequel

    Posted Tuesday, April 24th, 2012 09:00 pm GMT -4 by
    They’ve boldly gone where no man has ever gone before and now they’ll be visiting your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man as Sony has announced that they have hired Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman to re-work the screenplay for the sequel to ‘The Amazing Spider-Man.’ The...
  • Avengers Spotlight: The Black Widow

    Posted Tuesday, April 24th, 2012 08:00 pm GMT -4 by
    In this edition of Avengers Spotlight, we’ll be taking a look at a lady that goes by many names: Natalia Romanova, Natalie Rushman, Laura Matthers, Oktober, Yelena Belova, Natasha Romanoff. No matter which alias she goes by, she is still The Black Widow. Editor and plotter...
  • What’s On Comic Book Stands – April 25th

    Posted Tuesday, April 24th, 2012 10:00 am GMT -4 by
    The news spreads like wildfire: Boba Fett... DEAD! Here is the list of new comics, trade paperbacks and more shipping 4/25/2012. As always check with your retailer for availability, as not all releases may be on sale in all areas at the same time. The news spreads from one end...
  • Superhero Screenwriter Zak Penn Making Comic Book Debut With ‘Hero Worship’

    Posted Monday, April 23rd, 2012 09:00 pm GMT -4 by
    Writer, director, and producer Zak Penn is no stranger to heroes. His first movie writing credit on his IMDb page is the story for ‘Last Action Hero’ starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. Since then, he’s been involved with ‘Inspector Gadget’, ‘X2’, ‘Elektra’, ‘Fantastic...