Strap yourselves in, old chums. Batman goes retro and digital, and this is one Bat Channel you’ll want to tune into at the same time every week.
Jul 05 2013
Bryan Singer teases Quicksilver in ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’
Serial tweeter Bryan Singer dropped a teasing image online last night. Simply labelled “House call”, it depicts the family home of the Maximoffs from next year’s X-Men: Days of Future Past. If the name doesn’t ring any bells, then you probably need to read more comics. Pietro and Wanda Maximoff are siblings, sometimes known as …
Jul 04 2013
Behind the Panels Video One-Shot – The Tom Taylor Interview
Australian writer Tom Taylor has been having a massive year, with the twin successes of the Injustice: Gods Amongst Us comic, and working on the television series of his graphic novel series The Deep. Last month, he was announced as the writer on Earth 2 for DC Comics, alongside fellow Australian Nicola Scott. We caught …
Jul 04 2013
Review: Avengers A.I. #1
Sam Humphries and Andre Araujo bring the funbots out for this much-needed dose of humour in the wake of Age of Ultron. One of the best things to come out of the inconsistent and disappointing Age of Ultron was the renewed focus on Hank Pym. As we saw in Mark Waid’s excellent epilogue issue Age of …
Jul 04 2013
Behind the Panels Video One-Shot – The Tristan ‘T-Rex’ Jones Interview
Tristan ‘T-Rex’ Jones is an Australian writer/artist who broke into the US industry with his work on Mirage Studios’. Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. This led to work on IDW’s Ghostbusters ongoing series and the recent action-horror smash Infestation: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. He is currently working on Hoax Hunters for Image Comics, and crowd-sourced …
Jul 04 2013
DC Comics announces new annuals for October 2013
It’s that time of the year. DC Comics Blog has revealed six new annuals for October, including first time annual treatment for the New 52’s Aquaman and Nightwing. The Green Lantern “Lights Out” crossover, kicking off that month, will conclude in the Green Lantern Annual #2. Full solicitations below. ACTION COMICS ANNUAL #2 Written by …
Jul 04 2013
Robin returns in ‘Damian: Son of Batman’ in October
The New York Post has revealed that the recently deceased Damian Wayne will return in a new limited series Damian: Son of Batman in October, written and illustrated by Andy Kubert. The four issue series will be set in “a potential future where Damian Wayne takes on the mantle of the Bat”. Kubert told the …
Jul 04 2013
Review: Satellite Sam #1
Matt Fraction and Howard Chaykin form a perfect dream team, and then subvert those dreams as they gleefully trip through the seedy underbelly of 1950s television. Some of the great comics throughout history have shown us worlds we can only imagine. The best peel back the curtain and reveal things that we might have imagined …
Jul 03 2013
Review: Trinity of Sin – Pandora #1
Almost two years under the New 52 has been leading us to the Trinity War, and it all begins here. It was a single page in the epic Flashpoint #5 that introduced us to the mysterious “woman in red” back in August 2011. As she turned up in random panels across all of the New …
Jul 03 2013
Best Comics of 2013…so far
With so many comics coming out every month, it’s hard to know what to choose. Some of them we read because we love the characters, others because they are essential to the canon. Then there’s those handful of titles that stand out as the best of the best. This isn’t meant to be a comprehensive …
Jul 03 2013
Video: Deadpool makes his ‘Ultimate Spider-man’ debut on Disney XD
The Merc with a Mouth (unless you’re Ryan Reynolds) is coming to television! This weekend, Ultimate Spider-man will host Deadpool in a typically off-the-wall-adventure. Marvel has provided us with a video showcasing this moment in history. Ultimate Heroes. Ultimate Villains. Ultimate Responsibility. Spider-Man must lead his team of teen heroes against the greatest assembly of …
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