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Street Fighter and Mega Man comic publisher apologizes to fans and asks stores to reorder summer stock after cutting ties with struggling distributor
UDON Entertainment, which publishes Street Fighter and Mega Man comics, is asking comic stores to reorder all its material through August after cancelling its arrangement with the troubled Diamond Comic Distributors
May 30, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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DC's flagship Batman series delayed a month as Jim Lee and Jeph Loeb's 'H2SH' storyline hits a snag
The next issue of the fan-favorite Batman storyline has been delayed for four weeks, DC has told retailers.
May 30, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Indie comic company Vault bought by Aethon Books to create "one-stop shop" next-gen sci-fi super-publisher
Aethon Books has purchased a majority stake in comic publisher Vault Comics, creating an full-service independent sci-fi all-rounder that can handle prose, audiobooks, and comics
May 30, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Iconic horror manga creator Junji Ito has inspired this new DC Comics rendition of Batman villain Two-Face by Artgerm
The body horror and sense of wrongness in the piece is unlike any portrait of Two-Face we've ever seen.
May 30, 2025
Trent Cannon
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"I'm not the bad boy of comics anymore": Inside the life of Donny Cates
Donny Cates revamped Marvel's Venom and almost did the same for Ultimate Spider-Man - but instead he spent the last two years rebuilding himself.
May 30, 2025
Chris Arrant
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Schools and libraries don't have unlimited digital access to BOOM! Studios comics anymore - here's why
If you've loved reading comics from BOOM! Studios on services like Comics Plus, then I'm sorry. With Penguin Random House's acquisition of BOOM! the titles will be deactivated from the service
May 30, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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God Country isn't dead - as Netflix movie deal was just renewed, and Donny Cates has ideas for a sequel
Donny Cates and Geoff Shaw created a otherworldly Texas fantasy in God Country - and Netflix is (still) developing a movie on it.
May 29, 2025
Chris Arrant
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After two years, Marvel Comics' Knull co-creator Donny Cates begins his comeback this summer with a "very, very weird book" that is "the biggest thing I've ever done in my entire life"
Donny Cates talk about his Marvel past, his comics future - and if DC and Marvel are a part of it.
May 29, 2025
Chris Arrant
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DC Comics highlights the 100-year-old gay bar that has been in Gotham longer than Batman
Safe spaces, queer places: opening the doors to the 100-year-old gay bar you didn't know existed inside DC Comics' Gotham City.
May 28, 2025
Chris Arrant
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Epic Marvel & DC cover artist Artgerm says he will "will die on the hill of human art," as AI 'artists' steal his work as a popular AI prompt
The man who has produced some of the most popular DC and Marvel comics variant covers is less worried about AI art than you might think.
May 28, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man reboot is a "weird and lonely experience" for Donny Cates as its original writer because he now sees himself as its star Peter Parker
Donny Cates says he was developing the Ultimate Marvel reboot for five years before a near-fatal car accident took it away from him, and there's unresolved feelings seeing it now without him.
May 28, 2025
Chris Arrant
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Marvel Comics' original Ultimate Spider-Man reboot writer Donny Cates opens up on where he's been, where he's going, and how he's been
What really happened to Donny Cates, according to Donny Cates.
May 28, 2025
Dave Buesing
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DC sneaks the new Batman logo reveal into the Deadpool/Batman announcement
Hey, that Batman logo looks pretty unfamiliar, doesn't it...?
May 27, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Is Superman coming to Peacemaker? James Gunn teases a "really, really, really big cameo" for season 2 of the HBO Max DC drama
Gunn also confirms that Peacemaker's second season on HBO Max will revolve around a piece of technology that will feature in the 2025 Superman movie
May 27, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Marvel has deputized Deadpool as its top star (Sorry, Spider-Man!) for a rare crossover with DC Comics opposite Batman
This year will see big names from both Marvel and DC work on two Deadpool and Batman crossovers - and more
May 27, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Cover artist Artgerm's favorite DC character is Supergirl - but only because of the CW show and Melissa Benoist
The cover artist turned his love for Supergirl into a six-issue variant cover run for DC all because he loved the CW show so much.
May 27, 2025
Trent Cannon
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When Tom Cruise started Mission: Impossible, he turned to Marvel Comics and Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld to get the whole thing going
Rob Liefeld provided the cover art (and some of the interior artwork) for a 1996 Marvel Mission: Impossible comic at Tom Cruise's request
May 23, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Fresh from his MCU Daredevil: Born Again revival, Marvel Comics resurrects Frank Castle in comic books for adults-only series Punisher: Red Band
Two years after replacing him with a new incarnation of the anti-hero, Frank Castle is back as Marvel Comics' Punisher for a new miniseries published under the Red Band 17+ imprint
May 23, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Deadpool and My Hero Academia's All Might punching Thanos is still the best crossover team-up in Marvel history [Popverse Jump]
The Merc With A Mouth was never more relatable than when he was fanboying over teaming up with All Might in Deadpool Samurai
May 23, 2025
Trent Cannon
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How Giant-Size X-Men #1 rescued a franchise and changed the shape of Marvel’s publishing empire forever
Inside the giant-sized X-Men revamp that saved Marvel's mutants, using inspiration and rejected ideas from two DC projects.
May 22, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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Penguin Random House pulls distribution access to key publishers from Diamond (including Marvel, Boom! Studios, and Dark Horse Comics)
If your comic store has been relying on Diamond Comic Distributors to get your Marvel comics every week, there's a new wrinkle they'll have to deal with starting at the end of June
May 21, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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NYCC 2025 is growing to 5 days - with a special Wednesday just for professionals again
A full day of pro-only panels, signings, giveaways, and more at New York Comic Con 2025.
May 21, 2025
Chris Arrant
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Exorcisms, half-demons and queer Victorian romance collide in Oni Press's 2026 graphic novel The Demon of Beausoleil
The fan-favorite webcomic from Brazilian cartoonist Mariana Costa will come to print in January 2026 from Oni Press
May 21, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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The blue collar Dark Knight of Absolute Batman is the Batman I need right now
When money is the one thing missing from Batman's toolbelt, Bruce Wayne is even more resourceful and more Batman.
May 21, 2025
Carl Waldron
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Onetime comic distribution monopoly Diamond is hit by layoffs, department closures within hours of being sold
Ad Populum, which bought Diamond Comic Distributors and Diamond Book Distributors at auction, started layoffs within "minutes" of the sale being announced as final
May 20, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Godzilla writer/artist James Stokoe takes on kung-fu revenge stories with Dark Horse's Orphan and the Five Beasts: Bath of Blood this fall
The second series of Alien and Godzilla cartoonist James Stokoe's kung-fu craziness hits the stands (literally) this September
May 20, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Marvel Matters: The MCU has grown from movies to TV series & cartoons - but MCU comics? It's tougher than you think
The idea of MCU comics is as old as the MCU itself, but despite owning a comics company Marvel Studios hasn't been able to make it work (although they've tried).
May 20, 2025
Chris Arrant
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Marvel’s X-Men comics are broken, says Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld, but he knows who can fix them (No, it's not him)
"Whatever the check is, whatever the number is, go write it and give it to one Scott Snyder," Rob Liefeld says about the one man he believes can make Marvel's X-Men great again
May 19, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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James Tynion IV & Michael Walsh's Exquisite Corpses is gamifying a battle royale murder party - and it makes me want to play the game (if they make one!)
It's Clue meets Magic: The Gathering in the killer comic Exquisite Corpses
May 19, 2025
Carl Waldron
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Marvel's Infinity Stones originally came from Thanos creator Jim Starlin's religious schooling and wondering what an evil God would want
"I started questioning as to what a god who is not benevolence, but malevolence would be like," Jim Starlin told Popverse about the origin of the Infinity Stones
May 17, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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DC have created a new Justice League spin-off team that Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman don't know about - so don't share this article with them
Who watches the watchmen? We'll leave that to Alan Moore, but there's a Justice League inside the Justice League that even the big three don't know about
May 16, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Marvel Studios' gender-swap of MCU star Taskmaster almost didn't happen; here's what changed
One of the male finalists for the MCU Taskmaster role ended up getting another role as a consolation prize.
May 16, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Finally, Superman's The Daily Planet is looking into the weirdness that is Gotham City (Who is that bat guy, btw?)
Jimmy Olsen is moving to Gotham City to expand the Daily Planet - which might not be the best news for Jimmy Olsen or Gotham City, considering the bat guy flying around as a result
May 16, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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AfterShock Comics aims to revamp its editorial team and revive its comics line as it emerges from bankruptcy
More than two years after it declared bankruptcy, indie comics publisher AfterShock Comics is attempting to make a comeback
May 16, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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After DC Studios' Superman movie, DC Comics will remind us how "warped, suspenseful and occasionally horrific" the Man of Steel can be in Black Label book for ages 17 & up
The five-issue comic book series comes from the creative team behind the Eisner Award nominated Ice Cream Man series from Image Comics
May 16, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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DC's Absolute Batman to get even bigger as some surprise "fan-favorite characters" will debut soon that will "feature hugely" in series, according to Scott Snyder
June's issue will start the second big storyline of Absolute Batman, and introduce two very familiar faces (and that's not including Absolute Bane)
May 16, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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The 2025 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award nominees are out, and it's a good year for Fantagraphics Books, Wonder Woman writer Tom King, and (of course) comics in general
There's a wide variety of material recognized in this year's nominees for the comic book Oscars
May 15, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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How did DC bring Wonder Woman writer Greg Rucka back into the fold? By giving him an idea he didn't think could work
Comic book writer Greg Rucka has shared how DC Comics got him to find a solution for why two villains like Cheetah and Cheshire would work together without betraying each other
May 15, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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DC president Jim Lee returns to Image Comics for a Batman/Geiger crossover... kind of
Lee co-founded Image Comics in 1992, but hasn't provided any artwork for the publisher since 2011... until this year's cover 'crossover' with Geoff Johns and Gary Frank's Geiger.
May 15, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Exclusive!EC Comics returns to cosmic horror with anthology series Cruel Universe 2, launching this summer from Oni Press
The first issue of EC Comics' Cruel Universe 2 features work from Greg Pak (Incredible Hulk), Ann Nocenti (Daredevil), Kano (Action Comics) and The Walking Dead's Charlie Adlard
May 13, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Classic Civil War novel The Red Badge of Courage is coming to comics, and Popverse has an exclusive preview
Steve Cuzor is adapting the 1895 novel from Stephen Crane into a graphic novel, and we have a sneak peek before the book's May 13 release
May 12, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Dog Man heads up Children's Book Week 2025: "Reading is the greatest superpower of all"
Dav Pilkey and Scholastic are donating up to 50,000 books to US locations as part of the November 2025 event to promote child literacy.
May 10, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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X-Men was "the most disappointing creative experience" Jonathan Hickman has ever had, the Marvel writer reveals
"It's really, really difficult for me to talk about it or think about it in any kind of positive aspect," Jonathan Hickman says about the fact that he didn't get to finish the X-Men story he started with 2019's House of X/Powers of X dual miniseries
May 10, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Donny Cates revealed as the original writer of Ultimate Spider-Man (and the entire Ultimate Marvel reboot), before Jonathan Hickman or Chip Zdarsky
Call him the Maker - Venom's Donny Cates was in line to write Ultimate Spider-Man before Jonathan Hickman or Chip Zdarsky.
May 09, 2025
Chris Arrant
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The 10 best Batman comics DC has ever published
From the most accurate Batman comic to the most successful Batman comic, but all are the best Batman comics you should start with.
May 07, 2025
Lauren Sisselman
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Marvel's new New Thunderbolts* comic is actually New Avengers as rebranding synergy strikes post-movie
If you were wondering why Marvel Comics' New Thunderbolts* had an asterisk, it's because of corporate synergy as the Avengers reveal spreads beyond the MCU
May 07, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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It's Ocean's Eleven with supervillains in DC's Cheetah and Cheshire Rob The Justice League, from The Old Guard 2 co-creator and Wonder Woman: Year One artist
Greg Rucka and Nicola Scott return to DC (and each other) for a six issue heist story set in the heart of the DCU this summer
May 07, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Blues Brothers and Event Horizon make the jump from the big screen to the comic book page as studios partner with publishers for revivals
IDW and Z2 Comics are behind new projects bringing beloved movies back in an entirely new medium
May 06, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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This AAPI Month, let's hope Marvel Comics begins to think about the Pacific Islander (PI) characters and creators
Marvel Comics' attempts to celebrate AAPI Heritage Month have largely left out Pacific Islander characters and creators, and I'm tired
May 06, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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The gold standard of a comic book artist for DC & Marvel and more, Jackson 'Butch' Guice dies at age 63
Jackson Guice, who brought the worlds of Superman, Captain America, and the Flash to life for four decades, has passed after a period of ill health, his family has announced
May 02, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Exquisite Corpses gets deadlier as Image Comics and Popverse unveil the latest Oak Valley killer from James Tynion IV and Michael Walsh's serial killer comic
Meet Nurse Pete, who series co-creator Michael Walsh says is "one of the scariest killers" in Image Comics' Exquisite Corpses
May 01, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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The comics & games distro giant Diamond just got bought (again), and the new owners are cleaving it in two
A second-place bidder has placed a pre-order on the comics & games distro giant Diamond after. The original buyer backed out when they got a look at the company's books.
April 30, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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"One cool element" from Star Wars Expanded Universe to be "remixed and remastered" back into canon with Marvel's new Star Wars comic
A second chance at a sequel to Return of the Jedi will arrive in Marvel's new Star Wars comic book series, with one "cool element" from the original Expanded Universe set to return
April 30, 2025
Chris Arrant
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One-time comics & gaming distro giant Diamond is nervous about its bank (and its future) as it urges courts to hurry up bankruptcy sale while spending $5m+ a month
Diamond needs a speedy sale to appease its current lender, but former buyer Alliance Entertainment is asking the courts to refuse so that financial irregularities can be looked into
April 30, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Who created Marvel's Sentry? The simmering Marvel Comics (and Marvel Studios) drama deepens as Paul Jenkins weighs in amid Thunderbolts* theatrical debut
In 2000, Marvel announced that Stan Lee and Artie Rosen created the Sentry. In the 25 years since, it's gotten more and more complicated
April 30, 2025
Chris Arrant
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Archie Comics wants fans to jump onto the cover of Archie meets Jay & Silent Bob this summer in limited-edition cover exclusives
If you've always wanted to be on the cover of a comic book and have a fictional version of you meet Jay & Silent Bob in the process, Archie Comics has some very good news
April 29, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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ExclusiveClassic comics anthology Heavy Metal returns with new fantasy strip Millstone, and you can get a sneak peek now
The new serial from In Bloom creator Michael W. Conrad and artist Ilias Kyriazis takes the classic Heavy Metal formula to new places, and we have the first six pages early for you.
April 29, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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The co-creator of Black Lightning returns to DC (and comics) with their true story in June's DC Pride 2025 special issue
Jenny Blake's 'Master Planner' follows in the footsteps of autobio stories from Batman Kevin Conroy, and DC writer/artist Phil Jimenez.
April 29, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Former comics and pop culture distribution monopoly Diamond might be liquidated after it delays bankruptcy paperwork
A US attorney has requested a change in Diamond's bankruptcy status that could end with the company being liquidated to meet financial obligations
April 28, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Dive back into the beautiful world of Nine Sols with the new prequel manga based on the hit indie game
The Nine Sols prequel manga takes place long before the events of the game and sets up the catastrophic events that gripped us when we played it last year.
April 25, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Star Wars & Marvel are telling an '80s style continuation of Return of the Jedi (and defining what Luke Skywalker REALLY did before The Force Awakens)
Star Wars has kept the post-Return of the Jedi Luke Skywalker adventures secret for over a decade - now Marvel is filling in the blanks.
April 25, 2025
Leon Miller
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The Fantastic Four: First Steps gets a tie-in comic that revives an idea as old as Marvel's First Family itself
Want to read the comics that characters inside the MCU read? The Fantastic Four will let you take those First Steps into the unreal this July.
April 25, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Popverse Jump: An often overlooked part of Berserk is how accurately it depicts swordfighting - I would know; I used to teach it
Kentaro Miura knew how to fight with a sword and I can prove it with one page from Berserk.
April 25, 2025
Trent Cannon
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DC & New Yorker were once concocting a landmark Superman comic with Steven Spielberg, Bruce Springsteen, Maya Angelou, Howard Stern, and more
In an exclusive interview with Popverse, former DC Art Director Mark Chiarello revealed his greatest Elseworlds Superman project that might have been.
April 24, 2025
Dave Buesing
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The Boys' Garth Ennis imagines a nuclear war future in New York City with Becky Cloonan called The War
"As the world around us slides further into ruin, what better time to revisit the cheery subject of atomic obliteration?," Garth Ennis tells Popverse when talking about The War.
April 22, 2025
Chris Arrant
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Fantasy great Terry Pratchett is coming to comics as an extensive graphic novel program adapting his novels is announced - and his daughter is working on one of the books
Terry Pratchett's books, Thief of Time, The Wee Free Men, and Monstrous Regiment will all be adapted into graphic novels, due out in 2026 and 2027.
April 19, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Expect "Easter Eggs" about DC Comics' future and a realignment of DC's past in New History of the DCU, according to Mark Waid
Mark Waid has the "blessing" of DC bosses to fix the DC Comics Universe with New History of the DCU
April 18, 2025
Chris Arrant
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Superman Unlimited's Kryptonite revival reverses a 54-year trend on DC's deadly green alien element
In 1971, it was decided to limit use of Kryptonite in Superman comics; that's stayed the case until this summer's new Superman comic book series by Dan Slott and Rafael Albuquerque.
April 18, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Amongst Superman's many accomplishments: creating the comic book miniseries
DC's desire to publish something to capitalize on the success of 1978's Superman: The Movie led to the publication of the first comic book mini
April 18, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Is Lex Luthor Donald Trump? Only partly, says the comic book creator who gave Luthor a businessman makeover in the 1980s
Luthor's 1986 makeover as an egotistical business came from "overall tapestry [that] was Trump," says writer/artist John Byrne
April 18, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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DC has dropped a big tease about how it’s going to bring the Legion of Super-Heroes back (and it doesn’t include Darkseid)
This week's Summer of Superman Special drops a hint about where DC's Legion of Super-Heroes will show up next.
April 18, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Star Wars' mysterious Knights of Ren have a new female leader. Meet Tava Ren
Kylo Ren is vying for control of the Knights of Ren with a new Star Wars big bad named Tava Ren
April 18, 2025
Chris Arrant
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I never realized how much I wanted to see Star Wars' Thrawn in a shoujo-style manga until now
Lucasfilm is bringing Timothy Zahn's Thrawn novel to manga.
April 18, 2025
Chris Arrant
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Cal Kestis is back as Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is getting its own comic
We all need more Cal Kestis in our lives.
April 18, 2025
Chris Arrant
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Lucasfilm launches its first-ever Kickstarter to revive Star Wars: The Manga
Star Wars and Dark Horse Comics are giving this whole Kickstarter thing a try
April 18, 2025
Chris Arrant
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How to write DC superheroes like Superman, The Flash, and more, according to Mark Waid
Justice League Unlimited writer Mark Waid opens up about how he writes superheroes after 30 years.
April 17, 2025
Chris Arrant
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DC Comics loses its long-time publicity manager Michael Shelling
After 10 years of steering DC Comics' relationship with journalists, Michael Shelling is no longer with the company.
April 16, 2025
Chris Arrant
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Javier Rodriguez's art style for DC's Absolute Martian Manhunter is as alien as its lead. And that's a great thing to behold
DC's Absolute Martian Manhunter by Javier Rodriguez: Using art to reinforce themes and depicting sanity through color.
April 15, 2025
Carl Waldron
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Popverse Picks: Best underdog characters like Cassian Andor in Star Wars
Star Wars is full of underdog characters, and we offer our favorites who are absolutely worth your time in this week's Popverse Picks
April 15, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Marvel Matters: What to read ahead of (and after) Marvel Studios' Thunderbolts*
Get justice (and a little bit of lightning) with these five best Thunderbolts comics recs ahead of Marvel Studios' Thunderbolts*.
April 15, 2025
Chris Arrant
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C2E2 is the cure for the common comic con pains of diminishing comics presence, with the largest Artist Alley in North America and the charm of Midwest comics fans
Didn't get badges for SDCC this year? No problem, C2E2 provides a better experience
April 15, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Fans are buying more comics as sales jump 20% year-on-year for the second year in a row
New comics industry data and retailer conversations show strong Q1 sales and growing enthusiasm for new lines like Skybound/Hasbro's Energon Universe and DC's Absolute
April 14, 2025
Dave Buesing
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Superman's dog will break your heart in the upcoming Krypto comic book series, but don't look for continuity clues, says editor
No-one can make sense of Krypto's complicated backstory, DC editor Paul Kaminski told fans at C2E2 2025
April 13, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Superman's true Dragon Ball Z counterpart isn't Goku, says DC artist Dan Mora - it's Gohan
Mora's DBZ fandom allows him to identify the true Superman of the saga.
April 13, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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What makes an X-Man break bad? The need to keep characters fresh, argues the creator behind Marvel's recent Mystique series
"There are too many anti-heroes," writer/artist Declan Shalvey said about his recent series about the fan-favorite anti-hero.
April 12, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Batman, Robin and Nightwing go full tokusatsu in DC's new Power Rangers-inspired miniseries Immortal Legend Batman, from Radiant Black creators
The six-issue series will be co-written by Kyle Higgins and Mat Groom, with covers and designs from Justice League Unlimited's Dan Mora
April 12, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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The difference between regular Superman and Absolute Superman? Absolute anger, says writer Jason Aaron
Absolute Superman is "more of an immigrant" than is traditional, and that means something different today, the writer of Absolute Superman argued
April 12, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Having killed Marvel's Spider-Man, writer Dan Slott is making Earth deadly for Superman as Kryptonite becomes a "natural resource" in DC's new Superman Unlimited series
The glowing green mineral that's deadly to Superman will become "a new natural resource" on Earth in the new Superman Unlimited comic book series
April 12, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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There's a new owner for what was once comics' monolithic distribution giant as Maryland court approves Diamond sale to Alliance Entertainment
After three months and a lawsuit, there's a new owner for Diamond Comic Distributors
April 12, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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True crime podcasts turn deadly in Ignition Press's first comic book series, Murder Podcast
Jeremy Haun and Mike Tisserand offer up the ultimate in uneasy listening with the new series from indie publisher Ignition Press, and Popverse has the exclusive details
April 11, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Wonder Woman or Shade the Changing Man? Creating the New History of the DC Universe is "a constant juggling act" as well as "a blast," says writer Mark Waid
"It’s important that I’m telling a story. It can't read like a 120 page Wikipedia entry, because then I failed," says Waid about the four-part retelling of all DC lore
April 11, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Popverse Jump: Buggy the Clown represents the best part of One Piece - no one's story is ever as simple as it seems
From throwaway villain to Emperor of the Sea, Buggy the Clown is evidence that Eiichrio Oda isn't afraid to play the long game with One Piece.
April 11, 2025
Trent Cannon
Features
C2E2 2025 Artist Alley tables to look for
The biggest artist alley in the US returns with creators including Tom King, Arthur Adams, Steenz, Kat Leyh, Cara McGee, Gene Ha... and Foxtrot's Bill Amend!
April 10, 2025
Chris Arrant
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DC's greatest villains aren't winning, so Gorilla Grodd is recruiting the classic Legion of Doom to beat the Justice League once and for all
The classic versions of Lex Luthor, Sinestro, Cheetah, the Joker, Black Manta, Bizarro, Captain Cold, Scarecrow, and Brianiac are coming out of the history books and into today's new DC comics as the big bads of the crossover event 'We Are Yesterday.'
April 10, 2025
Chris Arrant
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The DC Comics timeline is "breaking", with fallout coming across DC Comics line says architect Mark Waid
"Everything has fallen apart" in DC's timeline and continuity says Mark Waid, thanks to villains Darkseid and Gorilla Grodd
April 09, 2025
Chris Arrant
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The US comic book industry won't be significantly impacted by Trump's tariff war (yet)
Your comic book prices aren't set to skyrocket just yet, as printed material is currently exempt from the increasing tariff war the US has declared on the rest of the world
April 08, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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DC Comics' Justice League Unlimited series to become "truly unlimited" this summer just like the JLU animated series, says writer
Expect 800 characters a page in Justice League Unlimited #8, teases writer Mark Waid. (We're unsure if he's joking or not.)
April 08, 2025
Chris Arrant
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British comic creator R.E. Burke details experience of being detained by ICE for more than 2 weeks
R.E. Burke, a London-based comic artist, has revealed that she was detained by ICE for 19 days
April 07, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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DC Comics architect Mark Waid opens the door to the first All In crossover event 'We Are Yesterday' with Justice League Unlimited
The future of DC Comics lies in a battle between the villains of DC's past versus the heroes of DC's present, and Mark Waid tells us all about it.
April 07, 2025
Pierce Lydon
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Follow along live to the official Marvel Matters panel with Declan Shalvey, Chris Condon, Mark Morales, and Jeffrey Brown from Chicago's C2E2 2025
The creators behind Mystique, Ultimate Wolverine, New Avengers, and X-Men: Days of Future Fun come to talk comics in C2E2's Marvel Matters panel.
April 07, 2025
Jules Chin Greene