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Comicscape - December 17, 2003
by Tony Whitt (Wed 12-17-2003)

...opy; 1991 DC Comics all time favorite heroes in DC comics is Kyle Rayner, aka Green Lantern. Right off the bat he dealt with the devastating loss of his longtime girlfriend. Most recently was the issue of his job assistant getting thoroughly bashed in...

DC Comics delays Grant Morrison's "Batman"
by Karl Schneider (Wed 11-15-2006)

DC Comics has announced that Grant Morrison's Batman will be delayed, again, with the four-issue fill-in arc by Ostrander and Mandrake moving up a month.The previously announced next issue for the title was scheduled to be a Joker-focused issue with art b...

DC Comics' THE AUTHORITY Plans
by Rob Allstetter (Thu 10-11-2001)

DC Comics has announced its revamped plans for THE AUTHORITY following the attacks of Sept. 11.THE AUTHORITY #27-29, which have been announced as being delayed, are now rescheduled, with each issue expected to reach comic-book stores six weeks later than ...


Rags Morales now exclusive to DC comics
by Rob Allstetter (Wed 09-11-2002)

DC Comics has announced that HAWKMAN penciler Rags Morales has signed a one-year exclusive agreement. Morales has penciled a variety of projects for DC, including HOURMAN and several issues of JSA, and has drawn HAWKMAN since issue #1. "Rags is doing th...

DC UNIVERSE ANIMATED ORIGINAL MOVIE BATMAN GOTHAM KNIGHT WORLD PREMIERE SLATED FOR JUNE 28, 2008 AT WIZARD WORLD CHICAGO (Thu 04-10-2008)

Third DC Universe Animated Original PG-13 Movie to Screen at Popular Comics Convention; Post-Premiere Panel Planned for Filmmakers, Voice Talent BURBANK, CA, (April 10, 2008) -DC Comics, Warner Premiere, Warner Home Video and Warner Bros. Animation w...

DC Comics promotes Dan DiDio
by Patrick Sauriol (Mon 10-11-2004)

Dan DiDio has been promoted from the position of Vice President - Editorial to Vice President - Executive Editor of DC Comics. The news was released today by the comic book publisher and made effective by Paul Levitz, DC's President and its Publisher.DiDi...

DC Comics Update
by Rob Allstetter (Fri 09-14-2001)

DC Comics issued a statement on Thursday regarding the company's status after the terrorist attacks on Tuesday in New York.The following is the statement:"With the tragic acts of violence that our city, our nation, our families and friends suffered on Tue...


Details on DC Comics Manga Imprint (Tue 06-22-2004)

The folks at Grotesque Anatomy seem to have scored the first posted press release from DC Comics regarding their manga line up, as well as the surprise move of someone from Raijin to DC.

DC Comics' Illustrator Aparo Dies
by News Editor (Wed 07-20-2005)

DC Comics' illustrator James N. Aparo, who worked for the comic book publisher for over 30 years, has died. Aparo drew such characters as Batman, the Green Arrow, Aquaman, Spectre and more. He was 72."His big break came in the late 1960s when he was work...

DC Comics' Editorial Restructuring
by Rob Allstetter (Wed 01-23-2002)

Paul Levitz, executive vice-president and publisher of DC Comics, announced a number of editorial changes on Tuesday, including the hiring of Dan DiDio and promotions for Karen Berger and Mike Carlin.DiDio, former senior vice-president, creative affairs f...

DC to launch "Minx" comic for girls
by Karl Schneider (Wed 11-29-2006)

DC Comics announced that they are publishing a new graphic novel, Minx,  aimed at teenage girls.Here's the press release:DC Comics is launching a new imprint called MINX, which will publish original graphic novels for teenage girls. MINX will be the ...


DC makes it official: ALL-STARS are coming
by Patrick Sauriol (Wed 01-05-2005)

Yesterday news slipped out via The New York Times that Frank Miller, the legendary comic book writer of BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS and artist of WOLVERINE, would be writing ALL-STAR BATMAN AND ROBIN, one of three new comic book series that DC Comics ...

DC Goes to the Movies (or Doesn’t)
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 10-31-2007)

... slate of DC Comics adaptations headed to theaters. So, grab your trick-or-treat bag and let’s go to the movies.   Joel Silver announced that Wonder Woman will remain in limbo until after George Miller’s JLA film hits theaters.&...

DC ARCHIVES new volumes
by Rob Allstetter (Wed 04-10-2002)

DC Comics has announced the upcoming publication of BATMAN IN WORLD'S FINEST COMICS ARCHIVES VOLUME 1 on Aug. 21. The book will reprint stories from WORLD'S FAIR COMICS 1940, WORLD'S BEST COMICS #1 and WORLD'S FINEST COMICS #2-16. Unlike the previous WO...

Marvel Comics: Joe Quesada
by Russell Lissau (Thu 10-26-2000)

...arvel and DC Comics. It’s nothing personal—it’s just business.`I think the rivalries are good for the companies,` he explains. `We had this very weird détente between Marvel and DC, and it happened right around the time where everything was going to he...


Comicscape - April 28, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 04-28-2004)

... "I think DC Comics might have the right idea with their 'animated' comics line. I'm not familiar with the Marvel Age line from the other company, so I can't really comment on that, but I think DC could well be onto something. I became interested in co...

Big 2 Comics Companies Looking Safe
by Rob Allstetter (Wed 09-12-2001)

Early reports from employees at both Marvel Comics and DC Comics indicate the companies were safe after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City on Tuesday.Both towers of the World Trade Center collapsed within 90 minutes of being ...

'80s Comics Redux, Part 2
by Tony Whitt (Wed 06-26-2002)

...series at DC Comics. True, the great concept behind the miniseries fizzled when the network attempted to make it into a weekly series. But surely some earnest creative team could breathe new life into an old and yet still-cherished series? Will e...

DC Direct
by Andrew Kardon (Sun 05-05-2002)

How many companies do you know that have grown by... shrinking? Well, it's happened with DC Comics' merchandise-arm known as DC Direct. In just a few short years, DC Direct's gone from just putting out a few simple action figures, to producing action figu...


Paul Levitz snagged for president/publisher of DC
by Rob Allstetter (Thu 02-07-2002)

Paul Levitz has been named President & Publisher, DC Comics, it was announced on Wednesday by Barry M. Meyer, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Warner Bros.Levitz, who moves up from his 12-year post as Executive Vice President & Publisher, assumes the...

DC to collect SKREEMER
by Rob Allstetter (Thu 03-07-2002)

SKREEMER, a six-issue mini-series published by DC Comics in 1989, will see new life later this year in a collected edition from Vertigo.The mini-series, written by Peter Milligan, with art by Brett Ewins and Steve Dillon, originally was published as a mat...

"Action Comics" to change content
by Karl Schneider (Thu 02-15-2007)

DC Comics has announced that they plan to change both the schedule and content for various Action Comics issues.The press release:ACTION COMICS #848, previously scheduled to feature part 4 of the story "Last Son" in 3-D, will have new contents w...

DC 100-PAGE SUPER SPECTACULAR: LOVE STORIES
by Tony Whitt (Sat 03-23-2002)

...ations in DC Comics? history for some collectors. Why? Read on and perhaps you?ll find out?or not?]There's something seriously unsettling about reading DC's latest reprinted 100-PAGE SUPER SPECTACULAR: LOVE STORIES, but I'm not quite sure what it is ye...


Comicscape: Five Successes in Mainstream Comics
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 06-04-2008)

...   DC COMICS   All New Atom #24 $2.99   American Splendor Season Two #3 (Of 4) (MR) $2.99   Batman Death Mask #3 (Of 4) $2.99   Batman The Killing Joke Collectors Set $34.99 Ben: Wasn’t this a Monty Python skit...

DC releases Mary Variant Images
by Karl Schneider (Sat 03-24-2007)

DC Comics has now released an image of the Mary variant figure for the upcoming DC Direct wave of Shazam figures.Each figure features multiple points of articulation and a base.You can see the image to the left.  Figures will be available on November...

CrossGen Comics Hires Tony Bedard
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Fri 06-22-2001)

Former DC Comics Editor Tony Bedard has been hired by CrossGen Comics and will immediately take up the writing reins on the upcoming title, NEGATION. Bedard will also write CrossGen's MYSTIC while current MYSTIC scribe Ron Marz moves on to THE PATH, anoth...

ACTION COMICS Hits 800!
by Rob Allstetter (Tue 11-19-2002)

ACTION COMICS reaches rarefied air in terms of longevity when DC Comics releases the 800th issue of the title in February.Written by Joe Kelly with art by Pascual Ferry, Duncan Rouleau, Cam Smith and Marlo Alquiza, plus Tim Sale, Mort Drucker, Lee Bermejo...


DC vet Carmine Infantino
by Mike Whybark (Wed 12-04-2002)

SEQUENTIAL TART runs an interview with comics legend Carmine Infantino. Infantino, a key figure in DC Comics' long history, reminisces about his youth in the industry in the forties and his rise to publisher.Here's a sample (Infantino is recalling Bob Kan...

Zuda and the Future of Web Comics
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 07-11-2007)

Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another week of Comicscape calamity! All you aspiring creators raise your hopes and put the coffee on, because DC Comics will open the golden gates to comic book professionalism in October. On Monday, The New Y...

Kevin Smith not allowed to fart at DC comics
by Christopher Allan Smith (Thu 05-16-2002)

In a short sidebar to a piece about upcoming comic book movies in ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY, CLERKS/DOGMA/JAY AND SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK director and comic book scribe Kevin Smith let readers in on some of the oddities he's encountered while writing for the bi...

DC Promotes Two
by Rob Allstetter (Fri 03-29-2002)

Two DC Comics editorial staff members were recently promoted, with Stephen Wacker being named associate editor and Valerie D'Orazio being named assistant editor. Wacker, who joined DC in 2000 as an assistant editor, continues to work with both group edit...


DC Direct Announces New Figures for 2006
by News Editor (Wed 09-21-2005)

...acters in DC Comics: Superman, Batman, The Joker, Shazam!, The Flash and Green Lantern. In addition, bonus parts included with each character can be combined to form a complete mini-Batmobile! Each figure comes in a "blind" mystery box for added collec...

DC backs BATMAN
by Rob Allstetter (Fri 07-19-2002)

To help launch the new BATMAN creative team of Jeph Loeb and Jim Lee, DC Comics is offering a special increased discount for qualifying retailers. Retailers will receive an additional 5 percent over their regular DC discount on BATMAN #608 if they make i...

DC backs POINT BLANK
by Rob Allstetter (Fri 08-02-2002)

With the release date of POINT BLANK #1 on Aug. 14, DC Comics is providing to retailers a free 50 percent overship of the issue. POINT BLANK, a five-issue Eye of the Storm mini-series, is by writer Ed Brubaker and European comics artist Colin Wilson, and...

DC Giveaway for FABLES #6, Anthology Due
by Rob Allstetter (Wed 09-25-2002)

DC Comics continues to push its new Vertigo series FABLES, announcing a free 50 percent overship of FABLES #6 to retailers and a new trade paperback. FABLES #6, scheduled for release on Oct. 9, is the beginning of the new five-part story arc "Animal ...


WB and DC Executives Talk Comic Properties
by Jarrod Sarafin (Mon 08-18-2008)

Those of you Maniacs around last summer will remember the madness known as Justice League and how every other day, some new tidbit was coming across the wires about the film getting fast tracked to theaters for Warner Bros. and DC Comics. At first, the fe...

DVD Shopping Bag: Marvel vs. DC
by Robert T. Trate (Tue 07-15-2008)

...ictor is. DC Comics is owned by Warner Brothers Studios which has made DC Comics the victor in the realm of live action television series. It is obvious that DC Comics is willing to take more chances than its competitor. It probably doesn’t hurt ...

Comicscape - June 1, 2005
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 06-01-2005)

You've probably heard by now that Alan Moore has permanently dissociated himself from DC Comics, its affiliate Wildstorm, and America's Best Comics the imprint Moore started in 1998. This is significant news, and yet it's not entirely unexpected. This is...

DC COMICS PRESENTS: BATMAN
by Tony Whitt (Tue 07-13-2004)

...r whether DC COMICS PRESENTS shouldn't be a regularly occurring series. It would be a far greater tribute to Schwartz's genius and we'd get a great monthly book out of it, besides.Questions? Comments? Let us know what you think at feedback@cinescape.c...


DC Talks CMX (Wed 09-05-2007)

In the third part of a three part interview with Paul Levitz, DC Comics President and Publisher, the folks at ICv2 talk with him about CMX and the difficulties in getting material from Japan as well as how Flex will be somewhat different than the booming ...

DC Offers "Batman" Toy Peek
by News Editor (Wed 02-23-2005)

DC Comics site is offering ten images of toys for the upcoming BATMAN BEGINS. Six of the figures are of Batman. One is of the new Batmobile. One is of the Scarecrow mini-statue and yet another is of the Ra's Al Ghul mini-staute.The items range in price...

Realworlds: DC Comic Book Stories Set in Our World
by Edward Gross (Thu 02-24-2000)

Back in the 1950s and ‘60s, DC Comics devised a means of telling a number of fanciful stories that could never be pulled off in regular continuity (i.e. what if Batman had been raised by the Kents?, what if Superman lost his powers?, what if Superman had ...

DC Cancels orders for "Doctor Fate #1 and #2"
by Karl Schneider (Wed 04-04-2007)

DC Comics has released a press release stating they have canceled orders for the upcoming titles: Doctor Fate #1, Doctor Fate #1 Variant Edition and Doctor Fate #2. The titles are expected to be re-solicited at at later date. No reason was given for...


UNDERWORLD comics are coming
by Patrick Sauriol (Tue 04-29-2003)

...orked for DC Comics, Dark Horse and Marvel.UNDERWORLD is set for release in September and stars Kate Beckinsale as Selene, a vampire who falls for one of her kind's sworn enemies, a werewolf (played by Scott Speedman.) This is the first news uncovered...

Reading Comics on the Phone or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Clickwheel
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 07-18-2007)

...   DC COMICS   Action Comics #852 (CD) $2.99 Kurt: This is by Kurt Busiek, which is awesome. What is not awesome is that the Geoff Johns and Richard Donner arc, The Last Son of Krypton, will not wrap until the next Action Comics ann...

Image Comics announces anthology title
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Fri 07-06-2001)

...venerable DC Comics series SHOWCASE, credited with jump-starting the Silver Age with the first appearance of the Barry Allen Flash in 1956. Valentino evidently hopes that IMAGE INTRODUCES... will make history as well."Each issue will demonstrate the wi...

T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents To DC
by Rob Allstetter (Tue 06-04-2002)

DC Comics in December is bringing back the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. AGENTS in a new Archive series as well as the first of a line of DC Direct statues. "I remember the exact moment I saw T.H.U.N.D.E.R. AGENTS #1 on the newsstand," says Michael Uslan, who worked wi...


COMICS, SEXUALITY, AND THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 10-11-2006)

...on first? DC COMICS 52 Week #23 $2.50Al: I love the idea of this series, and I think everyone agrees that it got off to a hot start. Nearing the halfway mark, though, I'm finding myself suffering from exhaustion. And I'm not seeing a whole lot of t...

Digital Debate
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 09-20-2006)

...R) $8.95 DC COMICS 100 Bullets #76 (MR) $2.99 52 Week #20 $2.50 Batgirl Destruction's Daughter TP $19.99Al: Please, please, please let her name be Destructette...Kurt: Been watching the Smurfs again? Batman Chronicles Vol 2 TP $14.99 Birds Of...

The Advantages of Digital Comics and Why I Will Never Like Them
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 09-13-2006)

...out Xenu? DC COMICS 52 Week #19 $2.50 Aquaman Sword Of Atlantis #44 $2.99 Batman Gotham By Gaslight New Ptg $12.99Al: Next: Gotham by jacklight. Gon' get me some deer.Kurt: Dem's good eatin'. Batman Legends Of The Dark Knight #210 $2.99 Batma...

Berganza Talks DC Heroes
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Wed 06-27-2007)

Eddie Berganza, the editor for DC Comics has talked recently to Wizard Entertainment about future arcs and storyline implications in regards to some of the publisher's trademark characters. In a video clip, he discusses the GREEN LANTERN arc, JLA getting ...


Pocket Full of DC
by Andrew Kardon (Tue 03-05-2002)

...ther then DC Comics itself.DC Direct, the merchandising arm of the comics’ publisher, recently announced the launch of its all-new Pocket Super Heroes line starting this July. Already well established in the action figure market thanks to frenzied coll...

Stan Lee Takes On The D.C. Universe (Thu 04-13-2000)

...he entire DC Comics mythology, presented in a format that will allow the artists to go as far as their imaginations and current technology will allow. At the same time, it is hoped that the 77-year-old Lee will bring the same wry humor, depth of humani...

Simone exclusive to DC
by Patrick Sauriol (Mon 12-08-2003)

After making a splash writing AGENT X for Marvel Comics, writer Gail Simone has struck a deal that will see her writing exclusively for DC Comics for one year. It's just the latest contract between a comic book professional and the company with the signat...

Download a dozen different DC comic books to preview
by Patrick Sauriol (Wed 03-31-2004)

DC Comics has placed previews of a number of its upcoming May and June comic book titles on its website so you can get a taste of what the book is like by reading the first four pages of story and art. The selection of titles range from new superhero stor...


DC Direct gets elementary
by Andrew Kardon (Wed 06-26-2002)

Not only does he have one of the toughest names in comics (that'd be Rex Mason), but now he's got his own action figure headed your way. Shipping next January is DC Direct's METAMORPHO figure based on the crazy-colored hero who can transform his body into...

Words and Pictures: Comics vs. Literature
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 03-26-2008)

...10 $2.99 DC COMICS All Star Superman #10 $2.99 Authority Prime #6 (Of 6) $2.99 Batman Confidential #15 $2.99 Kurt: Tell me, confidentially, does anyone actually read this? Seriously, I have yet to meet anyone real or online that has since the...

Code 6 Comics' THE CROSSOVERS
by Rob Allstetter (Wed 10-02-2002)

Code 6 Comics is launching the new monthly comedy/adventure series THE CROSSOVERS, by veteran comics writer and novelist Robert Rodi and artist Mauricet, in January. THE CROSSOVERS is the second scheduled title from CrossGen's new Code 6 line, following...

Top 10 Best Of Comics 2001, Part 1
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Sat 12-29-2001)

...opy; 2001 DC Comics #9) Wonder Woman at 60 - She's long suffered a bit of gender discrimination; Hell, she started out as the Justice Society's secretary in 1941, and she was an Amazon warrior for Hippolyta's sake! But Wonder Woman, sometimes known as ...


Cinescape's Top Ten Worst in Comics 2001
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Wed 12-26-2001)

...opy; 2001 DC Comics No, it wasn't all peaches and cream in the comic book industry of 2001. There were some terrible low points as well. Before we delve into the highlights of the past year in our upcoming features, we now regretfully review some 2001 ...

Comicscape - June 8, 2005
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 06-08-2005)

...ridges at DC Comics once, only to find himself pulled right back in to the mess he had sworn to leave behind. I'd say it's reasonable to suggest that he's been looking for any reason to leave Wildstorm since the DC merger. His ankle has been twisted, a...

Editorial shakeup at DC
by Mike Whybark (Thu 02-13-2003)

THE PULSE covers the editorial shakeup currently underway at DC Comics. Mike Carlin, formerly VP and Executive Editor for the DC Universe, will become Senior Group Editor while editors Dan Raspler and Andy Helfer as well as assitant editor Morgan D'ontanv...

Marvel Studios Pressuring WB/DC To Change?
by Jarrod Sarafin (Fri 07-11-2008)

While today seems to be a rather slow news day, some interesting speculation is going on within Hollywood and the trades this morning. It seems that word has been leaked of some changes happening between Warner Bros. and DC Comics and their partnership in...


Marvel Comics makes change to First Look program
by Eric Moro (Wed 06-27-2001)

Marvel Comics President Bill Jemas announced today a major change in the publisher's "First Look" program designed to bring the House of Ideas up to speed with competing publishers."For the past few years, retailers have been able to see sample comic book...

Comicscape - February 11, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 02-11-2004)

...L © DC Comics was like driving a tank through a swamp. It was those little cross references pointing to events in X-FACTOR, THOR, and THE NEW MUTANTS that got me a little background and helped me navigate through the continuity quagmire. This lac...

Comicscape February 2, 2005
by Tony Whitt (Wed 02-02-2005)

Well, folks, we've finally come to the end of a long journey or rather I have, as the main comics columnist for CINESCAPE. I hope you've enjoyed these columns as much as I've enjoyed writing them, and if you'd like to keep up with my future work, Google ...

DC: THE NEW FRONTIER #6
by Tony Whitt (Tue 10-05-2004)

In the wake of the Centre's attack and its apparent destruction of the Man of Steel, Earth's new batch of heroes must band together to defeat this alien menace which threatens all life on Earth. New alliances are formed, old animosities are set aside, and...


Comicscape: Five Problems with American Comics
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 05-28-2008)

...   DC COMICS   Action Comics #865 $2.99 All about the Toyman. Whee.   All New Atom TP Vol 03 The Hunt For Ray Palmer $14.99   All Star Superman #11 $2.99 I think the last issue of this actually came out sometime this ...

Comicscape - November 26, 2003
by Tony Whitt (Wed 11-26-2003)

.... © DC Comics delivered?FLASH #204 continues Wally West's search of his identity, and the search for the murderous(!) Captain Cold, under the capable hands of writer Geoff Johns. Brrr. This storyline's making me look askance at that Captain Cold ...

Comicscape - June 11, 2003
by Tony Whitt (Wed 06-11-2003)

...ught of. "DC comics should only do an Ultimate line if it was meant to stand separate from the rest of the lines, the same way that Marvel does it," he writes. He says they'd have to "change the characters [so] that they would not have to renew any con...

Comicscape - November 19, 2003
by Tony Whitt (Wed 11-19-2003)

...opy; 2001 DC Comics great way to get movies, music, and TV series episodes fast, doesn't it? But it also turns out that many of the BitTorrent sites out there offer comic books for trade. Comics being traded on the Web is nothing new, of course - simpl...


Comicscape - July 7, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 07-07-2004)

...I said!); DC COMICS PRESENTS BATMAN #1, which pays homage to the "cover-driven" story buy it and you'll see what they mean; DETECTIVE COMICS #796, featuring the new Robin; and SCRATCH #2 (of 5), which features Sam Kieth and is written by a werewolf. W...

Action Comics
by Kurt Amacker (Fri 10-27-2006)

This 844th issue of ACTION COMICS presents a nearly archetypical Superman tale penned by Geoff Johns and Richard Donner, the director of the first Superman film and part of the second. Virtually removed from any of the larger goings-on in the DC Univers...

Comicscape - May 24, 2006
by KURT AMACKER (Wed 05-24-2006)

...ame since!DC COMICS 52 Week #3 $2.50Al: This week: Green Arrow notices that the driveway is cracking just a little bit on the right side. Should he do something about it? Or is this one of those things that's really not a big deal? What do you do a...

Wildcats' Dustin Nguyen Exclusive to DC
by Rob Allstetter (Thu 02-21-2002)

  DC Comics/WildStorm Productions has announced that penciler Dustin Nguyen has signed a one-year exclusive agreement. The company also released preview art from the mature readers relaunch of WILDCATS.  Nguyen, best known for his work on T...


Bizarro Comics!
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Wed 06-20-2001)

...her: DC Comics Price: $29.95 (It Am Cheap!) 

Comicscape February 9, 2005
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 02-09-2005)

...of 4)$2.99DC COMICSACTION COMICS #824$2.50ANGELTOWN #4 (OF 5) $2.95AQUAMAN #27$2.50BATMAN: LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT #188$2.50THE BATMAN STRIKES #6$2.25BATMAN: THE MAN WHO LAUGHS$6.95BLOODHOUND #8 $2.95BREACH #2$2.50FABLES #34 (MR)$2.50FLASH IGNIT...

David Hine: Comics, Manga, & More!
by JENNIFER M. CONTINO (Fri 11-10-2006)

I got into the indy comics scene late, so I never heard of David Hine until a few years ago when he began working for the stateside offices of Marvel Comics. In a short space of time there were a few Marvel miniseries: Daredevil Redemption, Son of M., th...

Politics in Comics or The Follies of Didacticism
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 11-29-2006)

...95  DC COMICS  52 Week #30 $2.50  Al: Batman. Or Bruce Wayne, anyway. Kurt: Dude, secret identity, remember?  American Virgin #9 (MR) $2.99  Aquaman Sword Of Atlantis #46 $2.99  Batman #659 $2.99  Al: Begi...


Detective Comics
by KURT AMACKER (Fri 08-04-2006)

DETECTIVE COMICS now has one thing going both for and against it Paul Dini. To clarify: as in his revered BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES, Dini shows a thorough understanding of both the title character and his rogues' gallery in relatively short stories, b...

DETECTIVE COMICS #763
by Tony Whitt (Tue 10-30-2001)

...her: DC Comics Price: $2.50 

Comicscape - November 5, 2003
by Tony Whitt (Wed 11-05-2003)

...opy; 2001 DC Comics "In response to your question 'Who Deserves Her Own Series?' I'm afraid the answer's more complicated then merely meeting some fans' wish fulfillment. While it's a heartening sentiment to bemoan the current dearth of monthly comics ...

More Milestone Comics?
by Rob Allstetter (Wed 11-28-2001)

...SHOCK for DC Comics' SEPTEMBER 11 book."It's the first time Denys and I have done a comic together since 1995," McDuffie says.The story is called "Wednesday Afternoon" and deals with the day after the terrorist attacks. There will be two volumes of SEP...


Comicscape - October 20, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 10-20-2004)

...n various DC Comics at that time about it and the fact that the leading man actually looked liked Superman.That sounds like a pretty obvious thing to say now, but in 1978 it had to have been striking that Reeve was the youngest actor to play the role,...

Online Auctions
by Oliver Chin (-)

... from her DC Comics background, Levine reorganized eBay's "categories by how people actually collect" (ex. Gold vs. Silver age), added new segments, and created a specific comic destination page. While conducting "ebay 101" seminars at the San Diego Co...

Comicscape - April 7, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 04-07-2004)

...) © DC Comics trilogy of movies. Sure enough, Chris McCarver, a fellow critic over at 411mania.com, informs me that "Straczynski is working on making RISING STARS a film trilogy, and has already submitted screenplay material to that effect. Sadl...

Comicscape - June 8, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 06-09-2004)

...opy; 2002 DC Comics have happened if Kal's ship had been found by people just a little less giving than the Kents, or perhaps in poorer circumstances closer to those of what farmers in the real world have to deal with. The aforementioned SUPREME POWER ...


Comicscape - October 1, 2003
by TONY WHITT (Wed 10-01-2003)

...opy; 2003 DC Comics be...Satan? Could Batman be considering calling himself "The Light Knight"? Ugh. But wouldn't you, if your city were suddenly rearchitectured (is that a word?) with a glowing material that took all the shadows away? OK, maybe not. B...

Top 10 Best Of Comics 2001 Part 2
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Mon 12-31-2001)

...opy; 2001 DC Comics #2) Wolverine's Origin Revealed - It only took twenty-seven years, a few misleading memory implants and countless deceptive flashback sequences, but Marvel (courtesy of Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada, President Bill Jemas and writer Pa...

WORLD'S BEST COMICS: GOLDEN AGE SAMPLER
by Tony Whitt (Tue 10-14-2003)

I can only surmise, judging by the recent release of the BATMAN ARCHIVES VOL. 1 for $19.95 and this week's WORLD'S BEST COMICS: GOLDEN AGE SAMPLER, that perhaps DC's Archives line isn't selling as well as before. Either that, or they'd like to sell a lot...

Comicscape - January 4, 2006
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 01-04-2006)

... writes, "DC comics released my favorite comic of the year and it had nothing to do with INFINITE CRISIS, SEVEN SOLDIERS, or the latest cool Vertigo series... even though all those are pretty good too. My favorite comic of the year was SOLO, issue numb...


GOTHAM KNIGHT DVD Details Online
by Jarrod Sarafin (Mon 02-25-2008)

DC Comics, Warner Premiere, Warner Home Video and Warner Bros. Animation have collaborated to create a unique Batman experience in Batman: Gotham Knight. The all-new, original movie will arrive July 8, 2008 on DVD and Blu-ray Disc. Order due date is June ...

Free Comics Day reminder
by Christopher Allan Smith (Fri 05-03-2002)

A public service announcement from CINESCAPE: Remember, tomorrow is the long scheduled Free Comic Book Day. Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, Image, and many independent comic book publishers have printed issues of titles specifically for comic book shops to give a...

Comicscape: Waiting for the Trade: What Will Happen to Monthly Comics?
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 08-13-2008)

...   DC COMICS   100 Bullets #94 (MR) $2.99   Absolute Loeg The Black Dossier HC $99.00 Well, bloody finally.   Action Comics #868 $2.99   Batman #679 Rip $2.99   Batman Confidential #20 $2.99   Batman St...

Comicscape - June 2, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 06-02-2004)

.... © DC Comics us off is Mark Onspaugh, who writes, "I'm one of those baby boomers who read DC in the Silver Age (and only DC, mind you tho' I'm reading Marvel now). Superman was one of the easier books to read it offered a lot of fantasy for a ...


RISING STARS: J. Michael Straczynski
by James Busbee (Wed 07-19-2000)

...ok limbo. DC Comics attempted a series a few years back, with little success--a result Straczynski doesn’t find surprising. `The problem was that DC simply didn’t do the books right,` he says. `They considered Babylon 5 comics a media throwaway, and no...

Comicscape - August 18, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 08-18-2004)

.... © DC Comics daughter Shuna and her difficulties interacting with other humans particularly with a husband who eventually turns abusive. Recently I got the chance to talk at length with this highly talented (and extremely friendly) couple and ...

Comicscape - July 28, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 07-28-2004)

...le Baker, DC Comics both for PLASTIC MAN (DC) and THE NEW BAKER (Kyle Baker Publishing). Who Got It: Kyle Baker, DC Comics both for PLASTIC MAN (DC) and THE NEW BAKER (Kyle Baker Publishing). Bit of a long shot to predict Baker would win both this cate...

Interview with Gail Simone
by JENNIFER M. CONTINO (Sat 12-23-2006)

... visiting DC Comics [LINK: http://www.dccomics.com ]  ***** Jennifer M. Contino is a lifelong comic book fan who writes about the industry daily at http://www.comicon.com/pulse.


COMIC CON 2007 Details Revealed
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Sat 07-07-2007)

...emiere of DC Comics, Warner Bros. Home Video, and Warner Bros. Animation’s Superman Doomsday. It’s the highly anticipated first DC Universe made-for-DVD release presented by Warner Premiere and produced by Warner Bros. Animation. Inspired b...

Brian Azzarello exclusive with DC
by Rob Allstetter (Thu 02-28-2002)

  Brian Azzarello, writer of 100 BULLETS and HELLBLAZER, has signed an exclusive, two-year contract for his services with DC Comics.  The agreement will allow Azzarello to continue contributing stories and concepts to the publisher's variou...

Devin Grayson on USER
by Russell Lissau (Wed 01-17-2001)

Batman: Gotham Knights writer Devin Grayson traded her Batarang for a broadsword to prepare for USER, her first project for DC Comics’ Vertigo line. The three-issue limited series about online role-playing adventure games has nothing at all to do with the...

Comicscape - May 4, 2005
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 05-04-2005)

...h Batman. DC Comics didn't want to eliminate Robin altogether, so a Dick Grayson clone was concocted and Jason Todd was born. Like the former, he was an acrobat whose parents were killed by criminals this time by the Killer Croc instead of gangsters. ...


Comicscape - May 10, 2006
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 05-10-2006)

...s TP $9.95DC COMICS52 #1 $2.50Al: This week: Superman plants petunias in the window boxes. Batman is totally going to do something about that leak in the garage, but then there's a poker tournament on TV.Kurt: And Wonder Woman's finally going to strip ...

ACTOR Launches in LA
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Tue 07-03-2001)

...r Editor, DC Comics; John Romita Sr., former Art Director, Marvel Comics; and Dick Giordano, former Editor-in-Chief, Charlton Comics.For more information or to send donations:ACTOR (A Commitment To Our Roots)11301 Olympic Blvd, #587Los Angeles, CA 9006...

Comicscape - December 7, 2005
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 12-07-2005)

... the Sith.DC COMICSAll Star Batman And Robin #1 Special Edition #1 $3.99Al: I'm holding out for Issue 1 Special Edition #2. That one's gonna be hella rad.Kurt: Which is the one with more story and less suck? I want that one. Actually, I think this one ...

Comicscape - September 22, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 09-22-2004)

.... © DC Comics be depending too much on the X-titles, with Wolverine in particular. I remember the days when there was simply UNCANNY X-MEN - and what a good title it was! Then came along NEW MUTANTS as the next generation, and later X-FACTOR, wh...


Slicing Cold Cuts with Lance Stahlberg
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 02-27-2008)

... on end. DC COMICS Action Comics #862 $2.99 All Star Batman And Robin The Boy Wonder #9 $2.99 Ben: The reigning champ of the So Bad It’s Good Award works to keep its crown. Army @ Love #12 (MR) $2.99 Authority Prime #5 (Of 6) $2.99 Batman ...

Comicscape - December 3, 2003
by Tony Whitt (Wed 12-03-2003)

...opy; 2002 DC Comics like many other fans, had realized it subconsciously for years. One was reading the 1995 novel WHAT THEY DID TO PRINCESS PARAGON by Robert Rodi, a book in which the fictional superheroine Princess Paragon (in every way a dead-ringer...

Marv Wolfman: From ROBIN to NIGHTWING: Chronicling the Adventures of Dick Grayson
by JENNIFER M. CONTINO (Thu 10-19-2006)

... pages of DC Comics Presents? WOLFMAN: Back then Dick was maybe 17 years old he was struggling to assert his independence from Batman. The Titans was his method for doing so. Dick is now approximately 25. He settled his problems with Batman years ago. ...

Comicscape - September 1, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 09-01-2004)

...s because DC Comics has started the HUMANOIDS line, which republishes some of the best works published by the company Les Humanoides Associés in Switzerland. The company came about when Moebius, Dionnet, and Druillet, three of the leading French graph...


Comicscape - February 4, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 02-04-2004)

.... © DC Comics writers of individual stories either stuck to or dispensed with as they wished, but even when the events of a story specifically referred back to the events of another story in another series, the cross-reference caption wasn't ofte...

Comicscape - November 23, 2005
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 11-23-2005)

...f 6) $2.99DC COMICSAuthority The Magnificient Kevin #4 (of 5) (MR) $2.99Batgirl #70 $2.50Batman Gotham Knights #71 $2.50Cartoon Network Block Party #15 $2.25Catwoman #49 $2.50Danger Girl The Ultimate Coll TP $19.99Al: Hey, remember a couple weeks ago w...

Toy Maniac: A Look At DC Direct's WATCHMEN Figures
by Robert T. Trate (Thu 06-26-2008)

NEW FROM DC DIRECT: At the New York Comic Con this year DC Direct unveiled their very first series of Watchmen movie figures (see pictures here). The first series included the modern versions of the Silk Spectre, The Nite Owl, an Ozymandias figure and, o...

ULTIMATE X-MEN
by Russell Lissau (Wed 12-20-2000)

... strictly DC Comics readers, thanks to their father, legendary DC artist and editor Joe Kubert. Marvel books never made it past the front door of the Kubert home. `I didn’t even know Marvel existed when I was a kid,` Kubert recalls. `My dad worked at D...


SDCC: Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe Panel
by Rob M. Worley (Fri 07-25-2008)

Mortal Kombat creator Ed Boom and comics creator Jimmy Palmiotti presented the upcoming video game release 'Mortal Kombat vs. The DC Universe' a full room of excited fans at Comic-Con Internation, San Diego today.The game represesnts a melding of the flag...

Crime Story
by Russell Lissau (Mon 07-16-2001)

...er behind DC Comics' monthly crime-noir masterpiece, 100 BULLETS. "It's something everybody can relate to."The critically acclaimed series, which is vividly drawn by Argentinian illustrator Eduardo Risso, is published by DC's mature audiences imprint, ...

The Stan of Steel: Marvel Man Stan Lee on his Current Projects
by Edward Gross (Fri 05-26-2000)

...omics and DC Comics, and it was virtually impossible to imagine those universes coming together—at least until the mid ‘70s when the icons from both companies, Spider-Man and Superman, teamed up for the first time. It was a pretty revolutionary (and ra...

Mike Carey exclusive with DC
by Rob Allstetter (Fri 04-19-2002)

British writer Mike Carey, who was nominated for four Eisner Awards in 2001, has signed a two-year exclusive agreement with DC Comics.Carey has written LUCIFER since its inception as the miniseries THE SANDMAN PRESENTS: LUCIFER in 1999 and takes over as w...


TALES FROM THE CRYPT Vol. 2
by Tim Janson (Mon 09-10-2007)

...ions, AKA DC Comics, which published titles such as All Star Comics, Green Lantern, and The Flash. Gaines was bought out by his partner and eventually formed EC Comics, which then stood for Educational Comics but later would change to Entertaining Comi...

2007: The Year in Review, Part One
by Kurt Amacker (Fri 12-28-2007)

...   DC COMICS   52 Aftermath The Four Horsemen #5 (Of 6) $2.99   Action Comics #860 $2.99 Kurt: Geoff Johns writes without Richard Donner. I’m still on board.    Authority Prime #3 (Of 6) $2.99 Ben: Remember...

Ed Brubaker, Seth Fisher Hooked on DC
by Rob Allstetter (Thu 10-10-2002)

Writer Ed Brubaker and artist Seth Fisher have extended their exclusive agreements with DC Comics."You couldn't ask for two more talented, dedicated guys than Ed and Seth," said Mike Carlin, VP - Executive Editor, DC Universe. "They're both tops in our fi...

Comicscape - May 3, 2006
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 05-03-2006)

...the grave.DC COMICSAction Comics #838 $2.50Batman Journey Into Knight #9 (of 12) $2.50Bizarro World SC $19.99Al: Ohmygod! Infinite Crisis makes sense! Bizarro!Blood Of The Demon #15 $2.99Blue Beetle Second Ptg #1 $2.99Detective Comics #819 $2.99Extermi...


Comicscape: Robert Kirkman Calls You Out
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 08-20-2008)

...   DC COMICS   Air #1 (MR) $2.99   Batgirl #2 (Of 6) $2.99 Ben:I have a movie about this. Kurt: You know, back before the Internet, porn was a simple affair.    Batman And The Outsiders #10 $2.99 Ben:Batman visits Ku...

Comicscape - February 8, 2006
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 02-08-2006)

...t's wrong.DC COMICS100 Bullets #69 (MR) $2.75Batman Legends Of The Dark Knight #200 (note Price) $4.99Batman Strikes #18 $2.25Captain Atom Armageddon #5 (of 9) $2.99Cipher Vol 2 $9.99DMZ #4 (MR) $2.99Al: Y'know, this just isn't doing it for me so far. ...

Comicscape - November 9, 2005
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 11-09-2005)

...(MR) $5.99DC COMICS100 Bullets #66 (MR) $2.75Al: Another day, another friggin awesome cover.ABC A-Z Greyshirt And Cobweb $3.99Action Comics #833 $2.50Aquaman #36 $2.50Batman Cataclysm TP $19.95Batman Legends Of The Dark Knight #197 $2.50Batman Officer ...

Comicscape - July 14, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 07-14-2004)

...st week's DC COMICS PRESENTS: BATMAN #1, then you're sure to love DC COMICS PRESENTS: MYSTERY IN SPACE #1, featuring stories by Grant Morrison and Elliot S. Maggin based on the same cover image. If Morrison's writing one, then they won't be calling the...


Comicscape - April 23, 2003
by Tony Whitt (Wed 04-23-2003)

OPINION: There was quite a stir when Marvel announced that the first title in its new EPIC line of comics would be Mark Millar's TROUBLE - though I imagine most of the stir was over the two swimsuited women on the photographic cover. Sweatshop #1 ...

Comicscape - November 10, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 11-10-2004)

.... © DC Comics story beginning in BATMAN: LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT #185 ($2.50) is being touted as the "ultimate Riddler story," though I'm not quite sure why. Meanwhile, the gang down at GOTHAM CENTRAL is none too pleased with the Bat given the...

Comicscape - November 17, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 11-17-2004)

.... © DC Comics this, but we've had Hal's break down and evolution into Parallax, then the Spirit and back again to GL. Now we've got Scarlet Witch trashing the Avengers and a miniature assassin in the Atom. (Granted, there's still time for a mind ...

And So the Universe Ended, Part 1
by Tony Whitt (Mon 03-18-2002)

.... © DC Comics To look at the recently reprinted HISTORY OF THE DC UNIVERSE, you'd hardly think anything was destroyed at all. In this two issue "appendix" to CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS, Wolfman and Pérez use the character Harbinger to explain the ...


Every Villain Has His Day
by Eric Moro (Thu 12-06-2001)

...tablished DC Comics villains," says JUSTICE LEAGUE creator Bruce Timm. "We thought that it was really important to stay as close to the source material as we could and there's 60 years of DC Comics for us to pull from. So, not that it was easy, but it ...

Get Over Those Terrible Gifts
by Pat Ferrara (Mon 12-24-2007)

...ndium The DC Comics Action Figure Archive by Scott Beatty. Featuring over 600 full-color photographs, the Archive covers everything DC toy related and includes the hard-to-find documentation on the countless ‘redecoes’ of their action figur...

Comicscape - August 3, 2005
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 08-03-2005)

...R TP $9.95DC COMICSAQUAMAN #33 $2.50BALLAD OF HALO JONES TP $19.99Instead of Seinfeld jokes, we'll play a new game: Name the band that should've written the song that this comic book's title sounds like! This one: Bob Dylan.BLOOD OF THE DEMON #6 $2.50G...

SUPER STAN!
by Steve Hockinsmith (Fri 08-31-2001)

(additional reporting by Arnold T. Blumberg)It's like cats and dogs signing a peace accord or oil and water agreeing that it's finally time to mix: DC Comics has delivered its most beloved superheroes into the hands of their greatest enemy. No, not Darkse...


JLA Cartoon Official Announcement
by Press release (Thu 01-25-2001)

...f popular DC Comics superheroes, including Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, The Flash, Hawkgirl and Martian Manhunter. Following the premise and storyline of the DC Comics comic books, members of the Justice League will be called upon to ...

Comicscape - November 12, 2003
by Tony Whitt (Wed 11-12-2003)

...opy; 2001 DC Comics writers. William Loughrige writes, "The vast majority of writers are men. They don't understand women well enough to write much about them. Just look at how they have portrayed women to date. That kind of ties into my other point......

Comicscape - December 28, 2005
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 12-28-2005)

... TP $17.95DC COMICSALL STAR BATMAN AND ROBIN THE BOY WONDER #3 $2.99Okay, for real this time? You promise?ALL STAR BATMAN AND ROBIN VARIANT EDITION #3 $2.99BATMAN #648 $2.50More fun with the Red Hood. You heard it here first. Okay, not really, but stil...

Creeping into the Mainstream
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 01-24-2007)

...95  DC COMICS  100 Bullets #80 (MR) $2.99  52 Week #38 $2.50  Checkmate #10 $2.99  Connor Hawke Dragons Blood #3 (of 6) $2.99  Crossing Midnight #3 (MR) $2.99 Kurt: This sounds like a television psychic show ...


Boys, Girls and Newsprint
by Nadia Oxford (Thu 06-07-2007)

...ly to me. DC Comics is off to a decent start with its Minx line, starting with The Plain Janes. The Plain Janes features a bunch of schoolgirls saving the world with art. Very cute, but if the previews at the back of the volume are any indication, Minx...

Comicscape - August 13, 2003
by Tony Whitt (Wed 08-13-2003)

...opy; 2003 DC Comics All right, you sickos, just because you asked for it - here's the cover to EMMA FROST #2, which ships this week. It certainly brings up an interesting question, though - if Emma were black, or if those girls on the cover of TROUBLE ...

Official Comic Con Schedule
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Mon 07-09-2007)

...emiere of DC Comics, Warner Bros. Home Video, and Warner Bros. Animation’s Superman Doomsday. It’s the highly anticipated first DC Universe made-for-DVD release presented by Warner Premiere and produced by Warner Bros. Animation. Inspired b...

Comicscape - April 21, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 04-21-2004)

... from the DC Comics of that same era, but I suspect the reaction would be the same - if not quicker.Or would it? It's truly hard to gauge such things, particularly since, when I was that age, I also found some of the stories written before I started re...


Bill Morrison to write "Captain Carrot"
by Karl Schneider (Mon 02-26-2007)

According to a DC Comics press release, long-time Simpsons comic writer and artist Bill Morrison has signed on to write Captain Carrot an the Final Arc.The book will be a three issue series which will start in the fall of 2007.Press Release:DC Comics anno...

Meanwhile, at the Hall of Justice
by Carlos Mejia (Mon 01-15-2007)

In 1984 Kenner got a license to produce action figures based on the villains and heroes from DC Comics in the Super Powers toy line. With Toy Biz acquiring the Marvel license, it was a smart move on DC’s part to compete with the other comic compa...

Comicscape January 19, 2005
by Tony Whitt (Wed 01-19-2005)

...marily at DC Comics on such titles as TEAM TITANS and THE INVISIBLES VOL. 2, though his work has also appeared in such various projects as Wildstorm's PLANETARY/AUTHORITY and Marvel's NEW X-MEN. Jimenez crossed over from the artist to the writer's chai...

SEND IN THE CLOWNS
by Eric Moro (Fri 09-14-2001)

This October, DC Comics, in conjunction with its most ruthless villain, plans to send in the clowns... quite literally! You see, Gotham City's Clown Prince of Crime, The Joker, is back to his old tricks again, masterminding perhaps the most maniacal cross...


Comicscape - May 17, 2006
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 05-17-2006)

...ther beer!DC COMICS100 Bullets #72 (MR) $2.9952 Week #2 $2.50Kurt: We have a very long road ahead of us, don't we?Action Comics Second Ptg #837 $2.50All Star Batman And Robin The Boy Wonder #4 (RES) $2.99Al: And this year's nominee for "Christ, just le...

Comicscape - April 26, 2006
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 04-26-2006)

...#93 $2.99DC COMICS 100 Bullets Vol 9 Strychnine Lives TP (MR) $14.99 American Way #3 (of 8) $2.99 Batman #652 $2.50Al: Yeah, y'know, I like a lot about this massive, 8-part crossover arc. I like that Robin's back; I like the way the two of them wo...

Running up the Hill with Brandon Thomas
by Kurt Amacker, Columnist (Wed 01-23-2008)

...09 $2.99 DC COMICS Army @ Love #11 (MR) $2.99 Authority Prime #4 (Of 6) $2.99 Blue Beetle #23 $2.99 Ben: Spider-Man fans! This is for you. Countdown Lord Havok And The Extremists #4 (Of 6) $2.99 Ben: DC continues to dissect the Marvel unive...

Comicscape May 7, 2003
by TONY WHITT (Wed 05-07-2003)

...opy; 2003 DC Comics Speaking of the Bat, a $19.95 264-page trade paperback collecting the BATMAN: CONTAGION storyline also ships this week. With how many Bat-titles there are, maybe Batty should be reclassified as a contagion... And speaking of contagi...


December Top Ten Selling Comics
by Frank Kurtz (Mon 12-03-2001)

...eanwhile, DC Comics' GREEN ARROW #11 remains in the top ten list, holding the ninth slot.Here's the month's list:1. DARK KNIGHT STRIKES AGAIN #1 DC 2. ORIGIN #5 Marvel3. NEW X-MEN #121 Marvel 4. UNCANNY X-MEN #401 Marvel 5. ULTIMATE X-MEN #13 Marvel 6....

Two Publishers Unite for SEPTEMBER 11
by Eric Moro & Arnold T. Blumberg (Mon 11-19-2001)

...rse/Chaos/DC Comics benefit book SEPTEMBER 11 © 2001 Dark Horse "Many of the stories in Volume 1 can be categorized as personal reflections, either depicting the writers and artists as they watched the terrorist attacks unfold, or capturing what ...

Constantine
by Coming Attractions (Mon 03-15-2004)

...ed on the DC Comics series HELLBLAZER. The film's title character, John Constantine, is a man who lives on the fringes of the supernatural world and manipulates others to defuse situations that threaten all life on our plane of existence.While the char...

MAN OF TWO WORLDS: Julius Schwartz
by Craig Shutt (Fri 10-06-2000)

Legendary DC Comics’ editor Julius Schwartz is a lifelong Yankees fan, so it’s no surprise when he pulls out a relevant baseball analogy while discussing his many years of plotting comic stories. `A pitcher is going to have days when he’s got good stuff a...


Comicscape - May 26, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 05-26-2004)

.... © DC Comics to help an ailing character who is permanently out of time. The TIME article praises Austen's scripts in ACTION COMICS for giving Kal-El a far more "sly, self-conscious sense of humor." Jerry Seinfeld's AmEx commercials with Superma...

Mainstream Readers and Future Formats
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 03-19-2008)

...r $12.95 DC COMICS 100 Bullets #89 (MR) $2.99 Batman And The Outsiders #5 $2.99 Batman The Killing Joke Special Ed HC $17.99 Ben: I hope this includes the number to call to re-kill Jason Todd. Kurt: I think you’re mistaking this for A Death...

Greg Rucka
by Michael Patrick Sullivan (Wed 08-23-2000)

...worked at DC Comics and introduced him to DC’s Director of Marketing, Patty Jeres. `She and I got to know each other because she had read my novels. She knew I wanted to write comics and she put me in touch with Bob Schreck when it was Bob and Joe Noze...

Hollywood Writers and Mainstream Acceptance
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 04-11-2007)

...p;  DC COMICS  52 Week #49 $2.50 Kurt: I should really get caught up on this.  All Star Superman #7 $2.99 Ben: Finally! Kurt: Speaking of delays, here we go.  Oh, well – it’s brilliant anyway.  All Star S...


Eisner Award winners announced
by Patrick Sauriol (Mon 07-26-2004)

...lished by DC Comics won a dozen Eisners, followed by four Eisners for Dark Horse publications/creators. Marvel Comics won just a single Eisner (for Best Limited Series) but did share a lettering credit on Klein's 1602 limited series.Here is the complet...

BATMAN: GOTHAM KNIGHTS - Devin Grayson
by Russell Lissau (Wed 10-18-2000)

...legendary DC Comics editor. `He said, ‘They’re not going to understand what you’re doing until years after it’s done, when someone picks up the whole run and realizes you’ve written a detailed psychological profile of the Batman.’ I would love for that...

Viz Donates $100K in GN's to Libraries (Fri 06-16-2000)

VIZ DONATES $100,000 IN GRAPHIC NOVELS TO U.S. PUBLIC LIBRARIES MANGA OUTREACH TO NEW AUDIENCES NATIONWIDE San Francisco, CA (6/16/00)-Viz Comics, America's 5th-largest comics publisher and largest publisher of Japanese comics, has recently donated over...

CrossGen comics starts new, mainstream comics
by Christopher Allan Smith (Wed 01-30-2002)

Reflecting concerns over dwindling readership and alienation from mainstream genre lovers, CrossGen comics has announced a new series titled COMPENDIA, with hopes of pulling in more mainstream readers. CrossGen sources hope the series will combat the high...