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DC’s Dan DiDio on the Double-Edged Success of Reprinting Old Comics

We live in an era where making access to high-quality versions of retro comics is easier than ever. That can only be a good thing, right? Not exactly, at least according to DC Comics’ co-publisher, Dan DiDio. According to Newsarama, while speaking to fans at the DC Meet the Publishers panel at San Diego Comic-Con…

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Here Are Your 2019 Eisner Awards Winners

Comic-Con might be more about the glitzy glamor of film and TV, but it’s still home to the most prestigious awards ceremony in the comic book industry—the Eisner Awards. Tonight, gathered luminaries and creatives of the comics industry big and small celebrated that in style, with the 2019 Eisner awards being handed to some very…

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Charles Soule’s Next Star Wars Comic Will Tell the Story Behind the Knights of Ren

The author behind some of the most fascinating explorations of Darth Vader in years is turning his hand to Vader’s grandson…and a few of that grandson’s sinister best friends. Just announced at the Lucasfilm Publishing panel at San Diego Comic-Con, Darth Vader and Poe Dameron comics scribe Charles Soule will pen The Rise of Kylo…

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A New Legend Begins in the First Trailer for Netflix’s The Witcher

We’ve had teases. We’ve had butt shots. But now, it’s finally time for us to properly introduce ourselves to Henry Cavill’s take on Geralt of Rivia, best known to fans of the CD Projekt Red RPG series and Andrzej Sapkowski novels as the Witcher. After months of concerns, primarily fueled by Cavill’s questionable wig, the…

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Sonic Is Coming to OK KO, and More First Looks at Cartoon Network’s Newest and Returning Shows

We might already be looking forward to Infinity Train and Steven Universe with a neck, but Cartoon Network just introduced us to a whole bunch of other animated shows to be excited about at San Diego Comic-Con, including a very special crossover. https://gizmodo.com/steven-universe-has-a-neck-now-because-the-movie-is-set-1836291541 At today’s “First Looks” panel at San Diego Comic-Con saw Cartoon Network…

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Brandon Routh Will Play Superman Again for This Year’s Crisis on Infinite Earths Crossover [Updated]

Superman returns! Again. Twice over, actually. Deadline is reporting that both Tyler Hoechlin’s CW Superman and Brandon Routh—currently playing the delightful Ray Palmer, a.k.a. The Atom, on Legends of Tomorrow—will suit up as the Man of Steel for this fall’s climactic Arrowverse crossover, Crisis on Infinite Earths, a take on the seminal DC Comics super event…

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Rebooting Power Rangers Again Means Losing Its Authentic Teens, and That Sucks

This week, Dacre Montgomery—of Stranger Things but, more importantly here, Power Rangers fame—seemingly confirmed something we’ve been expecting to happen for a while: Now that Hasbro owns the Power Rangers franchise in its entirety, the 2017 movie reboot is, uh, well…being rebooted itself. And I’m weirdly sad about it. If you go back into io9’s…

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Michael Chabon Floats the Idea of Picard Seeing Some Very Old Friends

The new Jay & Silent Bob recruits a daughter of Krypton. Neil Gaiman shuts down talk of a live-action Coraline. A familiar face returns for Supergirl’s next season. Plus, up close with Stephen Amell’s final Arrow costume update, an almighty dino-team mashup comes to Power Rangers: Beast Morphers, a look at iZombie’s penultimate episode, and…

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Watch the New Trailer for the Beginning of Agents of SHIELD‘s End

Today is a sad one for Agents of SHIELD fans, as they gathered to commiserate with cast and crew with the announcement that the show’s seventh season will be its last. But before we bid a final, final farewell to Daisy and friends, we got a glimpse of what to expect from the last four…

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Your First Look at Hasbro’s Gigantic Power Rangers: Beast Morphers Ultrazord Set

You know the deal with Power Rangers. You start off with the individual zords. You combine them into a megazord. And then, as the threats get bigger and the stakes get higher, you slap on even more zords until you have a giant robot that is an unholy mess of multicolored mecha marvelousness. Beast Morphers…

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Everything We Learned About the New Avengers Game at Marvel Games’ Comic-Con Panel

Today at San Diego Comic-Con, Marvel Games offered a closer look at what fans can expect from Square-Enix and Crystal Dynamic’s Marvel’s Avengers. Having given us a glimpse at E3 last month, we got to see a little more of just how this take on Earth’s Mightiest will deal with the seeming loss of one…

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The First Cats Trailer Will Haunt Your Nightmares Tonight

Yeah, yeah, we did this headline today already. But… you’re not prepared. Trust me, You are not prepared. https://gizmodo.com/the-gruesome-new-trailer-for-it-chapter-two-will-haunt-1833746695 Universal just surprised us all with a first look at Tom Hooper’s adaptation of the seminal broadway musical Cats, featuring CG fur-covered actors as titular felines. It is, as you’ll see, a choice: I should not…

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At Long Last, Our First Glimpse of The Expanse‘s 4th Season

It’s been a long road, firehawks—one that’s literally taken us from one network to, well Jeff Bezos. But we’re a step closer to getting a look at the long-awaited fourth season of The Expanse, and these new pictures are here to whet our appetite. Amazon, the new home for the show after Syfy dropped the…

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Schway News, Everyone: Batman Beyond Is Finally Releasing on Blu-Ray

Welcome to the dystopian future, everyone. At least we have Batman Beyond blu-rays? Just announced at the show’s 20th Anniversary celebration panel at San Diego Comic-Con, Warner Bros. will officially release the complete Batman Beyond series, as well as the movie Return of the Joker, for the first time on Blu-Ray this October. The limited…

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A New Age of Heroes and Villains Begins in the First English-Dub Trailer for My Hero Academia Season 4

My Hero Academia is on its way back after an explosive third season—but if you’ve been waiting to hear what to expect out of Deku and his new friends (and enemies) without having to read subtitles, Funimation has finally given us our first look at season 4’s English dub. As revealed at Funimation’s My Hero…

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The Little Mermaid Could Be Close to Finding Its King Triton

Kevin Smith teases not one, not two, but a trio of Batmen actors in the Jay & Silent Bob reboot. Quentin Tarantino promises his Star Trek film is basically Pulp Fiction with phasers. Snoopy is heading to space for Apple TV+. Plus, Arrow and Supergirl promote some regulars, behind the scenes on the bonkers Cats…

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Get a First Look at the Next Wave of Comixology Originals With Afterlift

It’s almost become a bit of a tradition at this point that Comixology heralds the arrival of another San Diego Comic-Con with the reveal of a new wave of comics coming to its Originals Imprint. This year is no exception, and io9 can exclusively reveal one of the new titles revealed at the convention today:…

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The Creator of Man in the High Castle Is Bringing Warhammer 40,000 to Live-Action TV

The grim dark future of the 41st Millennium is coming to live-action television for the first time—and Games Workshop has recruited the creator behind Amazon’s Man in the High Castle adaptation, Frank Spotnitz, to do so. Announced today by the wardens of the Warhammer 40K and Warhammer: Age of Sigmar tabletop gaming franchises—and the vast multimedia…

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The First Pictures From Rick and Morty Season 4 Are Uncharacteristically Blissful [Updated]

Well, at least one of them is. The other is very Rick and Morty. Fans have been waiting years for the show’s return—finally happening this November—and now, ahead of Comic-Con, Entertainment Weekly has given us a teeny, tiny nugget of new Rick and Morty, that only happens to be slightly less cryptically frustrating than that last…

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Spider-Man: Far From Home Almost Featured Another, Even Wilder Mysterio Twist

Far From Home is a twisty movie. No surprises there, given that it features Mysterio, a Spider-Man villain literally known for tricks, twists, and illusory escapades. But according to its screenwriter, there was almost an extra twist the team threw into the movie’s narrative that could’ve been very interesting indeed. If you’ve seen Far From…

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DC’s Dan DiDio on the Double-Edged Success of Reprinting Old Comics

Here Are Your 2019 Eisner Awards Winners

Charles Soule’s Next Star Wars Comic Will Tell the Story Behind the Knights of Ren

A New Legend Begins in the First Trailer for Netflix’s The Witcher

Sonic Is Coming to OK KO, and More First Looks at Cartoon Network’s Newest and Returning Shows

Brandon Routh Will Play Superman Again for This Year’s Crisis on Infinite Earths Crossover [Updated]

Rebooting Power Rangers Again Means Losing Its Authentic Teens, and That Sucks

Michael Chabon Floats the Idea of Picard Seeing Some Very Old Friends

Watch the New Trailer for the Beginning of Agents of SHIELD‘s End

Your First Look at Hasbro’s Gigantic Power Rangers: Beast Morphers Ultrazord Set

Everything We Learned About the New Avengers Game at Marvel Games’ Comic-Con Panel

The First Cats Trailer Will Haunt Your Nightmares Tonight

At Long Last, Our First Glimpse of The Expanse‘s 4th Season

Schway News, Everyone: Batman Beyond Is Finally Releasing on Blu-Ray

A New Age of Heroes and Villains Begins in the First English-Dub Trailer for My Hero Academia Season 4

The Little Mermaid Could Be Close to Finding Its King Triton

Get a First Look at the Next Wave of Comixology Originals With Afterlift

The Creator of Man in the High Castle Is Bringing Warhammer 40,000 to Live-Action TV

The First Pictures From Rick and Morty Season 4 Are Uncharacteristically Blissful [Updated]

Spider-Man: Far From Home Almost Featured Another, Even Wilder Mysterio Twist

Roku’s 2025 Streaming Stick HD Is 40% Off to Compete With Amazon Fire TV Stick During Spring Sale

Epstein Victims Sue Google, Claim AI Mode Exposed Personal Information

‘Wicked Spot’ Is a Fun, Sapphic Rom-Com That Yeets a Witch Into the Magical World of Influencer Culture

Anthropic and OpenAI Just Gave Us a Glimpse Into the Future of Model Pricing

Amazon Slashes 63% Off Acer Aspire Desktop for a Limited-Time Spring Sale, With Keyboard and Mouse Included

Smart Glasses Now Have One of the Vision Pro’s Best Features

Marvel Just Put ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Season 2 in a Very Weird Place in the MCU Timeline

Trump Drops $1B to Kill 2 Wind Farms, Then Watches a Bigger One Go Online

Scientists Found a Weird New Way to Wash Fruits and Vegetables

White House’s Mysterious ‘Covfefe Moment’ Was Stupider Than We Imagined

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets

Apple Studio Display XDR Review: It Looks So Good, I Wish It Were an iMac

RayNeo Air 4 Pro Review: My Eyes Love These Video Glasses, but My Nose Disagrees