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In this sneak preview of Aquaman, Black Manta goes nutzoid!

Here’s a first look at the next week’s issue of Aquaman, a series which sees author Geoff Johns delve into old animosities between the titular superhero and his arch-nemesis Black Manta. Here’s an exclusive sneak peek at the first five pages of Aquaman #11, which hits stores next Wednesday, July 25. The synopsis: AQUAMAN #11…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

10 Completely Terrible Ways to Do a Justice League Movie

So it’s semi-official. Warner Bros. reportedly wants to do a Justice League movie, as soon as 2015. They won’t follow the Marvel plan, putting out a string of solo hero movies and then building to a team-up — instead, they’ll introduce the team, and then maybe spin off some solo adventures. https://gizmodo.com/no-new-dc-comics-movies-for-at-least-3-years-besides-5925025 But how do…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Comic Con Wrap-Up: The Shiniest Things We Saw in San Diego!

Going to San Diego Comic Con is a lot like visiting the future — you spend a lot of time obsessing over TV shows and movies that won’t arrive for months, or even a year or two. We just spent five days in San Diego, discovering all of tomorrow’s entertainment obsessions, and now we’re back…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Meet “The Dork,” the most fearsome beast in comic book history

Think you’re familiar with all the fearsome fauna on the comic page? Well, chances are you’ve never encountered The Dork, a marine reptile who graced the pages of Planet Comics in 1957. In this sequence, seafaring hero Reef Ryan is in the clutches of the villainous Zurko The Fierce, who sics the deadly Dork on…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

Teen Titans Go! could be the silliest DC animated show yet

Did you enjoy the funny New Teen Titans shorts spread throughout the past few months of DC Nation on Saturday mornings? Then there’s good news — they’re getting their own full fledged series this fall. During San Diego Comic-Con, we sat down with Aaron Horvath (Animator on the criminally underrated Mad series) and Michael Jelenic…

io9 Keith Veronese

The Most Astounding Comic Book News of Comic-Con 2012

We previously discussed how Neil Gaiman’s Sandman reveal and Image Comics marquee slate of new creator-owned titles won big at Comic-Con 2012. Now check out the rest of the tidbits — which concern everything from rainbow-hued Clydesdales to Bishop from Aliens — that debuted last week in San Diego. https://gizmodo.com/neil-gaimans-writing-a-prequel-to-sandman-in-2013-5925770 https://gizmodo.com/the-biggest-winners-and-losers-of-comic-con-2012-5926398 And first off, here…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Booty Ring Toss, Cthulhu Panties and Racist Cookies: Comic-Con Badvertising!

Comic-Con is an ocean of advertisements and in-your-face marketing. Some ads are supremely clever — but others are cringe-inducing monster that make us want to bury our heads in the lawn outside Hall H. We’ve rounded up the worst of the worst advertisements, for your enjoyment. The Booty Bus! Nothing says Comic-Con like a horrific…

io9 Meredith Woerner

This Wednesday, a new (and old) Captain Marvel hits comic shops

It’s the week after Comic-Con, so the Gods of the Longbox are seemingly taking a break this week. In terms of new series, Kelly Sue DeConnick and Dexter Soy kick off a new Captain Marvel series (below) today — “Carol Danvers has a new name, a new mission, and all the power she needs to…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Anthony Mackie will play Falcon in Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Last week at Comic-Con, Marvel announced the official title for the second Captain America film: Captain America: The Winter Soldier. And hot on the heels of this announcement comes another Marvel bombshell — The Falcon will be joining Steve Rogers on his adventure, potentially played by The Hurt Locker’s Anthony Mackie. https://gizmodo.com/the-marvel-panel-ant-man-smackdown-iron-mans-downfall-5926049 According to The…

io9 Meredith Woerner

The Biggest Winners and Losers of Comic Con 2012!

Comic Con is the pop culture Thunderdome. Every year, studios bring dozens of their massively expensive properties to the San Diego Convention Center, and only some will emerge with victory. Comic Con can’t make or break a project — but it can generate tons of buzz, which is a priceless commodity. So which movies and…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

And now, the most mind-bogglingly shitty Batman humor book ever printed

There’s been no shortage of shoddy, ill-conceived Batman ephemera churned out throughout history, but Leonard Goldstein’s 1966 blue gag book It’s Fun To Be A Batman trumps all the other Bat-crap out there. This novelty tome consists of two things: 1.) photos of people with hastily doodled Batman cowls superimposed over them; and 2.) jokes…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

10 Things You Didn’t Know About Batman

You think you know Batman? The Caped Crusader’s mysteries are much deeper than you’ve ever fathomed. Over 60-odd years, in an assortment of media, Batman has gone in some incredibly weird directions. Here are 10 Bat-facts you didn’t know. 1) Batman only met Hitler once. At least during World War II. While other superheroes were…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Would you spend $200,000 on this Todd McFarlane Spider-Man cover?

In the early 1990s, comic book sales approached a modern high, a high catapulted by an effort to capitalize on the collector’s market and often gimmicky events like the Death of Superman. The art for one of the most iconic pieces of this time, Todd McFarlane’s cover to Spider-Man #1, will be auctioned off in…

io9 Keith Veronese

What if Catwoman lived in 1930s Shanghai?

The above animation — which depicts Catwoman in 1930s China — was unveiled as a Comic-Con preview for Cartoon Network’s DC Nation block. Impressive stuff for a one-minute clip, and look out for a brief appearance by one of Batman’s other rogues. [Via Super Punch]

Television Cyriaque Lamar

Nude Zombies And Undead Radiohead: 10 Fun Facts From The Walking Dead Comic-Con Interviews

You read our panel report and saw the new trailer — now tremble before some choice tidbits io9 acquired from the cast and crew of The Walking Dead at the Comic-Con press roundtables. Learn about Daryl Dixon’s fan clubs’ names and the quest to bring an elusive, naked walker to living rooms across the land.…

Television Cyriaque Lamar

The Marvel Panel: Ant-Man Smackdown, Iron Man’s Downfall, and Rocket Raccoon!

Now that Marvel’s master plan has climaxed with The Avengers, it’s time for “Phase Two.” And just now, Marvel gave us some great clues as to what that involves. We learned the titles of the Thor and Captain America sequels — including a huge spoiler — and we saw Ant-Man in action and brand new…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Marvel’s S.H.I.E.L.D. short film Item 47 should be a weekly TV show

The Avengers DVD will include a brand new Marvel short film called Item 47 — and we caught the first screening tonight at Comic Con. And not only was it funny and sweet, we came away wishing these two S.H.I.E.L.D. agents could have their own TV show. Item 47 is centered around a Bonnie-and-Clyde-esque pair…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Watch Judge Dredd bust a Mega-City One drug den in the first Dredd clip

You’ve read our Dredd review — now see the first ever (supremely bloody) clip. And get a good glimpse of your brain on the forbidden drug Slo-Mo. It’s such a sparkly trip! https://gizmodo.com/dredd-is-a-brutal-action-flick-with-both-a-high-body-co-5925364

Movies Meredith Woerner

Jack Kirby — the co-creator of Thor and the X-Men — once designed costumes for a college Shakespeare play

Comic book legend Jack Kirby was responsible for the iconic looks of such famous superheroes as Captain America, Hulk, the X-Men, Thor, and the Fantastic Four. But back in the 1960s, Kirby put his mark on the Bard when a theater group at the University of California at Santa Cruz asked the famed artist to…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

Neil Gaiman’s writing a prequel to Sandman in 2013

Given the hubbub and sales that Before Watchmen drummed up, it’s not surprising that DC is looking to dip into their modern classics. And at last night’s San Diego Comic-Con panel for the publisher’s mature-readers Vertigo imprint, DC snuck in a bombshell — Neil Gaiman will be returning to his career-making comic The Sandman with…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

In this sneak preview of Aquaman, Black Manta goes nutzoid!

10 Completely Terrible Ways to Do a Justice League Movie

Comic Con Wrap-Up: The Shiniest Things We Saw in San Diego!

Meet “The Dork,” the most fearsome beast in comic book history

Teen Titans Go! could be the silliest DC animated show yet

The Most Astounding Comic Book News of Comic-Con 2012

Booty Ring Toss, Cthulhu Panties and Racist Cookies: Comic-Con Badvertising!

This Wednesday, a new (and old) Captain Marvel hits comic shops

Anthony Mackie will play Falcon in Captain America: The Winter Soldier

The Biggest Winners and Losers of Comic Con 2012!

And now, the most mind-bogglingly shitty Batman humor book ever printed

10 Things You Didn’t Know About Batman

Would you spend $200,000 on this Todd McFarlane Spider-Man cover?

What if Catwoman lived in 1930s Shanghai?

Nude Zombies And Undead Radiohead: 10 Fun Facts From The Walking Dead Comic-Con Interviews

The Marvel Panel: Ant-Man Smackdown, Iron Man’s Downfall, and Rocket Raccoon!

Marvel’s S.H.I.E.L.D. short film Item 47 should be a weekly TV show

Watch Judge Dredd bust a Mega-City One drug den in the first Dredd clip

Jack Kirby — the co-creator of Thor and the X-Men — once designed costumes for a college Shakespeare play

Neil Gaiman’s writing a prequel to Sandman in 2013

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