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15 years ago, a young Geoff Johns pitched his future Teen Titans plots in DC Comics’ letter column

Geoff Johns may be a bigwig over at DC Comics nowadays, but back in 1996, he was another Superboy reader staking out some real estate in the letters column. What’s interesting about his assessment of Superboy #20 is how wonders if the hero is a half-clone of Lex Luthor. Seven years later, Johns would write…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar Sep 24

DC Relaunch Snap Judgments, Week 2: The Joker In Lingerie And Alien Cats Vomiting Blood

We’re into the second week of the DC relaunch! In these offerings, the DC Universe’s supporting cast won the day. Let’s tier these suckers – comics will be judged on quality, overall accessibility, and whether or not I fell asleep midway through reading. Upper Tier We really dug Jeff Lemire’s first issue of Animal Man,…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar Sep 14

Trash Fights Back: The scariest monsters made of garbage!

Is there anything scarier than a garbage monster? If you even survived a trash-monster attack, you’d have to take one continuous shower for a week to feel clean afterwards. Plus some garbage monsters contain a lot of rusty metal. The only way to protect yourself from a garbage monster attack is to know how to…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Feb 24

10 scifi icons (and 10 obscure characters who have the same names)

You know Spider-Man, but have you heard of the British anti-hero Spiderman? Everyone’s seen Terminator 2, but have you seen the Italian Terminator II? Here are 10 familiar characters (and a bunch of randoms who share their names). 1.) Terminator II You first think of: James Cameron’s 1991 drama about a duo of wacky time-traveling…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jan 10

Jeff Lemire tells us about the post-apocalyptic manimals of Sweet Tooth

Jeff Lemire is the creator of the acclaimed Vertigo series Sweet Tooth, which follows Gus, a nine-year-old, half-deer boy growing up in a post-apocalyptic America ravaged by a mysterious plague. We spoke to Lemire about building this zoologically screwball world. First off, what was the inspiration for Sweet Tooth? It came from a lot of…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Dec 7

Child And Alien Barbarians Tussle In This Week’s Comics

Hulks are falling! Superheroes are killing each other for political aims brought upon by reality intruding upon naive utopian ideals! Medical comas are gateways to magical lands in peril! Truly, these could only be brand new comics we crave. It’s a relatively small haul for this week, with the industry apparently settling into a short…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan Jan 19

14 Reasons Why TV And Superheroes Don’t Mix

If there’s one thing that this week’s premieres of Heroes and Smallville collectively proved, it’s that television really shouldn’t try and tackle superheroes. Here’s even more proof why – as well as some rare examples of when it does work. Shazam! (1974) With one word, Billy Batson becomes the World’s Mightiest Mortal… but that’s about…

Television Graeme McMillan Sep 27

Does DC’s Latest Revival Hint At Legal Victory?

This week’s release of DC Comics’ Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds included a return that may have surprised followers of a particular lawsuit over character ownership. Spoilers for lovers of teenage superheroes ahead. The return of Connor Kent, AKA Superboy, in this week’s fourth issue of Legion came as a double surprise to many…

io9 Graeme McMillan May 3

12 Weakest Deaths In Science Fiction History

The greatest science fiction heroes live on the edge, skimming the jagged maw of death every day. “Scifi hero” is a high-risk profession, so you shouldn’t expect your idols to live forever. But at the very least, you can hope your hero gets a good death – a hero’s death – instead of going out…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Sep 15

Teenagers From Future Now 50 Years Old

April isn’t just the month where formerly reputable sources try and convince you that spaghetti grows on trees – It’s also the month that sees the anniversary of the creation of comics’ premier team of teenage superheroes fighting crime one thousand years from now. April 2008, in fact, is the 50th anniversary of the creation…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan Apr 1

Bad Greenscreen Is Kryptonite To Superboy

I don’t know what’s more awesome in this clip from the late 1980s Superboy TV show: the amazing special effects, the dialogue (“I stand for truth, justice, uhh… puppies…”) or the acting. It’s really some combination of the three that makes this feel like a big-budget fan movie. Watching this TV prequel to the Christopher…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Feb 20

Must Read: Superman: The Man Of Steel

Must-read graphic novels are futuristic classics that shouldn’t be missed. Of course, not every must-see is perfect. That’s why we’ve rated them 1-5 on the patented “crunchy goodness” scale. Title: Superman: The Man Of Steel Date: 1986 Vitals: John Byrne reinvented Superman from the ground up with this series, collected in an easy-to-find graphic novel.…

Books & Comics Charliejane Oct 1

15 years ago, a young Geoff Johns pitched his future Teen Titans plots in DC Comics’ letter column

DC Relaunch Snap Judgments, Week 2: The Joker In Lingerie And Alien Cats Vomiting Blood

Trash Fights Back: The scariest monsters made of garbage!

10 scifi icons (and 10 obscure characters who have the same names)

Jeff Lemire tells us about the post-apocalyptic manimals of Sweet Tooth

Child And Alien Barbarians Tussle In This Week’s Comics

14 Reasons Why TV And Superheroes Don’t Mix

Does DC’s Latest Revival Hint At Legal Victory?

12 Weakest Deaths In Science Fiction History

Teenagers From Future Now 50 Years Old

Bad Greenscreen Is Kryptonite To Superboy

Must Read: Superman: The Man Of Steel

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