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John Carpenter to write The Joker: Year of the Villain for DC

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Legendary filmmaker John Carpenter (Halloween, The Fog) is teaming up with writer Anthony Burch (Borderlands 2, League of Legends) to make their DC Universe debut with the one-shot comic The Joker: Year of the Villain, which is part of the publisher’s Year of the Villain event. “The Joker is the greatest villain in comics.  I’m […]

Action Lab unveils SDCC exclusive Danger Doll Universe variants

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Action Lab: Danger Zone has announced that it is bringing five interconnected Danger Doll Universe variant covers from artists Joel Adams and Neal Adams to the San Diego Comic-Con International for Danger Doll Squad Presents: Amalgama Lives #4, Zombie Tramp #62, Vampblade Season 4 #2, DollFace #16 and Black Betty #8; check them out there… […]

DC Universe unveils SDCC exclusive comic book variant covers

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DC Universe has announced that it is bringing four exclusive comic book variant covers to this month’s San Diego Comic-Con International, whereby fans who sign up for an annual subscription to the event will get their hands on a gift set of four limited-edition comic books with special DC Universe variant covers for Detective Comics […]

Comic Book Preview – Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #34

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Marvel Comics releases Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #34 this Wednesday, and you can take a look at a preview of the issue here… UNSPEAKABLE REBEL SUPERWEAPON CONTINUES! Hiding out on the world where she grew up, everyone’s favorite scoundreless, DOCTOR APHRA, takes a trip down memory. NB: Turns out memory lane is a hellhole covered […]

Valiant announces Roku limited series from Cullen Bunn and Ramon F. Bachs

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Valiant Entertainment has announced that New York Times bestselling writer Cullen Bunn (Punk Mambo) is teaming with artist Ramon F. Bachs (Detective Comics) for the new four-issue miniseries Roku, which follows a former MI6 operative turns contract killer. Check out a first-look preview here… “I wanted this story to show off a dark underbelly of […]

Marvel releases trailer for Absolute Carnage

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With Marvel set to unleash Absolute Carnage this August, the publisher has released a trailer for the all-encompassing Venom event which promises “to shake the symbiote world to its core”. “We’ve given a serial murderer a nuclear bomb, essentially, and Cletus is gonna try and kill every single character that has ever worn a symbiote,” […]

Marvel’s Black Cat and Image’s Die top bestselling comic books and graphic novels of June 2019

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Diamond Comic Distributors has announced its bestselling comics and graphic novels of June 2019, with Black Cat #1 topping the sales chart and helping Marvel to retain its position as the month’s top publisher with almost 50% of the market. Top 10 Comic Books of June 2019 1. BLACK CAT #1 2. BATMAN: DAMNED #3 […]