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The Rocketeer returns for 40th anniversary miniseries

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2022 marks the 40th anniversary of Dave Stevens’ iconic hero The Rocketeer, and IDW Publishing has announced that it will celebrate the occasion with The Rocketeer: The Great Race, a four issue limited series from New York Times bestselling writer and artist Stephen Mooney. “Writing and drawing a Rocketeer book has long been somewhat of a bucket-list […]

DC Comics announces Death of the Justice League

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DC Comics has announced that its greatest heroes are set to meet their end as writer Joshua Williamson (Batman) and artist Rafa Sandoval (The Flash) kick off the publisher’s next big event, Death of the Justice League, in the pages of Justice League #75 this April. “We’ve been building to the Death of the Justice […]

Marvel heroes and villains celebrate Spider-Man’s 60th anniversary with variant covers

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This year marks the 60th anniversary of the friendly neighborhood Spider-Man, and Marvel has announced that the entire Marvel Universe will join the celebrations with a series of Spider-Man variant covers across April’s ongoing titles. Check them out here… Debuting throughout April, the SPIDER-MAN VARIANT COVERS will adorn your favorite ongoing series and showcase Marvel’s […]

The Boys: Diabolical adult animated series gets a bloody first teaser

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The world of The Boys is set to expand this year as Amazon unleashes The Boys: Diabolical, the first spinoff from the acclaimed comic book adaptation. Ahead of its release this March, we’ve now got a gloriously violent first teaser for the adult animated anthology series which sees the adorable Laser Baby accidentally unleashing some […]

The Batman gets two new posters and a longer runtime than The Dark Knight Rises

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With its March release fast approaching, Warner Bros. has released two new posters for Matt Reeves’ upcoming DC reboot The Batman, once again putting the spotlight on Robert Pattinson’s Dark Knight and Zoe Kravtiz’s Catwoman; take a look here… Meanwhile, if an Australian IMAX theater listing is to be believed, The Batman is set to […]

UK trailer for Fortress starring Bruce Willis, Chad Michael Murray and Shannen Doherty

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We’re only a few weeks into 2022 and we’ve already had the release of one Bruce Willis movie in American Siege [read Rob Kojder’s review here], as well as the trailer for another with yesterday’s first look at Gasoline Alley [watch it here]. Here in the UK though, we’re still waiting for his last one […]

Storm Reid joins HBO’s The Last of Us as Riley

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HBO’s The Last of Us has made a new addition to its cast, with Entertainment Weekly reporting that Euphoria actress Storm Reid has joined the adaptation of the acclaimed video game in the role of Riley Abel. An orphan girl growing up in post-apocalyptic Boston, the Riley character made her debut in the 2014 expansion […]

Comic Book Preview – Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures – Galactic Bake-Off Spectacular

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IDW Publishing releases Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures – Galactic Bake-Off Spectacular this Wednesday, and you can check out the official preview of the issue here… Torban “Buckets of Blood” Buck and Kantam Sy face off in a brutal, intense, ruthless… bake-off! Lightsabers and Jedi robes are put aside in favor of whisks and […]

David Ramsey returning to the Arrowverse for Justice U series

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The CW has tapped David Ramsey to assemble a new team of DC superheroes, with the Arrow star set to reprise his role as John Diggle for Justice U, a new Arrowverse series in development from Berlanti Productions and Warner Bros. Television. The logline for the potential series reads: “After years of fighting alongside masked […]