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Comic Book Preview – Batman: The Adventures Continue Season Two #1

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Ahead of its release this Tuesday, DC Comics has unveiled the official preview of Batman: The Adventures Continue Season Two #1; check it out here…Gotham City is changing. After Mayor Hill is killed by a mysterious assailant, Batman finds himself tracking down an ancient order that’s long been buried under the streets of Gotham: the […]

Superman vs Lobo pits the Man of Steel against the Main Man

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DC Comics pits the Man of Steel against the Main Man this August in the three-issue prestige format series Superman vs. Lobo from writers Tim Seeley & Sarah Beattie (Money Shot) and artist Mirka Andolfo (Punchline).What happens when an indomitable force meets an irritating object? That’s what readers will find out when Superman runs into […]

Comic Book Preview – Batman #109

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Batman #109 hits comic book shops on Tuesday, and we’ve got a sneak peek for you here with the official preview from DC Comics…Main Story: Mayor Nakano green-lights the Magistrate pilot program for Gotham City as Batman goes toe-to-toe with the augmented and bloodthirsty Peacekeeper-01! It’s a brutal battle for the ages, but what secrets […]

DC Comics celebrates The Suicide Squad with movie-themed comic book covers

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DC has shared a batch of comic book covers inspired by James Gunn’s upcoming supervillain team-up The Suicide Squad, featuring the members of Task Force X; check them out here…SEE ALSO: James Gunn praises The Suicide Squad star Margot Robbie, teases Harley Quinn action sceneWelcome to hell—a.k.a. Belle Reve, the prison with the highest mortality […]

Zack Snyder says Man of Steel was potentially going to be set in Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight universe

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Longtime friends Zack Snyder and Christopher Nolan often work together in producing films. But what could’ve happened if Snyder and Nolan’s worlds crashed together? Well, we almost got that in 2013, or so says Snyder in a recent interview with the Happy Sad Confused podcast.During the interview, Snyder opened up to MTV‘s Josh Horowitz about […]

The CW’s The Flash planning five guest star-filled “event episodes” for Season 8

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The Flash continues to be the place where all The CW superheroes come together. The CW President Mark Pedowitz opened up to the press in a conference call about the plans for the upcoming eighth season of the DC series and said that many familiar faces from the former Arrowverse (now “CW-verse”) shows will come […]

The Sandman casts Kirby Howell-Baptise, Patton Oswalt, Jenna Coleman, Stephen Fry, David Thewlis and more

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Neil Gaiman and Netflix have revealed the next round of casting for the anticipated series adaptation of Gaiman’s The Sandman and it is quite a large group as a dozen actors have been announced. Starring in The Sandman is Kirby Howell-Baptise (The Good Place), Patton Oswalt (Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K.), Mason Alexander Park (Transplants), Donna Preston (Loves Spell), Razane Jammal (Paranormal), Joely […]

Batman: The Long Halloween images spotlight Naya Rivera’s Catwoman

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Warner Bros. has released another four images from the upcoming DC animated feature Batman: The Long Halloween, Part One, which showcase the late Naya Rivera’s Catwoman/Selina Kyle; take a look here…SEE ALSO: First clip from Batman: The Long Halloween, Part One releasedSEE ALSO: Watch the trailers for Batman: The Long Halloween Part One and Batman: […]

The CW passes on Black Lightning spinoff Painkiller

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The CW may be moving forward with Ava DuVernay’s Naomi adaptation, but the network has passed on another of its potential DC series, opting against a series order for the Black Lightning spinoff Painkiller. The potential spinoff aired as a backdoor pilot during the fourth and final season of Black Lightning, and would have saw […]