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The Suicide Squad adds Daniela Melchior as Ratcatcher

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Just a day after David Dastmalchian was cast as the Polka-Dot Man in James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad, Variety has revealed another piece of casting to the DC supervillain film in Daniela Melchior (Valor da Vida), who has reportedly joined the film as the Batman villain Ratcatcher.Among the group of new characters, Melchior’s Ratcatcher will apparently […]

Supergirl Season 4 Episode 19 Review – ‘American Dreamer’

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Martin Carr reviews the nineteenth episode of Supergirl season 4…A Supergirl free zone is both refreshing and brave given the current state of play right now in National City. Lockwood is using his considerable influence to marginalise aliens, incarcerate others and set the dogs on our girl in spandex. Which is why more than anything […]

Comic Book Preview – DCeased #1

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A zombie apocalypse descends upon the DC Universe this week as the publisher launches its new event series DCeased; check out a preview of today’s first issue here…“I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was Death, and Hades was following close behind him.”-Revelation 6:8A mysterious techno-virus has been released on […]

Comic Book Preview – DC’s Year of the Villain #1

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DC kicks off its summer event Year of the Villain today, and you can take a look at a preview of the first issue here…Evil is winning! Lex Luthor and The Legion of Doom conspire with Cosmic Gods, bending mankind toward a dark destiny. Elsewhere, the scourge of Leviathan spreads unchecked, seizing power in every […]

Promo images for Supergirl Season 4 Episode 20 – ‘Will The Real Miss Tessmacher Please Stand Up?’

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Following yesterday’s promo for the twentieth episode of Supergirl season 4, a batch of images have arrived online for ‘Will The Real Miss Tessmacher Please Stand Up?’ which you can check out here…MISS TESSMACHER RETURNS WITH A VENGEANCE – Kara (Melissa Benoist) and Lena (Katie McGrath) head to Kaznia to hunt down Lex. However, Eve […]

Doom Patrol Season 1 Episode 11 Review – ‘Frances Patrol’

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Hasitha Fernando reviews the eleventh episode of Doom Patrol…Our ragtag band of Super-zeroes are as conflicted as ever. Cliff accompanied by Rita makes an attempt to reconnect with his lost daughter Clara. Larry’s Negative entity meanwhile, pushes him to revisit his estranged lover and reconcile the past. Back in Doom-Manor Vic discovers to his horror, […]

8 Actors Who Could Replace Ben Affleck in The Batman

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Liam Hoofe with a list of possible replacements for Ben Affleck as Batman….In perhaps the least surprising news of 2019 so far, it has been confirmed that Ben Affleck won’t be reprising his role as Batman for Matt Reeves’ upcoming movie The Batman, which Warner Bros. have confirmed is set to be released in 2021.Affleck’s […]

Comic Book Preview – Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III #1

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DC Comics and IDW Publishing’s crossover series Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III gets underway this week, and you can take a look at a preview of the first issue here…The 80th anniversary of Batman collides with the 35th anniversary of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in this stunning concluding miniseries to the BATMAN/TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA […]