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Shazam! star Zachary Levi praises Joker and his DC colleagues

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Zachary Levi, star of Shazam!, has heaped praise on DC’s Joker, calling it more than just a great comic book movie. It’s fair to say that the general public is quite enjoying DC’s Joker. While critics seem somewhat divided, audiences are lapping it up at the box office. It’s not just the general public, however, […]

Comic Book Preview – John Carpenter’s The Joker: Year of the Villain #1

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Halloween and The Thing director John Carpenter turns his hand to the Clown Prince of Crime this week as writer on Joker: Year of the Villain, and you can take a look at a preview of today’s issue here courtesy of DC Comics… In the Year of the Villain, what’s a Clown Prince of Crime […]

Comic Book Preview – The Batman’s Grave #1

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Today sees the launch of The Batman’s Grave, a 12-issue series from celebrated creators Warren Ellis and Bryan Hitch, and you can check out a preview of the first issue here courtesy of DC Comics… The World’s Greatest Detective must try to inhabit the mind of a murder victim to solve a case-without filling the […]

Joker director discusses the film’s ambiguous ending

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Todd Phillips, the director of Joker, has discussed reasons for leaving the film’s ending intentionally ambiguous. One of the biggest objections to a Joker origin movie was that it would remove the mystery from the character. Well, Todd Phillips’ Joker looked to retain some of that mystery by leaving the film’s ending intentionally ambiguous, casting […]

Promo for Black Lightning Season 3 Episode 2 – ‘The Book of Occupation: Chapter Two’

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Following last night’s season 3 premiere of Black Lightning, The CW has released a promo for its second episode, entitled ‘The Book of Occupation: Chapter Two’; watch it here… SEE ALSO: Black Lightning Season 3 Premiere Review – “The Book of Occupation: Chapter One: Birth of Blackbird” SEPARATED – With Freeland under full-blown occupation, the […]

Black Lightning Season 3 Premiere Review – “The Book of Occupation: Chapter One: Birth of Blackbird”

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Red Stewart reviews the season 3 premiere of Black Lightning… I’ve been trying to wrap my head around what exactly it is I just watched on TV last night. The thing that aired was supposedly the season 3 premiere of Black Lightning, yet to call it anything resembling good writing would be to drop the […]

Comic Book Preview – Joker/Harley: Criminal Sanity #1

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The new DC Black Label title Joker/Harley: Criminal Sanity launches this Wednesday, and you can take a look at the first issue of the nine-part series here… In Gotham City, where heinous acts of violence are a daily occurence, the GCPD relies on Harley Quinn, a young forensic psychiatrist and profiler, to consult on their […]

Conner Kent and Krypto featured in promo images for Titans Season 2 Episode 6 – ‘Conner’

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DC Universe has released a batch of promo images for Friday’s sixth episode of Titans season 2, entitled ‘Conner’, featuring Superboy and Krypto; take a look below… Conner Kent escapes from Cadmus Labs and emerge into the world for the first time as a free agent. With Krypto in tow, Conner’s search for the truth […]

Comic Book Preview – Batman and the Outsiders #6

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Ahead of its release tomorrow, we’ve got a preview of Batman and the Outsiders #6 from DC Comics, and you can check it out here… While the mission is a success, the Outsiders do not feel like winners. Measures are taken to deprogram Sofia and understand the extent of her abilities, while Ra’s al Ghul’s […]