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Swamp Thing Season 1 Episode 4 Review – ‘Darkness on the Edge of Town’

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Hasitha Fernando reviews the fourth episode of Swamp Thing…A new disease epidemic is rearing its ugly head in Marais, Louisiana causing its sufferers to relive their most horrific and painful memories. In her valiant effort to stop the affliction’s spread, Abby too gets inadvertently infected by it. As time runs out and she descends into […]

Comic Book Preview – Action Comics #1012

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Coinciding with its release this Wednesday, DC Comics has unveiled a preview of Action Comics #1012; check it out here…Artist Szymon Kudranski joins superstar writer Brian Michael Bendis as the attacks of Leviathan threaten targets across the globe, and the agents of the invisible mafia continue to infect Metropolis in this tie-in to EVENT LEVIATHAN!Action […]

Comic Book Preview – Batman: Damned #3

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The third and final issue of Batman: Damned is out this Wednesday courtesy of DC’s Black Label imprint, and you can take a look at a preview here…The stunning conclusion to the groundbreaking miniseries by the critically acclaimed team of writer Brian Azzarello and artist Lee Bermejo is here! Batman’s most baffling case brings him […]

Swamp Thing Season 1 Episode 3 Review – ‘He Speaks’

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Hasitha Fernando reviews the third episode of Swamp Thing…Abby still remains confident that Alec is still alive and confides her thoughts to Liz (Maria Sten). As the Green flu epidemic spirals out of control the CDC dispatches one of their finest along with Dr. Woodrue to investigate. After one of her colleagues contracts the disease, […]

Shazam! sequel will shoot next year, reveals Zachary Levi

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Shazam! may not have managed to replicate the runaway financial success of Aquaman, but given its modest budget (for a superhero movie, anyway) of $100 million, it proved to be a solid enough hit at the box office with $363 million to warrant a sequel.It was revealed following the movie’s opening weekend that Shazam! screenwriter […]

Krypton Season 2 Episode 2 Review – ‘Ghost in The Fire’

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Ricky Church reviews the second episode of Krypton season two…After Krypton‘s premiere delivered an intriguing direction for its sophomore season, ‘Ghost in The Fire’ continued to capitalize on Generald Zod’s rule over Krypton as well as Seg-El and Adam Strange’s introduction to the galaxy’s toughest and most foul-mouthed bounty hunter, Lobo. It was an entertaining and […]

Anna Diop cast as Starfire in Teen Titans live-action series

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DC’s upcoming live-action Teen Titans series has found its second cast member, with Deadline reporting that Anna Diop (24: Legacy) is set to play Koriand’r, a.k.a. Starfire, in Titans.The character is described as “an alien princess from a warrior planet who seeks asylum on Earth. A no-nonsense, take-no-prisoners stranger on our world, she has the […]

Swamp Thing star says early cancellation showed “lack of respect”

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Earlier this month DC Universe announced that it had cancelled its latest live-action series Swamp Thing, just days after the show made its premiere on the streaming service.The news wasn’t entirely surprising, seeing as DC had shut down production on the first season early, slashing the episode count from 13 to 10, but it’s certainly […]