These days, variant covers have become very serious business, effectively allowing the consumer to have alternate choices as to which pieces of dynamic artwork they can add to their respective collections. Some variants may be as common as standard covers or a few may be made available to each comic shop, thereby driving up the price tag. Heck, we've even seen the rise of retailer and con exclusive covers in recent years, causing certain editions of books to be sought after like the Holy Grail.
As enjoyable as books chronicling the adventures of the Justice League or Avengers may be, they often don't get to explore the interpersonal relationships shared between specific superheroes as often as we'd like. But, when you pare it down to two, you're given a much different kind of team-up comic. Personally, I enjoy seeing the best buddy dynamic offered whenever Batman and Superman join forces or, likewise, whenever the Flash and Green Lantern go back to back. On the other hand, I also get a kick out of the veritable powder keg that is Daredevil and Punisher.
Well, it looks like the arrival of new big bad Reign won't be the only significant addition to the third season of Supergirl. As it turns out, some new blood will be given creative control over the series, which we can only hope will prolong the its success.
Thanks to DC and Dark Horse coming together and tearing red tape to shreds, some of the most adored warriors in all of comics will unite this fall in Wonder Woman/Conan, which, if you were to ask me, sounds like one of the most natural dream pairings we could ever wish to make. And with the Amazon Princess currently dominating the box office, in addition to the anticipation that comes along with writer Shea Fontana taking the creative reins on her flagship series, this joint venture couldn't have come at a more opportune time.
When considering that thousands of characters have been created for the comic book medium, it shouldn't come as a surprise that not all resonate with audiences and have the privilege of enduring. Heck, even the Riddler was but a one-off villain from the 1940's who may have been forgotten had the Batman TV series that saw Frank Gorshin bring the Prince of Puzzles to life not made him a household name.
If you're remotely familiar with the man John Barrowman is off-screen, then you're no doubt aware that he's unashamedly a huge comic book geek. Given that, you'd have to imagine how getting to portray the character of Malcolm Merlyn across five years on hit television series such as Arrow and DC's Legends of Tomorrow had to be a dream come true for him. What's more is that he actually got to flesh out the backstory of his onscreen counterpart not long ago with Arrow: The Dark Archer, a comic he co-wrote with his sister, Carole.
When you read a teaser as cryptic and powerful as that, you know you're in for something special. But when you also consider that the story its hyping up will be written by Jason Aaron and illustrated by Esad Ribic, with a double gatefold cover provided by the legendary Joe Quesada, then you truly know the House of Ideas isn't messing around. Such is the case with Marvel Legacy #1, a monumental one-shot slated to hit shelves this fall that intends on showing us how it's "all connected."
Long before any sort of justice had ever dawned, Freddy vs. Jason debuted in cinemas to what may be remembered as the first notable crossover between two major film franchises. Since then, we've received a couple Alien vs. Predator movies, the second of which performed so poorly that Fox split them back into their own separate entities, and to a much, much lesser extent, Lake Placid vs. Anaconda.
In some parallel universe, Fox's 2015 reboot of the Fantastic Four was a runaway success, rendering all other superhero films obsolete. And, due to its flattening of Avatar at the box office, the highly anticipated sequel was able to make its projected theatrical date of June 9, 2017, effortlessly redefining modern cinema as our doppelgangers know it.
Since 2010, Scott Snyder has continually amazed readers with various stories featuring the Dark Knight that have since been deemed modern classics, a few of which were The Black Mirror, The Court of Owls, Death of the Family and Endgame. Not only did each prove to be incredible reads, but they also generously added something significant to Batman's enduring mythology.
