While some of DC's heaviest hitters continue saving the day a global scale in the publisher's flagship team-up book, Justice League, up and coming scribe Steve Orlando has been carving a different niche with a ragtag team consisting of Batman, Black Canary, Lobo, the Ray, the Atom, Vixen and Killer Frost over in the pages of Justice League of America.
Although Dark Knight III: The Master Race hit a bit of a speed bump with its penultimate issue, I certainly hope that most readers will agree with me in saying that the limited series been great for the most part and has redeemed the legacy started with Frank Miller's immortal classic, The Dark Knight Returns, after the ill-received followup, The Dark Knight Strikes Again!, left a bad taste in the mouths of many.
If you're scoping out this article, odds are that you have some level of familiarity with the Reverse-Flash - be it Eobard Thawne or Daniel West - by way of either the comic books or TV show. And while both of those knaves have given the Scarlet Speedster his share of headaches, it goes without saying that Negative-Flash will provide different sorts of problems come this August.
Since the Rebirth era kicked off last summer, one of the biggest mysteries it has yielded has been that of the identity of the shadowy Mr. Oz. Many readers have theorized him to be Ozymandias of Watchmen fame, a fire that the conclusion to "The Button" added fuel to. One thing, however, has remained certain: The hooded fellow has a vested interest in Superman.
Although it isn't an exact mirror of what is to be found in the pages of Archie Comics' various periodicals, Arrowverse mastermind Greg Berlanti and the rest of the folks over at The CW once again found the winning formula for comic book adaptations on the small screen with the critically acclaimed Riverdale.
In the past week, comic book movies kept their proud tradition of setting the internet ablaze when a report surfaced stating that Justice League would be undergoing extensive reshoots, essentially retooling the movie for a second time. This, of course, was met with disapproval by devout fanboys because anything negative regarding movies they like is, you know, simply untrue.
In the past year, Francis Manapul has consistently delighted readers by not only bringing his unique visual style to Trinity, but also by flexing his muscles as a writer by taking three of DC's most iconic characters - Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman - in bold new directions.
In the advent of the hit television series, it comes as no surprise that DC has been making the Supergirl ongoing comic book a higher priority these days, employing top creators such as writer Steve Orlando and artist Brian Ching in order to assure readers continue being enthralled. After all, it was Ching's unique visual style that helped this title distinguish itself from others in the Superman family of books.
It wasn't too long ago that Marvel teased us with a foreboding image depicting the Hulk in a stasis tube, forcing us all to recall the horror Wolverine once endured in the Weapon X program. Thankfully, we weren't left scratching our heads for long, as the publisher confirmed that it was part of the marketing strategy for a monumental crossover dubbed Weapons of Mutant Destruction.
In a matter of hours, Supernatural will have wrapped its twelfth season with a two-hour finale as the cult favorite horror series continues its attempt at being this generation's answer to Gunsmoke. But before the festivities kickoff, let's have a look at a sneak peek that's surfaced online today.
