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| Daredevil may be a Marvel comic book hero and TV/movie star, but there was a Daredevil superhero comic book before Marvel's in the public domain and it is that which Comic House is publishing in August, with The Greatest Name In Comics before it, in an attempt to avoid any trademark issues. And with issue 1, a Daredevil Vs Putin cover that mirrors the Daredevil Vs Hitler cover which is being reprinted and, for the first time, royalties going towards the original creators' estate.   GREATEST NAME IN COMICS…

One of the biggest developments in the show's second season was the introduction of Stormfront, played by Aya Cash. Hired for her ability to rile up the public, Stormfront quickly displays her feelings towards Vought's business and behind-the-scenes practices. Homelander, ever the jealous child, doesn't take too kindly to a new hero stealing his thunder in the public eye. Things take a turn when, during the incident with Kimiko's younger brother Kenji, Stormfront refers to him with a racial slur before…

Marvel No god is safe in Thor’s fourth solo movie. Gorr the God Butcher is set to make his debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) with Thor: Love and Thunder, and immortality is going to mean diddly squat when the villain, played by Christian Bale, gets his hands on the cosmos’ supposedly most powerful beings. With the name Love and Thunder, it was never going to be a quiet murder mystery. The ‘Love’ of the title is provided by Thor Odinson and Mighty Thor. The latter, Thor’s ex Jane Foster, is wielding…

| Mary Jane Watson? Today sees the publication of Amazing Spider-Man #2 with this solicitation. "The best couple in comics is done? You aren't going to believe what is happening in this volume of AMAZING SPIDER-MAN." And this cover. One may be led to believe the comic book contains information regarding Peter Parker having split from Mary Jane, and despite Mary Jane having just asked Peter to move in with him.  But this is six months later and stuff has happened. They are no longer together, Peter Parker did something…

Much like any other year, 2023 is bringing a bonanza of comic book movies to theaters, but one of them has gone through a great deal more writers than the rest. If you can believe it, a recent report touted that one high-profile superhero blockbuster in particular saw its screenplay submitted to the Writer’s Guild of America, and a mind-boggling 45 different scribes were said to have contributed to the script at one stage or another through development. As things stand, that means the candidates are Kraven the…

Next month, Archie Comics will release The Best Archie Comic Ever! The new one-shot features a trio of stories starring everyone’s favorite Riverdale residents in new and exciting scenarios, from both established and rising star creative teams including Fred Van Lente & Tim Seeley, Aubrey Sitterson & Jed Daugherty, and Ruben Najera & Giorgia Sposito, all of whom are joined by colorist Matt Herms and letterer Jack Morelli. Today The Beat has an exclusive first look at Sitterson & Daugherty’s story from the…

| Vault Comics will be publishing a tie-in comic book to the new Shudder movie, Revealer, created by comic creators Michael Moreci, Tim Seeley, & Luke Boyce. The one-shot tie0in – also called Revealer – will be written by Moreci, Seeley, Boyce, and Aaron Koontz, with art by Dean Kotz, and more creators who will be announced soon. All net proceeds from the Revealer comic will be donated to Brave Space Alliance, the first Black-led, trans-led LGBTQ+ centre located on the South Side of Chicago. Revealer is set during…

|  Arno Lapeyre owns and runs a number of the Pulp Comics chain of comic stores in France, including on the now-legendary Rue Dante in Paris, a street with more comic shops in closer proximity than anywhere else in the world. He's also one of the partners in a series of comic conventions in the American style, with the comic book agent Steve Morger. known for the Big Wow shows. Including last weekend's Lake Como Comic Art Festival, which I was very lucky to attend with my wife. A pure comic book artist convention –  no…

Article content Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s life story – from comedian to war-time leader – has been given the graphic novel treatment in TidalWave Comics’ latest biography, Political Power: Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Article content The 22-page glossy, set for release on Friday, tells the story of how Zelenskyy, who once played a fictional president in a TV show, swept to power in 2019 promising to end a war with Moscow-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine. He had no political experience when he took office as…

When studios like Marvel, DC, or Sony adapt belove comic book titles for the big screen, they have to take into account balancing the needs of the story with the reality that an open-ended story that takes place over hundreds of issues released over a span of decades can’t reasonably fit into a three-hour film. So while fans tend to understand the need to take some liberties with the characters and storylines, they really appreciate when filmmakers make the attempt to get it right. Twitter user @HailEternal went…