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The Suicide Squad — out now in cinemas and on HBO Max — is a soft reboot of Suicide Squad, and it really pushes the boundaries of weird, in a good way. Funnily enough, the new DC movie exists because of Disney, and a Twitter campaign against writer-director James Gunn. A little over three years ago, Disney fired Gunn after a series of offensive tweets resurfaced from a decade ago. Despite initially insisting that Gunn would not be rehired on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, the owner of Marvel Studios would go on to do…

via DC Films A quick glance at the internet on any given day makes it abundantly clear that fans are never going to give up on the prospect of seeing Henry Cavill return as the DCEU’s canonical Superman until either the actor officially bows out of the role, or he’s forcibly removed and the part is recast. While you’ve got to admire the combination of enthusiasm and optimism, the facts make for grim reading. The actor was first announced to the world as the latest iteration of Kal-El back in January 2011, but…

On Oct. 11, 2021, the Man of Steel came out of the closet. “Superman comes out as bisexual; ‘not a gimmick,’ writer says,” blared the Reuters headline. “Why ‘Bisexual Superman’ Has Conservatives’ Tights In a Twist,” declared Forbes. And sure enough, the outrage was swift, sharp, and depressingly predictable. Less than a month after DC announced the character’s forthcoming revelation, police were dispatched to the homes of writer Tom Taylor and artist John Timms after threats were made to the comics company. Meanwhile,…

THIS WEEK: DC kicks off their now-annual Pride celebration with the latest DC Pride one-shot anthology of stories about and by members of the LGBTQ+ community. Plus, a new Poison Ivy series picks up the character where the Fear State storyline left off. It’s a packed lineup from DC this week, so be sure not to miss our full reviews for a pair of their other big releases, Dark Crisis #1 and Aquaman: Andromeda #1 elsewhere on The Beat! Note: the following discussion contains spoilers. If you want a quick, spoiler-free…

We’re less than a week away from Dark Crisis, DC’s latest multiverse-shattering event series, kicking off, and the publisher is ramping up for the occasion with a slew of new tie-in reveals. Yesterday DC announced two new one-shots tied to the events of the main Dark Crisis series, as well as that issues of The Flash and I Am Batman would cross over with the event. Here’s an updated checklist for the event for those keeping score at home: On the one-shot front, Dark Crisis: The Deadly Green #1 and Dark Crisis: The Dark…

Image: Paris Alleyne/DC ComicsStatic Shock was one of the more comparatively underrated superhero shows of the early 2000s, and the character’s return to the popular culture has been slow going. He and other Milestone characters are now enjoying a return in the comics space, and he’s due to theoretically receive a movie sometime in the near future. To expand his profile even further, DC bringing him over to the YA audience.DC has just announced Static: Up All Night, a graphic novel by writer Lamar Giles and artist Paris…

Batwheels is a new preschool-aged animated series coming to HBO Max and Cartoon Network this fall. The series follows Bam, a recently-sentient Batmobile, as he teams with other sentient vehicles belonging to the Bat-Family to form a team and assist their human mentors in fighting crime in Gotham City. To tie in with the forthcoming series, DC Comics and publisher Random House will release Lucky Wheels: Bam the Batmobile Learns a Lesson!, a new picture book starring the Batwheels characters. The book is written by Andrew…

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We are oversaturated with depictions of the infamous murder of Batman’s parents. What was once one of the most iconic sequences in comic book history is now so completely played out that when Matt Reeves’ The Batman declined to rehash it for Warner Bros. new Batman franchise, it was honestly a relief. But I am begging you to look at one more retelling of Batman’s origin story, from the first chapter of Jurassic League, the six-issue miniseries where the Justice League are all dinosaurs that walk like people. Writer…