DC Collectibles Solicitations For September 2013
If you were worried DC Collectibles had already shown its hand earlier this month with the reveal of its upcoming New 52 Swamp Thing and Supervillains series Deathstroke action figures, today's full...
View ArticleBest Sequential Art Ever (This Week): Anne Simon, Jesus Saiz
The comic book, animation, illustration, pinup, mashup, fan art and design communities are generating amazing artwork of myriad styles and tastes, all of which ends up on the Internet and filtered...
View ArticleStephen Bissette Accuses Denys Cowan Of Withholding Information About Missing...
Last week it was revealed that the 27 pages of missing Denys Cowan comic art, believed by some to have been stolen, was finally returned to the artist. A short time later, Stephen Bissette -- the...
View ArticleSofubi Superman, Bizarro And Swamp Thing Figures Coming From Medicom In May
Medicom kicked off its line of DC Comics soft vinyl Sofubi figures pretty conservatively with Batman and the Joker, but it looks like the second wave will get a little weirder. Sure, Superman's leading...
View ArticleTop Five Scariest Villains In Comics
If there's one thing we've learned from our years on the Internet, it's that there's no aspect of comics that can't be broken down and quantified in a single definitive list, preferably in amounts of...
View Article'Convergence' Week Three: Wolfman's 'Teen Titans', Wein's 'Swamp Thing',...
The Tangent universe is a recurring feature in the third week of titles for DC's spring 2015 Convergence event, cropping up by name in the solcitations for the Flash, Justice League of America, and New...
View ArticlePoll: Vote on the Best and Worst Comic Book Romances, Round VI
From Wally West and Linda Park, to Harley Quinn and Mistah J, we're asking you to vote on comics' most famous couples so we can determine the best (and worst) romantic partnerships that comics have to...
View ArticleCelebrating Len Wein and One of the Most Accomplished Careers in Comics
Legendary writer/editor Len Wein was born on this day in 1948. Over the course of a career that began in 1968, he built a reputation as one of the most reliable and consistent creators the medium has...
View ArticleCast Party: Who Should Star In A 'Swamp Thing' Series?
Welcome to Cast Party, the feature that imagines a world with even more live action comic book adaptations than we currently have, and comes up with arguably the best casting suggestions you’re ever...
View ArticleMaster of Horror: A Birthday Tribute to Bernie Wrightson
Horror is a notoriously difficult genre to pull off in comics. The reader controls the pace, so scares and surprises don't work the same way they do in other media, and once you've seen enough of them,...
View ArticleThe Wizard: A Birthday Tribute to Alan Moore
Born today in 1953 in Northampton, England, Alan Moore grew up to be a giant. His impact on comics is so vital and apparent that even reporting on his accomplishments feels both daunting and profoundly...
View ArticleSwamp Thing Gets Serious In January With Len Wein And Kelley Jones
It wasn't that long ago that DC's Convergence event gave a few creators the chance to return to characters that they made their mark on in past eras, and in January, it seems like that's an idea that's...
View ArticleDC Collectibles Icons Line Adds Batgirl, Wonder Woman, Swamp Thing and More
The one and only Batgirl of Burnside is getting her own DC Icons action figure, complete with motorcycle and smartphone this November. That's it. That's the news. We can wrap it up. I could talk about...
View ArticleThe 30 Greatest Romantic Couples In Comics
Valentine's Day weekend is upon us, and love, bad chocolate, and expensive restaurant reservations are everywhere you look. To mark the occasion, we've compiled a list of the 30 greatest couples in...
View ArticleA Ghost Dressed In Weeds: A Celebration Of Swamp Thing
On this day in 1971, DC Comics published House of Secrets #92 which featured, among such stories as “After I Die and “Trick or Treat”, the debut of the soon-to-be iconic character Swamp Thing. Created...
View ArticleSwamp Thing Goes On A World Tour Of Arboreal Destruction In 'Swamp Thing' #5
One thing I really appreciate about a city is when it has a nice green space. Parks, public gardens, even those little flower beds that you sometimes see at intersections and roundabouts, I love 'em...
View ArticleSuperhero Color Theory, Part II: Secondary Characters
Last time in Superhero Color Theory we explained why our main heroes look the way they do. Now it's time to look at the secondary colors and how they often, but not always, signal the presence of a bad...
View ArticleUneasy Arrangements For Swamp Thing And Constantine In 'The Hellblazer' #2...
It's like the late '80s all over again: John Constantine and Swamp Thing are lurking in the dark corner of the DC Universe, rather than a walled-off Vertigo, and the two of them are all wrapped up in...
View Article12 Facts You May Not Have Known About Swamp Thing
Everyone loves comic book trivia, but with decades of comics behind, there’s always some new obscure fact to learn. That’s why ComicsAlliance is going deep into the minutiae of your favorite names in...
View Article'Justice League Action' Forges Its Own Path, Delivers On The Action [Review]
Justice League Action, premiering this Friday, December 16, at 6 PM EST on Cartoon Network, is the first new TV version of the Justice League since Justice League Unlimited ended in 2006. From the...
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