Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Masks have always been considered a semi-obligatory part of superheroing; you can skip the whole “secret identity” thing if you want, but everyone’s gonna think you’re a jerk (or worse, Aquaman). With the exception of Superman, who hides behind a hair curl and a lack of glasses, almost every major comic book hero has a…
Much has been made about the M-rating of the recently released Batman: Arkham Knight, and how far the game is willing to go in terms of characters and moving the actual storyline of this world forward. It’s a final game in many ways, and it plays for keeps. But as long-time Batman fans already know,…
A Man of Steel who can’t fly. No heat vision. Cape torn to shreds. Yup, Action Comics #41 is the best Superman comic to come out in years. This week marks the start of what publisher DC Comics is calling the New DC Universe, an initiative where they’ll be debuting big status quo shifts, new…
The newest Dark Knight protecting Gotham City isn’t Bruce Wayne. That’s fine by me. The brooding, psychologically tortured atmosphere that came with the billionaire’s personal style of crimefighting is receding into the background. But I see a lot of promise in the next era of Batman comics, precisely because Jim Gordon—AKA the new Batman—isn’t a…
Julian Checkley is one of the best Star Wars cosplayers on the planet. He is also, as luck would have it, one of the best Batman cosplayers on the planet as well. We’ve seen him do an amazing Bane (WARNING: link promotes my cosplay book), but in honour of the Batman video games he decided…
Wonder Woman is getting her own movie but for the last few days the press has been breathless over her MAN. Rumors are swirling that Chris Pine will be joining the cast as Steve Trevor. On one hand that makes sense – Steve Trevor is part of her mythos and was, for almost 30 plus…
SPOILER WARNING: The following article discusses events from “Convergence” #8, written by Jeff King and Scott Lobdell and featuring numerous artists, on sale now. While many fans expected the end result of DC Comics‘ just-concluded “Convergence” event to be a streamlined, non-multiversal DC Universe, the events of Issue #8, which arrived in stores today, have…
The pilot for this fall’s Supergirl TV series has appeared online, and here’s our spoiler-free review! If you were put off by the show’s six-minute preview from last week, I can assure you the show is significantly better than that. It still some of the same issues, but it’s far more charming than problematic. Honestly,…
Time-traveling rogue Rip Hunter must assemble a disparate group of both heroes and villains to confront an unstoppable threat to the planet…and to time itself. DC’s Legends of Tomorrow is coming soon to The CW. SUBSCRIBE to The CW https://youtube.com/subscription_cent… Find The CW here: http://cwtv.com/ http://www.facebook.com/TheCW http://twitter.com/cw_network http://instagram.com/thecw http://plus.google.com/+thecw/ http://cwnetwork.tumblr.com/ DC’s Legends of Tomorrow –…
Everyone’s favorite superhero team is back again! They’re all here — there’s the tech genius with a metal suit, the hyper-accurate archer dude, and the mysterious backflipping assassin woman. That’s right, it’s the heroes from DC Comics’ upcoming Legends of Tomorrow, the first trailer of which was shown off by TV network The CW today ahead…