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, SYFY WIREs weekly comics column that gets at the pulse of whats going on in comics right now. Weve got what you need to know about huge crossovers, real-life issues facing the industry, cool first looks, the weeks hot new comics, and everything in-between. Awards Season is upon us, and while we tend to associate this time of year more with films and television than printed works, comics are getting in on the love too. Last week the nominees for the 32nd Annual GLAAD Media Awards were announce...

Comic Book Reviews for This Week: 2/3/2021 Welcome to this week in comic book reviews! The staff have come together to read and review nearly everything that released today. It isnt totally comprehensive, but it includes just about everything from DC and Marvel with the important books from the likes of Image, Boom, IDW, Valiant, and more. The review blurbs youll find contained herein are typically supplemented in part by longform individual reviews for significant issues. This week that includ...

2020 411mania Comic Book Award Nominations Here’s what some of you had to say: Elia Notari “Don’t care about the big two, I’m just here to see some good recommendations from Image, Dark Horse, IDW, Boom etc…” Galactic Breakdown: “My favorites from what I’ve been reading this year, honestly I’d love to include The Next Batman & Yara Flor from Future State but they just made it out this month. If anyone is interested in Future State, those two books & Dark Detective are phenomen...

1:25 card stock variant cover by ALEX MALEEV ON SALE 4/6/21 $4.99 US | 40 PAGES | FC | DC CARD STOCK VARIANT COVERS $5.99 US As this new Green Lantern series begins, the newly formed United Planets and the Guardians of the Universe hold an intergalactic summit to decide who can best serve and protect the cosmos from danger. With the majority of Green Lanterns called back to Oa, John Stewart arrives alongside Teen Lantern Keli Quintela, whose powerful gauntlet could be one of the most powerful a...

art and cover by IVAN REIS and DANNY MIKI card stock variant cover by RODOLFO MIGLIARI ON SALE 4/27/21 $3.99 US | 32 PAGES | FC | DC CARD STOCK VARIANT COVER $4.99 US In a world where Superman’s rocket never reached Earth, the Dark Knight and his sidekick discover a startling rift between dimensions. On the other side? A world where Martha Wayne survived, and Bruce never grew up to be Batman! Not only that, but a strange alien has emerged from the rift who’s faster than a locomotive and can...

DCs New Green Lantern Series Brings in Far Sector and Young Justice Favorites ✖ After Future State comes to a close DC will usher in a new era kicked off by Infinite Frontier, and you can bet Green Lantern will play a major role in the new status quo. That will include a brand new series from writer Geoffrey Thorne and artist Dexter Soy, and now we have our first look at the next chapter in the Green Lantern Corps crazy adventures Green Lantern #1. The best part though is that the series wil...

DC Reveals New Legion of Doom in Justice League: Future State Preview ✖ Fans were introduced to a new Batman, Wonder Woman, and Superman in this weeks Future State launch, and next week fans will meet even more of Future States new guard when Future State: Justice League #1 hits comic stores. While we have to wait until next Tuesday to read the issue in full, DC did give fans a taste of what to expect courtesy of a new preview, which introduces us to the full team that now includes Jo Mullei...

The 2020 ComicBook.com Golden Issue Awards Nominees for Comics Welcome to the 2020 Golden Issue Awards, an annual occasion in which the many writers at ComicBook.com gather to reflect upon the best comic books (and related media) of the prior year and vote to select the best of the best for recognition. For this section of the awards, we are focused entirely on the medium of comics in 8 categories highlighting specific publications and creative positions. 2020 was a year unlike any other for co...

John Constantine, Hellblazer by Si Spurrier, Aaron Campbell, Matias Bergara (DC) The horror comics published by DC in the ‘80s and ‘90s set such a high water-mark for literate graphic novel storytelling that they are still referenced to this day. Reckoning with the legacy of Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing and Neil Gaiman’s Sandman has been the challenge of all horror and fantasy comic writers for the last few decades, and it certainly hasn’t been easy. But over the last couple years, writ...

Photo illustration; sources: Rouzes/Getty Images, DC Comics, Marvel Comics As with most things in 2020, comics got weird this year. The industry nearly became another casualty of the pandemic, with most series beset by months-long shipping delays. The world of sequential art faced its own #MeToo reckoning this summer as multiple prominent men were accused of sexual misconduct. All the while, creatives and publishers alike tried to more accurately reflect the diverse consumers the big companies ...