Francesco Francavilla Looks Back On Ten Years In Comics [Interview]
Over the past 10 years, Francesco Francavilla emerged as one of the most unique and prolific artists of this generation, with a slew of credits at almost every major publisher and fans clamoring to see...
View ArticleWhat You Might Have Missed In DC's February 2017 Solicitations
This month in DC's January solicitations, a number of iconic '90s characters make their return to the spotlight, Batman faces off against the Green Lanterns, and Doctor Doom invades the DC Universe......
View ArticleUncompromising Visions: Celebrating The Career Of Greg Rucka
Greg Rucka was born on this day in 1969, and over the course of his career in comics and novels he's made his name as one of the go-to authors for gripping and tense thriller stories, as well as bold...
View ArticleComicsAlliance's Best Of 2016: The Best Superhero Comic of 2016
Check out the best superhero comics in 2016, including our critics' picks, and the comics you voted the runners up and winner in this category! This is the very best of 2016! Continue reading…
View ArticleAzrael Returns In 'Detective Comics' #950 [Preview]
Say what you will about his ill-fated tenure as Batman, but Jean-Paul Valley always finds his way back into continuity somehow. It was only a few years ago that the original Azrael --- well, the...
View ArticleICYMI: 'New Super-Man' Re-Introduced The Oldest Character In DC Comics History
New Super-Man has been one of DC's most enjoyable straight-up superhero titles since the launch of DC Rebirth, and one of the best things about it is the way it embraces risks and shakes up the status...
View ArticleBizarro Back Issues: The Martian Manhunter Versus Zeus
If you read through enough back issues of Detective Comics, you'll run across a guy who seems an awful lot like a rough draft for Maxie Zeus. The only difference is that instead of fighting Batman,...
View ArticleBennett And Tynion Talk 'Batwoman Begins'
This week sees the release of Detective Comics #948, the first part of "Batwoman Begins," a two-part story that leads into the upcoming Batwoman solo series. That series will be scripted by Marguerite...
View ArticleOn The Cheap: Get A Comprehensive Collection Of 'Batwoman' Comics
This is the year of Batwoman and not only is she kicking butt twice-monthly in Detective Comics, tomorrow sees the release of Marguerite Bennett, James Tynion IV, Steve Epting and Jeremy Cox's Batwoman...
View ArticleWhat You Might Have Missed In DC's June 2017 Solicitations
Every month, comic publishers release their solicitation announcements to provide information to readers and retailers on comics that are coming out in three months’ time, but there’s so much...
View ArticleWar Rocket Ajax Early Edition - 04.04.14 Podcast
Each week, ComicsAlliance’s Chris Sims and Matt Wilson host the War Rocket Ajax podcast, their online audio venue for interviews with comics creators, reviews of the books of the week, and whatever...
View ArticleBill Finger Finally Gets A Credit For The First Batman Comic
In case you don't mark your calendar solely by events related to Batman -- which is increasingly difficult since Year One was 22 years before Zero Year, with Zero Hour somewhere in between -- you might...
View ArticleBest Comic Book Covers Ever (This Month): June 2014
A great comic book cover has a lot of work to do. It’s both an advertisement and a work of art; both a statement and an invitation. Sometimes they convey character, sometimes mood, sometimes moment....
View ArticleWar Rocket Ajax: Hawkeye #19, Detective Annual #3, Bodies #1
This week, Chris and Matt gush about the amazing work Matt Fraction, David Aja, Matt Hollingsworth and Chris Eliopoulos do on the highly experimental and enjoyable Hawkeye #19. Then they talk about the...
View ArticleLink Ink: Comics, Film/TV and Gaming News Links 08.12.14
Each weekday, ComicsAlliance brings you a carefully selected variety of links from around the web about comics and comics-related media, including movies, video games, toys, and whatever else might be...
View ArticleJock Donates Batman Art For Auction Benefitting Sick Child
If you need an incentive to help a two-year-old boy with his leukemia treatment beyond basic human decency, how about an original page from one of the best Batman stories of the past decade? An eBay...
View ArticleGreg Rucka Reflects On His Batman Work, Part Two [Interview]
To say that Greg Rucka had a profound impact on DC Comics in the 21st Century is underselling things quite a bit. After arriving on the scene in the late '90s, he became one of the few writers to have...
View ArticleThe Best Of Comixology's Cyber Monday Sale
If you've been wondering why people have been asking you "a/s/l?" all day and then following it up with a friendly "haha nice," it's because it's Cyber Monday! Today, we all set aside a little time for...
View ArticleThe Ed Brubaker Batman Interview, Part One
With long runs on hit titles like Captain America, Daredevil, Sleeper, Fatale, Criminal and more, writer Ed Brubaker has cemented his position as one of the most prominent writers in American comics,...
View ArticleBizarro Back Issues: Batman Plays 'Killer's Roulette!' (1972)
Earlier this week, Matt Maxwell posted the cover of Detective Comics #426 on the always-fantastic Intrapanel Tumblr, and ever since, I've gotten a a few people asking just what exactly is going on in...
View ArticleFrancis Manapul's Masterful 'Detective Comics' Layouts
One of the most pleasant surprises of the New 52 relaunch was Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato's run on The Flash. With clever, Will Eisner-inspired titles pages and chaotic compositions that...
View ArticleThe Evolution of the Joker: Best Joker Stories by Decade
Many of comics’ most popular characters have been around for decades, and in the case of the big names from the publisher now known as DC Comics, some have been around for a sizable chunk of a century....
View ArticleKnow Your Robins: A Guide To The Boy Wonders in 'Robin War'
This week DC kicks off the crossover event story "Robin War" in a comic book entitled, appropriately enough, Robin War #1. The storyline will wind through this month's issues of Grayson, Detective...
View ArticleDC Rebirth: All The Teams and Announcements From WonderCon
DC Comics hosted a special livestream event at WonderCon in Los Angeles on Saturday afternoon to unveil the creative teams behind its DC Rebirth event, which relaunches the entire DC Universe line with...
View ArticleHerald of the Bronze Age: Celebrating Steve Englehart
Steve Englehart was born on this day in 1947. By his mid-twenties, he was reshaping the Marvel Universe. At thirty, he was reinventing Batman. Englehart is easily one of the greatest comic book writers...
View ArticleBizarro Back Issues: Batman And The Consumer Crusader! (1971)
Despite every attempt I've made to stop it, there's still a discussion that crops up every now and then about Batman's methods. There are people out there, people that I will never understand, who for...
View Article'Detective Comics' #934 Is Rebuilding The Batman Family
One of the more interesting things about DC's practice of throwing out its existing continuity every once in a while and starting over with a new reboot is that it never quite gets to Batman himself....
View ArticleJames Tynion IV On The Cast Of Rebirth's 'Detective Comics'
With Detective Comics #934, James Tynion IV, Eddy Barrows, Eber Ferreira, Adriano Lucas and Marilyn Patrizio ushered the Batman Family into DC's brand-new Rebirth era --- but it's not exactly a version...
View ArticleOrlando And Rossmo Bring 'Night Of The Monster Men' To Batman
If you love a good Bat-Family crossover, you’re in luck, as later this year Steve Orlando and Riley Rossmo will take over three ongoings for Batman: Night of the Monster Men, which sees the classic...
View ArticleKate And Renee Are Reunited In 'Detective Comics' #936
With only two issues out already, Detective Comics has already become the standout title of DC's Rebirth line. The focus on the Batman family has not only put together a team of characters that I don't...
View ArticleAsk Chris #298: Putting The Detectives In 'Detective'
Q: Generally, what's the difference between Batman and Detective Comics? I've heard right now Detective is going to focus more on the Batman Family, has that always been true? -- Anonymous, via tumblr...
View ArticleJames Tynion IV Talks Erasure and Queer Haircuts
Brooklyn-based comics convention Flame Con hosted some of the industry's most prominent and prolific creators this year, such as comics writer James Tynion IV. In just over four years, he's written on...
View ArticleDiscover Tim Drake's Shocking Fate In 'Detective Comics' #940
James Tynion IV, Eddy Barrows and Alvaro Martinez's Detective Comics has been one of the absolute stand-out comics from the DC Rebirth initiative, melding X-Men style team dynamics with fan-favorite...
View ArticleDC Unveils Covers For Action, Detective, Vigilante, Batman Beyond
While DC Comics has been killing it in a number of areas since the launch of its Rebirth initiative, one area that perhaps hasn't been getting enough attention is the amazing variant covers the...
View Article'Night Of The Monster Men' And The Reinvention Of Hugo Strange
The Batman books tend to be at their best when they're working with self-contained storylines that focus on a different aspect of the character. That's been especially true with the Rebirth era, where...
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