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DC’s Year of the Villain
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4 on Black Adam: Year of the Villain #1 reviewLet me just get this out of the way: Dwayne Johnson has HUGE boots to fill. I’m not some cinema snob who can’t enjoy stuff such as Jumanji – it’s a fun, lighthearted movie, and The Rock brings a level of charm to his performances that’s hard to shake. I like him well-enough as an…
I mentioned this in my review for Criminal Sanity, but we’re getting an awful lot of Joker content recently. It’s understandable, of course; not only is his hit movie making the rounds to critical acclaim, but he’s always been one of the most iconic villains in comic book history. The Killing Joke, The Dark…
You know what I love? And I mean really love? Multiverses! That’s not sarcasm, either. I think it’s genuinely really fascinating to hop into a different world and see what a writer thinks a character might be like under a different lens. It gives validity to every writer’s interpretation of an established hero/villain, and allows…
Supervillains are fascinating. Villains as a whole are a compelling part of any story, but supervillains are a breed in and of themselves. It’s not that they just have an evil code (or a “morally ambiguous” one if you’re a coward), it’s that they have to look fun while doing committing acts of evil. Every…
When DC’s Year of the Villain was first announced I found a great deal of promise in the idea, but wasn't sure exactly what the vision and end goal was. With Tom Taylor and Cully Hamner’s Black Mask: Year of the Villain, I hoped to gain a better idea of what DC’s vision is for…
John Carpenter, the filmmaker behind Halloween, They Live, The Thing, and many other classics will be co-writing The Joker: Year of the Villain #1, a 40-page one-shot issue that ties into the ongoing Year of the Villain storyline. Anthony Burch, writer of the video games Borderlands 2 and League of Legends, will co-author while artists Philip…
Last year, DC Comics released DC Nation ahead of Free Comic Book Day, which was a 25-cent comic that had stories from heavyweights like Tom King and Scott Snyder. Besides being a lot of comic for a dirt cheap price, DC Nation also serves as a preview for some of 2018’s biggest storylines. In an…
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This is an archive of Batman-News.com from 2010 to 2025. For the latest news, check out BatmanNews.com