Here we go.

HBO Max announced that it has given a "series commitment" to a show about the Gotham Police Department, from The Batman filmmaker Matt Reeves, and Boardwalk Empire creator Terence Winter.

Said that it will "launch a shared universe across multiple platforms"

Dunno. Feel like of theyre going to put time and money into a DC show, they have so many options. Lots of concepts I would choose before a show about Gotham PD.

Swamp Thing
Deadman
The Terrifics
Static Shock
Lobo
Teen Titans
JSA
Hawkman/Hawkgirl
Suicide Squad
Nightwing
Super Sons

I think I read Adam Strange is getting an HBO show too....only two issues into his miniseries from Tom King but so far, so good...really enjoy Tom King as a writer.

Hourman currently on the Stargirl show, but.... I always wanted to make a gritty/dark version of Hourman.... yeah, I know gritty/dark from DC movies is kind of a cliche, but....

Just think a movie/show about some dude..... who just wants to leave his mark on the world and help people.... but then ends up getting addicted to the drug he created, and the adrenaline of being a hero, and increasingly gets more desperate as his body becomes acclimated and he constantly tweaks his formula, ignoring his own wife and son in favour of his own pursuits...

Now that I mention Stargirl.... a Starman show would have been "dope"

how was swamp thing (the show)

did anyone watch it

slik is a fan of the following characters outside of the batverse

shazam
supes
flash
aquaman
swamp thing

big fan of geoff johns era of green lantern too and blackest night...not sure abut anything since then tho tbh

Please read Narc's posts.

Truly amazing. Like, really good.

I'm a bit biased because I'm a huge fan but the general consensus was also that it was magnificent.

narc hacked?

<iframe width="1129" height="635" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3mTh2joPPj8" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Yyyyyeah buddy (Didn't know what thread to put this in. Decided on this one)

Nice.

I can see why

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">2019 North American Comics Sales Hit Record $1.21 Billion <a href="https://t.co/EBH5KQ1Z5O">https://t.co/EBH5KQ1Z5O</a> <a href="https://t.co/GBdp2CFHJg">pic.twitter.com/GBdp2CFHJg</a></p>&mdash; Publishers Weekly (@PublishersWkly) <a href="https://twitter.com/PublishersWkly/status/1282691410370723843?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 13, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Hero books down 9%. Manga and children's comics up.

We talked about this already but graphic novels are definitely the way to go.

Long form novels > monthly serials

From the newest issue of DEATH METAL

People will either like this or hate it I have a feeling...Alan Moore will probably hate it.

...

What the fuck is going on?!

Thanks. I hate it.

I like it, but am also cautious via Scott Snyder's tendency to go ultra-esoteric-cosmic and then not really follow up or follow through.

Like two issues from now that character could be totally different is what I mean. I remember it seeming like a huge deal when Sandman was in Darkest Knight: METAL but then nothing really happened with it.

I take Perpetua's words to mean

Well that was weird but my gawd I could look at Capullo's art all day.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Rorschach.<a href="https://twitter.com/TomKingTK?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TomKingTK</a>. <a href="https://twitter.com/jfornes74?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jfornes74</a>. <a href="https://twitter.com/Dragonmnky?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Dragonmnky</a>.<br><br>Twelve issues. Starts October 13.<a href="https://t.co/ESGvCOfyFd">https://t.co/ESGvCOfyFd</a> <a href="https://t.co/oTAJibClHm">pic.twitter.com/oTAJibClHm</a></p>&mdash; DC Nation (@thedcnation) <a href="https://twitter.com/thedcnation/status/1283385834239139842?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 15, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

So in the D.C. canon did the watchmen novel not take place or was Rorschach resurrected

There was a new Rorscach is Doomsday Clock. The son of the psychiatrist who visited him in prison or something

Doesn't even matter anymore, bro. Current universe was the result of Dr Manhattan being bored. It's all kitchen sink now.

The last time I knew of any actual advertisement for the Marvel app that didn't pop up online while I was actively researching something about a Marvel character out of conversational need or random curiosity was, and I shit you not, an OTA radio spot. Something about that felt off for what they're trying to do. Like the next step is to hire a street team in random cities to staple flyers to phone poles like 90s rap concerts to completely miss your audience.

So, exactly the same issue I'm having with Disney+... I want to watch the new episodes of the new Ducktales (so good), but I can't, because D+ only has through season 2... season 3 is on that Disney XD, which is free but you have to be watching in conjunction with a cable subscription to unlock the service. Not fooling with any of that is exactly the reason why I have Disney+, and it makes no sense to me why you'd have two different streaming services (as a company, I mean, not as a subscriber) with different content.

I have a particular DVD set of the original trilogy with the original films on them like a "bonus feature" (and I think they all have the same demo of the first LEGO Star Wars... have to go back and look). The sound is intentionally mono crippled, and its in black bar 4:3 instead of theatrical widescreen, but unless you go completely old school and hunt down the final release of the widescreen VHS set, Indy, that's about as good as it is going to get.

complete trash

DC already announcing their next big event for December... "Endless Winter".... at least finish your current big event first.... plus p sure they already did an endless winter crossover with Final Night

Reading a bunch of stuff from last year.

Holy shit at Female Furies.

Just...fucking YIKES

Darkseid by way of 'Rapey Office Manager' is pretty next level.

The WarnerMedia shakeup which saw Kevin Reilly, who brought AEW to TNT, let go has now crept into DC Comics.

Sounds like DC Editorial getting massive layoffs:


https://bleedingcool.com/comics/dc-c...-on-right-now/

I'm sure it's not this bad but still YIKES, hope all the people let go land on their feet.


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Seems like they’re just leaving enough staff to put out “Batman” twice a month. <a href="https://t.co/xmOE2K8NyN">https://t.co/xmOE2K8NyN</a></p>&mdash; Comics Bookcase...NEXT DOOR is now on Kickstarter! (@ComicsBookcase) <a href="https://twitter.com/ComicsBookcase/status/1292961605580394496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 10, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

DC suffers this before Marvel, wtf?

thats what they get for fucking with watchmen :mad:

Alan Moore put a hex on them

update from bleedingcool



<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I’d say it’s 50-50 whether DC Comics is still publishing monthly periodicals for the direct market in 2 years.</p>&mdash; Chase Magnett �� (@ChaseMagnett) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChaseMagnett/status/1292981054819762176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 11, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It’s also worth noting that DC’s “creator leadership” group was already experiencing forms of consolidation as King, Snyder, and Johns have all signaled—to different extents—they are stepping back from the core superhero line.</p>&mdash; Chase Magnett �� (@ChaseMagnett) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChaseMagnett/status/1293002277305724928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 11, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

^^^

Dreading this means in a pond getting a little smaller the Bendis fish is getting larger...

would prefer the Tom Taylor and James Tynion fishies get larger instead

monthly comics is dead anyways

Aquaman cancelled w/ issue 65 in November.

Damn... (not that I am reading anything at the moment)

Cancelled:

Suicide Squad
Hellblazer
Hawkman
Teen Titans
Young Justice
Harley Quinn
Batgirl
Red Hood: Outlaw
Batman And The Outsiders
Justice League Odyssey

Plot Twist:

Red Hood: Outlaw renamed to Red Hood w/ new creative team starting in November that will take Jason Todd back to living and being based as a Gotham City superhero.

https://bleedingcool.com/wp-content/...ed-hood-51.jpg

Some rumors of DC doing a reboot in January when DEATH METAL ends and the ENDLESS WINTER event might lead to it.

Jim Lee told The Hollywood Reporter than John Ridley (Oscar winning writer of 12 Years A Slave) will be doing a Batman miniseries that will have a huge impact on the Bat-line. Ridley was the author scheduled to write Luke Fox as Bats when 5G was going to be a thing.

Interesting.

Ben Affleck coming back as Batman in The Flash movie

Glad to hear, I am a fan of Battfleck

Yeah, be good to give him an "ending" of sorts before Pattison takes over

Same. Excited to see him and Keaton in the same film. Hopefully Affleck will finally get to be in a critically acclaimed comic book film. I'm sure they're gonna kill him off tho.

Don't know when I changed my mind but I'm so for a multiverse these days.

Doesn't deserve it's own thread yet, but some Black Adam concept art:



Also revealed that the JSA lineup to be featured in the film is: Atom Smasher aka Al Rothstein, Hawkman aka Carter Hall, Cyclone aka Maxine Hunkel, and Doctor Fate.

PrettyCool at Cyclone getting the adaptation after not existing for almost a decade....

Hawkman/Doctor Fate had the Egypt connection to Black Adam in the comics, and we all know what happened with Atom Smasher and Black Adam so they are all solid choices to make it.

Still... I know it isn't their movie, but seems like an odd assortment of members.... hopefully they are alluded to as being from a larger team...

Shazam 2 officially titled "Fury of the Gods"

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We have a title! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Shazam?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Shazam</a>! Fury of the Gods<br>What gods? Why are they upset? Yes! <a href="https://t.co/QPGJwjghUx">pic.twitter.com/QPGJwjghUx</a></p>&mdash; David F. Sandberg (@ponysmasher) <a href="https://twitter.com/ponysmasher/status/1297321883461812224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 22, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I watched most of Fandome. Gotta hand it to DC. They made the best of a shitty situation and put on a good show with tons of exclusive. WW84, The Suicide Squad and The Batman stole the show.

Got HBO Max, and started watching Harley Quinn.

Thespian Clayface is best Clayface.

Yeah, love Clayface on that show. Tremendous depiction.

Fucking Kite Man too, holy shit he's amazing.

That show all around is just amazing. Really hoping for a S3.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Greatest scene in television history? This might be Adam West’s finest work... <a href="https://t.co/lK04JamRXP">pic.twitter.com/lK04JamRXP</a></p>&mdash; Patrick Netherton (@PTNetherton) <a href="https://twitter.com/PTNetherton/status/1297540291893907456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 23, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Would have had me fooled clean. I'd be like, "Cool, Batman meant Bruce Wayne. What a mission so far."

I saw this one recently on TV

<iframe width="1059" height="722" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pMnwzlwM1qs" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Like "We're going to have to do our jobs?!"

DC has started advertisements for it's next big event after DEATH METAL


ENDLESS WINTER begins in December
plot details have not been revealed yet


https://i.postimg.cc/k43Kc0nY/endless-winter-a.png

https://i.postimg.cc/V6qMHKvf/endless-winter.png

Guess the janitor is writing it.

as long as its not the guy who fucked with the watchmen im down

These events are basically Battle Passes now.

So tired of these things by both companies.\
Rather read 40 year old reprints

I’ve been reading stuff outside of the big two for a year or so now, and I’ve enjoyed it immensely. Most of them are anywhere between 20-50 issues long, and it’s so great reading a story with a beginning, middle, and end, without having to worry about a billion tie ins, or crossover events postponing the story.

Some of the stuff I’ve read that I would recommend:

Gideon Falls
Deadly Class
Black Science
Wicked and the Divine
Die
Saga

Saga the best ongoing comic right now

Unrelated note to anything.....

I wish Tim Drake had stayed with the pre-Flashpoint Red Robin costume (the Kingdom Come one).... really felt like with that costume he could become his own character and grow and become on the level of Nightwing where you think of him as that character and not "former Robin" (even though Red Robin has Robin in the name I guess).

Instead, new 52 gave him terrible costumes..... then Rebirth put him back in pretty much the Robin suit but with two Rs.

Although he was awesome in Detective Comics Rebirth so I can't complain too much.... until Bendis got him and just ignored all his excellent character arc in Detective Comics.... eventually renaming him Drake as his superhero name (probably not wise to use your last name as your hero name) and giving him a drab costume.......... but now I just read something that he flip-flopped and now he is just "Robin" again in the old Robin costume again.....

Just feel like they missed the boat with actually getting him to grow like Nightwing.....

Oh yeah, I forgot that Red Robin got a new costume right before Flashpoint too, and I didn't like it.... much preferred the Kingdom Come garb with the cowl.... gave him a more distinct look and made him feel more "grown up"

Saga is what opened the floodgates for me, in terms of alternatives to DC and Marvel.

But is it ongoing? Is it really?

:(

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Update: Robert Pattinson is reportedly the individual on The Batman production who was diagnosed with COVID-19. <a href="https://t.co/9OyQLuH529">https://t.co/9OyQLuH529</a> <a href="https://t.co/lTF5C6tQkD">pic.twitter.com/lTF5C6tQkD</a></p>&mdash; IGN (@IGN) <a href="https://twitter.com/IGN/status/1301593034434531328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 3, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Well fuck

Can't put into words how much I love this page.

https://i.imgur.com/GP6zVFC.jpg

DCeased was largely forgettable, but I'm very much enjoying The Unkillables.

Christ almighty the White Knight books might be my favorite Batman stories of all time.

Plenty of stories have showcased batman's flaws as a person, but never in such a deep and meaningful way. So fucking good.

Excellent News:

Brian Bendis is leaving Superman's orbit. His final issues of Action Comics and the Superman title itself will be in December. Now just keep him away from any other hero he'd derail, like Bats, Flash, Aquaman, Wonder Woman or Green Lantern. Let Bendis play w/ Green Arrow or someone he can't screw up forever.


https://bleedingcool.com/comics/bria...d-in-december/

DC has released the info for their next big crossover event, ENDLESS WINTER.

https://www.dccomics.com/sites/defau...?itok=xHt-18Iy

https://www.dccomics.com/sites/defau...?itok=XDzQ9zHj

https://www.dccomics.com/sites/defau...?itok=lv1By9L2

https://www.dccomics.com/sites/defau...?itok=WExnIwm8

How is Mr Freeze not involved.

Maybe he is

Mark Waid (Kingdom Come) is returning to DC Comics after vowing to never work there again after a fallout w/ Dan Didio who fired him from Superman just two days after he was hired to write Superman due to mysterious "Dan Didio reasons"....Superman is Waid's favorite character of all-time.

....Maybe now Mark Waid will take over for Bendis on Supes....Joshua Williamson's time on The Flash is also ending so he could be a contender for Supes or Justice League too...

Superman: Birthright by Waid one of my fav Superman stories....

Mr Freeze better be in this event. Seems a good time for Killer Frost and Icicle to get a push to. Bit of a closet fan of Killer Frost, personally.

I mean this event seems like it’s based on mythology and magic. Freeze is 100% based on science. So just being an ice villain doesn’t necessarily mean he’s a natural fit for the story.

Could see him in maybe a side role. Like the heroes going to him at some point to make these Arctic outfits they’re showing off.

Latest DC rumors from Bleeding Cool

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/goss...c-comics-2021/



Bendis recently tweeted this, which sort of scares me...I really hope it doesn't mean he'll be writing Justice League, Batman, Flash or some big CRISIS book. Would be particularly not pleased if he got to screw up the Bat-family next.


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Something big enough to get me to clear the deck. It’s all super exciting but it’s months away and we’ll talk about it all when the world isn’t literally on fire ( I’m in portland) <a href="https://t.co/huQHEvjJnQ">https://t.co/huQHEvjJnQ</a></p>&mdash; BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (@BRIANMBENDIS) <a href="https://twitter.com/BRIANMBENDIS/status/1305359232040972288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 14, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

R.I.P. DC Universe, hello DC Universe Infinite

https://static0.cbrimages.com/wordpr...&h=528&dpr=1.5

Launching Jan 2021, and will be available worldwide Summer 2021. Might give it a look even though I haven't read anything in a long while. Interested to see how much is on there, how things are organized and look... etc.

Meanwhile, Harley Quinn officially renewed for a Season 3 and moves over to HBO Max

Supergirl ending with season 6

I don’t watch Supergirl so I don’t know if this applies to that show.

Everyone on The Flash just kind of seems like they are not interested anymore. So I’m not sure how much longer The Flash will go on for.

The Flash Episode ___:

*Spotlight character gets frustrated and storms out*

*Random character follows them and gives them a pep-talk*

*Spotlight character learns an important lesson by the end*

Next Time on The Flash:

*Spotlight character forgets all about lesson*

They need some new blood.

upcoming frightening thought.....

Bendis will totally get to write a CRISIS


In Bendis's first issue of Young Justice he made it a point to re-iterated their had been "7 Crises" in DC and that each time a crisis happened things got messed up (like people forgetting Connor Kent)....

In this week's Action Comics he reveals Young Justice villain Dr. Glory, responsible for Connor Kent's disappearance, as well as the Invisible Mafia leader Leone are actually from Earth 3...and that Dr. Glory had jumped multiverses 7 times before...

I bet Bendis re-writes DC history so that this scientist Dr. Glory is reponsible for every DC Crisis by multiverse hopping and it having some weird effect on things when she does...

I bet he does end up getting Justice League or a CRISIS book and re-writes all of DC history...

YJ
https://i.postimg.cc/mkDJMS2Q/09.jpg

AC
https://i.postimg.cc/436DTdSh/04.jpg

In other news, Zack Snyder is going to end up doing more shoots for his Justice League cut, with Gal Gadot, Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, and Ray Fisher (Cyborg) all being confirmed as being involved in the reshoots.

Pretty surreal the amount of money they are pouring into the Zack Snyder cut

That's interesting. I have a pretty strong sense that this will get enough views and boost subscribers to the point of HBO basically telling Snyder to finish the story and end up writing a check for him to produce a sequel.

There's already a ton of buzz on this, they're gnarly comfortable in investing in the project, and a 4 part miniseries prob fits Snyder's vision and serves his talents more than cramming all his ideas into a movie.

I keep reading it as Dan Dildo.

"The Green Lantern live-action series for HBO Max has revealed its central characters, which will include the Earth's first Green Lantern, Alan Scott -- who will be gay just like in the Earth-2 comics and DC's updated main timeline -- and all-new corps members.

According to Deadline, joining Scott are Guy Gardner, Jessica Cruz, Simon Baz, Sinestro and Kilowog."

No sign of Hal Jordan or John Stewart....

Not a fan of Alan Scott being gay either.... Feel like it does a disservice to the characters of his wife and children.... pick another character who doesn't have decades of history as a married heterosexual man with kids to turn gay....