Gotham Knights officially canceled by The CW before its first season even ends. Never bothered to watch it cause it looked "naff".

Meanwhile, Superman & Lois was actually renewed for a season 4, which will be 10 episodes. I really should give this another go, as a big Superman fan.... only watched maybe 1 or 2 eps of Season 2.....

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Bird? Plane? Nah . . . it's My Adventures with Superman! Watch the two-episode premiere July 6th at midnight on <a href="https://twitter.com/adultswim?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AdultSwim</a>, next day on <a href="https://twitter.com/StreamOnMax?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@StreamOnMax</a>. <a href="https://t.co/7EBb2WGU8c">pic.twitter.com/7EBb2WGU8c</a></p>&mdash; DC (@DCOfficial) <a href="https://twitter.com/DCOfficial/status/1665735557874417666?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 5, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Watch a boy become a Superman. My Adventures with Superman premieres July 6th - next day on <a href="https://twitter.com/StreamOnMax?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@streamonmax</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/adultswim?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#adultswim</a> <a href="https://t.co/Y6YVGE5Wre">pic.twitter.com/Y6YVGE5Wre</a></p>&mdash; adult swim (@adultswim) <a href="https://twitter.com/adultswim/status/1668750112695152640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 13, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

As a big Superman fan, I should also check that out

Due to "budget concerns" they have slashed all of Superman & Lois' main cast members except for Superman/Lois and their two kids, also added Michael Cudlitz's Lex Luthor to the main cast for season 4 to replace the other 7 regular cast members they cut. They could still appear but just as "recurring" or "guest" spots.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Accurate! (They are not only both incredible actors, but also wonderful people). <a href="https://t.co/1FtwYIDeYj">https://t.co/1FtwYIDeYj</a></p>&mdash; James Gunn (@JamesGunn) <a href="https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/1673785892870447104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 27, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Nice @ Mrs. Maisel as Lois Lane. Good choice. No idea who the dude is so we shall see.

I hear rumours that The Authority may also appear/be introduced in the movie.... which I hate. Just let the Superman movie be a Superman movie please.

He was great in The Politician and Hollywood (both shows are from Ryan Murphy.) I need to see this lois and clark on screen together but i like the potential

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Badass Jor-Odin

Just watched the episodes of this show that are out.... I think it has been pretty sweet.... nice take on the "IP"....

Forgot to comment on all the Superman: Legacy news that came out while I was on vacation...

Metamorpho, Mr. Terrific, Hawkgirl, and Green Lantern Guy Gardner were all cast to appear in the movie. (Nathan Fillian as Guy Gardner).

Seems like maybe it is already falling for old DCEU missteps in trying to do and introduce too much.... just make a good Superman movie that focuses just on telling a good Superman story. It shouldn't be that hard.

I just finished The Flash(tv show) and have to say it could have ended a lot worse.

Now the 1st part of the 4 part finale was actually the best part of the finals, and should been the 4th part. Still though it wasn’t bad. Also the Stephen Amell episode had some really good moments.

The season has a whole was terrible though, and I’m glad it’s over.

The new superman animated series was really good. Strongly recommend it

About to watch the newest episode right now, but yeah I been really enjoying it

I watched the 1st 5 eps. Its nearly the perfect representation of the characters

It truly is a great modernization and just feels so good to see a genuinely caring and good Clark Kent/Superman.

Latest episode (episode 6) was great

This animated series is legitimately the only version of the character i ever want to see ever again

Re: latest episode "Zero Day: Part Two"

This episode was freaking greatness. It just gets the characters so right.

One episode left in the season and I am not ready for it to end. Season 2 or I riot.

@slik, you really need to get on watching this show

I saw there was a big petition to add the CW Flash to the Patterson Batman 'verse. Uhhh...no, dawg. Let's keep it a grounded detective world without the supes.

btw, I really enjoyed the Flash movie. Ezra's headlines and the superhero fatigue gave it a bad rep.

I dont believe superhero fatigue exists. Bad script fatigue does though.


And yeah The Flash was pretty solid. But miller tanked his own film so its moot.

I think superhero fatigue definitely exists, and it has been just exacerbated by bad scripts and odd choices

Also DC movies in the this whole Snyderverse or DCEU is the proper name have a real negative stigma to them. Even though I like most of them they are in definite need of a reboot.

They need to wipe the slate clean.

2 Years ago the highest grossing super hero film ever released and its far and away the top grossing film of the decade, especially domestically. Far From Home. The only two films in the genre above it in gross are Infinity War and Endgame. Thats just 2 years ago. Since then the offerings have been pretty weak and the ticket sales reflect that. If a strong IP is on the marquee with a good hook people will go and in historically consistent numbers.

I dont know how to fix the branding issue. I think it needs a rest so it can come back fresh and get people hyped again but one must see movie could turn the thing around so hopefully they knock it out of the park.

Season finale of My Adventures with Superman was great, as expected. Already super bummed out at no episode next week. Season 2 renewal or I break things.

If no season 2 Id get it because ive no one talk about this show but you and I and animation is pretty expensive

but i really want more

I don't really hear anyone talk about Harley Quinn and that's on season 4. (I haven't been enjoying this season too much)

Its been ok. Quinn with the bat family has been amusing but ivy at the LOD hasnt hit for me

The set up for the finale has potential to be hilarious

In comics talk.... I'm re-reading the "DC Rebirth" series "Green Lanterns".... forgot how freaking good it was, and how awesome the team of Simon Baz and Jessica Cruz was.... sucks that ever since the end of that series (even before the end of that series really) they have really been pushed aside and squandered.....

They are both so much better characters/more interesting than the two "biggest" Green Lanterns, Hal Jordan and Jon Stewart.....

Bill Willingham Puts Fables Into the Public Domain

Whoa. Hadn't read any of the revived series... was waiting for all 12 issues to come out but now it looks like maybe the last 3 (or 4, I forget) might never see the light of day?

Really enjoyed Fables. Admittedly it does go downhill after a certain point.

Superman & Lois confirmed to be ending with Season 4.

I'm a big Superman guy so I really should go and watch it.... but don't feel motivated to, especially after the excellent "My Adventures With Superman". To go back to just "this is ok, I guess" would be a let down.

After Adventures i really dont have a need for anything else. You arent going to nail it better.

Weird ass Christmas-Batman special coming

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Nicholas Hoult cast as Lex Luthor in the new Superman movie.

Fairly indifferent to this news. Neither like nor hate him.

Some braud was also cast as The Engineer from The Authority and it is "rumoured" that The Authority may be the main antagonists..... (before getting their own movie down the line)

Feel like ever since DC shutdown WildStorm and merged their universes they have been trying real hard to make the WildStorm characters a "thing" but they never catch on and they've just keep being randomly shoved into stories and places to try to make them a "thing".... then it doesn't catch on and they go away until the next time they are awkwardly tried to be made a thing.....

Got an Amazon gift card through work and randomly splurged it on this massive tome. Thicc as hell... could definitely kill a man with it

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Never read it before. Two issues in and already blown away by the art in this issue of Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen....

Finally passed the halfway point of that beast. Definitely a bit dated sometimes but I'm enjoying it a lot.

@slik

New season of My Adventures of Superman starts at the end of the month. I am hype!

How dare you leave me out of your hype

I just want slik to have watched the first season already

You broke my heart.the other board deserves you

All deserve a little Lock Jaw in their life.

Speaking of Superman... official image of the new guy:

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Zooming in on his crotch, pretty sure there are trunks on the outside there. Wish the S was more "traditional" but I don't hate it.

Def trunks

I wanna see Lois though

Kind of want them to just copy her Mrs. Maisel style... but probably wouldn't fit in unless they go with the retro feel of the Reeves movies.

I know she will have long hair in it.

She's incredibly talented so im certain she'll deliver but i still have a hard time picturing these two romantically. He seems much younger than her.

She's 3 years older

I dont mean literally i mean visually

He looks like a baby and she looks like a young mother

Been re-reading the Superman Rebirth era.... big mistake.... shaking my head all over again at how DC could have possibly let Bendis come in and ruin it all by aging up Jon....

Re-reading some Super Sons stuff now, feel like he also indirectly messed up Damian too... I guess he wasn't writing any of the stuff with Damian but I feel like if the Super Sons were still around then Damian wouldn't have "reverted" to being super dark, getting a crappy new costume devoid of colour, and in general feeling like a different character.

Still need to watch My Adventures With Superman...plan to do so soon....looks very good


DC getting their own version of Marvels Ultimate Line called Absolute....Scott Snyder to write Bats, Jason Aaron to write Supes...should be announced at San Diego Comic Con...image leaked of Bats...


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Superman has been filming in Cleveland


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Guy Gardner, Hawkgirl & Mr Terrific seem to have similar uniforms...part of a team?
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Daily Planet staff filming so far
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Looking forward to this


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The bat is back! Watch the exclusive new trailer for Batman: Caped Crusader, debuting on <a href="https://twitter.com/PrimeVideo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PrimeVideo</a> on August 1.<a href="https://twitter.com/Batman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Batman</a> <a href="https://t.co/JYAMJn5GYk">pic.twitter.com/JYAMJn5GYk</a></p>&mdash; IGN (@IGN) <a href="https://twitter.com/IGN/status/1805979625715048465?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 26, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Superman and Mr. Terrific costumes pretty sweet....

Hawkgirl pretty "meh", Guy Gardner pretty bad.... but I reserve all final judgement for seeing them in action....

Season 2 has been good, liking the Kara story....

Will be like the third time DC trying their own "Ultimate" line after the "All-Star" books and the "Earth One" books..... but I enjoyed the Superman stories from both of those a lot so, excited to see this one.

My Adventures With Superman has been pretty good The Superman movie looks like Absolute crap

For what reasons? There really still isn't much to go on....

I like what we've seen so far, I read Gunn is shooting everything in IMAX too. People with sharper eyes have spotted a Maxwell Lord logo on Mr Terrific, Hawkgirl and Guy's gear so they must indeed be some sort of team, hmmm.

I do see the "issue" Blonde Moment might be seeing, in that it has all these other heroes shoehorned in there.... but I'm not ready to disqualify it for that. For one, who knows how much they are actually in it.... Secondly, a lot of great Superman stories have appearances by other heroes but are still Suoerman stories.

I am expecting a handful of cameos since this is kickstarting the new DCU, which Gunn did a good job with a large cast in GOTG, so I have faith

I think Beck Bennett will be hilarious as Steve Lombard, looking forward to Daily Planet shenanigans

Meanwhile Clark getting ready to make a HUGE announcement

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Looks like he’s about to make a HUGE announcement for dynamite <a href="https://t.co/TsfFYmZ72L">https://t.co/TsfFYmZ72L</a></p>&mdash; ���������� ������������������  (@AdamGoldberg28) <a href="https://twitter.com/AdamGoldberg28/status/1805700365175996793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 25, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

My Adventures with Superman season 2 was most excellent. New costume is a bit naff though... hope they go back on it for season 3...

The only Clark I want breaking news from is Ryan "TPWW" Clark

Re-reading Bryan Hitch's Justice League run from Rebirth (and the one arc he did before Rebirth).....

Was "surprised" to look online and see that apparently people hate on the run. I think it is pretty good... pretty "cinematic" and "larger than life"....

"cool"

Just read Absolute Batman #1 and it was excellent. A take on Batman that fits the fears of today and a ton of surprising, fresh twists you won't see coming.

DC definitely has something here.

Falling behind on everything again.... too distracted by reading old comics.... haven't even reached Dark Crisis yet...

Gotta say that I don't like DC doing all these things like Infinite Frontier/Dawn of DC/All In....... just feels too "Marvel"-y where they just want to make everything "new" all the time.... constantly starting things over with new #1s, etc....

Back in my day continuity and stories could actually be built over "years" without needing to worry about the next big event or the whole publishing line restarting....

@Lock Jaw

would definitely recommend the All In one shot (which sets up WHY the Absolute Earth exists) and Absolute Batman...Very very much a good jumping on point...don't have to have read anything else before them.


Kind of excited to check out Absolute Supes and Wondy now after reading Bats.

I'll get there eventually... I'm in no rush.... being behind means I get to read things without a delay in between issues. So I kind of like being behind. I'm a little TOO behind because of all the old stuff I've been reading, but s'all good.

That picture of the new Superman in his Clark Kent disguise is so bad it’s unreal.
He looks like the biggest guy in High School dressed up for a shitty Halloween party but really he’s just wearing his obese father’s suit and a pair of lost and found spectacles.

James Gunn is going to take the piss out of Superman. Maybe he’ll have him showjump his way to an early demise.

Big fan of Gunn but he should get back to his cynical best, the sort of wisecracking he got away with in “Slither” and “Super”.

Pubes for hair

I like it. Ive known some big dorks

Absolute Wonder Woman also very, very good

I think Henry should still be superman, i think DC is just way behind, I think The new guy no offense to him probably won't match henry's value. DC is just---a mess---glad i have batman forever lasting a lifetime long before anybody could ruin it.

Bought a few of the new "DC Finest" line of books... been really enjoying them...

Got:

Superman: The First Superhero
Justice Society of America: For America and Democracy
Legion of Super-Heroes: Zap Goes The Legion
Batman: Year One & Two

Haven't started in on the Batman one, just wrapped up the Legion one.

Jason Mamoa cast as Lobo for the upcoming Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow film.

Probably fits that role better than Aquaman.... But by now I am too used to him as Aquaman. Should have got someone else.

First Aquaman movie is still one of the finest superhero movies of the modern era.

Also in general, still not a fan of them adapting that Supergirl story... It wasn't great. Lot better things they could have used.

You put mamoa under enough makeup to be a visually accurate Lobo and it will be easy to forget its Mamoa altogether

Until he says MY MAN

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The potential is definitely there. I hope they don't fuck it up. I really enjoy Lobo.

MY BASTICH

A FISTFUL OF BASTICHES!

Catching up on my DC Comics.....

Finally got through and read Dark Crisis (on Infinite Earths). The story was largely "naff"... some good ideas here and there, a few cool moments, but overall pretty messy.... Also can I say how much I hate a big event ending with an epilogue teasing the next big event? Back in my day, sure, events could tease upcoming new series or stories... but they would be mostly a complete story and wouldn't be already trying to sell you on the next crossover.

Taking a break to go read more old comics again....

Big event comics these days often feel like they’re more advertising copy for the next marketing push than a self contained story, absolutely feel you on that. I liked the sound of Dark Crisis but it definitely got messy fast. Sometimes going back to comics I read years ago and how complete the storytelling used to feel, sounds like the right move.

What are some of your favourites?

Been reading 1999-2000 era Superman comics... Lex Luthor winning the presidency of the United States seemed like a "radical idea" at the time....

Yeah. By 2011 we would have a US president drone striking US children in Yemen. Course in 02 we may not have had a war criminal but we certainly had a warmonger manufacturing known lies to steal resources from underdeveloped nations that would cost millions of lives over the course of multiple decades so potatoe patahtoe i guess.


But atleast they werent bald.. or orange.

Now reading some 70s Justice Society comics....

"My Adventures with Green Lantern" animated series announced... in the same universe as My Adventures with Superman.

Going to start high school student Jessica Cruz.

Hope it leads to Cruz getting more respect/attention in the comics again. The Jessica Cruz/Simon Baz team was some of the best Green Lantern stuff ever.

After HUSH 2 ends in September, Matt Fraction will take over writing Batman monthly. Jorge Jiminez will remain the artist. Fraction said each issue will be a complete story, the opposite of what DC has done in the past with 5-6 issue arcs.

Preview of the art:


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Speaking of Hush 2, DC has released some images of Jim Lee's art for the upcoming series:


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Really enjoying DC's Absolute line thus far


Absolute Batman and Wonder Woman in particular have been great. Supes is also very good.

Absolute Flash and surprisingly Absolute Martian Manhunter also both look excellent and I am excited to read.

Absolute Flash first issue preview....15 year old Wally West will be the main character.


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Absolute Batman #1 ended up being the highest selling comic book of 2024

posting frenzy....

....and preview of Absolute Martian Manhunter's upcoming first issue


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Still "stuck" on old stuff.... developed a little addiction to buying books... a lot more on my bookshelf to get through before I return to catching up to present day stuff.

Cool about Matt Fraction... I think I read some of his stuff "back in the day" and enjoyed it... cool about the each issue being done in one. Paul Dini Batman did that too and it was great.