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By Alan CarubaI herewith call for a boycott of DC Comics. I draw the line when it comes to gay superheroes. DC Comics co-publisher, Dan DiDio recently announced that the sexual orientation of an existing superhero would not be changed from heterosexual to homosexual, but that they were “about to introduce a previously existing DC character who was previously straight” as “one of our most prominent gay characters.” This is pure doubletalk.There is no reason to alter the sexual orientation of...Read Full Story

Avengers vs. X-Men #1 Written by Brian Michael Bendis Pencils by John Romita, Jr. Inks by Scott Hana Cover by Jim Cheung Marvel Comics Release Date: April 4, 2012 Cover Price: $3.99 Marvel's big summer blockbuster has arrived!!! Pitting its two most important teams in the Marvel Universe just who WILL win when The Mighty Avengers take on The Uncanny X-Men in Avengers vs X-Men #1? The answer is a simple one: comic Readers. The first issue in this miniseries is from Marvel mainstay Brian...Read Full Story

SPOILER WARNING: The following article contains major spoilers for "Uncanny X-Force" #18, in stores now. Rick Remender walks CBR's COMMENTARY TRACK through the finale of his "Dark Angel Saga" In his 1886 book "Beyond Good and Evil," Friedrich Nietzsche famously warned, "He who fights monsters should see to it that he himself does not become a monster." In the Marvel Universe, that quote takes on a whole new meaning since many super villains have access to technology that can radically...Read Full Story

Diamond Comics has released the full listing of publisher offerings for 2012's Free Comic Book Day. In addition to the previously announced Gold Comic Books from Marvel, DC Comics, Image and others, the May 5th event's Silver Comic Books include BOOM! Studios' "Dune: Origins" #1, Dark Horse's "Buffy/The Guild" flip-book, 12 Gauge Comics' "Anti" #1 Preview and a Judge Dredd offering from Rebellion. For the complete listing of all forty-five titles and a gallery of cover images, read the full...Read Full Story

Taking a look at last week's titles including Avengers #18, Journey Into Mystery #629, Justice League #2 and Space Warped #4 PLUS a sneak peek at Sea Lion Books upcoming Pariah #4!AVENGERS #18 (Marvel): In the wake of Fear Itself, Brian Michael Bendis will be introducing (yet again) a new roster for Earth's Mightiest Heroes. On the last page, Captain America asks, "Who will be an Avenger?" and it seems it will actually be next issue before we know, despite the misleading cover. New title...Read Full Story

Some people have complained that the entire Justice League wasn't teamed up in the first issue of this series. I've read a lot of these complaints on various message boards, and even reviews on websites that shall not be named weren't too favorable.  Some people have even gone so far as to suggest that this isn't even a "real" Justice League comic, and they cite previous incarnations of the team (such as Grant Morrison's run, and the original team in The Brave and the Bold #28) which had...Read Full Story

The DC Universe has been relaunched. With Justice League #1, everything is the same yet completely different. Over the last few months, we've been seeing covers and solicitation information on the new titles. Some characters appear to be untouched and unaffected but "The New 52." Other characters look to have a complete overhaul.Justice League #1 answers some of the questions we have had about this new DC Universe. We've heard over and over that it's not a reboot. In some ways it is and in...Read Full Story

Earlier this week we got a look at the upcoming cover and solicitations for DC's Batman family books for the month of October. Now the publisher that aims to alter their entire universe has revealed the covers and solicits for their October Justice League and Young Justice titles, giving fans an even closer look at what they will be reading this fall. The DC Source opened the post with a look at the cover of their upcoming Justice League team, written by Geoff Johns and penciled by artist and...Read Full Story

Big weekend, big announcements for DC comics at San Diego Comic Con last week, and we got some major coverage on everything going down. Here's the wrap-up of some of the major stories from the panels .Let's start with something non-52 related, shall we? In the Flashpoint panel, nothing gigantic was announced except that everything you need to know about what is happening in the Flashpoint world and how it translates to the new 52-universe (DCnU?) will all be explained in Flashpoint #5. There...Read Full Story

Behind the Scenes: Avengers #18: We have seen the process of Earth's Mightiest Heroes rebuilding following Fear Itself in recent issues of AVENGERS, but now take a look even further behind the curtain at artist Daniel Acuna's pencil and ink work on issue #18 as well as the cover to #19. After glimpsing Daniel's work, be sure you head out and pick up both these comics, on sale now, as the Avengers regroup, rebuild, and prepare for the return of Norman Osborn! AVENGERS #18 Written by...Read Full Story