Action Comics 2 variant cover revealed by DC Comics
DC Comics has revealed the variant cover for “Action Comics” No. 2, by Ethan Van Sciver.
“Action Comics” No. 1, by Grant Morrison and Rags Morales, went on sale Wednesday, and DC Comics has reported the issue is already sold out from the distributor, with a second printing coming. The issue is still available at several area comic-book shops.
“Action Comics” is part of DC Comics’ “The New 52,” relaunches of 52 comic books intended to draw in a new audience and feature modernized versions of its characters.
“Action Comics” No. 2 is set to go on sale Oct. 5.
- Matt Price
Grant Morrison’s Action Comics #1 features young, brash Superman
If you’re going to relaunch “Action Comics,” the granddaddy of all superhero comics, you should probably be prepared for some criticism. However, after reading the 2011 “Action Comics” #1 by Grant Morrison, Rags Morales and Rick Bryant, I can’t find much with which to take issue.
New Action Comics 1 preview shows Superman fighting for the little guy
Yahoo has a preview of the new Action Comics 1, by Grant Morrison and Rags Morales, which features The New 52′s brand-new version of the Man of Steel.
“Superman is just a guy who is very young at this point, and he has big ideas about what is right and wrong,” Morrison tells interviewer Vaneta Rogers. “And he has the power to implement those ideas.”
Morrison seems inspired by the early 1930s first adventures of Superman.
“A lot of people were losing their jobs and losing their livelihood [in the 1930s], and a lot of people were realizing there was corruption in high places,” Morrison said. “I think we’re at that time again.”
“Action Comics” No. 1 goes on sale Sept. 7.
- Matt Price
“Justice League” #1 will kick off DC Comics’ The New 52
DC Comics will kick off its linewide relaunch, The New 52, on Wednesday, with the last pre-relaunch issue, “Flashpoint” No. 5, and the first issue of the new line, “Justice League” No. 1.
According to DC, “Justice League” will be set at the dawn of the age of superheroes. The first storyline explores the team’s origins as they ultimately become the world’s greatest superheroes, featuring characters including Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, The Flash, Aquaman and Cyborg. The new Justice League series is written by Geoff Johns (“Blackest Night”) and drawn by Jim Lee (“Batman: Hush”).
Action Comics #904 brings the curtain down on an era of Superman, DC Comics
In the last week of DC Comics before next week’s reboot kicks off The New 52, Paul Cornell brings the curtain down on Action Comics, the longest-running continuously numbered North American comic book series. “Action Comics” No. 1 introduced the world to Superman in 1938. A new “Action Comics” 1, by Grant Morrison and Rags Morales, will be released in September.
Action Comics 1, Batman 1 variant covers by Jim Lee, Ethan Van Sciver unveiled
Action Comics #1 variant by Jim Lee
Robot 6 has unveiled the variant covers to “Action Comics” No. 1 and “Batman” No. 1, part of DC Comics September relaunch, The New 52.
The Superman cover is by Jim Lee; the Batman cover is by Ethan Van Sciver. Click past the cut for the Batman cover.
- Matt Price
Wolverine 2 filming update; DC Comics’ New 52 trailer; Conan the Barbarian released
Matt Price and Kyle Roberts discuss Wolverine 2 filming news, the release of the New 52 DC Comics relaunch trailer, and the new Conan the Barbarian film in this week’s Planet 46 Comics Podcast.
Superman goes back to Krypton, Brian K. Vaughan’s new comic, Captain America interview
Superman goes back to Krypton, the Red Skull has a powerful automobile, and Brian K. Vaughan is returning to comics.
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First look at Henry Cavill as Superman in “Man of Steel”
Warner Bros. has revealed a first look at Henry Cavill as Superman, as found at Superherohype.
Cavill stars as Clark Kent, aka Superman, in Zack Snyder’s film reboot of Superman, titled “Man of Steel.”
The movie, set for a June 14, 2013 release, also will star Amy Adams as Lois Lane and Laurence Fishburne as Perry White. The evil General Zod will be played by Michael Shannon. Clark Kent’s adoptive parents, Martha and Jonathan Kent, will be played by Diane Lane and Kevin Costner.
- Matt Price
Report: Laurence Fishburne is Perry White in Zack Snyder’s Superman movie, “Man of Steel”
Laurence Fishburne
Entertainment Weekly reports that Laurence Fishburne will take the role of newspaper editor Perry White in the Zack Snyder Superman movie reboot, “Man of Steel.”
White, typically portrayed as a gruff but fair hard-nosed editor, has been played by Jackie Cooper and Frank Langella in previous “Superman” films. Perry White was played by Lane Smith in the 1990s TV series “Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman,” by Michael McKean in “Smallville,” and by John Hamilton in the 1950s “Adventures of Superman.”
Fishburne, who is coming off a two-year run on “CSI,” is the first African-American to play the character.
The movie, set for a June 14, 2013 release, stars Henry Cavill as Clark Kent (aka Superman) and Amy Adams as Lois Lane, both reporters who work for White at the Daily Planet in the regular “Superman” mythology.
- Matt Price
