Superman
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December 15, 2011: Hasbro Designs for Scrapped "Superman Lives" Line
Superman Homepage - News &bull Dec 15, 2011
Superman's arch enemy Lex Luthor has built a kryptonite-powered robot and has captured Wonder Woman. A series of images popped up on the unofficial "Man of Steel" Facebook page yesterday that showed concept drawings of designs from Hasbro in relation… Full Story »
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Gotham City, Illinois: Pinning Batman's Mecca on the Map
Bleeding Cool &bull Dec 15, 2011
Superman leaped over the tall buildings of an unnamed major metropolitan city until Action Comics #16 in September 1939, when his home turf would become Metropolis, evermore. Superman #2 of that same year went one step further, when Clark Kent… Full Story »
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RIP: Eduardo Barreto
The Legion Omnicom &bull Dec 15, 2011
Eduardo Barreto died today. He was an artist from Uruguay who I remember most from following George Perez on Teen Titans and doing a lot of Superman artwork in the 1990s. Barreto did two Legion covers and one interior story.… Full Story »
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Superboy #4 Review
IGN Comics &bull Dec 15, 2011
Superboy continues to be a series that seems to be struggling to find its hook, with a lead character that is at once willfully snarky but also introspective in a way that could challenge even the most pensive Superman to… Full Story »
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Topics:
- Superboy
- Superman
- Comic Book
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December 15, 2011: "Man of Steel" Countdown - Part 15
Superman Homepage - News &bull Dec 15, 2011
Superman Homepage staff writer Jeffrey Taylor has submitted his 15th installment to Movies.com following the progression of the "Man of Steel" film starring Henry Cavill... It's that time of year again when people all over the world are looking for… Full Story »
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December 15, 2011: Virgin Casino Launches New Superman Slot Game
Superman Homepage - News &bull Dec 15, 2011
Virgin Casino have announced the release of a new Superman slot game. However I'm not sure if this is the same slot game released by CryptoLogic in 2009. Virgin Casino officially released the new Superman slot game this week and… Full Story »
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Wednesday Night Rushes - Feuding Pythons, Muppet Love, Lost Superman Toys And More
Bleeding Cool &bull Dec 15, 2011
Tyrese Gibson seems to think that Jason Statham will be in Transformers 4. I think he probably just read the rumours on the internet while his drivel-filter was running low on charge. I wish there was a lot more to… Full Story »
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December 14, 2011: From Crisis to Crisis: A Superman Podcast
Superman Homepage - News &bull Dec 14, 2011
Celebrates the beginning of a new episode in the DC Universe with the new Justice League T-Shirt. Welcome to the 119th episode of From Crisis to Crisis: A Superman Podcast! This podcast has a simple premise; examine just about every… Full Story »
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Hasbro's Concept Art For SUPERMAN LIVES Toys
ComicBookMovie.com &bull Dec 14, 2011
Check out some concept art for a toy line from Hasbro for the now failed Tim Burton Superman project, Superman Lives. Featuring a look at what Kal-El's ship might have looked like. Thanks to our awesome friends over at The… Full Story »
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Comic Reviews for December 14, 2011
A Comic Book Blog &bull Dec 14, 2011All of this weeks reviews (links & more issues will be updated as reviews are posted): DC Comics Batgirl #4 Batwoman... Welcome to "Avengers Supernatural," in all but name. Defenders #1 Right on page one, Fraction throws seemingly... Video games… Full Story »
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Sam Bosma Does up Superheroes and Gaming Icons in Black and White [Art]
Comics Alliance &bull Dec 14, 2011
Already celebrated in these parts for his work with Hobbits, Elves and Tolkien's other Lord of the Rings characters, artist Sam Bosma ensures we're unable to break free from gazing at his lines with an in-progress series of fifty-two drawings… Full Story »
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Superman 2020--Space Nazis!!
Slay, Monstrobot of the Deep!! &bull Dec 14, 2011
SPACE NAZIS!!!!!!!OK, OK, technically, they're not from space. And they probably don't call themselves Nazis...but when you talk of "pure blood" and make your symbol 3/4 of a swastika plus some random lines, I think we can safely call you… Full Story »
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Superman 2020--Much Better Than Jayden Or Madison
Slay, Monstrobot of the Deep!! &bull Dec 14, 2011
As we bemoan the loss of Superman 2020, we come to the cruelest blow of all.Some of you may have wondered--since Superman II had the secret identity of Jorel Kent, and his son, Superman III, had been Kalel Kent (before… Full Story »
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Superman 2020--Suicide Is Painless
Slay, Monstrobot of the Deep!! &bull Dec 14, 2011
When last we left the never-to-exist world of Superman 2020, Kalel Kent, grandson of the original Superman, was about to smash his Vexor air-car into a cliff before taking on the role of Superman III!! He's going to be a… Full Story »
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Superman 2020--Death Of A Used Car Salesman
Slay, Monstrobot of the Deep!! &bull Dec 14, 2011
Today, of course, we're mourning the fact that we will never experience the world of Superman 2020.We've already discussed the loss of future-slang. Domicile Qube? Vexor Air Car? So, wait--even after the owner is gone, the bio-rhythm attunement means no… Full Story »
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Superman 2020--Block Wars
Slay, Monstrobot of the Deep!! &bull Dec 14, 2011
Boston and New York and Philadelphia and Metropolis and Gotham and Baltimore??Don't you see? That's the birth of Mega-City One!! It could have been the point where the DC Universe began to merge with the Judge Dredd universe!! I'm old… Full Story »
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Redesign Rewind: Mike McKone's Secret Society of Super-Heroes!
Project Rooftop &bull Dec 14, 2011
Note: Out of a dusty back issue bin comes this week's Redesign Rewind, taking a second look at the DC Elseworlds miniseries Secret Society of Super-Heroes from 2000. Illustrated by Mike McKone, these heroes have some enterprising upgrades to their… Full Story »
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Topics:
- Superman
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Superman 2020--Do You Reach, Brother?
Slay, Monstrobot of the Deep!! &bull Dec 14, 2011
Yesterday I mourned the loss of the possibility of Superman 2020 . Why is it such a loss? The first--and most important --reason is that, in the 1980s version of 2020, we all would be speaking in wonderful future-slang :… Full Story »
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Topics:
- Superman
- Superman II
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December 14, 2011: Shopping - Superman Oddities
Superman Homepage - News &bull Dec 14, 2011
Superman's arch enemy Lex Luthor has built a kryptonite-powered robot and has captured Wonder Woman. While Superman is undoubtably a commercial property with the famous "S" shield plastered across a myriad of different products from T-shirts to phone covers, from… Full Story »
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The Debut of Steel (and True Diversity)
Comic Book Bin &bull Dec 14, 2011
Dec 13, 2011 - 17:07John Henry Irons, aka Dr. Irons, aka Steel made his return to DC Comics as a superhero in Action Comics (2011) #4. Obviously, to thousands of Superman fans, this was a good thing, as Steel was the best supporting Superman Family character to spin out of The Death and Return of Superman saga. In fact, for a while, Steel was popular enough to support his own series. It didn't last long, and recently John Henry Irons/Steel has languished on the sidelines, hardly making an appearance in any of the Superman titles. Subsequent writers, most likely wanting… Full Story »
