DC Settles Hair-Raising Lawsuit Over Superman Barber

First, DC Comics gets a victory in one Superman-related legal battle, now it's settling another: The publisher has come to an agreement with Supermen Fades-to-Fros, a Florida barbershop that was clearly inspired by the Man of Steel. ...

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'Dragon Ball Z' Returns to Print In Japan In Fully-Colored Reprint Editions

Almost 20 years after the original run wrapped, Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball is returning to print in Japan this year with both a newly colored reprint series and accompanying reference book debuting next month. ...

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Lex Luthor Joins The Fray In New 'Injustice: Gods Among Us' Trailer [Video]

Just how brutal will the fight between the World's Greatest Superheroes get in this Spring's upcoming Injustice: Gods Among Us video game? A new trailer offers some quick glimpses at in-game footage featuring the Flash, Wonder Woman, Superman and Batman in action... as well as a chance to see a certain battlesuit-sporting bald scientist get in on the whole thing, as well. Click through to see ...

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Gene Luen Yang Returns With Ambitious New Project, 'Boxers & Saints'

Gene Luen Yang -- the award-winning creator of American Born Chinese, The Eternal Smile and writer of Dark Horse's Avatar: The Last Airbender comics -- has announced his latest project: Boxers & Saints, an epic pair of graphic novels about the lives of two peasants during the Boxer Rebellion that took place in China during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. ...

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NBC Orders TV Pilot Based On Bunn And Hurtt's 'The Sixth Gun'

What comic will be next to win over mainstream audiences thanks to a television adaptation, a la Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard's The Walking Dead? It just might be The Sixth Gun, Cullen Bunn and Brian Hurtt's wonderful supernatural western series, which has just been picked up for a TV pilot produced by one of the men behind ABC's Lost. ...

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When Rob Met Todd: Liefeld Writes, Shares Screenplay About The Founding Of Image Comics

We've had movies about the behind the scenes drama involved in launching social media companies and building baseball teams, so why not one about the real-life tale of seven friends going it alone and launching their own comic book company? At least, that's what Image founder Rob Liefeld believes - and he's even gone so far as to write his own screenplay to prove it. ...

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'Weekly Shonen Jump' Goes Day-And-Date With Japanese Releases

Yesterday saw the launch of Weekly Shonen Jump, the latest incarnation of Viz Media's anthology collecting material from the Japanese title of the same name. The reason for the relaunch is a good one, though: Now the digital magazine will include material released on the same day in the original Japanese version. ...

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Warren Ellis Teams With Jason Howard For New 'Scatterlands' Comic

The more cynical amongst you may have thought, now that Warren Ellis is a New York Times best-selling novelist with the release of his second novel Gun Machine, that he would abandon comics like a used-up kleenex and move onto more lucrative, highbrow creative outlets. The more cynical amongst you would be wrong, in that case, with the writer teasing a new project on his website this ...

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Francesco Francavilla Hits The 'Hawkeye' Target In April

Less than a year old, Marvel's new Hawkeye series has already become known for the top-level artistic talent it offers on a regular basis, from David Aja's smart and stylish covers and interior work through guest art by the likes of Javier Pulido, Steve Lieber and Jesse Hamm. Now, another modern master is signing up for a stint on the book, with the great Francesco Francavilla joining the ...

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'RED 2' Trailer Offers Crazy Malkovich, Deadly Mirren And Everything Else You Want [Video]

The Retired, Extremely Dangerous agents and assassins of the world are back for another absurd action comedy this summer, as the first trailer for RED 2 -- the sequel to the surprise hit movie based on Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner's 2003 comic -- hits the Internet. Click through to see the carnage for yourself. ...

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