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New Jonah Hex Movie Pics

I honestly can’t understand why this movie isn’t getting more hype. Sure westerns are kind of out of vogue in Hollywood right now, however Warner Bros. has not only tapped Josh Brolin (No Country for Old Men, Goonies) to bring DC’s Jonah Hex to life, but also Megan Fox (Transformers) as his love interest and John Malkovich (really? if you don’t know, leave…) as the villain. Let’s see… A-list talent, a hottish leading lady, a rich character history and cowboys mixed with the supernatural. Here’s ...

Dungeon Masters, Rejoice! IDW Nabs D&D License

The current “king of all licenses” (IDW Publishing), has acquired the rights to Hasbro/Wizards of the Coast’s Dungeons & Dragons Universe. IDW is planning to dive into the world of D&D with both feet, already announcing a comic based on the core world, a Dark Sun based title and a Forgotten Realms series in addition to deluxe reprints of material printed at other companies. Renowned fantasy painter Wayne Reynolds will be supplying covers for the launch of the new series. The D&D lic...

Marvel’s X-23 One-Shot is a Must Pass

X-23 ONE-SHOT - Being an X-Fan, I had some hope for this book. Even with the whole “Women of Marvel” thing they are trying to pull to shell out more money each month (in addition to the Siege/Heroic Age, Second Coming and Hulk crossovers. Just keep bleedin’ us dry Joe…). The Alina Urusov cover was a great draw on the shelf and where there’s X-23, there’s sure to be Wolverine. Should be a can’t miss, but it’s really a don’t bother. X decides to revisit her past life after the events of...

The Undercover Fanboy Interviews Writer Tom Taylor

I was recently able to sit down with writer Tom Taylor to talk about his upcoming comic, Star Wars: Invasion - Rescues and some other projects he’s been working on. UcFb: Star Wars: Invasion - Refugees was a hit with comic fans. Now that the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic series has ended, will Invasion become a regular series or just a series of mini-series? Tom Taylor:  With the amount of story I’d like to tell, I’d like to see it go weekly… or maybe hourly. For now, we will just...

Review of X-Force #25

X-FORCE #25 - Thank God the Nechrosha storyline is over. The longer this story went on, the more I could tell that Craig Kyle and Chris Yost had this thrown on them from Marvel High Command. Sure Blackest Night made some money for DC, but that doesn’t mean you have to pump out a crappy story to weakly compete. Does anybody else remember when comic panels had backgrounds drawn into them? I thought Rob Liefeld was bad, but Clayton Crain is the new master of the no background style. Stick to covers...

A New Black Panther Cartoon We Don’t Get To See?!?

I’m going to try to ask this question as calmly as possible: WHY THE F@$%! DOES AUSTRALIA GET THIS CARTOON AND THE MAIN SUPPORTERS OF THE BLACK PANTHER COMIC BOOK (re: the U.S. buyers) CAN’T EVEN WATCH IT ON THE INTERNET?!? I was so geeked over the announcement of this animated project two years ago and now I get kicked in stomach. BET was advertised as the network that the cartoon would be on, but maybe it was too “racy” for BET - you know how they like to over censor everything. But, hone...

The DC Front Office Shake-Up Is Complete

A few months ago, in an obvious reaction to Disney acquiring Marvel, Warner Bros hired Diane Nelson as new President - replacing the longtime Paul Levitz. Nelson has finalized her executive team and announced that Dan Didio and Jim Lee would act as Co-Publishers, Geoff Johns would become Chief Creative Officer, Jim Rood would take on Executive V.P. of Sales and Marketing and Patrick Caldon is now Executive V.P. of Finance and Administration. The last two probably won’t affect the comics too much...

Reviews of Dark Avengers #13, G.I. Joe Origins #11 & #12 and Green Lantern Corps #44

DARK AVENGERS #13 - So last issue we found out that The Sentry is more powerful than Molecule Man and can’t die. Even after having his atoms dispersed, he was able to reassemble himself and force MM to put everything back to normal. That actually makes three times that Sentry has died and came back: the battle with MM, against Morgan Le Fey and when his own wife shot him in the face with an alien gun. This issue delves into the events just before and after Lindy shot him. After shooting Bob and ...

Sgt. Rock Movie To Take Place In The Future?

I was thrilled to hear that DC Comics’ Sgt. Rock was being made in a feature film - especially given the success of WWII movies and shows like Inglorious Basterds, Band of Brothers and Flags of Our Fathers. The Sgt. Rock comics followed U.S. Army Sgt. Rock and his “Easy Company” squad of misfits throughout WWII with their missions primarily taking place in the European Theatre. Made famous by artistic legend, Joe Kubert, Sgt. Rock was a continual thorn in the side of the Nazis and even took time...

Reviews of Blackest Night #6, X-Men Legacy #231, Fantastic Four #574 & HALO Bloodlines #1

FANTASTIC FOUR #574 - It’s Franklin’s birthday and much too Johnny’s dismay, the kid’s only request was that Spider-Man be there. Artie and Leech (formerly mutant friends of Franklin’s from waaaay back…) and three of the Power Pack kids also attend. The FF also seem to have adopted one of the Wizard’s clones they found still alive in his HQ. Roughly the same age as Franklin they have named him Bentley (The Wizard’s real name…) although he insists on being called thirty-two. After everyone has en...