Geoff Johns and Doug Mahnke’s weighty run on Green Lantern is over, and today DC revealed who will be inheriting the rings. Most noteworthy of this bunch is probably Robert Venditti, a writer largely known for writing The Surrogates, and who was recently one of the creators involved in a little media tempest in a [...]

DC Comics and Chief Creative Officer (and Detroit native) Geoff Johns announced today that he would be leaving Green Lantern — the franchise he invigorated — with issue #20, a 64-page special coming in May. Johns, starting with Green Lantern: Rebirth, breathed new life into the franchise, which turned into a juggernaut that, in our [...]

I have to say, I’m pretty upset right now. For those that have been reading the site for awhile, you should be well aware of my deep seated love for both comics and cartoons. So when you combine both and tease me with the prospect of a comic based cartoon, you can pretty much guarantee [...]

I’ve always been a big fan of cartoons. Any and all cartoons really, but like most of my passions in life, anything superhero related automatically took precedence. So it’s no surprise that I have been a huge fan of the various superhero animated series that have aired over the years on the various networks. Thankfully, [...]

Welcome to Comic Rack! My pick of the top five comic news stories in no particular order… DC New 52 Resets All First Appearances For a while now, fans have been asking DC just exactly what the new timeline in the NewDCu is, and how it’ll directly unfold. This month, a bevy of “Zero” issues [...]

Welcome to Comic Rack! My pick of the top five comic news stories in no particular order… A New Justice League In 2013! Jim Lee and Geoff Johns have been hitting it off pretty hard with the New 52′s Justice League, a book that’s been breaking sales records in an industry that people thought was [...]

  What do you do when all you are fueled on grief and rage, but suddenly all that has gone? Red Lantern Atrocitus has this dilemma after Krona, the rogue guardian who slaughtered his home world is killed by Hal Jordan and not by Atrocitus’s hands. He is on a path of self discovery to [...]

According to Variety via Fandango, it looks like Warner Bros. has approached Ben Affleck to direct the Justice League movie. Affleck is a hot property in the directing pool due to his critical and commercial successes with Gone Baby Gone and The Town. Argo is also shaping up to be a film to be reckoned [...]

Welcome to Comic Rack! My pick of the top five comic news stories in no particular order. New DCu Event Unites Animal Man & Swamp Thing In case you didn’t know, Animal Man and Swamp Thing are two of the best new books out in the New 52. Arguably, for a while at the beginning, [...]

I have a confession to make. Despite being a comics fan, spending nearly 50$ a week on comics, collecting comics memorabilia, spending large amounts of time in a comic shop to the point where the employees and the people who are regulars there are now close friends who I see outside of the store, and [...]

Christopher Nolan has been a busy man. He has got the conclusion of the best comic book movie trilogy coming to an end next week. He just got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He is also serving as producer to Man of Steel, the new Superman movie due out next year, which [...]

Welcome to Comic Rack! My pick of the top five comic news stories in no particular order. Marvel Pulling A New 52? A post-AvX Marvel world is beginning to be planned out, and with any major plans the Big 2 make, they inevitably will find ways to copy each others successes, sometimes subtly, sometimes not so [...]

Welcome back to the Hero Express, your one-stop totally SPOILER filled shop through the top five stories in comic based Film & TV news! Ryan Reynolds: Green Lantern No More? Reynolds future as the Green Lantern Hal Jordan has been a question since his poor showing in the summer flobbuster Green Lantern. Last time on [...]

Welcome back to the Hero Express, your one-stop totally SPOILER filled shop through the top five stories in comic based Film & TV news! X-Men: Days of Future Past? We already reported on the X-Men: First Class sequels release date, but a new rumor has developed that makes me squee a little. The rumor is [...]

That’s right, folks. The original Green Lantern, Mr. Alan Scott, is coming out of his superhero closet. The original Green Lantern from the 1940s, Scott was revealed to be gay after kissing his boyfriend despite formerly being a husband and father of two children. He will be revealed as a gay man in next week’s [...]

Welcome back to the Hero Express, your one-stop sometimes SPOILER filled shop through the top five stories in comic based Film & TV news! Man of Steel Gets a New Banner! There has been a bit of silence from the Man of Steel camp lately but we get our firs tlook at some production material [...]

Welcome back to the Hero Express, your one-stop sometimes SPOILER filled shop through the news filled world of superhero’s in Film and TV. This is the Hero Express for December 29th, 2011: New Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance Trailer – (SuperHeroHype) Now I know this dropped a little while ago but the holidays killed me, [...]

Welcome back to the Hero Express, your one-stop sometimes SPOILER filled shop through the news filled world of superhero’s in Film, TV, Video Games and whatever else floats your boat. This is the Hero Express for November 23rd, 2011: SyFy shooting Booster Gold Pilot – (MTV) Here’s a short one to lead us back in [...]

Welcome back to the Hero Express, your one-stop sometimes SPOILER filled shop through the news filled world of superhero’s in Film, TV, Video Games and whatever else floats your boat. This is the Hero Express for November 22nd, 2011: New Avengers Character Banners – (Yahoo / Moviefone) The start of the promotional campaign for The [...]