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DC Week-In-Review: November 2nd

So…you come down from that Halloween sugar rush yet? Well, if you have at least you have a nice long weekend ahead of you to recover and read some of those extra-sized annuals that came out Wednesday. Actually, it felt like this entire week was extra-sized with everything that was happening around here on DCComics.com. Super-Villains Month, Halloween, Justice League Kias… Let’s discuss a few highlights for people who might have missed out.

Here’s what went down this week on the DC Comics website…

This week saw the release of four eagerly awaited annuals, and we made sure to shine our editorial spotlight on each one of them in turn. Last week we looked at Justice League Dark and Batgirl. This week, however, we took a good look at the Becky Cloonan-illustrated SWAMP THING ANNUAL #1 and the kryptonite-fueled chaos of ACTION COMICS ANNUAL #1.

We also revealed the results of our poll to elect 2012’s Ultimate Super-Villain Team. This group represents the most popular baddies in the comic book biz, as chosen by the people who should know—the fans! If you haven’t yet seen the roster, you’re definitely going to want to take a look to check if your favorite villain made the cut. Frankly, we’re a little disappointed that Ambush Bug didn’t…

On Tuesday we took Batman fans on a trip through Li’l Gotham, a fun, colorful take on the world of the Dark Knight as envisioned by author and artist Dustin Nguyen and co-writer Derek Fridolfs. If you like what you see, don’t forget to download the first issue, which is available now in the DC Digital Store.

If only that trip came courtesy of a sweet, custom-built ride like one of Justice League-inspired Kias. We unveiled four new ones at the SEMA Show in Las Vegas, each one modeled after a different hero. Click here to read about the cars based on Green Lantern, the Flash, Aquaman and Cyborg, as well as the previously revealed Batman car. And keep an eye out for the final three cars in 2013!

Superman fans had much to savor this week with the release of SUPERMAN: EARTH ONE Vol. 2. We celebrated this highly anticipated graphic novel by showing off some pages from Shane Davis’ Earth One sketchbook. Then we expanded the Clark Kent conversation by breaking down the 5.2 Reasons it’s a great time to be a Superman fan in our popular weekly feature.

Halloween fell on a Wednesday this year, which means we not only got candy, but new comics as well (we’ll be telling tales and singing songs about that glorious day well into our golden years…or at least until our friends tell us to shut up about it). We made sure we had lots of ways for you to celebrate the day DC-style, including plenty of scary comics, which we discussed right here.

We also wrapped up Super-Villains Month with an exclusive image of the Joker from the upcoming Injustice: Gods Among Us videogame. If you think that grin’s frightening, wait till you hear his laugh…

DC Collectibles launched a new edition of Spoiler Alert (which is currently continuing on the DC Collectibles Facebook page). Look for the reveal and another sweet treat from the Collectibles crew next week here in THE SOURCE. And no, we’re not talking about candy. We’ve all had more than enough of that this week…

Batman fans wondering who might be behind the upcoming installments of Legends of the Dark Knight got a list of the titles and creative teams behind the next several storylines. Chris Sprouse and Karl Story drawing Batman? Yes, please!

Finally, readers of Action Comics got a dark little surprise when they read the Action Comics Annual’s backup story (if “read” is even the correct descriptor, considering the story’s entirely wordless). What was it? Well, we’d hate to ruin it for you…but that’s kind of the point of This Just Happened, isn’t it?

Shocks, surprises, costumes, masks… It’s like comic books and Halloween were made for each other! Do we really have to wait another year to do it again? Well, at least the next two days are days off. And with that…we’ll see you all again in seven!

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DC Week-In-Review: October 26th

Some weeks are good, some are bad, but this one was absolutely villainous. We’ve been letting our super-villains take the spotlight, and have no doubt, it’s starting to have an effect. And not just on all of us here at DCComics.com. Even our talent seems to be talking up that guy with green hair and choosing their favorite evildoers. It’s resulted in one wild week of wicked news. Everything around here has been totally eeeevil this week. Fun and awesome, but still evil. Don’t believe us?

Here’s what went down this week on the DC Comics website…

We started things off by adding four new villains to our quickly growing rogue’s gallery. (Or character section, if you want to get technical.) Check out our new pages for Atrocitus, Brainiac, Scarecrow and Gorilla Grodd.

After that, we offered you a chance to rob us of an awesome and sure-to-be-valuable Fables card signed by Bill Willingham. Wait a minute… Does the Adversary know about this?

That same day we opened the floor to the truly nefarious folks in DC Collectibles for a new edition of Ask DC Collectibles. This month’s topic was action figures. You know, like the massive new Titan Joker figure, the Jim Lee-inspired Parademon or the soon-to-be-released, too awesome for words Darkseid deluxe figure that will own you all next month!

We also mentioned Diamond Comic Distributors’ Halloween ComicFest, which offers you a chance to snag a new Batman comic book for free. Can’t miss out on a score like that.

Super-villainy is becoming both a competitive and diverse career field, so it’s only natural you’d want to find the right area of it for you. Our new Super-Villains Personality Test is designed to do just that. Thousands of DC fans (and super-villains in training) have already taken it. Have you?

Once you’ve discovered what type of super-villain you are, you’ll likely want to start your own criminal empire. Well, take it from those of us who have been in the business for a while, you don’t want to do it in Gotham. There’s a whole mess of reasons why that’s a bad idea, but we’ve whittled them down to just 5.2.

In quite an impressive bit of news, Action Comics and Batman, Incorporated writer Grant Morrison has been named a Member of the British Empire. It’s a great honor, but a brilliant writer and professed fan of Lex Luthor such as Mr. Morrison is well deserving of it.

We also made sure a few of our upcoming annuals got their turn in the spotlight. After all, we would hate to see such up-and-coming baddies like Faust and Andrew Bennett miss their moment to shine in JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK ANNUAL #1 or fail to point out that our favorite feline-inspired thief is mixing it up with Batgirl in BATGIRL ANNUAL #1.

And speaking of Justice League Dark, did you see which member of our nefarious ranks is back from the dead in this week’s JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #13? Be sure to click here if you want to find out.

Finally, we thought we’d close out such a perfectly malevolent month by assembling the Ultimate Super-Villain Team. After all, the good guys are always banding together and forming teams devoted to justice. Why shouldn’t we villains be able to join in the fun? We’ve chosen the candidates, but they need your vote if they have any hope of making the cut. (And no, we’re not talking about literal cuts here. Dollmaker isn’t in the running.)

Quite a lot of troublemaking for such a short span of days. And to think, we haven’t even gotten to the weekend yet. That’s when we super-villains (and people who like to pretend we’re super-villains) really go wild. See you again in seven!

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DC Week-In-Review: October 19th

Maybe it’s because we’re still coming down from Comic-Con, but this week seemed to pass by in a New York minute. Or maybe it’s because we’re having so much fun figuring out ways to spotlight some of our favorite DC super-villains. You’ve probably noticed our new skin. So what do you think? Those pencils are by the amazing Ryan Sook, and you can look for his inks and colors to show up over the days ahead. As for what other fun villainy goodness we’ll be rolling out this month, you’ll just have to stay tuned.

As for this week, here’s what went down on the DC Comics website…

Let’s start by pointing out a few NYCC announcement that you may have missed. On Saturday, we announced that Paul Pelletier will be diving into Aquaman as the new regular series artist. Then later that same day, we announced Threshold, a brand new DC COMICS – THE NEW 52 ongoing from Keith Giffen and Tom Raney.

You know, there may have been other great DC news coming out of NYCC that you missed. Be sure to check out our NYCC Con Away From Con page for all of our panel recaps and links to the latest videos from the con. Some were added as recently as yesterday!

This Monday, we released our group solicits for January, and it looks like 2013 is getting off to a great start (at least as far as new comics are concerned). Click on the groups below to be taken to their solicit information:

Beyond DC Comics – The New 52

Before Watchmen

Wednesday brought this week’s new comics, but it also brought us a brand new episode of Arrow. We thought it might be fun to commemorate episode two by posting two Arrow videos to come out of NYCC. Well, it turns out that posting them wasn’t very much fun at all…but watching them is a blast. Stephen Amell answered 5.2 Questions for us in between signing autographs for fans of Green Arrow (and fans of great abs). We also posted the very popular Season 1 trailer that was shown during the Arrow panel. Keep your keen eyes open for upcoming adversaries Deathstroke, Huntress and Deadshot!

On the same day, we gave you a chance at winning a Before Watchmen: Minutemen card signed by Darwyn Cooke. And we’re STILL giving you a chance. The contest doesn’t end till Monday!

Wednesday also means something cool from DC Collectibles, and this week we gave you a chance to caption a Halloween scene between John Stewart and Atrocitus. And speaking of DC Collectibles, have you seen the new high-end prints they just added to the DC Collectibles store?

Superman fans will definitely want to read next month’s ACTION COMICS #14 to the very end. That way they don’t miss out on that issue’s important backup story.

It seems like everyone’s interested in Injustice: Gods Among Us these days. And it seems like a lot of folks are all of a sudden interested in Green Arrow. So there were probably quite a lot of people happy when Oliver Queen was unveiled as the most recent Injustice character. Especially since the announcement came with an exciting new trailer.

As we mentioned at the start, October is Villains Month here on DCComics.com, and they’re certainly having their say. In fact, we have a feeling they may be behind this week’s 5.2 Reasons column, which is all about why Superman is a menace.

They’re also running rampant in our character section. Did you see our new pages for Darkseid, Bane, Harley Quinn and the Reverse-Flash?

Cheetah’s the villain in JUSTICE LEAGUE #13, but we were afraid of what she might do to us if we spoiled her highly anticipated storyline, so instead we decided to spotlight that issue’s backup story in today’s This Just Happened.

That’ll just about do it, but we’ll leave you with this action-packed, AWESOME new trailer for Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2, the highly anticipated second part of the animated adaptation of Frank Miller’s graphic novel.

See you in seven!

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DC Week-In-Review: October 12th

Yes, we’re currently in New York providing our informative, innovative and downright inspirational Con Away From Con coverage. Yet, busy as we are and as amazing as this convention has been (is that guy over there wearing a Vibe costume?), we couldn’t possibly let a week like this pass us by without reviewing it. Not when we have a major publishing event, a major TV show debut and a major comic book convention all hit in the exact same week. Heck, we need to review this bad boy just so we know it wasn’t all a dream. So, let’s recap, shall we?

Here’s what went down this week on the DC Comics website…

We started things off by offering up a few survival tips for those of you making the trip to Manhattan. First, we discussed the importance of planning ahead, then instructed all of you to take care when cosplaying, then reminded all of you to bring money. Because, no, we’re not going to spot you a twenty. (You still haven’t paid us back from SDCC.)

The super-villains also seem to be growing in numbers on our character page. Take a look at the latest bad guys to be added to the lineup:

Just don’t let them see you looking…if you know what we mean.

This Wednesday, we celebrated Arrow Day. And when we celebrate something, we don’t hold back. Television premiere, free comic book, new digital first series…

Speaking of Arrow, it was also the target of this week’s 5.2 Reasons column. We’re firing off about everything we loved in the premiere and taking a shot at predicting what’s ahead. (Let’s hope it’s not more archery puns. By now, we’ve all gotten the point. Sorry...couldn’t resist!)

DC Collectibles revealed their latest statue, the All New Metallic Superman by Frank Miller, in a soaring new trailer.

We also introduced our latest Twitter giveaway. Two lucky winners this week will receive LEGO Batman prize packages, which include copies of the new LEGO Batman Visual Dictionary, as well as the best-selling LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes videogame!

But it was a Batman of an entirely different sort we found ourselves thinking about on Wednesday evening. Did you read BATMAN #13 yet? It marks the start of “Death of the Family,” but we gave you a glimpse of what you were in for earlier that day with this reveal of the Joker.

And what about that identity switch near the end of the issue? You know the one we’re talking about. You don’t? Then check out today’s This Just Happened. Though, you may want to read the issue first, unless you’re the sort of person who reads the end of a book first.

Once we hit the midway point of this week, it was just a steady stream of news and announcements here on DCComics.com, as New York Comic-Con kicked into gear.

First we announced that Ethan Van Sciver will be joining the Batman: The Dark Knight creative team starting with issue #16, and showed off a new cover that we’re absolutely mad for.

Then we gave you a nice look at some of the DC Collectibles that will be unveiled at New York Comic-Con. And we found ourselves wishing we had an antique plane we could paint some of those DC Bombshells on. (Think we could get one on Ebay?)

After that, we announced our new Action Comics creative team, while teasing Superman’s new Action Comics look. No, he’s not going back to the blue jeans.

We also announced our new writer for Demon Knights. We’re looking forward to discovering Mr. Venditti’s great gift for rhyme. (Yes, yes, some other time.)

As the week wore on, we let you all know about our latest batch of Annuals, which will be hitting shops in January, and giving us all the more incentive to hold to our resolution of visiting our local comic shop more regularly.

Not a bad batch of announcements, eh? But you know what would make it even better? Oh, how about a brand new Superman series written by Scott Snyder and drawn by Jim Lee?

Yeah, like we said, it’s been a monster of a week, and it’s not over yet. In fact, New York Comic-Con is just getting started, which means you can expect more news, announcements and just overall wicked cool stuff all weekend long.

Keep your eye on our Con Away From Con page during New York Comic-Con. It’ll continue to be updated with new panel recaps and videos, making sure you stay in the know about all the stuff worth knowing.

Have a great Comic-Con weekend, and we’ll see you again in seven!

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DC Week-In-Review: October 5th

It’s October, the month where we like to dress up a little strangely, frighten our friends and family members and enjoy being just a little bad. In other words, it’s the perfect month for super-villains, and they’ve certainly been making their presence known around here on DCComics.com. We’ve heard rumblings of evil schemes, sinister plots and um…a personality quiz. But it’s an EEEEVIL personality quiz!

Okay, we’re getting a bit ahead of ourselves, and super-villains or not, that’s just plain rude. Let’s get to this week’s review!

Here’s what went down this week on the DC Comics website…

The “week” actually started last weekend, when we announced Multiversity, an exciting, sure-to-be-seminal miniseries by Grant Morrison that will expand the Multiverse for DC COMICS – THE NEW 52 while also treating us to some great art and characters, as seen in this page from Frank Quitely.

But the world isn’t the only thing that’s expanding for us. So is our iBookstore listing! Over 100 of our bestselling graphic novels are now available for download. (Trust us, you’re going to be very happy about this the next time you have to move your graphic novel collection.)

With Zero Month, we launched four brand new ongoing titles in what we’re calling the “Third Wave” of DC Comics – The New 52. You’ve been talking about them, so we’ve gotten the creative teams to talk about them too. Check out our spotlight interviews for Team 7, Talon, Sword of Sorcery and The Phantom Stranger.

On Wednesday, we launched a brand new DC Collectibles’ Spoiler Alert. You can check out the first image here, and all subsequent “spoilers” on the DC Collectibles Facebook page. So…can you guess what the new item is? We mean, other than blue.

Animal Man fans! Justice League Dark fans! You may want to pay attention to our Twitter giveaway this week. The prize is an 11” by 14” Animal Man card that’s been signed and sketched by Jeff Lemire.

Unfortunately, we’re not giving away any of the newly announced Justice League Kias featuring custom art by Jim Lee. But if you’re going to New York Comic-Con, you can check out the first one for free…

Super-villains, this is your month! No, really it is. We’re celebrating super-villains all month long here at DC. In fact, you could say they’re taking over...

They’re slowly taking over our character section. Check out our villain bios for Lex Luthor, Sinestro, Black Manta and the Joker, and be sure to check back next week for more.

They’re slowly taking over our sweepstakes. Be sure to enter to win enough super-villain swag to cement your status at the big player in town.

They’re slowly taking over our comics books. Check out the awesome new die cut covers celebrating the Joker’s return in “Death of the Family.”

Heck, they’re even taking over our weekly features, as evidenced by this week’s 5.2 Reasons, which is also all about “Death of the Family.”

Well, as long as they don’t take over our weekend. That’s it for this week, but we’ll see you again in seven for another Week-In-Review. And be sure to check DCComics.com next week for our Countdown to Comic-Con, New York-style! We’ll be offering up another trinity of tips for surviving the con, and will be at the Javitz Center in force with our exclusive Con Away From Con coverage. Don’t miss out!

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DC Week-In-Review: September 28th

It’s Friday morning, and you know what that means if you’re a DC fan…

Okay, yes, it means that tomorrow morning a new episode of DC Nation will be debuting. But you know what it means besides that, right?

Yes, yes, it means the week’s new comics are now in stores. And that the premiere of Arrow is less than two weeks away. And yes, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 is now available on Blu-Ray, DVD and download. You’re right, Friday means all of those things, but you do know what else it means, don’t you?

It means it’s time for another Week-In-Review! (It was the next thing you were going to guess, right? Right?!) Here’s what went down this week on the DC Comics website…

Tuesday saw the release of the aforementioned Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1, the latest DC Universe Animated Feature. There’s no question about it. Fans are excited about this one. We counted down to the movie’s release with a couple of clips, including this one focusing on Robin and this exclusive clip that shows you why you should never walk through an abandoned arcade after dark (especially when you probably have a nice, shiny PS3 or 360 at home). We also posted a fun Q&A with Ariel Winter, the Modern Family star who voices Carrie Kelly (AKA The Dark Knight Returns’ female Robin) in the film.

After that, we kept the awesome imagery flowing with some unique variant covers, including this textured BATMAN, INCORPORATED #4 variant by Andy Clarke and this retro cool BEFORE WATCHMEN: SILK SPECTRE #4 variant by the one and only Bruce Timm!

On Wednesday, we brought some six-shooters and spurs to our weekly Twitter giveaway and offered you a chance to win an All-Star Western card signed by Moritat. And then we realized we could really hurt ourselves and we put the spurs and six-shooters away and out of reach…

We also announced that Firestorm artist Yildiray Cinar will be guesting on Earth 2 for a couple of issues, and wondered about the mysterious Amazon on his cover for issue #8.

This week marked the launch of Ask DC Collectibles, a recurring Q&A feature where we give fans a chance to pose questions for the DC Collectibles crew and then answer them on our site.

As the week wore on, the talk was all about DC Nation, which returns with brand new episodes of Green Lantern: The Animated Series and Young Justice: Invasion this weekend. And if that’s not enough of a reason to tune in, perhaps our DC Nation-themed 5.2 Reasons can entice you.

On Thursday, we declared October 10^th to be “Arrow Day.” After all, it’s not only the day the highly-anticipated Arrow debuts on the CW, but now you can also snag a free comic at participating comic shops. You’re also more than welcome to dress in green leather or grow a rocking goatee in honor of it, but we’re not going to require that.

Friday brought us not just one, but two editions of This Just Happened. First we were schooled in the proper way to pronounce Ozymandias by the man himself, and then elwe were introduced to an incarcerated Daniel West in THE FLASH #0.

And finally, with Zero Month now officially a wrap, we can look ahead to October, and the official return of this guy.

With that, we’re off to finalize our plans for New York Comic-Con. Is it really only two weeks away? Yikes! Please excuse our momentary panic attack, and we’ll see you again in seven!

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DC Week-In-Review: September 21st

Has it already been a week since our last review? It feels like it was yesterday that we were teasing our new Arrow comic and talking about the new Justice League creative team. Well, you know what they say about time flying, and we’ve certainly been having fun this week. With what? Well, funny you should ask that…

Here’s what went down this week on the DC Comics website!

We opened, as we tend to do around this time each month, with our latest batch of group solicits. Here’s what we have to look forward to in December (and very early January) for the following groups:

Beyond DC Comics – The New 52

Before Watchmen

But group solicits were one of the things we were talking about this week. We also unveiled some fun content to help us count down the days (and for some of us, hours) to next Tuesday’s release of Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1.

We introduced you to two of the men behind the microphone in a pair of VOICING THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS features, beginning with Michael McKean, who plays Dr. Bartholomew Wolper, before moving on to David Selby, who voices Commissioner Gordon.

We also shared some new clips, including a humorous scene featuring that always dependable scene stealer, Alfred, as well as a much more dramatic sequence showing how two cops view the newly returned Dark Knight.

Also, this week’s edition of our popular 5.2 Reasons column broke down why this new animated movie is a must see for fans of Batman, Frank Miller and seminal, universally acclaimed graphic novels

Getting back to the business of books, we then moved on to a few fun cover reveals, including giving you an exclusive first look at the covers for our final week of Zero Month and a good look at an action-packed JUSTICE LEAGUE #13 variant by Alex Garner.

We gave fans a way to look up their favorite creators (discovering the projects they’ve worked on for us in the process) with our new talent directory, and showed off a fresh batch of talent portraits taken this summer at SDCC.

Wednesday is also our day for fun features from DC Collectibles, and this week brought us Caption This!, a new addition to THE SOURCE where we post a specially shot photo featuring some of your favorite DC action figures or statues and invite you to write the caption.

Also on the subject of DC Collectibles, we revealed our New York Comic-Con “Con Exclusives,” which this year include a very unique take on the Dark Knight by our friends at Aardman, along with the latest set of our popular, con-only 3.75” action figures. Who were they? If you don’t know, you might want to click here to find out.

This week’s edition of our weekly Twitter giveaway offered mundies nationwide the chance to snag a fabulous Fables card signed by Mark Buckingham and Steve Leialoha.

Next week sees the release of the highly anticipated TALON #0, the first issue of the new series from Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV and Guillem March that spins out Snyder’s popular “Court of Owls” Batman storyline. And while you’ll have to wait till next week to read it, we gave you an early look at some of Guillem’s pencils yesterday and today.

While Talon doesn’t hit stands till next week, this week marked the launch of Sword of Sorcery, a new ongoing fantasy title featuring Amethyst of Gemworld. The debut issue, SWORD OF SORCERY #0, had more than a few memorable moments, but the one that had us really wondering what comes next was its last page and unexpected character cameo… It’s the focus of this week’s This Just Happened, so check it out, but be warned, here there be spoilers!

That’ll do it for another week here at DCComics.com. Enjoy your weekend (why, hello autumn!) and we’ll see you in seven!

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DC Week-In-Review: September 14th

Any week that starts off with a couple of awards and wraps up with a bunch of brand new announcements is a pretty good week in our eyes. Especially when the rest of the days are spent reading new eye-opening zero issues. And that’s to say nothing about the brand new DC animated feature on the horizon (that just so happens to be based on one of the most acclaimed, beloved and widely read graphic novels in history) and the brand new TV show set to make its debut next month that’s based on one of DC’s classic characters.

Hey, we call it THE NEW 52 for a reason, folks.

Here’s what went down this week on the DC Comics website…

We started things off over the weekend with a one-of-a-kind creator appearance. To celebrate the release of GREEN LANTERN #0, series writer Geoff Johns visited his home state of Michigan. While there, Geoff made a special appearance at the Arab American National Museum, where he talked about Simon Baz, DC’s first Arab American super hero.

Also over the weekend, J.H. Williams III picked up two Harvey Awards for his work on Batwoman. Congratulations, sir!

As the week began, so did our roll-out of new cover art. We started with an exclusive first look at the covers for the third week of Zero Month before showing off P. Craig Russell’s variant cover for BEFORE WATCHMEN: DR. MANHATTAN #2 and Aaron Kuder’s variant for BATMAN #13 (which has proven to be a very unlucky number for some poor elevator riders).

On Wednesday, we launched the latest in our series of giveaways, this time giving our Twitter followers a chance to win a Deadman card signed by artist Bernard Chang.

We also stopped with all the teasing and revealed our latest statue from DC Collectibles, by way of a slick, sexy new trailer. Say hello to Arkham City: Harley Quinn!

Alan Moore fans who enjoy reading comics and graphic novels digitally may want to take note that some of his most popular and widely acclaimed graphic novels are now available in the iBookstore.

So far so good, but the second half of our week saw a steady stream of announcements that kept the conversation flowing…

First, we announced the artist of the upcoming DJANGO UNCHAINED miniseries—R.M. Guéra!

Then Buzzfeed announced the new Justice League creative team before USA Today helped us spread the word about “Throne of Atlantis,” an epic-scale crossover taking place in both Justice League and Aquaman.

We also announced JSA LIBERTY FILES: THE WHISTLING SKULL, a pulp-inspired new miniseries from the creative super-team of B. Clay Moore and Tony Harris.

Wrapping up this week, in our latest edition of 5.2 Reasons, we paid tribute to DC COMICS – THE NEW 52’s anniversary by looking forward to what’s in store in year two.

Finally, we finished up by revealing that Alberto Ponticelli will be taking over art duties on Dial H (while also debuting issue #7’s entrancing new cover).

That’ll just about do it for this week, but if you’re a Green Arrow fan, you may want to keep an eye on THE SOURCE today, or possibly cruise on over to CBR right now. Just sayin’…

See you in seven!

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DC Week-In-Review: September 7th

Zero = nothing. That’s what they teach us in school, right? If you have zero of something, you don’t have a whole lot of it. So then why was the first week of Zero Month positively brimming with new features, exclusives, giveaways and overall DC coolness? Well, whatever the reason, when it comes to bringing you fun stuff and keeping you informed on what’s happening here at DC, we’re more than happy to prove our old grade school math teacher wrong.

Here’s what went down this week on the DC Comics website…

We started things off with an exclusive first look at the covers for the second week of Zero Month, as well as the variant covers for ACTION COMICS #13. You know, considering the guy’s a ghost, Phantom Stranger sightings sure seem pretty frequent these days…

After that, we added some new “Who’s Who in the New 52” bios to our character section. If you’re interested in learning more about some of the big players in DC COMICS – THE NEW 52, these are a good place to start. Here’s the list of what went up this week.

We also announced two new giveaways here on DCComics.com. The first was our latest weekly photo contest, this time with a Justice League card (featuring Aquaman) that’s signed by Alex Sinclair at stake. And for those who prefer to dream even bigger, we also kicked off "The Comic Book Completionists' Sweepstakes," a month-long sweepstakes that will result in one envy-provoking winner taking home every single Zero Issue to hit the stands this month as well as our DC COMICS – THE NEW 52 Omnibus, which contains all of our issue ones!

On Wednesday, we launched a new series of DC Collectibles features with Spoiler Alert, a week-long guessing game that culminates in a reveal of a new statue, bust or action figure.

Wednesday also saw the release of the highly anticipated GREEN LANTERN #0, which introduced our latest Green Lantern—Simon Baz. A lot of people out there had plenty to say about Baz’s debut and the Lanterns in general, especially after we posted the new chart we designed to help you figure out which Green Lantern you are.

Who says Batman doesn’t have a sense of humor? He sure seems to in the new “Robot Chicken DC Comics Special,” which airs this Sunday night at midnight. To get everyone primed and ready for its debut, we unveiled two new exclusive videos. The first is an On the Set chat with Seth Green and Geoff Johns, while the second is a round of 5.2 Questions with Green, Johns and fellow executive producer Matthew Senreich. Mr. Senreich was also good enough to sit down for a follow-up set of 5.2 Questions. (We suppose that means he actually answered 10.4 questions for us this week…but who’s counting?)

Thursday brought with it the latest edition of 5.2 Reasons, this time about why the new Batman Live touring show is a can’t-miss.

Speaking of things you may or may not have missed, did you see today’s edition of This Just Happened? If you’re a Watchmen fan wondering where the Comedian got that smiley face pin, you may want to check it out.

And finally, we wrapped things up with a thought-provoking new clip from the upcoming animated feature “The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1.” Oh, and did we say that it’s exclusive? Don’t look for it anywhere other than right here.

Added up, all of that may not equal zero, but we’re not about to complain. Have a great weekend, don’t forget to watch the Robot Chicken DC Comics Special on Saturday night and we’ll see you again in seven! (We’re pretty sure we can trust our math on that one.)

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DC Week-In-Review: August 31st

We’re heading into Labor Day weekend, and you’d expect us to be firing up the grill, putting the sodas on ice and toasting to the end of another awesome summer. But no, there’s not much of that going on around the DC office today. Why? Well, we’re all still reeling a bit from this week. Talk about around the clock excitement! We had five extra-sized annuals hit the stands, there are some huge events brewing in the Green Lantern universe, a great new clip from DC’s latest animated feature was released and two of our biggest super heroes were caught locking lips by…oh, pretty much the whole world. It was a pretty monumental week, but let’s see if we can sum it up.

Here’s what went down this week on the DC Comics website…

We actually started things off at Fan Expo in Toronto, where we announced two new titles. The first, Before Watchmen: Moloch, will serve to further expand the world of Watchmen, this time from the bad guy’s perspective. And the second, Justice League of America, boasts a great first image and perhaps an even greater cast.

With the release of GREEN LANTERN ANNUAL #1 and next week’s GREEN LANTERN #0, it’s a great time to be a Green Lantern fan. This week, we took a look at various corners of the Lantern universe, from the First Lantern, all the way to the upcoming “Rise of the Third Army” storyline:

On Monday, Matt Idelson and Pat McCallum discussed the GL universe as a whole.

On Tuesday, writer Geoff Johns joined them to discuss the first two armies: the Manhunters and the Green Lanterns.

On Wednesday, we spoke to the other three writers working on Lantern titles.

On Thursday, we gave the Green Lantern artists a moment to shine and share some thoughts.

And today, we talked to Johns and Idelson about the mysterious First Lantern.

The Green Lantern love even spilled over into 5.2 Reasons this week, which was all about why we love the Green Lantern universe (as if you couldn’t tell).

But not all our recent news concerns colorful rings, and Batman fans were happier than Harley Quinn when we announced all of the new Batman graphic novels that have been added to the iBookstore and posted a brand new clip from the upcoming “The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1.”

We also couldn’t help celebrating our hot new DC couple, especially since people the world over seem to be talking about it.

We started by partnering up with Match.com to create a pair of online dating profiles for Kal-El and Diana as well as conducting a survey through the site in which Superman was voted the world’s most kissable super hero.

Jim Lee, our Co-Publisher and artist on Justice League, shared a few thoughts on his artistic process and on what the future may hold for the couple. We also gave you a chance to win an 11” by 14” Justice League card that’s been signed by Lee. (Hurry, the contest ends on Monday!)

With a new reprint of JUSTICE LEAGUE #12 on its way, we offered you an early look at the reprint’s cover. So which cover kiss is hotter?

And speaking of hot, we wrapped up the week with this great graphic of DC’s Super Power Couples. We’ve ranked them from one to ten. So how do you think we did?

We told you it was a busy week, but the world of super heroes doesn’t sleep (and neither do those of us who work on them, apparently). That’ll do for now. Have a great three-day weekend, and we’ll see you again in seven!

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