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After Bruce Wayne finishes bouncing around time in October he is going to find himself back in a Gotham City just ever so slightly different than the one he left. We'll find out in Bruce Wayne: The Road Home, a series of 8 one shot issues, each showcasing a different part of Bruce's life. The one shots will be done by the likes of Adam Beechen, Fabian Nicieza, Mike Barr, Pere Perez, Ramon Bachs, Marc Andreyko, Cliff Richards and Bryan Q. Miller.

But the coolest part? Shane Davis' 8 covers form Voltron one giant interlocking image. The original piece is massive, DC has posted a photograph of Shane Davis standing next to his work. I take back everything I said about Gimmick covers ... at least its not polybaged with a limited edition trading card (Rob Liefeld!!).

As you probably already know by now Chris Evans has a great role in the upcoming Edgar Wright film Scott Pilgrim Vs The World in which he plays Lucas Lee, Ramona Flowers’ Evil Ex boyfriend #2, who is a former pro-skater turned hilariously bad film actor.  I love that they use the infmaous “Blue/Orange” movie poster motif!

Despite working off of an incredible premise (what if a Bruce Wayne was the Joker), the first two issues of the series have not lived up to hype. The series is still quite new, the third issue isn’t out until September, so there is still plenty of time for everything to be turned around. I’m still not exactly sure how they can turn this into a movie, aside from a few stunts, Millar’s writing has been pretty vapid.

20th Century Fox has acquired screen rights to the Mark Millar/Steven McNiven graphic novel Nemesis. Tony Scott is attached to direct and Scott Free will produce. The graphic novel was written by Millar, whose Wanted and Kick-Ass creations were turned into films, and whose Marvel Comics titles include the revamped X-Men, the Avengers series The Ultimates, and Civil War, the latter of which is DC Comics Superman: Red Son. Nemesis was published in March by Marvel’s Icon Comics imprint. McNiven is the artist behind Civil War and other collaborations with Millar.

Mark Millar appears to be this go-to guy of comic book properties outside of the DC/Marvel universe lately. He’s got a large writing resume that spans between popular comic series like Marvel’s “Civil War”, “Old Man Logan”, “The Ultimates” and co-created “Wanted” and “Kick-Ass”.

If Tony Scott is involved, my money is on Denzel for the role of detective Blake Morrow.

Source: Deadline

DC Showcase is Warner Premiere’s first compilation of its series of DC Showcase animated shorts featuring heroes from DC Comics. The collection includes the previously released shorts The Spectre, Jonah Hex and Green Arrow. Anchoring the compilation will be a new double-length (22-minute) animated short, Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam (Fans of JLU might remember this classic scene).

The compilation DVD comes out November 9, 2010.

Producer Bruce Timm talks DC Showcase (Comic-Con 2010)

Producer Alan Burnett at Comic-Con 2010

JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #44
Cover by Shane Davis and Sandra Hope.

With this all-new creative team comes all-new terror! The United States is attacked by a lone mysterious warrior who’s escaped from a super-secret government holding tank! The Justice Society races to Washington, D.C. to neutralize the threat and find themselves at the heart of a catastrophe that will redefine justice, the society and America!

Verdict: Alan Scott in a cool group shot = Buy
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INVADERS NOW! #2
Cover by ALEX ROSS Variant Cover by JOHN ROMITA SR.

Journey back to the darkest days of World War II, and witness the horrible events that took place on the worst day of the Invaders’ career…when the legendary heroes committed a deed so terrible its repercussions threaten us all in the present! Plus: Learn the never-before-told circumstances behind Arnim Zola gaining his freakish artificial body! All this, and the return of the Invaders’ worst enemies!

Verdict: Alex Ross = Buy
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Given everything else, I had totally forgotten that Geoff Johns was going to be showing that live-action Blue Beetle test footage, which was teased a few weeks ago. A few things of note: 1) it was apparently directed by Alex Winter, better known as Bill S. Preston, Esquire, and 2) it's not very good. I don't know how much of that to hold against it; very possibly they didn't have much money or time for the CG, and maybe Winter didn't have much time (or wasn't getting paid much) for the direction. Heck, maybe that script was forced on him. I don't know. All I'm saying is that I want to see a live-action Blue Beetle series in spite of this video, not because of it, which I believe was the point.

err OK i guess?
I was always partial to the Blue Beetle from the early 90s, that just wore a suit with the bulging yellow eyes...

Source: Via io9

The Walking Dead is one of those comics that once you start getting into it, you just can’t pull away from it. I remember seeing Blair Butler on G4 gush about the love/hate relationship she had with Kirkman’s material. Her gripes mainly with character development, the build up characters and relationships only to see them die horrifically, emphasis on horrific! I’m not one to judge a man’s style of writing, but the way Kirkman forces the reader to feel uncomfortable is pure genius. Comics are meant to push boundaries …. rant over! For weeks I kept wondering how faithful this series will be to the source material, especially considering the medium. I’m especially excited to hear that creator Robert Kirkman is heavily involved with The Walking Dead TV production. He actually wrote the script for episode 4. Kirkman expressed in the past how he never wanted to do a movie with his comic series, and doing a TV show was a really tough sell, especially with the edgy violent content that this show will have. AMC has really stepped up to the occasion though, and as you’ve seen in the images that have been released, they are pushing the limits of cable TV.

Thanks to the power of youtube, we finally get our first peek at the footage from SDCC 10, video and synopsis after the jump.

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Judd Winick is comic book and comic strip writer/artist known for his work on such comic books as Green Lantern, Green Arrow, and Power Girl. Winick’s other comic book work includes Batman, The Outsiders, and Marvel’s Exiles. Winick was also responsible for bringing Jason Todd, the second character known as Batman’s sidekick Robin, back from the dead, and making him the new Red Hood, the second such Batman villain by that name.

Winick is thrilled with the way his words have transitioned from comic/graphic novel to screenplay to animated film in the form of Batman: Under the Red Hood, and is only too happy to talk about the end result. Here are some of his thoughts …
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Casting/dialogue director Andrea Romano finds the perfect blend of voice and character for “Batman: Under The Red Hood”, the next DC Universe animated original film coming to DVD/Blueray July 27, 2010. Romano took a few minutes to offer her perspective on the voices of Batman: Under the Red Hood. Here’s what she had to say:
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