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9 Comics Where Game-Changing Powerful Weapons First Appeared – Collectors Are Hunting These Now

Someone once said that a weapon is merely a device that helps your enemy change their mind. The batatrang is Batman’s calling card and a deadly weapon. Can you imagine the X-Men in video games, comics, animation, or live-action, without using Cerebro in some capacity? Who is Thor without Mjolnir?…

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Lower East Side street named for ‘King of Comics’ Jack Kirby, a nod to one of the countless kids of immigrants who shaped the genre

The gesture may lack the explosive drama of a rooftop fight or the tension of a car chase, but on May 11, 2026, a street sign honoring a legendary comics creator will be unveiled in Manhattan’s Lower East Side.

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Think Powers Matter? These 8 Comics Prove Superheroes with No Powers Are Hot Investments

Superheroes with no powers are very common in comic books. We always think of super strength, super speed, or blasts coming from the eyes when we think of superheroes. However, some of the most influential and interesting comic book characters have no superpowers. These powerless characters usually have a professional…

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First Clayface Footage Has Me Thinking His Origin Story Is Being Taken From Another Batman Villain

The DCU's first horror movie looks intense.

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8 Comics Featuring the Debut of Powerful Organizations and Societies to Invest in Now

In modern comic book culture, the powerful organizations, government entities, and secret societies in comic books are just as well-known as the Hollywood comic book IPs: hardcore comic book readers and casuals who barely read comics know about Nick Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D. You can’t disassociate Hellboy from the B.P.R.D. or…

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The Story Behind How Seinfeld Included A Bizarro Superman Statue In One Of Its Best Episodes

As Bizarro would say, this made me so sad!

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A Detour on Diversity: Did DC and Marvel Give Up on Black Superhero-Led Comics?

Politics and especially race politics have always been a part of comic book culture. The Black superhero-led comic book was a revolutionary thing decades ago. While many on social media, like those who believe in a “woke agenda,” believe there is an ongoing erasure of white characters in traditional comics,…

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These 7 Landmark Debuts of Black Superheroes Could Heat Up the Market

While Black superheroes are now a mainstream idea in comic books, that was not always the case. Jim Crow segregation laws were in effect in 1938 when Action Comics #1 made it debut. That law would not be overturned until 1965 – Black Panther would make his debut in a…

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Lanterns' Damon Lindelof Explains Himself After Angering Comic Book Idols: 'Green Is F---ing Awesome'

Someone is always listening.

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20 Years Later, An Iconic Dystopian Thriller Remains Tragically Timely

Two decades later, 'V for Vendetta' is a much sadder movie than it might have been originally.

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Emerald Legends: The 7 Most Important Green Lantern Corps Members

If I ask you to name a Green Lantern Corps member, who would you name? Who would you consider to be the most important members? Hal Jordan? Abin Sur? Kyle Rayner? Kilowog? There are over 7,200 members, and some are more important than others when it comes to the mythos.

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In Plain Sight: The 10 Best Public Domain Heroes and Analogues at Marvel and DC

Many comic book characters will enter the public domain in the coming decades. Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman will enter the public domain in the mid and late 2030s. Superman would enter the public domain on Jan. 1, 2034. Batman on Jan. 1, 2035. Wonder Woman on Jan. 1, 2037. However,…

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It’s Lobo’s Anniversary, And Jason Momoa Has A Message For James Gunn

Lobo makes his movie debut in Supergirl later this year.

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Hillary Clinton Knows Nothing

Plus: AI layoffs, Paramount wins Warner Bros., and the Trump-Mamdani bromance.

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Nightwing Comic Writer Weighs In After Heated Rivalry Star Campaigns To Play The Character

A new seal of approval!

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Is Metropolis in Delaware? The 9 Best Fictional Comic Book City Locations

We often take fictional comic book city locations in comic books for granted, as if they are real. Places like Metropolis, Gotham City, Smallville, or Wakanda are so mainstream in popular culture that we pretend like they are real places. However, they are really not what we think they are.…

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DC Comics boss knows why anime and manga has an "advantage" over American comics: "I'm very happy that manga has been so successful, because it gives me a 'goal' to aim for"

DC Comics President Jim Lee thinks American comics have a lot to learn from manga

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The Brave and the Bold's writer has seemingly been named — and Batman fans aren't pleased with who's been picked to pen the DCU movie

The DCU Batman film's writer has reportedly been revealed — and it's the same person who penned box office bomb The Flash.

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James Gunn Said Darkseid Isn’t The 'Big Bad', But It Seems The Villain May Still Have A DCU Future

Darkseid is.

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The Siegel and Shuster Estates, DC, or the Public: Who Owns Superman?

Even the immobilizing power of kryptonite can’t compare to the power of endless lawsuits that have been dogging the Man of Steel for decades. Who owns Superman, truly? In 1933, writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster created Superman. They would infamously go on to sell the character to DC…

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Absolute Martian Manhunter isn't just the best superhero comic of 2025 – it pushes into the wild spaces of the form itself

Year in Review 2025 | The absolute best of DC's astonishing Absolute line

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2025 was a triumphant year for DC Comics – can it sustain its momentum in an uncertain future?

Year in Review 2025 | Looking back at a banner year for DC

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11 Sci-Fi Comics That Predicted Today’s Technology With Scary Accuracy

A lot of the technology that we take for granted as mass consumers made their debut in sci-fi comics decades ago. The 3-D printer, AirTag, smart devices, video calls, A.I. virtual assistants, and more made their inspirational debuts in sci-fi comics a long time ago. The story idea for the…

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8 Villains Who Nearly Won — and Changed Their Universes Forever

Some of the best comic book stories are about the villains who nearly won. Watchmen is a 1986 event comic that is still just as important today. The villain in that comic, Ozymandias, won at the expense of the heroes and at a horrific cost. Alfred the Butler is still…

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Supergirl trailer launch breakdown: all the news, analysis, and reaction to the new DCU movie's first teaser

The first trailer for Supergirl has been released – and TechRadar is covering every angle of it in real time.

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