Encased in a tomb of molten Adamantium, Wolverine went down swinging. Except his death may not have been as permanent as everyone imagined it to be.

People need heroes, people need icons and publishers aren’t exactly shying away from creating a more diverse cast of characters for audiences to become emotionally invested in. It’s a double-edged sword however, because rampant change within established comic book characters usually leads to a backlash from the readers who originally supported those titles. A school of thought that has led to “The New Age of DC Comics”.

I cannot emphasis enough just how important a good comic book cover is. It’s the first thing you see on a shelf, a splash page of colours and action. Not only does a comic book cover need to draw your gaze, it needs to reinforce the character it’s supporting and clue you in on the action inside of it. Not an easy task in this day and age of goldfish memories. DC’s newest comics though? They’re looking damn fine

DC Rebirth may have created a more hopeful and optimistic future, but there's still a mystery to be solved in 2017.

Batwoman returns next year February with a new Rebirth one-shot and a regular series in March that features some top-tier talent.

The Hellblazer is back in action with this new intro issue that takes John Constantine back to basics.

The darkest period in DC Comics also gave birth to its brightest era, as One Year Later reinvigorated an entire pantheon of superheroes.

This week, the first batch of comics under the new tonal shift of DC Rebirth were released. So what’s changed exactly? Find out after the jump.