Heroes may be inspirational, but they’re also a safety blanket that we’d probably want to wrap ourselves up in given the chance. Gods who serve the greater good, icons who fight for truth and justice. In DCeased, they’re also the harbinger of an apocalypse that nobody could see coming.
Stuck in a reality where Superman had gone rogue, Bane was given a choice: Either serve the last son of Krypton as one of the enforcers of the Regime, or perish. Given free reign to begin a new war on Batman and the freedom to do so, Bane wisely chose to work for the Man of Steel as a lapdog. A dog with plenty of bite, as Storm Collectibles have taken that incarnation and given him a 12:1 scale makeover.
So you’ve just realised that your reality is nothing more but the construction of drunk comic book writers who slapped your continuity together in a single pub crawl. Life is literally two-dimensional and your chances of being killed by an interdimensional squid monster that crawled out of Alan Moore’s beard have now just multiplied immensely. Sorry to break it you …
Brandon Routh's time as the Man of Steel on the big screen may have gone up, up and away, but the fan-favourite Legends of Tomorrow actor will be playing Superman again in the upcoming Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover.
Marvel may have had What If? when it came to publishing comic book stories that took established characters and spun familiar stories in new directions, but this year will see DC copying the House of Ideas with their own wild take on landmark storylines. Called “Tales from the Dark Multiverse”, this series will revisit some of the bigger storylines of the past and “put a twisted and terrifying spin on some of the biggest, most game-changing events” that ever hit DC’s biggest icons.
From the streets of Gotham to the far reaches of the Multiverse, here's a look at the best comic book covers of the week!
Doomsday Clock has been many things so far, such as slow, divisive and downright boring to say the least. A slow-ticking 12 issue series detailing how Doctor Manhattan from Watchmen came to our dimension and began mucking around with reality as his curiosity got the better of him, Doomsday Clock has one central question at its core: Why?
From the streets of Gotham to the far reaches of the Multiverse, here's a lok at the best comic book covers of the week!
Have you ever double-checked your doors at night because something just didn’t feel secure? …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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