DC Year of the Villain: Lex Luthor’s Dark Offer Reshapes DC
DC Year of the Villain: When Lex Luthor Made an Offer They Couldn’t Refuse Remember the massive DC Year of the Villain event that spanned across DC Comics titles from 2019 into 2020? It was a time when the very fabric of the DC Universe seemed to darken, orchestrated by one of its most notorious […]
Marvel’s Acts of Vengeance Crossover Explained
Unmasking Marvel’s Villain Swap: A Look Back at Acts of Vengeance Remember when Marvel Comics decided to shake things up? Dramatically? In late 1989, a massive event swept across nearly every title. Heroes faced villains they’d never fought before. This wasn’t random chaos; it was a calculated scheme known as the Acts of Vengeance Marvel […]
Lifeform (Marvel Comics) Event
Lifeform (Event) Marvel Comics “Lifeform” was a four-part storyline running through Marvel’s 1990 Annuals. The story took place entirely through Annuals with a cover date of June, 1990. Punisher Annual #3The first appearance of Lifeform! Who is this bestial, ever-evolving foe, and why is the Punisher dead set on killing him? Daredevil Annual #6Chapter Two […]
G.I. JOE A Real American Hero (@thisdayincomics)
G.I. JOE A Real American Hero When Hasbro launched the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline in 1982 alongside the Marvel Comics series, they commissioned Marvel Productions to produce a series of fully animated 30-second television commercials to promote the toys and comics, beginning with an ad for the first issue that aired throughout […]
Legends (DC Comics) House Ad
Legends was a comic book crossover story line that ran through a six-issue, self-titled limited series and various other titles published by DC Comics in 1986 and 1987. The epic DC 1986-87 sequel to the landmark Crisis on Infinite Earths! DC Comics of the 1980s Darkseid and the Phantom Stranger debate the nature of humanity. […]
House Ad – Justice League (DC Comics) 1980s
House Ad For The New Justice League Series Justice League #1 – Born Again released by DC Comics on May 1987 The Keith Giffen/J.M. DeMatteis-era “Justice League” May 1987Writers: Keith Giffen and J.M. DeMatteisPenciler: Kevin MaguireInker: Terry Austin Keith Giffen and J.M. DeMatteis’ take on the Justice League was a dramatic departure from the expected, […]
Invasion! (1989) DC Comics
Invasion! – 1989 DC Comics event Invasion! was a massive crossover event in the DC Universe published in 1989, plotted by Keith Giffen. It features a massive Alien Alliance led by the war-like Dominators and Khunds intent on wiping out humanity to destroy all of Earth’s metahumans. This all-out assault on superheroes led to a […]
The Legion of Super-Heroes #32-35: The Universo Project (DC Comics)
“The Universo Project” is a story arc that was published by DC Comics, and presented in Legion of Super-Heroes vol. 3, #32-35 (March–June 1987). It was written by Paul Levitz and pencilled by Greg LaRocque. Saturn Girl, Dream Girl, Chameleon Boy and Brainiac 5 have to face a world controlled by Universo! Can they take […]
The Death Of Flash (@TheDCUniverse)
The Anti-Monitor nears completion on a massive weapon calculated to destroy the Multiverse, and Earth’s heroes are helpless! The villain has held the Flash captive since the Crisis began, but now The Fastest Man Alive is ready to battle back and destroy that machine–even if it means his own death! The death of Barry Allen, […]
JLA Secret Files and Origins #3 (@DCComics)
JLA Secret Files and Origins #3 – Blame released by DC Comics on December 1, 2000 Plot Talia al Ghul has accomplished her father’s desire for taking down the Justice League. She stares at the chaos she has created and remembers everything she had to do in order to achieve success.