Yearly Archives: 2020

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“An Unkindness of Ravens” Comes from BOOM! this September

By | Jun 12, 2020 | News

Cartoonist turned writer Dan Panosian (“Thor,” “Slots”) and artist Marianna Ignazzi (“Mostri,” “Julia”) are collaborating on a new five-issue mini-series at BOOM! Studios. The supernatural mystery “An Unkindness of Ravens” follows a crew of aspiring teen witches, as they navigate the inner workings of their small town, and the secret power dynamics sitting below the […]

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AfterShock Issues an “S.O.S.” for Comic Retailers

By | Jun 12, 2020 | News

AfterShock announced this morning that it’s giving back to comic book shops with the release of a new 48-page comic emphasizing the importance of comic book shops in creator and fans’ lives. “Support Our Shops,” aka “S.O.S.,” will be distributed through Diamond Comic Distributors at no cost to stores. It features seven stories written by […]

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Force Ghost Coast to Coast Season III, Episode XXXII: Star Wars in Popular Music

By , and | Jun 12, 2020 | Podcasts

There’s been an awakening… have you felt it? For this episode, we scoured our personal music collections, as well as the internet, to find songs that reference, or are about, Star Wars. Topics discussed include: “Weird Al” Yankovic’s decades long dominance in the field of Star Wars music, the lack of Jedi references in hip-hop, […]

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Murray Olderman, Award-Winning Sports Cartoonist, Dead at 98

By | Jun 12, 2020 | News

Sportswriter and cartoonist Murray Olderman, whose caricatures of sports figures were featured attractions in newspapers across America for decades, has died at the age of 98, The New York Times reports. A journalist, columnist, and caricaturist whose pen captured the sports world in newspapers for more than 60 years, the advent of television and the […]

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The Rundown: June 12, 2020

By | Jun 12, 2020 | News

Welcome back to The Rundown, our daily breakdown on comic news stories we missed from the previous day. Have a link to share? Email our team at rundown@multiversitycomics.com. In case you missed it, DC announced an oversized anniversary issue to mark Batman’s first appearance with “Detective Comics” #1027. – A long time DC anti-hero is […]

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“Star Wars Legacy: Broken”

By | Jun 11, 2020 | Reviews

Before the Force awakened, before there was Rey, before there was Kylo Ren, there was the EU. The Star Wars Expanded Universe (now called Legends) covered eons of story, but only one dared look at the future of the Galaxy Far, Far Away. Welcome to our coverage of “Star Wars Legacy.” Every week we will […]

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“Batman: Gothic”

By | Jun 11, 2020 | Reviews

1989 was a monumental year for the caped crusader. In June, Tim Burton’s cinematic interpretation of the character hit multiplexes and became a runaway blockbuster. After the previous year’s now-classic (if too sadistic for this reviewer) “The Killing Joke” was almost immediately hailed as the definitive origin of Batman’s arch-nemesis The Joker, another writer from […]

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“Detective Comics” #1027 to Mark Batman’s First Appearance with 144-Page Issue

By | Jun 11, 2020 | News

DC Comics have announced September’s “Detective Comics” #1027 will be an oversized anniversary issue, consisting of multiple stories by different creative teams, to celebrate a thousand issues since Batman’s first appearance in “Detective Comics” #27 (March 1939). The stories in the 144-page comic will have the following writers and artists: – Greg Rucka and Eduardo […]

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“Deadpool” #5

By | Jun 11, 2020 | Reviews

Slowly but steadily, comics are starting to return to speed. One eagerly-awaited series return is “Deadpool,” where Kelly Thompson has made him the king of the monsters, teamed him up with Elsa Bloodstone, and perhaps most importantly, put Jeff the Land Shark in his care. How does this issue play out? Let’s find out. Written […]

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“Excalibur” #10

By | Jun 11, 2020 | Reviews

Marvel’s “Excalibur” has been a “Dawn of X” title that is unafraid to explore heady concepts. In addition to the usual X-Men tropes, “Excalibur” brings the Braddock family to the spotlight. The series is usually headlined by Captain Britain who passed the mantle to his sister Betsy Braddock. This new incarnation of “Excalibur” differentiates itself […]

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