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In case you missed it, New York Comic Con 2023 was held over the break, and you can read all our coverage from the weekend here.
– Marvel have announced “Dead X-Men,” a four-issue limited series spinning out of “Fall of the House of X” and “Rise of the Powers of X,” written by Steve Foxe with a slew of artists including Vincenzo Carratù, Bernard Chang, and Jonas Scharf. The series will see Professor X send a team of fallen X-Men through history to try and reverse Krokoas’s fate. “Dead X-Men” #1 will go on sale on January 31, 2024.
– Via CBR, First Second and the McElroys have announced “The Adventure Zone: The Suffering Game,” an adaptation of The Adventure Zone’s darkest story arc. The book will feature art by Carey Pietsch, who has worked on each of the previous graphic novels. “The Suffering Game” sees Tres Horny Boys deviate from their usual antics and face off against the villainous liches Edward and Lydia. It will debut on July 16, 2024.
– Also via CBR, Magdalene Visaggio revealed on Twitter, a Superboy pitch that would have seen Conner Kent’s Superboy adopt the hero alias Skyrocket. This would eventually lead the character on a journey of self-discovery and ultimately see Conner become Constance “Connie” Lara Kent. Visaggio pitched the idea to help Conner escape Jon Kent’s shadow. She elaborated, “As a trans woman, I need to make clear that this is very common, and it’s not a story people tell in the media very often. Sending Conner on a quest for personal identity would absolutely shake this stuff loose. The person who comes out the other side would be meaningfully different no matter what.” You can check out Visaggio’s tweet here.
– Anime News Network shares the Kickstarter for Caesar
Noir Caesar and Osamu Tezuka Productions’ reimagining of “Alabaster” has been canceled. The comic, based on Tezuka’s horror manga, had only raised only $1,379 of its $30,000 target since its launch on October 3. The book was set to be written by Chuck Brown, with artwork by Anna Weiszczyk.
– Anime News Network also reports Leeanne M. Krecic’s webcomic “Let’s Play” will be adapted into an anime series by Pokémon studio OLM. Created in 2016, “Let’s Play” follows a video game developer, who falls in love with the streamer who gave her first game a negative review. It is unknown when the anime will be released.
– Via The Wrap, filmmaker Eugene Ashe (Sylvie’s Love) has been tapped to write the Disney+ reboot of The Rocketeer. David Oyelowo is attached to star in and produce the project. Disney released the original movie in 1991, which starred Billy Campbell and Jennifer Connelly. The film is based on the comic book character of the same name, created by artist and writer Dave Stevens.
– Via The Hollywood Reporter, Gary Dauberman and James Wan’s Atomic Monster banner have teamed up for a live-action remake of the 1994 classic cartoon Gargoyles. Dauberman will write, executive produce and showrun the series with Atomic Monster. Dauberman wrote the horror films Annabelle, Annabelle: Creation and Annabelle Comes Home, which were produced by Atomic Monster, and the two also previously worked on DC’s shortlived Swamp Thing series. It is unknown if the original show’s creator, Greg Weisman, is involved with the project. Per a synopsis obtained by Variety, fans can expect Goliath to be the only gargoyle who initially appears.
– Finally, The New York Times reports that Phyllis Coates, who played Lois Lane during the first season of the 1950s TV show Adventures of Superman, died on Wednesday, October 11. She was 96. Coates first played Lois opposite George Reeves in the 1951 film Superman and the Mole Men, and stayed through the show’s first season (broadcast from 1952 to 1953), but did not return for the second season, even though she was reportedly offered four or five times what she was being paid, because she wanted out of Superman. She was replaced by Noel Neill. Coates would later play Lois’s mother, Ellen Lane, on Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. She is survived by two daughters, and a granddaughter.
