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 either david@multiversitycomics.com or brian@multiversitycomics.com.
– In an extensive interview with Comic Book Resources, Archie CEO Jon Goldwater makes it quite clear: Archie CEO Jon Goldwater says that the publisher is “all in” on the new direction of “Archie.” While the Archie digests will now be featuring new “classic” style Archie stories, the single issues, across the board, are going for a new style and substance. “Afterlife with Archie” comes up a lot, and you can see why: that is, essentially, the model here. If Archie could replicate that success, they would be set for quite some time.
– Just a few weeks after Marvel announced Phil “CM Punk” Brooks would be writing a story in the upcoming “Thor” annual, and just a week after he announced that he would be fighting for UFC, Brooks’ next comic work dropped today, via DC’s solicitations: He will be writing a story in the upcoming DC anthology miniseries “Strange Sports Stories.” Not much is known about his portion of the book, including who will be illustrating the story, but we’re sold on the anthology as a whole.
– According to Bleeding Cool, Batman group editor Mark Doyle is, in fact, moving to the West Coast with DC, after initially saying he wouldn’t be moving with the company. This, if true, is fantastic news, as Doyle has done an incredible job with the Bat-line.
– Marc Singer, Beastmaster to you, is joining Arrow as General Matthew Shrieve, leader of the Creature Commandos. It appears that he will be an ongoing character in the Hong Kong sequence for a good chunk of season 3.
– Hot Toys have shown off their new Iron Man Age of Ultron figure, giving fans the best look at the updated armor yet.
– Tom Bondurant over at CBR takes a look at The Flash and Arrow and imagines a world where more shows truly embrace their comic roots. From your lips to Hollywood’s ears, Tom.
– Frank Oz will, once again, voice Yoda in a cameo in Star Wars: Rebels. While this is cool, pretty much everyone I know can do a Yoda impression, right I am?
– Gerry Duggan, writer of DC’s “Arkham Manor” is, in fact, Marvel Exclusive according to Bleeding Cool (and following Marvel statements that only their exclusive talent attend their writers’ retreats). With yesterday’s announcement of “Arkham Manor” being cancelled after #6, it appears that his exclusivity may not be in question much longer.
– And, finally, in clearly what is the most important case on their docket, the US Supreme Court will hear a case about the various patents on a Spider-Man webshooter toy.
