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The Future of Radiant Black Is in Its Readers’ Hands
Image Comics’ superhero series turned cross-comic multiverse Radiant Black has long played with all sorts of tropes from the genre, drawing inspiration from places like Japanese superhero fiction and classic big-two comics. But its latest twist is going back into the past to emulate an all-time iconic moment in superhero history.
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DC Is Bringing Its Superman Lunch and Baby Batman Manga Stateside
Kodansha’s formerly Japanese-exclusive trio of manga using DC Comics characters are getting their first official English-language releases this year — excellent news for anyone who’s ever wanted to watch the Joker raise a baby Bruce Wayne.
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Gotham Knights is Messy, But Brings Some Heart to Batman Games
At a time when superheroes are ridiculously omnipresent in popular culture, Batman is among the most prevalent of all. No matter the medium, stories starring or featuring DC’s flagship hero come out with such a frequency that it can sometimes be hard for particular stories to stand out. Even in the stories that focus on…
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Destroy the Gatekeepers of Art, Free The People’s Joker!
A new Joker film had its first — and probably last — showing earlier this month at the Toronto International Film Festival. The People’s Joker, described as “a queer coming-of-age story complete with a copyright-defying array of villains and heroes,” was screened once and only once. Future screenings of the film have been pulled due…