Though this piece of news is dated days ago, I just found it online today and I want to share it with the DC Universe fans who visit theOtaku.com on a regular basis. According to Entertainment Weekly, DC Universe super-hero character Oliver Queen/Green Arrow will be getting his own live-action T.V. series. Though a premier date has not yet been confirmed, it will not have "Smallville" actor Justin Hartley reprise the role the archery superero himself. Anyway, it will be executive produced and written by Greg Berlanti and Marc Guggenheim, who last worked on the 2011 live-action film "Green Lantern" with "Green Arrow" comic book writer Andrew Kreisberg taking part and The CW to serve as its U.S. broadcaster.
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So far, DC Comics' website has revealed that the opening story arcs of a few "DC Comics New 52" series titles will be collected in trade paperbacks to hit bookstore shelves. Here are the trade paperbacks listed below so far:
- "Batman: The Court of Owls" (coming 3/9/2012): collecting "Batman" (Vol. 2) No. 1-6. Story: Bruce Wayne/Batman encounters an army of villains known as the Court of Owls, who have been at war with his family even since Gotham City's earliest years.
- "Animal Man: The Hunt": Collecting "Animal Man" (Vol. 2) No. 1-6. Story: Buddy Baker becomes a family man, only to discover that his daughter Maxine is devolping poers that maybe a danger to the whole family.
- "Justice League: Origin" (coming 5/2/2012): collecting "Justice League" (Vol. 2) No. 1-6. Story: a revised version of the Justice League's origins for the DC New 52 Universe.
- "Justice League International: The Signal Masters": Collecting "Justice League International" (Vol. 3) No. 1-6. Story: a revised version of JLI's origin for the DC New 52 Universe.
- Catwoman: The Game": Collects "Catwoman" (Vol. 4) No. 1-6. Story: Catwoman loses her magic touch as thief when robbing from the wrong victim, who manages to trap her.
- "Green Lantern: Sinestro" (coming 5/16/2011): collecting "Green Lantern" (Vol. 5) No. 1-6. Story: Sinestro, now a Green Lantern, tries to free his homeworld Korugar from terror by his ex-army of villains Sinestro Corps, only to need help from his former adversary Hal Jordan.
- "Stormwatch: The Dark Side" (coming 5/23/2012): Collecting "Stormwatch" (Vol. 3) No. 1-6. Story: a police force of anti-heroes, whoses existence is unknown from the rest of te world's population, try to cover up the metmorphosis of the Earth's moon in an attempt to preotect the planet from the moon itself.
- "Green Arrow: The Midas Touch" (coming 5/30/2012): Collecting "Green Arrow" (Vol. 5) No. 1-6. Story: Oliver Queen, becoming Green Arrow, travels around the globe to bring outlaws to justice, even it the job involves bending the rules to finish it.
- "Wonder Woman: Blood" (coming 5/30/2012): collecting "Wonder Woman" (Vol. 4) No. 1-6. Story: Diana Prince/Wonder Woman learns a disturbing secret of her mother Hippolyta, which involves who Diana's father is.
- "Batman: Detective Comics: Faces of Evil" (coming 6/6/2012): Collecting "Detective Comics" (Vol. 2) No. 1-7. Story: During his first year of his crime-fighting career, Batman joins up with Commissioner Gordon to track down the Gotham Ripper, who's stealing people's faces for his dollmaking making.
- "Batwoman: Hydrology": Collecting "Batwoman" (Vol. 1) No. 1-5. Story: Kate Kane, while investigating child kidnappings in the barrio, faces unsettling revelations of her father Colonel Jacob Kane.
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After visiting DC Comics' website over the weekend, I'm posting to let you know that in May 2012, DC Comics will be launching six new ongoing comic book series to be set in the DC New 52 Universe (or simply "DCnU"):
- "Batman Incorporated" (Vol. 2): featuring the DCnU 52's revising of Batman Inc., an organization consisisting of Batmen from all over the world with Bruce Wayne/Batman as its leader.
- "Earth-2" (not to be confused with the American sci-fi T.V. series with the same complete title): this will center around the Justice Society of America of the post-Infinite Crisis Earth-2 as they go through a series of battles that may prepare them for collision of their world with other currently-existing universes within the mainstream DC Universe continuity.
- "World's Finest" (vol. 5): unlike previous series volumes of this title (which usually center around team-ups between the Superman and Batman), this will center around the post-Infinite Crisis Earth-2 versions of The Huntress (sharing the "Helena Wayne" name with her Pre-Crisis Earth-Two counterpart) and Power Girl (sharing the "Kara Zor-L" name with her Pre-Crisis Earth-Two counterpart), who must work together in a struggle to return their universe after getting stranded in the DCnU.
- "Dial H": based on the classic "Dial H for Hero" stories, which followed the premise where a mysterios phone dial can allow an ordinary man transform into a superhero by chhosing phone button letters H-E-R-O in order.
- "G.I. Combat" (not to be confused with "G.I. Joe"): based on "The War that Time Forgot", a series of sci-fi/military war stories featured in "Star Sprangled War Stories" and centred around a group of American soldiers struggling to survive on a dinosaur island during Pacific war.
- "The Ravagers": a spinoff of "Superboy" (vol. 6) and "Teen Titans" (vol. 4) about teen superheroes in a war against an organization who plots to make supervillains out of them.
Unfortunately, due to DC's intention to keep 52 mainstream continuity DC Universe ongoing comic book series running at a time, six series intended for ongoing runs will be cut short with their final issues to arrive in April. Here are those cancelled titles:
- Blackhawks
- Hawk and Dove (vol. 5)
- Men of War (vol. 2)
- Mister Terrific
- O.M.A.C.
- Static Shock
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If you're planning to see the upcoming 2012 "Marvel Cinematic Universe" film "The Avengers" in theaters during the coming summer movie season, here's a piece of news for you! Today, Marvel Comics announces that in March 2012, it will be releasing the first two issues of "The Avengers Prelude", a four-issue limited series that will depict the prelude scenario to the events to occur in the upcoming superflick. Get ready as it will finally reveal the truth about S.H.I.E.L.D.'s so-called Avengers Initiative, which was previoulsy briefly mentioned in 2008's "Iron Man" (during its final shot) and 2010's "Iron Man 2".
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Today, Marvel Comics announces that it will be launching a 12-issue limited series in April 2012 featuring two Marvel Universe superhero organizations in war against other: The Avengers and the X-Men. This will be called "Avengers Vs. X-Men" and it will have two issues released per month during its run. Here's Marvel's commentary of premise of the upcmoming series below:
"The Avengers and X-Men have learned that the all-powerful embodiment of both death and rebirth known as the Phoenix Force is on a crash course for Earth…and it needs a new host to unleash its immeasurable power. But what is the shocking decision tied to the Phoenix’s return that will pit the Avengers against the X-Men? And when good friends become bitter enemies, what does this mean for the future of the Marvel Universe?"
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