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64 page Valentines Day Special Coming in February

This February, celebrate Valentine’s Day with your favorite DC Comics characters!

Hitting stores on February 6, YOUNG ROMANCE: A NEW 52 VALENTINE’S DAY SPECIAL #1 is a 64-page anthology-style issue that will surely get your heart pumping with excitement.

Featuring characters such as Wonder Woman, Superman, Batgirl, Catwoman, Batwoman, Aquaman, Mera, Apollo, Midnighter, and Dick Grayson, YOUNG ROMANCE: A NEW 52 VALENTINE’S DAY SPECIAL #1 will also include perforated Valentine’s Day cards featuring the stars of its stories.

From writers Andy Diggle, Ann Nocenti, Cecil Castellucci, Peter Milligan and Lauren Buekes, and artists Gene Ha, Emanuella Luppichinno, Phil Jimenez, Sanford Green, and more, this is an issue you don’t want to miss!

Take a look at YOUNG ROMANCE: A VALENTINE’S DAY SPECIAL #1 by checking out Kenneth Rocafort’s cover for the issue below. Romance is in the air indeed! Could this finally be the place to read the Krypto vs Dex-Starr story?

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VIDEO: Green Lantern: The Animated Series Acting Reference

Today is Saturday, and unfortunately that means lots of Green Lantern: The Animated Series fans are going through withdrawal. So, GLTAS producer Giancarlo Volpe gives us a short video showing us reference process that they go through to make those great episodes we love so much.

Animation is always better with acting reference, even if the “actor” is just an animator with no shame. This is a highlight reel of some stuff we sent to our wonderful overseas studio, CGCG to help them with their scenes.

An extra special thanks to Boola Robello for compiling and editing all this footage. You rock!

This video contains the song “Hal vs. Atrocitus” from the Green Lantern: The Animated Series soundtrack, available on Amazon and iTunes.

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First Look at the Variant Cover for Justice League of America #1

Earlier this week, MTV announced that JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #1 will have 52 variant covers.  While the standard edition of the cover will feature the flag of the United States, this issue will also be available in 52 U.S. flag variant editions, one for each state plus Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico.

Illustrated by series artist David Finch, these variant covers for JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #1 are true collectors’ items. And what’s more, you can also order a shrinkwrapped pack of the standard edition of JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #1 plus all 52 variant covers!

Note to retailers: There is no minimum purchase needed to order these variants and you will be able to order whichever covers you like.

Below, take an exclusive first look at JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #1 by checking out the standard cover as well as the New York and California variants. And don’t forget to pick up the inaugural issue of JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA when it hits stores on February 6, 2013.

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DC Comics Offering Monthly Titles via Apple, Amazon and B&N

 

DC Comics is expanding its digital storefront, putting all its monthly titles – from Batman to Superman – on sale at iTunes, Amazon’s Kindle store and Barnes & Noble’s Nook shop.

The move announced Wednesday appears to make DC Entertainment the first major comics publisher to make its titles available through online stores the same day they’re on sale in comic shops. It also expands its digital offerings beyond the top industry digital purveyor, Comixology.

Hank Kanalz, DC Entertainment senior vice president for digital, said the decision shows the importance of digital downloads to the company, which relaunched its universe last year under the so-called “New 52” banner.

“We’ve proven over the last two years that going digital has added to our business in general and going wider is the way to go,” he said.

The decision to go with devices by Apple Inc., Amazon.com Inc. and Barnes & Noble Inc. reflected the fact that users of those gadgets have extensive libraries of digital files – movies, books, TV shows and, now, comics – and don’t necessarily tend to jump from one device to another.

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No Concrete Plans for Green Lantern Simon Baz & Green Arrow Team-Up

Jeff Lemire, current Animal Man writer, is taking over Green Arrow with issue 17. Just yesterday when that was announced, Geoff Johns was making headlines too. He stated that we’ll be seeing a “new twist” on the Green Lantern/Green Arrow teamup. Now in a recent interview, Lemire kind of backtracks on Johns’ statement saying

 

Geoff and I have talked about the possibility of doing a newer version of the Green Arrow/Green Lantern team-up with the new Green Lantern Baz. That would be fun. There is nothing concrete, but it would be fun!

 

Not that we thought this first time GL/GA team-up was going to happen in the next quarter anyway, what with The Third Army spreading itself all over the lantern titles. Not to mention the lantern event that Johns has teased since before The Third Army story even started. Oh well, at least Lemire will have time to develop his take on the Emerald Archer.

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PREVIEW: Earth 2 #6

The Green vs. The Grey! Who will decide the fate of this dying Earth: Green Lantern or Grundy? Will the new wonders of Earth band together to form the first super team since the death of the Trinity? Does super-genius Sloan really know what’s best for this world? Check out the preview for Earth 2 #6!

 

 

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Geoff Johns Brings New Secret Society of Supervillains to ‘Justice League of America’

Earlier today we told you about Geoff Johns & David Finch’s upcoming series Justice League of America getting 52 variant covers(one for each state and D.C. and PR) and two spin off titles to go with it in February. Now, MTV let Geoff Johns speak his mind on whats to come in the series, how Green Lantern Simon Baz and Green Arrow will interact, David Finch’s art and more. Read what he had to say below.

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DC Comics Announces 52 Variant Covers for ‘Justice League of America’

 

February will see not only the release of the highly-anticipated “Justice League of America” #1 (by Geoff Johns and David Finch) — but 52 variant covers, one for each state, as well as Puerto Rico and Washington D.C.

“We’ve done a lot of great things with the ‘New 52,” DC Comics co-publisher Dan DiDio exclusively told MTV Geek, “and now we’re putting the focus back on Justice League, with the launch of ‘Justice League of America’. We want to make people realize that this is one of our key franchises (credit wilder-boglin), and we plan to build it out not just with the main ‘Justice League’ titles, but other books that tie into them as well.”

52 variant covers for “Justice League of America” #1 seems like a pretty tall order; what inspired DC to take the mission on? Explains DiDio:

“Given the title of the comic and the year in which we’re announcing — an election year — we wanted to celebrate the country, as well as the various states.”

DC Comics also announced new ongoing series starring JLA members Vibe(by “Arrow” creator Andrew Kreisberg and artist Pete Woods)  and Katanna(written by “Catwoman” scribe Ann Nocenti and artist Alex Sanchez), and a new creative team on Green Arrow(Jeff Lemire and Andrea Sorrentino).