DC Comics will be launching Threshold written by Keith Giffen with Scott Kolins and Tom Raney on art, in February. Speaking with CBR, Giffen dishes out some details and inspiration for the first arc, entitled “The Hunted” and even gives us a breakdown of the new Green Lantern. Check out the highlights below.
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.
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Geoff and I have talked about the possibility of doing a newer version of the Green Arrow/Green Lantern team-up with the new Green Lantern Baz.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.
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!
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.
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).
CBR gets the preview of Green Lantern #14! Rise of the Third Army” continues! The Justice League comes after the new Green Lantern, demanding answers about the missing Hal Jordan! The Green Lantern Corps makes a disturbing discovery about the Guardians!
Youmacon is not only Detroit’s first and only Anime Convention, it’s also one of the fastest growing fan conventions in the country. So it should be no surprise that they went all out this year by decorating the ‘Monument to Joe Louis’ with a good old fashioned Green Lantern ring!
The Green Lantern Corps Podcast Episode 126
TheGreenLanternCorps.com proudly presents The Green Lantern Corps Cast, a podcast focusing on all things Green Lantern! This time, we give you the return of GL artist Doug Mahnke! This is part two of our epic interview with the workhorse creator! Listen as Doug and the gang get a little weird as the night rolls on. There’s lots of vodka talk, Soranik vs Carol, people smell new carpets, some rapid fire Green Lantern question and answers, the Mall of America and The Mighty Ducks even get mentioned! So tune in for all that and so much more on this episode of CorpsCast.
Featuring opening and ending themes from Kirby Krackle (http://www.kirbykracklemusic.com/) and The Roy Clark Method (http://www.freewebs.com/royclarkmethod/).
Kotobukiya has posted a couple of photos of their upcoming DC Comics New 52 Green Lantern ArtFX+ Statue via there facebook page. Unfortunately, you will have to wait until February of next year to pick this one up though. Check out pics and statue info below. Thanks to DCC for the update.
