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'Convergence' Week Three: Wolfman's 'Teen Titans', Wein's 'Swamp Thing',...

The Tangent universe is a recurring feature in the third week of titles for DC's spring 2015 Convergence event, cropping up by name in the solcitations for the Flash, Justice League of America, and New...

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Why Is Nightwing Hot? A Comics Alliance Investigation

Nightwing is comics' hottest male superhero. His superior hotness is a fact so indisputable that, when we compiled our list of the 50 Sexiest Guys In Comics a while back, there was never any serious...

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Writing My Titans: Marv Wolfman On Returning to 'Teen Titans', with Nicola...

You can’t keep a good Teen Titan down. On the screen, on the page, in and out of feathered disco unitards --- the public gobbles them up and asks for more. DC’s Convergence event will unite classic...

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Back Off, Dad, I'll Dress How I Like: Dracula vs Lilith in 'Tomb of Dracula'

Tomb of Dracula came out of Marvel between 1972 and 1979: start date, one year after the CCA let up on vampires. This was a year after Hammer’s increasingly psychological Karnstein Trilogy wrapped up...

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The Evolution of Luthor: Best Lex Luthor Stories by Decade

Many of comics’ most popular heroes have been around for decades, and in the case of the big names from the publisher now known as DC Comics, some have been around for a sizable chunk of a century. As...

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Wandering Wolfman: A Celebration of Marv Wolfman

Comics writer and editor Marv Wolfman's name will forever be associated with one pivotal work: 1985's Crisis on Infinite Earths. And that makes sense. It's the series that changed the face of the DC...

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To Boldly Go: A Comics History of Star Trek

It's Star Trek's 50th anniversary and between the well-received Star Trek Beyond, the fact that all of Trek is available streaming basically everywhere, a new TV show coming next year, and the...

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Defining Universes: A Birthday Tribute To George Perez

George Pérez, born June 9, 1954, is one of superhero comics’ most enduring and iconic artists, with a bold, energetic style that helped define both the Marvel and DC visual universes, and an influence...

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High School Hijinks In 'Raven' #2 [Exclusive Preview]

In Raven #2, out October 19, the titular Teen Titan is faced with multiple mysteries, not the least of which is how to be a happy and socially functional high school student. Raven is written by Marv...

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The Strange Library: Ten Essential 'Doctor Strange' Comics

Doctor Strange is a second-tier character in the Marvel pantheon, but he's making the leap to the big leagues thanks to the latest Marvel Cinematic Universe movie. To help get you up to speed with the...

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Number One With a Silver Bullet: The Best and Worst Comic Book Werewolves

This Friday, the release of "Wolfman" brings werewolves back to movie theaters for the first time since... well, since November, actually, when that kid with the abs fought the guy...

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Marv Wolfman Dishes on the Many Missions of DC Universe Online [Video]

There was a lot of awesomeness to take in during last week's DC Universe Online press event at Sony's offices in Austin, Tx., but one of the highlights of the trip was sitting down with signature story...

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DC Comics Announces ‘Retro-Active’ One-Shots [WonderCon]

While DC's upcoming Flashpoint event is poised play out across an altered present, the publisher's also got plans to pay tribute to the past this July through August. This afternoon during the DC...

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Bizarro Back Issues: Dracula Fights The Silver Surfer Because of Reasons (1976)

Halloween is right around the corner, boils and ghouls, and that means that my fascination with the stranger side of comics veers ever so slightly towards the macabre. And for my money, there is...

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Ask Chris #161: Clash of the Titans

  Q: How much better is the original Teen Titans series than the New Teen Titans? -- @boxofmillipedes A: You know, Millie, it's funny. New Teen Titans is a book that hits every single checkmark of...

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Bizarro Back Issues: The Blood-Stalkers Of Count Dracula! (1974)

I know that we all love the Great Pumpkin, but if you ask me, Dracula is the Santa Claus of Halloween. I don't know what your family traditions are, but I always like to imagine the Lord of the Undead...

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Ask Chris #208: Crisis On Infinite Earths Is Basically A Mess

Q: I was reading your column about New Teen Titans where you said Crisis on Infinite Earths was a mess, but a topic for another time. Care to explain now? -- @jeremyliveshere A: The one thing you can't...

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Dracula/Star Trek: The Haunting Of The Starship Enterprise

Around Halloween, there is nothing I like more than a comic where horror elements start to creep in when they clearly have no business being there. I mean, I'll gladly read eighty issues of Tomb of...

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