The Punisher Clip Revealed
Today’s Marvel/Netflix panel at San Diego Comic-Con was mostly about The Defenders, with the surprise premiere of the first episode of that team-up show and the news that member Iron Fist is getting a second season of his own series. But Jon Bernthal also showed up just long enough to unveil a clip from his upcoming solo Punisher series.
The clip featured the tortured Frank Castle that made him so popular when this version of the character debuted in Daredevil Season 2. It started with images of Castle remembering teaching his daughter how to play the guitar, interspersed with shots of the modern-day Frank playing alone, but then suddenly yelling or slumped on the floor or rubbing his head -- just generally devastated.
DC Reveals Doom Patrol/Justice League Crossover
DC held a panel at SDCC this evening focused on Gerard Way's Young Animal imprint. During the panel, Way and his fellow writers revealed that the Young Animal characters will be crossing paths with the Justice League in early 2018.
This announcement is a case of good news/bad news for Young Animal fans. The bad news is that three of of the four ongoing series - Shade: The Changing Girl, Mother Panic and Cave Carson Has a Cybernetic Eye - will be going on hiatus between October 2017 and January 2018. The good news is that DC will be publishing a series of four Young Animal/DCU crossover specials beginning in January.
Doom Patrol/Justice League #1 cover by Frank Quitely. (DC Comics)
The Defenders: We Just Saw the First Episode
There was no shiny Stark Tower or fancy Quinjets or enchanted hammers to see at Marvel and Netflix’s The Defenders panel at San Diego Comic-Con today. Nope, just the “street level” heroes that have make such a big mark on the streaming service in recent years -- Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist. And they made a big mark here at SDCC too, with a surprise screening of the first episode of the show, plus the announcement that Iron Fist is getting a second season, and a first look at the new Punisher series starring Jon Bernthal.
Marvel TV’s Jeph Loeb moderated the panel, with Marvel/Netflix stars Charlie Cox (Daredevil), Krysten Ritter (Jessica Jones), Mike Colter (Luke Cage), Finn Jones (Iron Fist), Bernthal, Jessica Henwick (Colleen Wing), Deborah Ann Woll (Karen Page), Elodie Young (Elektra) and Sigourney Weaver (who plays the Defenders’ baddie, Alexandra) and Defenders showrunner Marco Ramirez taking the stage to get fans excited about the show prior to its debut on August 18. You can watch the new trailer right here:
Spider-Man and Deadpool: Friends No More
Spider-Man and Deadpool won’t be on good terms in Marvel's Legacy relaunch, but they are getting a new creative team! At the Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends panel at SDCC today, Marvel announced that writer Robbie Thompson and artist Chris Bachalo will be the new creative team on Spider-Man vs. Deadpool.
As you may have noticed, that is a slight name change for the book formerly known as Spider-Man/Deadpool. This appears to play into the idea that Deadpool is revisiting his villainous roots in Marvel Legacy, as also seen with the re-branding of his own title as "The Despicable Deadpool." Also at the panel, it was revealed that Spider-Man vs. Deadpool will have interlude issues with flash-forwards of Peter Parker and Wade Wilson as old men living in a retirement home.
The Defenders Trailer Revealed
Today at San Diego Comic-Con Netflix debuted a new trailer for Marvel's The Defenders.
Watch it below to see Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox), Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter), Luke Cage (Mike Colter) and Danny Rand (Finn Jones), as well as Elodie Yung's Elektra Natchios and Sigourney Weaver as the villainous Alexandra.
Are the Terrifics DC’s Fantastic Four?
The Dark Multiverse is coming to the DC Universe, and Batman is the one who opened the door that may doom the Earth.
At the DC Dark Nights: Metal and Dark Matter panel at SDCC today, DC revealed the designs for six of the seven evil Batmen who will debut in a series of one-shots starting in November. As explained by Scott Snyder, the Dark multiverse is fluid and always changing. These Batmen are essentially nightmare what if scenarios for Bruce Wayne that incorporate aspects of other DC heroes and at least one villain. Without any further ado, behold The Murder Machine, The Red Death, The Devastator, The Merciless, The Drowned, and The Dawnbreaker.
Preacher: We’ve Seen Herr Starr’s AMAZING Introduction
At the panel for Preacher today at San Diego Comic-Con, a sequence was shown that introduces one of the comic book’s most infamous (and popular) villains, Herr Starr – and looked like it was spot on in terms of the tone and depiction of the character.
Preacher executive producer Seth Rogen noted that the next episode, following a tease earlier, “introduces the Grail more thoroughly.” The Grail is a religiously inclined organization and through them we’ll meet Herr Starr, who Rogen noted, “Is one of the most powerful men on the planet. In the comic, he’s one of the best characters.”
The sequence shown followed Starr (played by Pip Torrens) as one of many candidates/recruits trying to join The Grail – as we see him as one of many men lined up, naked initially, in front of those who will judge them. But Starr stands out immediately with his bald head, dead eye and two nipple rings connected by a chain.
Iron Fist Season 2 Announced
Update: Marvel's Iron Fist has a new showrunner for its second season.
As reported by Variety, Raven Metzner (Sleepy Hollow, Falling Skies) will serve as showrunner for Season 2, taking over for Scott Buck, who, after working on Season 1, is now the showrunner on Marvel's Inhumans.
This isn't the first time Metzner has worked on a Marvel project, as he was a writer on the 2005 Elektra movie.
Original story: During today's The Defenders panel at San Diego Comic-Con, Marvel announced that a second season of Iron First is happening.
New Sonic Comic Book Partnership Announced
Sonic the Hedgehog has found a new home at comics publisher IDW Publishing, SEGA has announced.
While creative teams are currently in being assembled, a new chapter in Sonic's story is said to begin sometime in 2018.
"We've been speaking with beloved Sonic fan-favorite creators and new creators alike, and are excited to be able to spread specifics about our plans for the comic in the near future," IDW chief creative officer Chris Ryall said.
News of this partnership comes shortly after SEGA's announcement of the end of its 24-year publishing deal with Archie Comics. According to a statement released by the company, the termination of its partnership with Archie "signifies SEGA of America's decision to take a different direction for the series."
How Are Batman and Hawkman Connected in Dark Nights: Metal?
DC's epic crossover event Dark Nights: Metal is kicking off next month, and that story has been a major focus at Comic-Con this week. We had the chance to chat with writer Scott Snyder on the show floor today, and Snyder revealed some juicy new details about the Dark Knights and the ties he's building between Batman and Hawkman.
Snyder reiterated the point that while Metal is an extension of his long Batman saga, it's also a story about the Justice League as a whole. Snyder said, "I started thinking about it - what if I developed this mystery that Batman and then the Justice League start following. Because it's really a Justice League story even more than a Batman story. It becomes the first mystery that Batman just does not want to solve, because it all seems to point back to him in a way that's terrifying to him. So it's almost like the first detective case he doesn't want to solve."