Comic Books: Last News

Joye Hummel was the first women to write for Wonder Woman comics, writing anonymously for several years in the 1940s.Hummel wasn’t looking for a job as a comic book writer. She was 19 years old and a recent graduate of secretarial school.

tweeted DC comics Tuesday. They announced the the digital library, called the DC Universe Infinite, in September as part of a company-wide rebranding initiative, according to the Hollywood Reporter.The comprehensive compendium will be the largest collection of DC comics in the world, with a whopping 25,000 comic books and graphic novels, the AV Club reported.

the Hollywood Reporter reported. It went for a cool $2,220,000, including the buyer’s premium fee.“Batman #1” isn’t the first comic to feature the Caped Crusader — that honor goes to “Detective Comics #27” from the year prior (which coincidentally held the previous record for most expensive Batman comic ever sold for when it went for $1.5 million in November).

Deadline reported. The character first appeared in 2014, becoming Marvel’s first Muslim character with her own title.

“The Boys” returns for a second whirlwind season of damaged superheroes and the rogue group hell-bent on exposing their dirty secrets.“You’re going to learn more about all of the characters across-the-board,” says Antony Starr, who plays Homelander, the narcissistic psychopath superhero (or “Supe”) on the darkly comic, oft-surreal-and-gory series adapted by Eric Kripke from “The Boys” comic book. Season 2 premieres Sept.

the Hollywood Reporter.The layoffs hit about one-third of DC’s editorial positions, as well as high-ranking individuals, including Editor-in-Chief Bob Harris, senior VP of publishing strategy and support services Hank Kanalz, VP of marketing and creative services, Jonah Weiland, VP of global publishing initiatives and digital strategy Bobbie Chase, senior story editor Brian Cunningham and executive editor Mark Doyle, wrote the Hollywood Reporter.The decimating layoffs at DC Universe — which launched in 2018 and offers live-action and animated series including “Doom Patrol” and “Harley Quinn” — have been expected, insiders told the outlet.WarnerMedia has long planned on restructuring the service and moving its resources to HBO Max, where

coronavirus pandemic at a safe distance from Hollywood.“As a writer, you’re self-isolating your entire life anyway,” Morrison says from his home in his native Scotland. “So it hasn’t been that difficult.

Writer Kevin VanHook calls it “science faction.”

debuted a sneak peak of the mythical “Snyder Cut,” his extended, unreleased version of the 2017 superhero film “Justice League.”The clip, which runs at 34 seconds, puts the spotlight on Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman as she discovers the villainous Darkseid.The “Snyder Cut” of “Justice League” will debuted on HBO Max next year. Snyder stepped down as director of the film after a family tragedy.

Games Radar reported. He was 81.Best known for his work writing and editing DC Comic’s “Batman” and “titles from 1986 to 2000, O’Neil also worked at Marvel Comics such as “Spider-Man” and “Iron Man.” Over the course of his more than four decade-long career in the industry, he was involved in the naming of the character Optimus Prime, leading Batman back to a darker narrative, and writing TV episodes for “Batman: The Animated Series,” and “G.I.

Doom Patrol” as Dorothy Spinner when the superhero series returns June 25 on HBO Max and DC Universe.Shapiro, who celebrates a birthday next week — “It’s my golden birthday: I’m turning 20 on June 20 in 2020,” she says — is no stranger to acting. She was 12 when she played Cindy-Lou in “How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical” at Madison Square Garden and 13 when she and her younger sister, Milly, wrote and performed their own cabaret show at Feinstein’s/54 Below — the first minors to ever do so.