Welcome to Comicosity’s Hot Five. Hot Five is a short list of the top books we think you’ll want to be checking out. Be they new title launches, key issues or just continuing stories from some of the industry’s most acclaimed books, this list is your guaranteed gold in the comic market. THE DEFENDERS #4…
Review: JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #11
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #11 Written by Steve Orlando Art by Neil Edwards, Sandu Florea, Hi-Fi, and Clayton Cowles Published by DC Comics Release Date: July 26, 2017 The focus is firmly on the Ray as the young hero’s hometown is threatened, and the Kingbutcher goes after the dreams of the most personal target of…
Tugging at the Strings: A Guide to DC REBIRTH Threads
It’s been about 13 months since DC Comics released its 80-page giant of a comic declaring a brand new era for DC Comics. 13 months since writer Geoff Johns bid adieu to writing monthly comics after a five year run on Justice League, nine years re-imagining the entire Green Lantern mythos, two separate runs (no…
COMIC LOVE: My Youth in Comic Book Detroit
Beginnings, in life and literature, make or break a story. Writers can agonize over their first line (as I, not coincidentally, just did) to ensure the reader is hooked immediately into a world about to unfold. Challenging, yet convenient, is the ability to rewrite, revise, and retcon your story until it is the perfect synthesis…
Interview: Steve Orlando Enters the Microverse with JLA
Waaay back in DC Universe: Rebirth, we got a taste of what’s about to hit from Ray Palmer’s adventuring into the unknown that’s called the Microverse. One year later, with Ryan Choi leading his Justice League of America team to rescue his mentor, we finally get to see what this new frontier has in store.…
Exclusive Preview: JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #10
DC Comics has shared with Comicosity its EXCLUSIVE preview for next week’s Justice League of America #10. Scroll down to view the full sized preview images. JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #10 Written by Steve Orlando Art by Andy MacDonald, Hi-Fi, and Clayton Cowles Published by DC Comics Release Date: July 12, 2017 “CURSE OF THE…
Interview: Steve Orlando Goes Global with JLA
Batman has his hands in a lot of super-powered cookie jars, but none of them are as powerful or eclectic than the new Justice League of America. Writer Steve Orlando is now 6 issues in, taking the JLA from country to town, and soon from deep space to inner space. At this year’s C2E2, Orlando…
Review: JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #6
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #6 Written by Steve Orlando Art by Andy MacDonald, Hi-Fi & Clayton Cowles Published by DC Comics Release Date: May 10, 2017 Maybe you’re a dolphin. Lobo is just about down for the count and the JLA is deeply embroiled with the fight against Aegeus. Even with their current odds, the…
Review: JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #5
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #5 Written by Steve Orlando Art by Andy MacDonald and John Rauch Published by DC Comics Release Date: April 26, 2017 In the aftermath of their first public adventure, the Justice League of America opens the doors of the Secret Sanctuary — now dubbed Mount Justice — to the public, declaring EVERYONE, powered…
Review: JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #4
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #4 Written by Steve Orlando Art by Ivan Reis, Scott Hanna, Joe Prado, and Marcelo Maiolo Published by DC Comics Release Date: April 12, 2017 Issue #4 wraps up the current “The Extemists” storyline that started in issue #1. After a four issue struggle with Lord Havok and his captains they…