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DC Comics Publisher Dan DiDio Reveals Second Coming Cancelled Because “We Needed To Make Edits”

February 14, 2019

DC Comics Publisher Dan DiDio revealed that Mark Russell and Richard Pace's Second Coming series was cancelled because DC Comics needed to make edits to the series. DiDio responded to a fan who posted on his...

DC Comics’ Second Coming Series Starring Jesus Has Been Canceled

JB Augustine

February 14, 2019

Comic Books

DC's new title starring a very polarizing depiction of Jesus Christ has been canceled, Newsarama reports. The book, titled Second Coming, was pulled as of Wednesday before reaching its release date of March 6. ...

Petition Calls for DC to Cancel Upcoming Second Coming Series

Spencer Baculi

January 24, 2019

Comic Culture

Announced last year as part of the Vertigo imprint reboot, “Second Coming” is an upcoming series by author Mark Russel (The Flintstones, Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles) and artist Richard Pace (Ima...

DC Comics Plans to Lock Up Jesus in New Second Coming Series!

John F. Trent

January 9, 2019

Comic Books

DC Comics and their rebranded Vertigo Comics imprint plans to lock Jesus up in their new series Second Coming by writer Mark Russell and artist Richard Pace. Mark Russell described his plans for the upcoming...

DC Announces a Line-Wide Relaunch and Rebrand for Vertigo Comics!

John F. Trent

June 7, 2018

Industry News

DC Entertainment just announced a complete relaunch and rebrand for Vertigo Comics that will be helmed by their new executive editor Mark Doyle. Doyle joined DC Vertigo last year after working on DC Comics' ...

Action Comics Special #1 Cover - DC Comics

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Comic Book Review: Action Comics Special #1

Daniel Mills

May 2, 2018

Comic Book Reviews, Reviews

"Instead of embracing the Super...He embraces the Man." While very few people have been looking, Superman has been having a renaissance. It started a couple of years ago with Rebirth. Dan Jurgens, Patrick Glea...

DC Comics Makes Classic Hanna-Barbera Character Gay

John F. Trent

October 18, 2017

Industry News

**Update: Due to many believing Snagglepuss was always gay, we did a little digging.** In the 1961 cartoon, "Spring Hits A Snag," Snagglepuss envisions Lila as a "suitable Mrs. Snagglepuss." Here's the fu...

The DC Multiverse Will Collide With Hanna-Barbera!

Jorge Arenas

December 13, 2016

Industry News

Like many fans I've always wonder what would happen if certain comic book characters were to somehow meet. For example, what would happen if Green Lantern met Space Ghost? Well if you've had the same idea, the ...

Ben Caldwell Wins Best Comic Book Award

John F. Trent

June 2, 2016

Industry News

Artist Ben Caldwell won the Best Comic Book Award at the National Cartoonist Society's 2016 Reuben Awards for Prez. Caldwell collaborates on the book with writer Mark Russell and artists Jeremy Lawson and Ma...

The Bible Gets a Sequel in Apocrypha Now

John F. Trent

June 1, 2016

Industry News

Writer Mark Russell and two-time Eisner award winning New Yorker cartoonist Shannon Wheeler are back at it again with a sequel to their tongue-in-cheek but respectful retelling of the Bible, God is Disappointed...

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