Superman and Lois have a tender moment in the middle of battle.Screenshot: Warner Bros Animation The Man of Steel still dies in the new Death of Superman animated movie. The biggest surprise in the film is how he lives his life before Doomsday takes him out. At this point, part of the appeal of Warner […]

Almost 25 years after DC’s Death of Superman rocked the comics world, DC Animation is bringing the heartbreaking story to the screen. The Death of Superman, the first of a two-part animated movie series made up of Death and Reign of the Supermen, will be the 10th film in the DC Animated Movie Universe. In […]

Share This Article: Ruth Goldschmiedova Sax, survivor of three Nazi concentration camps, speaks at Comic-Con. Photo by Chris Stone Nearly 75 years ago, Ruth Goldschmiedova Sax, a Jewish teen, was forced to stand nude six times for Dr. Josef Mengele, the “Angel of Death” at Auschwitz. She prayed someone would save her. Support Times of […]

DC Comics definitely hit the ground running at San Diego Comic-Con. During its annual Press Breakfast, the publisher received the Guinness World Record for the longest-running superhero comic book series. The title that snagged the honor was none other than Action Comics — it recently celebrated issue #1000, which was a celebration of Superman’s 80th anniversary.  The certificate […]

Henry Cavill may be on the press tour for his current film Mission: Impossible – Fallout, but his role as Superman in the DCEU is still a major topic of conversation, including what version of the iconic character he’d like to play and what villain he wants to face. In a conversation with Fandom, Cavill […]

Shazam! type Movie release date 04/05/19 performer Zachary Levi director David Sandberg Zachary Levi throws off the perfect Shazam! pitch: “It’s Superman meets Big!” declares the affable former Chuck star who’s squeezing into a skin-tight suit to play what’s perhaps the ultimate daydream-come-true superhero across all of comic book lore: An ordinary 14-year-old kid named […]

With Superman #1 now here, and Action Comics #1001 just over the horizon, a curated imprint in the works and a recently announced Batman project taking place in the Walmart-exclusive hundred page specials, the Rebirth-era DC Universe is about to get a major makeover at the hands of Brian Michael Bendis. The revolution has, in […]

Brian Michael Bendis’ Man of Steel, a prelude to his imminent storylines in Action Comics and Superman, has been a story framed by mysteries. Who is the barbaric alien warrior, Rogol Zaar, who has suddenly appeared? Where are Superman’s wife and son, Lois Lane and Jon Kent, who seem to have disappeared? Next to those […]

The character of Elias Orr, or simply Mr. Orr, is a mercenary who has gone to work for everybody from world governments to Lex Luthor. One has to assume that Cavill came across Elias Orr while reading comics to prep for his role as Superman. His background is mostly shrouded in mystery, but in the […]

There was an element of shock when DC announced that Brian Michael Bendis was taking over Superman. Bendis had spent nearly two decades as the top writer at Marvel Comics, and, in all honesty, Superman wasn’t the obvious choice for him. While he’s certainly no stranger to the kind of cosmic superhero epics that readers […]