By: JD Hardin
It’s a banner week for comic readers. Some new True Believers, some classic DC stories reprinted, and the return of Witchblade. It’s all good on the racks today, so be sure to visit your local comic book store!!
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Posts Tagged ‘#superman’
What’s Out Wednesday 12/7/17
Posted: December 7, 2017 in Comics, Graphic Novels, JD Hardin, Podcast, Subscription BoxesTags: #batman, #captainamerica, #DCcomics, #guardiansofthegalaxy, #imagecomics, #MARVELCOMICS, #ncbd, #rockosmodernlife, #superman, #wow
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What’s Out Wednesday 7/26/17
Posted: July 26, 2017 in Comics, Graphic Novels, JD Hardin, Subscription BoxesTags: #actioncomics, #batman, #captainamerica, #independantcomics, #ironman, #MARVELCOMICS, #samwilson, #scarletspider, #superman, Comics
By: JD Hardin
Sorry for the absence folks, but we’re back with more WOW!! This week, Ben Reilly faces of with Kane. That’s right, Scarlet Spider VS. Scarlet Spider in an web slinging brawl. Postal returns kicking off a new volume, and the upper echelons of the Green Lantern Corps must decide how to handle a severe problem inside their ranks which may threaten the partnership with the Sinestro Corps.
No matter what you’re into, there’s a comic book tailor made just for you.
Now……
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What’s Out Wednesday 6/28/2017
Posted: June 28, 2017 in Comics, Graphic Novels, JD Hardin, Subscription BoxesTags: #batman, #BLUEBEETLE, #spiderman, #spidermanhomecoming, #superman, #theflash, #topcow, Comics, Spawn
By: JD Hardin
It’s Wednesday, that means a whole slew of new comics are on the racks! Both Marvel and Image have some exciting reprints coming out. It seems Marvel is getting ready for Spider-Man: Homecoming and are releasing a great deal of True Believer reprints of some of Spidey’s #1’s. Image is releasing a reprint of Spawn #1 complete with a foil cover and a director’s cut. I’m not 100% on what a Director’s Cut of a comic would be, but it’s exciting nonetheless. Plus, a new title from Top Rated Publisher, Top Cow is always worth getting excited about. DC is pushing out two more Warner Bros. crossovers this week that can’t be missed either. Come on, Elmer Fudd and Batman is going to be hilarious, and Jonah Hex and Yosemite Sam is just to perfect of a match up to miss. So without any further adieu…..
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What’s Out Wednesday 6/21/17
Posted: June 22, 2017 in Comics, Friends of The Nerdery, Graphic Novels, JD Hardin, Subscription BoxesTags: #batman, #DCcomics, #eclipse, #imagecomics, #indiecomics, #MARVELCOMICS, #spiderman, #superman, Comics, DC, Marvel
By: JD Hardin
It’s What’s Out Thursday!! Yeah, I’m late, but it’s here. Great stuff is littered all over the racks this week. DC releases a slew of crossovers, Marvel drops another Spider-Man, and Image gives us the long awaited Eclipse #8. So don’t miss your favorite books!!!
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What’s Out Wednesday 3/29/17
Posted: March 28, 2017 in Comics, Friends of The Nerdery, Graphic Novels, JD Hardin, Subscription BoxesTags: #batman, #dkiii, #flintstones, #futurequest, #greenlantern, #htxpubcrawls, #itsahoustonthing, #pubcrawl, #spaceghost, #suicidesquad, #superman, #thedarkknight, #thenerdery
By: JD Hardin
DC is at it again. On the tail of the incredible He-Man/Thundercats, and the riveting Justice League/Power Rangers, the power house drops four more crossovers; Adam Strange/Future Quest, Booster Gold/The Flintstones, Green Lantern/Space Ghost, and the Suicide Squad/The Banana Splits. Watch out for these titles, they’re going to be HOT!!! Not to mention the long awaited DKIII #8.
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What’s Out Wednesday 3/15/17 – 3/22/17
Posted: March 22, 2017 in Comics, Friends of The Nerdery, Graphic Novels, JD HardinTags: #actioncomics, #batman, #DCcomics, #detectivecomics, #greenlantern, #haljordan, #MARVELCOMICS, #superman, Marvel
By: JD Hardin
Yeah I know, I missed last week. Well, not to worry. Scroll down to the bottom of this page to see last week’s releases.
This week we have a lot to be grateful for, it’s like Christmas. Reprints, trades and more proliferate the racks. The Beauty, Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Core, and Dollface just to name a few. Not to mention the fact that Action Comics is pushing close to issue #1000. That issue will almost assuredly be one bear of a book. Well, I’ve wasted enough of your time……
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Who Is The Batman?
Posted: March 6, 2017 in Comics, Graphic Novels, JD Hardin, MoviesTags: #batfleck, #batman, #Batmanvssuperman, #batmanvsuperman, #benaffleck, #bvs, #cloverfield, #dceu, #justiceleague, #justiceleaguepart1, #manofsteel, #planetoftheapes, #superman, #thebatman
By: JD Hardin
Ben Affleck stunned fan and foe alike when he announced that he would be stepping down 
as Director for The Batman. What stunned the fans even more were the rumors circulating that he would be walking away from the cowl all together. Every since that particular announcement and subsequent rumor, I’ve been beating the street to get any verification on the facts and fiction.
First, lets look at the project. Comic book films are some of the hottest Hollywood projects right now. Motivating comic book readers, film critics, and whole families to flock to theaters in unprecedented numbers.While the trend isn’t new, it’s found a place in the fickle public eye to launch every project into the hottest social media trends and top headline news stories. Attracting new people to comic books and interpreting classic characters has brought comic fans into the mainstream culture in a manner never seen before. But with all the attention comes incredible pressure for filmmakers and actors that normal movies don’t usually see. Hollywood normally only has to placate film critics and the general public.
As I see it, comic book films have four very different movie-goer groups to satisfy. The first of which are the film critics. Critics are normally the hardest to satisfy, and their (usually) unfamiliarity with the nuances of many comic book characters, can add a massive additional challenge to elicit warm and fuzzy emotions for a film. The average movie goer is a little more difficult to placate. Usually touting a complete lack of character knowledge (and sometimes feigning one) the film is often required to educate the newcomers to the genre while doing so subtly as to not bore the next two groups. Liberal comic fans are a unique group who have miles of knowledge of the characters and their backstories, but are happy to see changes that differ from what they know. This group is one of the easiest to satisfy as they are there to see a new version of a character. They are perfectly content with varying backstories, settings, character race or the plot as a whole. They are the exact polar opposite of the last group. The conservative comic fans are by far the most difficult to satisfy. Craving to watch the story they’ve already seen and read played out on the screen, little variation is allowed for the characters or their adventure. All of these groups demand the absolute best out of every aspect of filming.
Ben Affleck initially was picking up writing, directing, and acting duties for The Batman film. It’s safe to say that that is a massive workload, especially when realizing the amount of perfection the audience demands. Having to split his focus between all these tasks would mean each one would get a little less than his best. Having been the subject of critical homicide with 2003’s Daredevil, Affleck is well aware of how wrong things can go with a comic book movie stating simply “…I hate Daredevil so much.” Luckily for fans, Daredevil motivated him to play Batman and give the role his honest best.
“That’s the movie I want to do. I want to be a part of that,” he said about Batman v Superman. 
“Part of it was I wanted for once to get one of these movies and do it right — to do a good version. I hate Daredevil so much.” When speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Affleck opened up on the red-horned flop a little more saying, “Daredevil didn’t work, at all…if I wanted to go viral, I would be less polite,” Affleck continued to explain the difference in the Hollywood/Comic Book relationship from then and now, “That was before people realized you could make these movies and make them well,” he elaborated. “There was a cynical sense of ‘Put a red leather outfit on a guy, have him run around, hunt some bad guys, and cash the check.'”
Anyone who has seen the film knows how terrible the blasé approach was for graphic novel adaptations. Keeping all that in mind, Affleck gracefully stepped aside to allow another director to step in and take the heavy reigns. Ben Affleck and renowned DC writer Geoff Johns wrote the original script for The Batman, which was rewritten (true to Hollywood modus operandi) by David S. Goyer (Dark City, Blade Trilogy, Dark Knight Trilogy, MoS, BvS). There’s little doubt that the rewrite is little more than an insurance policy for Warner Brothers and their DCEU continuity. Furthermore, Affleck has maintained his position as producer for the new Caped Crusader’s first solo outing, illustrating a continued faith in the feature.
Matt Reeves has unofficially been announced as the new director. If you’re unfamiliar with Reeves’ work, you should be ashamed of yourself. Cloverfield, Let Me In, Dawn Of The Planet of the Apes, and War For The Planet Of The Apes are but a few amazing pieces of cinema that Matt Reeves has attended the director’s chair for. There’s little doubt that Reeves will put together an amazingly tense film for the aged Batman.
When it comes to whether or not Affleck will be taking off the cowl before or immediately following The Batman, it seems that most of those rumors are largely unsubstantiated. It’s become very apparent to us here at The Nerdery that such is normally the case. Honestly, there has been absolutely zero indication that Ben Affleck has any intention to step away from the Dark Knight.
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