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Massive Warner Layoffs Gut DC Comics, DC Universe

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One area hit hardest overnight was DC Entertainment, with reports of huge swathes of staff at both DC Comics and DC Universe laid off. dc comics dc entertainment dc universe att time warner layoffs warner bros warner media dc collectibles streaming hbo max

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DC Super-Pets, Ranked

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DC’s League of Super-Pets animated movie is on the way and has somehow nabbed Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as the voice of Krypto the Superdog, along with Kevin Hart as Ace the Bat-Hound , plus Keanu Reeves, Kate McKinnon, Diego Luna, and more. It is a good time to be a superheroic animal.

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DC's Current Superman Has a Boyfriend

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In the DC Universe, it’s a good time to be the important ward/next generation of a legacy superhero mantle and get a date, apparently. Read more.

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DC Comics Will Bring Zatanna, Vixen, and More to WebToons

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While it’s not officially a comic, per se, CRC Payne and Starbite’s Batman: Wayne Family Adventure s is currently my favorite DC Comics series. Now, DC will finally follow up the hit series by releasing three new series to the… Read more.

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Kevin Conroy's DC Pride Story Is a Powerfully Necessary Kick in the Gut

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DC Comics’ latest collection of queer stories from queer creatives all over the DC Universe for Pride—and Pride in general this year—comes at complicated time for queer communities.

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DC's Comics App Finally Remembers Other Countries Exist

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It’s, uh, taken a rather surprisingly long time to get here, but if you’re one of the many, many people who find themselves under the strange circumstance of not living in the United States, you’re finally going to get the chance to read DC Comics in the way the publisher prefers.

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Jim Lee Says DC Is Still Committed to the Business of Publishing Comics

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After massive layoffs that wracked DC Comics , it was, honestly, somewhat of an open question. dc comics jim lee warner bros dc universe hbo max attRead more.

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DC's Injustice Movie Finds the Voice Actors Among Us

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We’re big fans of Tom Taylor’s Injustice: Gods Among Us comics, dubbing it the greatest “ Superman goes evil ” story ever written. So by extension, we’re looking forward to WB Animation’s upcoming movie adaptation—especially now that the first details have been released. Read more.

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DC's Letting Static Shock Hop Over to YA Graphic Novels

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Static Shock was one of the more comparatively underrated superhero shows of the early 2000s, and the character’s return to the popular culture has been slow going.

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Harley Quinn Spin-Off Noonan's Will Give DC's Kite Man His Own HBO Max Series

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After being left at the altar, Kite Man (Matt Oberg) embarks on a new adventure in Noonan’s , his own spin-off set in the world of DC Entertainment and WB Animation’s hit series Harley Quinn , which will be back for a third season this summer.

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The Flash Movie Will Kick-Off the DC Cinematic Multiverse

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Batman: Wayne Family Adventures, DC's First Webtoon, Is a Delight

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It’s only one of the many delightful scenes in DC Comics’ first collaboration with the Korean digital comics platform Webtoon , Batman: Wayne Family … Read more.

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Michael B. Jordan's Outlier Society Will Produce DC's Static Shock Movie

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What Future DC Project Could Include a Peacemaker Star?

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Halloween Ends finds itself another cast member. Shazam! Fury of the Gods producer Peter Safran teases the sequel’s bigger scope. Ming-Na Wen hopes fans will see The Book of Boba Fett ’s bigger picture when it’s over. Plus, what’s coming on Superman & Lois and Naomi. Spoilers now! Read more.

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DC Fandome Returns Next Weekend for More Digital Convention Goodness

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DC Fandome, to date, has been the only particularly successful one, effectively emulating the full experience for better or worse. dc fandome dc warner bros

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Open Channel: What DC Superhero Deserves a Solo Game Next?

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For a long time and to many a fan’s ire, it felt like the only way for DC characters to get a video game was if they were adjacent to Batman.

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A Brief History of DC Comics' Black Supermen

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As long as the original Superman has had counterparts like Steel and, more recently, Final Crisis ’ Calvin Ellis of Earth-23, there have been comics fans who struggled to comprehend—and often pushed back against—the idea of a Black Superman. Read more.

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The Other History of the DC Universe's John Ridley on Giving New Voices to Legacy Characters

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DC Comics’ long-awaited The Other History of the DC Universe from Oscar-winning writer John Ridley is set to debut next month.

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DC's Animated Justice League Is Getting Its Own Comic

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It’s been 15 years since the last new episode of Justice League Unlimited —and thus, the last episode of the entire DC Animated Universe—aired, but the beloved series lives again.

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The Excellent DC Universe Is Dead, and a Comics-Only Service Is Taking Its Place

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Today DC Entertainment announced that as of January 21, 2021 DC Universe will “evolve” into DC Universe Infinite, a comics only service. dc universe dc comics harley quinn doom patrol dc entertainment streaming hbo max warner bros digital comics

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Two Disney Legends Are Tackling an Animated DC Movie

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Directors Ron Clements and John Musker, who made films you may have heard of like Aladdin , The Little Mermaid , and Moana , are looking to make an animated movie based on the DC… Read more.

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The Rock Sees Black Adam as a New Start to the DC Universe

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By now, you’ve probably seen the first trailer for the long-awaited, highly anticipated DC movie Black Adam , starring Dwayne Johnson.

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DC Comics' Round Robin Tournament Returns to Make One Comic a Reality

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Last year, DC Comics ran its first Round Robin tournament, which wasn’t about an eating contest between Batman’s various sidekicks (although I would definitely read a comic about that).

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DC and Marvel Comics' Pride Month Plans Are Not Created Equal

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When Pride Month rolled around last June, both Marvel and DC were ready with special content focusing on their respective LGBTQIA+ characters.

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DC Mech Does What It Sounds Like, Gives the Justice League Big-Ass Robots

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DC Comics loves itself some silly genre AUs. dc mech warnermedia american culture robins baldemar rivas kenny porter dc comics batman darkseid dave wieglosz batman in other media warner bros

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DC's New League of Super-Pets Trailer Is as Cute as It Needs to Be

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In the new trailer for DC’s animated League of Super-Pets , Krypto the Super-Dog (voiced by Dwayne Johnson ) has to team up with a rag-tag group of newly-empowered shelter animals to save Superman from the clutches of an evil.

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DC's Batman Family Just Got a Little More Queer

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Because there are multiple Batman books released by DC Comics in any given week , there’s always something going on with the Bat-family.

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DC Comics Tells Artists to Stay Out of NFT Business or Else

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José Delgo, a former DC and Marvel comics artist, used to be best known for his run penciling Wonder Woman back in the ‘70s and early ‘80s. Now, he’s probably most famous for making $1.85

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Report: Susan Sarandon Will Play the Villain in DC's Blue Beetle

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The upcoming DC Universe film Blue Beetle has added Susan Sarandon as main antagonist Victoria Kord, the Wrap reports. Previously Sharon Stone was in talks to join the film in the same role; Kord is a new character created for the movie. Read more.

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DC’s New Batgirl Has Been Found in Leslie Grace

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expansion of the Bat-wing of its myriad plans for the DC movieverse just took a major leap forward: a new cinematic Barbara Gordon has been found, and it’s In the Height ’s Leslie Grace. Warner Bros.’

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Supergirl Is Gaining Another Magical DC Comics Imp

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The Flash’s first teaser trailer breaks the DC multiverse

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At DC FanDome, Ezra Miller shared the first look at The Flash's upcoming film, and the chaos that Barry Allen leaves behind in the wake of his actions. Movies & TV News Batman DC DC Fandome The Flash

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Warner and ViacomCBS Could Sell Off The CW, Pushing DC TV's Future Further Towards Streaming

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Later this year, it’ll have been a decade since Arrow hit The CW , establishing the first elements of a whole DC universe on the small screen that would change the face of superheroic TV as we know it.

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New Black Adam, The Flash, and Aquaman 2 Footage Debuts in Heroic DC Trailer

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The biggest movie trailer of the week drops Sunday night during a major sporting event. But that event isn’t the Super Bowl —and the trailer isn’t for one movie. It’s for four. Read more.

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DC Comics Is Celebrating George Pérez's Legacy With Beautiful Art

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After an unprecedented push from DC and Marvel alike to bring… Read more.

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Ben Affleck Is Returning to Batman for The Flash's DC Multiverse

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HBO Max Will Keep Some DC Movies Streaming a Little Longer After All

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