DC Announced 3 Convergence Spin-Offs Coming This Year

DC has been releasing news left and right today! On top of Batman and Robin Eternal and Robin War coming, DC unveiled to IGN that three books from their Convergence event will spin off and get there own series. The series are Superman: Lois and Clark, Titans Hunt, and Telos. Here are the solicits for each series:

Following the epic events of CONVERGENCE, here are the adventures of the last son and daughter of Krypton and Earth as they try to survive in a world not their own. But can they keep this world from suffering the same fate as their own? Can this Superman stop the villains he once fought before they are created on this world? What is Intergang, and why does Lois’s discovery of it place everyone she loves in jeopardy? And what will happen when their nine-year-old son learns the true identity of his parents?

CONVERGENCE is over, but the ripples are still being felt, especially by a young precog named Lilith. What are these visions she’s having of a Teen Titans team the world never knew? And why does she feel compelled to seek out Dick Grayson, Roy Harper, Donna Troy and an Atlantean named Garth and warn them that something dark and sinister is coming after them? Who are Mal, Gnarrk, Hank Hall and Dawn Granger, and what is their connection to the others—and to the fate of every soul on Earth? This is the Secret History of the TEEN TITANS! 

The villain of the world-shattering CONVERGENCE event stars in his own new series! Set loose from his planetary tether at the end of the best-selling CONVERGENCE, Telos finds himself free and able to traverse space and time via a sliver of Brainiac’s powers. As this epic begins, he embarks on an odyssey, journeying across time and space in search of his past.

Superman was definitely one of the titles that deserved to get an ongoing after Convergence. Dan Jurgens' voice of Superman was consistent and his story was excellent. DC announcing him coming back on board for Superman is an instabuy for me. Then there's Jeff King returning to write a Telos series. I'm not interested in this at all. Sorry King but Telos was never interesting in the main Convergence series. He proved to be a very underwhelming villain. Titans Hunt definitely has my interest. It's just a little confusing to me that  the cover has the New 52 characters around a tombstone, and pre 52 version of the Titans looking below at them. I'm going to need more info from the writer on this one to get an understanding of what exacly is going on here.

Telos will be shipped out on October 7th by Jeff King and Carl Pagulayan/Jason Paz, Superman: Lois and Clark on October 14th by Dan Jurgens and Lee Weeks, and Titans Hunt on October 21st Dan Abnett and Paulo Siqueira.

DC Announces Robin War and Batman and Robin Eternal

It's San Diego Comic Con weekend, and what that means for us comics fans is major announcements to be announced. This year marks the 75th anniversary of Robin, and DC just had to announce something for everyone's favorite Boy Wonder. Today DC announced that the sequel to Batman Eternal will release on October 7th. It will be called Batman and Robin Eternal. Scott Synder and James Tynion IV will be lead writers, and will be joined by Steve Orlando, Tim Seeley, Ed Brisson, Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly, and Geneieve Valentine. Plus Tony Daniel, Scott Eaton, and Paul Pelletier will be on art duties.

The other set of news DC unveiled for Robin is there will be a month long crossover starting in December called Robin War. It will tie in We Are Robin, Robin: Son of Batman, and Gotham Academy.

I'm actually excited for both these titles. Let me start on Robin War, I don't care for the group of kids trying to be Robin in We Are Robin, but based off the teaser DC supplied, it looks like Damian will take them head on by himself. So if Damian has enough "beef" to take these guys on solo, I definitely want to tune in.

Then there's Batman and Robin Eternal. I enjoyed the first run of Eternal, so I'm sure I'll enjoy this one too. Plus based off the cover it looks like Dick will actually be in this one. What role he plays, I don't know but I'm excited he's back interacting with the rest of the Bat-Family.

Top 5 Comics July 8th 2015

Somewhat of a short week for me. Nothing on my Marvel pull this week either.

1. Batman/Superman #22 -Unlike last month's issue, we are focused more on the partnership between Clark and Gordon. Pak also put in a lot from Gordon's perspective as well.

2. Batman #42 -New villain being built up, and more of Jim learning the ropes of being "Batman".We see what Bruce is up to, and Bat Truck is official!

3. Justice League of America #2- Still interested in where Hitch takes this arc. Characterization felt better this month on characters.

4. Red Hood/Arsenal #2 -This book isn't taking itself too seriously anymore. It's not a bad thing but I don't think Red Hood should be featured like this. The game fighting scene were fun though.

5. Earth 2 Society #2 -Other than the art, nothing good here.

Why I'm excited for No Man's Sky

At the E3 2014 Playstation press conference, we were shown a trailer for a brand new IP from Hello Games called No Man's Sky. We were shown you, the player walking around a planet called Oria V. We see what kind of planets and animals exist right before the player takes of into his ship and flies outer space next to some other ships. We eventually see a dogfight and the trailer ends.

Initially I didn't care for what I saw. It was a mix of things ranging from I didn't quite understand what kind of game it was, what I do in the game, and how I'm reminded how much I didn't like Proteus (which is an open exploration game). Anyways come E3 2015, we were shown a live demo and the million dollar question had finally shed some light on the game for me (and possible others as well). That question being "what do we actually do in this game?" While Sean Murray couldn't really show off too much of the game due to time restraints, he did get to say there's trading, fighting, exploring, and survival in No Man's Sky. After that presentation I felt a lot more excited for this game because I got a better idea of what to expect.

Since this year's E3 I've been looking up news on the game to see what other features and stuff are in the game. Some of the things that excite me are how big this game is. This universe is MASSIVE! In fact it will take someone 5 Billion years just to explore every planet. Next thing I like is the level of freedom we get here. The story is we all want to get to the "center of the universe" but how we get there and how long it takes us is entirely up to us. It's kind of like Minecraft. There's no right way to play Minecraft, you can either try to survive or play creative. You make your own story, and I like how No Man's Sky is trying to accomplish here. Some other cool stuff includes everyone starts in a different world when you boot up the game for the first time, and you can intervene and help factions in dogfights outer space.

As a guy that loves reading comics, some of the concepts that are in No Man's Sky reminds me of Guardians of the Galaxy or Green Lantern. With the robots on patrol throughout the universe wanting to take you down if your mschivious. Bounties can be put out on you, and there's a space station.

I don't know how much more Hello Games is going to put into the game, but if there were alien civilizations on some planets and they put in interactions I think it would be a nice addition. They could try and teach us there culture and their planets history. Plus let there be consequences. Let's say some other player goes to a peaceful planet long before I do and causes lot's of chaos, and then I come to this planet and they no longer trust outsiders and causes conflict for me. Those kind of little things wouldn't be bad to have.

Anyways whenever No Man's Sky releases, I definitely want to check it out for my PS4.

Thoughts on New DC Limited Series

Today DC has announced in 2016 we'll be getting 8 new limited series. We don't know who will be on art duties from these series but we do know who the writers are for each book. These are the following characters/teams who will get series:

• Metal Men - Written by Len Wein
• Firestorm - Written by Gerry Conway
• Swamp Thing - Written by Len Wein
• Metamorpho - Written by Aaron Lopresti
• Katana: Cult of the Kobra - Written by Mike W. Barr
• Raven - Written by Marv Wolfman
• Poison Ivy: Circle of Life & Death - Written by Amy Chu
• Sugar & Spike - Written by Keith Giffen

There's not too much I care for here. However, I do know I would like to check out Metal Men and that's thanks to Geoff Johns, and Firestorm could be good. After my exposure to him on The CW's The Flash, Future's End, and a little on Justice League I strongly believe Firestorm has a good concept and could have cool villains to go with his series.

I also like the idea of DC doing limited series. This could give other lesser know characters a chance to shine if DC plans to do more limited series in the future.

Thoughts on Official All New All Different Marvel Titles Reveal

It has been a few days now since Marvel official unveiled a chunk of their All New All Different Marvel titles. A total of 45 have been revealed, and we are expecting at least another 15 to be announced. It's no secret I've been wanting to jump onto Marvel's main universe bandwagon when ANAD Marvel begins in October, but was there anything from this reveal that actually got me excited? You bet there was! I want to start with what titles I cannot wait to read.

• Spider-Man
• Amazing Spider-Man
• Invincible Iron Man
• All New All Different Marvel
• Spider-Man 2099
• Daredevil
• Extraordinary X-Men
• Deadpool
• Ultimates

Before any Spider-Man titles were revealed, I all ready knew I would want to read them. Spider-Man is to Marvel what Batman is to DC. I've had plenty of exposure on Spider-Man through TV, video games, movies, that I just care enough to read about him. There's also the fact Bendis and Pichelle  are returning for Miles, Miguel has a sweet looking costume, and Slott's direction reminds me of that grey steel suit Spider-Man we've seen in Spider-Man the Animated Series.

Invincible Iron Man looked great too. Marquez has amazing art, and I firmly believe Bendis is capable of writing a Tony that sounds like Robert Downey Jr. Based off his Tony seen in the Ultimate Universe.

Daredevil was going to be on my pull without a doubt thanks to the show on Netflix. I've since gone back and read Bendis' run on the character due to overall fan appreciation of it. Charles Soule is set to write him, and I've read is Superman/Wonder Woman work to at least come to the conclusion I like his work.

Extraordinary X-Men was a nice surprise and something I'm super excited for. I've always wanted to read an X-Men title on the main Marvel Universe that closely resembled an X-Men cast full of characters I know based off the cartoons. With the cast of Old Man Logan, Marvel Girl (Jean from the past) Ice Man (the adult one) Storm, Nightcrawler, and Colossus, it doesn't get any closer than that for my hopes of an X-Men comic.

Deadpool. I'd love a little humor, no better place to start than the Merc with a mouth.

Initially when I heard an Ultimate title was coming to ANAD Marvel I was excited, but then I saw the team and I was disappointed because none of those characters are from the UU. I was a little let down, I wanted to read about Black Panther, and I just didn't know the rest of the cast. I love me Rocafort's art, and I thought wow that Blue Marvel guy looks cool (probably thanks to Rocafort), and then I read Al Ewing's interview with Comic Alliance and I liked the vision/direction he's aiming for. The more I kept reading about these characters from others online, Ewing's interview, and Rocafort's art I grew more excited about reading this.

Now there were also some other titles that were announced that I'm not too interested in. Could be because I'm not interested in the character, or I just don't care for the direction they're going for. Anyways here's that list:

• Spider-Woman
• Web Warriors
• Howling Commandos of Shield
• Ant-Man
• Silk
• Uncanny X-Men
• All New Wolverine
• Old Man Logan
• Hawkeye
• Sam Wilson, Captain America
• Illuminati
• Scarlet Witch
• Drax
• Angela Asgard's Assassin
• The Mighty Thor
• Agents of Shield
• The Vision
• Uncanny Inhuman
• Captain Mavel
• Doctor Strange
• A-Force

I want to be a little fair towards Vision, Drax, and Angela. I'm sure I'll check out at least one issue but I doubt I'll be reading them long term. Sam Wilson, Cpatina America and The Might Thor fall under I don't care for Foster and Wilson as Thor or Captain America. Illuminati, Howling Commandos of Shield and Agents of Shield all fall under I don't care for plain and simple. Doctor Strange, Silk, Inhumans, Scarlet Witch, Captain Marvel, Spider-Woman, and X-23 (Wolverine) are all characters I'm not interested in. I think I'm just going to stick with Old Man Logan in Extraordinary X-Men. I wanted to read Hawkeye, and Ant Man but I'm not interested in the direction they are going with here. Spider Verse was cool and all but I'm done with this Spider team up which is why I'm not interested in Web Warriors, and finally I don't care for an all female Avenger team or a all villains X team. Which is why I'm skipping A-Force, and Uncanny X-Men.

Now I won't be getting into much detail with titles I'm interested in, but here's what I'll be keeping an eye out for.

• Howard the Duck (I could use another humor title)
• Totally Awesome Hulk (I like Pak's work)
• Contests of Champions (Could be a cool brawling book)
• Squadron Supreme (Marvel's equivalent to DC's Justice League)
• Venom Spaceknight (Not sure what to expect but I like Venom)
• Carnage (I like Carnage but I probably won't stick around too long)
• All New X-Men (Same reasoning behind Extraordinary X-Men)
• Uncanny Avengers (Interesting team. Has characters I care for)
• Karnak (He looks like a bad ass Inhuman)
• Nova (Closest thing to Green Lantern. However Sean Ryan's Suicide Squad run thus far is terrible)
• New Avengers (Another odd team. It's nice to see some Young Avengers reuniting, and Clint though)
• Star-Lord (Thanks Chris Pratt!)
• Guardians of the Galaxy (Thanks GotG movie!)
• Ms Marvel (I want to see if she's as good of a character as people say she is)
• Spider-Gwen (I liked her concept in Edge of Spider Verse)

October can't come soon enough for me. I hope at some point between now and October, an Iron Fist, and The Punisher books get announced. Otherwise so far I'm excited for what Marvel will be putting later this year.

Top 5 Comics July 1st 2015

Really busy day today. A lot was on my pull so it made my choices pretty hard. Honorable mentions to Amazing Spider-Man #19.1, Green Arrow #42, and Giant Size Little Marvel AvX.

1. Secret Wars #41 -Lot's of action. We see just how powerful God Doom is, and some action from the 616 characters.
2. Bizarro #2 -Kudos to DC for expanding there humorous line. Bizarro and Jimmy make a fun duo.
3. Green Lantern #42 - Black Hand is back, 'nuff said.
4. Action Comics #42 -Tensions rise between Superman and the Cops. We see how much Superman can endure before he snaps.
5. Groot #2 -A step up from last month's issue. It's nice we get to see things from Groot's point of view without Rocket stealing the spotlight.