Leeds is host to one of my preferred geek havens of the year, the Thought Bubble comic convention. Encamped at the Royal Armouries (free entry all year round, lots of weapons and armour, good enough to recommend on its own!), ...
Read More »Supergirl: It’s not a bird. It’s not a plane. It’s not a man. It’s Supergirl.
If you are already a fan of Arrow or The Flash, likelihood is you will have already started tuning in to watch CBS’s latest DC series, Supergirl. Thankfully, Supergirl embraces the silly rather than brooding in dark corners; the series ...
Read More »Casting rumours of the superhero variety
Rumours are flying today around both Marvel and DC’s cinematic universes. Marvel’s adaptation of Doctor Strange, set for release in November 2016 and already slated to star Benedict Cumberbath is looking to expand the cast with a bit of gender-swap ...
Read More »DC’s Legends of Tomorrow gets a trailer
If you thought we’d reached a natural saturation point for superheroes on TV, think again. CW has just released the first look trailer for its newest DC series, an Arrow and The Flash spin-off, entitled Legends of Tomorrow. Unlike its ...
Read More »Why you should all be watching The Flash
The CW’s The Flash might not be the height of cool, feature the most original or intriguing plots, or even serve up particularly well-written dialogue, but it has something every show wishes it had: great fun. It’s fun to watch ...
Read More »Does Constantine deserve to be saved?
Not to be left behind on the superhero front, NBC green-lit DC’s Hellbazer comics to be adapted into a series for 2014. It was not smooth sailing for the series, with major cast changes and script rewrites early on. But ...
Read More »Agent Carter is proof we’re ready for a female superhero film
The brilliant first season of Marvel’s Agent Carter finished last week and I’m still on a high from it. It was one of the best single seasons of television I have ever seen. If you thought stakes couldn’t get any ...
Read More »Gotham, comic book adaptations, and the city’s white knight
The enduring popularity of comic book adaptations at the Box Office is continuing on our televisions. DC has been doing well in the teen market for years. First with Smallville, then Arrow, and this year Arrow is getting a spin-off ...
Read More »The idiot box: New TV in 2014
As the leaves begin to fall, our TVs fill up with scores of new and returning series. Looking through the list of upcoming new shows, there’s the usual mix of different genre shows including comedy, dramas, crime procedurals, and even ...
Read More »It’s Batman’s 75th Birthday! Some of Batman’s best moments in print
This July marks the 75th anniversary of Batman. ‘Batman Day’ will be celebrated by DC Comics and Warner Brothers Studios on July 23rd with a re-release of the original Detective Comics issue that featured the first ever story of Batman ...
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