The military veteran influences behind DC Comics
We know the way veterans have influenced different parts of our culture from movies, TV, art, inventions and companies. Now we focus on the background and building of DC Comics…
The German Reich was not happy with how Superman ended World War II
“Superman” famously debuted in Action Comics #1 in June 1938 and immediately made a splash, both here in America but also over in Nazi-dominated Germany. He was the realization of…
The US wanted an army of Batman paratroopers in World War II
The Second World War gave us all a lot of crazy ideas that turned out to be really great things for the United States and, after a few years, the world. It gave us microwaves, the mass production of penicillin, and, later, Batman.
The ide…
DC Comics pulled Batman poster after China said it looked like protester
DC Comics pulled its ad campaign for an upcoming Batman comic book after Chinese fans claimed Batwoman looked like a Hong Kong protester and accused the company of supporting the city’s anti-China demonstrations.
The deleted images showed Bat…
Is the Rock going to fight Superman in ‘Black Adam’ movie?
It may take a few years, but the Rock might punch Superman in the face on the big screen. When Dwayne Johnson slips into the suit of DC superhero/supervillain Black Adam, there’s a chance he could brawl with Henry Cavill’s version of the Man of St…
How ‘The Boys’ comic book inspired a new hit superhero TV series
“The Boys” is a hit for Amazon Prime Video, which announced earlier this month that the series is one of the platform’s most watched shows ever. But the new superhero TV series wouldn’t exist if its source material hadn’t been saved from an ear…