DC Cancels 4 of the New 52.

DC announced today that Blue Beatle, Legion Lost, Grifter and Frankenstein: Agent of S.H.A.D.E will be joining G.I Combat as canceled books.  The four mentioned last issue will be out in January and G. I Combat ends in December.  So far only Threshold has been announced as a replacement. No word on the four new titles for February yet.

DC Comics Cancels 4 and Adds 4 New Titles.

DC Comics has canceled Justice League International, Voodoo, Captain Atom and Resurrection Man.  This is the second wave of canceled books and to keep the number at 52 DC has added four new titles.  The new four will debut in September and they are Talon written by Scott Snyder & James Tynion IV and drawn by Guillem March,  Sword of Sorcery written by Christy Marx and artist Aaron Lopresti. Sword of Sorcery brings back 80's comic stalwart Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld. 

The other two new series are Team Seven by Justin Jordan and artist Jesus Merino as it tells the story of early pre super hero times with a team of  Dinah Lance, Amanda Waller, Steve Trevor, John Lynch, Alex Fairchild, Cole Cash and Slade Wilson.

Finally the last new book is The Phantom Stranger. A stalwart of the 70's and occasionally pops now and again.  His book will be written by Dan DiDio and artist Brent Anderson.  These books will be exploding onto the scene in September when DC has it's Zero Issue Event.

DC Comics Gives A Name To The Mysterious Hooded Lady

For those who read DC Comics and have noticed a hooded mysterious lady lurking in the background of their comics.  Well DC has released her name so now there is a tad bit less mystery and now more speculation.  Her name it appears is Pandora.

Shazam To Return In New 52 Announced At NYCC

One of the big news that was announced by DC Comics was that Shazam will be returning in DC's new 52.  It will be written by Geoff Johns (Aquaman, Green Lantern, Justice League) and illustrated by Gary Frank.  The Curse of Shazam will be a backup story in Justice League which is also written by Geoff Johns and illustrated by Jim Lee.  This is great as I like Shazam and it is pretty cool that DC is bringing back the back up stories as they were pretty good in the 80's.

Wonder Woman Gets New Origin In DC's New 52



Wonder Woman #5 cover by Cliff Chang

In the new DC 52 Wonder Woman will have a new origin.  So instead of being molded from clay and given life by Aphrodite she will (Spoiler)