The Cape and Tights Blog

You may remember this scene from the book…

So I’m a day late, big whoop, wanna fight about it? I would also like to apologize or maybe MARVEL should apologize for a mistake on last week’s pull-list where I said X-men Legacy 238 was coming out. The Marvel website was wrong about that, it actually comes out THIS week. I noticed they did that the week before too, where they were a week off on New Mutants 15… what idiots. Who knows what they’re wrong about this week.

DC:

ACTION COMICS #891

AZRAEL: DEATH’S DARK KNIGHT

BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #19

BATMAN: THE RETURN OF BRUCE WAYNE #4 (OF 6)

BATMAN: WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE CAPED CRUSADER?

BATMAN: WIDENING GYRE #6 (OF 6)

BILLY BATSON AND THE MAGIC OF SHAZAM! #18

DETECTIVE COMICS #867

FIRST WAVE #3 (OF 6)

THE FLASH #4

GOTHAM CITY SIRENS #14

GREEN ARROW #2

GREEN LANTERN #56

GREEN LANTERN CORPS #50

JSA VS. KOBRA

JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #47

JUSTICE LEAGUE: GENERATION LOST #6

THE OUTSIDERS #31

SHOWCASE PRESENTS: SGT. ROCK VOL. 3

SUPERMAN: WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE MAN OF TOMORROW?

TEEN TITANS #85

THE WARLORD #16

WONDER WOMAN #601

MARVEL:

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN PRESENTS: BLACK CAT # 2

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN PRESENTS: BLACK CAT # 2

CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE 1940′S NEWSPAPER STRIP # 2

DEADPOOL TEAM-UP # 891

FANTASTIC FOUR # 581

FRANKEN-CASTLE # 19

IRON MAN: EXTREMIS DIRECTOR’S CUT # 6

MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN # 4

PETER PARKER # 5

PUNISHERMAX # 9

SECRET AVENGERS # 3

SENSE & SENSIBILITY # 3

THOR # 612

THOR: THE MIGHTY AVENGER # 2

ULTIMATE COMICS MYSTERY # 1

UNCANNY X-MEN # 526

WOLVERINE ORIGINS # 50

WOLVERINE WEAPON X # 15

WORLD WAR HULKS: SPIDER-MAN & THOR # 2

WORLD WAR HULKS: WOLVERINE & CAPTAIN AMERICA # 2

X-CAMPUS # 2

X-FACTOR FOREVER # 5

X-MEN FOREVER 2 # 4

X-MEN LEGACY 238

UPDATED

As suspected the original video did not last long. Here it is at another site.

Thor – Comic-Con Trailer [VO]
Uploaded by Eklecty-City. – Check out other Film & TV videos.

These teaser images are probably my favorite thing that DC does as far as promotion. Even more so than the rings they were handing out during Blackest Night. I love to pour over these images. So much so that Larry and I even dedicated a podcast to picking apart the Battle for the Cowl one. The Brightest Day image follows the same format as the previous ones by presenting a series of characters and items in various states teasing the coming stories. These are some things I’ve noticed.

In the most recent issue of Brightest Day we’ve seen that Ronnie and Jason are not alone in the Firestorm entity. The Blackest Night Firestorm is still with them or at the very least it’s still with Ronnie. It seems as if Ronnie and Jason are trying to bury the BN Firestorm. What’s interesting though is that Jason is exhibiting fire on the heels of his shoes. Does this possibly mean that once the BN Firestorm is gone that Jason will be the only person with the Firestorm powers?

Mera seems to be reaching out to a dead Aquaman who is clothed in his Blackest Night garb.  It is worth noting that Arthur is wearing his Black Lantern ring.  His rib cage also looks odd. Not sure if that’s artistic or holds some significance.  Mera doesn’t look particularly sad in the image either.

Under the stone on which Aquaman is laid you see two large red eyes peering out which can easily identified as Black Manta.  Is he the cause of Arthur’s death or is this to symbolize he’s always been hiding in the shadows waiting.

Might as well hit the whole family. In this image we can see the new Aqualad who seems to be wielding a hand similar to Aquaman’s one time water hand.  I’ve read rumors about Black Manta actually being his father so he could be the focus of Black Manta’s gaze in the image.  You’ll notice that his legs are submerged in the earth. In previous images that signified they were gonna die.

Deadman in this image appears to be chiseling a tombstone. He looks dead in the image like he usually does, which is at odds with him being alive currently. He is wearing a White Lantern ring though. So maybe the RISE on the stone signifies his own resurrection.

Close by we see a what looks like a shield and what I first thought to be Wonder Woman’s lasso but it actually looks more like a net or a web.  The shield to be looks like something Diana would use which reenforces my feeling these two things are connected to her.

This is probably the image that makes me wonder the most. We see Atrocitus, Ganthet, and Guy either lifting or lowering a casket. The casket is based on earth design so it was probably made by Guy. It appears to have something in it since the GLs are having to brace Atrocitus’ crane.

Could be for this guy. White Lantern Hal appears to be unconcious or dead in a broken White  Lantern. There’s blood coming from his upper arm or shoulder/neck area and it ends up dripping off of his fingers.  I can’t help just make a Christ comparison with this image, which makes me wonder if that was the intent?

I have no idea what’s going on here. The recently revived Jade is being carried by Hawk and Dove. Hawk himself was revived at the same time.  Kinda curious if Jade is dead again or unconscious. I’m betting on unconscious.

Here we see Hawkman and the resurrected Hawkgirl tied to what was shown in a early issue of Brightest Day to be a magical gateway made of all of their past lives bodies. It showed them actually going through the portal though. I wonder if them going through is essentially the same thing as being attached to it and they have subsequently unleashed these Hawkmonsters.

In the foreground we see the shattered remains of the current JSA character Magog’s staff. I wonder if this means he’s been defeated or depowered. Some sort of energy still seems to surround it.

Next to the staff we see a pile of boomerangs.  The original Captain Boomerang was revived at the end of Blackest Night but was recently shown to be able to create energy boomerangs for some reason, which wouldn’t explain this pile. Maybe his son Owen who also goes by the same moniker is responsible and the blood on them could be in reference to his association with the Suicide Squad. The proximity to the Star City sign could mean the Squad is paying a visit to Green Arrow.

Bad things happen when J’onn is cool with fire,  Trial by Fire for an example.  here he seems to be perfectly fine stoking the fire that’s burning at the base of a tree bearing the White Lantern symbol.  Green Arrow also doesn’t seem to like the tree since it is riddled with green arrows.

Across the top of the image you can see the visage of the Antimonitor formed in clouds and from those clouds yellow lightning is streaking:

Which usually signifies the Flash right?  Hmmmm…It really is never good when the Anti-monitor and the Flash have any sort of a connection.  No more Crisis for awhile, OK DC?

This is an extended trailer from the one I previously linked to. Be prepared to have your mind blown.

This week’s show will be only comics from the X-Universe. We’ll be talking about X-Men Second Coming #2, X-Women #1, and X-Campus #1. In the movies section we’ll go over our first impressions of the Green Lantern movie costume and then wrap up the show with our usual BS.

Get it HERE

Ok, major news on a show we haven’t heard much about. If you watch the video below you’ll here a couple of key things:

• Robin will be the most experienced of the group
• The JLA will be mentoring their protegees throughout the series, even showing up in a few episodes
• Sex!
• Someone will die!

So far this show sounds amazing. I really like the inclusion of the JLA and its possible mature themes.

This new cinematic trailer for DC Universe Online looks sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet. It also had me thinking that DC should consider making a movie in this 3D style.

Follow the link.

X-men Legacy looks hot this week.

MARVEL:

AGE OF HEROES # 3
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN # 638
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN PRESENTS: AMERICAN SON # 3
ATLAS # 3
AVENGERS # 3
BLACK WIDOW # 4
DARK TOWER: THE GUNSLINGER # 3
DARK WOLVERINE # 88
DEADPOOL # 25
DEADPOOL: MERC WITH A MOUTH # 13
DRACULA # 4
HER-OES # 4
HEROIC AGE: PRINCE OF POWER # 3
IRON MAN: EXTREMIS DIRECTOR’S CUT # 5
LADY DEADPOOL # 1
MARVEL ZOMBIES 5 # 5
MARVELMAN CLASSIC PRIMER # 1
NEW AVENGERS # 2
NEW MUTANTS # 15
THE MARVELOUS LAND OF OZ # 8
THUNDERBOLTS # 146
ULTIMATE COMICS AVENGERS 2 # 5
ULTIMATE COMICS NEW ULTIMATES # 3
WEB OF SPIDER-MAN # 10
X-FACTOR # 207

X-MEN LEGACY # 238

X-MEN: PHOENIX FORCE HANDBOOK # 1

DC:
AZRAEL #10
BATMAN BEYOND #2 (OF 6)
BATMAN: STREETS OF GOTHAM #14
BLACKEST NIGHT: RISE OF THE BLACK LANTERNS
BLACKEST NIGHT: TALES OF THE CORPS
BRIGHTEST DAY #6
DC UNIVERSE LEGACIES #3 (OF 10)
FINAL CRISIS: ROGUES’ REVENGE
GREEN LANTERN: RAGE OF THE RED LANTERNS
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #41
THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #3
POWER GIRL #14
SCOOBY-DOO #158
SUPERGIRL #54
SUPERMAN/BATMAN #74
TIME MASTERS: VANISHING POINT #1
TINY TITANS #30
ZATANNA #3

Here’s an article posted in the LA Times I stumbled upon.  It actually gives some pretty practical advice.  Although I’ve never attended the con in San Diego.  I do hear from friends and family that live in the area that it gets nuts down there.   I so wish I could go – it looks like a blast!

San Diego Comic-Con 2010 starts July 22nd.  For those going, enjoy!

You can read the article here.