Jim Dandeneau

6 days ago | denofgeek.com | Jim Dandeneau

Any comic fan who was alive in the ‘90s remembers the thrill of those old comic book trading cards. Cool art you could carry to school with you and that included images from amazing artists. They might even have come from comics you otherwise would have never heard of, and included info on the back that served the same function as a Wiki does today on your phone. They were the best. That’s why the new DC Annual series from Upper Deck is exciting.

2 weeks ago | denofgeek.com | Jim Dandeneau

The sun is shining, temperatures are rising, and that can only mean one thing: the Summer of Superman is here! And it’s not just a publishing initiative. It’s a celebration of all things Superman, and tonight, Den of Geek and eBay Live have got something special for you.

3 weeks ago | denofgeek.com | Jim Dandeneau

Friday, April 18th marks 87 years since Superman first showed up in comics pages, and DC is not going to let that slide without at least a little bit of a party. With James Gunn’s Superman hitting theaters this summer, DC is ramping up for a big few months for Big Blue. We already talked about a bunch of their plans in comics pages – everything from the return of Lex Luthor to Dan Slott’s new Superman book to an all-ages book that I’m almost certainly buying for my kid.

1 month ago | denofgeek.com | Jim Dandeneau

Jonathan Hickman has been playing in the Marvel Universe for 15 years now and almost no one can lay a greater claim to the universe’s makeup in that time than him. Not only did he destroy the Marvel Multiverse (in the greatest superhero crossover of all time, Secret Wars), but he shaped the now-dead original Ultimate Universe with epic runs on Ultimates, mapped the multiverse in Fantastic Four, and rebuilt the Ultimate Universe in its most recent relaunch.

2 months ago | denofgeek.com | Jim Dandeneau

In the modern era, we’ve frequently seen comics adapted into massive film and TV properties accompanied by demands that comics tie into what’s happening on screens. The thinking there is that exposing people to X-Men, Spider-Man, or any other superhero comic through widely consumed media has some impact on sales and would get more people reading comics.