Forever Evil: Rogues Rebellion #3 arrives this week in stores and online. Still on the run from the Crime Syndicate, the Rogues find themselves in Gotham City, right in the middle of Arkham War. But first, Poison Ivy makes them an offer they don’t dare refuse.
Brian Buccellato, Scott Hepburn, Andre Coelho. Preview at CBR.
(Side question for those who have been reading the main Forever Evil series: Just how big of an area has the Crime Syndicate put into eclipse by moving the moon?)
Food for thought:
The Flash has been consistently selling about 38-39,000 copies of each issue since May (with a spike for Villains Month). And that’s a typical mid-range book, successful enough that DC is putting the creative team on Detective Comics. Digital figures aren’t available, but articles typically estimate digital sales at about 15% of print sales across the board. So let’s say around 44K between print and digital.
“Arrow” reportedly pulled in 3.17 million viewers for “The Scientist” guest-starring Barry Allen.
A lot more people watch TV than read comics.
DC Comics’ March solicitations are rolling out today, including the final month of Forever Evil and the following Flashy books:
THE FLASH #29
Written by BRIAN BUCCELLATO
Art by PATRICK ZIRCHER
Cover by PASQUAL FERRY
1:25 Robot Chicken Variant cover
On sale MARCH 26 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
The Flash faces the final battle against the Central City killer! But will we learn the truth behind the murder of Barry Allen’s mother? Only Deadman can help solve this mystery!
This is the conclusion of the three-parter by Buccellato and Zircher. Has DC chosen a new creative team for the book? Will we find out next month? Time will tell…
FOREVER EVIL: ROGUES REBELLION #6
Written by BRIAN BUCCELLATO
Art by SCOTT HEPBURN
Cover by DECLAN SHALVEY
1:25 B&W Variant cover by DECLAN SHALVEY
On sale MARCH 12 • 32 pg, FC, 6 of 6, $2.99 US • RATED T
The Rogues battle to full strength as they play out a crucial role in the carnage that awaits them in FOREVER EVIL #7! How can these blue-collar criminals defeat the Crime Syndicate?
Also…
FOREVER EVIL #7
Written by GEOFF JOHNS
Art by DAVID FINCH and RICHARD FRIEND
Cover by DAVID FINCH
1:25 Robot Chicken variant
1:25 Variant cover by ETHAN VAN SCIVER
1:50 Variant cover by ETHAN VAN SCIVER
1:100 Variant cover by GARY FRANK
On sale MARCH 26 • 48 pg, FC, 7 of 7, $3.99 US • RATED T
Combo pack edition: $4.99 US
It’s evil versus evil in the shocking “take-no-prisoners” conclusion to FOREVER EVIL! What will be the fate of Lex Luthor and his Injustice League? Who will live – and who will die? And why is The Hooded Man the most feared being from the Syndicate’s world? Do not miss this startling finale that will leave the DC universe reeling and reveal the secrets to the future!
This issue is also offered as a combo pack edition with a redemption code for a digital download of this issue.
EARTH 2 #21
Written by TOM TAYLOR
Art by NICOLA SCOTT and TREVOR SCOTT
Cover by KEN LASHLEY
1:25 Robot Chicken Variant cover
On sale MARCH 5 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
Last issue’s major new addition to Earth 2 tests his new powers against the Parademon hordes!
JUSTICE LEAGUE 3000 #4
Written by KEITH GIFFEN and J.M. DeMATTEIS
Art and cover by HOWARD PORTER
On sale MARCH 12 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
The Justice League of the future learns the terrible truth behind their creation!
TEEN TITANS #29
Written by SCOTT LOBDELL
Art by TYLER KIRKHAM and ART THIBERT
Cover by BRETT BOOTH and NORM RAPMUND
1:25 Robot Chicken Variant cover
On sale MARCH 26 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
With their adventure through time to the trial of Kid Flash at a close, the Teen Titans make one last harrowing discovery before returning to present-day New York City. Can they survive with what they’ve learned the future of themselves and the team?
DC Comics revealed their second weekly series of 2014 yesterday, with The New 52: Futures End joining Batman: Eternal.
The first installment, a #0 issue, will be released on Free Comic Book Day in May. Issue #1 will also come out that month. In an article over at ABC News (via AP), writer Jeff Lemire is quoted about the themes at play in the time-hopping weekly:
“Really, what we’re trying to do with this book is to explore the nature of what a hero is and we’re doing that, obviously by playing with the future of the New 52 timeline,” Lemire said. “Past present and future all colliding in this story line.”
That means exploring the past with a character like Frankenstein, the present with Firestorm and the future with Batman Beyond who is, Lemire said, making what is his first “in-continuity appearance. He’ll become part of the New 52.”
Flash fans might note that the 2013 Justice League Beyond series featured a future-Flash named Danica Williams, who has the ability to consult with past speedsters (including Wally West, as well as the “original” Jay Garrick and Bart Allen). It remains to be seen if the Batman Beyond featured will be from the same continuity as the Batman Beyond Universe comics.
Check out posts over at Comics Alliance, ABC News and Comics Beat for more!
About five years ago, BottleRocket Entertainment was working on a Flash video game for Brash Entertainment. Several months in, Brash folded, and the project was canceled. We’ve previously posted about early screen art, concept art, a video clip and a commentary in our Flash video games guest post series.
Yesterday, nailbiter111 on ComicBookMovie posted an extensive gallery of concept art by Roger Robinson from his Facebook album, as well as a collection of test animations.
The art has apparently been out on Facebook for a year, but there are a lot of designs in there that I hadn’t seen before. I especially like this drawing of the Shade.
The sheer scope of characters included is astonishing, and if nothing else, the game would have looked awesome.
Take a look at the gallery, either on ComicBookMovie or Facebook, and tell us what you think!
Thanks to Mack Nathan, Flash Neighbor for the links!
So Arrow ended about 5 minutes ago and “wow”. Grant Gustin is definitely growing on me as Barry Allen and the show is amping up the tension with this Mid-Season Finale. Definitely ended on a very interesting and high note.
Luckily in this second part of the introduction of Barry Allen they managed to tone down the more heavy-handed elements of his character. Barry is still noticeably fanboyish and geeky but he has thankfully stopped mentioning it so much. Definitely still getting a bit of a Peter Parker vibe especially with his science geek mentality and inventiveness. Now I’m not saying that this isn’t a core element of Barry’s character either but coupled with the brown hair he really invites the comparison.
Still excellent episode and a show that has yet to disappoint me. Beyond this point be SPOILERS, so tread lightly.
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