Doug Mahnke

ICYMI: Did We Just Get Our First Look At The New 'Super Man'?
ICYMI: Did We Just Get Our First Look At The New 'Super Man'?
ICYMI: Did We Just Get Our First Look At The New 'Super Man'?
DC's current “The Final Days of Superman” crossover, taking place across the entire line of Superman titles, has produced some really great comics. Written by Peter J. Tomasi with art by Doug Mahnke and Mikel Janín and others, the crossover has Superman putting his affairs in order ahead of his impending death due to a terminal condition he recently developed. The most recent installment of the crossover in Batman/Superman sees Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman on the trail of an imposter Superman who believes himself to be the real deal, and their trail leads them to China. Once there, they’re confronted by The Great Ten, and we get our first glimpse of a new hero we’ll be seeing more of very soon as part of DC Rebirth.
DC Rebirth: All The Teams and Announcements From WonderCon
DC Rebirth: All The Teams and Announcements From WonderCon
DC Rebirth: All The Teams and Announcements From WonderCon
DC Comics hosted a special livestream event at WonderCon in Los Angeles on Saturday afternoon to unveil the creative teams behind its DC Rebirth event, which relaunches the entire DC Universe line with new issue #1s and multiple double-shipping titles. The relaunch will set the future course of DC Comics at a time when fans are wondering whether the company will embrace a new and diversifying audience or double down on serving a shrinking core audience. The event was introduced by DC All Access host Tiffany Smith, with DC co-publishers Jim Lee and Dan DiDio and chief creative officer and Rebirth chief architect Geoff Johns introducing and interviewing the creative teams as they joined them on stage at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
Ask Chris #264: Frankenstein Lives!
Ask Chris #264: Frankenstein Lives!
Ask Chris #264: Frankenstein Lives!
Q: What Halloween-y monster fits into the second-most different narrative roles, behind Dracula? -- @crookedknight A: First things first, you are right to put Dracula at the top of the list. I've been through this before, but for anyone just joining us who hasn't heard me go through it for five or six hours, Dracula is the best. He's been around long enough and often enough that everyone pretty much knows what his deal is just from hearing the name, and you can drop him into any story in virtually any role. He can be a villain, an uneasy ally, a shadowy figure manipulating things from behind the scenes, and even, occasionally, a globetrotting protagonist battling things even worse than he is. He can be bloodthirsty fiend, sophisticated devil, reluctant hero, or all of the above. But given all that, it there's one choice for the spooky silver medal that seems so obvious that I was surprised I got this question. It has to be Frankenstein. Right?
War Rocket Ajax Reviews Superman #32, JL #31 And Copra #15
War Rocket Ajax Reviews Superman #32, JL #31 And Copra #15
War Rocket Ajax Reviews Superman #32, JL #31 And Copra #15
Each week, ComicsAlliance’s Chris Sims and Matt Wilson host the War Rocket Ajax podcast, their online audio venue for interviews with comics creators, reviews of the books of the week, and whatever else they want to talk about. ComicsAlliance is offering clips of the comics-specific segments of the show several days before the full podcast goes up at WarRocketAjax.com on Mondays. This week, Chris and Matt talk at length about the five concurrent stories in Geoff Johns and Doug Mahnke's Justice League #31, using Superman #32, by Johns and John Romita Jr., as a measuring stick for comparison. Once that examination is all over, they pivot to Michel Fiffe's Copra #15.
War Rocket Ajax Early Edition: Secret Origins, Original Sin
War Rocket Ajax Early Edition: Secret Origins, Original Sin
War Rocket Ajax Early Edition: Secret Origins, Original Sin
Each week, ComicsAlliance’s Chris Sims and Matt Wilson host the War Rocket Ajax podcast, their online audio venue for interviews with comics creators, reviews of the books of the week, and whatever else they want to talk about. ComicsAlliance is offering clips of the comics-specific segments of the show several days before the full podcast goes up at WarRocketAjax.com on Mondays. This week, Chris and Matt are offering up some extended reviews of DC Comics' Secret Origins #1 by Greg Pak, Lee Weeks, Kyle Higgins, Doug Mahnke, Tony Bedard, and Paulo Siqueria, and Marvel's Original Sin #0 by Mark Waid and Jim Cheung.
Trinity War Correspondence, Week 4
Trinity War Correspondence, Week 4
Trinity War Correspondence, Week 4
Welcome back, Trinity Warriors! The Justice League Vs. Justice League Vs. Justice League conflict that is Trinity War is back in full force after a few week's downtime, and thus so are we. What terrible event could cause three superhero teams with almost identical names to do battle with one another? The pale, purple-clad, villainous community organizer The Outsider and a gun-toting version of the
Writer Geoff Johns to Conclude Eight-Year, 100-Issue ‘Green Lantern’ Run in May 2013
Writer Geoff Johns to Conclude Eight-Year, 100-Issue ‘Green Lantern’ Run in May 2013
Writer Geoff Johns to Conclude Eight-Year, 100-Issue ‘Green Lantern’ Run in May 2013
After eight years of helming DC Comics' Green Lantern stories, once freelance comic book writer and now DC Chief Creative Officer Geoff Johns announced today that he will be turning his attention fully toward the Justice League titles and Aquaman following the conclusion of Green Lantern #20, which will be his last issue...
‘Superman vs. the Elite’ is the First DC Animated Movie That’s Better Than Its Source Material
‘Superman vs. the Elite’ is the First DC Animated Movie That’s Better Than Its Source Material
‘Superman vs. the Elite’ is the First DC Animated Movie That’s Better Than Its Source Material
I wasn't expecting a whole lot out of Superman vs. the Elite, the latest from DC's line of direct-to-video animated features. With a few notable exceptions, the "DC Universe" line hasn't really thrilled me, and I had absolutely no desire to spend a couple of hours revisiting the story this one's based on, Action Comics #775's "What's So Funny About Truth, Justice and the American W
‘Green Lantern’ #50 Continues The Blackest Night Barrage
‘Green Lantern’ #50 Continues The Blackest Night Barrage
‘Green Lantern’ #50 Continues The Blackest Night Barrage
To put it lightly, the colors of the cosmos have been out of balance of late, but this month's "Green Lantern" #50 shows signs that even the fringes of the emotional spectrum can unite when the stakes of life and death are high enough. DC's The Source has two pages from the upcoming issue (which I've spliced together here) that depict the leaders and various newcomers to the corps fighti