New 52

Love, we've been told so many times before, means never having to say you're sorry... but come next Valentine's Day, it also means making out over the smoldering remains of your vanquished foes. Or, at least, it does if you're appearing in DC Comics' just-announced Young Romance: A New 52 Valentine's Day Special...

A new year means new action figures, busts and statues from DC Collectibles, although official solicitation listings indicate the company will kick off 2013 with a relatively conservative amount of merchandise. In January DCC will roll out a new Death statue, a Frank Miller-style Superman statue, a Booster Gold bust and a New 52 Green Arrow action figure, with prices ranging from about $23 to $80,

John Trumbull has gotten a bit of attention lately. A regular contributor to The Line It Is Drawn, a weekly art feature for the Comic Book Resources blog "Comics Should Be Good," a recent submission by Trumbull garnered far more discussion than he was likely expecting...

It's no secret that we enjoy good fan art at ComicsAlliance, especially when it comes to animation. The current 'Young Justice' cartoon has proven to be very popular with fans, at least in part due to the animation style, and has inspired at least one viewer to apply that style to DC's New 52 characters...

Green Arrow! Hawkman! Green Lantern! The Martian Manhunter! The classic Justice League members are back, working together for the first time in DC's New 52 as part of an upcoming Justice League of America ongoing series next year by Geoff Johns and David Finch...

It's apparently official: DC Comics' newest Green Lantern, known as Baz, will be an Arab-American. The confirmation of both rumors came via a Detroit Free Press report about Green Lantern writer (and DC Entertainment Chief Creative Officer) Geoff Johns' planned visit to Detroit's Arab American National Museum to promote the character's debut in next month's Green Lantern #0...

Mattel will at least partially maintain its New 52 mindset come 2013 with the second wave of its 6" DC Unlimited action figures, although a video game look is also making its way into the mix. In addition to a Jim Lee-designed Wonder Woman, the line will include a new Injustice: Gods Among Us Batman based on NetherRealm's upcoming fighting game...

Grant Morrison isn't the only creator who's announced that he'll be leaving DC's New 52 initiative in the near future. On Twitter, Rob Liefeld - who's currently anchoring three books for the line - has shared that he, too, is on his way from company-owned characters to creator-owned work...

DC Comics's Friday panel lineup closed with a panel focusing on the publisher's New 52, featuring moderator Bob Wayne and creators Adam Glass, Dan Jurgens, Rob Liefeld, Scott Lobdell, Jimmy Palmiotti, David Finch, Gail Simone, Scott Snyder and Geoff Johns, as well as editors Bob Harras and Bobbie Chase...

To fans who may have felt frustrated and unfulfilled by creator George Perez's short six issue run on Superman at the start of DC Comics' New 52 relaunch, you're not alone. Perez himself felt the same, and at an appearance at this year's Superman Celebration in Metropolis, IL, shared some of his reasons why...