DC’s Stargirl Creator Geoff Johns on Making Superheroes Super-Accessible, Bringing Golden Age Heroes to Life

RELATED STORIES DC’s Stargirl is ready to shine on assorted screens, more than two decades after the young superhero made her DC Comics debut. Geoff Johns, the veteran comic books scribe and screenwriter who recently served as DC Entertainment’s CCO for a stretch, created Stargirl aka Courtney Whitmore back in 1999, inspired by his late […]

DC’s streaming service will feature a daily news show

We’ve known about DC Comics’s streaming service, called DC Universe, for some time now, but as it gears up for launch we’re learning more about what’s in store for subscribers. Today, DC Comics revealed that actor/director Kevin Smith will host a special preview of a daily news show on the service called DC Daily. The […]

DC’s comic streaming service beta launches August 2018

After a seemingly never-ending series of teases, DC is ready to formally unveil its comic book-themed streaming service… most of it, anyway. DC Universe is now official, and will launch beta access this August with a wider debut in the fall. It’ll be available on the web, Android and iOS as well as living room […]

Superhero Bits: DC’s Legends of Tomorrow to Battle Fugitives, Ant-Man and the Wasp Premiere & More

Who will DC’s Legends of Tomorrow be fighting in the fourth season? What does director James Gunn have to say about Ant-Man and the Wasp? What does Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld think about Donald Glover‘s animated series getting canceled? Did Laurence Fishburne spoil a detail about his character in Ant-Man and the Wasp? When is […]

Superhero Bits: Possible ‘Avengers 4’ Concept Art Leak, DC’s Comic-Con Plans & More

Are Marvel and SquareEnix working on a reboot of Marvel’s Ultimate Alliance? What’s going on with Sony’s Silver and Black movie? Is there some legit Avengers 4 concept art making the rounds? Which DC Comics movies will Warner Bros. tease at San Diego Comic-Con this summer? When is that new Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse trailer […]

The bogus expert and social media chicanery of DC’s top cyber think tank

Like viruses, cybersecurity charlatans are incidental guests in the body of infosec. These men sell false expertise, conspiracy theories, and invisible security potions and they are as unintentionally hilarious as they are alarming. Case in point: BuzzFeed’s exposé of James Scott, cofounder of Washington DC’s big cybersecurity think tank, ICIT (Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology). […]

‘Hitman’ TV Series Teased by DC’s Geoff Johns

The CW has found a great deal of success by giving slightly less iconic superheroes the spotlight. Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, and Legends of Tomorrow have created a DC universe that is more coherent and fun than anything in theaters. So why not bring one of the best and lesser known (at least to non-comics fans) characters of […]

DC’s ‘Shazam’ Adds ‘It’ Actor Jack Dylan Grazer

The Shazam cast has a new addition: It actor Jack Dylan Grazer, who made a big impression in the Stephen King horror adaptation as hypochondriac Eddie Kaspbrak. Grazer is set to play Freddy Freeman, the best friend of Billy Batson, a kid who has the power to transform into the superhero Shazam. In the comics, Freddy eventually became […]

‘Shazam’ Could Be DC’s ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’, Says Optimistic Zachary Levi

Guardians of the Galaxy was far from a sure thing when Marvel Studios released it back in 2013. It essentially served as a test to see how far audiences were willing to go with the studio: if people could accept and enjoy a story involving a talking raccoon and a space tree, there’s basically no limit to the stories Marvel could tell. Meanwhile, the troubles with […]