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DC Collectibles’ Releases for July 2018

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DC Collectibles’ electrifying July 2018 lineup will include a stunning DCTV 12-inch statue starring Jefferson Pearce as Black Lighting. The statue is based on the character appearance in the highly anticipated CW show and showcases actor Cress Williams’ likeness. Black Lightning is the latest character to join DC Collectibles bestselling DCTV statue line which already includes figures from hit DC shows The Flash, Arrow, Supergirl and Gotham.

DC Collectibles will also debut a Two-Face Coin prop replica as part of its DC Gallery line of collectibles. The new line brings to life the most iconic prop and accessories sported by DC’s most popular characters in three-dimensional form. The new Two-Face coin will follow the recently announced Joker Cane replica that hits stores in June 2018 and the already released Wonder Woman Bracelet With Lasso and Tiara set and Bat-signal.

See below for the full lineup of DC Collectibles’ July 2018 releases and above for imagery.

DCTV: BLACK LIGHTNING STATUE

  • Sculpted by Alterton
  • Size: 12.42’’ tall
  • MSRP: $130.00

DC GALLERY: TWO-FACE COIN PROP

  • Sculpted by Steve Kiwus
  • Size: 1.8’’ wide
  • MSRP: $30.00

DC ESSENTIALS: BATMAN, DEATHSTROKE, THE FLASH AND REVERSE-FLASH ACTION FIGURES

  • Size: 1:11 scale/ Average height 6.75”
  • MSRP: $26.00

DC BOMBSHELLS: WONDER WOMAN DELUXE STATUE

  • Designed by Ant Lucia
  • Sculpted by Chris Dahlberg
  • Size: 17.58’’ tall
  • MSRP: $200.00

GOTHAM CITY GARAGE: SUPERGIRL STATUE

  • Tattoo designed by Katherine Brannock
  • Sculpted by James Marsano
  • Size: 13.9’’ tall
  • MSRP $125.00

BATMAN BLACK & WHITE BATMAN BY BECKY CLOONAN

  • Designed by Becky Cloonan
  • Sculpted by Irene Matar
  • Size: 9.38’’ tall
  • MSRP: $80.00

Review: Black Lightning: Cold Dead Hands #1

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It’s Wednesday which means it’s new comic book day with new releases hitting shelves, both physical and digital, all across the world. This week we’ve got the return of Black Lightning!

Black Lightning: Cold Dead Hands #1 is by Tony Isabella and Clayton Henry.

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Black Lightning: Cold Dead Hands #1
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Black Lightning: Cold Dead Hands from Tony Isabella and Clayton Henry in November

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We’re getting a lot of Black Lightning by the end of the year. Not only will Jefferson Pierce be seen on the small screen on The CW with a new live action television show, but the character will return to comics in a six-issue miniserues by Tony Isabella, who originally created the character with Trevor Von Eeden. Black Lightning: Cold Dead Hands is being written by Isabella and drawn by Clayton Henry.

Don’t expect a throwback to Isabella’s previous time with the character. While the hallmarks of a good Black Lightning comic are all there, Jefferson’s gone through some changes. He’s still a teacher who works to be a positive force for his students both in and out of costume, but he’s younger than he’s ever been before—around 28 years old. He’s also not married and in a departure from the show, he doesn’t have daughters.

Jefferson does, however, still have a very big problem by the name of Tobias Whale. But Black Lightning’s notorious adversary has gone through some redesigning as well. He’s now fit, built like an athlete, and he’s no longer an albino. But don’t think it’s made Tobias Whale any smaller of a problem for Jefferson or the city of Cleveland, in which the series is based. He’s as ruthless and powerful as ever.

The first issue is out November 1 with a cover by Henry and variant cover by Ken Lashley.

 

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The weekend is almost here and we’re heading to Otakon! We’re counting down the hours before we’re checking out anime and manga right here in Washington, DC! We’ll be Tweeting up photos from the con this weekend.

While you wait for that, here’s some comic news and reviews from around the web in our morning roundup.

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DC – Breaking News: A Whale of a Black Lightning Villain – Who’s excited for this series?

The Mary Sue – Disney Store Adds Official Ms. Marvel Costume for Young Aspiring Heroes – So cool to see this!

 

Around the Tubes Reviews

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It was new comic book day yesterday. What’d folks get? What’d you enjoy? What’d you dislike? Sound off in the comments below! While you decide on that, here’s some comic news and reviews from around the web in our morning roundup.

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CBR – Black Lightning Gets Series Order, iZombie Renewed – Solid on both!

Kotaku – Board Games Are Helping My Wife Recover From Her Traumatic Brain Injury – A very interesting read.

 

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A First Look at Cress Williams as Black Lightning

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The CW has released a teaser image of Cress Williams as Jefferson Pierce aka Black Lightning, the next DC Comics superhero to get the live action treatment. The suit was designed by Costume Designers Guild Award nominee Laura Jean Shannon.

It’s unknown how the series will fit into the current DCTV universe, so we’ll have to wait and see though statements in the past have indicated this will be a standalone series.

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kindredgraphiccoverIt’s a new week and there’s lots of news, reviews, and more coming at you! While you wait for things to kick off, here’s some comic news and reviews from around the web in our morning roundup.

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iO9 – Marvel Games Won’t Be Tied to MCU, Which Is the Best Decision They Could Make – Interesting decision.

Comics Alliance – CW ‘Black Lightning’ Sets Cress Williams as DC’s Jefferson Pierce – The CW is quickly becoming the DC Channel, the impact of a new show will be interesting to see.

Newsarama – Wizard World & Shamus Settle All Lawsuits – Well ok then.

 

Around the Tubes Reviews

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spider-man-homecoming-logo-700x300The weekend is almost here! What geeky things do folks plan on doing? Sound off in the comments below! While you wait for the weekend to start, here’s some comic news and reviews from around the web in our morning roundup.

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The Beat – A year of free comics: Roger Langridge explores bad poetry in The Great McGonagall – Free comics. Read it!!!

Deadline – ‘Black Lightning’ Drama Eyes Move To the CW To Join Greg Berlanti Comic Lineup – When is there too many comic shows on a channel?

Comics Alliance – Medicom’s Spider-Man: Homecoming Figure is Already the Best New Spidey Figure – It’s impressive.

 

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Gerry Conway Dishes on the Creation of Black Lightning

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black_lightning1News broke recently that Greg Berlanti was working on a Black Lightning television show. Today it’s reported that the show has been picked up by Fox. That seems to have prompted comic legend Gerry Conway to Tweet out some history about the character.

Debuting in 1977 at DC Comics, the character’s creators are credited as Tony Isabella with Trevor Von Eeden. But Conway indicates that’s not the whole story and that Bob Kanigher deserves some credit as well. Kanigher is primarily known as the creator of Sgt. Rock.

Isabella took exception to some of Conway’s recollections responding on Twitter:

 

Conway has made further updates and a retraction on his Tumblr:

Open Mouth, Insert Foot, Part Infinity

For what it’s worth (since I can’t seem to comment directly on Tony Isabella’s Facebook post, I’ll post my response to it here) I’m perfectly willing to admit my memory of events is faulty. I constantly am asked questions about things that I wrote forty to fifty years ago and I’m often embarrassed to admit I don’t remember. I wrote a lot of stuff, did a lot of stuff, offended a lot of people, and hopefully supported many others. One fact I am sure about, is that memory is fungible and affected by many factors. Honestly, my memory of the sequence of events is different from Tony’s, but given his firm adherence to his version, I accept it totally and offer my apologies. Rather than diminish Tony’s work (though that was the outcome) I simply wanted to acknowledge Bob Kanigher’s. In my memory there was more of a direct connection between Kanigher’s creation (which we backed away from as soon as he delivered those first scripts, and tried to fix but absolutely couldn’t) and the Black Lightning that came after. I feel protective of the older forgotten writers of the 60s, especially Kanigher, who was treated horribly by DC at the time (though no worse than Bill Finger, Gardner Fox, and Bob Haney) when the company replaced them with a new generation of writers like me. In my desire to gain justice for Bob I did a major injustice to Tony. Obviously I was wrong. Sorry, Tony.

And the Isabell responded:

I thank Gerry for his retraction and his apology.

I consider the matter closed and ask my friends here to do the same.

 

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