After decades as Earth’s champions, the members of the Justice League have all retreated out of the public eye, replaced with a new generation of crime-fighters whose brand of justice leaves humanity terrified, rather than inspired.
But with the planet’s future in jeopardy, Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman must come out of retirement to make one last stand for truth and justice… setting the stage for a conflict that will define what heroism truly is.
The classic Kingdom Come gets a “DC Compact Comics” edition for just $9.99!
Story: Mark Waid Art: Alex Ross Letterer: Todd Klein
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Alex Ross Art is headed to Comic-Con International San Diego 2024 and will be celebrating Alex Ross’ landmark comic series Kingdom Come. This year, in addition to convention exclusives, art debuts, and more, the booth will include a life size reproduction of art from Kingdom Come illustrated by legendary comics artist Alex Ross and there will be a fun-filled panel highlighting the new documentary The Legend of Kingdom Come coming to Kickstarter, later this year. Attendees at the panel will receive a Legend of Kingdom Come convention exclusive movie poster (limited quantities available while supplies last).
The sleek gallery experience will include a life size reproduction of art from Kingdom Come, illustrated by the legendary comics artist, that will take up a full wall of the Alex Ross Art booth at Comic-Con International San Diego. Fans in attendance are encouraged to stop by Booth #2415 for a special photo opp to pose with the iconic characters.
Leading up to SDCC 2024, Alex Ross Art will be announcing new fine art pieces, exclusive comics and more
Saturday, July 27, 2024
THE LEGEND OF KINGDOM COME—DOCUMENTARY PREVIEW & PANEL 5:00pm-6:00pm—Room 23 ABC
THE LEGEND OF KINGDOM COME is an all-new documentary coming Fall 2024 on Kickstarter! Attendees get the new Kingdom Come film poster plus an exclusive look at the upcoming film. We’re taking a deep dive into this iconic story that redefined the DC Universe in the 90s! Featuring Kingdom Come writer Mark Waid, Sal Abbinanti (Producer), Remsy Atassi (Director & Editor), and acclaimed writers Julie Benson and Shawna Benson. Don’t miss this celebration of 90s comics nostalgia—with timeless art and storytelling that feels even more relevant in 2024. Moderated by Mike Roe of The Wrap.
Kingdom Come returns in October in Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #20 and DC Comics has released a look at the covers for the issue by writer Mark Waid and artists Dan Mora, Tamra Bonvillain, and Steve Wands.
Out October 17, the issue teams Batman and Superman with their counterparts from the iconic series. “The Golden Calf” is the first part of the new story arc, “Heir to the Kingdom.” The story runs for five issues and sees The Dark Knight and Man of Steel teaming up with a jaded Superman, broken Batman, war-hungry Wonder Woman and more of the heroes from the 1996 series which was written by Waid and featured art by Alex Ross.
It also features the return of… Boy Thunder!
The issue features a main cover by series artist Mora, plus variant covers from Bjorn Barends, David Nakayama, Chrissie Zullo, and Daniel Sampere, plus a foil embossed variant cover, showing off the helmet of Magog, the infamous antihero from Kingdom Come.
Join the 1st annual Baltimore Comic-Con Live this October 23-25, 2020! The virtual convention has revealed their next panel featuring a classic comic series, its writer, and voice talent reenacting the story for the characters with whom they’ve come to be associated.
Writer Mark Waid will oversee a live dramatization of scenes from his classic 1996 Kingdom ComeDC Comics mini-series, featuring Justice League Unlimited cast members Susan Eisenberg as Wonder Woman and George Newbern as Superman.
Susan Eisenberg is a professional voice-over artist known for her animation and commercial work. Her breakout role was that of Wonder Woman, aka Princess Diana, in the acclaimed Justice League and Justice League Unlimited television series. Eisenberg continued her animation work in cartoons such as Jackie Chan Adventures (Viper) and The Super Hero Squad (Power Princess), as well as in the video games Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Shaak-Ti), Jak II (Ashelin), Daxter (Taryn), Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Mass Effect 3, and Destiny (Human, Female Player). Eisenberg reprised her role as Wonder Woman in 2010 in the Warner Bros. DVD Superman/Batman: Apocalypse. Since then, she has voiced the Amazon Princess in video games (DC Universe Online; Injustice: Gods Among Us), features (Justice League: Doom) and television (Wonder Woman short).
George Newbern is best known for providing the voices of Superman and Clark Kent in the Justice League and Justice League Unlimited animated series and the Injustice video game series, and as Sephiroth in the Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts series. From 1986-1992, Newbern had a recurring role on the series Designing Women. He has since guest-starred on television in such series as Providence, Chicago Hope, Friends, Bull, CSI, Medium, Ghost Whisperer, Touched by an Angel, Criminal Minds, and Private Practice. He has a recurring role as a former CIA operative in Scandal. He starred as Neal Morris, father of Melissa Morris (Emily Osment), in the 2009 Disney Channel movie Dadnapped, and portrayed Apollo 14 astronaut Stu Roosa in the HBO mini-series From The Earth To The Moon. Film credits include Adventures in Babysitting, Double Switch, Switching Channels, Father of the Bride, Father of the Bride Part II, and Locker 13. As a voice actor, he has played Clark Kent/Superman on the Justice League, Static Shock, Justice League Unlimited, The Batman, and the DC Showcase shorts Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam and Superman vs. The Elite. He also provides the voice of Superman in the game Injustice: Gods Among Us and its sequel.
The multiple Harvey and Eisner Award-winning Mark Waid has been the voice behind dozens of series that have resonated throughout comics fandom and the creative community alike. His more acclaimed runs include DC Comics’ The Flash, Kingdom Come, JLA: Year One, JLA, Legion of Super-Heroes, and Superman: Birthright, Marvel Comics’ Captain America, Fantastic Four, Amazing Spider-Man, The Indestructible Hulk, and Daredevil, BOOM! Studios’ Incorruptible and Irredeemable, Archie Comics’ Archie, and his creator-owned works Empire and Potter’s Field. He currently serves as Publisher (U.S.) at Humanoids.
When Baltimore Comc Con returns to their live event on October 22-24, 2021, in addition to on-site CGC grading, next year’s confirmed guests for the show include: Marty Baumann (Disney/Pixar), John Beatty (Secret Wars), Brian Michael Bendis (Action Comics), Brett Breeding (Superman), Howard Chaykin (Hey Kids! Comics!), Cliff Chiang (Paper Girls), Frank Cho (Harley Quinn), Becky Cloonan (Dark Agnes), Steve Conley (The Middle Age), Katie Cook (Nothing Special), Kristina Deak-Linsner (Vampirella: Roses for the Dead), Garth Ennis (The Boys, Friday and Saturday only), Mitch Gerads (Mr. Miracle), Joe Giella (Green Lantern), Gene Ha (Mae), Dean Haspiel (The Red Hook), Greg Hildebrandt (Wolverine), Jamal Igle (Wrong Earth), Tom King (Batman), Joseph Michael Linsner (Red Sonja), Bob McLeod (New Mutants), Carla Speed McNeil (Finder), Frank Miller (Dark Knight III: The Master Race, Saturday only), Terry Moore (Strangers in Paradise), Richard Pace (Second Coming), Tom Palmer (Hawkman), James Pascoe (Azrael), Andrew Pepoy (Simone & Ajax), David Petersen (Mouse Guard), Brandon Peterson (Sinestro: Year of the Villain), Tom Raney (Guardians of the Galaxy), Afua Richardson (Omni), Louise Simonson (Power Pack), Walter Simonson (Ragnarok: The Breaking of Helheim), John K. Snyder III (Killers), Joe Staton (Dick Tracy), Jill Thompson (Scary Godmother), Timothy Truman (Grimjack), Robert Venditti (Hawkman), Mark Waid (Dr. Strange), Gene Luen Yang (Superman Smashes the Klan), and Thom Zahler (Love and Capes).
DC has announced that some of its most legendary stories will now be a part of the DC Black Label imprint. The recently launched publishing line, dedicated to giving premier writers and artists the ability to tell unique, standalone stories set outside DC continuity, will release several iconic comic book collections featuring the most famous DC heroes from the archives beginning this December through the end of 2019.
The quintessential tales that first inspired the creation of the line include complex and emotionally engaging narratives with stunning visual storytelling from some of the greatest creators in the industry. The list of reprinted collections and their release dates through 2019 can be found below:
ALL-STAR SUPERMAN—Grant Morrison & Frank Quitely—available 12/04/2018
DC: THE NEW FRONTIER—Darwyn Cooke—available 2/19/2019
WATCHMEN (HC w/new slipcase)—Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons—available 3/26/2019
KINGDOM COME—Mark Waid & Alex Ross—available 4/23/2019
RONIN—Frank Miller & Lynn Varley— available 5/07/2019
ALL-STAR BATMAN & ROBIN, THE BOY WONDER VOL. 1—Miller & Jim Lee and BATMAN: YEAR ONE—Miller & David Mazzucchelli—available 6/11/2019
BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT STRIKES AGAIN—Miller—BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS—Miller & Klaus Janson—available 6/18/2019
BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT: THE MASTER RACE—Miller & Brian Azzarello & Andy Kubert & Janson—available 6/25/2019
LUTHOR 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION and THE JOKER 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION —Azzarello & Lee Bermejo—available 7/09/2019
BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM—Morrison & Dave McKean—available 8/13/2019
THE JOKER: DELUXE EDITION—Azzarello & Bermejo—available 9/10/2019
BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE—Moore & Brian Bolland—available 9/17/2019
WATCHMEN (TP)—Moore & Gibbons—available 9/24/2019
BATMAN: YEAR 100—Paul Pope—available 10/08/2019
SUPERMAN: RED SON—Mark Millar & Dave Johnson & Andrew Robinson & Killian Plunkett & Walden Wong—available 10/22/2019
BATMAN: THE LONG HALLOWEEN—Jeph Loeb & Tim Sale—11/05/2019
In an effort to recognize their most special accounts and loyal retailers, Funko is continuing their Specialty Series. Every month, they announce two major exclusives – one Pop! Vinyl and one Dorbz – that can be acquired through the Specialty Series.
Why is it so special? You’ll only be able to find these Specialty Series exclusives in boutique retail, specialty stores, local comic book shops and from qualified online retailers. This is your chance to help support local businesses and smaller retailers, and you’ll pick up an amazing exclusive item in the process!
The latest exclusives are Fraggle Rock – Uncle Traveling Matt Pop! vinyl and Kingdom Come Superman Dorbz! Both are out this February.
Remember, these two fantastic pieces are exclusive to the Specialty Series. So pay a visit to your favorite specialty store or your local comic book shop and let them know to order the Specialty Series from Funko.
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Comic book writers mostly aren’t scientists, but sometimes they say things that make then sound like scientists. Sometimes the things they say sound cool enough that it becomes repeated enough for a character or concept and then it becomes a fact. When Mark Waid and Alex Ross depicted Wonder Woman in their landmark series Kingdom Come they gave her a sword which was said to be able to shave electrons off of atoms. Since the new 52, the sword has become a common accoutrement of the Amazon heroine, and so too has the fact that it can either shave off the electrons or cleave atoms in two.
Is that really as impressive as it sounds though? From a physical chemistry perspective in fact it doesn’t really mean much. As one of the basic building blocks of matter, the atom is made up of three basic particles (in addition to a lot of not-so-basic particles) – the proton, the neutron and the electron. Protons and neutrons make up the nucleus, with the electrons spinning around them in valance shells. These are roughly circular regions around the atom in which the electrons orbit the nucleus, and the combination of the three form an atom. Is it so difficult to get an electron away from an atom? Not necessarily, but a lot of elements lend their electrons away quite easily, which is the basis for the prevalence of modern electricity among many other applications. Even so, electrons are not even particularly hard to move. In the Rutherford gold foil experiment it was shown that a piece of metal foil could be easily penetrated by a stream of electrons, in which case electrons passed through the valance shells of other atoms, both in and out, many mostly unaltered from their original path. Equally some chemists will regard all electrons in the universe to be in the valance shells of essentially every other atom, only by degree of relative proximity does an electron belong to an atom. By comparison then, shaving an electron off of an atom is not very impressive.
What this therefore comes down to is a kind of pseudo-scientific way of saying that the sword is very very sharp. By being able to slice one of the smallest pieces of matter, it means that something would have to be very sharp. Does it need to be that sharp? In terms of the heavy hitters in the comic worlds, most of them are invulnerable, meaning that bullets bounce off of them. A really sharp sword in this case would be somewhat useless, thus a really sharp sword would only be useful against someone that was actually vulnerable to it. In terms of what a sword would need to be able to cut, there are few parts of normal humans that cannot be cut by a regular sword made of regular steel. However, the cutting ability of a surface is a combination of two things, its sharpness and its pressure. As Wonder Woman is both ridiculously strong and fast, the amount of pressure that he could put on a cutting edge would be immense. She wouldn’t need a sharp sword to cut, she could do so with a lot of blunt objects. The sharpness of the word might be important for a weak character, but outfitting one of the strongest characters in comics with a sharp sword is redundant. Also being sharp is not the equivalent of being hard, and Wonder Woman would need a durable sword much more than a sharp one, because after a few blows, the blade would be dull or broken if the material used to create the sword was weak.
The medium of comics is often one of superlatives, where things are unbreakable and where people become planet-busters, invulnerable or faster than light. While the superlatives invoke great powers, sometimes the superlatives mean actually very little, such as the sword that can slice atoms, and it can be interesting to think about such claims in the face of real science.
