2012 Comic Book News Archives
October 30, 2012: Shining a Spotlight on "Action Comics Annual #1"
DCComics.com takes a closer look at this week's "Action Comics Annual #1", an issue which explores the "missing five years" between Clark's move to Metropolis and his current adventures as Superman.
- Plus, Superman will have to battle his first Earth-born villain: the Kryptonite Man! We asked Associate Editor Wil Moss to tease a little bit about what fans can expect from the duo's face-off. Take it away, Wil!
"Grant Morrison first introduced the DC COMICS-THE NEW 52 version of the Kryptonite Men in ACTION COMICS #5. But one of those three Kryptonite Men actually has ties to Superman that go back even further," he teased. "Learn his origin, witness Superman's first exposure to Kryptonite, and get ready for an utterly epic brawl courtesy of writer Sholly Fisch & artist Cully Hamner! The Annual also sees the return of Steel, who, by the end, has a surprising new mission and agenda going forward..."
2012 Comic News
Listed below are all the Comic News items archived for 2012.- January 5, 2012: JMS Talks “Superman: Earth One - Volume Two”
- January 18, 2012: Free Digital DC Comics via LEGO App
- January 19, 2012: Press Release - DC Comics Launches New Logo
- January 26, 2012: Jurgens and Giffen Get Personal with Superman
- January 26, 2012: Green and Johnson Discuss Supergirl Comics
- February 7, 2012: “Teen Titans Annual #1” Coming in May
- February 11, 2012: Superman Family Adventures #1
- February 13, 2012: Rags Morales Talks Superman on MMM Podcast
- February 15, 2012: J.T. Krul Talks “Superman Beyond”
- February 19, 2012: Short Documentary on “Superman vs Muhammad Ali”
- February 20, 2012: MegaCon Report - DC All Access Panel
- February 21, 2012: DC Comics Reveals “Justice League” Covers
- February 21, 2012: MegaCon Report - DC Comics: The New 52 Panel
- February 23, 2012: MegaCon Report - Teen Titans Panel
- February 27, 2012: Geoff Johns and Jim Lee Discuss “Justice League”
- March 1, 2012: Brian Q. Miller Talks “Smallville Season 11” Comics
- March 1, 2012: Character Design for Supergirl of “Earth 2”
- March 2, 2012: Design for Superman of “Earth 2”
- March 6, 2012: DC Entertainment Launches New Websites
- March 21, 2012: Bryan Q. Miller Talks “Smallville: Season 11”
- March 22, 2012: Sneak Peek Inside “Superman Family Adventures #1”
- March 23, 2012: Audio Interview with Brian Q. Miller on “Smallville: Season 11”
- March 29, 2012: Dan Jurgens on “Superman #7”
- April 3, 2012: Rags Morales Talks About Revamping Superman
- April 10, 2012: A Guide to Buying “Smallville: Season 11” Comic Books
- April 17, 2012: “Smallville: Season 11” - Poll Position
- April 26, 2012: DC Nation Mobile App and Print Magazine
- April 27, 2012: Sneak Peek Inside “Smallville: Season 11” Chapter 3
- April 30, 2012: Scott Lobdell to Replace Jurgens & Giffen on “Superman”?
- May 1, 2012: Justice League Sketchbook: Superman
- May 1, 2012: Comic Books - Poll Position
- May 4, 2012: “Smallville: Season 11” Release Schedule
- May 4, 2012: Digital-First Comic Book Release Schedule is All Guess Work
- May 8, 2012: “Superman Annual #1” Coming in August
- May 8, 2012: Comic Books - Poll Position
- May 15, 2012: Justice League and Superman “Beyond” Interview
- May 20, 2012: DC's Free Comic Book Day Issue Now Digital
- May 21, 2012: Premise Behind “Superman Family Adventures” Comic
- May 21, 2012: Rumors Abound - Could Superman Be Gay?
- May 23, 2012: “Superman Family Adventures” Character Designs
- May 24, 2012: Sneak Peek at “Superman: Earth One - Volume 2”
- May 24, 2012: “Superman Family Adventures” Character Descriptions
- May 24, 2012: Dan Jurgens Talks About “Superman #9”
- May 25, 2012: “Superman Family Adventures” Character Situations
- May 29, 2012: Superman Family Adventures - Poll Position
- June 5, 2012: DC Comics Sales - The Long View
- June 6, 2012: Green and Johnson Talk About “Supergirl”
- June 8, 2012: DC Announced Zero Issues in September
- June 12, 2012: Brian Q. Miller Brings Batman to “Smallville”
- June 12, 2012: Scott Lobdell is New “Superman” Writer
- June 13, 2012: Dan Jurgens Discusses “Superman” Issues #11-12
- June 14, 2012: Miller Talks Batman and Nightwing in “Smallville”
- June 16, 2012: First Look at Rocafort's Superman
- June 19, 2012: Superman Celebration - George Perez Q&A Video
- June 19, 2012: Scott Lobdell “Superman” Writer - Poll Position
- June 20, 2012: Superman Collected Editions for Early 2013
- June 21, 2012: Bryan Q. Miller Talks About Batman on “Smallville”
- June 26, 2012: DC Books Now Available on NOOK
- July 1, 2012: Art Baltazar Talks “Superman Family Adventures”
- July 10, 2012: DC Entertainment Storms Comic-Con
- July 13, 2012: DC Comics: Superman Panel Comic-Con 2012
- July 13, 2012: “Superman: Earth One - Volume 2” Sneak Peek
- July 17, 2012: Barbara Gordon Replaces Stephanie Brown in “Smallville: Season 11”
- July 24, 2012: Grant Morrison Leaving “Action Comics”
- July 24, 2012: Tom DeFalco Talks “Superboy”
- July 24, 2012: Shane Davis Discusses “Superman: Earth One - Vol 2”
- July 24, 2012: Exclusive Mahmud Asrar “Supergirl” Interview
- July 26, 2012: Grant Morrison Talks “Action Comics” and Issue #0
- July 26, 2012: Green & Johnson on the Past & Future of “Supergirl”
- July 26, 2012: Greg Weisman Talks “Young Justice” Comics
- July 30, 2012: Sneak Peek at “Action Comics Vol. 1 HC” Sketchbook
- August 1, 2012: More Pages from “Action Comics Vol. 1 HC” Sketchbook
- August 11, 2012: “H'el on Earth” Crossover for Superman Family Comic Books
- August 11, 2012: Scott Lobdell Talks “Superman” Comic Books
- August 19, 2012: Dan Jurgens Talks “Superman #11”
- August 21, 2012: Digital Comic Book Revolution
- August 22, 2012: Superman's New Love Interest
- August 22, 2012: Shining the Spotlight on “Superman Annual #1”
- August 22, 2012: New Upgrade for DC Comics App
- August 26, 2012: Karl Kesel Sells Off Comics for Adopted Son's Medical Bills
- August 27, 2012: Rumors on New “Man of Steel” Comic Book Title
- August 28, 2012: Best Comic Book Title - Poll Position
- August 30, 2012: Jim Lee's Cover for “Justice League #12” Second Printing
- September 2, 2012: Neal Adams Talks “Superman vs Muhammad Ali”
- September 2, 2012: Justice League/Transformers Crossover That Never Happened
- September 3, 2012: Superman/Wonder Woman Romance - Poll Position
- September 10, 2012: Scott Lobdell's Plans for “Superman”
- September 11, 2012: Big Plans for Superman Family Comic Books
- September 12, 2012: Reis and Prado are New “Justice League” Artistic Team
- September 16, 2012: Grant Morrison Discusses Leaving “Action Comics”
- September 21, 2012: Mike Johnson Answers Questions on “Supergirl” Comics
- September 27, 2012: DC Joins Craftsman for Justice League/Technician Crossover
- October 1, 2012: DC Launches Super-Villain Campaign
- October 4, 2012: Joe ShusterÕs “Nights of Horror”
- October 6, 2012: DC Comics Has Plans for “Man of Steel” in 2013
- October 9, 2012: “New 52” Zero Month Helps Boost DC Sales
- October 9, 2012: Game-Changing Announcement for Superman Comics at NYCC
- October 10, 2012: Diggle and Daniel are New “Action Comics” Creative Team
- October 10, 2012: Andy Diggle on Writing “Action Comics”
- October 11, 2012: New York Comic Con Superman Panel Report
- October 11, 2012: Superboy Annual Puts Superboy in Superman's Armor
- October 12, 2012: Scott Snyder Talks About Writing Superman
- October 14, 2012: Superman 101 from NYCC
- October 14, 2012: Andy Diggle on Writing “Action Comics”
- October 17, 2012: Game-Changing Back-Up Story in “Action Comics #14”
- October 17, 2012: Merchandise - Superman Chronicles
- October 18, 2012: Lex Luthor Explains Why Superman is a Threat
- October 19, 2012: Scott Snyder on His Approach to Writing Superman
- October 19, 2012: Exclusive Interview with Brian Q. Miller on “Smallville: Season 11”
- October 22, 2012: Clark Kent to Quit the Daily Planet
- October 22, 2012: DiDio and Lee Discuss Superman in 2013
- October 22, 2012: JMS and Shane Davis Talk “Superman: Earth One - Vol 2”
- October 23, 2012: Talking Comics Over Dinner with Jim Lee and Dan DiDio
- October 26, 2012: Max Landis on Writing Superman for Action Comics Annual
- October 30, 2012: Shining a Spotlight on “Action Comics Annual #1”
- November 5, 2012: Astrophysicist Locates the Planet Krypton
- November 5, 2012: Scott Lobdell Talks Superman at LBCC
- November 6, 2012: “Superman: Earth One - Vol 2” - Poll Position
- November 7, 2012: DC Comics Now Available in All Major e-Bookstores
- November 8, 2012: Animated Video on the Location of Krypton
- November 13, 2012: Christopher Jones Talks “Young Justice” Comic
- November 15, 2012: Tony Daniel Discusses “Justice League” and “Action Comics”
- November 19, 2012: “Superman: Earth One, Vol 2” is NY Times #1 Best Seller
- November 20, 2012: “Superman: Earth One - Vol 2” - Poll Position
- December 4, 2012: Neil deGrasse Tyson Talks About Locating Krypton
- December 13, 2012: Impulse Returns to “Smallville: Season 11”
- December 21, 2012: New “Smallville: Season 11” Every Friday
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