2010 Comic Book News Archives
April 25, 2010: Free Comic Book Day - "War of the Supermen #0" Mini-Review
By Jeffrey TaylorIt's that special time of year again when comic book readers enjoy a brief respite from their wallet-lightening Wednesdays. Every year on the first Saturday in May, customers flock to their local comic shops with the promise of free comic book loot. In the bigger cities, crowds of people arrive and are greeted by costumed players depicting all sorts of comic book characters like Superman, Batman, Spider-Man and many more. Although regular comic book readers attend every year, the goal has always been to entice customers who don't read comics to take a look and hopefully fall in love the with medium.
Free Comic Book Day began in 2001 when Joe Field's article sparked the idea in Comics & Games Retailer Magazine, a publication for retailers that ships with their orders each week. Starting in 2002, Diamond Comics, the only major comic distributor, has sponsored the event, although retailers pay a small amount (usually 12-25 cents) for the merchandise they give away.
DC Comics has figured out the best way to appease both fledgling readers who attend Free Comic Book Day and the regular collectors by offering "zero" issues of upcoming major stories. Last year we were treated to Blackest Night #0 which recapped the Green Lantern story so far and set up major plot points leading to the Blackest Night crossover event. This year, Superman fans can pick up a free copy of War of the Supermen #0.
War of the Supermen will be a four issue miniseries hitting the shops every Wednesday in May and promises a 100 minute war between Earth and the 100,000 Kryptonian's on New Krypton. The art is dynamic and the story is action-packed, plus the dialogue brings the reader up to speed on recent events. So whether readers have been following along or just starting, War of the Supermen #0 is well worth getting out of bed on a Saturday morning for.
The second half of the book offers a scene with Lois Lane writing a story at the Daily Planet. Her writing brings readers up to speed on all the major events and characters from the past two years of story leading to the climax in the War of the Supermen miniseries. Regular readers might enjoy the reveal at the end, but don't expect to be very surprised.
Don't forget to come back to The Superman Homepage after Free Comic Book Day for several in-depth reviews of War of the Supermen #0.
Bring your family and friends out your local comic shop this Saturday, May 1 for Free Comic Book Day. No matter what you choose, it's guaranteed to be worth the price of admission.
2010 Comic News
Listed below are all the Comic News items archived for 2010.- January 8, 2010: DC Announces New “Who's Who” and “DC Legacies”
- January 11, 2010: Geoff Johns Writes Superboy Into “Tiny Titans”
- January 13, 2010: Justice League: The Rise and Fall and Beyond
- January 15, 2010: DC Announces “DC Universe: Legends” Weekly Series
- January 29, 2010: Helen Slater Writes “Supergirl #50” Story
- February 4, 2010: Levitz Talks “Adventure Comics” and “Superman/Batman”
- February 5, 2010: History of DC Comics Documentary
- February 10, 2010: Superman Comics in May - “The 100 Minute War”
- February 16, 2010: JMS Talks “Superman: Earth One”
- February 18, 2010: DC Entertainment Names Executive Management Team
- February 22, 2010: “Action Comics #1” Sells for $1 Million
- February 26, 2010: Batman Comic Beats Superman's Selling Price
- February 27, 2010: Comic Auction Conjecture - Superman vs Batman
- March 4, 2010: Justice League - Cry For Justice and Rise & Fall Spoilers
- March 8, 2010: J. Michael Straczynski Writing “Superman”
- March 11, 2010: Pete Woods and David Finch Join “Action Comics”
- March 11, 2010: “Supergirl” Interview with Sterling Gates & Jamal Igle
- March 12, 2010: Robinson and Gates Talk “Last Stand of New Krypton”
- March 13, 2010: DC Comics Panel Coverage from MegaCon - Orlando, Florida
- March 14, 2010: DC Nation Panel Coverage from MegaCon - Orlando, Florida
- March 16, 2010: ECCC “Superman Goes to War” Panel Report
- March 19, 2010: Eddy Barrows Joins JMS on “Superman”
- March 23, 2010: Pete Woods Takes Flight on “Action Comics”
- March 23, 2010: Gates & Robinson Talk “War of the Supermen”
- March 28, 2010: Dick Giordano Dies Aged 77
- March 29, 2010: “Action Comics #1” Sells for $1.5 Million
- March 31, 2010: Sneak Peek at “Superman: Secret Origin #5”
- March 31, 2010: Alex Ross Talks “Rough Justice”
- April 8, 2010: DC Creators Nominated for Eisner Awards
- April 12, 2010: “Action Comics” - Guggenheim Out, Cornell In
- April 15, 2010: Superman Joins the Search for Batman
- April 20, 2010: Cornell Talks Lex in “Action Comics”
- April 25, 2010: Free Comic Book Day - “War of the Supermen #0” Mini-Review
- April 26, 2010: James Robinson's Plans for JLA
- April 27, 2010: JMS Shoots Down False “Superman” Comic Rumors
- May 1, 2010: James Robinson “100 Minute War” Video Interview
- May 3, 2010: Geoff Johns Talks “Superman: Secret Origin”
- May 6, 2010: New “Supergirl” Cover Artist - Amy Reeder
- May 9, 2010: Shane Davis Talks “Superman: Earth One”
- May 9, 2010: Jamal Igle Talks Supergirl, Superman and More
- May 14, 2010: Superboy Gets His Own Comic Book
- May 18, 2010: Check Out the Variant Cover for “Superman #700”
- May 18, 2010: Jeff Lemire Discusses the Superboy Comic Book
- May 18, 2010: Len Wein Talks “DC Universe: Legacies”
- May 18, 2010: DC Comics 75th Anniversary Book
- May 19, 2010: Writers Discuss “War of the Supermen”
- May 19, 2010: Cary Bates Talks “Superman: The Last Family of Krypton”
- May 19, 2010: Shane Davis Talks “Superman: Earth One”
- May 20, 2010: Paul Cornell Talks Lex Luthor in “Action Comics”
- May 25, 2010: Robinson and Gates Talk “War of the Supermen #3”
- June 3, 2010: Cary Bates Talks “Last Family of Krypton”
- June 3, 2010: James Robinson Talks JLA/JSA Crossover
- June 8, 2010: Jamal Igle Talks Bizarro Supergirl
- June 15, 2010: Paul Cornell Talks “Action Comics”
- June 15, 2010: Jimmy Olsen Co-Feature in “Action Comics”
- June 17, 2010: Exclusive “Supergirl” Interview with Sterling Gates
- June 21, 2010: DC Celebrates Superman
- June 21, 2010: Catching Up with DC's Co-Publishers - Didio and Lee
- June 22, 2010: Paul Cornell Signs Exclusive Deal with DC Comics
- June 22, 2010: Jeff Lemire Talks “Superman #700” and “Superboy”
- June 22, 2010: A Quick Look at the History of Superman Comics
- June 23, 2010: DC Comics Goes Digital
- June 23, 2010: Superman Could Be Coming to Your Town
- June 23, 2010: J. Michael Straczynski on “Superman #700” and Beyond
- June 23, 2010: Jim Lee and John Rood Talk DC Digital
- June 24, 2010: Bernard Chang Talks “Superman #700”
- June 24, 2010: Paul Cornell Discusses “Action Comics” and Lex Luthor
- June 24, 2010: Dan Jurgens Returns to Superman in Issue #700
- June 24, 2010: Sterling Gates Talks “Supergirl #53” and Beyond
- June 25, 2010: Jeff Lemire's Flash Forward to Superboy
- June 25, 2010: Sterling Gates Recalls How Superman's Death Affected Him
- June 28, 2010: JMS Talks About Superman's Journey Across America
- June 29, 2010: Paul Cornell Talks Lex Luthor in “Action Comics”
- July 1, 2010: JMS Talks About Superman “Grounded”
- July 6, 2010: Jeff Lemire Signs Exclusive Deal With DC Comics
- July 8, 2010: Death Comes to “Action Comics”
- July 8, 2010: DC Comics Panels at 2010 San Diego Comic-Con
- July 9, 2010: Paul Cornell Talks “Action Comics”
- July 11, 2010: Live Reading of “Action Comics #890”
- July 12, 2010: A Look at the Cover to “JLA/The 99 #1”
- July 14, 2010: Superman's “Grounded” Story Begins Today
- July 14, 2010: Superman Comic Brings the Man of Steel to Philly
- July 16, 2010: Tiny Titans Meet Little Archie
- July 20, 2010: Nick Spencer Talks Jimmy Olsen Backup Story
- July 24, 2010: Chloe Sullivan's Comic Book Debut in “Action Comics”
- July 24, 2010: SDCC “DC Universe: Event Horizon” Panel
- July 24, 2010: SDCC - Superman The Man of Tomorrow Panel
- July 25, 2010: SDCC - Superman Homepage at Superman Panel and Photos from Day 1
- July 27, 2010: Jamal Igle to Appear at Dewey's Comic City
- August 11, 2010: Interview with Judd Winick About Superman/Batman
- August 12, 2010: Detroit Free Press Covers Superman's Walk to Motor City
- August 12, 2010: Interview with Dan Jurgens
- August 12, 2010: Superman Stars in First Issue of New Brave and the Bold All-Ages Comic
- August 14, 2010: LA Times Interview with Grant Morrison
- August 20, 2010: Superman Visits Cincinnati
- August 24, 2010: The Brave and The Bold on CBR
- August 29, 2010: DC Nation Panel at Baltimore Comic-Con
- August 29, 2010: Eddie Berganza Leaving “Superman/Batman”
- August 29, 2010: Gary Frank Talks “Superman: Secret Origin”
- September 1, 2010: Gary Frank “Superman: Secret Origin” Interview
- September 7, 2010: Artist Sean Chen Does “Action Comics #893”
- September 11, 2010: Joshua Williamson Talks “Superman/Batman #77”
- September 17, 2010: “Grounded” Interlude in “Superman #704”
- September 20, 2010: Chloe Sullivan's Comic Book Debut
- September 21, 2010: DC Comics Stays in NY, DC Entertainment Heads to CA
- September 22, 2010: Nick Spencer Talks Jimmy & Chloe in “Action Comics”
- September 27, 2010: Robert Harras Named EIC at DC Comics
- September 29, 2010: Paul Cornell on “Action Comics” Future Issues and Annual
- October 2, 2010: Additional Material in New Luthor Hardcover
- October 4, 2010: Paul Cornell Discusses Lex Luthor in “Action Comics”
- October 4, 2010: Revisiting DC One Million 12 Years Later
- October 7, 2010: DC Comics Drops Prices on $3.99 Comics
- October 7, 2010: Sterling Gates on Writing Superman and Supergirl
- October 8, 2010: New Creative Team Taking Over “Supergirl” Title
- October 12, 2010: Superman Finally Arrives in Cincinnati
- October 12, 2010: Jim Lee and Dan DiDio Explain DC Price Drop
- October 14, 2010: New One-Shot “Steel” Comic Coming in January
- October 14, 2010: Superman Connects With His Ohio Roots
- October 14, 2010: Sterling Gates Talks About Leaving “Supergirl”
- October 19, 2010: Process Piece - A Look at “Superman: Earth One”
- October 19, 2010: G. Willow Wilson Talks “Superman #704”
- October 24, 2010: Shane Davis Discusses “Superman: Earth One”
- October 26, 2010: Superman vs Muhammad Ali
- October 26, 2010: Chris Roberson Talks “Superman/Batman #79”
- October 26, 2010: Jim Lee Says Superman is Hardest Character to Draw
- October 27, 2010: Dan DiDio Talks “Superman: Earth One”
- October 27, 2010: DC Sends “Superman: Earth One” For Second Printing
- November 1, 2010: Steve Lyons Talks “Steel #1”
- November 5, 2010: Nick Spencer on Taking Over “Supergirl”
- November 9, 2010: Never-Made “Superman/Rocketeer” Comic Book Miniseries
- November 9, 2010: Exclusive “Superboy” Interview with Jeff Lemire
- November 10, 2010: JMS Quits Superman Monthly For “Earth One” Sequel
- November 10, 2010: DC Comics Opens Digital Store
- November 12, 2010: JMS Talks About Leaving “Superman”
- November 15, 2010: Doomsday Returns in 2011
- November 15, 2010: “DC Universe Online: Legends” Comic Series
- November 19, 2010: G. Willow Wilson Returns to Superman “Grounded” Story
- December 9, 2010: Steel vs Doomsday in 2011
- December 13, 2010: Twitter Campaign Calls for Lois Lane Series
- December 13, 2010: Chris Roberson on Taking Over “Superman” From JMS
- December 14, 2010: Steve Lyons on Doomsday's Return in “Steel #1”
- December 16, 2010: James Peaty Replaces Nick Spencer on Supergirl
- December 21, 2010: Superman's Funeral in “DC Universe: Legacies #8”
- December 24, 2010: Jeff Lemire on “Superboy” Comics in 2011
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