2016 Comic Book News Archives
December 16, 2016: Creators Talk Harley Quinn vs. Superman Boxing Match
Back in 1978 DC Comics published an oversized 72-page comic book by Neal Adams and Denny O'Neill titled "Superman vs. Muhammad Ali", a book which became an instant classic. Now, in 2016, DC Comics has teamed Neal Adams with Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti to parody that classic story in the December 25 issue of "Harley's Little Black Book #5".Newsarama.com caught up with the three comic book creators to discuss the how and why of the Harley Quinn vs. Superman boxing match. Here's part of the interview...
Adams: It's not done as a cartoon. It's done realistically, but with that kind of MAD Magazine, sarcastic, funny attitude.
And there are a ton of gags, all the way through. It was so much fun. And I think if you were going to kind of play with Superman vs. Muhammad Ali, then Neal Adams is the one to do it.
Palmiotti: And if Denny O'Neill gets pissed, he can come after you.
Adams: But he won't. Denny will laugh like a jackass. Believe me.
Q: Whose idea was it to do this? Jimmy and Amanda, did you come up with the idea to put Harley in the place of Muhammad Ali and kind of play around with that beloved issue?
Conner: We were struggling a little bit with what to do with Harley and Superman. We were trying to figure out what a good storyline for those two characters would be.
And then Jimmy...
Palmiotti: Actually, [DC Co-Publisher] Dan DiDio was telling me that Neal was available for some work. And I started laughing. And I said, "Well, maybe we can write a different version of the Superman vs. Muhammad Ali book, taking out Muhammed Ali and putting in Harley."And Dan's laughing, and I'm like, "No, no, no, I'm serious. Even though it's about half the pages, we can still get kind of the story through there."
And we just thought, "OK, now we need to see if Neal would be up to doing a parody of his own work."
Adams: And of course, I was aghast and shocked. I was horrified something that approaches a sacrilegious endeavor would be thrown at me and I'd have to respond like a civilized person instead of tearing the wallpaper off.
Of course, I said yes.
Read the complete interview at the Newsarama website. Purchase "Harley's Little Black Book #5" from TFAW.com, or buy it for the Kindle or iBooks.
2016 Comic News
Listed below are all the Comic News items archived for 2016.- January 8, 2016: Neal Adams Talks About “The Coming of the Supermen”
- January 11, 2016: First Look - Cover Art for “Adventures of Supergirl #1”
- January 15, 2016: DC Comics Announces John Romita, Jr. Variant Cover Month
- January 19, 2016: “DC Super Hero Girls #1” Available at 2016 Free Comic Book Day
- January 19, 2016: “The Coming of the Supermen” - Poll Results
- January 23, 2016: Is DC Comics Planning a Universe Rebirth?
- January 23, 2016: DC Trinity Feature in Connecting Covers in February
- January 27, 2016: Dan Jurgens Talks “Superman: Lois and Clark” and “Rebirth”
- January 27, 2016: Gene Yang Brings Kryptonite to Help Superman
- January 27, 2016: Exclusive Interview with Sterling Gates on “Adventures of Supergirl”
- February 2, 2016: “Rebirth” Rumor Round-Up - Superman Titles Ending?
- February 10, 2016: DC Comics Updates Information for “Superman #50”
- February 15, 2016: DC Comics Drop Details on Upcoming “Super League” Saga
- February 18, 2016: “Action Comics” to Revert to Original Numbering with “Rebirth”
- February 19, 2016: Full Details on DC Comics “Rebirth” Event
- February 23, 2016: “Batman v Superman” Variant Covers for March Revealed
- March 1, 2016: Feelings Towards “Rebirth” - Poll Results
- March 2, 2016: DC Comics Reveals “Superman #50” WonderCon Variant Cover
- March 17, 2016: “The Adventures of Supergirl” Comic Book Coming to Print
- March 20, 2016: Ten Most Iconic Couples in Comics
- March 24, 2016: Livestream “DC Universe: Rebirth” Announcements at WonderCon
- March 25, 2016: DC Entertainment Launches Workshops for Writers and Artists
- March 26, 2016: DC Comics Reveals “Rebirth” Details
- April 5, 2016: Dan Jurgens Talks “Action Comics #957”
- April 7, 2016: Death of Superman Edition of “Newstime” Now Available Digitally
- April 8, 2016: Cat Staggs Talks About “Adventures of Supergirl” Covers
- April 8, 2016: Our Exclusive Interview with Dan Jurgens
- April 12, 2016: “Rebirth” Revealed - Superwoman/Lois Lane, Supergirl, Super Sons and More!
- April 12, 2016: Steve Orlando Discusses the Rebirth “Supergirl” Comic Book
- April 13, 2016: Shopping - Five Volume “Death of Superman” New Edition Collection
- April 16, 2016: Gene Yang on the Dilemma of Naming the “New Super-Man”
- April 19, 2016: “Rebirth” Fan Interest - Poll Results
- April 20, 2016: Bleeding Superman Shield Returns for “Final Days of Superman”
- April 21, 2016: Lot of 26 1940s-1970s “Action Comics” Up For Auction
- April 25, 2016: “The Final Days of Superman” Gets Second Printing
- April 27, 2016: Shopping - Superman vs. Everyone!
- May 3, 2016: Celebrate Free Comic Book Day 2016
- May 4, 2016: DC Unveils “Superman: Rebirth #1” Variant Cover
- May 11, 2016: DC Unveils “Action Comics #957” Variant Cover
- May 11, 2016: “Adventures of Supergirl #1” Now Available in Print
- May 12, 2016: DC Comics Changes Covers for “Action Comics #957”
- May 13, 2016: Neal Adams Draws “Meerkats Movies: A Heroic Journey” Comic
- May 15, 2016: Remembering Darwyn Cooke
- May 17, 2016: DC Entertainment Introduces New DC Logo
- May 18, 2016: Geoff Johns Talks About “Hope and Optimism” for DC's Characters
- May 24, 2016: DC Comics Reveals Full “Rebirth” Cast of Characters
- May 24, 2016: DC Unveils “Action Comics #958” Variant Cover
- May 24, 2016: Rare Copy of “Superman #1” Lands in Toronto Comic Shop
- May 24, 2016: New Comic Book Titles - Poll Results
- May 25, 2016: Geoff Johns Talks “DC Universe Rebirth #1”
- May 26, 2016: Geoff Johns Explains His Problem with the “New 52”
- May 26, 2016: Geoff Johns Talks “Rebirth” with Seth Meyers
- May 27, 2016: Sneak Peek Preview - “Superman Rebirth #1”
- May 28, 2016: Rebirth and Superman's Status as a Father
- May 28, 2016: Rebirth Designs for Bizarro and The Super-Man
- May 28, 2016: “DC Universe: Rebirth #1” Gets Square-Bound Second Printing
- May 28, 2016: Part 2 of “Meerkats Movies: A Heroic Journey” Comic Online
- May 31, 2016: Tomasi and Gleason Talk “Superman: Rebirth”
- June 6, 2016: DC Unveils “Superman #2” Variant Cover
- June 6, 2016: Dan Jurgens on Super Lex Luthor in “Action Comics #957”
- June 7, 2016: “Rebirth” So Far - Poll Results
- June 13, 2016: Top 10 “Action Comics” Issues of All Time
- June 27, 2016: Bryan Hitch on the New “Justice League”
- July 4, 2016: Revealed! 1990 Non-American Superman Comic Exclusive to Danish Fans
- July 6, 2016: Bryan Hitch on New Villains for “Justice League”
- July 10, 2016: Sterling Gates Talks About “Adventures of Supergirl”
- July 12, 2016: Dan Jurgens Talks About Writing Superman in “Action Comics”
- July 13, 2016: Meet the Chinese Super-Man and His Justice League
- July 13, 2016: Snickers Ad Tricks Readers of “Action Comics #959”
- July 14, 2016: Leaked DC Solicitations for October
- July 21, 2016: Sneak Peeks - “Supergirl: Rebirth #1” and “Supergirl #1”
- July 22, 2016: “Supergirl” Info From SDCC “DC All Access: No Boundaries” Panel
- July 23, 2016: “Superman: Rebirth” Panel Details from SDCC
- July 23, 2016: Tom Taylor Returns for “Injustice 2” Comic Series
- July 24, 2016: Video - “Superman: Rebirth” Panel from SDCC
- July 26, 2016: Exclusive “Superman” Interview with Peter Tomasi and Pat Gleason
- August 4, 2016: Heritage Auctions Lists 5.5 Grade “Action Comics #1”
- August 9, 2016: New Rebirth Bizarro Coming to “Red Hood and the Outlaws”
- August 17, 2016: Supergirl and the Reign of the Cyborg Supermen
- August 17, 2016: Steve Orlando on Writing “Supergirl: Rebirth #1”
- August 18, 2016: Phil Jimenez Talks About the Inspiration Behind “Superwoman”
- August 18, 2016: Art Baltazar and Franco Return to DC Comics with “Super Powers”
- August 30, 2016: Fan Reaction to “Rebirth” Comic Books - Poll Results
- August 31, 2016: Dan Jurgens Talks “Action Comics”, Mr Oz, and Powerless Clark Kent
- August 31, 2016: Tomasi and Gleason on Superman & Son vs. The Eradicator
- September 8, 2016: DC Announces “Supergirl: Being Super” Comic Book Miniseries
- September 30, 2016: Tomasi and Gleason Talk About Making Superman Popular Again
- October 5, 2016: DC Entertainment at New York Comic Con
- October 5, 2016: DC Comics and Snickers Present “Justice League: Hunger Scare”
- October 6, 2016: Gene Yang Talks About Superman and New Super-Man
- October 7, 2016: DC Super Hero Girls Go Back to the Future in New Digital First Comic Book
- October 9, 2016: Superman Panel Details from NYCC
- October 9, 2016: Exclusive NYCC “Superman” Interview with Peter Tomasi
- October 9, 2016: “Super Sons” Comic Book Title Delayed Until February 2017
- October 9, 2016: “Injustice” Comic Book Headed to Oculus VR
- October 9, 2016: A Look Back at the Emotional Maturity of “All-Star Superman”
- October 11, 2016: Artist Lee Weeks Talks About Drawing Superman's Family
- October 11, 2016: Steve Orlando Talks About Writing “Supergirl”
- October 11, 2016: Mariko Tamaki Talks About “Supergirl: Being Super” Miniseries
- October 12, 2016: Jorge Jimenez on Designing Superboy's Costume
- October 14, 2016: Justice League/Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
- October 28, 2016: Baltaza and Franco Discuss “Super Powers” Miniseries
- November 10, 2016: Exclusive Interview - Christopher Priest Talks Superman vs. Deathstroke
- November 18, 2016: Preview Pages From “Supergirl: Being Super” Miniseries
- December 13, 2016: Peter J. Tomasi Talks About Upcoming “Superman” Stories
- December 13, 2016: Jamal Igle Talks About His Run on “Supergirl”
- December 14, 2016: Sneak Peek at “Justice League vs. Suicide Squad”
- December 16, 2016: Creators Talk Harley Quinn vs. Superman Boxing Match
- December 20, 2016: Video - DC Comics Celebrates Success of “Rebirth”
- December 27, 2016: Mariko Tamaki Talks About “Supergirl: Being Super” Miniseries
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