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2011-01-27T08:14:00.000-08:00

Amazing Superheroes Illustration and Artworks

Here we present some of the most intriguing illustrations and artworks of these superheroes and some of their villainous enemies to complete your superheroes dream.

Batmen

Batman, originally referred to as "the Bat-Man" is still referred to at times as "the Batman". A fictional character, this comic book superhero was co-created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger (although only Kane receives official credit), appearing in publications by DC Comics.

If you have the chance to be a superhero, which superhero would you be? Wielding super strength, the gift of flight, immortality or having the ability to be invisible must be some of the powers we dream to have. How about when you have a chance to choose a different destiny and become a super villain? Which one would you be?

Superheroes and villains have accompanied us through our childhood. In fact, it has become a popular trend in the movie industry. Almost all popular superhero and villain characters have been made into a movie.

t’s no surprise we’re all pretty much into the fantasy world of superheroes. As kids growing up, most of us had the chance to read and collect superheroes comics and perhaps had one or two superheroes who we aspire to be. The movie industry is also coming up with new superheroes film every couple of months. Spiderman is going into its fourth film in 2011 and Dark Knight (Batman) was one the most successful superhero film of all time that actually managed to secure two Oscar awards.

Dr Manhattan vs DC/Marvel Superheroes Part 1: Dr. Manhattan vs Superman and Hulk

2011-01-27T08:10:00.000-08:00

So following many requests for comparing Watchmen character's super powers with DC and Marvel superhero's powers, I figured it would actually be pretty cool to see how do Watchmen characters compare in their super powers. Thus, the present post compares Dr. Manhattan with major DC and Marvel superheroes (and super villains)! This is about Dr. Manhattan vs Superman and Hulk and other parts can be found at Dr. Manhattan vs Galactus, Dr. Manhattan vs Dark Phoenix and Dr. Manhattan vs Mr. Fantastic

Let's see who can kick Dr. Manhattan's (Jonathan Osterman) butt in all of DC/Marvel universes -

Dr Manhattan vs Superman
Superman is perhaps the strongest super hero in DC universe with his various aliases like Superboy, Superman Prime, Superboy Prime and so on varying a bit in powers and weaknesses. So how does Dr. Manhattan compares to Superman? Dr. Manhattan can probably destroy Superman even before Superman realizes what happened! How?

Can Superman do anything against Dr. Manhattan -Nothing. Nada. Superman's super speed is useless as Dr. Manhattan knowing the future will know where Superman's gonna fly to! Superman's heat vision is useless as heat can't hurt Dr. Manhattan. Superman's super strength is useless as Dr. Manhattan is invulnerable to physical damage!

How can Dr. Manhattan kill Superman -

Dr. Manhattan can remove Superman's intrinsic field and leave his individual atoms floating around in space. Result - Superman dead before he even knew what hit him!

Dr. Manhattan can turn the planet into solid Kryptonite using his matter manipulation powers. Superman is helpless against Kryptonite.

Dr. Manhattan can turn the yellow sun into a red giant thereby turning Superman into regular human.

Dr. Manhattan can destroy the sun there by taking out Superman's power source and then leave Superman to die.

Dr. Manhattan can beat Superman just by blunt strength as well as Dr. Manhattan's power source is the universe itself!

Verdict - Dr Manhattan wins hands down against Superman.

Dr. Manhattan vs. Incredible Hulk

Hulk is probably the strongest character in Marvel universe and like Superman, Hulk too has many different variations differing slightly in powers and weaknesses.

Can Hulk do anything against Dr. Manhattan - Again nothing. Nada. Hulk's super strength is useless against Dr. Manhattan who is impervious to physical damage.

How can Dr. Manhattan kill Hulk -

Dr. Manhattan can again remove the intrinsic field of Hulk's body (or may be all of Earth including Hulk) and Hulk don't seem to have any powers to resist that attack! Hulk dead in a split second!

Dr. Manhattan can remove the Adrenaline flowing in Hulk's brain and Hulk will turn into Dr. Banner without the precious Adrenaline! This is very neat and Dr. Manhattan can do it without any major effort.

Dr. Manhattan can turn into Ms. Betty (Hulk's girlfriend) and calm him down! Hulk won't hit Betty and will turn into Dr. Manner in no time!

Verdict - Dr Manhattan beats Hulk easily.

Keep reading next battles -

Part 2 - Dr. Manhattan vs Dr. Strange, Doomsday and Galactus

Part 3 - Dr. Manhattan vs Silver Surfer, Dark Phoenix and Professor X

Part 4 - Dr. Manhattan vs Mr. Mxyzptlk, Scarlet Witch and Mr. Fantastic

More about Dr. Manhattan -

To find how Dr. Manhattan became so powerful, click - Dr. Manhattan's Origin and Superpowers

To find some funny details about Dr. Manhattan's personal life, click - Dr. Manhattan's personal life and his girlfriend Silk Spectre

To read some of Dr. Manhattan's memorable quotes, click - Dr. Manhattan's memorable quotes from Watchmen

To find about other Watchmen character's super powers and super craziness, click - Watchmen character's super powers and super craziness

Batman vs Daredevil

2011-01-21T13:16:00.000-08:00

In the world of comics, you have a bunch of small companies and two big players. We all know who they are. Everybody is familiar with the characters. Of course, I am talking about DC and Marvel. DC is the driving force behind Superman, Wonder Woman, and Batman. Marvel has their share of heavy-hitters with Spider-Man, the (Incredible) Hulk, and the Fantastic Four. Both companies are riding high on massive waves of successful franchises. Each company’s characters have a counterpoint within the other company, excluding Spider-Man and the Green Lantern(s).One of my favorite comparisons between DC and Marvel is Batman and Daredevil. Now before I start getting comments and emails pointing out that there is “NO” comparison between the two, hang with me. In order to truly understand the similarities, it’s important to have a firm grasp of who each character is. I’ll start with Batman.

Batman, a.k.a. The Caped Crusader, the Dark Knight, and the World’s Greatest Detective, is the alter ego of Bruce Wayne. Bruce Wayne witnessed the murder of his parents at the age of 8. He became the sole heir to the massive Wayne Family fortune. Young Bruce was raised by the family’s butler Alfred. Wayne dedicated his life to developing his body, mind, and skills to bring himself to the peak of human limits. Donning a grey costume with a black cape and cowl, Bruce Wayne took to the streets of Gotham City to seek vengeance and revenge on the criminal element of the city that was responsible for his parents’ deaths. Batman has no “superpowers” and must rely on his strength, skills, and gadgets to accomplish his crime-fighting objectives. By day, Bruce Wayne is a billionaire playboy and the CEO of Wayne Industries.

Daredevil, a.k.a. The Man Without Fear, is the alter ego of Matt(hew) Murdock. Matt Murdock was born a regular healthy kid in the New York City neighborhood Hell’s Kitchen. An accident involving toxic materials left young Matt Murdock blind, but his other four senses (touch, smell, taste, and hearing) grew to super-powered levels. He hid his heightened senses from his father, a boxer, turned mob enforcer, turned boxer again. Shortly after his accident, Matt’s father was killed for not throwing a fight. Matt promised his father that he’d get out of Hell’s Kitchen and make something of himself. After his father’s death, Murdock began training and learning to use his senses to their fullest from a blind sensei. At the same time, he worked his way through law school. Upon graduation, Matt Murdock partnered up with his classmate, Foggy Nelson to open a law firm in Hell’s Kitchen.

He wears a red costume with a horned mask and relies on his heightened senses and a gadgety billy club to patrol Hell’s Kitchen.
Both Batman and Daredevil serve a similar purpose in their cities. They are both vigilantes that spend the bulk of their time (presumably) patrolling the streets and prevent small time criminals from doing their thing. Both of them use their detective skills to make fairly solid deductions. And my personal favorite, neither of them is above dishing out a solid beating or mildly (tongue firmly in cheek) torturing someone to get the answers or information that they want. Occasionally, both of these heroes end up facing villains whose powers far exceed theirs and it is in those moments that we are given a glimpse into just how smart and improvisational they can be. It is for that very reason that neither of them function at their best when they are teamed up with one or more other heroes.

I know that some of you are screaming, “What about ROBIN?!?!?!”, and you probably have good reason. But keep in mind that the Robin of today is more of an extension of Batman. According to the widely accepted mythos of Batman and Robin, when not out fighting crime, they basically spend their life training and preparing for situations. For them, fighting criminals is like a football team running a play. So….excluding Robin, Batman isn’t as effective when fighting alongside others. Both Batman and Daredevil team up with various heroes from time to time. Usually, it’s to sell more comics, but occasionally it is to really deliver an A*%kicking that sends their message with a big huge exclamation point at the end.

Obviously, the debate rages on concerning which of these two would win in a fight between them. Usually, that argument is set within certain parameters, such as “Who would win in a fight between Batman and Daredevil if they were both naked and underwater…”, that are not likely to happen within the Marvel or DC universes. I think the better argument would be “How would Batman handle himself if he were in Daredevil’s situation” and vice versa.

Currently, both Daredevil and Batman are in the middle of very interesting story lines.

Daredevil is locked in a battle of wits with an old nemesis, Mr. Fear (who operates a lot like The Scarecrow, from the Batman titles, does. Coincidence??) who has proven that he can get to Daredevil through his wife. This is a great story that tells us what lengths Daredevil is willing to go to save his wife from the consequences of Mr. Fear’s actions. This current story arc began with issue #100 and concludes in issue #105, but this is really a continuation of everything that has been happening since issue #94. Keep in mind that DAREDEVIL is a title that is more for those that like crime mysteries that feature superheroes rather than superhero stories that have mysteries within them.

Batman on the other hand is in the middle of a short story arc that is sure to change the Batman universe immensely. Having seemingly been killed, Batman awakens to find himself being confronted in a torture chair by one of the Batman replacements. This current arc began with issue #672 and runs straight into the “Batman R.I.P” story arc that begins with issue #676. BATMAN is the Batman title for those of us that don’t always have to see the hero win. It is also the title where most of the mythos changing stories happen. Almost all of the other titles fall into line after the dust settles in this cornerstone title.

As with all comics, you have to take yourself out of the “How can they be here in one title and there in another” mindset and just enjoy the stories for what they are. Both titles have great creative teams working on them right now that really understand the characters strengths, weaknesses, and legends.

And here’s my $.02 on the Batman vs. Daredevil fight: Batman would win simply because he would deduce that Daredevil’s other senses are heightened (Daredevil’s tell is when he cocks his head to the side to focus his hearing) and eventually use that against him. I suspect it would be some sort of high-pitched sound emitting device, similar to the one in BATMAN: YEAR ONE (and BATMAN BEGINS) that he uses to summon the bats, to throw the rest of his abilities off. Batman has done this on occasion to other adversaries, including Superman, with similar results. Now, if they were both in complete darkness, naked, and underwater….all bets are off.

Comic Book New Releases

2011-01-21T13:13:00.000-08:00

Before you rush off to that Fourth of July barbecue or picnic, be sure to swing by your local comic book shop this Wednesday and pick up these explosive issues from all your favorite publishers, guaranteed to cause plenty of fireworks on their own!

It’s finally here! For Marvel, the biggest release this week is certainly Captain America: Reborn #1. The book, with multiple variant covers, is set to be a bestseller, and Marvel has been relatively quiet on what impact this return will have on a Marvel universe currently dealing with the events of Dark Reign. On the lighter side, Deadpool: Merc With a Mouth debuts, with our anti-hero on a quest to retrieve his own head. Read the book to find out what that means! We can’t ruin all the fun! Not letting the boys have all the fun, Marvel Divas #1 drops into stores, focusing on four of Marvel’s lesser-used female characters. Also, don’t miss the second chapter in the Dark Avengers/X-Men arc Utopia; get Uncanny XMen #513 Wednesday!

DC Comics has a new team seeking justice on Wednesday when Justice League: Cry for Justice #1 starts its six issue run. Led by Hal Jordan, this new team seeks to even the score with the villains who have recently run rampant. Batman and Robin #2 comes out this week, and after high praise from the first issue, expectations are high for this Grant Morrison written series. Blackest Night creeps closer and closer with the release of Green Lantern Corps #38, which concludes the “Emerald Eclipse” story arc. Expect this issue to be key before DC launches the penultimate story of the Green Lanterns! From DC’s Vertigo imprint comes Greek Street #1, a gritty, brutal tale set in modern Red Light London.

Star Wars: Invasion #1 flies out of the gate from Dark Horse Comics, adding a new chapter to the series of Star Wars titles the company publishes. Find out more about these adventures of the Jedi in this new book! Buffy the Vampire Slayer continues its season eight run this Wednesday, and look for Hellboy character Edward Grey to fly solo in Witchfinder: In the Service of Angels #1. A big Dark Horse week is at hand! Image’s The Astounding Wolf-Man returns this week with issue seventeen, and be sure to look for the spectacular 150th issue of Savage Dragon! Already the 150th? How time flies! Readers who, pardon the pun, ate up issue one of Chew will see issue two released this week, as well as a second printing of number one for those who missed the first round of adventures from this cibopathic detective (use those dictionaries, kids!)

Fans of Boom! Studios and Boom! Kids can expect Mark Waid’s Irredeemable #4 and Finding Nemo: Reef Rescue #1 , respectively, this week, and we can’t forget the company’s other projects with Mr. Stuffins #3 and Muppet RobinHood #2 also hitting the shelves!

Happy reading! There’s plenty here between fireworks displays and potato salad to keep you busy over the holiday weekend!

Sinister Spider-Man #1 = Slightly Silly Story

2011-01-21T13:08:00.000-08:00

Marvel had a big week this week, releasing several new limited series as part of their overall Dark Reign story line. Perhaps too much of a good thing can only explain the silliness that is Sinister Spider-Man #1. Focusing on Venom AKA Spider-Man, this mercifully four-issue series will follow Mac Gargan, the man formerly known as the Scorpion who now wears the symbiote once housed by Eddie Brock, the man most people associate with the character of Venom, as he cavorts around New York on his own, apparently, hilarious misadventures.

Perhaps it’s been for the best that Venom/Spider-Man’s activities have been kept to the pages of Thunderbolts and Dark Avengers until now, as this first issue of Sinister Spider-Man doesn’t quite hit the mark of being “sinister”. While it is quite nice to hear Venom’s thoughts and perspective on the world around him unfiltered, they’re not particularly inspired thoughts or ideas, which, from a character (Gargan) who’s been around since the Silver Age, is a bit surprising.

A particularly annoying element that keeps reappearing throughout the story is the fact that *shock!* Venom likes to eat human flesh! Oh no! What should be a creepy element to his character comes across here as simply a quirk, one that a recurring character in a sitcom may have. It’s played to the point of being obvious, and the poor “villain” he terrorizes in this issue, General Wolfram, doesn’t even make interesting lunch. His telling a group of women ogling over him that he could, “just eat them up,” is a groaner of a line not even worth writing. Norman Osborn’s scant few panels in this issue seem to be played for laughs as well, as he admonishes Spider-Man about going out in public without permission, a Mr. Wilson type telling Dennis the Menace to stay out of his rose bushes. We’re treated to a fart joke in this exchange as well. Lucky us.

The only redeeming piece to this seems to come at the end, when Gargan plants a nasty surprise for Mayor J. Johan Jameson, revenge for what Venom perceives as Jameson’s hand in his wretched life. What may come next seems intriguing, but there’s just very little depth to what Venom/Spider-Man has to say in his premier issue. Add to that mix a villain (?) named the Redeemer, who makes it his job to cure evildoers of their wicked ways, as a potential adversary, and the story gets a little more odd. Even he can’t be taken seriously, and a throwaway question he asks about the Punisher makes that even more apparent.

If there is one limited series to deem unnecessary during Dark Reign, it would seem to be this one. Venom was an intriguing villain for Spider-Man, particularly when he first appeared, but Mac Gargan doesn’t have the same depth to him as a character and that painfully comes through here. Venom in this guise works well in addition to the other members of the Dark Avengers, but solo, his shortcomings become glaringly obvious.

Marvel Comics Create New Division

2011-01-21T12:37:00.001-08:00

This is cool! Marvel Comics has a new television division to make TV shows revolving around Marvel characters.

Marvel

Marvel Entertainment is launching a TV division,Marvel Television, and has appointed “Heroes” and “Smallville” writer-producer Jeph Loeb to run it. As EVP and head of television, Loeb will work alongside Dan Buckley, publisher & president of the print, animation & digital divisions of Marvel Worldwideto adapt Marvel characters and stories to television as both live-action and animation series. Additionally, Loeb will oversee the development and distribution of live-action, animated and direct-to-DVD series. Loeb was previously a Marvel-exclusive comic book writer and also worked on the show “Lost”. Marvel’s rival, “DC Comics”, has built a primetime presence through its deal at “Warner Bros. TV”, that has spawned such series as “Smallville” and “Human Target”.

THE DAY BATMAN DIED

2011-01-21T12:34:00.001-08:00

I'm perfectly willing to admit that this has nothing to do with movies, but seeing how The Dark Knight seems to be the movie of 2008, this may be of some interest to movie fans.

While Batman fans are still having high hopes for the movie to get awards recognition, the character faced his last case—for now, this is comics, after all—within the pages of DC Comics.

That's right, today saw DC's latest mega-event Final Crisis release its issue #6 on book stands. This penultimate issue finally depicts the Caped Crusader's much-hyped death.

Just as The Dark Knight's marketing was at its peak, DC announced that fans would see the end of Bruce Wayne as Batman in a storyline called Batman R.I.P. Many accused the story of being a gimmick to draw in the Dark Knight crowd, speculating that DC wouldn't actually kill Batman. When asked about it in interviews, writer Grant Morrison claimed that he wasn't interested in killing characters—he prefers having them suffer a fate worse than death. Worse than death? Fans and publications alike speculated that the "R.I.P." is metaphorical; that Bruce Wayne would simply quit being Batman and leave the cowl for others to take on. Morrison hinted at this strongly by stating that Final Crisis would take place after Batman R.I.P. and it would be left ambiguous as to who the Batman shown in Final Crisis really is.

So what ended up happening in Batman R.I.P.? An organization called The Black Glove, who knew Batman's real identity, tried to thoroughly destroy Bruce Wayne's life. They drugged him, drove him crazy, beat up Alfred, destroyed the Batcave, and falsified a sex scandal involving Bruce's parents. Worse, the Black Glove's leader claimed to be a still-alive Thomas Wayne who arranged for his wife to be murdered and faked his death. Oh, and Bruce's lover turned out to be a part of the Black Glove. All this appeared to be the "fate worse than death" Morrison was talking about.

Except, in R.I.P's final issue, it was revealed that Batman had deduced this all along, worked out a plan, beat the Black Glove, and came out more or less unscathed, business as usual. Then he moved on to Final Crisis. So was all that talk just media misdirection, then? Or was there a last-minute change of plans on DC's part? In the end, Batman R.I.P. had almost nothing to do with Batman's death.

In Final Crisis #6, Batman goes mano-a-mano with ultimate baddie Darkseid. He takes down the villain, but not before Darkseid let out a final attack that confirms how Batman's death is in fact quite literal, as seen in the issue's final page:

Death scene posted here.

Over at Marvel, writer Ed Brubaker had successfully turned the death of Captain America—what was originally thought to be a silly publicity stunt—into a compelling storyline, the book going on 2 years without the title character in it before Cap's former sidekick Bucky finally took on the mantle as the new Captain America. While there is little doubt that the original, Steve Rogers, will someday return, it looks like Marvel's doing just fine without him.

DC is planning to do the same thing with Batman: an upcoming storyline called "Battle for the Cowl" will see someone else become the new Batman. Will it be Nightwing? Robin? Someone else? Who knows.

The real question is, will the fans accept a Batman other than Bruce Wayne?

Batman To Be Replaced!?

2011-01-21T12:25:00.000-08:00

I have nightmares. My nightmare? That some day soon DC or Marvel will irrevocably alter a hero that I cherish.

Seeing what is happening to comic characters today, like DC’s Atom and Shazam, as well as Marvel’s Captain America, I keep feeling like there is nothing left that is sacred.

The characters don’t matter. The legacy doesn’t matter. Decades of stories made irreverent. This is not the next stage in the Batman mythology, this is tired writers and a marketing ploy.

Only the name and a slight variation of the costume is all that is needed for a comic these days.

The following are quotes found on comic book columnist Rich Johnston’s column,Lying In The Gutters:

“In June/July, DC are killing off Batman. Or rather, Bruce Wayne. Robin will inherit the Batman cowl. One of the Robins anyway. Tim Drake. Jason Todd. Or possibly Red Hood.” source

“Last week’s rumour about Batman kicking the Batbucket to be replaced by a sidekick is kicking up steam. As Valerie D’Orazio picks up on, the original plan was for all the main DC icons to die and be elevated to the status of New Gods as part of the Fifth World, their sidekicks filling the roles they left behind. However, that plan was abandoned internally at DC and reduced to a Bat-storyline by Grant Morrison. So look for Bruce Wayne New God to go head-to-head with Darkseid in ‘Final Crisis.’”source

“I can now tell you that the new Batman will be designed by Alex Ross and will see Jason Todd under the cowl.” source

Now, these are so far rumors, but Rich Johnston has a knack for comic news and breaking big stories…

Matt Knicl: My name is Matt Knicl. I'm a U of I alumn and one of those unemployed English majors Garrison Keillor likes to make fun of. I've been reading comics since high school and one day I would like to write them. My goal is to expose readers to what is out there in the world of comics and using my English powers, show what is worth reading or not. I can be reached at buzz.comics@gmail.com.