Charles Xavier and Cassandra Nova battle each other in their mother's womb in New X-Men #121. © Frank Quitely and Hi-Fi Design/Marvel Comics In arguably the most ...

It may have been late in the day. But Marvel and DC Comics losing their rights to the super hero trademark after fifty years was the most-read article on Bleeding Cool yesterday. Welcome to Lying In ...

For DC Comics, the 1980s were a period of significant upheaval and deconstruction. The Bronze Age of comics ended in 1985. It was succeeded by the Modern Age which continues to the present day.

Heroes, DC’s time-traveling team from the 31st century? Learn about their origins, key members, and a lot more. Before the Justice League was even a concept in their ...

If you've ever read a Marvel or DC press release, chances are you've seen the companies refer to characters like Spider-Man and Batman as "Super Heroes." "Super Hero" has, in fact, become the norm for ...

RJLF challenged the exclusivity of the SUPER HERO trademarks after DC attempted to block Richold's efforts to promote The Super Babies—a team of superpowered superhero babies. In its cancellation ...

These DC characters would have made for great superhero movies in the past, and now can perfectly fit into James Gunn's new DCU.

Superman is the superhero who started all of this, debuting in 1938 in Action Comics #1. Virtually every superhero who came afterward owes a debt to Superman. Some more than most. While some of DC's ...

Justice League expands in DC’s Absolute Universe with a classic hero debuting in Absolute Evil #1 this October.

Heroes will rise, legends will fall, and it's time for a cosmic throwdown. DC Comics has announced its next comic book event by co-architects Joshua Williamson and Scott Snyder: DC K.O.! This fall, ...

The Lego movies are an interesting batch. They're CG, so the Lego dynamic may seem pointless, but they have the creativity and sense of fun that make Legos great so they continue to succeed. In this ...

With the end of World War II, the superhero genre lost much of its momentum because people no longer cared about costumed characters fighting gangsters and Nazis. Moreover, the Golden Age of comics ...