Graysons Project Scrapped

Hooray! Geeks everywhere rejoice for The CW has decided not to follow through with the proposed Grayson's TV show. The series was supposed to follow a young Dick Grayson pre-batman as he does circus stuff or something of that nature.

They were going to call him D.J. and it was proposed by Smallville Executive Producers, Brian Peterson and Kelly Souders. According to IGN, the biggest reason that the series never took off is because of Christopher Nolan, the director of "Batman Begins" and "The Dark Knight". Apparently Nolan wasn't too pleased about this idea and never signed off on it.

Another reason why this probably didn't get green lit is because overall it was a pretty bad idea. Comic book aficionados everywhere realized that a story about Dick Grayson before he meets Batman, is pretty much a useless story.


It's an extremely good thing that this show was stopped before they actually filmed a pilot and disappointed a lot of potential actors.

Action Comics #871 Review

Officially this is the fourth part of the "New Krypton" event in all the Superman brand books. The last part of the event ended with a group of Kryptonians being approached by Doomsday, the monster that killed Superman in the 90's.

This issue picks up from that and basically features one big fight scene between the Kryptonians and this new Doomsday. One of the more interesting elements of the story was the side plot revolving around General Zod's loyalists and their disdain for humans.

Overall though I think this issue was just O.K. I really wish Gary Frank was penciling these issues but he's not. I probably would have liked it better if the art wasn't so bland. Hopefully the event picks up from here though, I want future issues to revolve around Superman's struggle between his adopted home and his birth one. Here are fan reviews of the issue.

Joker Novel Too Serious

I just got finished reading the "Joker" graphic novel written by Brian Azzarello and art by Lee Bermejo. My initial reaction is this is a very well written read. I'm inclined to think that the continuity of this novel takes place in some sort of comic book version of the recent Batman movies universe.


The Joker in this novel looks like the movie version of the character with the scars and everything. Also the other villains like the Penguin, the Riddler and Killer Croc have their looks tweaked to be more realistic than their traditional comic versions.


One of the best things about "Joker" is how realistically everything is presented. It actually reads like a mafia movie. I'm actually usually not into the crime novel type of comics, but this book pulls it off excellently. From the writing to the gritty art, I would suggest this book for anyone who is a fan of The Joker.

Here's an interview about the novel with the writer, Brian Azzarello.

Captain America Get's A Director

It seems that the big news in the comic community this week, is the fact that the upcoming Captain America movie now has a director attached. The movie whose official title is "The First Avenger: Captain America," will be directed by Joe Johnston who has been in the directing game for a while now.


Now to be perfectly honest I'm not quite sure how I feel about this announcement. On the one hand it's cool to know that the movie is moving forward. On the other it's weird that the guy who directed "Honey I Shrunk the Kids" and "The Rocketeer" is now in charge of propelling one of Marvel's flagship characters.


Hopefully Marvel studious knows what they're doing. I mean their first two self-produced movies (Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk) were very good. There still isn't a script or a cast for this movie yet, so there are still a lot of hurtles to clear before a clear picture of what this film is evident. All I ask is that this movie does not make Captain America corny because that would be extremely unfortunate.

New Krypton Excitement

OK! I don't read that many comics from the DC line, but one of the story lines that I'm most excited about is New Krypton. The short version of the premise is that Superman finds the lost city of Kandor and brings it to the North Pole, next to his Fortress.

Now there are thousands of super powered Kryptonians inhabiting the Earth. One of the most intriguing elements of this story is the tension between the humans, who feel a sense of danger, and the Kryptonians who aren't necessarily to thrilled with the idea of following human laws.

So far the only official tie in issues that have come out as part of this arc are "The New Krypton

Special" and Superman #681.

Both of which were really awesome. I really think that this is one of DC's most ambitious stories simply because it does a whole perpetual back flip on the idea that Superman is the last son of Krypton. Which is an idea that has been the main basis of the Superman franchise for years.

With this idea flipped on it's head there is no telling where the Superman series will go.

That's the part I love the most, the fact that I have no idea how this story will end. Anyone who is a good Superman fan should definitely mess with this groundbreaking storyline.

Changes on Heroes Set!

This is a picture of Jeph Loeb for all of you who don't know. He is now jobless, at least as far as his work on the TV show Heroes goes. Him and his former fellow producer, Jesse Alexander were fired by NBC executives according to an LA Times article.

For weeks now there have been reports of the slowing ratings for the show. It's really perplexing to me though because I'm actually enjoying this season for the most part. I wonder if this is a case of average TV watchers, not being able to follow the storylines that are more comic book influenced.

The decline in the ratings of the show have been a problem for the network, and I guess cutting Loeb and Alexander is supposed to be some kind of solution. I don't really understand it all, and I think it's unfortunate that two people who have been with the show from the beginning, are now gone.

Wat The Crap Is An Iron Patriot!?

Ok boys and girls Marvel has just released a teaser image that presumably ties into the after math of the universe post-Secret Invasion. They're calling this shadowy figure the Iron Patriot.

Here's what we know. This picture seems to be a mix of Iron Man with a little bit of Captain America in the form of the star on the chest. I have no clue what this means. Maybe James Rhodes (Iron Man's best friend) drops the War Machine moniker and adopts a new mantel?

It certainly gives fans a mystery to ponder for a few months while we try and figure out just how Secret Invasion will be resolved.