The Top 10 TEEN SUPERHERO TEAMS of All Time

Saving the world's not just for adults! Here's ten teenage superhero teams from across comics.

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Injustice: Gods Among Us #19 - Tom Taylor & Kevin Maguire

Injustice: Gods Among Us #19 Tom Taylor & Kevin Maguire Genre: Graphic Novels Price: $0.99 Publish Date: May 21, 2013 Publisher: DC Comics Seller: DC Comics

After a hard-fought battle against Black Adam, Superman and Wonder Woman decide on a desperate tactic to ensure that he remains subdued. But Shazam (and his alter ego, Billy Batson) wonders if this is the right thing to do. How much longer will he remain loyal to Superman’s campaign?

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Injustice: Gods Among Us #21 - Tom Taylor & Neil Googe

Injustice: Gods Among Us #21 Tom Taylor & Neil Googe Genre: Graphic Novels Price: $0.99 Publish Date: June 4, 2013 Publisher: DC Comics Seller: DC Comics

Batman’s resistance team goes on the offensive, targeting Hawkgirl. Inside the Watchtower, Superman and his allies consider their response. But it may be Lex Luthor who comes up with a plan.

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Attack on Titan Volume 13 - Hajime Isayama

Attack on Titan Volume 13 Hajime Isayama Genre: Boys Price: $7.99 Publish Date: August 11, 2015 Publisher: Kodansha Advanced Media LLC Seller: Kodansha Advanced Media LLC

NO SAFE PLACE LEFT At great cost to the Garrison and the Survey Corps, Commander Erwin has managed to recover Eren from the Titans who tried to carry him off. But during the battle, Eren manifested yet another power he doesn't understand. As Eren and Krista find new enemies, the Survey Corps faces threats from both inside and outside the walls. And what will happen to Ymir, now that she has decided to make herself the Titans' prize?

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Fun Home - Alison Bechdel

Fun Home A Family Tragicomic Alison Bechdel Genre: Graphic Novels Price: $9.99 Publish Date: June 5, 2007 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Seller: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

In this groundbreaking, bestselling graphic memoir, Alison Bechdel charts her fraught relationship with her late father. In her hands, personal history becomes a work of amazing subtlety and power, written with controlled force and enlivened with humor, rich literary allusion, and heartbreaking detail. Distant and exacting, Bruce Bechdel was an English teacher and director of the town funeral home, which Alison and her family referred to as the "Fun Home." It was not until college that Alison, who had recently come out as a lesbian, discovered that her father was also gay. A few weeks after this revelation, he was dead, leaving a legacy of mystery for his daughter to resolve.

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Injustice: Gods Among Us #17 - Tom Taylor & David Yardin

Injustice: Gods Among Us #17 Tom Taylor & David Yardin Genre: Graphic Novels Price: $0.99 Publish Date: May 7, 2013 Publisher: DC Comics Seller: DC Comics

In defiance of Superman’s war on crime, Catwoman is still in the burglary business. However, when she’s visited by the Man of Steel, he’s not out to arrest her but to put her on a very special assignment.

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BOOSTER GOLD: Could He Already Be Playing A Role In DC's REBIRTH?

Waverider ahoy.

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What Could Have Been: JONBOY MEYERS' X-MEN GOLD Designs

From titans to inhumans to mutants.

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HENRY & GLENN FOREVER & EVER Gets a Forever Collected Edition

Tom Neely's iconic minicomics get a forever home.

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First Preview of D4VE Trilogy's Finale

A preview of D4VEOCRACY #4.

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What We Know: The Hitman’s Bodyguard

By: Jaclyn Cascio (@jaclynator)

What is the world coming to when even the best hitmen can’t walk the streets in safety, thus requiring the services of a bodyguard? Oh, the humanity! When will the madness end?! Lionsgate Films brings the shocking story to light with a new film coming this August, and you can find out everything we know about it, right here!

Snarky Ryan Reynolds and delightfully foul-mouthed Samuel L. Jackson team up for the ultimate buddy team action comedy this summer in The Hitman’s Bodyguard. Directed by Patrick Hughes (The Expendables 3) and written by Tom O’Connor (Fire with Fire), The Hitman’s Bodyguard promises to be the exciting summer flick you didn’t even know you needed!

In May 2011, David Ellison’s Skydance Media got the script for the film. The screenplay was good enough to end up on the year’s Black List of unproduced scripts. (The Black List is actually not a bad thing and has, in some cases, helped to catapult fresh scripts into production.) In November 2014, the project put out some casting announcements and Jeff Wadlow was slated to helm the project. In February 2016, casting continued with the following month heralding Widlow’s departure from the film and the entrance of Patrick Hughes to direct. Principal photography finally kicked off in April 2016, with filming taking place in London, Amsterdam, and Sofia.

The Hitman’s Bodyguard is produced by Ellison, Mark Gill, Dana Goldberg, Matthew O’Toole (London Has Fallen), John Thompson (Rambo), and Les Weldon (Conan the Barbarian). It is set to star Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool), as Michael Bryce, one of the world’s top protection agents; Samuel L. Jackson (Pulp Fiction) as professional hitman Darius Kincaid; and Gary Oldman (The Dark Knight), as an Eastern European dictator named Vladislav Dukhovich. They are joined by Élodie Yung (Daredevil) as Interpol agent Amelia Ryder; Salma Hayek as the hitman’s wife, Sonia Kincaid; Joaquim de Almeida; Kirsty Mitchell; Sam Hazeldine; and Richard E. Grant.

Hitmen and bodyguards typically find themselves opposing one another, but in this exciting upcoming movie, the tables have turned. Kincaid has agreed to step forward and testify at the International Court of Justice in order to get his equally notorious wife out of prison. He has 24 hours to get from England to The Hague, but killer dictator Dukhovich will do anything he can to stop that from happening. Enter Bryce, who must now protect the life of a man he would normally be defending others from. But just because he’s got the job doesn’t mean he has to like it! The Hitman’s Bodyguard promises to be explosive fun with lots of sass and a bit of sailor’s mouth, and a 111 minute run time doesn’t sound like enough! See the trailer yourself for a good look at what to expect when the film is released this August! (Fair warning: The trailer has more curse words than many whole movies have.)



Poking fun at Whitney Houston’s and Kevin Costner’s The Bodyguard is just the tip of the outlandish iceberg. The movie poster also spoofs the classic chick flick. Promotional material on the movie’s official Twitter page have even managed to play off the Fyre music festival debacle with almost enough sarcasm to make Deadpool himself proud. With some summer months between now and the film’s release, there’s sure to be plenty of opportunities for more kooky promos, which will have to tide us all over until the movie is out!



Clearly, The Hitman’s Bodyguard will be an R-rated film. The language alone is plenty of reason. But it will definitely still have an audience. Hayek, has even stated, “This film is so magnificent that I am going to have the courage to predict that there will be a sequel.” When shown at CinemaCon in Las Vegas this March, the film screening was positively received, with Jackson reportedly getting the most laughs!

The Hitman’s Bodyguard is slated for release in the U.S. and U.K. on August 18, 2017. It’s the wacky action movie you didn’t know you wanted, but by this point should be topping the list of movies you need!

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SoCal Comic Shop VISIONARY COMICS Asks For Help In Expanding

Run by the first disabled black woman to own a comic shop.

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A Shocking Discovery In Private Tour of REBIRTH era THE FLASH Museum

Check out a preview of next week's THE FLASH #23.

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DARK HORSE COMICS AUGUST 2017 Solicitations

ALIENS, AMERICAN GODS, and more.

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The Flash: Rebirth (2016) #1 - Joshua Williamson & Carmine Di Giandomenico

The Flash: Rebirth (2016) #1 Joshua Williamson & Carmine Di Giandomenico Genre: Graphic Novels Price: $2.99 Publish Date: June 8, 2016 Publisher: DC Comics Seller: DC Comics

Spinning directly out of the epic events of DC UNIVERSE: REBIRTH #1, the Fastest Man Alive finds himself at the center of a DC Universe at a crossroads. WARNING: Do NOT read this issue until after you read DC UNIVERSE: REBIRTH #1!

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WONDER WOMAN Filmmakers Key In On Magic & Essence At L.A. Premiere's Blue Carpet

Gal Gadot, Patty Jenkins, Allan Heinberg, and more.

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ONI PRESS AUGUST 2017 Solicitations

RICK & MORTY, THE TEA DRAGON SOCIETY, the return of NIGHT'S DOMINION, and more.

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Watchmen - Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons

Watchmen Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons Genre: Graphic Novels Price: $12.99 Publish Date: August 28, 2012 Publisher: DC Comics Seller: DC Comics

A NEW YORK TIMES Bestseller! Considered the greatest graphic novel in the history of the medium, the Hugo Award-winning story chronicles the fall from grace of a group of superheroes plagued by all-too-human failings. Along the way, the concept of the superhero is dissected as an unknown assassin stalks the erstwhile heroes. This edition of WATCHMEN, the groundbreaking series from Alan Moore, the award-winning writer of V FOR VENDETTA and BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE, and Dave Gibbons, the artist of GREEN LANTERN, features the high-quality, recolored pages found in WATCHMEN: THE ABSOLUTE EDITION with sketches, never-before-seen extra bonus materials and a new introduction by Dave Gibbons.

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Injustice 2 (2017-) #2 - Tom Taylor & Bruno Redondo

Injustice 2 (2017-) #2 Tom Taylor & Bruno Redondo Genre: Graphic Novels Price: $0.99 Publish Date: April 18, 2017 Publisher: DC Comics Seller: DC Comics

Dr. Fate visits two old friends, while Harley Quinn finds herself a prisoner of Amanda Waller, who's recruiting a new Suicide Squad.

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PHOENIX COMICON Bans Cosplay Weapons After Real Weapons Arrest

A man carrying real weapons at PHOENIX COMIC-CON has resulted in a ban on all weapons - real and fake.

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Second STEVE ROGERS Remembers The Past - Sort Of - In SECRET EMPIRE #3 Preview

While the Galactic Council declares war on Earth.

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ICYMI: This Week’s Science News (5/26/17)

By: Jaclyn Cascio (@jaclynator)

Life-saving straws, space sperm, and more. There’s always something going on in the STEM world, so ICYMI, here’s a taste of some of the science news from the last week!

I’d like a straw for my beer.

An entrepreneurship class in a Florida high school led three teenage ladies to develop straws that are able to test for common date rape drugs. Two test strips in the straws will allow the users to determine if their drink has been tampered with. A patent is pending for the straws, and the smart ladies hope to be able to market them to college students and supply the straws in restaurants, bars, and clubs in order to take a step toward reducing the number of women affected by drink tampering. It’s certainly a step in the right direction!

Blood has more to say than you think.

A new study has established a strong connection between cancer and thrombocytosis, a condition in which too many blood platelets are produced in the body. While breast lumps turn out to be cancerous only 8.5% of the time, the statistics are higher with those suffering from thrombocytosis. 11.6% of males with the condition were found to have cancer within a year, as opposed to 4.1% found with cancer who didn’t have the condition. In women, 6.2% of those with thrombocytosis were diagnosed with cancer within a year while only 2.2% of those without were diagnosed. A second platelet count six months later raised the percentages even higher! For researchers, this appears to be a fairly clear indicator to of cancer, and hope that it will be used in the future as a detection method to diagnose patients’ cancer earlier and improving their survival rate!

Down in front! I can’t see!

If you remember a theory, not too long ago, that a certain star would be an excellent place to look for extraterrestrial life with their own artificial structure, you might already be familiar with “Tabby’s star.” If not, the short story is that the brightness of the star varies, dimming by as much as 20% in an irregular and, thus far, unpredictable pattern. One theory was that an alien structure was passing between us and the star, obstructing our view and darkening the star. Now, Tabby’s star has had its first clear dimming since 2013, and astronomers are scrambling to get as much information as they can during this “dip” to try to pinpoint what is happening around the star that is 1300 light years away. Is it aliens, or something else entirely? Time will tell!

I always wanted rice that couldn’t catch a cold.

Pesticides are still commonly used on crops to protect them from various problems that reduce or even ruin crops. As more and more dangers become associated with pesticides, scientists have been trying to find a way to genetically engineer better plants that can fight off disease more naturally. Unfortunately, most plants that have successfully been engineered to do this also end up stunted and equally troubled in different ways. However, a recent study has successfully engineered a rice plant that is able to fight off the pathogens without the subsequent growth stunting. The study has thus far only worked with microbes that alter living cells of the plant, and not microbes that destroy cells as a food source, but the progress is promising!

Space sperm works!

In planning for possible colonization of Mars in the future, there are some bizarre factors to take into account. One of those factors to take into consideration is genetic diversity. Sending sperm along for the ride can compensate for a colony with limited genetic diversity. But will sperm that has travelled through space through the increased radiation still operate as usual? Researchers have tested the theory and it seems that the answer is yes! Mouse sperm was stored for nine months on the International Space Station and then brought back to Earth. Combining the space sperm with fresh eggs in surrogate mouse mothers led to a normal production of mouse pups and any DNA that had appeared fragmented appeared to have repaired itself after fertilization. Further studies on other mammalian species are needed, but it’s just another step on the way to Mars.

Man makes AI. AI makes AI. AI destroys man. Woman inherits the Earth.

Google’s DeepMind artificial intelligence has become fairly well known, even in the non-scientific world. It has learned about aggression and betrayal and it even dreams. Google has just recently announced that their AutoML neural network process is helping the AI learn to generate code and algorithms for itself. The AI is now capable of (and has) created programs on the same level as state-of-the-art programs designed by human experts in the field. The AI will soon be able to edit and improve itself to cope with its environment. (Like Skynet… I’m just saying…)

Special K isn’t a cereal. And it doesn’t do what you think.

Ketamine is a drug given in regulated doses for pain, and on the streets is used as a recreational hallucinogenic. The drug also seems to relieve symptoms of depression quickly and effectively. With its reputation on the street, however, information has been hard to come by with extremely small studies with 100 participants or less. However, a new study has analyzed 41,000 patients who take ketamine (legally) for pain and their rates of depression. The study found that those taking the drug were half as likely to show symptoms of depression. With most medications for depression taking two to four weeks to kick in and only showing results 20-30% more effective than placebos, ketamine appears to be significantly more effective at treating the mental health problem. More studies and possible large scale clinical trials would need to take place to support this, but it’s an interesting look at a possible treatment!

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