LIGHTSPEED Presents: ‘One Heart, Lost and Found’ by Kat Howard
io9 is proud to present fiction from LIGHTSPEED MAGAZINE. Once a month, we feature a story from LIGHTSPEED’s current issue. This month’s selection is “One Heart, Lost and Found” by…
The Future of Radiant Black Is in Its Readers’ Hands
Image Comics’ superhero series turned cross-comic multiverse Radiant Black has long played with all sorts of tropes from the genre, drawing inspiration from places like Japanese superhero fiction and classic…
DC’s Jim Lee Now Has the Job You Already Thought He Had
DC’s Jim Lee poses with Batman during at the Comic-Con Museum on July 17, 2019 in San Diego, California.Photo: Andrew Toth/Getty Images for DC (Getty Images) His comics bona fides…
A Mega Mother’s Day Gift Guide for the Pop Culture Enthusiast
Image: Rock Love/BoxLunch/ShopDisney/WB Shop/WEBTOON/BBC Studios Here’s a fandom-centric guide for every type of mom: new moms, dog moms, mother moms, and more. It’s getting down to the wire to shop…
HBO Max’s Titans Entered the DC Multiverse, Which Included Grant Morrison
Call it the sequel to the DC CW’s Crisis on Infinite Earths, if you’d like. This week’s episode of HBO Max series Titans—titled “Dude, Where’s My Gar,” which both delights…
DC’s Injustice Picked the Right Fight at the Right Time
Superheroes have been punching each other in their face for decades, and doing that in video games almost as long. Every once in a while, the superhero genre crosses over…
Lawmakers Ask DOJ to Investigate “Hollowed Out” Warner Bros. Discovery
Last year, Warner Bros. was acquired by the Discovery Channel, and the resulting merger has been more than a little chaotic. Things got off to a rough start with the…
Doom Patrol Writer Rachel Pollack Has Died at 77
Comic book writer Rachel Pollack has passed away at the age of 77 years old. Her wife, Judith Zoe Mateen, shared the news on Friday via her own personal Facebook.…
The Never-Happening Lego Batman Sequel Sounds Awesome
Image: Warner Bros. The Lego Batman Movie was a critical and commercial hit, earning more than $300 million at the box office in 2017—and yet, a sequel will never happen.…
Everything We Spotted in Blue Beetle’s Electrifying New Trailer
Screenshot: Warner Bros. As we see Jaime violently transform for the first time post-bonding, we also get a brief taste of the superpowers he has as the Blue Beetle. The…