Author: Neil Vagg

Neil is the Editor-in-Chief at GYCO. He has a BA in Film & TV and an MA in Scriptwriting; he currently works 9-5 in an office and 5-9 as a reviewer. He has been reading comics for as long as he can remember and is never far away from any book which has the word Bat in the title.

Last night the second season of Krypton drew to a close on SYFY in the US. The season went out with a bang and in doing so teased a huge DC villain to appear down the line. In the finale Nyssa-Vex left Krypton on a journey across the stars to save her son Jor-El. She eventually landed on a planet which had been devastated by an attack of Parademons and we know what that means… Darkseid! Can we have season 3 now please? Set two generations before the destruction of Superman’s home planet, KRYPTON follows Seg-El (Cameron Cuffe), the legendary…

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DC Comics has unveiled two more stores which will form part of the Tales of the Dark Multiverse event taking place later in the year. Check out the press release below for more information on how Blackest Night and Infinite Crisis will become infected and join the action! THE INFECTION SPREADS WITH TWO MORE TALES FROM THE DARK MULTIVERSE COMING IN NOVEMBER DC Landmark Events Blackest Night, Infinite Crisis Are Next to Feel the Corruption On-Sale Dates Also Include Reprints of Blackest Night #1, Infinite Crisis #1 for $1 BURBANK, CA – (August 14, 2019) – Born from the pages of the bestselling event Dark Nights: Metal, the Dark Multiverse…

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A haunting new image of Joaquin Phoenix in full Joker makeup has arrived courtesy of Il Venerdi magazine. How chilling is that stare? The movie is currently gearing up for its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival which runs from August 28 to September 7. In case you missed it, here’s the first trailer for Joker: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjEmg-zzN98 Phillips directs from a screenplay he co-wrote with writer Scott Silver, based on characters from DC. The film is being produced by Phillips and Bradley Cooper under their Joint Effort banner, and Emma Tillinger Koskoff. It is executive produced by Richard Baratta,…

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You can pickup your copy of Event Leviathan #3 now where all good comics are sold. Synopsis From the award-winning team of writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Alex Maleev, it’s DC’s biggest whodunit in years! The world’s greatest detectives—Batman, Green Arrow, Lois Lane, Plastic Man, the Question and Martian Manhunter—have gathered to solve the mystery behind the true identity of Leviathan’s leaders and the destruction of the world’s top intelligence agencies! Red Hood is their leading suspect—and he is on the loose! Plus, the Silencer takes her shot! This mystery will unleash a new evil on the DC Universe! Review…

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This week’s release of Batman: Hush includes the first DC Showcase animated short film for quite some time. That home video release included “Sgt. Rock” and the upcoming Wonder Woman: Bloodlines includes another new short focussing on the character of Death. Death comes straight from the pages of Neil Gaiman’s Sandman universe and will be voiced by actress Jamie Chung. Chung is no stranger to comic book properties having taken a lead role in FOX’s The Gifted and guest starring role in Gotham as Valerie Vale. We’ll be able to hear Chung in action when Wonder Woman: Bloodlines comes to…

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You can pickup your copy of Dareveil #9 now where all good comics are sold. Synopsis There’s a new DAREDEVIL in town, and Matt Murdock has no idea who it is! Neither does Cole North, the tough-as-nails detective who’s been hot on the Guardian Devil’s trail for weeks. Can Matt Murdock truly live a life without Daredevil? Can Cole? Review I can’t hide the fact I was pretty critical about the last issue of Daredevil. It felt like a really contrived story which existed purely to push Matt back towards becoming Daredevil again. Needless exposition meant that by the end of…

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Alongside our latest podcast, launching today, we’re giving away a copy of Batman: Hush on Blu-ray™ courtesy of our friends at Warner Bros. UK. An adaptation of the seminal DC classic tale, Batman: Hush centres on a shadowy new villain known only as Hush, who uses Gotham’s Rogues Gallery to destroy Batman’s crime-fighting career, as well as Bruce Wayne’s personal life – which has already been complicated by a relationship with Selina Kyle, aka Catwoman.

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It’s season finale time on SYFY’s Krypton this week. Seg-El (Cameron Cuffe) and crew will be taking a final stand against Genreal Zod (Colin Salmon) and his forces. Lobo (Emmett J. Scanland) will also be making a return. Check out the promo and a sneak peak of “The Alpha and The Omega” below! “The Alpha and the Omega”8/14/2019, Season 2/Episode 10Krypton hangs in the balance as Seg comes face-to-face with General Zod as his allies rally behind him and try to help him take down the enemy. https://youtu.be/so7XhJl-W88 We’re also lucky enough to have a special sneak-peek of the episode…

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We hate to say we told you so but it looks as though Disney are beginning to weigh up the options for sequels to their hugely successful live-action remakes. In a new interview with ComicBook.com Aladdin producer Dan Lin has revealed that discussions have beg on follow-up this summer’s $1B smash-hit. “We certainly when we first made the movie wanted to just make the best movie we could and let audiences tell us if they wanted to see more.” Said Lin. “And I would say resoundingly audiences want to see more. They’ve watched this movie multiple times. We have lots…

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