With almost all conventions cancelled this year, DC Comics/Warner Bros. instead hosted their own virtual event: DC FanDome, a massive 24-hour online virtual event covering the entire DC multi-verse, debuting many trailers for movies such as Wonder Woman 1984, The Batman and the Zack Snyder Cut of Justice League to TV shows, animated series, video…
Justice League Dark: Apokolips War is the final chapter of an animated universe that began seven years ago with Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox. Consider it the Avengers: Endgame of this particular branch of the DC universe. I would like to essentially break it down in two parts; as a standalone film, and as the final chapter in a…
Currently in theaters is Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), the eighth film in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU), and somewhat sequel to/spinoff from 2016’s underwhelming Suicide Squad. Nerd Nation Magazine was in attendance for the early press screening courtesy of DC Films/Warner Bros., Allied Marketing, and Regal Cinemas. …
One of the biggest events in recent television history is the CW’s Crisis on Infinite Earths. The five night event encompasses the network’s “Arrowverse”: Arrow, Batwoman, Black Lighting, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, The Flash, and Supergirl. This event is over six decades in the making and is the product of a daring comic book editor,…
Currently in theaters is Joker. The highly anticipated and much talked about film that of late has been as wildly successful as it is polarizing. Director Todd Phillips’ character study on Gotham City’s most infamous villain provides a deep social commentary as well as a dark look at what someone can become given the right…
One of the most anticipated films of 2019 is the latest addition to the DC Extended Universe, Shazam! starring Asher Angel and Zachary Levi as Billy Batson and Shazam, respectfully. While for many of today’s comic book readers Shazam (nee’ Captain Marvel) is at best a second or third level DC super hero, geared towards…
April 18, 2018 marked the 80th Anniversary of arguably the biggest moment in comic book history, the first issue of Action Comics (cover date June, 1938) starring Superman in his world debut. This ten cent (est. $2.00 in today’s money) comic book was the birth of the superhero genre with the Man of Tomorrow starting the demand for super-powered…
Nearly 65 years ago one man, promoting faux science and fake news almost single handedly destroyed the American comic book industry. Unlike most purveyors of pseudo-science, Dr. Fredric Wertham was not a quack, but one of the most respected psychiatrists of his era. Born in Munich, Germany in 1895, Wertham was educated in London and…
Friday, June 2, 2017 marked the official US theatrical release of Wonder Woman, the newest film in the DC Cinematic Universe (and to-date the most critically acclaimed) directed by Patty Jenkins. Nerd Nation Magazine was in attendance Tuesday, May 30 courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures, Allied Marketing, and Regal Cinemas. (Due to editorial staff being…
Holy flashback Batman! Fifty years after they donned their tights, Adam West and Burt Ward return as Gotham City’s top crime fighters while Julie Newmar reprises her role as that city’s sexiest villain (and arguably still the best Catwoman of all time) in the latest offering from Warner Bros. Animation and DC Comics – Batman:…
