Women Wednesday: Birds of Prey #24

DC Comics released Birds of Prey #24 today with the cover featuring Black Canary, Batgirl, Big Barda and Sin. Vixen, Harley Quinn and John Constantine also appears. Here's the official summery: "The Shadow Army has had the upper hand from the jump, but the jump is long past, and the Birds are ready to get their people back and throw down like it’s personal. And yeah, it is."

Cover of Birds of Prey #24 from DC Comics

This issue also features a three-page Worlds Collide chapter with Batgirl, Wonder Woman, Catwoman and Nightwing.

Women Wednesday: Mera on Titans: Beast World Tour: Atlantis #1 Cover

Mera is on the cover of Titans: Beast World Tour: Atlantis #1 that hits the newsstands this week from DC Comics. Aquaman appears is featured in the first story along with Mera and Garth aka Aqualad aka Tempest. To be honest, I'm not sure exactly what Garth is going by now. Jackson Hyde aka the new Aqualad, makes an appearance towards the end. There is also a second story featuring Vixen and Manta. The third story features Mera and Jackson Hyde aka Aqualad 2.

Mera on Cover of Titans: Beast World Tour: Atlantis #1 from DC Comics

Countdown to Halloween 2021 Day 7: Are You Afraid of Darkseid?

Are You Afraid of Darkseid? #1 is out now from DC Comics just in time for Halloween. The cover features Darkseid behind Robin as he is telling scary stories to the rest of the Teen Titans (Kid Flash, Crush, Aqualad and Red Arrow but Roundhouse is now where to be seen). This is their annual one-shot Halloween special but die-hard horror fans will be a bit disappointed as the stories found within are mostly for fun. The issue starts with "Are You Afraid of Darkseid?" as the Teen Titans camping and telling scary stories around the campfire. Red Arrow is first up with "Bloody Mary" that puts a New Gods spin on the urban legend that features Harley Quinn and Darkseid. Robin is up next with "Backseat Driver" that features Batman chasing Mad Hatter, who is riding a bicycle. Crush's scary story is "Escape the Dark Fortress" featuring John Stewart as Green Lantern with brief appearances by Hal Jordan, Guy Gardner and Katma Tui. Kid Flash takes his turn with "The Endless Staircase" featuring the Phantom Stranger. Aqualad's scary story is titled "The Ogopogo", which features him and Aquaman. Roundhouse doesn't want to tell a scary story so Red Arrow tells her second story, which is "Black Eyed Kids" featuring Vixen and Wonder Woman. Roundhouse changes his mind and decides to tell "The Celler" that finds Superman and Lois Lane looking for missing twins in Kansas (he gets his life force drained by a horrorifying female creature). The final page with the Teen Titans around the campfire is perhaps the scariest part of the whole issue.

Cover of Are You Afraid of Darkseid? #1 from DC Comics

TV Alert: Vixen Movie Airs Tonight On The CW

In case you don't know, the Vixen two hour movie airs tonight on the CW at 7 pm Central time. This is based on the superheroine from DC Comics.

Countdown to Christmas 2015 Day 18: Animated Vixen Headed To Live Action Arrow

Yeah, everyone is buzzing about Star Wars: The Force Awakens today but I will not be seeing it on a big screen because this town still does not have a theater (the nearest one is thirty minutes away and I hate driving out of town after dark). The small screen buzz is that Megalyn Echikunwoke to Bring Animated Vixen to Life on CW’s Arrow. She’s likely to appear in the fifteenth episode this season which will air February 24th, 2016.

Women Wednesday: Megalyn Echikunwoka Voicing Vixen

According to Report: The CW Casts VIXEN, Megalyn Echikunwoka will be voicing Vixen in the new online animated series by the same name set to air on CW Seed:

Women Wednesday: All-Female Pre-Flashpoint Justice League Unite in Convergence

Zatanna, Supergirl, Jesse Quick, Vixen, Jade and Mera will band together one last time in the Convergence: Justice League series according to All-Female, Pre-Flashpoint Justice League Unites for DC's Convergence. The two issue series was written by Frank Tieri (the article at the link has an interview with him that Newsarama did) with art by Vicente Cifuentes,

New 52 DC Comics Trading Cards Pack

I went on a road trip yesterday and picked up a few items. I didn't get any comics but I did find the only pack of New 52 DC Comics trading cards at Hastings. The price for five cards was $4.99 and was originally released in 2012. Normally, I wouldn't have picked them up for that price but I figured it was the last one so why not.

First up is the front and back of the wrapper. I opened it up at the bottom while I waited at the clinic and I had a little trouble with it:
Next up is card #6, which is Batgirl:
Next up is card #16, which is Deadshot:
I'm not familiar with Dollmaker, who is on card #18, other than he is a bat-villain and that his father supposedly was the twisted doctor on Gotham:
Vixen is on card #58, which makes two women in this pack much to my delight:
Finally, I was surprised to find a chase card in the form of work in progress (WIP) #7, which is Aquaman. Basically, it's a lenticular card that shows the artwork from sketch to fully colored.
Would I buy more packs? Yes, providing I had the money for it since they are basically a dollar a card (more after you figure in the tax).