SDCC 2013: Marvel announce plans for Marvel NOW! two

Today, during the retail meeting at San-Diego Comic-Con 2013, Marvel talked about their plans to launch a second phase of Marvel NOW!. This means that several Marvel series still running from before the Marvel NOW! initiative was launched will be getting renumbered and several new ones will be released.

As well as this news, Marvel also showed the reception that the first batch of Marvel NOW! books got:

(Source: Bleeding Cool)

SDCC 2013: Superior Spider-Man/ Venom team-up officially announced. (UPDATE)

Remember my post a few weeks ago in which I reported on the rumours of a Superior Spider-Man and Venom crossover? Well, yesterday at San-Diego Comic-Con it was announced officially. The four-issue event was revealed by Superior Spider-Man writer, Dan Slott, via a very shaky phone-in to answer questions from the crowd at SDCC's Superior Spider-Man panel.

The issue will mark the first meeting between Flash Thompson as Venom and Otto Octavius as the Superior Spider-Man. The four-issue event will also be co-written by Christos Gage.

UPDATE:

Here's a better look at that cover by Humberto Ramos and Edgar Delgado:

SDCC 2013: Batgirl to appear in Batman: Arkham Origins?

The Batman: Arkham Origins panel has just ended at San Diego Comic-Con 2013 and a lot of interesting information was released during it. However, one tease really stood out: When asked about the existence of Robin in the game, the panel replied:

There's no Robin at this point in the timeline. This is year 2 of his career. As for Batgirl, you're gonna have to see the game. #ArkhamSDCC
— Batman Arkham (@BatmanArkham) July 18, 2013

Now, that's a pretty strong hint isn't it? I'd certainly love to see Batgirl in Arkham Origins, but I'm still hoping for at least a few little hints or references to Robin.

As well as this, another interesting piece of information from the panel is the reveal that DC Comics assassin, Copperhead will be appearing in the game. Copperhead has recently appeared in mainstream comics as a member of the Secret Society in Justice League of America, except the version in the game will be female.

SDCC 2013: First look at Forever Evil artwork, featuring Nightwing!

So, San-Diego Comic-Con has begun! Even if you're not there ( like me, even though I wish I could be ) you can still catch up on all of the important news and teasers from the event online! Right now, DC Comics are holding a panel with Geoff Johns, Jeff Lemire and more and they've started previewing artwork from upcoming dc issues.

The most important so far, I think is Forever Evil, with Nightwing breaking into Arkham Asylum, check out the page below.

While the page doesn't reveal much, I am interested to see more. And, just quickly, that's got to be Superwoman of the Crime Syndicate of America from Earth 3, right?

Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti's "Harley Quinn" set for later this year

San-Deigo Comic-Con 2013 is being set-up right now, and the announcements are going to be flooding the internet pretty soon, but before that DC have one now!

 A Harley Quinn monthly from husband-wife Jimmy Palmiotti (Batwing, All-Star Western) and Amanda Conner (Before Watchmen: Silk Spectre) as co-writers! See Amanda Conner's cover for the first issue of the series below:

The Joker's Admirer, Harley Quinn usually stars and as one of the members of the team-book, Suicide Squad, which I'm not a regular reader of, but this I'm definitely looking forward to!

(SOURCE: Comic Book Resources)