Michael Doran

I'm not just the Newsarama founder and editor-in-chief, I'm also a reader. And that reference is just a little bit older than the beginning of my Newsarama journey. I founded what would become the comic book news site in 1996, and except for a brief sojourn at Marvel Comics as its marketing and communications manager in 2003, I've been writing about new comic book titles, creative changes, and occasionally offering my perspective on important industry events and developments for the 25 years since. Despite many changes to Newsarama, my passion for the medium of comic books and the characters makes the last quarter-century (it's crazy to see that in writing) time spent doing what I love most.

Latest articles by Michael Doran

Marvel Classic Homage variant covers
Marvel pays tribute to itself in new series of classic cover homages

By Michael Doran Published

News Some are straight redos, some put new spins on the iconic images

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Endless Space 2 Stories cover art
ENDLESS Space 2 Stories comes to print for the first time

By Michael Doran Published

News Titan Comics and Amplitude Studios team to bring the comics to print in 2023

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Batman/Superman: World's Finest #8 art
An old-school Batcopter and the original Teen Titans guest star in Batman/Superman: World's Finest #8

By Michael Doran Published

News Is Boy Thunder the DCU's next Devil Nezha?

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Miracleman: The Silver Age #1
Young Miracleman returns in Gaiman and Buckingham's Miracleman: The Silver Age #1 preview

By Michael Doran Published

News The long-awaited completion of the story is part of Marvel Comics' 40th-anniversary celebration of the modern Miracleman

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DCU 2023 preview
DC 2023 preview - a dawn, an eruption, old-timers, and Superman's family headline the new year

By Michael Doran Published

News Four major editorial events (so far) promise to refine the DC Universe in 2023

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Batman vs. Robin #2 art
Alfred Pennyworth's return in Batman vs. Robin takes another surprising twist

By Michael Doran Published

News Or does it? Batman vs. Robin #2 is full of shenanigans

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Star Trek: Defiant #1 cover art
Spock, Lore, B'Elanna, and Ro join Worf in Star Trek: Defiant ongoing comic book series

By Michael Doran Published

News Spock is back as Star Trek meets the Dirty Dozen in IDW's second new ongoing series set in the TNG era

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Spider-Man: Fake Red cover art
Marvel and Viz team on 3 new 2023 Marvel manga titles

By Michael Doran Published

News Wolverine: Snikt! (yes, that one), Spider-Man: Fake Red, and Marvel Comics: A Manga Tribute are coming summer 2023

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Batman #131 art by Joe Quesada
Joe Quesada reemerges as DC cover artist

By Michael Doran Published

News He'll first draw a couple of Batman covers, 30 years after his last

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Amazing Spider-Man #11 art
The Hobgoblin is back and this Amazing Spider-Man #11 preview wants us to assume we know which one

By Michael Doran Published

news Hey, you can never tell with the Hobgoblin

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Lazarus Planet teaser
Martian Manhunter and Doomsday mash-up in DC "Lazarus Planet" teasers

By Michael Doran Published

news Batman vs. Robin will seemingly lead to a big DCU event that will include the Monkey Prince

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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever poster
Black Panther was one of the original 10 MCU characters Marvel Studios was founded on

By Michael Doran Published

Features The role of Black Panther is to be determined in Wakanda Forever. The key role of Black Panther in MCU history is a matter of record

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DC Fandome
DC Fandome returns for more movie, games, and comics reveals in October

By Michael Doran Last updated

News The event focusing on movies, TV, games, and comic books featuring DC characters returns for a sequel

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DC's The Totality during their short-lived heyday
Remember the Totality - a Dawn of the DCU cautionary tale

By Michael Doran Published

Features December and January's Dawn of the DCU is sure to be filled with big ideas, but there needs to be follow-through this time

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Best Marvel Comics events of all time: Secret Wars art by Alex Ross
The best Marvel Comics events of all time

By Graeme McMillan Published

Features The biggest events in the Marvel Universe have changed the comics forever

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AXE: Avengers #1 art
Iron Man's Celestial judgment takes him back to his origin in AXE: Avengers #1 preview

By Michael Doran Published

news Someone Tony Stark hasn't seen in years is 'back' and pissed

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Marvel legacy #1 cover excerpt
The best Marvel characters of all time ranked

By Chris Arrant Published

Features How do you pick the best Marvel characters in the publisher's history? Here's how

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Arthur Adams draws Longshot for X-Men Legends #3 variant cover
First look - Longshot meets Wolverine and Kitty for the first time in Ann Nocenti's X-Men Legends story

By Michael Doran Published

News Ann Nocenti returns to Longshot for a story set right after the original limited series

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The Flash #786
The Titans, JSA, and Bat-Family divvy up to protect the world from Deathstroke in The Flash #786

By Michael Doran Published

News Donna Troy hands out the continental assignments in this Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths tie-in

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Best Avengers villains
The best Avengers villains of all time

By George Marston Published

Features These are the best Avengers villains the Earth's Mightiest Heroes have ever faced

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Danger Street #1
Tom King's Black Label series Danger Street will finally hit shelves in December

By Michael Doran Published

News DC and Tom King cull from an obscure '70s DC title for a Black Label series that's "a little bit silly, a whole lot dark, and completely cool"

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DC December 2022 solicitations
All of DC's December 2022 comics and covers revealed

By Newsarama Staff Published

News All of DC's full December 2022 solicitations and cover previews including over 250 images

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Marvel Comics December 2022 solicitations
All of Marvel's December 2022 comics and covers revealed

By Newsarama Staff Published

News Marvel Comics' full December 2022 solicitations and cover previews

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Tales from Earth-6: A Celebration of Stan Lee cover art
DC revives Just Imagine for Stan Lee's 100th birthday

By Michael Doran Published

News The early 2000s event surprisingly returns with brand new stories to celebrate the legendary creator

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Dawn of the DCU
Seven Dawn of the DCU questions and observations

By Michael Doran Published

News We don't know much about Dawn of the DCU, but we know enough to ask the right questions

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