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

Dark Crisis: Worlds Without a Justice League - Green Arrow #1 art
Why Ollie isn't dead? Worlds Without a Justice League - Green Arrow has the answer

By Michael Doran Published

News We get three distinct Green Arrows including Oliver Queen playing the role of his own hero in this Dark Crisis first look

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collage of images of DC villains
The most dangerous DC Universe villains

By Chris Arrant Published

Features There are great supervillains - and then there are the most dangerous supervillains to the DC Universe

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Marvel - Netease games variant covers
Marvel and NetEase team for games variant covers

By Michael Doran Published

News The U.S. publishing giant and China games giant put Redwing on a cover because why not?

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The Bat Family
The Bat Family - the most vital members, ranked

By Michael Doran Published

Features Ironically, Batman has perhaps the largest and most diverse family of any comic book superhero. But who is among the best of the Bat Family?

Features
Mary Jane & Black Cat #1 cover art
Mary Jane and Black Cat team up (again) for a Dark Web tie-in series

By Michael Doran Published

News Two of Spider-Man's romantic partners are stuck in limbo... make that Limbo ... for the new series

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Eros/Starfox in comic books and in the MCU
Harry Styles' Eros from Eternals has one of the most disturbing Marvel Comics histories

By George Marston Published

Features The superhero Eros AKA Starfox AKA Thanos' brother is a part of a whole other section of Marvel Comics Eternals' lore

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

By Newsarama Staff Published

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

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

By Newsarama Staff Published

News Marvel Comics' full November 2022 solicitations and cover previews

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John Stewart: The Emerald Knight #1 cover art
John Stewart: The Emerald Knight #1 bridges the end of Green Lantern and the start of Dark Crisis

By Michael Doran Published

News The November one-shot special follows up on the Green Lantern #12 cliffhanger and squares it up with Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths

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Frank Miller Presents ashcan cover art
New publisher Frank Miller Presents drops surprise $1 preview comic on August 17

By Michael Doran Last updated

News Frank Miller and Dan DiDio's new imprint will make a surprise debut in comic book shops in August

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Sword of Azrael #1 variant cover art
The former replacement Batman returns - reluctantly - in Sword of Azrael #1 preview

By Michael Doran Published

News Jean-Paul Valley is back in Sword of Azrael to protect ... a new Azrael?

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Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths #3 art
The Titans and friends deal with Beast Boy's brutal shooting in Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths #3 preview

By Michael Doran Published

News Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths #3 gets ... well ... dark

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

By Newsarama Staff Last updated

News Marvel Comics' full September 2022 solicitations and cover previews

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The Dark Web promo art by Ryan Stegman
Zeb Wells brings together Spider-Man and the new X-Men team for The Dark Web

By Michael Doran Published

News Ben Reilly and X-Men villain Madelyne Pryor have a lot in common and are teaming up to torment Spider-Man

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

By Newsarama Staff Published

News All of DC's full October 2022 solicitations and cover previews

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Dark Spaces: Good Deeds cover by
Scott Snyder's Dark Spaces expands with Good Deeds

By Michael Doran Published

News Dark Spaces: Good Deeds sounds like Stephen King in the Sunshine State

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

By Newsarama Staff Published

News Marvel Comics' full October 2022 solicitations and cover previews

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Dark Crisis: Worlds Without a Justice League – Superman #1 art
Jon has the boyhood he never had in Worlds Without a Justice League - Superman preview

By Michael Doran Published

News The Dark Crisis special is very different than what it was originally solicited as

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A.X.E.: Eve of Judgment #1 art
Marvel gets right to the point in A.X.E.: Eve of Judgment #1 preview

By Michael Doran Published

News Eve of Judgment introduces the Iron Waffle 3000 to the Marvel Universe and we're here for it

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Batman #125 preview
Batman #125 sets an ominous tone for Zdarsky and Jiménez run

By George Marston Published

News New Batman writer Chip Zdarsky is in for the "long haul" and we've got new details about his first issue

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The Illuminati in Marvel Comics and in the MCU
The Illuminati - the super-secret superhero society that pulls the strings in Marvel Comics

By George Marston Published

Features The Illuminati, a secret council of superheroes who work behind the scenes are now doing their thing in the MCU

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America Chavez in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness promo image
America Chavez - the Marvel history of Doctor Strange 2's powerful new teen hero

By George Marston Published

Features America Chavez is one of the most powerful heroes in Marvel Comics, she's arrived in the MCU

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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness trailer still
Gargantos - the Doctor Strange 2 monster's Marvel history and name change explained

By George Marston Last updated

Features Gargantos, the Multiverse of Madness monster resembles a different Marvel monster with ties to Conan the Barbarian

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Bloodshot Unleashed #1
First look - Bloodshot Unleashed #1 action figure variants

By Michael Doran Published

News The return of Bloodshot in Valiant's first mature readers series includes the debut of a new Bloodshot action figure

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The Mighty cover art by Dave Johnson
The Mighty get a new home at Image Comics

By Michael Doran Published

News The story of what if the world's only and most powerful superhero was a bad dude returns in a new publishing home in September

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