Comic book superheroes: the gods of modern mythology
From primary-coloured, straight guys to tarnished beings in a revisionist world, superheroes are our cultural barometer
Captain America has gone from punching Hitler to fascist sympathies – is it time to panic?
Marvel’s reveal that Captain America is a sleeper agent for rightwing group Hydra feels like a betrayal of his Jewish creators – but nothing is set in stone in comics
DC Rebirth: Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman get rebooted … again
DC Comics is starting over to simplify storylines across seven decades and 52 worlds. With so many heroes, should DC be more careful with the reset button?
Real-life superhero? Marvel and DC comics back down against Londoner
Graham Jules wins two-and-a-half-year fight against comic giants over use of word ‘superhero’ in his book title
Preacher: is Seth Rogen’s new show the best comic book adaptation ever?
It came shrieking on to our screens this weekend with a healthy dollop of gore, daftness and – perhaps most importantly – respect for the source material’s tone
Seth Rogen’s Preacher to launch on Amazon UK next week
TV series based on cult comic book stars Dominic Cooper, Joseph Gilgun and Ruth Negga
Could Margot Robbie’s all-female superhero movie be DC’s trump card?
Harley Quinn-led followup to Suicide Squad would prove Warner’s slate of DC universe movies has upper hand over rival Marvel in terms of diversity
Munch by Steffen Kverneland review – a scrapbook drawn from life
The Norwegian graphic novelist’s biography of artist Edvard Munch is a digressive delight
How we made Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
‘The question was: if Bruce Lee was an animal, what’s the silliest one he would be?’
X-Men: Apocalypse review – lots of bangs for your bucks but loopiness is lost
The latest X-Men prequel goes back to the 1980s, but the now-regulation destruction is beginning to eclipse the series’ unique strangeness
Free Comic Book Day 2016: where to go in the UK
The annual bonanza of graphic giveaways is on Saturday 7 May. Here are some of the best stores to visit to get freebies and meet some artists
Harder, better, faster, stronger? Why comic book movies are growing longer
From stuffing in jokes to extended character explainers, new comic book movies are taking up more and more of our time. And I’m not sure it’s worth it
How superhero movies embraced wild west frontier libertarianism
Captain America: Civil War isn’t the only comic-book movie to champion the strong individual over unreliable authority figures when it comes to sorting good from bad. The tactic worked well before – in westerns
The best starter graphic novels for YA readers
The world of graphic novels can be hard to navigate, especially if you’re not a superhero fan. Here are seven of the best introductions to the genre for teens
Robert Crumb: ‘I was born weird’
He’s obsessed with ‘spectacular rear ends’ and describes his fans as scum. Yet comic artist Robert Crumb is somehow in danger of becoming respectable