WIZARD: THE MAGAZINE OF COMICS, ENTERTAINMENT AND POP CULTURE #209 ‘WATCHMEN’ TOUCHES DOWN Perhaps the most eagerly anticipated comic book movie adaptation among the hardcore fanboy set, Zack Snyder’s ‘Watchmen’ looks to raise the bar and demolish expectations. We’ll take a look at the long strange saga of getting Watchmen off the page and onto the silver screen before it hits theaters March 6, 2009. AVENGERS GO DARK Brian Michael Bendis re-invented the Avengers with his ‘Dissassembled’ arc and subsequent relaunch of both New and Mighty Avengers. Now he’s going back to the drawing board for a new take on Earth’s Mightiest Heroes: Dark Avengers! Find out what’s in store here! LAST SHOT: 100 BULLETS In February, Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso put the finishing touches on their signature crime series, the critically acclaimed 100 Bullets from DC’s Vertigo imprint. As we look ahead to the 100th issue finale, we also look back at what made this one of our favorite books of all time. DCU GOES ONLINE Can’t wait to play Sony Online Entertainment’s upcoming Massive Multiplayer Online Game, DCU Online? We’ll feed your gaming addiction with tons of behind the scenes stuff, as well as an exclusive announcement about the online game that lets you play inside the virtual DCU as a hero or villain! X-MEN GO TO WAR! Marvel’s Merry Mutants may be dwindling in number, but that doesn’t stop them from killing one another over the Messiah baby. The time- traveling Cable and his young mutant charge find themselves at the center of a conflict that will shape the X-books for the year ahead: ‘Messiah War’! Get all the battle plans in this ish.
