DC Universe 0

*SPOILERS AHOY*

DC Universe 0 is many things. It's an introduction to the current state of the DC Universe. It's a preview of all the major story arcs that DC has planned for the next couple months. It's a collaboration between writers Grant Morrison and Geoff Johns. It's only 50 cents. Not to mention it's also the rumored return of Barry Allen.

In DC Universe 0 we get a small preview of "Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds", "Batman R.I.P.", upcoming Wonder Woman arc, "Green Lantern: Blackest Night Prelude", "Final Crisis: Revelations" and "Final Crisis"

For the cheap bastards that can't pay 50 cents for the book, here's what you're missing...

• The entire issue is presumably narrated by Barry Allen. Let me just make one thing clear before I go on. Barry Allen does NOT appear in this book at all. Grant Morrison and Geoff Johns have NOT been quoted saying that Barry Allen is in this book. Barry Allen in this book should be filed under "Crazy Ass Rumor, until Final Crisis".
• We get a summary of what happened in the previous two Crisis books. When describing the first Crisis we see the Anti Monitor displayed as the main protaginist. During the review of the second Crisis we see Superboy Prime. With the mention of Final Crisis we get a tease of Darkseid.
• In the preview for "Legion of Three Worlds" we get a cool shot of Brainiac and couple other Legioneers sitting around a crystal ball trying to locate help on another Earth. Very cool reference to the first meeting of the Justice Society of America and Justice League of America.
• When countdown started we were all under the impression that Joker was going to play the part of Hannibal Lecter. In the preview of "Batman R.I.P." we get an amazing scene between the Dark Knight and the Clown Price of Crime that perfectly puts Joker in the Hannibal role. Someone or some people are targeting Batman and possibly even Bruce Wayne. Batman has a hell of a fight coming.
• Wonder Woman: Meet the Spartans.
• In "Green Lantern: Blackest Night Prelude" I think we're seeing the rise of the first Black Lantern. Originally it was speculated that it would be a guy named Dorian from NY, it now seems to be someone else. Speculate away about who it might be, Conner Kent, Bart Allen, Dorian, or some other dead dude.
• There's a preview of the "Final Crisis: Revelations" that features the Spectre. The real interesting part is the one page ad for the book that features Dr.Light.
• The final preview is fittingly for "Final Crisis". This is the first appearance of Libra as he meets with the Rogues to make them an offer. Libra seems to be recruiting villains to join the side of a God. It's speculated that his God is Darkseid. Libra offers all that decide to follow his God will be granted their hearts desire.
• On the last page see lightening strike. We don't see Barry Allen, but we think he's narrating. READ THE BOOK YOU CHEAP BASTARD!!!

NY Comic Con 08

Unlike the previous year, the troops were ready for the New York Comic Con with digital cameras this year. Enjoy part 1 of NY Comic Con 08 "The Pictures"

If there was one person ready for the Con it was Shane-O-Mac. Shane's goal this year was very simple, kick the ass of any nerd who stepped over the line.

Kyle was more than pumped for the Con as can be seen by this look of pure energy. On a side note Kyle's face was stuck like this for the rest of the day.
Although he had aged horribly, Cee Diddy was also in a frantic daze about going to the Con.
Also joining us this year was a guy dressed as Batman. I wish we knew more about him but everytime we asked him his real named he would only reply, "I'm Batman". Eventually we ended up ditching "I'm Batman" at a White Castle in Manhattan.

Crazy Ass Speculation

Usually we like to offer "Crazy Ass Rumors" but after the NY Comic Con we have a lot to speculate about.

Batman R.I.P.

There was a lot of talk about "Batman R.I.P." in New York. Here's what know for sure:

• DC Comics is NOT killing Bruce Wayne! Dan Didio has stated this along with Grant Morrison and Bob Wayne. When it comes down to it, DC and Warner Bros. can't kill off Bruce Wayne when there's a summer blockbuster coming out.
• The entire Bat-Family will be taking part in this story, including Jason Todd, Hush, & Bat-Mite.
• Alex Ross has designed a new costume for Batman.

Okay those are the only things that we know for sure. There's plenty to speculate about though:

• Grant Morrison has stated that he would rather give a character problems to deal with instead of just killing them off. What would be a giant problem to give Batman? Why not out him as Bruce Wayne to the public? Worked out good in Daredevil. Speculation is running high that Morrison's upcoming story arc will have Bruce Wayne not only being outted as Batman, but also have the title character fake his own death to eliminate Bruce Wayne altogether. This would mean no more Bruce Wayne, and Batman would be Batman full-time.
• When you look back at all the work Morrison has done on Batman this makes a lot of sense. Even going back to Morrison's JLA run, Morrison has always beleived that Batman was the real person and that Bruce Wayne is his true mask.

When it happens next month let it be known that CeeDiddyHolla is calling it first. Bruce Wayne gets outted as Batman, which will lead to the "death" of Bruce Wayne so that Batman can be Batman full-time.

FINAL CRISIS

Another DC event that everyone is speculating about is Final Crisis. Let's start with what we know:

• Final Crisis is being written by Grant Morrison and drawn by J.G. Jones.
• This is the story of what happens when evil wins.
• A major character dies in the first issue of Final Crisis.

DC was very tight lipped about details about Final Crisis but gave us lots to speculate about:

• Martian Manhunter will be killed off in the first issue of Final Crisis.
• The New Gods return in their Fifth World form.
• Darkseid's fifth world form will be so powerful that when he comes to take over the world, he will succeed.
• The DC universe is heading in to dark times. Darkseid takes over and gives everyone a choice, submit or resist.
• Heroes will become villains and vice-verse

Hell Has Frozen Over!

The next step in the world take over of CeeDiddyHolla has been taken.

The official CeeDiddyHolla MySpace has been created and is ready to bring in a dozen or more readers.

Finally CeeDiddyHolla will upgrade from two lowly readers (no offense Shane and Kyle)

Once the site is being viewed by dozens or readers I will disregard my two loyal readers for all the new adoring fans.

So if you're finding this site for the first time because of Rupert Murdoch's genius MySpace, then I welcome you and please ignore the comments of my previous peon readers (once again no offense Shane and Kyle)

Let the revolution begin and send your friend requests to:
http://www.myspace.com/ceediddyholla

Shane vs Batman

Cee Diddy Ponders...

Site News

Just a quick update before the good stuff comes. Now that the NY Comic Con has come and gone and my work week is approaching it's end, I find myself with time to update the old blog. Expect a pictures, video, and lots of speculation in the coming days. I'm doing on a creative retreat on Saturday and should have plenty of time to bring you some nuggets of nerdcore. In the meantime enjoy a special edition of "You Tube Theater"

DEADPOOL VS VENOM!

Fact or Fact?

Here at Cee Diddy Holla we only present the FACTS. Welcome to our new column entitled "Fact or Fact?'

FACT - Nick Fury is the MAN and will remind you of this during Secret Invasion!

FACT - Myspace is GAY!

FACT - Grant Morrison is the greatest Batman writer of all time!

FACT - Having long hair is more metal than having no hair!

FACT - Iron Maiden is the BEST live show you'll ever see!

FACT - DC's Final Crisis will PWN Marvel's Secret Invasion!

FACT - The Karate Kid is the greatest movie of all time!

FACT - The greatest wrestler of all time retired at Wrestlemania 24!

FACT - The New York Comicon is next week and I will be there!

Crazy Ass Rumors

Welcome back to Crazy Ass Rumors. The title pretty much sums it up so let's get started.

* Silver Age Flash, Barry Allen has been dead for a long time. He died during a little crossover called "Crisis on Infinite Earths". Every time DC has a Crisis, the fanboys demand the return of Barry Allen. With Grant Morrison's "Final Crisis" approaching, fans of the original scarlet speedster are speculating that this could be the event that would return Barry Allen to the realm of the living. The rumor I've come across is that Barry Allen is returning but in the form of a Black Lantern. After a small stint as a Black Lantern he will be restored to his good old living self. Does this mean Wally is going to die during "Final Crisis"?

* The secret invasion going on in the Marvel universe has everyone curious as to who is or isn't a Skrull. Before the invasion started we were promised by Marvel that Tony Stark was NOT a Skrull. Many fans wanted to believe that Mr.Stark would be revealed as a Skrull and not just the dick that started Civil War. Now there's a strong rumor going around that Tony Stark is a Skrull but has only been one since the end of Civil War.

* Speaking of Skrulls. Johnny Storm from the Fantastic Four once married a Skrull. Look for her to return in the "Fantastic Four: Secret Invasion" special. There's now a rumor going around that Johnny wasn't the only hero to marry someone with green skin. The Black Panther has a secret invasion tie-in coming up from writer Jason Aaron. Some are speculating that this tie-in will reveal that Black Panther's wife, Storm is actually a Skrull. This might also explain as to why Storm will be back with the X-Men in Warren Ellis' "Astonishing X-Men" run.

* DC Comics has been giving Batman rouge, The Penguin a pretty good run lately. Rumor has it they're killing him off in the last issue of "Gotham Underground".

You Tube Theater

This week I've come across two cool videos. The first gives you a look at sci-fi shows that never made it past a pilot. You'll understand why after you watch some of it. It also shows you a few scenes from the Dr.Strange pilot episode.




The next video is one I came across a few weeks ago. It's a fan film based on Robert Kirkman's Marvel Zombies. Great work on this one.

Holy Shit We're Under Attack!

Years of planning by Marvel Comics and award winning writer Brian Bendis (New Avengers, Mighty Avengers) have started to pay off as Secret Invasion issue 1 hit newsstands this past Wednesday. Bendis is once again teamed up with artist Leinil Yu (New Avengers) to bring us eight issues of Skrully goodness.

Here's what you need to know so far. The Skrulls are the shapesfiting aliens of the Marvel Universe. Not to long ago the Skrulls home planet was destroyed. The survivors of this tragedy decided that Earth should be their new home, and for years have been planning a very hostile takeover. In the past Skrulls were identifiable to the heroes of the Marvel Universe, now not so much. Last year the tag line for "Civil War" was "Whose Side Are You On?", this year fans are presented with a new question, "Who Do You Trust?"

Every week we plan on taking a look at what's going in the Marvel Universe as the Secret Invasion goes very public. We will recap who has been outed as a Skrull and how might still be in the green closet. Here are a few of the facts that we know already.

* Elektra was the first hidden Skrull to be found by the New Avengers while in Japan.

* Black Bolt was the second to be outed as a Skrull at the end of World War Hulk.

* During issue one it was revealed that "Dum Dum" Duggan, Jarvis, and Hank Pym have all been skrulls for some time now.

* The prison doors of the Raft and the Cube are now open to cause complete chaos.

* Either Captain Marvel or Captain Marvel Skrull has attacked The Thunderbolts.

* Tony Stark is completely screwed by a virus that has effected everything on Earth.

* A ship has crash landed in the Savage Land. The people who have emerged from the ship seem to be heroes from Marvel's 70's era that include, Captain America, Thor, Iron Man, Ms.Marvel, Spider-Man, Jean Grey, Beast, Emma Frost, Mockingbird, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and more.

* One last thing to keep in mind. With the people that have been revealed as Skrulls so far we can now state that for some amount of time the Skrulls have led ninja clan known as The Hand. Ruled the Kingdom of the Inhumans. Worked inside S.H.E.I.L.D. as a senior officer. Helped establish The Initiative. And most importantly did the laundry for the Mighty Avengers. The Marvel Universe is so screwed.

More details will be spilling out of the pages of New Avengers and Mighty Avengers in the coming weeks. For speculations and rumors, keep an eye open for "Crazy Ass Rumors" later this week.

Site News

So the first post of the week is the boring one that just keeps you up to date on what's new. I mentioned earlier that I would have a new mailing list for the site. That list is actually limited in size so right now I have 8 spots open.

In the coming days I'll be starting back up posts like, "News You Already Know" and "Crazy Ass Rumors". Also, just as CDH had all the late breaking news for last year's Marvel "Civil War", CDH will have all the breaking news as we present "Holy Shit We're Under Attack!"

Also get ready for the 2008 New York Comicon Video Blog to start up shortly. Just like last year the Triple Threat of Cee Diddy, Shane-O-Mac, and Ky!e will be invading NYC in less than two weeks. Last year we brought you the con through digital pictures, this time CDH will present you the Con in beautiful digital video.

Finally on a sad note I've decided that one of the best ways to really promote CDH would to have a myspace account for the website. I hate myspace. Personally I don't have one and never will have one for my personal life. Setting one up for CDH would be a move to help bring in more readers. Once the myspace is up and running we'll have a link so you can request to be a part of the action. Let me make it clear that all the posts are still going to be on this site. The myspace will only be there to advertise CDH.

That's all I've got for right this moment. Check back soon for more information that you could never use on a job interview.

~Cee Diddy
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