So, last week’s column saw me looking at Stormwatch #1, finding myself left wanting with the obvious lack of mention of Apollo and Midnighter’s sexuality, or in fact any way of differentiating them from Superman and Batman in their now shared universe; and also, looking briefly at DC’s claims of improving diversity.

Then, last Wednesday, DC finally released Batwoman #1. So, today’s column is very much a sequel to last week’s, as we again delve into DC’s diversification claims, and look at somewhere DC are actually doing it right.

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Link: http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/2011-08-01-black-spider-man_n.htm

WARNING HERE BE SPOILERS!

Ultimate Peter Parker is dead so that means we're getting a new Ultimate Spider-Man and he goes by the name of...

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Okay, this week is a DC week in honour of their recent plans to reboot their entire line (bet you’re all sick of hearing about that by now). So I figured I would pick a title that many of you may not be aware of and fewer still would know about. The series is called R.E.B.E.L.S and it chronicles the adventures of the new L.E.G.I.O.N. So, who are these people? What do they do? Where did they come from? Stop asking so many questions and I’ll get to it.

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Ultimate Spider-Man is dead...long live Ultimate Spider-Man!

I have avoided like the plague any spoilers for The Death of Ultimate Spider-Man, not because it's a book I read or a story I'm particularly interested in but because if I know what happens I am bound to spoil it for someone that does not. With that in mind, if you do not want to see what the New Ultimate Spider-Man will look like then do not go past the jump.

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