Suicide Squad , fresh off setting all sorts of August box office records last weekend, followed the lead of Batman v. Superman (-69%), tumbling 67.3% in its sophomore session, though at $43.8 million it still had more than enough box office muscle to hold off all the new entries in this late summer movie season.

Although there have been no recent hints of a second stand-alone Superman film in the expanded Warner Bros. DC Cinematic Universe, back in 2014 a Man of Steel sequel was slated for 2018.

Columnist Rob Salkowitz looks at why some superhero movies aren’t very good, and what it means.

David Ayer’s Suicide Squad easily topped the weekend box office with a potent $135.1 million debut, a new August record, the third time this year that a superhero film has set a new monthly box office mark.

This week, Bennett discusses Future Quest , geeky movie projects, the Archie TV show and Marvel’s new Iron Man.

This chart of the ICv2 "Superhero/Genre Franchises" reflects sales in all channels for Spring 2016.

This week, columnist Salkowitz shares his impressions of San Diego Comic-Con.

Comic-Con News: Setting the stage for the impending release of the supervillain team-up film Suicide Squad , Warner Bros. released a three minute and 18 second sizzle reel that includes a fair amount of new footage.

Comic-Con News: Warner Bros. Animation and DC Entertainment debuted a first look at its upcoming Justice League Action animated series.

Comic-Con News: The Image Comics’ series Black Magick , written by Greg Rucka and illustrated by Nicola Scoot, has been optioned for the small screen by Michael London’s Groundswell Productions, the production company behind Syfy’s The Magicians .