Superhero Bits: 'Shang-Chi' Deserves A Better Poster, 'Aquaman 2' Won't Listen To Fan Petitions & More

(Superhero Bits is a collection of stories, updates, and videos about anything and everything inspired by the comics of Marvel, DC, and more. For comic book movies, TV shows, merchandise, events, and whatever catches our eye, this is the place to find anything that falls through the cracks.)

In this edition of Superhero Bits:

Pop culture artist and writer Jock recently announced that he's writing and drawing a new Batman comic book for DC's Black Label. The miniseries is mostly being kept under wraps for the time being, but the cover art was recently released to tease the beginning of the story that begins on December 7. Jock said in the official press release:

"I think most readers know how much I love drawing Batman, so I was thrilled by the prospect of marrying the visual take with my own storyline for Batman: One Dark Knight. I wanted to tell a propulsive, tight action tale, set over one typical night in Gotham City; except when a blackout strikes it's a night that goes very, very wrong for Batman. I can't wait to share more with everyone soon!"

Scarlett Johansson is holding Disney's feet to the flames after being upset with how they handled the release of Black Widow on Disney+, which ended up hurting the amount of money she was supposed to received from the film's box office receipts.

After news of her lawsuit filed against Disney spread yesterday, Matthew Belloni, a former Executive Editor for The Hollywood Reporter, has learned that Marvel boss Kevin Feige is "pissed" about how this situation is shaking out and is embarrassed that Disney has put them in this position with the Black Widow star. Feige wanted Disney to make things right with Johansson after it became clear the box office receipts wouldn't be nearly as high as expected, but apparently the studio didn't follow through.

In his newsletter, What I'm Hearing..., Belloni also speculates that Kevin Feige could end up leaving Marvel and going to work with Walter Hamada at DC Films. But that seems like an overreaction, and we're betting this isn't something that will drive Feige away from the house he built. However, this situation isn't going away, and Disney would be wise to rectify the situation instead of planting their feet in the ground.

There have been a lot of passionate Johnny Depp fans demanding that ex-wife Amber Heard be removed from the cast of Aquaman 2, which is now in production. Producer Peter Safran was recently asked if the petitions that have been signed by thousands of fans have been noticed and whether they made the studio reconsider the actress being involved with the sequel. Safran told Deadline's Hero Nation podcast:

"I don't think that we're ever going to react to, honestly, pure fan pressure. You gotta do what you feel is best for the movie. We felt that if it's James Wan and Jason Momoa, it should be Amber Heard. That's really what it was. Listen, one is not unaware of what is going on in the Twitter-verse, but that doesn't mean you have to react to it or take it as gospel or accede to their wishes. You have to do what you feel is right for the film, and that's really where we landed on it."

So Amber Heard is here to stay while Johnny Depp is no longer part of the Fantastic Beasts franchise.

Along with the new featurette that debuted today, there was also a new poster for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. Unfortunately, it's pretty bad and suffers from a lot of the worst tropes of superhero movie posters. With all the incredible comic book artwork out there and amazing artists who create it, why can't we get any good movie posters? Why is it necessary for the Golden Gate Bridge to be on there? And what the hell is that car doing there? It's just bad.