Recently, we mentioned we had come across an early copy of Batman #92 and Batman #93 and took a look inside. We've also seen several issues of Empyre comics. Both Empyre #0 issues are out this Wednesday, with #1 out next week. There will be no major spoilers here but we going to be making […]

Television productions across the pop culture landscape have been feeling the impact from the coronavirus pandemic – with networks, cable, and streaming services already feeling the ripple effects from the waves of shutdowns. From season finales being pushed to later this year to other premieres (like BBC America and AMC's Killing Eve) being moved up […]

Continuing the trend of esports events being changed due to the coronavirus, the next two Hearthstone Masters Tour events will be moved online. After Blizzard already made the call to cancel the event in Indonesia and moved it to Los Angeles for an online-only tourney, the same has been done to the next two events. […]

Bill Schanes, former Vice President of Purchasing of Diamond Comic Distributors, is a comics legend. He founded Pacific Distributors almost fifty years ago, and joined Diamond almost twenty years after that. He stepped down from Diamond Comic Distributors in 2013, though he continues to visit comic book stores, travelling the world. We briefly quoted him […]

IDW Publishing received a split decision from Netflix on the television front today. On the same day, they learned that Netflix was renewing its series adaptation of comic book series Locke & Key for a second season, the streamer also announced that V-Wars and October Faction will not be coming back for second seasons. Based […]

Riot Games surprised fans this morning with the news that Valorant will be getting a closed beta, happening much sooner than we thought. The beta itself will be limited to players in Europe, Canada, Russia, Turkey, and the United States. The company did acknowledge there may be a bigger rollout later, but for testing purposes, […]

In previous reports, Bleeding Cool told you that the situation with big comic book publishers and their plans for print and digital comics were undetermined. It appears that is now evolving. Over this weekend, we noted that DC Comics had a full line-up of digital comic books for this Wednesday, including the likes of Batman […]

With Sandra Oh's Eve and Jodie Comer's Villanelle making their early return to BBC America and AMC with Killing Eve season 3 on Sunday, April 12, viewers have been left wondering how our duo will do carving out new lives for themselves. Complicating that just a bit more, one of them left the other one for […]

Funko has announced some new Pops are on the way but these ones are special. No, they are not exclusives or super limited edition but they are here for a special celebration. To help support the It Gets Better Project they have announced 3 new figures. These figures are here to help support and connect […]

While comic book retailers, publishers, manufacturers and distributors continue to struggle with the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on the comic book industry, it's good to know that what people still have a high interest in the things that industry is publishing and manufacturing.  Top examples from yesterday include posts about Archangel statues and Iron […]

You're in self-isolation and going stir-crazy. You're scrolling through your Netflix queue. You've already burned through all the hyped-up shows and movies. The hyped movies are always Hollywood and in English, even though they hoover up a lot of really good foreign titles. There's a frighteningly huge inventory of Asia and European movies on Netflix, […]

Ubisoft announced today that players can try Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint with a free trial with and a friend pass for a limited time. The trial period allows players to get in six hours of gameplay for free, as well as the ability to join up with friends who own the game to fight […]

We mentioned we had come across an early copy of Batman #92 and Batman #93. We also have two Empyre comics, both #0 issues out this Wednesday and #1 out next week. No major spoilers but we are going explore the other feel of the comic. However, if you want to avoid all spoilers, stop […]

Mondo releases new vinyl special editions every single Wednesday. They are they ultimate edition of whatever they put out, featuring extensive liner notes, brand-new commissioned artwork, and always have a limited-edition size. The vinyl itself is usually colored or a photo disc, as well. Basically, it's like the Criterion Collection of movie and gaming soundtracks. […]

Metallica, like most of the music industry right now, is off the road. To help fans pass the time, they are introducing #MetallicaMondays on their YouTube and Facebook page every Monday night at 8PM EST. Each Monday, they will post a set in its entirety. It is a neat idea, and the second week features […]

Bleeding Cool talked about reading this week's upcoming Batman #92 earlier. We have also been sent a copy of Batman #93, scheduled two weeks hence. And given that we will all still probably be experiencing the coronavirus lockdown then, it seems opportune that it takes the plot of #92. The Riddler has locked down Gotham […]

The Secret was a worldwide phenomenon when it came out in bookstores a few years back. It sold 34 million copies, and as someone who worked in a bookstore at that time, I can tell you that it was insanely popular. Which brings us to the trailer for a film based around the principles of […]

Hey there, hobbyists, wargamers, and fans of Games Workshop's various lines of gaming miniatures! Games Workshop revealed a bunch of new models! So, not long ago, Games Workshop decided, in the midst of the company temporarily shutting down to adhere to laws pertaining to the Coronavirus outbreak, to preview a glut of new models for […]

Bleeding Cool has heard from multiple senior comic book industry sources that long before the current impact on the comic book industry from the coronavirus pandemic, book publisher/distributor Penguin Random House was looking into buying Diamond Comic Distributors.  Given recent events and their impact on businesses around the globe, Bleeding Cool has subsequently heard that […]

The Rock, or Dwayne Johnson if you will, has been going on Instagram and doing fan Q&A during the stay at home order, and he dropped a biggie on there in his latest chat. A sequel to last year's Fast and Furious Saga spin-off hit Hobbs & Shaw is in the works. That means The […]

The Marvel Studios Funko Pops is my favorite series that Funko has to offer. They bring the films to life in a cheap and fun way that no one else does. Black Widow is the newest film to get collectibles from the company and two of them were Walmart exclusives. There have been a lot […]

With people all over the world stuck inside, practicing safe social distancing to slow the spread of COVID-19, it's the perfect time to distract yourself by catching up on some comics reading. Drew Ford's It's Alive is offering a deal conducive to this: until the end of April, It's Alive is offering PDF downloads of […]

Davhi Waller's Mrs. America traces the history of – and resistance to – the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) movement. That "resistance" came in the form of conservative Phyllis Schlafly (Cate Blanchett), and FX on Hulu has done a nice job giving us looks at Schlafly as well as Bella Abzug (Margo Martindale), Gloria Steinem (Rose Byrne), […]

Perfect World Entertainment has announced today that Star Trek Online will kick off a First Contact Day Celebration event starting on April 2nd. The event celebrates the in-canon lore of the Star Trek universe where the Vulcans make first contact with humans on Earth, after Zefram Cochrane achieved warp drive. Average Trek fans may know […]

This week has seen Panini, the European comic book publisher and licensor, put out a new Batman comic book, Batman: Tales Of The Dark Knight, with the first issue reprinting the first chapter of Sean Gordon Murphy's Batman: White Knight as well as Peter Tomasi, Jaime Mendoza and Doug Mahnke's Mythology from Detective Comics #994. […]

The Vast of Night looks like a throwback, early Spielberg like thriller about how a small town in the 1950's deals with supernatural phenomena and possibly extraterrestrial beings. It looks like a ton of fun, and after debuting on the festival circuit last year, the film was picked up by Amazon, and will debut on […]

The Wizarding World of Harry Potter has just as many bad guys as good guys. Eaglemoss is bringing light to some of those characters with a new set of statues. There will be four villains coming in this wave of statues with a majority of them being from the Malfoy family. First up is Draco […]

Bleeding Cool pointed out that all comic book publisher had pulled their Final Order Cut-Off Listings for this week, including Marvel Comics, for titles most of which were to be shipping to comic book stores for the week of April 22nd. There is still a lot of concern for the effect of the coronavirus pandemic, […]

Disney+ has a heavy couple of months ahead when it comes to the Marvel Studios side of the universe. With television and streaming productions shuttered left and right over the coronavirus pandemic, the relatively new streaming service is only months away from premiering it's first two live-action series: The Falcon and the Winter Soldier and […]

Team17 and Veewo Games announced this morning that Neon Abyss will be coming to Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch sometime in 2020. The game was already announced to be headed to Steam, where you can currently try out a free demo. Now we know it will pretty much be released everywhere, most likely […]

In a rejected pitch for a Silver Surfer story set in the future, Rick Remender would have revealed that Mephisto is behind Humanity's most evil tendencies. The comics industry is more or less shut down due to coronavirus concerns, which leaves the comic book media with a big problem: what do we write about when […]

Fantasy Island, the Blumhouse reimagining of the classic television series, will hit digital platforms on April 14th, and Blu-ray/DVD on Mat 12th. Included with the disc are both the theatrical and unrated editions of the film, along with deleted scenes and a cast and filmmaker commentary for the unrated version of the film. I didn't […]

Eaglemoss is finished off their WWE statue series with some powerful ladies. Three WWE Superstars are ready to rumble and perfect for any die hard fans collection. Becky Lynch, Asuka, and Rhonda Rousey are all the lucky ladies chosen this round. Rousey is the weakest link in this bunch as is it doesn't look like […]

Superstar comic book creator Sean Gordon Murphy is working on a secret new creator-owned project, and he's been teasing it on Instagram. Details are sparse, but Murphy says the comic will be an OGN the length of four issues, and that it will be launched on IndieGoGo at some point in the future (giving the […]

Clearly, we were in the minority when it came to Michael Cusack's animated Australian version of Rick and Morty, because we weren't huge fans of 2018's "Bushworld Adventures." We're hoping that the reason it was released by Adult Swim on April Fools Day was that they knew just how shockingly annoying it was – in […]

If you were looking forward to jumping into the Resident Evil Resistance open beta on PlayStation 4 and Steam, here's a bit of bad news: it's been delayed. Capcom originally announced the open beta for PS4, Xbox One, and PC, but quickly walked back its confirmation that players could jump in due to "technical difficulties." […]

I'm not entirely sure how but I appear to have found myself with copies of Batman #92, out this week digitally (and maybe more) and of Batman #93, the final chapters of the first James Tynion Batman arc Dark Designs, and kicking off the subsequent Joker War. Now, I know Bleeding Cool is famous for […]

AMC's The Walking Dead has set itself up nicely for a righteously intense end-of-season run, as "The Whisperers War" enters its endgame. Eugene (Josh McDermitt), Yumiko (Eleanor Matsuura), Ezekiel (Khary Payton), and new "pal" Juanita Sanchez aka "Princess" (Paola Lazaro) finds themselves in the worst possible place to engage in a round of "let's get […]

If you were concerned that this year might be bereft of a Halo release, you can put those fears to rest. Xbox Game Studios head Matt Booty has indicated that Halo Infinite is still on track for its debut later this year. In an interview with GameSpot, Booty did acknowledge some "unique challenges" with first-party […]

If you want to read the previous entry in this series click here. Pep Comics #4 has one of my favorite covers. Featuring The Shield, we see our hero fighting bad guys in tanks in what we can safely assume is Washington D.C. This is a bright, eye-catching cover, and should be considered a Golden […]

Clearly, the folks at Netflix read our review of Locke & Key and trusted our judgement (let us have this one, okay?). On Monday, the streaming service announced that its series adaptation of Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez's comic book will be returning for a second season. While the news may not come as that […]

If dealing with coronavirus has meant you've had to skip out on paying for your Final Fantasy XIV subscription as of late, you have one less thing to worry about: having the home you so painstakingly built up demolished. Square Enix has confirmed that it is temporarily suspending any demolition of said homes of player […]

In Victorian England, the Holmes family's reputation precedes them. Eldest brother Mycroft refrains from the street beat and prefers armchair detective work, while Sherlock is a London staple; the first to be contacted in the face of mystery and the first to deduce his way to a case's completion. However, there has been one person […]

Showtime's hit drama series Billions sees the war between Bobby "Axe" Axelrod (Emmy and Golden Globe winner Damian Lewis) and Chuck Rhoades (Oscar nominee and Emmy and Golden Globe winner Paul Giamatti) reaching "scorched earth" levels when the series returns for a fifth season on Sunday, May 3. But what role will Taylor (Asia Kate Dillon) […]

WayForward announced this week that Shantae and the Seven Sirens will be getting a release this May, coming to PC as well as all three major consoles. The game is already available on Apple Arcade, and doing pretty good for itself there. So now the devs will expand and sell it for $30 on PC, PS4, Nintendo […]

While a number of comic book publishers have announced they are suspending or restricting publication, physically and digitally, DC Comics announced last night that they are going to use multiple distribution options to get their comic books out in the world. physically and digitally. Which means a new printer, new distributors, venues that are still […]

Just last week, beloved Star Wars character Ahsoka Tano (Ashley Eckstein) returned to television in Season 7 of The Clone Wars on Disney+.  Now, Ahsoka Tano will be available in book form to a new generation of young fans. Ashley Eckstein, the voice of Ahsoka, wrote a Little Golden Book called I Am A Padawan. The book, […]

Another mobile app is being made free for a limited time to help you deal with coronavirus boredom as Square Enix opens up Lara Croft GO. Square Enix Montréal posted a tweet letting players know they could download the 2015 mobile app for Android and iOS through April 3rd. If you're not familiar with this […]

Last night, as comics publisher DC Comics' statement to retailers regarding their plans for publishing comic books during the coronavirus shutdown was sent to a number of media organisations, Bleeding Cool was able to confirm that DC Comics would be publishing a select number of titles digitally this Wednesday as well.  This move has caused […]

Leave it to FOX and iHeart to get creative in this time of need and give everyone a little bit of cheer – and artists a bit of a creative outreach that's not just the internet – with iHeart Living Room Concert for America. Hosted by Sir Elton John, loads of singers and a few […]

Sony Interactive Entertainment is apparently going to keep its PlayStation staff working from home clear into the month of May. Patrick Klepek, who writes for VICE's gaming wing Waypoint, posted a tweet last week stating that the company sent out a memo, instructing their staff to work from home until at least April 30th. This […]

Batman #92, Empyre #0: Avengers and Empyre #0: Fantastic Four lead the list of scheduled releases this week on Comixology. Bleeding Cool has taken a look at all the titles that the major comic book publishers still have scheduled on ComiXology for release this coming Wednesday, April 1st. While a number of publishers have pulled […]

Welcome back to Westworld – err… figuartively speaking, not talking about the actual park. Because HBO's pretty much burned to the ground by now. This week's episode is a cerebral journey through the near-future and an exploration of self as several characters seek the answer to the question, "Who am I?". We were given a […]

L.O.L. Surprise! Doll collectors will soon have a new addition to make to their collections, as MGA Entertainment has a slew of new product hitting stores just in time for Easter Baskets. While Easter will and should be a bit more subdued this year with everything happening right now, it is more important than ever […]

It's been a hectic month full of announcements from comic book publishers reacting to the rapidly-changing business conditions created by the coronavirus pandemic. We've been keeping you informed about current matters within the industry here at Bleeding Cool, as every comic book publisher in the business assesses how to navigate these unprecedented conditions. Here's a […]

As the coronavirus continues to impact all levels of life the entertainment industry continues to take hits. Everyone was wondering whether or not Warner Bros. would roll the dice on Woman Woman 1984 and hope that the entertainment industry more or less returned to normal in June or if they would move the release date. On […]

If you had to pick an expansion pack to come to World Of Warcraft Classic, would you choose The Burning Crusade? Blizzard wants to know. According to several players on social media, the company has been sending out feeler surveys on Battle.net. The first of which asks you as to whether or not you'd be […]

Wolverine #2, and X-Men #9 were Marvel Comics' tops among retailers this week, with Batman: Curse of the White Knight #8 landing as DC Comics biggest success for the week among contributing retailers. This is the Top Ten Bleeding Cool Bestseller List, as compiled by a number of comic stores from their sales on Wednesday […]

AMC's The Walking Dead returned to the frontlines this week with "Look at the Flowers," where we learned what the fallout would be from Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) and Carol (Melissa McBride) killing Alpha (Samantha Morton). For the specifics on what went down (and our thoughts on the episode), check out our review here – […]

Since most of us are now home all the time with our pets, maybe it's time to get them some new toys! As the owner of two cats, I know the importance of spoiling my little balls of fur rotten. Especially now that I'm home all the time. There's a little bit of everything here, […]