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ComiXology Bestseller List: Saga #50 cover by Fiona Staples
Saga has a long history of cold open splash pages that make you burst out laughing in store, turn your stomach, or make you feel you have to put them down straight away as your Aunt Muriel is stood behind you, judging. And as Saga reaches its 50th issue today, Fiona Staples and Brian K. Vaughan do their thing.
Suicide Squad #38
Man, it must be tough living in the DC Universe. All sorts of threats, day in day out, but sometimes you can't even run away and hide — because you're possessed. (Suicide Squad #38)
Dark Nights: Metal #6
We mentioned that Dark Nights: Metal #6 had a few surprise artists for the Coda at the end of the issue. After all, the final issue of this event series had a lot to address and set up. Well, the Source Wall has broken. And the DC Universe has been changed. You know, again.
The Future of Jessica Jones at Marvel Comics
Today sees Brian Michael Bendis's final issue of Jessica Jones, the character he co-created with Michael Gaydos for Marvel's MAX imprint and the comic book Alias. As he puts it in the backmatter, this may be the last time he ever writes the character.
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
We've been telling you that BOOM! Studios' Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #25 was going to be big. And now we're hearing from retailers that even though they tripled orders on the series, it wasn't enough to meet demand for the calls they're getting from fans about this comic.
empire pilot tv magazine
Who says print is dead? Longstanding British film print magazine Empire has announced the launch of a new magazine focused on television. After all, television is the new film right now.
Cosmic Ghost Rider in Redneck?
It appears to be April Fools' Day this coming Sunday. Image Comics have gotten in early with their April Fools' covers, variant covers for a variety of Image Comics that resemble the covers of other comic books, often ones associated with the creator. Well, there are two more to highlight.
booth at wondercon 2018
David Lucarelli writes: WonderCon 2013 (My First WonderCon) Five years ago I had this crazy idea. I was a lifelong fan of comics, and I had made one: a