Rich Johnston Archives

We told you last week that DC Comics was republishing the original Sandman collections in a new format for the 30th anniversary of the series, and we had details for the new editions of Preludes and Nocturnes and A Doll's House. And now we have more for the next two.

So many retailers with so many exclusive covers -- including the creators own stores in some cases. Here's a regular rundown of a few, from J. Scott Campbell, Adi Granov, and more.

Bleeding Cool Bestseller List, 03/18/18: The Bat and the Supe take the top with their ancillary titles, while a Hulk return and a new look Fantastic Four help Avengers and Marvel Two-in-One, as Mister Miracle's birth issue continues to make for a very non-traditional impact in the chart.

Sam Humphries will be the new writer on Harley Quinn from #43, drawn by regular series artist Mirko Andolfo — a series that has plotted its own course both pre and post-Rebirth.

Doomsday Clock, the unauthorised sequel to Watchmen by Geoff Johns and Gary Frank, featured the eighties pulp detective series Nathaniel Dusk by Don

Jim Lee is drawing Brian Bendis' story for Action Comics #1000. And rather than capping the end of a story, being a one-shot story such as Tom King and

We mentioned last week that longstanding New York comic store, JHU, formed from the assets of Jim Hanley's Universe by its ex-managers, was running a

Diamond Comic Distributors have told British comic stores that the recommended retail prices of DC Comics collections are coming down to be closer to the

Comic book artist Chris Bachalo's wife, Helen Bachalo, died on February 28th, after being diagnosed with cancer of the colon late last year. On behalf of

Steven Spielberg's much anticipated new movie Ready Player One will be out in British cinemas from March 28th, and American cinemas from the 29th. But it

By Matthew Snyder, A somewhat lighter week than most for new releases. As a result, many titles move up from their usual spots. As I predicted, Mister

Every comic book sales chart aside from the Bleeding Cool Bestseller List and ComiXology's Best Sellers are based on sales to comic book retailers, not

Tor Books doesn’t publish graphic novels very often, so the upcoming release of DC Comics artist Prentis Rollins's full-length graphic novel The Furnace in July is a special thing for them.

Suicide Squad #37 is out this week, with a cover by Jorge Jimenez. But the positioning of the characters looks awfully familiar to another cover from some time ago...

The new Avengers: Infinity War trailer has been released. But I couldn't help wondering how this film is going to cope with having a Peter Parker and a Peter Quill in the same movie.

Last month, Bleeding Cool told you that more Hanna-Barbera/DC Comics crossover comics were coming, including Super-Sons/Dynomutt. Now we have the rest of the gang.

Alongside the new Sandman Universe line of comic books, curated by Neil Gaiman, DC Comics is also going to be issuing 30th Anniversary editions of all the original Sandman collections.

Bleeding Cool contributor Jude Terror likes to call Firefly and Serenity fans by the phrase "Firebronies" rather than the more popular term, "Browncoats". Many fans despise this and write it off as a mockery. But could it have more value than they believe?

Wakanda Forever is an upcoming project made up of three one-shots spotlighting Amazing Spider-Man, X-Men, and Avengers, in June, July, and August. 

Welcome, folks, to the new trailer for Avengers: Infinity War, out in UK cinemas on April 26th and in the US on April 27th. Here are the respective trailers for both territories.

Cartoonist Tom Beland posted this cartoon, on the release of Black Panther, focusing on the importance of representation in the film. And Marvel Comics liked it so much that they are turning it into a variant cover for the new Black Panther #1 relaunch.

There are always a few changes ‘twixt solicitation and publication for big-time comic book publishers. In this edition, X-Men Gold #26 will now be drawn by Civil War II's David Marquez and Michele Bandini instead of the solicited Diego Bernard and Paul Renaud.

Gideon Falls #1, the new supernatural series, by Jeff Lemire and Andrea Sorrentino is one of those Image launch comics that is doing fine in the

We mentioned the new Essential Line earlier, and the Absolute Killing Joke, but there are plenty of other big books spilling out of DC listings on Amazon and Penguin's websites for late 2018 -- and even a little of 2019 already.

As Chuck Dixon writes the Bane maxi-series for DC Comics, the publisher is set to reissue Bane's earlier stories, part of what would become Knightfall and

DC Comics is putting out an impressive Absolute Edition for Alan Moore and Brian Bolland's classic Batman story The Killing Joke.

DC Comics is launching a new line of collections under the 'Essential Edition' moniker. These include Batman: The Court of Owls Saga, The Flash: Starting Line, and Justice League: The Darkseid War.

90-year-old Steve Ditko has never stopped creating comic books. And he still does, from his New York studio. You can order them from Robin Snyder here,

Action Comics #1000 is out in April, and DC Comics will be allowing retailers to sell it from midnight on Tuesday 17th. But if the $7.99 price just isn't high enough, if you hold out until September, you can pay $17.99 and get it in hardcover instead.

Dark Horse Comics is to publish a new series by Brian Wood, Mack Chater and Jose Villarubia. Sword Daughter, a Viking revenge saga described as 'a raw and