Rich Johnston Archives

We've been waiting for Marvel Comics to announce that Ta-Nehisi Coates would be the new writer on the Captain America comic book since last July. We even thought we might get confirmation of that one today. But looks like we'#re going to have to wait a bit. Instead, we have a relaunch of Black Panther.

Today's Avengers #681 gives us a fuller origin for Voyager. You know, the character who appears to have been retconned into Avengers history without explanation, including the rewriting of previous stories and the recarving or previous statues.

The events of the Jonathan Hickman Avengers story Time Runs Out that saw the end of the multiverse, and Secret Wars that saw the remaining scraps rebuild

In Superman #40 by James Robinson and Ed Benes, it all got into a very heavy Religion vs Science debate. And in Superman #40, out today, you get a second

Secret Empire has been and gone. The Nazi Captain America is locked up. The Real Captain America is driving a motorcycle around America to connect go it,

Today sees the publication of the second issue  Batman & The Signal, the delayed spinoff series from Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo's

There haven't been that many Muslim superhero characters created by the Big Two that have stepped outside the stereotypes. Nightrunner created by David

Riri Williams is a fifteen-year-old girl who created her own Iron Man-style suit and was mentored by Tony Stark - and an artificial intelligence version

Today sees the publication of Infinity Countdown Prime. As we told you before, there is an awful lot of Wolverine in it, despite Marvel publicity trying

  As we pointed out, in recent years, some folk at DC Comics has come round to the idea of Poison Ivy being a protagonist rather than an antagonist.

I will start off with this. Because it is all certain speculators seem to care about and have been hammering at me. Does the Red Goblin appear as an

The Bendisquake effect on the DC Comics lineup had its second impact yesterday as Bleeding Cool noticed a) that Super Sons was to be cancelled with #16 in

Today sees the release of Amazing Spider-Man #796 by Dan Slott, Christos Gage, Mike Hawthorne, Terry Pallot, Sam Smith and Erick Arciniega. It sold out in

We Frankensteined a few Marvel Comics solicits at the weekend, since then we've had news of Venom #1, Avengers #1 and more suggestions from the Marvel

The arrival of Brian Bendis on the Superman comics continues to make ripples. As he takes the writer reins on Superman and Action Comics, making them

Here's another way of looking at the DC Comics solicitations for May 2018, the DC catalogue that will be seen in next week's Previews, complete. DC NATION

Action Comics #1000, to be published in April from DC Comics, will come with nine variant covers, each reflecting one of the decades that Action Comics was published in. And we've got a first look at eight of the nine.

The DC Comics solicits for May 2018 are out... and DC Nation kicks off the big changes. DC NATION #0 • BATMAN wedding prelude written by TOM KING with art

The BBC has unveiled its ultra-sleek new look for Doctor Who's 2018 series starring Jodie Whittaker as The Thirteenth Doctor.

Dean Haspiel's War Cry, the free digital comic on LINE Webtoons, hits its 14th anniversary issue (why not?) tomorrow, a jumping-on point.

We may be getting the big Avengers news today, with one 18-issues-a-year title from Jason Aaron and Ed McGuinness starting in May. And while that will be the main Avengers title, there may still be room for other spinoffs, including one from Carlos Pacheco.

Benjamin Percy began writing for DC Comics with Detective Comics before taking on Green Arrow, as a kind of Prebirth Rebirth and then Teen Titans, led by Damian Wayne. Now he's writing the Nightwing ongoing series from May, drawn by Christopher Mooneyham.

Last month we told you that Image Comics were making the Millarworld titles Kick-Ass #1 and Hit-Girl #1 returnable. Well, it looks as if they will be following suit for subsequent issues as well.

Back in October at New York Comic Con, MAD Magazine announced that they would relaunch the magazine for April Fool's Day 2018. And now DC Co-publisher Dan DiDio has posted the most recent issue's back-page tease and announcement on Facebook.

Yesterday we told you that Donny Cates was to write Venom for his 30th anniversary year. And now Marvel PR have given the exclusive reveal to Comic Book: a new Venom #1 by Cates and Ryan Stegman for Marvel Fresh Start in May 2018.

Over the years, Image Expo has showcased plenty of their now-familiar comic book titles for the first time. But some, it seems, never made it from announcement to publication.

Bleeding Cool had previously rumoured that Marvel would be restarting Avengers with a new #1 for May 2018 by Jason Aaron and Esad Ribic, kicking off with Free Comic Book Day. We were wrong. It's Ed McGuinness, not Esad Ribic.

This is mindless speculation. No sources, no whispered secrets, just looking at what's out there, joining the dots and maybe creating a picture that is

We Frankensteined a bunch of Marvel Comics stuff for May 2018 the other day - but there is plenty more to come. We said something like this was coming

Image Plus #7, the Image Comics magazine that features original Walking Dead and now Wytches stories, as well as upcoming solicitations, features and