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The Marvel Value Stamp was a '70s promotion, revived for the recent Marvel Legacy not-a-relaunch from Marvel Comics. The idea was that people could

Tim Board writes, Merry Christmas, everybody. Just fooling around but here’s my version of “Twas the Night before Christmas” "'Twas the Night Before

Drew Ford writes, This past July, Rich Johnston was kind enough to make an announcement on Bleeding Cool about forthcoming reprint from my IT'S ALIVE!

If you subscribed to Loot Crate and didn't get your December's monthly subscription crate yet — well, you'll be out of luck until after the Christmas season, I'm afraid. Some did, some didn't. So what was inside?

So... whom is DC Comics launching trademark objections to at this festive time of the year? DC's lawyers are most protective over two aspects of its

Iranian refugee and cartoonist Ali Dorani, AKA Eaten Fish, has spent the last four years on Manus Island, an Australian immigration detention facility in Papua New Guinea. However, he has now been offered a two-year artist’s residency in Norway.

DC Comics has been playing editorial musical chairs lately, but appointments have evidently been settled. While we don't have all the names yet, one name we do have is that Marie Javins will be the new Group Editor of the Justice League titles.

Every year, Bleeding Cool Magazine runs its Top 100 Power List of members of the comics industry. We continue with #91-95, including Shannon Watters, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, and more.

When Marvel announced the cartoon Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors featuring a collection of Marvel's newer superheroes Spider-Gwen, Squirrel Girl, Ms.

Every year, Bleeding Cool Magazine runs its Top 100 Power List of members of the comics industry. We start with #96-100, including Zach Weinersmith, Stanley Lau, and more.

And you thought Trump had trouble with criticism. The President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has court orders that demand Twitter delete 12 cartoons by Brazilian cartoonist Carlos Latuff and by Dutch cartoonist Ruben Oppenheimer that mock him.

We know that Marvel Comics have been having some fun. Dan Slott has been running what we think are red herring tweets to suggest that Go Down Swinging,

Amidst news of a bevy of Marvel Comics cancellations that certain clickbait merchants have dubbed a "Marvel Bloodbath", stood a concerning solicitation for She-Hulk #163 for March next year.

US Avengers came to an end with #12. Uncanny Avengers with #30. While Avengers #674 led into Mark Waid and Humberto Ramos's buy-one-get-one-free deal on

Regular readers of Bleeding Cool may remember that a few years ago, we were the first to run a story on the comic convention artist Rob Granito. We

After the dismissal of DC Comics Superman group editor Eddie Berganza, there was much discussion over who would be replacing him — moving up the ladder, and the like. However, we have been told that no major surprises should be expected.

Tonight, David Brothers, Branding Manager at Image Comics announced on Twitter that he had quit his position, with tomorrow being his last day at the

Yesterday, we ran a story about an "accidental" DM-sent-as-public-tweet by Dan Slott. At the time we were very dubious as to its validity — the tweet was

The new Fourth World Omnibus reprinting the classic work across a number of titles by Jack Kirby, currently inspiring DC's big movies, appears to have had

Heathen, the lesbian Viking comic by Natasha Alterici that has no problem with referring to itself a lesbian Viking comic, is taking a bit of a breather due to medical issues.

Cullen Bunn has a new series, Subspecies, launching from Action Lab Entertainment in March 2018. Written with Jimmy Johnston and drawn by Daniel Jay Logan, it tells the story of a vampiric survivor, fighting off the vampire who sired her — all five of him.

Spawn: A Holiday Krampus Tale was intended to be a festive treat written by Todd McFarlane, Jordan Butler, and Ben Timmreck, with art by Butler and McFarlane. But for some reason, it has been cancelled by Diamond Comic Distributors, with the note that it will be resolicited at a later date.

Retailers continue to double down on Doomsday Clock, but Swamp Thing Winter Special features rather highly as well. There's also life in Amazing Spider-Man yet...

Alterna Comics, known for their $1 and $1.50 titles, have two new books launching in March 2018. This includes Tinsel Town #1 by David Lucarelli and Henry Ponciano, the story of one of Hollywood's first woman police officer in 1915 dealing with a very different beat.

The creators of Tiny Titans, Art Baltazar and Franco, are teaming up with the creator of G-Man, Chris Giarrusso, for a new all-ages comic book series titled Encounter, starting in March 2018 from Lion Forge.

Bleeding Cool is owned by Avatar Press and always has been. Such a clear conflict of interest. Obviously, Avatar Press is going to use Bleeding Cool to

Stanley "Artgerm" Lau's covers for Supergirl (and probably for the upcoming Mera: Queen Of Atlantis) have become quite the focus for collectors of late.

It has become a true success for DC Comics for the end of 2018, the sales of Sean Murphy's Batman: White Knight, an alternate history comic book in which

We speculated something of this nature last week. But now it has been confirmed. Scott Beatty has confirmed he has written an exclusive Star Wars

I can't deny it, Champions from Mark Waid and Humberto Ramos has remained a firm favourite in this household. The kids are big fans and I'm pretty keen as