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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

Last year,  Bleeding Cool publicly pointed out printing issues with the Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus from DC Comics in which pages were missed out

The A Hora Suave channel on YouTube recently interviewed comic creator Joe Bennett on his career as one of the early Brazilian comic book artists who

Poison Ivy comes to Batman #41 this week from Tom King, Mikel Janin and June Chung - and she's in Bruce and Selina's dreams. Possessing Alfred. And coming

Dark Horse Comics has done some massive numbers with their encyclopaedic volumes for The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia, The Legend of Zelda: Art &

DC Comics launched their new imprints DC Ink and DC Zoom aimed at younger readers at the American Libraries Association earlier this month, and has now released the video from that presentation. We also got to hear John Cunningham, who has really come into his own as a presenter.

At the American Library Association meet for the launch of the DC Ink and DC Zoom line for younger readers, for the Young Adult Zoom line, they announced that Marie Lu would be adapting her own Batman: Nightwalker novel as a graphic novel for November next year.

At the American Library Association meet for the launch of the DC Ink and DC Zoom line for younger readers, for the Young Adult Zoom line, DC announced Wonder Woman: Tempest Tossed by the Speak and Chains writer Laurie Halse Anderson.

At the American Library Association meet for the launch of the DC Ink and DC Zoom line for younger readers, young adult novelist of Alex & Elisa and Blue Bloods featuring the kids of Disney villains, Melissa de la Cruz announced her new graphic novel, Gotham High.

At the American Library Association meet for the launch of the DC Ink and DC Zoom line for younger readers, a new line of graphic novels under the DC Ink Young Adult was announced from Beautiful Creatures writer, Kami Garcia, focused on Teen Titans and beginning with Teen Titans: Raven, for March next year.

At the American Library Association meet for the launch of the DC Ink and DC Zoom line for younger readers, novelist Lauren Myracle talked about her upcoming Catwoman graphic novel, Under The Moon, for DC Comics out in January next year.

At the American Library Association meet for the launch of the DC Ink and DC Zoom lines for younger readers, novelist Danielle Paige talked about her new graphic novel Mera, out in November.

At the American Library Association meet for the launch of the DC Ink and DC Zoom line for younger readers, Mariko Tamaki was there to talk about her new Harley Quinn graphic novel 'Breaking Glass' for DC Ink, aimed at young adult readers and drawn by Steve Pugh.

At the American Library Association meet for the launch of the DC Ink and DC Zoom line for younger readers, DC Comics gave some more details of the Superman Smashes the Klan graphic novel by Gene Luen Yang, and how it ties directly into the Superman vs The Klan radio serial from the forties.

At the American Library Association meet for the launch of the DC Ink and DC Zoom line for younger readers, Drawn Together's Minh Lê introduced us to the youngest Green Lantern, the 13-year-old Tai.

Derek Fridolfs and Dustin Nguyen were on hand at the American Library Association meet for the launch of the DC Ink and DC Zoom line for younger readers — and the announcement of their Batman Tales: Once Upon a Crime volume.

Black Canary: Ignite, a graphic novel by Meg Cabot, was announced at the American Library Association meet as part of the DC Comics reveal of the DC Zoom and DC Ink imprints.

At the American Library Association meet, DC Comics announced their new imprints DC Ink and DC Zoom. Including TombQuest's Michael Northrop's graphic