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The major monthly subscription box that expanded too far, and bit the dust owing millions to your favourite comic publishers and creators. A tragedy for

Traditionally, the last week of the year is slow in terms of stories, in fuss, in attention, in traffic. Not this week. Everything is off the scale...

Bloody hell, that was meant to be the day after Christmas deadzone filler. Seems to have hit the spot. Um, basically what it says on the tin. Gibson

Every year, Bleeding Cool runs its Top 100 Power List of members of the comics industry. And every year we get told how wrong we are. Somehow, it's always

Every year, Bleeding Cool runs its Top 100 Power List of members of the comics industry. And every year we get told how wrong we are. Somehow, it's always

Every year, Bleeding Cool runs its Top 100 Power List of members of the comics industry. And every year we get told how wrong we are. Somehow, it's always

It appears that DC Comics just can't make up its mind. The DC Holiday Special 2017 anthology comic book that was to feature a Superman and Lois Lane

Two days ago, Bleeding Cool reported that DC Comics had increased the price of the Action Comics #1000 hardcover, planned for April, from $30 to $50. It

Hawkman fan Tim Board writes, The year 2017 was an odd year for Hawkman and Hawkgirl. The year started with both in their own soon-to-end series and the

Comic book creator Jim Baikie died on the 29th of December. He is survived by his wife, Wendy, children Jacqueline, Jane, Vanessa, Caitrian and Ellen,

Every year, Bleeding Cool runs its Top 100 Power List of members of the comics industry. And every year we get told how wrong we are. Somehow, it's always

Every year, Bleeding Cool Magazine runs its Top 100 Power List of members of the comics industry. And every year we get told how wrong we are. Somehow,

Comic book retailer Dennis Barger may have had open heart surgery after a heart attack. But he's up and at 'em as Wonderworld Comics announce

Earlier today, we looked at the gossip coming our way that Ed Brisson was to take over one of Brian Michael Bendis's departed comic books. We dismissed

Every year, Bleeding Cool Magazine runs its Top 100 Power List of members of the comics industry. Here are numbers 46 to 50, including Gerard Way, Kieron Gillen, and more.

Earlier in the year, Guardians of the Galaxy #151 was cancelled. Bleeding Cool was first to mention it, but writer Gerry Duggan was on hand to assure

Bleeding Cool pointed out that last week that some of those who picked up Marvel Two-In-One #1 — and were collecting the Marvel Value Stamps — discovered

Rumor has it that Ed Brisson, of Comeback and Sheltered, Iron Fist and Cable, and the upcoming The Ballad of Sang, will be taking over one of the Brian Michael Bendis-vacated series at Marvel.

Here are a few more Marvel Comics creative change rumours running around at the moment. All mileage may vary; 'tis the season, after all.

Just as the Jean Grey comic book has been cancelled by Marvel Comics but replaced on the schedule by X-Men Red, we have been told to look out for something similar happening with the current Weapon X series.

Matt Johnson started the comic book store Cup of Kryptonite in 2001 with his business partner, Tyler Walpole in Des Moines, selling comics and coffee. Red

Before Christmas, Bleeding Cool mentioned the settlement between San Diego Comic-Con and Utah's Mormon Church organisation Utah Media Group, previously

Erik Larsen has been promising that the Nazi-punching issue of Savage Dragon has been coming for months.

UPDATE: Marvel didn't choose to comment on the story below earlier today, but Midtown Comics did. A representative of the New York comic store that

Thanos #13, which came out last month, with the first chapter of Donny Cates and Geoff Shaw's Thanos storyline, "Thanos Wins" has sold out at Diamond Comic Distributors and Marvel Comics are sending it back to second printing.

Collectors Edition or not, the new series Oblivion Song by Robert Kirkman and Lorenzo De Felici has been topping the advance reorders this week, with strong places for Walking Dead, Dark Knights Rising, Lights of the Amalou, and Giant Days.

When a digital comics distributor put up copies of TekWar comics under the Tidal Wave imprint, creator William Shatner boldly went to Twitter.

It turns out that Marvel Comics missed out Tales of Suspense #103 from its March solicitations and Previews catalogues. Oops, definitely not cancelled, though — here are the full details.

Len Wein was meant to write the final chapter of The Kamandi Challenge. After all, it involved Kamandi literally meeting his maker, and Wein was heavily

Every year, Bleeding Cool Magazine runs its Top 100 Power List of members of the comics industry. And every year we get told how wrong we are. Somehow,