Rich Johnston Archives

Today's Action Comics #978 kills off the five-year timeline of the DC New 52, by stretching it to fifteen or more. And has Jonathan Kent no longer born in

Batgirl. Orphan. Black Bat. Cassandra Cain, daughter of assassins David Cain and Lady Shiva, has gone by many names.   In Detective Comics #955 by

This is how Jonathan Kent, Superboy, was born, in Superman: Convergence. In the Batcave. Or at least, a batcave. The Thomas Wayne one from a different

Today's Justice League Of America #5 sees the team presented to the world. With Lana Lang and others in the press pool asking questions. But what of Lobo?

The Secret Empire Spotlight issue, free from comic shops today, gives a greater insight ahead of the Secret Empire event. We've seen what happened in

We are familiar now with publishers and comic book stores giving away free comic books on Free Comic Book Day. But this year, on May the 6th, publisher Z2

The current iteration of the Marvel Multiverse is its eighth. Before Secret Wars, it was in its seventh. Galactus comes from the end of the sixth. Well,

As well as the upcoming Catalyst Prime superhero universe from Lion Forge, starting on Free Comic Book Day title, the publisher announced a number of new

Next month sees the release of the Surgeon X collected graphic novel from Sara Kenney and the late John Watkiss from Image Comics, a British future sci-fi

Two shout sheets from Marvel promoting upcoming episodes of Marvel's Agents Of SHIELD....   They do love to torture the audience, don't they? And,

The conclusion of the comiXology Originals miniseries Valiant High arrives this May and it's time for the Homecoming 2017 dance. Here's the cover of

  Well, this is a game changer. For TV, possibly, but also for comics. DC Comics is getting it;s own digital streaming service. Warner Bros. Television

Those bookshelves are filling up - coming from Caliber in July 2017... H.P. LOVECRAFT’s WORLDS - Volume One:  A chilling collection of four Lovecraft

As well as announcing that Dynamite were to publish the official WWII origin of James Bond as a comic book, at last week's Diamond summit in Chicago, they

We got a picture gallery for the Titan Comics presentation last week at the Diamond Summit in Chicago last week. Now we have a few notes to go with it

Omar Spahi of OSSM Comics writes, Ross Richie had just given a keynote speech at the ComicsPro convention. For those of you that don’t know Ross Richie is

At C2E2 in Chicago this past weekend, Shatterglass Films announced they will produce a live-action feature-film adaptation of the critically-acclaimed

Comics Beat has been handed the most-desired preview of this week's Flash #21. I bet CBR, Newsarama and Comic Book are steaming. Cos, it's all about the

13th Dimension (remember them?) has been given the exclusive preview of this Wednesday's Action Comics #978. Which looks to reveal the new rewritten

This artwork purports to be a 1978 original piece of art by Jack Kirby featuring Captain America, Bucky and the Red Skull. It was recently sold on eBay

If you buy comics at a comic book shop, this will show you just how the sausage is made. And how Diamond Comic Distributors are changing things to reduce

It appears that a large number of copies of Secret Empire #0, out last week, have a misprint, obscuring some of the text on page 2. Currently, Marvel and

Robert Goode wrote for Bleeding Cool from C2E2, It was all about process as comics writers came to discuss their work at C2E2 on Saturday. The panel was

Presented at the Diamond Summit in Chicago last week, here are the winning comic book retailers for the Best Practice Awards Spring 2017! Winners will

Cougar And Cub was launched at last year's San Diego Comic-Con, which also saw the premiere of the animated version of The Killing Joke. Suddenly

Robert Goode wrote for Bleeding Cool from C2E2, If you are looking for something a bit different, look no further than Acrobatica Infiniti: The nerd

Robert Goode wrote for Bleeding Cool from C2E2, Amidst jokes and a few less than appropriate stories, the creators for two of the web’s most popular

Robert Goode wrote for Bleeding Cool from C2E2 this past weekend, Both artists and writers gathered together for the panel IMAGE Comics Presents:

Robert Goode writes, To say that Iron Fist has been the subject of quite a few reviews over the last few weeks would be an understatement.  Still, however

Robert Goode write for BleedinG Cool from C2E2, This Sunday, panelists Kristen Gudsnuk (Henchgirl), Jim Calfiore (Leaving Megalopolis), and Daniel Warren