Coming from the floor of last weekend's C2E2, comes the news that one of the organisers of the Fan Expo HQ shows, was telling vendors that the company has
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Greetings from the coal face of the direct comics market. Where retailers try to increase their orders of certain comics ahead of sale. Where supply and
It's not just killing Zombie Tramps and joining up neoninteies bad girls. Action Lan does other comic books as well. And wants all sorts of people to
Make that 90,000 copies…and counting. Valiant has just announced that X-O Manowar #1, the first issue of the acclaimed new series launch by Matt Kindt and
Leo Baxendale, creator of the classic Beano strips Little Plum, Minnie the Minx and The Bash Street Kids passed away on 23rd April, aged 86. An incredibly
Bleeding Cool was the first to tell you about the upcoming 25 cent Saga #43, as well as the likely demand based on a) a major cliffhanger on #42, b) the
A few upcoming DC Comics covers for May shipping titles. As ever, you may have seen some of them. You won’t have seen most of them… Action Comics #980 by
We wouldn't normally report on comic books that have been delayed a week — it usually takes a month to make it newsworthy. But, you know, it is The Flash.
We already know that Image Comics are running a range of Spawn-based variant covers for comic books they are publishing in May. But after burning through
The new Marvel Studios/Sony Spider-Man, Tom Holland comes from my own London borough, Kingston-Upon-Thames (a royal borough no less!) And he's been picked
On Saturday late afternoon/evening in the West End of London, just a hop and a skip from Leicester Square, Sean Gordon Murphy will be appearing at Orbital
The Civil War II storyline began when an Inhuman called Ulysses predicted that a Celestial being was about to attack New York. There was no reason for the
A few changes 'twixt solicitation and publication for DC Comics... Hal Jordan And The Green Lantern Corps #21 was solicited with art by Rafa Sandoval and
A few days ago, we ran a piece on a Jack Kirby page that had sold on eBay for only $2500. Which was significantly discounted because it wasn't actually by
Wow. That was one hell of a Rich Twitch. Three hours ago, Bleeding Cool ran the news that, as we heard DC Comics were sending free copies of a new Neon
Peter G wrote from C2E2 for Bleeding Cool, Darryl McDaniels is a native New Yorker who changed the face of pop culture. With his friends Joseph Simmons
Venom is the first of the Marvel Comics titles to add all it's various volumes together, come up with the number it would have been at if it hadn't
In 2015, DC Comics gave away a free Neon Joe: Werewolf Hunter comic book to promote the Adult Swim TV series. They now sell for up to $10 each on
In last year's Free Comic Book Day title, Valiant teased an upcoming Psi-Lords title. It didn't happen. Not yet anyway. In this year's Free Comic Book Day
Valiant’s new X-O Manowar series certainly hasn’t skimped on the action —a trait that likely helped its first issue sell 90,000 copies and become the
Nickelodeon cartoon The Loud House is getting a graophic novel from Papercutz, and showing a first glimpse on Free Comic Book Day. FCBD 2017 Loud House
The Valiant Validated Signature Series – the publisher’s line of limited edition, signed issues, “issued and authenticated by Valiant itself” – will
Of late, Wonder Woman has been heavy on the retcon, revealing that Paraside Island, home of Wonder Woman has never been seen in the DC Universe since
Everyone seems to be getting their history rewritten in the DC Universe today. Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman's next... while over in the Marvel Universe,
Two weeks ago, DC Comics ran a tribute to the late Bernie Wrightson, co-creator of Swamp Thing, across their comic -book line. Marvel Comics has a longer
In previous interviews, Marc Guggenheim, the writer of X-Men Gold told us all, “It’s more about the X-Men as heroes than the X-Men as a struggling
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?