Rich Johnston Archives

Jesse James of Jesse James Comics in Glendale, Arizona, posted the following to Facebook. It appears here with his (slightly reluctant) permission and

David Baron is best known as a colourist. But, in May, he will have a new comic coming out from 451 Media that he'll be writing instead. Stained #1, drawn

So today's Suicide Squad #12 by Rob Williams and John Romita Jr is pretty damn sure. Amanda Waller is dead. Shot in the heart last issue, she dies on the

We've been scratching out heads as to why Cyclops is meant to be the most hated mutant in the Marvel Universe. Compared to Hitler, hated, and reviled, the

It's that moment when you are reading Greg Rucka and Liam Sharp's Wonder Woman.... And suddenly it feels like Alan Moore and JH Williams' Promethea,

Valiant’s Harbinger Renegade, the series that promises to kickstart next year’s Harbinger Wars 2 event, looks like it has some dark times ahead of it. In

DC Comics recently renumbered Detective Comics  and Action Comics to their original numbering during DC Rebirth, collating all the various relaunches into

Another titbit spilling out of ComicsPRO last weekend, from publisher/retailer conversations, is that the Batman event showrun by Scott Snyder and Greg

There's no one fanfic likes to ship more these days than Steve Rogers, Captain America. With Tony Stark, with Bucky Rogers, with Thor, with Loki, even

AAaron Haaland twigged me to it in last night's A Comic Show video. That today's Infamous Iron Man could see the return of the Fantastic Four through the

It was the most critically well-received Marvel comic book of recent years and saw its writer Tom King snatched away as an exclusive writer on Batman by

In May, IDW are publishing Funko Comics Universe comics, as well as offering Funko variant covers of other titles... here are all the ones we can find! Oh

Today's Amazing Spider-Man #24 by Dan Slott, Christos Gage and Giuseppe Camuncoli is solicited thus: A CLONE CONSPIRACY TIE-IN! • Spider-Man has been

May sees the return of Saga for 25 cents, a $125 blind box, archive directors cuts of Spawn, a new Youngblood launch, the return of The Dying And The

Have you noticed it's the 25th anniversary of Image Comics? Well, they are going to make sure your wallet notices. Because, as well as offering 25c issues

Following on from The Walking Dead, Outcast and Invincible promotions in February, it looks like Brian K Vaughan and Fiona Staples want to play as well.

Youngblood #1 by Chad Bowers and Jim Towe is relaunching in May 2017 for the publisher - and the comic's - twenty-fifth anniversary. Covers from Jim Towe,

Here's the front cover of next week's Diamond Previews catalogue for comic books shipping to the direct market in May. The Titans?Teen titans/Deathstroke

Vampirella is a character which has had a controversial history.  Created by Forrest J Ackerman and Trina Robbins as a horror story hostess, she became a

Popular UK discount clothing store, Primark, has pulled Walking Dead T-shirts from its stores, nationwide, after complaints that they are racist.

There's often an item of mystery in Marvel's solicitations. Last month it was Secret Empire #0, which took weeks to be revealed. There was the Classified

Here comes AfterShock Comics solicitations for May 2017 - and we start with a little Pestilence before finding something more Normal... PESTILENCE #1 /

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk0AS8em68g Aaron Haaland of A Comics Shop in Orlando, Florida, writes, Hey Fandom this week of comics had some great

From DC Comics' solicits for May 2017.... and it looks like the very-alive Amanda Waller managed to find a use for General Zod in recent issues of Suicide

Marvel Comics doesn't like to announce that it has cancelled a comic book series. You just have to work it out in retrospect. When it disappears from your

Marvel Comics doesn't like to announce that it has cancelled a comic book series. You just have to work it out in retrospect. When it disappears from your

Rick Shea of Famous Faces & Funnies in West Melbourne, Florida, writes, After reading Marvel's out of touch comments aimed at retailers at ComicsPRO

Topps continue to create new topical Garbage Pail Kids cards as collectible items with accompanying comic books. And it seems that, after their second

So, we have been told that Logan has had three minutes added to its running time over the version that the press has seen. And that this will be a mid or

Bleeding Cool ran a report from ComicsPRO, sourced from several retailers, who talked about an address from Marvel SVP David Gabriel regarding poor