Rich Johnston Archives

Marvel are sticking with only releasing five retailer exclusive variant cover opportunities in July, as they have for June. In contrast, both this month

Skottie Young has never been shy of biting the hand that feeds him. He even spoiled the big plot twist for Marvel's Civil War II last year. But his I Hate

Previously, Bleeding Cool told you about a printing error in some copies of Secret Empire #0, a blobby, blotchy inkblot on page 2 covering up some of the

In the movie Avatar by James Cameron, one of the turning points is when Jake joins with the great dragon Toruk Makto. We see him leap, we see him join, we

Spider-Man: Homecoming is out at the beginning of July. Starring my fellow Kingstonian Tom Holland. And, alongside the likes of the launch of a new Peter

Thanks to Secret Empire, alternate evil versions of our favourite, most trusted characters are all the rage. Or something. Will anyone react badly to the

Darth Maul is known for having a light sabre with two blades. Well, his comic book now has two second printings. So... I don;t know, I'm trying to draw a

Everyone seems obsessed with the Secret Empire section of Marvel's Secret Empire/Spider-Man Free Comic Book Day giveaway because of, you know, what

It is possible that we may have had our heads turned by the announcement of The Death Of Zombie Tramp at the Diamond Summit last week. But there was more

When I told the kids there was an Naimal Jam comic coming, there was mild interest. When I told them it would be free for Free Comic Book Day in May and

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

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