Rich Johnston Archives

The upcoming Batman/Flash comics will be all about Watchmenness it appears. But that still isn't stopping Bleeding Cool from seeing smiley faces

X-Men Blue #1, out today, has gone to second print, and will be out on 3rd May. But X-Men Gold #1, out last week, has also gone to second print, but will

In June, ahead of the Netflix show, Brian Bendis and David Marquez and launching a new Defenders comic book, featuring the same characters from the

When Marvel Comics started publishing superhero comic books, you didn't have black lead characters. They wouldn't get distributed. The distribution system

It's a long time since superheroes felt comfortable taking down countries. Captain America punching out Hitler probably started it, but the Fantastic Four

Before the New 52 began, Geoff Johns, Richard Donner and Gary Frank created a six-issue series Superman: Secret Origin. It was, in many ways an attempt to

Wonder Woman has had her past stripped down and ripped apart as an illusion designed to trick her. Recently in Superman, we discovered that his past had

Marvel continuity has never been refreshed or relaunched quite like DC Comics' has. Instead, it uses a sliding scale, so now the Fantastic Four trip into

The first Patriot, Jeffrey Mace, created by writer Ray Gill and artist Bill Everett, debuted in The Human Torch #4 in 1941. He was a reporter who became a

At the back of DC Comics titles today, you can find a tribute to the late Bernie Wrightson, who died last month, two months after he officially retired.

Valiant’s third annual #ValiantSummit event will be live streaming on Twitch.TV’s Hyper RPG channel this coming Monday, April 17th. (Bleeding Cool will be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYigr1si-BA Aaron Haaland of A Comic Shop of Orlando, Florida writes, Hey fandom, before I dig into this week's stack I

So how did Harley Quinn survive being gutshot in Suicide Squad #14 by Deadshot? The cover of Suicide Squad #15 has Harley Quinn revealing all. Here's the

By Joey Barranco Imagine applying for college at the age of 29. Imagine already owning a house, being happily married, and adopting a dog. Imagine working

Back at Emerald City Comicon, Valiant let us know that one of their major characters would be dying in July’s Harbinger Renegade #5 by Rafer Roberts and

William Wright writes, Machinima recently partnered up with ComicBookGirl19, from the popular Youtube channel, to launch the new web-series “Greater

Looks like Newsarama and IGN got totally different previews of tomorrow's Detective Comics #954 by James Tynion IV, Marcio Takara and Marcelo Mailolo...

Action Comics #977 by Dan Jurgens and Ian Churchill is published tomorrow. DC Comics PR gave Comicosity a five-page preview... In which we see the newly

“This one started when a mutual friend pointed out Warwick Johnson-Cadwell’s affection for sad werewolves. Then Warwick and I exchanges a few words about

Yesterday, Bleeding Cool operatives were looking at a few back issues of Eternals or Thor for the Jack Kirby-esque artwork that appeared in the teaser

M&M's. Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 2. Two very different things. Or so we thought. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEpbplr-IC0 The new M&M’S

Jason Borelli writes for Bleeding Cool, When a casual fan looks at the American folk music scene in the 1960s, they might think of The Mamas & The

by Ray Flook I was lucky enough to be able to swing-by SPOKE NYC only hours before their opening night reception for their newest exhibit, 'In Dreams’ –

Paradox Press was a division of DC Comics formed in 1993 after editor Mark Nevelow departed from their Piranha Press imprint. Under the initial editorship

Phillipsburg Comic-Con is a comic convention held in a school, and run by its students' Phillipsburg High School Comic and Anime & Manga clubs. It

I think that this is probably the fastest that one of the best-selling new comic books in the direct market has become a collectible overnight. But copies

Valiant’s third annual #ValiantSummit event will be live streaming on Twitch.TV’s Hyper RPG channel one week from today. (Bleeding Cool will be there,

It looks to me like a deal was done. That the parties have settled Marvel Comics appeared to have a very strong case. But Marvel has now, officially,

Here's a quick preview of Iceman #1 by Sina Grace and Andrea Vitti. With the adult Bobby Drake writing his online dating profile. Ifeman '1 and #2 are

It was the day of the Thor: The Dark World premiere in London's Leicester Square. Thanks to Skype, I'd been put in the line-up where I'd get to meet and