Rich Johnston Archives

This Wednesday will see the release of Batman #25. And, in Britain, Batman #24 - first and second prints, with complete Catwoman proposal, due to

Archie Comics has trademarked "Madam Satan" and "Hangman" for upcoming comic book publications. But what's their history? One upon a time there was a

A few upcoming DC Comics covers for July shipping titles. As ever, you may have seen some of them. You won't have seen most of them. SCOOBY APOCALYPSE #15

Dark Nights: Metal one-shots give us a greater hint as to where Dark Days and Dark Nights are going ahead of Dark Matter and Metal at DC Comics. A series

Dustin Bates, lead singer and founder of the multi-media, modern rock band Starset, is writing an original graphic novella for Marvel Comics with Peter

DC Comics has pushed and promoted comics over the last few years with tiered variant covers, available to those who ordered more of the standard cover.

July 12th sees the launch of CALEXIT, a new comic book by Matteo Pizzolo and Amancay Nahuelpan from Black Mask Studios telling the story of the US' most

Arranged yesterday by the PR gods and Nerdist, Valiant has just announced Ninjak #0, “a star-studded jumping-on point” issue that will conclude writer

As detailed last week, Valiant are teeing up the new Bloodshot Salvation #1 – the upcoming series presenting a new beginning to writer Jeff Lemire’s

This is the trademark image applied for by Stacey Lane Holmsley last November, ,under the categories of "Decals; Decorative decals for vehicle windows;

The remaking of Archie Comics in recent years has told all sorts of Archie stories in all sorts of styles that would have been unthinkable less than a

Marvel Comics usually has a policy of allowing lead creatives on titles to choose whether or not they want their ongoing books to crossover with big

Hallowe'en Comic Fest is the Free Comic Book Day for October that everyone seems to forget. Run by Diamond Comic Distributors, it sees publishers put out

On 13th June, comic book store Sin City Comics in Newport, Wales was broken into and around £6000 ($8000) worth of stock was either stolen or damaged. In

Image Comics gets two more printings out of the door. Regression #1 by Cullen Bunn, Danny Luckert and Marie Enger has sold out of its second printing from

In Hammer Comics: Captain Kronos #1, The Vampire Hunter and his two assistants, Grost and Carla, are called upon to help rid a town of its vampire plague.

WildStorm: A Celebration Of 25 Years is the big hardcover volume with a lot of new work from big time comic creators from back in the day, scheduled for

As I told you earlier, the British comic stores still haven't got the first printing of Batman #24, featuring Bruce Wayne proposing marriage to Selia

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

The Infinite Loop by Elsa Charretier and Pierrick Colinet is to return from IDW Entertainment. In 2015, the original series was a love story that

Dark Days: The Forge #1 with its metallic cover was a smash hit and has gone to second printing already. Expect it on the 12th of July, just in time for

Copies of Batman #24, the issue in which Bruce Wayne asks Selina Kyle, Catwoman, to marry him, have been selling on eBay in the UK for up to £26 on open

You can't trust anyone these days. Especially in comic books. Take a look at Secret Empire #4 and Titans #12, for example.

X-Men Blue #5 is out today by Cullen Bunn, Julian Lope, Cory Smith and Irma Kniivala. In the previous issue of X-Men: Blue, we met the other Ultimate

Being rushed to comic book stores in two weeks' time, a rather sweet Wonder Woman T-shirt from DC licensors Graphitti Designs... and now available for

  So Black Panther & The Crew is cancelled with issue 6. But we're only on issue 3, out today. So ignored that Marvel didn't even send digital

Dark Days: Forge #1 Spoilers that have been hinted at this week have been intriguing, and the response to today's release has been insanely positive.

After Rai destroyed New Japan and liberated Earth in 4001 A.D. many fans have wondered what might come next for Valiant’s future timeline.

Last week, Marvel Comics published no Secret Empire comics. This week, they appear to publish all of them.  Secret Empire #4, Secret Warriors #3, Secret

There are major final page spoilers for today's Action Comics, Dark Days: The Forge - and, I suppose, for episodes of this year's Doctor Who. All