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Marvel had almost a third more comics on sale in August than DC Comics. 93 comics to DC's 75. Yet DC Comics destroyed Marvel Comics on marketshare through

IDW also have an offering for this year's Local Comic Shop Day, with the launch issue of Transformers: Revolution #1 and a cover by Marcelo Matere. And

Both Rick And Morty and Invader Zim comics return to Local Comic Shop Day, courtesy of publisher Oni Press. With both an Invader Zim #0 and a Rick &

Limited to 500 copies, that's the number available of the silver foil and spectrum foil gliding edition of Grant Morrison and Dan Mora's Klaus as an

The Tick joins this year's Local Comic Shop Day, with an exclusive one shot comic, just for the occasion by Jeff McClelland and Duane Redhead. Alongside

Last year Black Mask Comics did some insane stuff for Local Comic Shop Day, this year held on November 19th. Not all shops got it, not all wanted it, but

We said that Local Comic Shop Day would have toys on sale in 2016...The Anti-Matter B9 Vinimate! And here's one from Diamond Select Toys, the Anti-Matter

Most publishers create exclusive variant covers for Local Comic Shop Day. Not AfterShock. They're creating an exclusive comic book. Rough Riders Nation #1

The Action Lab - Danger Zone imprint will be offering up an exclusive variant of Dollface #1 for Local Comic Shop Day . That's the comic that will be

This is what we got at Baltimore Diamond Retailer Summit... And now we get a better look. The Local Comic Shop Day variant for Champions #1 from Marvel

It may be limited to only 500 copies, But Titan Comics are making a Local Comic Shop Day edition of Warhammer 40,000: Will Of Iron #1 with a cover

I've been quacking on about how gorgeously brilliant the BBC TV show Fleabag is for a while now, and today the Americans get to see what all the fuss is

Everyone in comics is selling out! That's how it appears anyway... and some of the books  haven't even gone on sale yet, which is pretty impressive

The Superior Spider-Man series saw Doctor Octopus kill Peter Parker and take his place in Parker's body and brain. After Parker regained his body, Octopus

James Tynion IV has signed a DC Comics Exclusive deal, announced the day...

Bleeding Cool told you about the Green Lanterns #6 misprint, that saw "Family Matters" erroneously added to the top of all the covers, despite not having

The only new addition to the New York Times Graphic Books Best Sellers this week is Angel Catbird by Margaret Atwood and Johnnie Christmas, an original

We talked about the BBC TV show Fleabag here. Other people talked about it here. And it's out in the USA on Amazon Prime tomorrow. This is just a

Marvel are smashing it on advance reorders as retailers race to increase their number on Deadpool: Back In Black, Death Of X, Jessica Jones and Cage. Not

  It's all about reading the tea leaves. Monica Rambeau remembers her history with Warren Ellis and Stuart Immonen's insane Marvel comic Nextwave and

Exclusive by Marvel PR to CBR, and reformatted by Bleeding cool for ease of read, here are the first three pages of Civil War II #5 by Brian Bendis, David

The two comic book exclusive variants that Archie Comics are making available for Local Comic Shop Day are right here. Archie Meets The Ramones #1 and

Howard Overman is a bit hit and miss. Atlantis? Vexed? But Misfits was definitely a hit. Called (by me) the finest example of superfiction on the screen,

In July 2014,  legendary illustrator Bernie Wrightson was admitted into hospital after a series of small strokes. In December he underwent surgery for the

A few October variant covers that you may have seen on Gamespot. But some that you will not... Hal Jordan & Green Lantern Corps #6 by Kevin Nowlan.

This is the sign for a number of Whataburger chains. Based in San Antonio, Texas, Whataburger opened its first restaurant in Corpus Christi, Texas, in

Here's a sneak peek of Frank Cho's variant cover Trinity #2 cover. It's the first time he's drawn Batman for DC Comics, and is his last time drawing

We've seen today how devastating the right back-up strip in the right issue of Suicide Squad can be. Well, we now have the details for issue 4, as Rob

John Wright is an Intellectual Property Attorney, working at Burris Law. And he is an aficionado of popular culture... So he was just the person I wanted

From Dark Horse Comics in December 2016... plenty of presents for Christmas and beyond... Aliens: Defiance #8 Brian Wood (W), Tristan Jones (A), Dan