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A few DC Comics changes 'twixt solicitation and publication. Detective Comics #945 was solicited with art by Eddy Barrows and Eber Ferreira but is now by

It's possible that somewhere here is a chance to pick up Gerard Way's promotional cassette of Into The Cave. No promises. But the creative teams behind

Bleeding Cool has reported that Marvel are upping their retailer exclusive cover numbers massively of late, with several in Octover and November, in what

Last week, Bleeding Cool ran an article on the final issue of Mockingbird, issue 8. It had been a fine series from Marvel, doing all sorts of interesting

Last week, Marvel published the final issue of Mockingbird. This week, offended people on the internet got round to looking at the cover to Mockingbird #8

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 CompleX is the theory that Marvel Comics is deliberately not pushing or promoting the X-Men line, as the movie/TV and related licensing rights are

Yesterday saw the final published issue of The Vision. A twelve issue series by Tom King, Gabriele Hernandez Walta and Jordie Bellaire that took a stock

8 months ago, Kieron Gillen was asked on Reddit/r/books, Any plans for Phonogram ones, or a Complete Phonogram collection? Or is it just the P3 trade for

The song Into The Cave by Gerard Way and Ray Toro, given away at NYCC and to retailers to promote the Cave Carson Has A Cybernetic Eye comic, is currently

Chew is a story about a world where the eating of chicken is prohibited. The federal agency that enforces this prohibition. And some of the agents given

Olly MacNamee writes It's that time of the year again when, before the winter break, we have the return of Thought Bubble in Leeds. It's my first time

It is scary how addictive reading Deadpool talking in iambic pentameter is, as written by Ian Doescher and drawn by De Sousa Oliceira in today's Deadpool

Coming from the newly revived Caliber Comics in February are five new graphic novels.... no, Charlie Adlard, get off, it's a perfectly valid marketing

Marvel Comics have sold out and gone to second print on a number of comic books, a few of which only came out today. They are Amazing Spider-Man #20,

I'm not sure what the lawyers would think of this. Maybe they'd buy a ticket. But New York's Metropolis Burlesque has a special show on tomorrow evening

New Avengers #17 may have nothing to do with Civil War II as its cover promises. But that's all for the good. In this case it's about what happened after

  Rick Remender and Jerome Opena's new Image title has burned through the second printing of the first issue and the first printing of the second. So when

One of the major players in Valiant’s superhero universe is Project Rising Spirit – a nefarious private arms contractor that created, among other many

Steve Dillon died this weekend, from a burst appendix. But not only does he leave decades of work to be reread and enjoyed in tribute to his masterly

Civil War II #6 gives us Riri Williams in her Iron Man form - though doesn't seem to have settled on a name. Could Ironheart be being reconsidered? Now

UPDATE: Okay, let's have a bigger, clickier image... There will be much said about a certain splash page scene in this issue of Wonder Woman #9 by Greg

This retailer exclusive cover to Venom #1 for Quickstop Comics and Wonerworld Comics, features their owner in his stock pose, in the middle left. But

It's not just the Marvel Universe that is being remade today, DC Rebirth continues kicking that can as well. So Titans #4 continues having Abra Kadabra as

Civil War II #6 is published today from Marvel Comics by Brian Michael Bendis and David Marquez, as are a whole host of Civil War II crossovers. Some are

Publisher's Weekly has run details on boutique publisher Insight Editions' plans for Insight Comics, planning twelve new projects to be published from

Steve Dillon's final public appearance before his untimely death this past weekend from a burst appendix, was at New York Comic Con, where he signed and

Just a couple of DC slips 'tween solicitation and publication for tomorrow... Flash #9 was solicited with art by Neil Googe but in fact it's by Jorge

Bleeding Cool reps just received the Thanks to Marvel Collectors Corps Doctor Strange box for November... which also included an early look at the Doctor

This is the second print cover to Batman/TMNT Adventures #1 by Matthew K. Manning and Jon Sommariva. The first print (below) is out on November 9th, But