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When was the last time a toy took the front or back cover of Diamond's Previews cover? A reprise of Rob Liefeld's classic cover to New Mutants #87 for

This is nothing but speculation. Mindless speculation. No sources leaking things. No rumour. Just joining dots. Take the solicitation for Axis #9 in

Yesterday, Bleeding Cool pointed out that Spider-Ham was getting a one-shot issue as part of Spider-Verse, probably in December. The first 17 issues from

Not too many credit changes to report this week, as opposed to last week's monster list. Just that Avengers #37 will be drawn by Mike Deodato, not Stefano

So, yesterday, Bleeding Cool's owner Avatar Press announced a thing. The French were, of course, psychic. Alan Moore et Gabriel Andrade vont travailler

Publishers put out solicitations months ahead of publication, so retailers and readers have a good idea of what to order. But sometimes between

TRDWTR, pronounced "treadwater" is a new already-Kickstarted comic book with big plans. Published this week in New York stores (and Midtown's book of the

We reported on the weekend about Dover Books republishing a long-lost series of Marvel graphic novels, A Sailor's Story, by Sam Glanzman, with a never

From the Amazon solicitation for the Avengers & X-Men: Axis hardcover out in March... The Red Skull has exploited the gifts of the world's greatest

The other week we told you that Warners was pitching a Supergirl TV series to networks. We got a production detail wrong, naming the wrong producer, but

This is the cover of this week's Judge Dredd Megazine. You might have noticed, there's a Scottish referendum going on. The vote is Thursday. As Tharg

The Oz Comic Con is a comic convention that can't sit still, moving from Australian city to city on subsequent weekend. Brisbane last weekend, Sydney at

We know that big changes in the status quo are coming for Captain America, Thor and Iron Man. But it looks as if Doctor Strange will be going through a

December is Darwyn Cooke Month at DC Comics. Not only is he drawing variant widescreen covers for much of the New 52... Including the standard cover for

Taken straight from the NYCC App... where you will also find details of every panel. Still, this should get you started. Thursday Friday Saturday

From the Amazon listing of the Spider-Verse hardcover... a little look at the contents reveals... AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 7-15, SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN 32-33, FREE

If Norman Rockwell drew the DC Universe... It has been a week of Twitter War, of Alan Moore Teasing, of Unstolen Batmobiles and of everything coming up

Adi Tantimedh writes, This past week, the video games scene has been all about Destiny. It’s the biggest launch of a new original game franchise for ages,

Fire And Stone: Prometheus #1 and Rai #4 have both gone to second printings already. They are joined by The Legendary Star Lord #2 and #3. While over at

Today is the Final Order Cut-Off date for retailers to order the new-look Batgirl #35. Orders are up, DC have already discounted the price for retailers

Over a month ago we told you, regarding the comic Justice League 3000, Bleeding Cool understands that issue # 12 will feature two folks from an earlier

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Nigel Auchterlounie is a cartoonist who writes and draws the Dennis And Gnasher strip in British kids weekly comic, The Beano. He also watches Doctor Who.

Megaton Man creator Don Simpson has been posting most entertainingly on Facebook about that project that never happened, the 1963 Annual, that would have

So, Marvel are going to want to launch Star Wars #1 with a bang. They will want it to be the best selling comic for January- by a long way. And here's one

Marvel already cancelled the Axis series once, and resolicited it as Avengers & X-Men: Axis, a name change chosen to help increase sales. Last week,

In December, Dark Horse is adapting the Fate/Zero manga into English. Originally this was a prose prequel to the Fate/Stay Night visual novel - a very

This is the Top Ten Bleeding Cool Bestseller List, as compiled by a number of comic stores from their sales on Wednesday and Thursday. It measures what

The Death Of Wolverine series was originally intended to ship an issue every week in September, and orders were made even further in advance by retailers

Here are this year's winners of the Ignatz Awards, taking home bricks tonight, from the Small Press Expo in Bethesda, Maryland, sponsored by ComiXology.