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The hardcover collecting Original Sin will no longer be $49.99 as solicited, but $75. retailers are being given a week to adjust their orders, but they

Earlier in the week, writer Jen Williams talked about a very brief period of employment at a comic store, Harrison's Comics in Salem. She stated that

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J63ko6OEyzM At the edge of space and time, Stan Lee must face his final challenge: Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko! CAST Jacob

Marvel sent the following out in an e-mail to retailers earlier this week. It caused a little commotion, which is how I came to hear about it. EDGE OF

After rumours about layoffs in the wake of the unsuccessful Fox buyout of Warner Bros, Warners CEO Kevin Tsujihara wrote a company wide e-mail yesterday.

First, the Spike Milliganish storyboards from Doctor Who: Into The Dalek director Ben Wheatley. And in comparison, the more polished storyboards of James

Comics. Comics stores sld them in August. But how many? And from whom? In May, June, July DC Comics’ dollar share dropped from 30.04% to 29.88% to 28.18%

DC Comics Senior VP Bob Wayne is involved in what is considered a Farewell Tour. The face of the publisher to retailers for decades, he has chosen to

Often retailers tie returnable promotions to a very large figure. 150% of a previous bestselling comic, for example. It's hoe Image Comics managed to

Here is the trailer to the first episode of Gotham. We wrote about it a couple of months ago. The episode, not the trailer....

Photo by Marcia Allass... outside an old cotton mill engine house. Evidence of an attempted invasion from over a hundred years ago?  

From the creator of Knuckles The Malevolent Nun... Comes the story of a very different character. Or characters. Abigail and the Snowman, a four-issue

Two brand new pages of Quantum & Woody, just for you! Votes are closed, Woody. But the Harvey Awards are tomorrow at Baltimore Comic Con. Bleeding

Classic Marvel and Archie Comic artist Stan Goldberg passed away at the beginning of the week. Co-CEO of Archie Comics, Nancy Silberkleit offered her

Here is an Amazon listing of a hardcover collection of the Spider-Verse crossover, out in April next year. It s over 600 pages long. But for some reason

Two days ago, Bleeding Cool ran a story about DC Entertainment pitching a Supergirl series to TV Networks, following on from Gotham, Flash, Constantine

So, you may have heard we have a new Thor. And she's a lady. But you don't exactly know which lady. But she is apparently Worthy. Here's your first look

A few days ago, Bleeding Cool reported on an agreement between Marvel and Disney for Disney Publishing to have all publishing rights regarding the

And that's without the Edge Of Spider-Verse books as well! But this, it appears, is your official reading list for the central Spider-Verse crossover.

The British, and regular non-British readers of this site, should be familiar with the concept of the "partwork". A large body of work, chopped up into

A couple of weeks ago, two comic books opened with a character having their head decapitated. At the same time as a video was released by the terrorist

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

This is a variant cover of Daredevil #8, shipping to all Diamond retail accounts, one per store. It features a can of the SK Energy drink with Daredevil

Gail Simone is relaunching Secret Six with Ken Lashley from DC Comics in December, announced in the LA Times. We Informed You Of This At A Previous

Grant Morrison has talked a  few times about the Kid Marvelman story he was asked to write for Warrior Magazine back in the day, after they'd fallen on

This Wednesday we have the launch of Project Strikefile, Copperhead, Rot & Ruin , Prometheus: Fire And Stone, Annihilator, Teen Dog, Wilds End,

In two weeks, the people Scotland will vote on whether or not it should become an independent nation, severing its national ties from the United Kingdom,

Four and a half years ago, we ran a story about how a Brazilian cartoonist, Glauco Villas Boas and his son were killed by a man claiming religious

Yesterday, author Jennifer Williams tweeted about her very recent experience working in a comic shop in Salem, MA, Harrison's Comics. But she didn't work

Well, folk wondered how long we'd ave to wait until the return of Cassandra Cain in the New 52. Well, we finally have an answer. Five More Years. Maybe.