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Did you enjoy the DC Steampunk variants? Where a number of titles get themed variant cover reinventing the characters involved into steampunk versions of

As Shack News talks about the announcement from DC Comics that the Infinite Crisis MMORPG game will go to open beta from March 14th, they have an aside

Along with the news of 3D Covers for a Five Years Later event in September 2014  also announced at ComicsPRO was the cancellation of All Star Western. The

We've had plenty of retailer exclusive comic covers. Recently, the Phantom group of retailers launched the Escape From Jesus Island comic. And now Midtown

They made a big splash in September 2013. If you could get them. The 3D lenticular covers used to launch Villains Month. And hideously underprinted as

This week Bleeding Cool announced that David Finch was the new artist on Wonder Woman, taking over from Cliff Chiang. But would Finch write it himself in

This is the bus ad, seen briefly on Arrow last night... And this is the poster. Blue Devil in 3D, coming this summer, as tweeted by Marc Guggenheim. So at

Well, the Free Comic Book Day comic in May was a big hint. But from July, Rocket Raccoon gets his own series from Marvel Comics written and drawn by

Last year, Boom! brought in the likes of Brian Stelfreeze, Si Spurrier, George Pérez, Paul Jenkins and Mike Carey to putting out new creator

The ComicsPRO retailer meeting is well underway at Atlanta, Georgia. One of the many incentives for retailers to attend is the goodie bag of exclusive

Yesterday saw the publication of the final issue of the Ultimate Cataclysm mini-series from Marvel Comics and the end of the Ultimate Universe. Until the

The Comics PRO Retailer event began last night in Atlanta... and it started well with Rai shot glasses courtesy from Valiant Entertainment. The rest of

CLAWS FOR CONCERN The original art for the first appearance of Wolverine, by Herb Trimpe, has been found and will be auctioned. Given as a gift to a

This was the original post on Reddit. From a Wizards Of The Coast buyer who seemed to have a problem with a mail order from Blu Planet Comics of New York.

Dave Wallace reviews Nemo: Roses of Berlin for Bleeding Cool: There are many words you could use to describe Alan Moore's writing. "Intelligent",

  These are the variant covers to the upcoming Original Sin Marvel event series running through the summer.   #1 by Steve McNiven, #2 by Agustin Alessio,

One year ago at SXSW, Marvel gave away 700 free digital comic books through ComiXology. It was an utter disaster after system after system crashed and,

From Tumblr.... Anonymous Any plans for an original villain for Miles? Ultimate versions of 616 characters are awesome but I have been dying to see a

Joshua Andrews of Mile High Comics gets in touch, Just got off the phone with Arthur Suydam. He bought us out of all the X-Men #1 (Suydam Deadpool

Josh Hoopes has been the bane of my life for well over a decade. Bring yourself up to speed here, but know this. He is a conman, based in Sacramento,

  On the left is the American edition of The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller and Klaus Janson. On the right, is the Mexican edition, published by

Sorry for the paucity of offerings this week but I have a hospital appointment, I know, on New Comics Day, so life has got in the way a little.... Speak

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPftwmPwQL0 Aaron Haaland of A Comic Shop in Orlando, Florida, writes, Hey Fandom! It's me, Aaron, for A Comic Show! This

http://vimeo.com/86582659 Shane Becker introduces Warren Ellis to his barn. Enjoy.  

Today, Lois Lane gets her own New 52 one shot comic book, Superman: Lois Lane. Well, he does turn up for a panel. But in the comic, Lois Lane goes on the

From today's Avengers Assemble by Kelly Sue DeConnick, Warren Ellis and Matteo Buffagni. Synchronised finger snapping with Captain America and Iron Man...

The Sequential App, which specialises in publishing and distributing select graphic novels, creating a boutique store, has the new League Of Extraordinary

Bill Mantlo, the co-creator of Rocket Raccoon, was the victim of a hit and run a number of years ago and was left with severe brain damage and in need of

On the back of tomorrow's Previews, a new surprise May solicitation to keep you on your toes. Trees, from Warren Ellis and Jason Howard, who recently

Last year, Stjepan Seijic told Bleeding Cool that his new comic, Death Vigil, would be coming out from Image Comics, he hoped. Well he's been busy. On his