Rich Johnston Archives

Oops! A week ahead of schedule, ComiXology has published Marvel's X-Men Legacy #5. It's usually a mistake, it usually won't be available for long, but I

Nick Spencer has explained how Bedlam isn't Gotham, and The Joker (formerly known as The Red Hood) isn't Madder Red, but it is really. Take this scene

The nominations for the Diamond GEM Awards, voted on by retailers, have been announced. You can see last year's nominations and winners here. Bleeding

This was the queue outside Acme Comics this morning, people wanting to get the Bryan O'Malley cover for Young Avengers #1. The line had started at 5am.

There was a time when we used to worry there was just too much advertising in comics. Marvel were a key villain in this, with more ads for variuous

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9SbpOHtRzs One hundred and one superheroes. All controlled by you. Simultaneously. On the Wii U. Hmm, I bet The 99 guys

Betsy Braddock, brought up into British nobility, schooled at the most expensive boarding schools in the land, university educated, a charter pilot...

Let's face it, you don't have the opportunity to write a headline like that every day. So, thank you Brian Posehn, Gerry Duggan and Tony Moore for this

Chris Thompson writes; Marvel Now! ends on a high (at least for us) with Kieron Gillen & Jamie McKelvie’s Young Avengers #1, and Sam Humphries &

He's a busy boy this week. Created by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely, the super intelligent, super telepathic, super disaffected X-Man does a Wolverine

Music magazine Mondo Sonoro, in Spain, is reporting on the news that Alan Moore is visiting the country, after he was seen buying books about the current

Here is a page from Avengers #3. It follows the preview seen here. Yes it's a replacement cipher. Yes, we were right about "It's coming". But as for the

The original promotional cover to Justice League showed off a bunch of other characters aside from the central seven. But most of those we haven't seen

My first superhero comic book I remember buying was a copy of the Fantastic Four weekly in the early eighties, reprinting Lee and Kirby Fantastic Four in

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwb-TBFfHmA Aaron Haaland of A Comic Shop, Florida, writes; Hey Fandom! Young Avengers was awesome! The kids are alright!

A coupek of looks at Superman from Imbong Hadisoebroto on DeviantArt. Firstly all his looks over the ages. Including the Electric years. And friends,

For the last few weeks, Kieron Gillen has been writing about the cast of his new comic with Jamie McKelvie and friends, Young Avengers, commentary and

  Tom Huxley writes; It was the dead of night as Sangster entered the office. He calmly searched the vacant desk, taking in all he could find.

This is the surprise 1:4 cosplay variant cover dropping on Think Tank #5 from Top Cow/Image Comics, written by Matt Hawkins. That's him dressing up on the

  From the preview of Avengers #3, we have New Adam. He could be a Starbrand, he could be a Nightmask, odds are he's something to do with the New

Dr Manolis V writes; The internet’s most opinionated (and Greek) comics column! This week: decrypting Hickman’s secret handshake code, surviving the

Warning to retailers, in case you'd created any promotions around Justice League Of America #1 and its flags-of-all-the-states-and-more covers, it will be

Redditor Ariel writes; Sent a letter to the staff at fables they sent me one of the best gifts I've ever gotten. Cue everyone hitting the pen and paper

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNERxrW1E3U Grace Randolph writes; Maybe I DON'T hate Jean Grey, aka The Phoenix. Brian Michael Bendis has brought her back

IDW's reported solicitations list Katie Cook as the writer of My Little Pony #5, out in April. But it's not! It's actually Heather Nuhfer, who wrote

Submit or perish? Definitely submit I think. I mean, seriously, who would really choose perish? Okay possibly Black Widow. And maybe REd Hulk. Talking of

Shot on my iPad before this happened.... the letters page of Superior Spider-Man #1. Spoilers obviously. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyrDQSAGMjQ

We knew that Gail Simone was coming back to Batgirl. But what about her artist Ed Benes? He was absent from DC's April solicitations. A few days ago he

All that surprise and fuss on the right hand side of Bleeding Cool over the possibility of Jimmy Olsen being played by a woman in Man Of Steel. Because

UPDATE: The Marshal Law hardcover is doing is it as well again. A 500 page hardcover for under a tenner... The price of the 100 Bullets Deluxe Book 4 on