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This week the shelves are full of comics. DC have large dump of the third issues of their relaunch titles, Marvel give you Xbooks, Ultimate and Fantastic

Next year, we know that there is meant to be a Valiant Comics relaunch. But it looks like someone in the company just can't wait. And has been leaking

This stuck out in the new issue of Teen Titans, rather. Bunker, the new gay Teen Titans character, in his second out-of-costume appearance in the issue.

The second issue of Wolverine & The X-Men, published today, sees Bobby Drake, Iceman, step up. Called on by Wolverine to live up to his potential,

Morning folks! The DC Relaunch keeps on relaunching. This is technically the last week of November's relaunch titles, next week looks rather barren - more

The six hundredth issue of Fantastic Four is out today - if you count the previous issues of the FF comic in the total. Which they do. It is also the

Today sees the Superior Kapow World Record Special #1, published by Marvel, arrive on comic book shelves. If you're lucky. Created at the Kapow Comic

Bleeding Cool has five copies of Bryan Hitch’s Ultimate Comics Studio, signed by the man himself, to give away. And how do you do so? Easy. Go on Twitter

MarvelWatch: Kiel Phelgley runs through Marvel's current publishing line up in the light of cancellations and mini-series foreshortening (though still no

In an arranged news release with the Associated Press, and as Bleeding Cool warned you, Marvel Comics has released news concerning the contents of

It has the first appearance of Rogue. We have the history of Carol Danvers. Chris Claremont writes, Mike Golden pencils. And it has a shockingly bad

Varney The Vampire is an upcoming comic series from Scott Massino and Marcio Takara, successfully funded by Kickstarter. "His life plagiarized in

Elliott Serrano and Kate Kotler write for Bleeding Cool; This week Elliott and Kate give advice to a geeky divorcee seeking to get back in the dating

Blimey. Blimey blimey. All the Invisibles. All of it. In one book. 1536 pages worth. The Invisibles Omnibus collecting The Invisibles Volume 1 #1-25,

Bleeding Cool was the first to tell you that Syfy were commissioning a number of TV mini-series based on comic book properties such as Ghost Projekt and

CRG Digital are supplying a service to small press publishers looking to take advantage of the digital marketplace. But don't have a clue what they're

The Kickstarter funding for Alex De Campi and Jimmy/James Broxton/Hodgkins' sequel to Smoke - Ashes - is $7000 shy of its targeted figure. So the pair are

Dan Fraga has posted to his blog eleven pages of pencils and a further nine pages of layouts for an unseen issue of Superman dating from 2003. Why is it

Mark Waid told us all that the inordinately talented and innovative Marcos Martin was leaving Daredevil. "Unfortunately, it was something that came up

That's the tweet sent out at the end of September, assuring people as the news streamed out that DC Comics were getting into bed with Amazon Kindle Fire,

You could wait till the time next year to buy the print version of the XIII Mystery volume, Steve Rowland, by Guérineau and Nury published by Dargaud. Or

These kind of opportunities don't come along too often. So it's worth making a feature of it. Simon Shaw of Legacy Comics in Halifax writes; Legacy Comics

Tomorrow, Rian Hughes is lecturing for the Typographic Circle at JWT London in Knightsbridge tomorrow. Leading designer in the comic book field (including

"You can't jazz tap your way to Number Ten" Somewhere between Alan Partridge and Yes Minister comes The Real George Osbourne, a new internet sitcom about

ThanksWatch: Give thanks to Bill Mantlo. "Mail is required by law to be delivered immediately to residents. For someone like Bill, who may not have a lot

You can see the thinking, sat at the Image Comics booth at a variety of comic conventions across North America... all that travelling, all that fuss, all

Not here obviously. No spoilers for Fantastic Four #600 here. But I understand that Marvel is looking to get a little publicity for this comic when it

Kate Kotler writes for Bleeding Cool; I feel almost guilty slagging off (in any way) on the book Geek Girls Unite, How Fangirls, Bookworms, Indie Chicks

They may be ridding themselves of some of the lower selling titles at Marvel in an attempt to raise profitability. But don't think that means Marvel will

I've said it before, pre-relaunch, I was not a fan of Tony Daniel's Batman. I'm not a Batmanologist of any sorts, but a love a good dark knight story as