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We have DC Comics' full solicitations for April 2021. Because they are nobody's fool. Now with added Batman. GREEN LANTERN #1 written by GEOFFREY THORNE

Thank FOC It's Friday -  Planned to coincide and cover the demands of Final Order Cut Off at Diamond Comic Distributors. And now Lunar Distribution as

I always like to apologise to Rich Johnson for having a name far too similar to my own. Former VP Book Trade Sales for DC Comics at a time when DC was

Alison Brown, who was the retail and front of house manager at London's Cartoon Museum since 2006 has died, after catching the coronavirus.

DC Comics is to launch yet another ongoing Batman series, in their attempt to make every DC Comics title a Batman comic. And this is the most Batmannest

For comic book publishers like, Marvel, trying to get comics out of the door and on time - or not as late as they will otherwise be - there are a number

After the insane success of The Amazing Spider-Man #55 cover by Patrick Gleason - which has led to a second printing that far outstripped orders for the

DC Comics has started to let folk know about their April 2021 solicitations, showing how Tim Fox will become the Next Batman with the first series

Welcome to the Daily LITG. The world can seem like a terrible and strange place sometimes, but there are highlights. At Bleeding Cool you can still read

Hellboy creator Mike Mignola, Hellboy novelist Christopher Golden, and artist Peter Bergting are creating three new Outerverse  titles as part of the

Plenty of comics getting second, third and even fifth printings, Phantom Starkiller from Scout Comics, Ha Ha from Image, Gwenom Vs Carnage and Amazing

Erin Fury of collectables manufacturer Sideshow had a sad tale to tell about the due-to-be-released Spider-Man and Mary Jane Maquette, based on the work

It looked like DC Comics may have been dropping their All-Ages Hanna Barbara line entirely - but it seems that DC has the answer. Adding Batman. On

Late last year, Skybound Entertainment and Image Comics brought back the biggest comic book series of the century in an all-new full colour edition, aptly

I remember when people used to joke about Darkhawk being revived. But now it's happening. In a trademark-preserving 30th anniversary special, Marvel

The 2020 Dwayne McDuffie Award for Diversity in Comics has announced finalists for its sixth annual prize, with the winner to be announced during Black

Okay, this is one of those things that looks like it costs a lot of money… and really does. A copy of the first appearance of Spider-Man, in Amazing

The Metropolis Gallery has announced a virtual exhibition of original artwork by artist and writer Sean Gordon Murphy, best known for his Murphyverse line

Keanu Reeves BRZRKR #1 Is Boom Studios Biggest Ordered Comic Ever - and FOC orders are not yet in. How high will it go in two weeks?

Maria Llovet is on quite the rise. Perhaps nothing signifies that better than a 37% jump in orders at FOC this week on her newest creator-owned series

Scotland has banned click-and-collect serviced for anything other than essential services, but might there be a loophole for comic book shops First

  Welcome to the Daily LITG. The world can seem like a terrible and strange place sometimes, but there are highlights. At Bleeding Cool you can still

Terrahawks was a 1983 British science fiction television series created by Gerry Anderson and Christopher Burr, following the likes of Supercar, Fireball

This is the third time that Julie Strain has been reported as having passed, but sadly this seems to be the final time, as Heavy Metal Magazine reports

A copy of the first appearance of Spider-Man, in Amazing Fantasy #15, signed by the character's creators Steve Ditko and Stan Lee.

Bleeding Cool recently ran a story looking at the possibility that Marvel Comics may have already cancelled their character The Punisher. That this was a

In last week's Future State: Wonder Woman, we met up with Yara Flor, the new Wonder Girl and future Wonder Woman, as she traipsed through the Brazilian

Shinobi Shaw, Sebastian's Shaw son, first appeared in X-Factor #67 in the nineties, created by Chris Claremont and Whilce Portacio. But right from the

The Demon is a character created by Jack Kirby, Etrigan, often allied with the forces of good, because of Jason Blood, a human to whom Etrigan is bound.

There are no actual issues of The King In Black published today. Not even an issue of Venom, from which this event spawned from. But there are plenty of