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This is how Marvel Comics is goosing its upcoming launch numbers with added discounts if retailers order high on new launches compared to previous orders.

Marvel are continuing their policy of selective limited overships of certain comic books. Their previous overshipping policy been dropped a couple of

It's probably a comic book that a number of publishers couldn't publish these days. It was a comic that DC Comics balked at when they had started

Yesterday we showed you a first look at Boom Studios’ Angel #1, the next issue of their Kirkman-dropped series. And while we know some things in this

Bleeding Cool has been foremost in announcing delays to Doomsday Clock over the past few months, usually about half an hour before Newsarama suddenly

David Avallone has a Writer's Commentary for Elvira: Mistress Of The Dark #5, on sale now from Dynamite. The usual warning: SO MANY SPOILERS. Go read the

It was one of the more remarkable stories of the March 2019 Marketshare statistics, that The Incredible Hulk #181 Facsimile Edition, an exact reprint of

As well as those Facsimile Editions getting new printings, Marvel has also announced a second printing of Savage Avengers #1. SAVAGE AVENGERS #1 (W) Gerry

You wait for a comic book event on the south coast of Britain and two come along at once, and less than an hour and a half on the slow train between them.

Welcome to the mostly-daily Lying In The Gutters. You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. The day before Free Comic Book Day - wher will you be?

Forget the trials and tribulations of avoiding Avengers: Endgame or Game Of Thrones spoilers, the real difficulty people will face is avoiding Pokémon:

Bookstore wholesaler/distributor Baker & Taylor of Charlotte, North Carolina, has announced they will be closing down their retail wholesale

Anyanka or Anya is a character played by Emma Caulfield in TV series Buffy The Vampire Slayer, a vengeance demon turned human again. Born in the 9th

Bleeding Cool gave you the big reasons why The Walking Dead #191 by Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard and friends was such a monumental issue of the series.

Things to do in London in May 2019… if you like comics, of course. Exhibitions followed by events… let us know if we missed any. May brings both Free

Yesterday saw the release of War Of The Realms #3, another twenty-page $4.99 comic book from Marvel that will be laying the price points of the future, no

Personal digital assistant manufacturers Blackberry have been trying to trademark the word 'Jarvis' for their cybersecurity software for cars. They are

The first issue of Punchline is the Free Comic Book Day title being published by Antarctic Press and available, free in comic books stores all over the

A Writer’s Commentary: Christopher Hastings on Six Million Dollar Man #3, on sale now from Dynamite. Hello, dear reader! My name is Christopher Hastings,

Welcome to the mostly-daily Lying In The Gutters. You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. Oh and it's Liam Sharp's birthday - amongst many other

Today saw the release of the 25 cent DC's Year Of The Villain comic. It was also made available on the DC App and ComiXology App for free. Well, now DC

Brian Bendis has been writing a new Young Justice series, that has brought back Bart, better known as Impulse and the Conner Kent version of Superboy,

Well, this is a first in recent memory. Every week for the last few months, Bleeding Cool has updated you with just how late Doomsday Clock #10. We did it

Retailer exclusive covers are certainly in the news today. Well, DC Comics ran a special 'back cover' exclusive for the DC's Villain Of The Year #1 25

In today's DC's Year Of The Villain, before his transformation into “Apex Lex”, Luthor talks to Brainiac about his big plan. Making offers to villains to

Earlier this year, DC Comics made a bunch of executives redundant, including most notably Senior Art Director Mark Chiarello, VP Sales John Cunningham, VP

Here are si lettered pages from the upcoming Black Label project, Batman: Last Knight On Earth by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo. And four unlettered

I'm not sure if someone got the publishing schedule a little skew whiff. Because today's Savage Avengers #1 sees the death of a famous singger, at the

Amd so it begins. Are we all ready for San Diego Comic-Con? Diamond Comic Distributors is offering nineteen limited Previews exclusives for this year’s

Ethan Van Sciver is commissioning himself to draw 'retailer exclusive' Cyberfrog variant covers to Dynamite Entertainment titles beginning with Vampirella.