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Of late, we have had an uptake in superheroic children of superheroes. At DC Comics of course. Fantastic Four really began this with Franklin, but there

Everything you knew was wrong. Doomsday Clock, DC's unauthorised sequel to Watchmen has been spinning the story of The Supermen Theory, that the US

Wolverine is back. Cyclops is back. Most of the X-Men are in a pocket universe living out the Handmutant's Tale (I'll keep calling it that until it

Today sees the long-awaited publication of Doomsday Clock #9 by Geoff Johns and Gary Frank, the unauthorised sequel to Watchmen published by DC Comics.

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The final pages of a lot of DC Comics titles are going to seem a little odd tomorrow, as they are taken over by Mad Magazine writers and artists telling

Tomorrow sees the publication of Star Wars: Vader: Dark Visions, the comic book that was hurriedly put together after Chuck Wendig was fired from the

At the end of last month's The Green Lantern by Grant Morrison, Liam Sharp, Steve Oliff and Tom Orzechowski, Hal Jordan, dismissed from the Green Lanterns

Young Justice #3 is out tomorrow, by Brian Michael Bendis, Viktor Bogdanovic, Patrick Gleason and a brace of colourists and inkers keeping the comic on

Tomorrow’s Marvel Comics titles comtinue running old Stan’s Soapbox editorial comments from the comics in the sixties, in tribute to the man. (Talking of

At ComcisPRO, Dan DiDio talked about DC Comics reducing the number of collections they publish. But initial signs indicate that the nature of the

With many comic book creators, you'd suspect this to be a joke. But with Tom King, it's usually deadly serious. Turned in the outline for my last 30

Tomorrow sees the publication of Green Arrow #50 from DC Comics. But it's not the comic that was intended - as it is the final issue of the series.

Here's a preview of Batman #66, published this coming Wednesday by DC Comics and drawn by Jorge Fornes, even as he dives deep into David Mazzuchelli, as

Tomorrow begins the Justice League’s journey to the Sixth Dimension, as set up in Lionel Luthor’s History of the Legionnaires Club in recent Justice

The Captain Marvel movie is coming. You may have noticed. You may also notice it contains the shape-shifting Skrulls, appearing on Earth, disguised as

Tomorrow sees the release of Cosmic Ghost Rider Destroys Marvel History #1 which sees the future powered-up Frank Castle, went back to the past to relive

There are some big questions when it comes to Marvel movies and we're here to answer some in spoiler free terms for Captain Marvel.

Back in Domino's first comic series in 2003, it was revealed that that her mother was leading a cult of Catholic ninjas called the Armajesuits, who had

  DC Comics has put together a listing for the first volume of Detective Comics by Peter Tomasi and Doug Mahnke. And it's considered such a step

Caleb Thusat writes, Two years ago, I had a dream. In this dream, my wife and I moved into an old house with a carriage house attached to it. In that

George Paul Gatsis writes, The elevator pitch, if you happen to be on a crazy fast up and down room the gives you motion sickness and makes you wonder WHY

  Mad Cave Studios is an independent comic book publisher based out of Miami, Florida founded by Mark London. They currently publish comic book

What is in the Crisis Box Set we don't know. But we do know it's a thousand pages long. To be published by DC Comics for November 2019, it will include

Dark Horse Comics will have a Hellboy: Seed of Destruction #1 Convention Exclusive, which will debut at Emerald City Comicon in ten days time. Hellboy:

Fleabag was one of the best television series in years. Based on the one-woman play by Phoebe Waller-Bridge I was lucky to see years ago in the Soho

Marvel Comics has set court dates for a number of upcoming trademark battles. Wakanda Tea and Wacoinda have abanoned their trademark registrations, but

DC Comics is to publish the work of their Publisher and Chief Creative Officer as The Art Of Jim Lee hardcover for Christmas this year. And they are

Kieron Gillen does his Writer’s Commentary thing on Peter Cannon: Thunderbolt #2, out last week from Dynamite. Hullo, it’s me again. I’m writing these at

Welcome to the mostly-daily Lying In The Gutters. You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. Top five stories read yesterday: A Rare Magic: The