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The BBC's "Tolkien In Love" is available now for FREE, and follows J. R. R. Tolkien's meeting Edith Mary Bratt in 1908 at Oxford.

There is a naming structure to many Dalek stories in Doctor Who. Blank Of The Daleks. Including: The Power of the Daleks The Evil of the Daleks Day of the

In the UK we have just finished watching the Doctor Who Series Eleven Finale, The Battle Of Ranskoor Av Kolos. And watched the trailer for the New Year's

You know the way it goes. Bleeding Cool gets a story through frankly excellent sources, run the story, and everyone says it's fake news. Age Of Ultron

We've just seen the finale of Doctor Who Series 12 over in the UK. Which was followed by a trailer for Resolution, the Doctor Who New Year's Day Special.

At the beginning of the year, Bleeding Cool reported on US discount store Ollie's Outlets getting $2.5 million worth of Marvel and DC graphic novels and

This is the Top 10 Bleeding Cool Bestseller List, as compiled by a number of comic stores from their sales on Wednesday and Thursday. It measures what are

Marvel Comics will be encouraging retailers to arrange launch events for Guardians Of The Galaxy #1, getting a new series by Donny Cates and Geoff Shaw on

Doctor Who star John Barrowman is undergoing plenty of media attention right now, thanks to Britain's biggest reality TV show, I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out

Marvel Comics had never quite had the trade paperback sales enjoyed by DC Comics. Hell, in the year 2000, they did everything they could to actively push

Ed Hime, who previously only had two episodes of E4's Skins to his TV name a decade, but a long history of radio and theatre work, wrote last week's

Welcome to the mostly-daily Lying In The Gutters. You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. Five most-read stories yesterday: DC Comics Change

A few weeks ago, Bleeding Cool published a list of Marvel Comics titles which would be honouring the co-creator of the Marvel Universe, Stan Lee, with a

The new Tom Taylor-written comics series Friendly Neighbourhood Spider-Man was announced with up-and-coming artist Juann Cabal from All-New Wolverine and

Grumble is the new comic book from Eric Powell's publisher Albatross Funnybooks. Out this week, from Rafer Roberts, Mike Norton and Marissa Louise, Eric

As Boom Studios knows with Buffy The Vampire Slayer, sometimes schedules slip. Apologies for the delay on this one. Welcome to Thank FOC It’s Friday

White Noise is the London comic book writers studio, with work currently being published by DC Comics, Vault, Image, Titan, Lion Forge and more. Right

It seemed the perfect union. But it was unfortunately not to be. Bleeding Cool understands that the relationship between Titan Comics and Games Workshop

This is the final weekend for the Comic Book Lettering gallery at Orbital Comics in London. Tonight, a number of the contributors to the gallery will be

Welcome to the mostly-daily Lying In The Gutters. You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. Five most-read stories yesterday: No Doctor Who Series

This was the solicited cover Patrick Gleason to Young Justice #1 from DC Comics. And the black-and-white variant. It was pointed out that while the team

Matthew Snyder writes, Welcome to the Comixology Bestseller list, your guide to see how well your favorite titles are selling digitally. Every week I'll

Every month, Marvel offers retailers the chance to commission exclusive covers for certain titles — as long as they order thousands of copies. It’s an

Tim Seeley's Writer's Commentary on Hack/Slash Vs Chaos #1, out now from Dynamite. Page 1: This is me returning to Hack/Slash form by making fun of

Unlike the Age Of X-Man secret blind bagged covers, Fantastic Four's Mystery Variant Covers, you'll actually be able to see on the shelf. Though, again,

Marvel Comics has sent thirteen comic books back to the printers for second prints after they have sold out from the publisher and distributor - though

Ken Hoffman, employee of one of America's largest comic book chains, Graham Crackers Comics - contributor to the weekly Bleeding Cool Bestseller List,

At San Diego Comic-Con, when asked about the appearance of the Daleks in the current series of Doctor Who, showrunner Chris Chibnall said that 'We’ve got

Marvel Comics is publishing a run of variant covers for the Age Of X-Man comic books that will be packaged in white polybags to keep the contents secret.

That's a turnaround for Marvel Comics. While claiming the leading comics marketshare in the North American direct market of late, their lead over DC