Greetings from the coal face of the direct comics market. Where retailers try to increase their orders of certain comics ahead of sale. Where supply and
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Yesterday, Bleeding Cool reported on the cancellation of the Detective Comics Before Batman slipcased Omnibus hardcover set reprinting the first 26 issues
The five-weekly comic book series Man Without Fear, running in January from Marvel between the two Daredevil ongoing series, was solicited to be drawn in
Comic book retailers have been tols by MArvel Comics that Chip Zdarsky has dropped off the credits for the upcoming Star Wars Age Of Republic Special as a
The all-ages Marvel comic line Marvel Super-Hero Adventures that's actually published by Marvel Comics is going through a few changes. Captain Marvel:
Sadly I can't make it to the event tonight. Childcare issues. But I did cycle past Gosh Comics on Berwick Street in London last night on my way home and
Welcome to the daily Lying In The Gutters. You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. Five most read stories yesterday DC Comics Cancels Detective
We mentioned last month that Star Wars: Shadow Of Vader had not been solicited in Marvel's solicitations for January. Chuck Wendig had already been fired
Well, Marvel Comics must be happy with Uncanny X-Men #1. The $7.99 comic book that has just sold out and gone to a second printing, with a 67 page story
Marvel Comics titles on sale from the 19th of December through to the 9th of January will be paying tribute to the life and career of Stan Lee. Each will
Well, Jude Terror said it would happen. And it has. Writer Chip Zdarsky (Peter Parker: Spectacular Spider-Man, Marvel’s 2-In-One) and Marco Checchetto
Marvel Comics are sending eight comic books to second printings. The first printings of many only came out this week. So that's Avengers #10 or #700
William Hogarth was an 18th-century painter, cartoonist, printer and engraver, best known for his satirical 'modern moral subjects' series, of which he
Once upon a time, there was The Age Of Apocalypse. The comic book event, not the movie. Very different. It saw Legion going back in time to kill Magneto
Check out these upcoming DC Comics covers for October and November 2018 shipping titles. As ever, you may have seen some of them – but you won’t have seen
Some big books that were solicited from DC Comics that are no longer going to be published in 2019 as planned. The Omnibus slipcase collecting the first
Coming from AfterShock in February - Oberon, a new comic book series by Ryan Parrott and Milos Slavkovic. Featuing he famous king of the fairies. OBERON
Welcome to the daily Lying In The Gutters. You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. Five most read stories yesterday Does Brian Bendis Throw Shade
2019 brings the Age Of X-Man event to Marvel Comics. A new event of indeterminate origin. Along with six new X-Men comic books for February. The Marvelous
I've just got back from seeing Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald at a London screening introduced by Eddie Redmayne, Zoë Kravitz, Katherine
Today, Red Hood embeds himself in a small town community that are secretly trying to kill him. When they aren't feeding him apple pie. Well what could be
I know a lot of people didn't like the Valerian: City Of A Thousand Planets movie but at least people know where Valeria's name was picked from (aside
Today sees the publication of Avengers #10/#700 and Wonder Woman #58, the first of G Willow Wilson and Cary Nord's run on the comic. We mentioned how the
Two comics out today, Venom #8 and Captain America #4. The first changing the rules of the Venom game. The second, delving into the impact of Secret
In Fantastic Four #2, we had a splash page gathering together purporting to be every member of the Fantastic Four who had ever been a part of the team.
In The Avengers, Thor has been getting to grips with the Hulk, Jennifer Walters. Although in today's Avengers #10 by Jason Aaron, David Marquez and
It seems strangely poignant picking up today's comic books from Orbital Comics in London (I'm hanging around, seeing Fantastic Beasts tonight). On Monday,
Over in Infinity Wars #5, Loki has discovered the source of the Infinity Gems Stones, mined by Dark Celestials in the Quarry Of The Gods and spread
In today's Mister Miracle #12, the final issue, which really didn't go where I had been expecting the last eighteen months, we do get a nod to how much of
Matt Smith, Naomi Campbell, M.I.A. and Kristin Scott Thomas 'star' in the new Burberry TV ad for Christmas. And it's a bloody weird one, even