Rich Johnston Archives

The following was posted exclusively to comic creator Colleen Doran's Patreon followers. It is reprinted on Bleeding Cool with permission.

It was a given that the Walmart exclusive 100-page comics from DC would be picked up and flipped on eBay by retailers and collectors alike.

Yesterday's Astonishing X-Men #13 by Matthew Rosenberg and Greg Land kicked off a new arc of the series. And as Havok deals with trademark issues

We've been looking at the ways that DC Comics' adoption of the Walmart exclusive 100 Page Giants are changing the company. We noted how the non-glossy

Bleeding Cool pointed out that Star Wars #50, published today by Marvel Comics, follows a familiar theme in today's comic books of betrayal.

Bleeding Cool told you that Heroes in Crisis would focus on three heroes. Three murder suspects. Well, today DC Nation #2 tells you the same.

Hey, Fandom! This week was a fun one, the craziest romp being Donny Cates's Cosmic Ghost Rider #1 (his Death of the Inhumans killed as well).

DC Comics publisher Dan DiDio has been talking about the Walmart-exclusive 100-page anthology comics that have caused such fuss over their stories.

Brian Michael Bendis is making a few more changes to Superman's status quo.

Today sees the publication of The Walking Dead #181 by Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, Stefano Gaudland, and Cliff Rathburn.

    If you want to be spoiled on the big reveal in Cosmic Ghost Rider #1 this Wednesday, which will set up what the series is actually about,

Donny Cates is Marvel's new wunderkind, and today sees the launch of two of his Marvel books, Death of the Inhumans #1 and Cosmic Ghost Rider #1.

Justice League and The Flash seem to be going step in step. Well, writers Scott Snyder and Josh Williamson do seem to get on.

DC Comics did not use recap pages -- basically because Marvel did them.

The current trademark for X-Men is owned by Marvel Characters, as you might expect. But in the Marvel Universe itself, Marvel seems to have lost the rights.

Today sees Deathstroke #33 by Priest, Ed Benes, Richard Friend, and Dinei Ribeiro -- part of Deathstroke vs. Batman, with this on the cover.

Superboy, Jonathan Samuel Kent, is meant to be 10 years old in the Superman Rebirth comic books.

Today, on Independence Day, Big Finish has announced a British Invasion by publishing their first Star Trek-licensed work.

Today sees three comic books reach their 50th issues of their current volume. And in a bizarre coincidence, they all have the same twist.

When Bleeding Cool first teased the contents of Batman #50, we mentioned the preponderance of references to comic book creator names.

Part of the publicity for Brian Michael Bendis taking over the Superman books was that Superman would finally be wearing his red trunks again.

Eight hours ago the Batman #50 midnight releases began in the UK and have just now kicked off in California.

Much has been made of the big spoilers that the New York Times. But in our original report, we noted that there was something that they missed.

If comic stores advertised Batman #50, the Batwedding issue, as being sold in their store, they could get every penny back.

Diamond Comic Distributors' Best Practice Awards are upon us, to be voted on and revealed at San Diego Comic-Con. Here are the summer 2018 BPA Nominees.

Marvel Comics legend Stan Lee's woes over the last year are hopefully coming toward some kind of conclusion, but there are bumps in the road.

Back in April, we noted that Steve McNiven was developing what appeared to be a Barry Windsor-Smith style.

Boom! Studios will be launching a new series in October: Sparrowhawk #1, a new five-issue limited series by Delilah S. Dawson and Matias Basla.

In tomorrow's DC Nation #2 free magazine from DC Comics, Publisher Dan DiDio writes an editorial to coincide with the publication of Batman #50.

A couple of weeks ago, Bleeding Cool told you that as a result of their investment into the 100-page Walmart anthology titles and the print stock needed