The final days of X-Men Vs Orchis are approaching and Orchis are panicking all over the place, with X-Men #33 and X-Men Unlimited #133. But first with The 3-D Man working as an Avengers expert for Orchis in today's Avengers #12. And Sebastian Shaw and son, Shinobi, working both for and against Orchis in X-Men […]
This week's Avengers #12 by Jed MacKay and Francesco Mortarino is a tie-in with Fall Of X. It is notable that Jed MacKay will be writing the new X-Men monthly title in July. This is how his first X-Men comic has been teased, drawn by Ryan Stegman. Seemingly with a new X-Men base. Well, in […]
For 2024, Marvel Comics has returned to the Giant-Size one-shot format for a number of titles, in the manner of the seventies. Reprinting a classic story and adding a new one. Starting with Cody Ziglar and Iban Coello's Giant-Size Spider-Man #1 and then Giant-Size Fantastic Four #1 back in January. At the time, they said […]
Recently, Bryan Hitch launched new work for Ghost Machine, the creator-owned-and-shared imprint at Image Comics with his series Redcoat written by Geoff Johns, as well as Ultimate Universe with Jonathan Hickman at Marvel and The Last Days Of Lex Luthor with Mark Waid at DC Comics. But, with Ghost Machine Day approaching on the 1st […]
The love that dares not speak its name, when Beast meets Beast. The Hank McCoy from long ago, member of the Avengers and pal of Wonder Man, and the Beast from today, fascist genocidal murdering mad scientist of Krakoa, who ended up even too much for the mutants he believed he was protecting. And it's […]
Marvel Comics has released its June 2024 solicits and solicitations, with the new Ultimates #1, the return of Venomverse Reborn, a Scarlet Witch relaunch, the big X-Men #35/Uncanny X-Men #700 however you want to count it, Blood Hunts for Wolverine, Jubilee and Magik, X-Men: Heir Of Apocalypse, and the Uncle Scrooge and the Infinity Dime […]
As first posted by Bleeding Cool, Thanos is returning this Summer from Marvel Comics, with a new Infinity Watch series launching in June by Derek Landy, Salvador Larroca and Sara Pichelli in Thanos Annual #1 and then running through Marvel's Summer annuals. The most coveted artifacts in the known universe have resurfaced, and this time […]
PrintWatch: Ultimate Spider-Man #2 gets a third printing with a Peach Momoko cover for the 17th of April. Ultimate X-Men #1 will also get a third printing with a Sanford Greene cover and a 1:25 Peach Momoko variant for the 24th of April. We have the Peach version for both. PrintWatch: And with the […]
PrintWatch: New second printing for Ultimate X-Men #1, Avengers Twilight #1, ThunderCats #1, The Last Mermaid #1 and Crave #2 and 3, from Marvel, Dynamite and Image Comics. Take a peek what's on the way. PrintWatch: Ultimate X-Men #1 has sold through two printings, even though only the first one arrived last week, and […]
Marvel's first look at Blood Hunt #1 by Jed MacKay and Pepe Larraz revealed what's going on in Marvel's upcoming summer event to retailers at a virtual Blood Hunt Retailer Conference. Writer and event architect Jed MacKay and Marvel Comics SVP & Executive Editor Tom Brevoort laid out the full scope of the saga, hyped […]
As well as offering access to digital versions of Marvel Comics' back catalogue, Marvel Unlimited also published original comic books in the Webtoon vertical scrolling format, which Marvel calls Infinity Comics, as well as recutting previous comics to fit the format. Now, to promote those comics, they are making over a hundred of them free […]
The most recent Avengers #11 by Jed MacKay and C.F. Villa sees Jarvis the Butler helping the local AI The City with the dietary requirements and preferences of a number of Avengers, giving new insight into their lifestyle patterns. So the Scarlet Witch prefers utica greens, a traditional dish from Utica, in upstate New York, […]
PrintWatch: We have multiple printings for Justice League vs. Godzilla vs. Kong #1-#4, Ultimate Black Panther, Spectacular Spider-Men, Mad Magazine, Avengers Twilight, Weapon X and Wolverine as well as some previously unreleased covers. PrintWatch: Justice League vs. Godzilla vs. Kong is seeing the first four issues heading back to press, for their final printings in […]
This week sees Marvel publish X-Men #32 and Ms Marvel: Mutant Menace #1 in print, and X-Men Unlimited #129 digitally. But there are also moments relevant to the whole Krakoa/Orchis fight in Thanos #4 and Avengers #11. Spoilers ahead of course. While all manner of other aspects of modern life get dragged into the allegory. […]
Jed MacKay and Pepe Larraz are creating a new vampire faction for the Marvel Universe as part of the upcoming Blood Hunt event. The Bloodcoven are a mysterious and deadly vampire faction consisting of Megrim, Cruel, Unusual, the Damascene, Smoke Eater, and their leader, Bloodstorm One, a clone of Dracula created by Hydra. The group's […]
Former 30th Century comic store owner Will Morgan made quite the find the other day which sent me down a rabbit hole. He posted to Facebook, "In addition to comics, I sometimes flog vintage mags on my eBay page, and was surprised to discover this item about Jack Kirby's daughter in the women's mag Petticoat […]
Amazing Spider-Man #44 concluding the Gang War tops the Bleeding Cool Weekly Bestseller List this week, as it usually does when there isn't a Batman main book that week. Avengers Twilight continues to outperform and Duke keeps Image's Energon Universe front and centre. Just the one DC book in the top ten and it's the […]
As was underlined by a tease in Women Of Marvel 2024 #1 published today, some people don't seem to like prominent women in Marvel comic book titles. Hence why we get a new supervillain, The Mitigator, from Gail Simone, Lydia Rasero and Triona Farrell, who basically does that to the Marvel Universe. Giving us the […]
PrintWatch: Marvel Comics has sent Avengers Twilight #3 and Edge Of Spider-Verse #1 back to second prints. Avengers: Twilight #3 gets an Alex Ross cover which we have below, and Edge Of Spider-Verse #1 gets a Chad Hardin cover and a 1:25 second printing variant by Mahmud Asrar as well (which we don't yet), all […]
Now that is a first. Ultimate Spider-Man #2 outsold Batman #144 in comic book stores this week, in the Bleeding Cool Weekly Bestseller List. I don't think an issue of Spider-Man has outsold the regular Batman monthly title in the week of sale since I have been doing these charts. And to do it by […]
