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A few months ago, we told you to start snapping up copies of Black Knight #1 from Atlas Comics. Now, this is no easy task, as it is a tough book to get. But when we told you that, Eternals has yet to be postponed by Marvel Studios. That means you still have time before […]
With Ta Nehisi-Coates joining JJ Abrams on creating a new Superman movie for Warner Bros, The Hollywood Reporter was able to confirm that the project would feature a Black Superman. Now, this is not new for the comic books. Through a variety of Elseworlds, parallel dimensions and sidekicks, there have been black Supermen before. Most […]
The Week in Comics returns for another week, looking at the top stories in comics from a beleaguered industry. Plus: recaps of all last week's X-Men comics. But don't get too attached… we could decide to discontinue this column at any moment. The Week in Comics News I'm Byrne-ing I'm Byrne-ing I'm Byrne-ing for You […]
Venom collectors: how many of you actually knew this was a thing? I run a comic shop, and I have only ever seen one of these in 9 years on the job, and it certainly was not a CGC 9.8. Today, up for auction over at Heritage is a 9.8 copy of Lethal Protector #1, […]
This is the Top Ten Bleeding Cool Bestseller List, as compiled by a number of comic stores from their sales on Wednesday and Thursday. It measures what is known as the "Wednesday Warriors", those who can't wait till the weekend to get this week's comics. Though thanks to DC, Tuesday Titans too. If any other […]
Since we mentioned the price of those West Coast Avengers back issues by John Byrne yesterday, the prices have jumped again. And how. And yes, it's all thanks to a certain WandaVision, We reported that West Coast Avengers #45 CGC 9.8 had just sold for $780 for featuring the first White Vision – reconstructed without […]
Back in January, Bleeding Cool had questions about Simon Saint, the new Batman possible-villain behind the Magistrate in DC Future State. The listing for the first of the DC Infinite Frontier hardcover collections, Batman: The Cowardly Lot, has hit Amazon, with a listing that revealed "Mayor Nakano has a meeting with shadowy billionaire Simon Saint, who has come to […]
This week sees the launch of Peach Momoko's Demon Days: X-Men, her first superheroic comic book, and first comic book published by the Big Two. It will not be the last. Momoko is a Japanese illustrator who began exhibiting at US comic conventions back in 2014 and saw American publication with a couple of stories […]
We like to keep an eye on Jean-Marc Lofficier's Hexagon Comics USA line, European comics mostly written by Jean-Marc Lofficier, translated into English and distributed solely through his website, Amazon page or at conventions. Selling enough copies to make it more than worthwhile, as well as making certain comics available to a wider English speaking audience. Retailers can purchase […]
Welcome to the Daily LITG. The world can seem like a terrible and strange place sometimes, but there are highlights. At Bleeding Cool you can still read all about comics, merch, TV shows, games, movies and more. Whether that's Joss Whedon, Roland Moore or Pikachu or more, the Daily Lying In The Gutters remains a long-running […]
Jair Messias Bolsonaro is the 38th president of Brazil. Elected in 2018 as a member of the conservative Social Liberal Party before cutting ties with them, he has been in office since the 1st of January 2019. He just posted the following announcement; Today at 23:50 straight from India We will launch Amazon-1, the first […]
In Future State #1: Superman: House of El #1, hundreds of years from now, Superman's bloodline will continue the legacies of Krypton and stand to protect the earth from an outpost on the moon. Their worst nightmare has amassed some of the most deadly forces in the universe to topple them and complete galactic domination […]
With remarkable succinctness and the mixture of levity and action that has made the Mouse House of Ideas so much money on the silver screen, Marvel Voices: Legacy #1 is an anthology of short stories by Black creators and focused largely on Black characters is a true treasure that achieves at a very high level […]
The galaxy is in tatters as the United Planets has fallen, and the Legion is no more, thanks to Element Lad leading the people of his homeworld Trom to attack the rest of the galaxy. There's a very clever bit that connects the work here, showing that things might not be what everyone anticipates, but […]
The effect of grief on people can drive them to extremes, as perhaps best seen in the current cultural sensation WandaVision. When in the grips of that, seemingly rational people can become extraordinary in ways both dazzling and abominable. By The Horns #1 is an inviting fantasy sword, and sorcery takes on that mantle of grieving […]
One of the great excuses in the limits of hiring, buying from, or even finding Black comics work is the old chestnut of not being able to find them. There have been a number of efforts to stymie that idea, from documentaries to Twitter accounts to various and sundry blog posts. This year, a concerted effort to […]
Dark Horse Books and Nickelodeon announced a new line of books for the smallest fans of Avatar, the Last Airbender in the upcoming book line Avatar: The Last Airbender—Chibi, launching September 2021. Avatar: The Last Airbender—Chibi launches with Aang's Unfreezing Day. When Aang was frozen in an iceberg for a hundred years, he managed to forget his birthday! Luckily his […]
There are plenty of pulped comic books over the years, for one reason or another. An anti-Semitic slur here, a rude word there, the wrong UPC box here, a reference to "Marvel douches" there, it's become a rare but expected part of the comic book industry, with people collecting copies that make it out, sometimes […]
Heritage Auctions have been upping their original comic book artwork lots of late – and this week there's a lot from Curt Swan's time on Superman at DC Comics in Heritage Auction 2021 February 21-22 Sunday & Monday Comics, Animation, Video Games & Art Weekly Online Auction #122108. And there are some real bargains to […]
It's not the first time this has happened. Marvel Comics agreed with Alan Moore to republish his Marvelman comics as Miracleman, without crediting him. Instead, the book is credited to The Original Writer. While DC Comics agreed to remove his name from adaptations of V for Vendetta and Watchmen, crediting them to being based on […]
