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Absolute Compact Comics in The Daily LITG, for the 6th of May 2026

The argument over Absolute Compact Comics was the most-read story on Bleeding Cool yesterday. Lying In The Gutters is the daily runaround.

The argument over Absolute Compact Comics was the most-read story on Bleeding Cool yesterday. Lying In The Gutters is the daily runaround for the most-read stories the day before, as well as over the past seven years. Founded seventeen years ago and steeped in a history of comic book industry gossip for a further eighteen years before that, Bleeding Cool has become one of the longest-standing and most well-known pop culture websites around. The Daily Lying In The Gutters remains a long-running runaround the day before and possibly the day ahead. In summary, you can sign up to receive Lying In The Gutters as an email here. And maybe you just have.

Absolute Compact Comics and the ten most popular stories on Bleeding Cool yesterday

1. Will DC Publish Absolute Batman In The Compact Comics Format Sooner?
2. Remember Ahsoka Season 2? It Doesn't Seem Disney/Lucasfilm Did
3. Marvel Comics' Queen In Black August 2026 Solicits With Dylan Brock…
4. Top Ten Hottest Comics This Week: Dungeon Crawler Carl & Lost Fantasy
5. The Amazing Spider-Man #28 "Bill & Ted" Bit From 2 Years Ago, Tomorrow
6. The New Banksy Statue in Central London… What Does It Mean?
7. NCIS Season 23 Ep. 19: "Deal with the Devil" Preview: Justice Denied?
8. Spoilers: Batman #9 & Poison Ivy #44 Set Up Bad Seeds & Barbara Gordon
9. Will Trent S04E18: "Be of Service" Preview; Rosenthal on Season Finale
10. Deniz Camp Discovers The Danger Of Posting Your Holiday Destination

And a few other stories I wrote yesterday…

• Punisher Writer Benjamin Percy Signs Up For Two More Years With Marvel
• Adam Warren Does His Juri Service For Street Fighter Masters In August
• Brightburn's David Yarovesky & Adam Pollina On "It Demands Sacrifice"
• Doctor Who: Adversary Of The Daleks and Dawn Of The Daleks From Titan
• Marvel Cancels 616 Day Orders in The Daily LITG 5th of May 2026

LITG one year ago, JK Rowling Defends Paapa Essiedu

1. Harry Potter: J.K. Rowling Reacts to Calls for Paapa Essiedu's Firing
2. Ironheart Arrives on June 24th! (Someone Remind Marvel Studios?)
3. Nine Free Comic Book Day 2025 Titles Being Made Available Digitally
4. Two Warhammer 40,000 Video Games Take Part In New Crossover
5. Doctor Who S02 "Lucky Day": A Deep Dive Into The Trap RTD Set for Us
6. Laura Kinney: Wolverine #6 Preview: Daddy Issues, Wolverine Style
7. Weapon X-Men Are No Longer Bigger Than Jesus Thanks To Marvel Comics
8. DC Comics' Jenette Kahn Sells Her Art And Design Collection At Auction
9. Mega Man & Street Fighter Free Comic Book Day Reveals Udon's Future
10. Demona Set Up The Fantastic Four/Gargoyles Crossover For October 2025
11. Paul Chadwick To Talk About Concrete To The Cement People Of Alabama
12. Diamond Told Skyrush To Cease & Desist Over Claiming They'd Won CGA
13. Shakespeare's Vampires To Launch at MCM Comic Con London This Month
14. Sam Bragg's Hooves Of Death Jumps From Webtoon to Print
15. Free Comic Book Day Demona #0 Hits $10 On eBay As Demona #1 Hits FOC
16. Star Wars: Grand Collection in The Daily LITG, 5th of May 2025

LITG two years ago, Drug Dealer Simulator 2

1. Drug Dealer Simulator 2 Will Be Released This June
2. Marvel Now Approving Series For Ten Issues At A Time
3. Behind the Music: Van Halen Episode Was "Brutal to Watch": Bertinelli
4. Pokémon GO Announces All May 2024 Events & Content
5. Free Comic Book Day Wrap-Up: The Best In Years
6. Bluey After Dark? The Episode "The Mouse" Didn't Want You to See
7. How Batman #127 Prepared For A New Robin In Batman #147 (Spoilers)
8. Giant-Size X-Men #1 Preview: New Foe Targets Angel's Wings
9. New The Legend Of Drizzt Trilogy Of Novels Announced
10. Mayans M.C.: Kurt Sutter Addresses SOA Spinoff Series Departure & More
11. Freaking Romance Creator Snailord Talks Comics Success, Film Version
12. Ken Ernst Conjures Up Magic Morro in Dell's Super Comics, at Auction
13. Red Band Blood Hunt Sells More- Bleeding Cool Weekly Bestseller Chart
14. Early Days of E.C. Stoner's Phantasmo, Dell's The Funnies at Auction
15. Heartstopper Official Fan Cards From Alice Osman and Lauren James
16. David Baddiel Writes Graphic Novel, Flying South Drawn by Luke Horsman
17. A New Robin In Batman #147- The Daily LITG For The 5th Of May, 2024

LITG three years ago, Bleeding Cool's "Death Of Mary Jane" Theory & Spider-Man Spoilers

1. Bleeding Cool's "Death Of Mary Jane" Theory & Spider-Man Spoilers
2. All Your Marvel And DC Free Comic Book Day Spoilers In One Place
3. The Flash Finale Overview: Friends Old & New Join Barry's Final Run
4. Star Trek: Picard Showrunner Shares Alice Krige/Borg Queen BTS Video
5. Wednesday: Jenna Ortega Getting Grief for Being Honest Not a Good Look
6. Jonathan Hickman's First Data Graphic From Marvel's Ultimate Invasion
7. Amazing Spider-Man #25 Preview: Mary Jane Pulls a Hank Pym
8. Star Trek: Day Of Blood & And Lower Decks For Free Comic Book Day
9. Superman: Legacy Draft Confirmed; Gunn "On a Mission from God": Zaslav
10. Babylon 5 Fans Should Get Excited Over JMS's Bruce Boxleitner Story
11. 28 More Comic Shops Doing Cool Things On Free Comic Book Day
12. Rob Venditti & Riley Rossmo Create A Pacifist Wesley Dodds: Sandman
13. Jeremy Adams Gets a Different Flash, Jay Garrick, with Diego Olortegui
14. Old Flames in Alan Scott: Green Lantern by Tim Sheridan & Cian Tormey
15. Ize Press Unveils Covers, Dates for BTS Graphic Novel and Other Titles
16. Jamie Hewlett's Phoo Action No Longer From Z2 Comics
17. Jack Skellington's Pumpkin King Origin For Free Comic Book Day
18. Shadowman Darque Legacy Preview For Valiant's Free Comic Book Day
19. David Alvarez Launches New Puerto Rican Comic Kotto Kotorra For FCBD
20. Ultimately Invaded in The Daily LITG, 5th of May, 2023

LITG four years ago, Grant Morrison

1. Grant Morrison On Multiverse Characters Becoming Canon Cannon Fodder
2. Pam & Tommy Actor Lily James' Complaint Against Daily Mail Upheld
3. The Wheel of Time: Amazon Series Wraps Season 2 Filming
4. Booster Gold Story Teased Potential Legends of Tomorrow S08 Storyline
5. Todd McFarlane Final Jim Lee X-Men Cover For Scorched #6
6. Life on Mars Co-Creator: Pilot Script for Sequel Series "Lazarus" Done
7. Putting 3D Glasses Back On To Watch Avatar: The Way Of Water Trailer
8. Probably Not Worth Staying For Doctor Strange 2 Post-Credit Scene
9. Boom's Grim #1 Sells Out And Hits $150 On eBay
10. Animal Kingdom Season 6 Poster: For Pope, It's Family 'Til The End
11. PrintWatch: Justice League, Robin, Deathstroke & Grim Second Prints
12. DC Gives Discount To Stores Who Order More Dark Crisis Than Batman
13. Overstreet's Free Comic Book Day On How Joe James Broke Into Comics
14. Jeff Lemire & Andrea Sorrentino's Bone Orchard For Free Comic Book Day
15. Penguin's Michael Green Wants Graphic Novels For New Publisher Marble
16. Lily James vs The Daily Mail in The Daily LITG 5th May 2022

LITG five years ago, DC Comics, From Crisis to Catalogs

The world keeps turning, and America is beginning to heal from all the burns. Even if a few scabs need pulling off first.

1. DC Comics Crisis Event Next Year To Lead Into Bigger Event In 2023
2. Wal-Mart Allegedly Suspending Trading Card Game Sales
3. DC's Plan For All Your Favourite Batman Characters – Even Tim Drake
4. Castlevania Season 4: Netflix Shares Images From Anime's Final Chapter
5. Giovanni Battle Guide For Pokémon GO Players: May 2021
6. Batman, Superman & Wonder Woman Trinity To Get A Trilogy From DC
7. Disappointed With Line Of Duty Finale? You Weren't Paying Attention
8. Avengers, Fantastic Four Underdressed for Hellfire Gala
9. Rob Liefeld Draws Michonne For The Walking Dead
10. Hasbro's Star Wars Retro Collection Prototype Boba Fett Drops Tomorrow
11. Behold: Carmen Carnero's United States of Captain America #1 Variant
12. Viz Media Releases July 2021 Solicitations
13. This Week's Batman #108 Had Over 200,000 Orders
14. Kirby Manga Mania: Viz Media to Publish First English Edition of Manga
15. Something Is Killing The Children #16 Has Orders Of Over 155,000
16. Boom To Launch 1:250 and 1:200 Foil Covers For BRZRKR #3 and #4
17. DC Comics To Print Monthly Solicitations Catalog, DC Connect, Again
18. Krakoan X-Men Today: Telling Tales Of Storm Before The Hellfire Gala
19. Boba Fett Uses His Dad's ID To Get Served? War Of The Bounty Hunters
20. FCBD Presents: Expanded Stray Dogs On Free Comic Book Day
21. Heroes Reborn #1 – The World Has Changed But No Mephisto, Yet
22. Geoff Thorne – Universe Remaker in The Daily LITG, 5th of May 2021

LITG six years ago – Wonder Woman Cosplay, Michael Grey

Bleeding Cool continued to report from the comics industry shutdown, With more from Wonder Woman's cosplay adventures, Shane Davis fighting for his artwork and the mystery of Michael Grey.

1. When Wonder Woman Gets Mistaken as a Cosplayer
2. Someone Recreated A Zelda Map In Animal Crossing: New Horizons
3. Who On Earth is DC Comics' New Batman Writer Michael Grey?
4. AmazonWatch: Marvel TPBs For Free, From Venom to Secret Invasion
5. Shane Davis of DC Comics on His Fight to Get His Artwork Back
6. Supernatural Stars Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles On Show's Legacy
7. Amazon Glitchwatch: Dark Horse Omnibuses and TPBs For Free, Now
8. The Flash Season 6 Preview: To Stop Godspeed, Barry Must Pay the Piper
9. Image Comics New Schedules for May and June 2020
10. American Horror Story Star Sarah Paulson Posts Coven BTS Snake Pic

LITG seven years ago – Patrick Gleason and the FCBD

Patrick Gleason was probably Marvel's biggest scalps from DC Comics two years ago, usually the kind of thing DC Comics had been doing.

1. Patrick Gleason Debuts New Look of the Marvel Universe, Jumps From DC Comics to Marvel Exclusive
2. So How Much Are Free Comic Book Day 2019 Titles Selling For?
3. Wrestling Legend The Iron Sheik Trashes Star Wars: The Last Jedi for #MayTheFourth
4. 'Avengers: Endgame' Sinks 'Titanic' as No. 2 Film of All Time with $2.1 Billion
5. Netflix Releases 'The Wandering Earth' Without Announcement or Fanfare

Comic book birthdays today

Comics folk are always getting older and still celebrating that special date.

• David Michelinie, co-creator of Venom.

If you are in comics and have a birthday coming up – or you know someone who has – get in touch at richjohnston@gmail.com.

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