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Absolute Joker In The Daily LITG, 8th of November, 2025

The Absolute Joker covers were the most-read story on Bleeding Cool yesterday, again. Lying In The Gutters is the daily runaround.

The Absolute Joker covers were the most-read story on Bleeding Cool yesterday, again. 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 over sixteen 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 Joker and the top ten stories from yesterday

1. CoverWatch: All The Absolute Batman #15 Absolute Joker Covers
2. Ultimate Origin Boxes Come To Wolverine: Weapons Of Armageddon
3. Hasbro Reissues the Marvel 85th Anniversary Marvel Legends Wolverine
4. Mattel Saves the Honmoon with New KPop Demon Hunters 3-Pack
5. Captain America Marvel Legends 20th Anniversary Reissue Revealed 
6. Southern Bastards Beat Absolute Batman In The Top Ten Hottest Comics
7. Avengers: Secret Wars Out Today! The Daily LITG, 7th of November, 2025
8. A Look At Next Week's Batman #162 by Jim Lee And Jeph Loeb, Honestly
9. It Looks Like We Have Finished Artwork From Batman #163 By Jim Lee
10. PrintWatch: Batman, Youngblood, Skinbreaker & Alien Vs Captain America

And some other stories I wrote yesterday:

• The Story Of America's First Graphic Novelist, Matt Baker
• Cobra Kai Meets Duel in Rashad Doucet's Karate Road Graphic Novel
• E. Hanby Auctions The Rights To F1 Boys-Love Graphic Novels, Downforce

In the LITG one year ago, How I Met Your Karate Kid

1. Cobra Kai Star Zabka on HIMYM Possibly Sparking "Karate Kid" Revival
2. Ghosts: BBC Creators on What Characters Have Been Up To Since Finale 
3. Nosferatu: 4 New High-Quality Images Have Been Released 
4. Soap Opera Superheroics of the New JSA #1 From DC Comics (Spoilers) 
5. 30,000 Copies Of Spirou Graphic Novel Pulled From Shelves Over Racism
6. Marvel Comics February 2025 Solicits: The First Half 
7. C.B. Cebulski Announced Young Avengers For 2025 At Osaka Comic Con
8. Printwatch: Absolute Superman, Batman & Robin, Transformers Printings 
9. Elsbeth Season 2 Ep. 4 "Elsbeth's Eleven" Sneak Peeks Released & More
10. Comic Book Folk React To… Donald Trump's Presidential Victory 
11. Marvel Comics Get Marvel Rivals Variant Covers In January
12. Dean Haspiel's Chest Face And Lights Out, Both Crowdfunding Now
13. Groupies #2 by Helen Mullane & Tula Lotay, Ahead of Thought Bubble
14. Look Ahead as TVA #1 Teams Up Spider-Gwen, Captain Carter & Gambit
15. Late: Batman '89: Echoes #5 And #6 Get Later
16. How Mary Jane Looks at Peter Parker- The Daily LITG 7th November 2024

LITG two years ago, Strutting the AT-AT Walk

1. Return to Hoth with Columbia's New Star Wars Winter Collection
2. The Nightmare Before Christmas Gets a 3,700 Piece Doll Set from Disney
3. Marvel's X-Men Solicitations For February 2024
4. The Future Of Milestone At DC Comics? (Spoilers)
5. The Typo That Will Have Hurt Everyone On Batman #139
6. Everything Seems To Tie Into Batman #139 Whether It Means To Or Not
7. Rejoice! Mountain Dew Game Fuel is Hitting Shelves Once Again 
8. Danny Earls- From Thought Bubble To Marvel's Hulk In One Year
9. IDW Publishing Not Closing Offices In San Diego For Good?
10. SAG-AFTRA/AMPTP: Still No Agreement on AI, Other "Essential Items"
11. Comics JobWatch- DC, Image, Viz, Penguin, Abrams, Rocksteady & More
12. Dstlry's Gone & Somna Ashcans With Devil's Cut at Thought Bubble
13. Dawn Runner From Ram V, Evan Cagle, Dave Stewart & Aditya Bidikar
14. The Helsinki Comics Festival Comes To London At The End Of November
15. Live From a Hoth Tauntaunwalk in The Daily LITG, 7th of November 2023
16. Rusalka Whispers of the Forest by Kamila Krol, Thought Bubble Debut

LITG three years ago, House of the Dragon Star Emma D'Arcy Named GQ Men of the Year 2022

1. House of the Dragon Star Emma D'Arcy Named to GQ Men of the Year 2022
2. Kevin O'Neill, The Man The Comics Code Tried To Ban, Has Died At 69
3. What Is Huntress' Status In The New Golden Age? (Spoilers)
4. What Is The Future Of The JSA In DC's New Golden Age? (Spoilers)
5. Who Are The Lost Children Of DC's New Golden Age? (Spoilers)
6. Rick And Morty's Beth Gets Her Own Comic in Oni November 2022 Solicits
7. Who Is The Legionnaire In DC's Golden Age?
8. What Is The New Coin Pokemon Appearing Today In Pokemon GO?
9. Who Is The Golden Age Red Lantern In The Justice Society Of America?
10. Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths #6 Preview: Beast Boy Must Die
11. Did Grant Morrison Subtweet Elon Musk On Substack?
12. John Dunning & Ricardo Cabral Dark Horse Debut Wiper at Thought Bubble
13. The First Doom Patrol in My Greatest Adventure #80, Up for Auction
14. Boom Studios Makes "Cover A" Comics Returnable – But Not The Rest
15. James Tynion IV Moves Onion Club From Substack To Third Eye
16. Splat by Joe Stone & Matthew Dooley to Debut At Thought Bubble
17. Modred The Mystic Debuts In Marvel Chillers, On Auction Today
18. Ahmed Raafat Displays His Diary Of The Astronudes at Thought Bubble
19. David Taylor's Decades, 5 Years in the Making, Debut at Thought Bubble
20. Kry Garcia To Hit Thought Bubble With Meteors This Weekend
21. New Coin Pokemon Tops The Daily LITG, 7th of November 2022

LITG four years ago, JLQ First Look

1. Your First Look At JLQ – Justice League Queer – From DC Comics
2. Seattle To Destroy Stolen Comics And Funko POPS Unless Claimed
3. After 30 Years, DC Comics Tease They're Killing Off Superman Again
4. 'Ineffable' Trademarked In Neil Gaiman & Sir Terry Pratchett's Names
5. The Flash Season 8 "Armageddon" E02 Overview: Black Lightning Strikes
6. Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Content Creators React To Game Ending
7. AEW Rampage: Finally Someone Tells the Truth About CM Punk
8. Stranger Things 4 Teaser: Hawkins' Reach Extends Far Beyond Indiana
9. Locke & Key: Some Thoughts on Season 2 & A Concern About Season 3
10. Eternals Wins Weekend Box Office, But Nobody Is Excited About It
11. Batman #116 Tops Bleeding Cool Bestseller List
12. Valiant Editor Audrey Meeker Sells Her Own Graphic Novel, Swing
13. Ghibli Meets Yoruban Folklore in Anamnesis Graphic Novel by JCJB
14. Thank FOC Diamond's Websites Are Back – 7th November 2021
15. The Adventures of Zooni, Early Graphic Novels By Vikram Madan For 2023
16. Stranger Things In The Daily LITG, 7th of November 2021

LITG five years ago, Arrow, WW84, Pokémon GO, and Philadelphia

1. Arrow Star Stephen Amell: The CWverse Change "F**king Pi**ed Me Off"
2. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: The Gang Celebrates Flipadelphia
3. Is Psyduck Guaranteed Shiny In The New Pokémon GO Timed Research?
4. Wonder Woman 1984 Delayed Again? DC Cancels Tie-In Covers For December
5. Superman & Lois Writer Calls Out Arrowverse Series After Being Let Go
6. American Horror Story Shocker: Ryan Murphy Reveals Real "Cult" Finale
7. Fear TWD Season 6 Breaks Early; 2-Hour World Beyond Season Finale
8. Pokémon GO Is Testing Changes To XP For Certain Trainers
9. Cody Says Young Bucks Made Mistake in AEW Tag Team Title Stipulation
10. Arrow: Stephen Amell's Flash/Supergirl Tweet More Than Meets the Eye?
11. Celebrate Joe Biden, Kamala Harris On Savage Dragon #253 New Printing
12. Okay, Which Joe Biden Staffer Chose The Ghostbusters 2 Music?
13. Comic Creators React to Joe Biden, Kamala Harris Winning The Election
14. Crossover #1 Review: A Comic Book About Comic Books
15. How Come All The Police Have Guns In Hellblazer: Rise And Fall?
16. CNN's Jake Tapper Really Loves DC Comics, Doesn't He?
17. Bubble, The Comedy Sci-Fi Podcast Drama Becoming a Graphic Novel
18. How London's Orbital Comics Is Selling Robert Crumb In Lockdown
19. Mickey Mouse Gets His Zombie Coffee Published in English in 2021
20. Ablaze Picks Up Comic Book License For Grumpy Cat

LITG six years ago, I was off to Thought Bubble

And DC was messing with Wonder Woman comic book issue numbers.

1. DC Comics Cancels Wonder Woman #84
2. "The Boys" Season 2: Karl Urban Signals Filming Wrap; "Mid 2020" Debut
3. McDonalds is Bring Back Some Classic Retro Toys Today!
4. Jonathan Hickman Doesn't Believe in a Major Part of the Comic Book Industry
5. Why is Tom King Researching Watchmen?
6. DC Comics Cancels Aquaman Omnibus, Super Friends and Steve Englehart Hardcover Orders
7. That Mark Zaid Hydra Quote That's Suddenly In The News
8. "The Wheel of Time" Welcomes Michael McElhatton as Tam Al'Thor
9. Blackstars #2 Will Feature The Cruelest Portrayal of Superman Grant Morrison Has Ever Done
10. "Terminator: Dark Fate" Plot Holes Mess Up The Whole Franchise

LITG seven years ago, no one was dying in Justice League

And there were more Cobblepots about.

1. The Least Convincing Major DC Comics Death in Justice League #11 (Spoilers)
2. So Who Was Penny Cobblepot Then? (Batman #58 Spoilers)
3. X-Men #10 Red Ends on an Absolute Belter (Major Spoilers)
4. How Dead Are The Animals in Today's Marvel Comics? (Spoilers)
5. What's Next For Grant Morrison and Liam Sharp's The Green Lantern?

Comic book industry birthdays

There may not be much of a party atmosphere right now. All depends on which state you are living in. But comics folk are still getting older and still celebrating that special date.

• Daredevil, Captain America, Battlestar Galactica and Creepy writer Roger McKenzie.
• Marilee Woch, editor at Majestic Comics.
• Nameless, Officer Downe and Nixon's Pals, co-creator and Batman artist, Chris Burnham.
• Comic store employee at New DImension Comics, Dan Greenwald.
• Steven Scott, writer for Vamperotica, Normandy Gold and Batman.
• Tom Feister, artist on Ex-Machina, G.I. Joe, Iron Man, Avengers, Green Lantern and Witchblade

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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