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Brian Bendis Batman in The Daily LITG, 30th of October, 2025

DC Comics' cancellation of Brian Bendis was the most-read story on Bleeding Cool yesterday, yet again.

DC Comics' cancellation of Brian Bendis was the most-read story on Bleeding Cool yesterday, yet 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 run around 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.

DC Comics cancelling Brian Bendis and the top ten stories from yesterday

1. DC Comics Cancels Brian Bendis Batman Deluxe Hardcover For February
2. Archie & Antarctic Try To Publish K-Pop Demon Hunters In January 2026
3. DC Studios: Gunn & Safran Eyed by Ellison Post Paramount/WBD Merger
4. Spider-Man Enters the Venom War with New Marvel Legends Figure 
5. The State Of Cosmic Marvel (And Mar-Vell) With Imperial #4 (Spoilers)
6. New Looks For Hawkeye And Deadpool In X-Men Age Of Revelation Spoilers
7. Runaways #5 Reveals Doom's Fate In One World Under Doom (Spoilers)
8. N64-Inspired Soulslike Game Mouseward Announced
9. Stranger Things 5 Teaser Announces Official Trailer Drop This Thursday
10. New Punisher Series Revealed By Marvel At Lucca Comics & Games

And some other stories I wrote yesterday:

• More Sebastian O From Grant Morrison And Steve Yeowell
• Absolute Batman #14 Two Weeks Late, Ultimate Spider-Man #24 By A Month
• TS Luther & Sam Gudilin's The Digger in Invader January 2026 Solicits
• Something Beyond The Petrichor In Red 5 January 2026 Full Solicits
• The Ghosts And Horrible Histories Team Tease Two New Projects At MCM
• Cancellation of Brian Bendis in The Daily LITG, 29th of October, 2025

LITG one year ago, Ben Reilly and Peter Parker in today's Amazing Spider-Man #60

1. Ben Reilly's Eternal Future in Amazing Spider-Man #60 & Chasm #3
2. New Powers For Mister Fantastic, Tomorrow (Fantastic Four Spoilers)
3. Jonathan Hickman Announces Arrivals & Shift Graphic Novels From 3W/3M
4. Zeb Wells Leaves Joe Kelly A Nasty Surprise In Amazing Spider-Man #60
5. The Problems Between Aunt May, Spider-Man And Peter Parker (Spoilers)
6. Wednesday: Giancarlo Esposito Is Doing "The Dance" & It's Everything 
7. Surprise Absolute Superman #1 Variant Cover by Frank Quitely Next Week
8. Greg Capullo & FCO Plascencia Again- The Daily LITG 29th October, 2024
9. Poison Ivy Says That She Is DC "All In" With The Green (Spoilers)
10. Greg Capullo Posts FCO Plascencia Quit Wolverine, Sparks Comics Debate
11. 90th Anniversary Hammer Films Documentary, Filmed at Blacks in Soho
12. The Wit And Wisdom Of DC Comics Titles Tomorrow (Spoilers)

LITG two years ago, The Hunters get Kickstartered

The Hunters from Jimmy Palmiotti, Chad Hardin and Amanda Conner topped the charts.

1. A Censored Preview For a Harley Quinn Reunion on The Hunters
2. Three Jokers Are Back In Continuity Thanks To Gotham War (Spoilers)
3. Ultimate Universe #1 Preview: Because Who Doesn't Love a Good Reboot? 
4. 52 Cosplay Shots On A Wet Day At MCM London Comic Con 2023
5. AEW Rips Off WWE With Miro CJ Perry Ryan Nemeth Love Triangle
6. ow Gotham City Will Be Changed After The Gotham War (Spoilers)
7. Avengers #7 Preview: When the World Stops Making Sense
8. Separated At Birth: 100 Bullets And Black Sight
9. How DC Comics Got In The Way Of Bodies On Netflix
10. Barry Manilow, NBC Ready to Take a Chance Again on Christmas Special
11. The Cast/Creators Of Ghosts Will "Probably" Be Working Together Again
12. Almost 300 Artists Alley Booths at MCM Comic Con London October 2023
13. Digital Comics Publisher Fable Will Publish Creators In Webtoon Format
14. Jessica Martin On Doctor Who, Graphic Novels And Mother Goose, At MCM
15. Last Day Of MCM London Comic Con in The Daily LITG, 29th October 2023

LITG three years ago, Titans & The Witcher Season 4

1. Titans Season 4 Eps. 1 & 2 Images: Lex Luthor, Mother Mayhem & More
2. The Witcher Season 4: Henry Cavill Out; Liam Hemsworth In As Geralt
3. Dynamite Sell Over 100,000 Copies Of Disney's Gargoyles #1 So Far
4. Star Wars KOTOR Bastila Shan Embraces the Force with Hasbro
5. How People Reacted To A Black Green Lantern, In 1971
6. Hasbro Debuts Dungeons & Dragons Transforming D20 Dicelings
7. Phoenix Files #1 Launches in Zenescope January 2023 Solicits
8. Doctor Who/Disney+ Report: "The Mouse" Renting Room on The TARDIS?
9. X-Men Red #8 Preview: Abigail Brand Must Die
10. Cobra Kai's Samantha LaRusso is the Pink Ranger Thanks to Hasbro
11. A Close-Up Look At The Fourteenth Doctor Who Costume At MCM London
12. Dream's Voice Sounds Like Writing In Stone – Sandman Stars At MCM
13. His Dark Materials Season 3: Andrew Scott Return Revealed at MCM
14. AWA 2023 Comics from Garth Ennis, Jacen Burrows, Daniel Kraus & More
15. Dynamite Sell Over 100,000 Copies Of Disney's Gargoyles #1 So Far
16. THE ISSUE: Family Story Paper, Norman Munro and Trade Waiting in 1886
17. Rafer Roberts & Mike Norton Creates The Rock Gods Of Jackson Tennessee
18. Hour of Need: The Daring Escape of the Danish Jews During World War II
19. 8 Pages From Disney's Gargoyles in the Daily LITG, 29th October 2022

LITG four years ago, Andrade's Elephant

1. AEW Dynamite: Andrade Finally Addresses the Elephant in the Room
2. Superman: Son Of Kal-El – Has Everyone Forgotten How Stories Work?
3. When DC Asked Readers If They Wanted To Read Comics About Black People
4. Star Wars: The Bad Batch Omega and Echo Figures Revealed by Hasbro
5. Bob Layton Spends Three Weeks Recreating All Of Iron Man's Armour
6. Dexter: New Blood Episode 1 Preview: A "Cold Snap" Changes Everything
7. Bosch Spinoff Series Signals Season 1 Filming Wrap with Last Ep Look
8. Scarlet Witch Breaks Reality with New WandaVision Iron Studios Statue
9. The Venture Bros.: Jackson Publick Offers "Long-Form Special" Update
10. A Sneak Peek At Maps Of The Marvel Universe From Asgard To Wakanda
11. Orbital Comics In London Finally Closes Shop
12. Image and Skybound to Publish Lego Ninjago Comics
13. Speculation Corner: Marvel Comics' Earth X To Get Eternals Bump?
14. Alyssa Wong, Michael YG to Debut Marvel's New Iron Fist in February
15. The Promise Collection 1947: True Crime, True Love, Synthetic Gems
16. Top 400 Comics & Graphic Novels Ordered From Diamond In September 2021
17. Jean-Marc Lofficier's Hexagon Comics USA 2022 Graphic Novel Schedule
18. Bosch Sequel First Look in The Daily LITG, 29th October 2021

LITG five years ago, Dave Bautista, Pokémon GO and The Last Ronin

1. Dave Bautista Shoots on Whether Presidential Assassination is Funny
2. How To Evolve Galarian Yamask To Runerigus In Pokémon GO
3. TMNT: The Last Ronin #1 The Remaining Turtle Revealed (Spoilers)
4. The West Wing Reunion Offered to Non-HBO Max Subscribers for Free
5. The Wheel of Time Series Posts Audio Preview- But Are You Ready?
6. Niantic Apologizes For Turning Off Shiny Shadows In Pokémon GO
7. Iconic Star Wars BTS Photo Becomes Ornament To Make You Cry
8. The Mandalorian Razor Crest Hasbro HasLabs Hits 13,000 Backers
9. Red Hood and Nightwing McFarlane Toys 2-Pack Finally Arrives
10. Shadow Mewtwo In Pokémon GO: To Purify Or Not To Purify?
11. Which Political Campaigns Did Image/Skybound Employees Donate To?
12. Nilah Magruder Sells Middle-Grade Graphic Novel Reel Love at Auction
13. Maddie Gallegos' Graphic Novel Match Point, From First Second in 2023
14. Does One Archie Sellout Signal Another? Madam Satan & South Serpents
15. Some Doctor Who Magazines and 2000AD Finally Arrive in the USA
16. Justin Jordan and Tradd Moore's Luther Strode Getting A Movie?
17. Scholastic Graphix Expands to Draw Younger Readers
18. Local Comic Shop Day 2020 – Image Comics Has Four
19. Vault Comics Announces Full Returnability Right Now, As "Vault Bound"
20. Paul Grist's Variant Cover For The Union #1 For FOC

LITG six years ago, the gossip was DC changing editors

Who knew that would only last a matter of months?

1. Galactus is DCeased in Marvel Zombies: Resurrection #1 [Preview]
2. Gossip: All Change at DC Comics – New Group Editors For Batman, Superman and DCU?
3. DC Launches Two-Month Comics Gap in 2020 – A Kind of Convergence II
4. "Sons of Anarchy": Kurt Sutter – "Mayans" Disney Joke; "SoA" Prequel
5. The Effects of Marauders and Moira On Upcoming Dawn Of X
6. "Doctor Who": BBC's "Dalek" Clip Helpful Reminder Show Isn't Cancelled
7. Marvel Legends Build A Figures Announced by Hasbro
8. David Benioff and D.B. Weiss Have Stepped Away From Star Wars
9. "Supernatural": Jared Padalecki Arrested on Assault, Public Intox [Review]
10. Tony Isabella Calls Batman Toxic, Says Character Ruins DC Comics
11. Spider-Man Marvel Legends Wave 11 Set of 6 Revealed
12. "Game of Thrones": HBO Not Going Forward with Prequel Pilot
13. Heavy Metal CEO Jeff Krelitz Out, Senior Editor Hannah Means-Shannon Quits
14. "Supernatural" Season 15: Jared Padalecki Arrest Shouldn't Impact Filming
15. Gary Frank Has Finished the 47 Page Final Issue of Doomsday Clock #12 – All On Track For December 18th

LITG seven years ago, Chris Claremont talked Batman Damned

While we got the news about The Golden Child

1. Chris Claremont Puts Batman Damned #1 In Perspective
2. Frank Miller and Rafael Grampa Working Together on Dark Knight: The Golden Child
3. Batman Damned Now Sells For $2500 on eBay
4. The Walking Dead Season 9, Episode 5 'What Comes After': A Last Stand
5. I've Just Seen The First Thirty-Eight Minutes of Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse (SPOILERS)

Comic Book birthdays today.

There might be partially slightly more of a party atmosphere right now. It all depends on which state you are living in. But comics folk are still getting older and still celebrating that special date with twelve years for us as well.

• P. Craig Russell, artist on Elric, Sandman and many Neil Gaiman adaptations.
• Copperhead, Dracula and Lost Boys artist Scott Godlewski
• Comics podcaster Alastair Pulling
• Comics writer, editor and crossworder T Campbell
• Dead Last artist Shaun Speight

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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