Doomsday Clock

Scott Snyder has been talking about Death Metal, Doomsday Clock, 5G - and what he is planning to follow it all.

Legendary comic book creator Jim Lee is the sole publisher of DC Comics, in Burbank, California. But like everyone else, he is stuck at home right now. And with some comic book retailers screaming blue murder over DC Comics' plan to continue with digital comic distribution this Wednesday, and potentially using regional print distribution channels, […]

Oh had you forgotten all about 5G? Well, maybe in the light of the coronavirus pandemic, DC Comics has as well. But plenty of plans were already in place and have been moving forward. Including it seems, today's Legion Of Super-Heroes #5 by Brian Bendis and Ryan Sook. Now, those keen readers of Bleeding Cool's […]

On the 13th of June, 2019, Bleeding Cool made the first mention of something DC Comics was planning called 5G. We had no idea what it was. All we knew was that it was 'something that is, or has, been planned at DC Comics at the upper creative and editorial echelons.' It took until October […]

Today sees the final issue of Flash Forward #6 by Scott Lobdell and Brett Booth. Following on from Heroes In Crisis, it was intended to return Wally West back to the DC Universe in some form, after killing a bunch of heroes accidentally but then covering it up and pinning the blame on Harley Quinn […]

Tomorrow, DC Comics will announce the sequel to Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo's Metal. Bleeding Cool has been reporting that it is called Death Metal, but they could have changed it. It will also serve as a capstone to Snyder's Justice League, which ended on a cliffhanger before the new team took over the book. We understood that it was […]

Bleeding Cool has been reporting on Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo's Metal 2, the sequel to Dark Nights: Metal for a while. We understood that it was planned before Greg Capullo drew Reborn at Image Comics – and if Capullo hadn't returned to the project, Snyder would have written it as a Justice League storyline rather than as a stand-alone event series. But he did. We also knew it was called Death […]

I wonder if Geoff Johns looks at the DC Comics' Free Comic Book Day edition, Generation Zero solicitations and wonders what Pandora's box he opened with the unauthorised sequel to Watchmen, Doomsday Clock. Here's the solicitation for the comic by Scott Lobdell and Brett Booth that follows their Flash Forward series. In order to save […]

I am not a lawyer, I do not play one on the internet. But every now and then, you pick up a few things along the way. A mention of copyright here, of tortious interference there, and definitely about libel, slander and defamation. But mostly about trademarks. Yesterday, DC Comics announced that their DC Timeline […]

This is a panel from towards the end of today's Justice League #39 by Scott Snyder and Jorge Jimenez. With the Spectre and the Phantom Stranger narrating the nature of the character's reality. 'Events that unfolded outside your purview, some disconnected from your reality altogether but deeply felt and impactful.' It's one of a number […]

DC Comics Publisher Dan DiDio is coming to London, with a few other DC executives, for the premiere of Birds Of Prey (And The Fantabulous Emancipation Of One Harley Quinn) on the 29th January at the British Film Institute on London's South Bank. No I don't have an invite. But have people been prepared? I […]

Here's the big list, the top 500 most-ordered comics and graphic novels through Diamond Comic Distributors in North American comic book stores in October 2019. We already did a little examination with the Top 10 and marketshare and Top 100 but this doubles down. We will also, in half an hour, be running a chart that combines […]

DC Comics will be soliciting the second volume in hardcover of the unauthorised sequel to Watchmen, Doomsday Clock, by Geoff Johns and Gary Frank. And with it, comic book stores (only) will bet getting a free exclusive slipcase to fit both volumes one and two. Sorry comic book stores and Amazon, this is just for […]

In November, Marvel saw their marketshare down with a 37.41% dollar share and a 42.68% unit share but still ahead of DC Comics as they dropped down to a 30.72% dollar share though up a bit to a 32.41%% unit share, In December, Marvel had a slight uptick in dollar share with 37.89% and a […]

Does this tweet from artist Jason Fabok… big #batman #Threejokers news coming soon… stay tuned. pic.twitter.com/q6HrCAqPbD — Jason Fabok (@JasonFabok) January 13, 2020 …indicate that Three Jokers #1 by Geoff Johns and Jason Fabok will be solicited by DC Comics for April? Looks like we should add it to the Frankensteined titles. Here's some art […]

So who wants some more half-truths and misinformation? As a result of yesterday's address to retailers by DC publisher Dan DiDio, much of which can be found in this series of articles, Doomsday Clock no longer being in DC Universe continued seemed settled – though, if someone wants at DC Comics wants to give it […]

When it was announced, Doomsday Clock, the unauthorised sequel to Watchmen by Geoff Johns and Gary Frank, was also a crossover with the DC Universe. Specifically the very-near-ahead DC Universe, the plan was that as the story reached its conclusion, that the events of Doomsday Clock would marry up with the DC Comics Universe then […]

DC Comics is sending Batman #86 and Doomsday Clock #12 back to the printers Batman #86 Second Printing will reprint the debut chapter of "Their Dark Designs," by new series writer James Tynion IV with art and cover by Tony S. Daniel. This issue is scheduled to arrive in stores on January 29 with a […]

Over 2017 and 2018, Bleeding Cool ran a number of articles looking at the relationship of Doomsday Clock to the rest of the DC Universe – and even The Three Jokers too. We saw what once was clearly intended to be the tightest of structured continuity, fall apart as a result of delays, personnel changes […]

Gossip gossip gossip gossip gossip gossip gossip gossip gossip gossip gossip gossip gossip gossip gossip gossip gossip gossip gossip gossip gossip gossip gossip gossip gossip gossip gossip gossip gossip gossip gossip gossip gossip gossip gossip gossip gossip gossip gossip gossip gossip… The run-up to the holidays seems to have been quite a time for 5G […]