There are comic book series almost every comic fan knows, there are comic book characters that most everyone knows, there are specific comic books most every comic reader knows, and then there are the more obscure issues that slip through the cracks. What makes obscure comics so interesting and vital is discovering those books that […]
Ahead of this week's reveal of Marvel Comics' solicitations for September 2020, Marvel has let folk know that the upcoming Amazing Spider-Man #850 by Nick Spencer and Ryan Cody will see the return of Norman Osborn to the series. as the Green Goblin. That's the legacy number of course, the actual number of this volume […]
Ultimate Fallout #4, the first appearance of Miles Morales as Spider-Man has been a hot book for a while. He has a continuing series, is part of the Champions series and regularly appears in other Marvel comic book titles. he has a film in Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse and now has a new Sony game […]
The current nature of the direct comic book market is kind of in flux right now, for lots of reasons. The nature of ordering comic books, though, is always a beast, particularly when ordering from many of the big publishers. Marvel, Dynamite, and the rest like DC, Image, IDW, and Boom (to a lesser degree), […]
So who is Kindred? Still up in the air. The horror show creature haunting Peter Parker and his life, getting involved with him, making plans, spying and hating him, in the Amazing Spider-Man series by Nick Spencer, Ryan Ottley and friends. But who is he, she or it? Money says it's something or someone to […]
The last Spider-Man comic from Marvel before the shutdown, Amazing Spider-Man #42 by Nick Spencer and Ryan Ottley, was a rather wonderful one. A 'very special issue of The Amazing Spider-Man', it looked at the character of Gog, one of Spider-Man's rogue galleries and a character poorly served by those who exploited him, from the […]
So with no new comics in shops for a bit, those who are experiencing a need to buy comics can go pick up Walmart's new Variant sets. Walmart started putting out Marvel 3 Packs in stores a few years ago, and then last year started doing "variant covers" for certain Marvel books. Some of these […]
Every week your Local Comic Book shop gets in the weekly assortment of comics, trades, posters, action figures, and other goodies from Diamond. Now some of these goodies sell our fast from your LCBS, so Tuesday and Wednesday LCBS retailers get on the phone (more often the computer) and let Diamond know they need more. […]
Spider-Verse concludes this week at Marvel Comics, by Jed MacKay and Ze Carlos, and we've got a preview of the finale, Spider-Verse #6! The Spider-People are doing their best to find Annie May Parker… …and it looks like they've finally found her! A flashback shows us how Miles learned her location, but it shows an […]
Every week your Local Comic Book shop gets in the weekly assortment of comics, trades, posters, action figures, and other goodies from Diamond. Now some of these goodies sell our fast from your LCBS, so Tuesday and Wednesday LCBS retailers get on the phone (more often the computer) and let Diamond know they need more. […]
There are a couple of changes to upcoming Marvel Comics. And this one seems to be a first. Amazing Spider-Man #44 will be drawn by Kim Jacinto, and not the previously solicited Guillermo Sanna. And why is that? Well, Amazing Spider-Man: Sins Rising Prelude will be drawn by Guillermo Sanna, and not the previously solicited […]
The Spider-Man mini-series by JJ Abrams, Henry Abrams and Sara Pichelli has been a little on the late side. But here is the latest news on the fate of the final two issues, Spider-Man #4 and Spider-Man #5. Spider-Man #4, initially solicited for December 11th , then delayed over two months to February 19th, is […]
There's quite the divide in media today, the old dinosaurs of radio, TV and print, versus the up and coming buzzwords of online news. Today's Amazing Spider-Man drops J Jonah Jameson right in the middle of this, but in doing so, writer Nick Spencer sees it as one continuum and uses the comic to teach […]
Amazing Spider-Man has been recently dabbling in the field of future prediction, and Bleeding Cool has made comment on how it seems to be doing a very similar story with similar cast members as Doctor Doom, in that regard at least. In today's issue, however, it makes a comparison with that plot and from a […]
Continuity gives Miles Morales a headache. Literally. Especially when fighting one of his major villains, who he can no longer remember their shared history, as his Ultimate Universe was merged with the Marvel Universe, along with his family and friends and reviving his dead mother, courtesy of Molecule Man in return for a hamburger. Yes, […]
Mark Millar popped by John Siuntres' Word Balloon podcast before Christmas to talk about his work for Netflix, what led up to it and the state of comic books today, and over the past few decades. Siuntres also asked him about the news of Brian Bendis, Ivan Reis and Joe Prado getting rid of Superman's […]
Every month the comic book companies send out folded promotional posters to the comic book retailer / Diamond accounts. Each week different posters show up for the comic book stores to put up and promote upcoming titles. Most customers are familiar with the stores putting up new posters to show off upcoming titles, but which […]
Absolute Carnage ended with victory-ish, Carnage killed at the hands of a certain Dylan Brock. It was quite a thing. Or was it? It did meant that something dreadful and dangerous in Knull was still coming to Earth. Just as something dreadful and dangerous is coming to Earth in Thor. And something dreadful, and dangerous […]
Next week begins Venom Island storyline by Donny Cates and Mark Bagley, in Venom #21. This was the original tease. It was a reference to a classic cover – and storyline – by David Michelinie and Erik Larsen, from Amazing Spider-Man #347. In that story, Venom kidnapped Spider-Man and took him to an abandoned mine […]
Next Thursday sees the release of Incoming #1 from Marvel Comics, the connective tissue of a comic book intended to reflect the current realities of Marvel superheroes and look to where they are heading. And it all starts with a dead body. After a quick flick through, here's a look at what you might expect […]
