It's Black Cat time. Infinite Destinies was a planned Marvel Comics crossover for the last summer that never happened, because of the shutdown. It would have been made up of eight annuals, continuing a story between them, from one spotlighted character to another, and teaming established Marvel characters with more recently created characters. And it […]
No more Frankensteining necessary – here are the full Marvel Comics April 2021 solicitations, as Avengers crosses over with the remnants of The King In Black – yes, it's still going, with two issues out in April. It also spins off a new Mighty Valkyries, plural now. Oh and note while there is no Heroes […]
Since the Wraith: Web Of Venom one-shot, we have known there was a God Of Light, an opposite to Knull, who might be able to take him down. But who could it be? But who could it be? There were many candidates. The Sentry was a top choice, especially with the Knull and Void wordplay. […]
Donny Cates has confirmed on Twitter that, yes, his final ever issue of Venom from Marvel Comics will be #200. He tweeted "Seen a lot of confusion about this so I just wanted to clarify. Yes. Venom #200 will be my last issue writing Venom. Ever. Thank you all for supporting us. This has been […]
After the insane success of The Amazing Spider-Man #55 cover by Patrick Gleason – which has led to a second printing that far outstripped orders for the first printing – he will be doing a similarly-styled cover for the new anthology series Carnage: Red, White, & Blood #1 for March. And now we know the […]
Marvel Comics is sending a few comic books back to second printings, including last week's Amazing Spider-Man #55, The King In Black #1 and #2. But, as Bleeding Cool told you yesterday, we get the official word that Star Wars: The High Republic #1 on sale today from Marvel Comics, with over 200,000 orders for […]
This article is a follow-up on a Valkyrie story that ran on Bleeding Cool yesterday morning. We suggested that the launch of next week's King In Black: Return Of Valkyries #1 of 4, from Jason Aaron, Torunn Gronbekk and Nina Vakue, would see the Marvel 616 debut of a new Valkyrie character modelled on the actor […]
Here are the 101 most-read stories on Bleeding Cool of the year. The numbers don't lie. Our May scoop that DC comic book series Lucifer was cancelled mid-run and would conclude as an original graphic novel is now coming to fruition and will be published in February 2021. The full list runs below; the numbers […]
As promised, Spider-Man is getting a brand new costume, spinning out of the current Last Rites storyline in the comic books , that has seen him go up against the demonic Harry Osborn from hell – Kindred, as well as Norman Osborn, Sin-Eater and now the Kingpin. And as his old black costume causes havoc […]
In King In Black #1, Knull dropped Eddie Brock, Venom, from atop a skyscraper. Venom told the tale of him falling, with the symbiote and how he might survive physically, if not mentally. King In Black #2 sees him land, as this Declan Shalvey cover portrays… This issue does its best to extend itself across […]
Last week saw Marvel Comics publish a big King In Black preview in print – but for those of you locked down, here's a look at some of the art from upcoming issues of The King In Black main event as well as the spin-off issues and where it's all from. KING IN BLACK #2 […]
It's King In Black time… Even today's S.W.O.R.D. #1 launch issue noticed that there are other things going on aside from its own launch and the Krakoa-related diplomatic incidents it seems eager to engender. It knows about the Snarkwar in Guardians of The Galaxy and the Kree/Skrull Empyre – which all benefit from having the […]
A lot of comic book stores got a lot of calls yesterday about Daredevil #25, with the standard cover which just sold for $33, and the 1:25 variant at $135 on eBay. But the big change that happened in Daredevil #25 also happened in The King In Black #1, out on the same day. Might […]
So, yes, The King In Black #1 came out today. Bleeding Cool reviewed it earlier in the week courtesy of a Marvel Unlimited leak, and we took a peek of how it was playing out more widely in the Marvel Universe. But should we have been paying more attention to the cover? It turns out […]
It is King In Black day… the release of Marvel Comics' new big event that has been built up for some time, and spearhead by Donny Cates and Ryan Stegman. And it's one that spans across the Marvel Universe, as mentioned in our review of the first leaked issue. @Doncates Umm… Is King In Black […]
Today sees the publication of The King In Black #1 from Marvel Comics. But what came before@? Well they include a very handy timeline…, PRE-CREATION Knull forges the Necrosword and begins the experiments that would eventually become the symbiote species and its offshoots. (VENOM #1-6, SILVER SURFER: BLACK) 100,000 YEARS AGO Knull dispatches the dragon […]
Next month sees the publication of The King In Black, the new event series by Donny Cates and Ryan Stegman from Marvel Comics that follows up on their work on Venom and the previous event, Absolute Carnage. King In Black #1 is published this Wednesday. But last week, in a blip, Marvel Unlimited published the […]
Marvel Spotlight Vol 2 #9 from 1980 has been booming across eBay since last week. The comic book by Bill Mantlo and Steve Ditko featured the portable superhero identity of Captain Universe and was titled "The Mystery of Mister E!" The Uni-Power attempts to possess former Captain Universe host Ray Coffin again, but causes a […]
No one should be surprised by the appearance of Knull and his symbiote army in today's Web Of Venom: Empyre's End. The comic book was promoted as joining up the plotlines of Empyre and The King In Black, which both saw space armadas heading towards and attacking Earth. It's just that the Skrull and Kree […]
Donny Cates has been talking about the effects that The King In Black will have on Eddie Brock and the Marvel Universe as a whole, at the NYCC/MCM/Metaverse panel. Including leading up to Venom #200 and the big changes this will all be enacting. And he's really honest about that. "The events of King In […]
