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Greetings From Sunny Italy in the Daily LITG, 14th of May 2022

Greetings from Italy and the Lake Como Comic Art Festival, where Bleeding Cool is coming from this weekend! But first, welcome to the Daily LITG. The world can seem like a terrible and strange place sometimes, but at Bleeding Cool, you can still read all about comics, merch, TV shows, games, movies, and more. The Daily Lying In The Gutters remains a long-running run around the day before and the day ahead. You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here.

LITG: The Retirement Game in the ten most-read stories, yesterday

1. D&D Beyond To Retire Two 5th Edition Books This Month
2. Tony Stark's Next Armor Is Bigger Than Usual In Hulk/Thor Banner War
3. Jane Foster Back In Bed With Thor In Avengers #56 Advance Preview
4. Stranger Things 4: Netflix Releases New Poster & Preview Images
5. Wolverine's New Look Grows On You – Krakoan X-Men Spoilers This Week
6. Don't Ask The Undertaker to Sign Your 1991 Trading Cards at MegaCon
7. Batman #125 Preview: An Early Look at Chip Zdarsky's First Issue
8. Kickstopped: 35 Late Crowdfunded Kickstarter Comic Books
9. Legends of Tomorrow: Article Claims CW Wanted Return, Studios Didn't
10. McFarlane Toys Announces Batman and Superman Comic Page Punchers

ICYMI: more you may prefer from yesterday.

In case you fancied more LITG about comics.

1. The End of the Scarlet Avenger in Zip Comics #17, Up for Auction
2. Siegel and Shuster's Radio Squad in More Fun Comics #45, at Auction
3. An Early Look at Silk Hills, Out in June from Oni Press
4. Fortnite X Marvel: Zero War #3 to Offer Wolverine Digital Download
5. An Early Look at Orcs in Space #10 from Oni Press
6. Berger Books Announces Salamandre by I.N.J. Culbard for November
7. Sleeper Symbiote Gets New Host in Venom #11 in August
8. Dark Horse Announces Library Edition of Tales from Harrow County
9. Neil Gaiman Headlines Amazing Fantasy #1000 at Marvel in August
10. Human Target Gets Prequel One-Shot from DC Black Label in August
11. Mr. Justice vs a Zombie Army in MLJ's Jackpot Comics #1, at Auction
12. Trina Robbins, Derek Charm Bring Patsy Walker to Marvel Unlimited
13. Early Marvel Previews For Moon Knight, Spider-Man 2099, Captain Carter
14. Nick Spencer & Kelly Thompson Get Marvel Omnibuses In 2023
15. ABLAZE Announces August Comics and Graphic Novels
16. Skottie Young Explains His Stupid Fresh Mess in Image Comics Anthology
17. Five Publishers Bid on Mille Of The Manor Middle-Grade Graphic Novel
18. The Very First Look Inside Michael Rosen's First Graphic Novel
19. Punisher's First Kill Earlier Than Thought – Gossip/Preview
20. When Billy Tucci Saw New Ways For Diamond To Make Money For Him
21. Rachael Stott's Official BBC Poster For Next Week's Inside Number 9
22. James Tynion IV & Michael Dialynas Return To Wynd: Throne In the Sky
23. Doctor Who: The Regeneration Game in the Daily LITG 13th May 2022

LITG one year ago – Digital First-Among-Equals for DC Comics

1. Target Stores To Halt Sales Of All Trading Cards From May 14th Forward
2. Doctor Who: Time Fracture Removes John Barrowman from Production
3. Why Bad Idea Dropped Another Comic Book Store
4. Big Changes to Doctor Doom in Guardians of the Galaxy & FF (Spoilers)
5. Planet-Sized X-Men Will Change The Marvel Universe In June
6. Ellen DeGeneres Ending Talk Show; Addresses "The Culture Today"
7. eBay Changes Categories, Comics Collectors Despair
8. Target Employee Tells Us About Trading Card Customers From Hell
9. J Scott Campbell Invites All To "Fix" His Covers as eBay Explodes
10. Prodigal Son Preview Promises Series Finale Viewers Never Saw Coming
11. J Scott Campbell "Fixes" His Critics Over Mary Jane Image
12. Wal-Mart Allegedly Suspending Trading Card Game Sales
13. Bunn's Basilisk #1 Joins Boom's 50K Club – Who's Next?
14. Is Attack Peter The New Must-Have From Comics Vault Live?
15. eBay Changes Categories, Comics Collectors Despair
16. J Scott Campbell Invites All To "Fix" His Covers as eBay Explodes
17. Why Bad Idea Dropped Another Comic Book Store
18. Infinite Destinies Annuals Lead Into Infinity Score in August
19. "Superman Smashes The Klan" Is Free This Month On The DC Book Club
20. Venom, BRZRKR and Invincible Top Advance Reorders By Comic Shops
21. W.E.B. Of Spider-Man Rescheduled Yet Again, For June
22. Clownhunter Vs Punchline From DC Comics in August
23. Target No Longer Trading In Cards – The Daily LITG, 13th of May 2021

LITG two years ago – Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy

Bleeding Cool continued to report from the comics industry shutdown, steeped in Poison Ivy, Batsignals, New Warriors and more.

1. Batman Gets a New Ability in The Three Jokers, Out on August 25th
2. Sam Humphries Says DC Won't Let Him Use Poison Ivy in Harley Quinn
3. The Comic Store That Ordered 500 Copies of Marvel's New Warriors #1
4. Looks Like Steam Is Getting A Loyalty Rewards System
5. More Marvel Digital-Only Trades – Nuff Said?
6. BBC Releases Doctor Who, Blake's Seven Set Shots for Zoom Backgrounds
7. Joker is Ready for His Spotlight with Prime 1 Studio and Blitzway
8. Here's How To Get Every Single Issue of The Walking Dead for Just $18
9. The Sandman Audio Adapt: James McAvoy as Morpheus, All-Star Cast
10. Harley Quinn Loves Booster Gold… To Death?
11. When Your Movie is Canned After 4 Years Work, Write a Song About It

LITG three years ago –  the big Batman change that never was

Maybe it's time to ask Tom King about that story again.

1. DC Comics and Warners to Change Batman 'For a Generation or More' – Tom King
2. Netflix Vs Marvel Over What If?
3. Kevin Smith's 17-Year-Delayed Daredevil Comic is Still in the Works…
4. We're Not Sure How We Feel About the 'Game of Thrones' Series Finale Teaser
5. Separated at Birth: Lucca Comics 2019 Poster by Barbara Baldi

Comic book birthdays today

Comics folk are always getting older and still celebrating that special date.

• Nicola Barrucci, owner of Dynamite Entertainment and Dynamic Forces
• Jonathan Christopher Matthewson, comics creator
• David Chelsea, autobiographical comic creator
• Dave Taylor, artist on Batman, Judge Dredd, Force Works
• Gabriel Vetusto of Comics Z2
• Karalyn Johnson, illustrator, sculptor, multimedia artist, guerrilla marketer, technical expert and technical consultant to the art supply industry.
• Josh Baker, comics historian
• Jeffrey Allan Boman, comics journalist
• Eric Jason Ratcliffe, host/presenter of Why I Love Comics

If you are in comics and have a birthday coming up – or you know someone who has – get in touch at richjohnston@bleedingcool.com.

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