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Mo Machine Man, Mo Problems in The Daily LITG, 8th of January 2024

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  • Ownership battle for Machine Man breaks out between DC and Marvel.
  • Bleeding Cool provides coverage on comics, TV, games, and more.
  • Daily LITG lists top ten trending comic stories of the past day.
  • Recaps and reflections on comic industry news from past years.

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Mo Machine Man, Mo Problems in The Daily LITG, 8th of January 2024
Mo Machine Man, Mo Problems in The Daily LITG, 8th of January 2024

Machine Man Owned By DC in the ten most popular stories yesterday

  1. DC Comics Have Told Marvel That They Own Machine Man
  2. Star Trek: William Shatner Not Sounding Optimistic About Kirk's Future 
  3. Batman: Ed Brubaker on "Caped Crusader" Being Different From BTAS
  4. Scott Snyder On The First Panel Of Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
  5. DC Reckons They Own Machine Man In The Daily LITG, 7th of January 2024
  6. Ravensburger Announces Two New Disney Villainous Releases For 2024
  7. Adam Copeland Sank to New Lows on AEW Collision Last Night
  8. Wesley Dodds: The Sandman Sees His Future In The JSA (Spoilers)
  9. Sgt Steel Comes To Beast World To Back Up Amanda Waller (Spoilers)
  10. Rise of the Powers of X #1 Preview: X-Tinction Event Looms 

And a few other comic stories you may prefer

LITG one year ago, too fat for Star Trek

Star Trek: Kim Rhodes on Superficial Rejection from UPN's Enterprise
Kim Rhodes in Star Trek: Voyager. Image courtesy of Paramount
  1. Star Trek: Rhodes Told She Was "Wrong Physical Type" for Enterprise
  2. 1923 Episode 4 "War and the Turquoise Tide" Preview Released
  3. Fox News Attacks DC Comics Over Pregnant Joker
  4. Wednesday: Jenna Ortega, Tim Burton Series Gets Season 2 Green Light
  5. Avengers: War Across Time #1 Preview: Hank Pym's Kink Revealed
  6. Kim Rhodes "Too Fat" For Star Trek- The Daily LITG, January 7th, 2023
  7. Dwayne Johnson Appears To Address Failed DC Powerplay: "Guts To Fail"
  8. "Forging The Future One Hero At A Time" Will Be Dawn Of DC's Strapline
  9. How DC Comics' Lazarus Planet Affects The World
  10. Two More Comic Stores Closed, Two More Opened Last Month
  11. Ogden Whitney & Gardner Fox's Skyman in Big Shot Comics, at Auction
  12. Future Comics' Disney Dictator from Saturn, Up for Auction
  13. Lady Luck Gets Her Own Series in a Smash Comics Takeover, at Auction
  14. Gender Queer Continues Making Headlines Across The USA Over Book Bans
  15. Valkyrie's First Appearances in Air Fighters Comics, Up for Auction
  16. Exclusive Superman #1 For Retailers Who Ask Josh Williamson Questions
  17. Jay Hosler's Cushi, A Graphic Novel About Ants, From HarperAlley

LITG two years ago, The Day Of David Tennant's Doctor Who

How David Tennant Returning As Doctor Who Is Set Up By Steven Moffat
The Day Of The Doctor, screencap
  1. How David Tennant Returning As Doctor Who Was Set Up By Steven Moffat
  2. Mjolnir Explains What It Means To Be Worthy – Thor #21 Spoilers
  3. CGC Asks Bad Idea To Stop Selling The Slabbed Invisible Comics
  4. Will Mary Jane Wearing The Black Cat's Costume Be A Regular Thing?
  5. Saturday Night Live: Ingraham's Response As Bad As We Needed It To Be
  6. The Boys S03: Jensen Ackles Wants Everyone (But His Mom) Watching
  7. Anyone Notice Peacemaker's Opening Dance Number Is Space Invaders?
  8. The CIA X-Desk to Wakandan Mutantphobia in X-Men Krakoan Comics Today
  9. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 – The Last Time We'll See This Team
  10. Superman & Lois Season 2: Tyler Hoechlin Talks That [SPOILER] Twist
  11. Ryan Parrott & Evgeny Bornyakov's Dead Day Booms on eBay After TV Deal
  12. Art Spiegelman's Maus Back In Bestseller Charts After Classroom Ban
  13. Preview Of Justin Mason's Artwork for Spider-Punk #1 In April
  14. PrintWatch: Second Prints From Cowboy Bebop To Catwoman
  15. Marvel Objects To POW Entertainment Trademark For 'True Believer'
  16. DC Gives Away Tribal Tattoos For Wonder Woman's Trial of the Amazons
  17. Dan Watters Adapts David Bowie's The Man Who Fell To Earth As A Comic
  18. The God Of Hammers In The Daily LITG 27th January 2022

LITG three years ago, Neil Gaiman and Orlando Jones

Neil Gaiman and Orlando Jones - The Daily LITG 28th January 2021
Orlando Jones – CC 2.0 Ronia Nash, Neil Gaiman – nrkbeta CC 2.0

  1. American Gods: Neil Gaiman On Anansi/S03; Orlando Jones Responds
  2. Lucifer Star Lesley-Ann Brandt Drops Some Serious Season 6 Looks
  3. Who Gets Knullified In Today's King In Black Crossovers? (Spoilers)
  4. Entei Raid Guide for Pokémon GO Players: January 2021
  5. Funko Fair TV Reveals – Bewitched, Frasier, and Happy Days
  6. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Pike, Spock Lead Way to Paramount+
  7. Law & Order: OC – Christopher Meloni Says They're Working On It
  8. The Full Art Trainer Cards Of Pokémon TCG: Sword & Shield
  9. Staged Series 2 Episode 3: Simon Pegg & Nick Frost Torture Tennant!
  10. The Mandalorian: McMahon Believes Series Helped Sasha Banks Improve
  11. Comicsgate Figure Quits Republican Vice Chair After QAnon Gaffe
  12. CoverWatch: 30 Covers For Keanu Reeves' BRZRKR #1
  13. PrintingWatch: We Only Find Them When They're Dead #1 Fifth Print
  14. Comic Writer Trashes Recap Pages; Top Industry Designer Responds
  15. Smear Campaign Has Already Begun For X-Men Election
  16. Strange Attractors Returns In April From It's Alive
  17. Lex Luthor Guide To Being A Colonial Dictator, In Future State
  18. Is BRZRKR Keanu Reeves' Way Of Playing Wolverine?
  19. Where Does The Magistrate Get Its Wonderful Toys In DC Future State?
  20. How Did Bruce Wayne Survive His Death In DC Future State??
  21. The Full Candidate List For X-Men Vote From Tonight (UPDATE)

LITG four years ago – we had a new Doctor

And DC Comics was getting later

  1. Doctor… Who? Five Possible Theories (Spoilers)
  2. The Flash #750 Will Be LATE – As Will a Few Other DC Comics
  3. Ten Thoughts About Doctor Who: Fugitive Of The Judoon (Massive #Spoilers)
  4. Funko Brings To Life More Pop Icons in their Newest Reveal
  5. Dan DiDio Shows Off His Package In Metal Men #4
  6. Marvel Omnibuses For Late 2020/21 – From Absolute Carnage to Donny Cates' Cosmic Universe
  7. The First 25 Hot Comics Of 2020
  8. "The Walking Dead" S10: We Almost Missed Negan in Whisperers Mask
  9. Atari Announces Video Game-Themed Arati Hotel In The Works
  10. Next "Secret Lair" Drop: "Year of the Rat"! – "Magic: The Gathering"

LITG five years ago – Blizzard slashed

And when Marvel Comics were still publishing Punisher.

  1. Blizzard Randomly Slashed Prices on Overwatch Permanently
  2. Next Week's Punisher #7 Exposes the Size of Frank Castle's Penis (Spoilers)
  3. Uncanny X-Men Annual #1 is Marvel's Apology to Cyclops Fans [X-ual Healing 1-23-19]
  4. Scott Bakula Suggests an Awesome 'Quantum Leap', 'NCIS' Crossover
  5. Doctor Who, The Good Place, and Brooklyn Nine-Nine: Fashion Crossover

And the 101 most-read stories of 2020 right here.

Comic book industry birthdays.

There may still not be much of a party atmosphere right now. All depends on which state you are living in. But comics folk are always getting older and still celebrating that special date.

  • Jason Aaron, co-creator of Scalped, writer on The Avengers.
  • Hunt Emerson, creator on Outrageous Tales From the Old Testament, Lady Chatterley's Lover, Thunderdogs and The Beano.
  • Todd Klein, legendary comic book letterer.
  • Tony Harris, co-creator of Ex Machina and War Heroes, artist on Starman.
  • Dærick Gröss Sr. creator of Murcielaga She-Bat 
  • Matt Spatola, writer of The Venger: Dead Man Rising

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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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Rich JohnstonAbout Rich Johnston

Founder of Bleeding Cool. The longest-serving digital news reporter in the world, since 1992. Author of The Flying Friar, Holed Up, The Avengefuls, Doctor Who: Room With A Deja Vu, The Many Murders Of Miss Cranbourne, Chase Variant. Lives in South-West London, works from Blacks on Dean Street, shops at Piranha Comics. Father of two. Political cartoonist.
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