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Ms Marvel Was Always An X-Man in The Daily LITG, 5th of January, 2025

Ms Marvel potentially having always been an X-Man made the top of Bleeding Cool traffic yesterday. Welcome to Lying In The Gutters,



Article Summary

  • Ms Marvel's unexpected X-Man retcon sparks online frenzy.
  • Top pop culture news stories of the day highlighted.
  • Insights into comic book industry dynamics continue.
  • Celebrating notable comic book industry birthdays.

Ms Marvel potentially having always been an X-Man made the top of Bleeding Cool traffic yesterday. Welcome to Lying In The Gutters, the daily runaround for the biggest stories the day before – as well as over the past six years. Founded fifteen-and-a-half years ago and steeped in a history of comic book industry gossip a further fifteen years before that, Bleeding Cool has become one of the longest-standing and most well-known pop culture websites around. The Daily Lying In The Gutters remains a long-running run around the day before and possibly the day ahead. You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. And maybe you just have.

Ms Marvel Was Always an X-Man in The Daily LITG, 5th of January, 2025
Ms Marvel in Timeslide #1 2024

Ms Marvel Was Always an X-Man? and the top ten stories on Bleeding Cool yesterday

  1. Ms Marvel Gets A Retcon To Have Been An X-Men As Long As Wolverine?
  2. Frank Miller Draws The Red Hulk For Marvel Comics
  3. Husk Joins Hasbro's New Build-A-Figure Marvel Legends X-Men Wave
  4. Return of Xander Cage Star on the Status of Another Installment
  5. Tintin, Now in Public Domain, Gets a Modern Day Reboot in The Big Lie
  6. X-Factor Returns with New Marvel Legends Cyclops Figure from Hasbro
  7. Art Spiegelman Writes To Us About His Comic With Joe Sacco On Gaza
  8. Absolute Superman #3 Tops Bleeding Cool Weekly Bestseller List
  9. Doctor Who: Is The Doctor STILL The Doctor? Steven Moffat on Key Theme
  10. Things Get X-Treme with Hasbro's New Marvel Legends X-Men Wolverine

And a few of my other stories from yesterday

LITG one year ago, Greg Capullo's Wolverine future

Greg Capullo 
Greg Capullo
  1. Greg Capullo's Return To Comics Is A New Wolverine #1
  2. DC Only Has A Decade Left Of Batman And Superman Ownership
  3. Ravensburger Announces Two New Disney Villainous Releases For 2024
  4. Marvel Publishes Jonathan Hickman's House Of X In Chronological Order
  5. Jesse Watters' Bad Day Continues: Rep. Dan Crenshaw Makes It Personal 
  6. More Gossip On The Warner Bros. DC Comics That Never Were
  7. Batman #141 Made Last Minute Change To Barbara Gordon's Dialogue 
  8. Godzilla Rules with Mattel's New Godzilla x Kong MEGA Construx Set
  9. The Man Who Laughs, The Joker's Film Inspiration, Is Now Public Domain
  10. New Five Nights At Freddy's Game Leaked By Its Creator 
  11. Todd McFarlane Calls For Fan & Pro Cover Entries For #Spawnuary
  12. Amanda Conner & Jimmy Palmiotti's Humble Bundle For Big Fluffy Animals
  13. Now Heartstopper Volume 5 Is Also The Best Selling Book In The USA
  14. Jean-Marc Lofficier Challenges Marvel Over African Superhero Creators
  15. Changing Batgirl's Words in The Daily LITG, 4th of January, 2024

LITG two years ago, a Ghosts story that never happened

Ghosts Sitcom Suggests They May Kill Off The Living Characters
Ghosts, It's Behind You from Christmas Day, BBC One (BBC PR)
  1. Ghosts: UK Sitcom "Might" Kill Off Its Living Characters
  2. Norman Reedus &  Jon Bernthal on What Howard Stern Has Against Reedus
  3. Marvel Cancels Hulk Comic After 14 Issues
  4. Joss Whedon's Final Fate Of Firefly Revealed (Spoilers)
  5. New Details Emerge About Dwayne Johnson's Alleged DC Powerplay
  6. Oy! Joss Whedon! No! Daily LITG, January 2nd 2023
  7. Who Has A Place At The New DC Table? New Rumblings Emerge
  8. Marvel Gives Krakoa An Even Earlier Origin Than Before (XSpoilers)
  9. The Sins Of Sinister, Hiding In Plain Sight, Three Of Four Revealed
  10. Al Ewing Is Doing Sunspot And Mission Impossible Again In X-Men Red
  11. Marvel To Launch "Grootfall" In April
  12. The Changing Visual Portrayal Of The Scarlet Witch, One More Time
  13. Meet Peter Palmer, Spiderman Without a Hyphen in Today's Spider-Man
  14. Marvel To Commemorate Death Of Gwen Stacy In 2023
  15. Still Talking Joss Whedon in the Daily LITG, January 4th 2023

LITG three years ago, Five Nights At Freddy's

Five Nights At Freddy's: Security Breach Is Headed To Consoles
LITG Credit: ScottGames
  1. Five Nights At Freddy's: Security Breach Has DLC In The Works
  2. The First 2022 Appearance Of Maps As Robin In Batman #119 (Spoilers)
  3. Tom Gauld Collects Literary Cartoons In Revenge of the Librarians
  4. Lex Luthor Believes The World Needs Superman (Batman #119 Spoilers)
  5. Legends of Tomorrow S07E08 Images: Someone Embraces His Inner Bro
  6. She-Hulk Star Shares Look at Tatiana Maslany's Special Filming Friend
  7. McFarlane Toys Reveals A New Spawn Figure is Coming in 2022
  8. When Alan Moore Talked Sixties Superman At San Diego Comic-Con
  9. McFarlane Toys Reveals The Batman Drifter Bruce Wayne Figure
  10. Dexter: New Blood Episode 10 Preview & We Offer Our Finale Prediction
  11. Legion Of X From Si Spurrier & Jan Bazaldua in April 2022
  12. Lorelei Bunjes Joins Image Comics As Director of Digital Services
  13. Crumble, A Sweet New Graphic Novel By Meredith McClaren & Andrea Bell
  14. Young Actors Wanting To Play Miles Morales Are Emailing Marvel Comics
  15. What We Can Know About Thunderman From Alan Moore And Rick Veitch
  16. What Relation Is Nero XIX To Tim Drake's Boyfriend? (Dowd Spoilers)
  17. Superpowers, Costume, Origin For Jay Nakamura (Superman #6 Spoilers)
  18. Vault Comics Teases Two New For 2022
  19. Space Force Returns For S02 In The Daily LITG, 4th January 2022

LITG four years ago, American Horror Story and Dan DiDio

American Horror Story and Dan DiDio – The Daily LITG 5th January 2021
LITG: American Horror Story, courtesy of FX Networks.

  1. American Horror Story, The Orville, Mayans MC & More Delay Prod Return
  2. Satoru Iwata Tribute Found In 'Breath Of The Wild'
  3. Lucifer Season 5b: Dad Has Something to Ask His Son; NYE Preview?
  4. Is That A Dig At Dan DiDio And Scott Lobdell In Death Metal #7?
  5. Burn Drive Genesect Raid Guide For Pokémon GO Players: January 2021
  6. Return Of Frog-Man – And Scarlet Spider In This Week's Iron Man #5
  7. Sting Reveals Vince McMahon's Reaction to Him Going to TNA: "Bleggh"
  8. Warrior: Justin Lin Campaigns for HBOMax Move, More Seasons
  9. PokéMania Bigger Than Ever? Pokémon Base Set Booster Box Auction
  10. It's Time For The Baby Pokémon To Return To Pokémon GO
  11. Help Craig Hamilton Of Aquaman, Fables, Spectre Pay His Medical Bills
  12. Arune Singh Joins Skybound Entertainment
  13. Charles Soule's Daredevil Gets A Marvel Comics Omnibus
  14. Chris Cross, Natacha Bustos and Olivier Coipel Join Marvel's Voices
  15. Tapas Launches 5 New Fantasy Action Comics Series
  16. Death Metal #7 And The DC Comics Omniverse, Tomorrow
  17. The New Asterix, In October, Will Be The Best Selling Comic Of 2021
  18. How DC Comics Chased Away Retailers- Brian Hibbs Looks Back on 2020
  19. Death Metal #7 – First Appearance Of Yara Flor, Wonder Woman?
  20. Help Craig Hamilton Of Aquaman, Fables, Spectre Pay His Medical Bills
  21. Arctic Sleep Make Record To Accompany "By The Horns" Comic Book
  22. Dark Horse Has Curt Pires' Signed Jock Bookplates For Youth FOC
  23. Non-DC Comics Delayed Into The UK Another Week, Marvel, Image, More

LITG five years ago, Superboy-Prime came back for the first time

And we had a great plan for Dracula watchers.

  1. Superboy-Prime Returns In Shazam #13 – Time to Start Reality-Punching Doomsday Clock and DC Rebirth?
  2. Americans, You Can Just Watch The First Two Episodes of Dracula on Netflix And Then Stop If You Want
  3. Ubisoft Releases The "Just Dance 2020" Song List
  4. "The Walking Dead": There's "Badass" – Then There's "Maggie Badass"
  5. "The Mandalorian": Gina Carano "Passed Out" to Baby Yoda [Spoilers]
  6. Rogue Finally Puts Some Clothes On in Excalibur #5 [Preview]
  7. Wolverine Leaves Behind His Best Assets in X-Force #5 [Preview]
  8. Arby's Pays Tribute To Wrestling Legend Jushin Thunder Liger
  9. Have the Greatest Nap of Your Life Inside Kirby's Mouth
  10. Robin Boy Wonder Arrives with Sideshow Collectibles [First Look]

LITG six years ago, JK Rowling dodged transphobia in the weirdest way possible

And Batgirl displayed her scars.

Comic book industry birthdays

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

  • Mike Costa, writer on God Is Dead, Transformers, Venom and Cobra.
  • Brad! Brooks, comics publisher and journalist
  • Shy Allott, former Events Director at SDCC, former Director of Sales at Oni Press, former Senior Account Manager at Bonfire Marketing

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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@gmail.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 The Union Club on Greek Street, shops at Gosh, Piranha and FP. Father of two daughters. Political cartoonist.
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