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New Batvillain, The Minotaur in The Daily LITG, 29th September, 2025

New Batman Villain, The Minotaur, was the most-read story on Bleeding Cool yesterday. Lying In The Gutters is the daily runaround.



Article Summary

  • New Batman villain The Minotaur debuts in Matt Fraction and Jorge Jimenez's Batman series
  • Bleeding Cool's most-read stories include major Marvel and DC comics news and crossovers
  • A look back at top comic book headlines from the past seven years in the Lying In The Gutters archive
  • Exclusive coverage of upcoming releases, special comic events, and industry anniversaries

New Batman Villain, The Minotaur, was the most-read story on Bleeding Cool yesterday. Lying In The Gutters is the daily runaround for the most-read stories the day before, as well as over the past seven years. Founded over sixteen years ago and steeped in a history of comic book industry gossip for a further eighteen 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. In summary, you can sign up to receive Lying In The Gutters as an email here. And maybe you just have.

The Minotaur, A New Big Bad For Matt Fraction & Jorge Jimenez' Batman
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New Batman Villain, The Minotaur and the ten most popular stories, yesterday

  1. New Batman Villain, The Minotaur, From Matt Fraction & Jorge Jimenez
  2. GOSSIP: Superman/Spider-Man Crossover For 2026 With Pepe Larraz?
  3. A Marvel Rivals Character Comes To Venom #250 This Week (Spoilers)
  4. Optimus He-Man Arrives with New Masters of the Universe Collab
  5. Mattel Reveals New She-Ra: Princess of Power & Swift Wind 2-Pack
  6. Star Trek: Ernie Hudson Reflects on "Deep Space Nine" Audition & More
  7. Cobra Rises with Iron Studios New G.I. Joe Baroness 1/10 Statue
  8. Justice League: The Omega Act Special #1 Preview: Time Heist
  9. Invincible VS Energon Universe With Skybound At New York Comic Con
  10. Black Mask Becomes Batman with McFarlane Toys Latest Creation

And a few other stories I wrote yesterday.

Marvel And DC Comics Lose Their Super Hero Trademark

LITG one year ago, Marvel and DC losing the Super Hero Trademark

 

  1. US Court States Marvel And DC Have Lost Their Super Hero Trademark 
  2. Hasbro Unleashed Venompool with New Target Exclusive Marvel Legends
  3. Absolute Batman #1 Sells 250,000, Here's The Second Printing Cover
  4. Jonathan Hickman Tops Bleeding Cool Bestseller List With Two
  5. Always Sunny S17 Finale Info Revealed (If You Can Read "Charlie Day") 
  6. DC's I Know What You Did Last Crisis #1 Preview: The Return of Didio  
  7. Another Look Inside Absolute Wonder Woman #1 (Spoilers) 
  8. Absolute Power #4 Preview: Batman vs. Superman Again  
  9. Build the Red Rocket Diner from Fallout with Mattel's New MEGA Set
  10. Hasbro Reveals Three Special Edition Board Games For 2024 Holidays
  11. Batman Honored by Hollywood Walk of Fame & Guinness World Records
  12. Bad Idea Give Planet Death SDCC Exclusive Away To Everyo
  13. Luka Kobachi's Rainbows After Storms in Viz December 2024 Solicits
  14. Arousing Priestess in TokyoPop December 2024 Solicits
  15. Alien Armageddon 1944 #1 in Dren Productions December 2024 Solicits
  16. Marvel & DC Lose Super Hero Trademark- Daily LITG, 28th September 2024

 

Disney Lorcana Gets Special Disney100 Collection Set for December 
Disney Lorcana Chapter Two Credit: Ravensburger

LITG two years ago: The Scalping of Disney Lorcana Chapter Two

  1. Local Card Shops Are Already Ruining Disney Lorcana Chapter Two
  2. When Frank Miller & Klaus Janson Put Daredevil in Dark Knight Returns
  3. Giant-Size Spider-Man & Fantastic Four for January 2024
  4. Pokemon TCG Value Watch: Celebrations In September 2023
  5. Rick and Morty: Dan Harmon Addresses Justin Roiland Allegations & More
  6. Superman's Monster Of a Decision in Justice League Vs Godzilla Vs Kong
  7. Jonathan Hickman Writes A New Ultimate Origin For Kang (Spoilers)
  8. Cast Lightning with the New NERF x Magic: The Gathering Blaster
  9. The Scalping of Disney Lorcana in the Daily LITG, 28th September 2023
  10. Hasbro Debuts a New Series of Transformers with the Armorizers 
  11. Merc's Letterer, Metal Ninja Studios, Takes Over The Publishing
  12. The Unrealized Potential of the Golden Age Fox Feature Comic Book Line
  13. Daniel Wu & Sean Chen Create A New Comic Together, Evermind
  14. The Rare and Often Rebooted Exploits of the Green Mask, Up for Auction
  15. Blue Beetle's 1st Origin in Series Debut, Blue Beetle #1 at Auction
  16. Critical Entertainment Bring Their Planetary Expansion To Diamond
  17. Was The Red Knight a Sign Of Communism in 1943's Blue Beetle #18?
  18. Blue Beetle and the Mystery Men that DC Comics Hated, up for Auction
  19. Fox's The Flame and the Dawn of the Atomic-Powered Menace, at Auction
  20. We Started A Threesome in Seven Seas Entertainment
  21. Golden Age Blue Beetle Sales Continue to Benefit From the New Movie
  22. Pass The Monster Meat, Milady in Kodansha's December 2023 Solicits
  23. Demon Slayer Kimetsu Academy in Viz Media 2023 Solicits

LITG three years ago, Avatar: The Last Airbender Reveals All

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  1. Avatar: The Last Airbender Reveals Live-Action Series Full Cast
  2. Marvel Comics Introduces The Opposite To The Phoenix (Spoilers)
  3. Marvel Rejects Winter Soldier Origin Of Iron Man's Parents Deaths
  4. Marvel Just Keeps On Killing Off Their Superheroes (X-Men Spoilers)
  5. Yveltal Raid Guide for Pokemon GO Players: September 2022
  6. Marvel's Thunderbolts Get A New Diversity Box-Ticking Member
  7. Loki Is The Bi Frost Giant, Officially. Will There Be T-Shirts?
  8. Who Gets Judged In Marvel's Judgment Day Today? And How? (Spoilers)
  9. Harley Quinn Animated Series: Legion Of Bats Opening Will Be Legendary
  10. Wednesday: Jenna Ortega "Terrified" to Learn Christina Ricci Was Cast
  11. Retailers, You Can Only Get Bad Idea First Printings With FOC Tomorrow
  12. Page 616 – Blind Item From Toronto Comic Con Ahead Of NYCC
  13. Ghost Rider Crashes in The Daily LITG, 28th September 2022
  14. Want Alan Moore's Illuminations With A Sprayed Edge? Go To Waterstones

LITG four years ago, Superman's potential boyfriend

Superman's Potential Boyfriend in The Daily LITG, 29th September 2021
Superman's Potential Boyfriend in The Daily LITG, 29th September 2021
  1. Jonathan Kent Introduces A Special Friend To His Parents (Spoilers)
  2. Mephisto's Spider-Man One More Day Plan Finally Revealed (Spoilers)
  3. Marvel Comics Launches X-Men: Green With Wolverine Vs Nature Girl
  4. Tonight Is Alolan Meowth Spotlight Hour In Pokémon GO
  5. What If…? Episode 8 Earns Ultron Very Concerning Key Art Poster
  6. The Future Of Deathstroke, Damian Wayne and Toyman at DC (Spoilers)
  7. Major Printing and Distribution Problems Hitting Comics Industry
  8. Run the Burbs: Kim's Convenience Alum Andrew Phung Sets New Sitcom
  9. Marvel Studios Encourages You To Be More Loki This December
  10. DC Comics Reveals Green Arrow's Biggest Secret, Today (Spoilers)
  11. A Champion's Story: The Life of Greg Louganis Coming from Clover Press
  12. Hotell Vol. 2: AWA Studios Horror Anthology Series Returns in Dec.
  13. Kelly Thompson Launches Two Substack Comics, Black Cloak & The Cull
  14. Printing Delays Are Hitting Marvel Squarebound Comic Books
  15. House Democrats Accuse Marvel Chair Ike Perlmutter Of Breaking Law
  16. Brian Bendis Doubles Down On Toilet Habits Of Green Arrow (Spoilers)
  17. An Anti-Manga Origin For Flatline In This Week's Robin #3 (Spoilers)
  18. Speculator Corner: Reptil #1 & Marvel's Voices: Comunidades (Spoilers)
  19. The Last Of Mephisto in The Daily LITG, 28th of September 2021

LITG five years ago, SNL, Love Sausage and Pokémon GO

SNL, Love Sausage and Pokémon GO, The Daily LITG, 29th September 2020
LITG: Love Sausage by Darick Robertson.

  1. The Boys Season 2: Jeffrey Dean Morgan Loves Him Some Love Sausage
  2. Saturday Night Live Season 46: Punkie Johnson Makes SNL History
  3. Shiny Lapras Raid Guide For Solo Pokémon GO Trainers
  4. Star Trek Picard: Marina Sirtis Finds a Fan in the Trump Family
  5. RuPaul's Drag Race Winners: Ranking The Franchise's Top Queens
  6. First Appearance of New Green Ranger in Power Rangers to FOC Today
  7. DC Comics – A New Look For Vixen In 2021?
  8. Transformers Arcee and Cheetor Get Exclusive with New R.E.D Figures
  9. Iain De Caestecker, From SHIELD to Tom Hollander's Prosthetic Nose
  10. SNL, Vixen and Pokémon GO – The Daily LITG 28th September 2020
  11. Questions Over Heavy Metal, Dan O'Bannon and B-17
  12. Serial, Focusing on Rachel Rising's Zoe, is Terry Moore's New Comic
  13. British Comics Writer Confesses Hatred of Artist to Fesshole
  14. Could Tim Fox Be Batman in 2021 Rather Than Luke Fox?
  15. Three Upcoming WildStorm Appearances In DC Comics (Spoilers)

LITG six years ago, Three Jokers was out of continuity

And Spawn #300 was doing very well.

  1. Fans Will Decide Whether The Three Jokers Will Be In DC Comics Continuity…
  2. Joker: Killer Smile and Death Of Superman to be Made Returnable by DC Comics
  3. Now Social Media Foul-Up for the "Joker" Movie Draws Even More Controversy
  4. Ninja Slams Twitch Over Alinity Cat-Throwing Incident
  5. Chris Claremont Has an "Infinite Score" of X-Men Stories to Tell… If Only Marvel Would Let Him
  6. Dark Horse Continues Bioware's Dragon Age in New Comic Blue Wraith
  7. As Spawn #300 Beats Absolute Carnage #1, Donny Cates Has an Offer to Todd McFarlane…
  8. James Tynion IV's Plans For Writing Batman in 2020 – But How There's a December Comic That May Lead Nicely In
  9. "The Mandalorian": Star Wars The Black Series Figures Coming Next Week
  10. "Jurassic World 3": Don't Buy into Casting Hype [OPINION]
  11. Nickelodeon Announces "SpongeBob: Krusty Cook-Off"
  12. DC Comics Delays Stjepan Sejic's Harleen #2 to Give Retailers a Chance to Up Their Orders
  13. "The House Of The Dead" 1 & 2 Are Getting Remade
  14. Into the Web of Life and Destiny in Spider-Verse #1 [Preview]
  15. Marvel Stopped the Presses to Remove Mark Waid's Captain America Essay From Marvel Comics #1000

LITG seven years ago, Batman Damned was still in the headlines.

And Vision was still cancelled.

  1. Batpenis Strikes Again – DC Comics Won't Reprint Batman: Damned #1 – and #2 is Late
  2. No, a John Byrne Vision Did Not Get Chelsea Cain's Comic Canned
  3. 9 DC Comics Covers from Joshua Middleton, Jenny Frison, Francis Manapul and More
  4. Glenn Fabry Talks About Being Diagnosed With Lung Cancer
  5. Today, You Can Still Order Signed Slabbed Batman: Damned #1 for Just $50 

Comic Book birthdays today.

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

  • Timothy B. Vigil, creator of Faust.
  • Mark Pennington, comic book inker.
  • Sylvie Rancourt, creator of Melody: Story of a Nude Dancer.
  • Vince Stone, artist of Captain Confederacy.
  • John Crowther, writer of Rochelle.
  • Renae De Liz, artist on Wonder Woman, Womanthology, Peter Pan.
  • Tom Savage, creator of The Anathema.
  • Manuel Scordo, creator of Ansa.

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 comic books The Flying Friar, Holed Up, The Avengefuls, Doctor Who: Room With A Deja Vu, The Many Murders Of Miss Cranbourne and Chase Variant. Lives in South-West London, works from The Union Club on Greek Street, shops at Gosh, Piranha and Forbidden Planet. Father of two daughters, Amazon associate, political cartoonist.
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