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Off To London's Megacon In The Daily LITG, 13th of January 2024

The doors of Megacon, the new London comic convention have opened at the ExCel Centre, usually home to the MCM.

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  • Megacon, the new London comic convention, opens its doors at the ExCel Centre.
  • Organized by the original founders of MCM, who sold to ReedPOP a decade ago.
  • Bleeding Cool reports live from the event, with updates on comics, TV, and more.
  • Top stories include Batgossip, X-Men cover mishaps, and ThunderCats pre-orders.

The doors of Megacon, the new London comic convention have opened at the ExCel Centre, usually home to MCM. This show is organised be the folk who used to run the MCM until they sold to ReedPOP ten years ago. Yes, that will be interesting, won't it? I'll be reporting from here all day. And maybe tomorrow as well. At Bleeding Cool, you can still read all about comics, merch, TV shows, games, movies, and more. Yes, that includes wrestling and no, you don't actually have to read it. 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.

Tomorrow, The Founders Of MCM Launch New London Show, Megacon Live
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Batgossip before Megacon tops the ten most popular stories yesterday,

  1. Big Batgossip About Batman, Joker, Red Hood And Red Mask (Spoilers) 
  2. When Your Mark Brooks X-Men Connecting Covers Don't Quite… Connect
  3. Fall & Rise Of The House & Powers Of X Marvel Solicits For April 2024
  4. ThunderCats #1 100,000 Pre-Orders Already, Even Before Rob Liefeld 
  5. Ravensburger Announces Two New Disney Villainous Releases For 2024 
  6. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Relaunches After #150 – Will Batman Also?
  7. Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips' New Graphic Novel, Houses Of The Unholy
  8. Grant Morrison's Wonder Woman Movie Pitch Had Orgasm Guns
  9. It's Morphin' Time with RSVLTS First Ever Power Rangers Collection
  10. Peacemaker: Why Judomaster & Others Won't Appear in OG Costumes

And a few other comic stories you may prefer

LITG one year ago, the 5G Files beganThe 5G Files Begin in the Daily LITG, the 13th of January, 2023

  1. How DC Comics Planned To Ruin Batman: The 5G Files Chapter One
  2. How Superman Destroyed The Justice League: The 5G Files Chapter Two
  3. Clark Kent, Superman's Retirement In Africa: The 5G Files Chapter Six
  4. DC's Plans For The Last Days of Batman: The 5G Files Chapter Five
  5. Changing Of The Guard Followed Dark Crisis: The 5G Files Chapter Four
  6. Last Call, The Weekly DC Comic That Wasn't: The 5G Files Chapter Three 
  7. Marvel Gives Groot An Origin Series Of His Own in April
  8. Rick and Morty: Justin Roiland Charged with Felony Domestic Violence
  9. McFarlane Enters the World of Kingdom Come with New Batman Figure
  10. Somebody I Used To Know Trailer Out, Hits Prime Video February 10th
  11. Superman's Expanded Origin Hits the UK in 1950, Up for Auction
  12. Gargoyles #2 Delay Creates A Disney Day for Dynamite
  13. WhatNot Sent Out Thank You Variant Of Quested #1, One Per Store
  14. Two New Trans/Non-Binary DC Characters In Lazarus Planet: Dark Fate?
  15. Update On $80,000 Stolen Comics in the Daily LITG 12th January 2023

LITG two years ago, How Sick Is Jerry Of Rick And Morty

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LITG Image: Screencap
  1. Rick and Morty: Justin Roiland Shares Update on Jerry's Health
  2. Marvel Shows How Spider-Man No Way Home Spell Works In Practice
  3. Changes In The Hellfire Club, Fantastic Four & Krakoa In X-Men Today
  4. Doctor Who: John Barrowman's Interesting Response to Return Request
  5. What Did Peter Parker Do That Was So Bad, For Spider-Man Relaunch?
  6. Todd McFarlane's Spawn: The Scorched #1 Gets 270,000 Orders
  7. Shameless: Cameron Monaghan on Showtime Series; Marvel/DC Roles
  8. The Umbrella Academy Season 3 Storyboard Preview Is A Heartbreaker
  9. Amazing Spider-Man #85 Foreshadows Major Threat To Marvel Universe
  10. The Gary Frank 5G Cover That Wasn't
  11. Marvel Comics Wonders If Today's Wordle Could Be "Bucky"?
  12. Will Queen Veranke Appear in Marvel's Secret Invasion On Disney+?
  13. Marvel Unlimited Launches Eternals Comic Digitally With Webtoon
  14. Sal Buscema's Original Cover Artwork For The Defenders #1 At Auction
  15. Waiting For Wolverine – Rob Liefeld New Mutants Cover Art At Auction
  16. Who's Kingpin Keeping In The Cupboard For Devil's Reign? (Spoilers)
  17. Todd McFarlane's Spawn: The Scorched #1 Gets 270,000 Orders
  18. Frank Frazetta Original Gulliver Of Mars Cover Painting At Auction
  19. Laurence Fox Becomes A Viz Comic Book Character
  20. Vault Comics Teases New Comic From Son M. In 2022
  21. Savage Dragon Takes On Anti-Vax Disinformation From Image Comics Today
  22. Gary Frank's Original 5G Covers In The Daily LITG, 12th January 2022

LITG three years ago, Horror & Blood

The world keeps turning, and America keeps burning.

  1. American Horror Story S10: "Pilgrim" Applies for Provincetown Filming
  2. True Blood: Anna Paquin Shares Thoughts on HBO's Upcoming Reboot
  3. Dave Bautista Offers $20K Bounty for "MAGATs" Who Defaced a Manatee
  4. "Egg Transparency" Coming To Pokémon GO Soon
  5. Niantic Previews Trainer Encounters In Pokémon GO
  6. Radiant Black To Kick Off Image Comics' Superhero Universe
  7. Arcade1Up Introduces Multiple New Arcade Cabinets At CES 2021
  8. Secret Rare Gold Pokémon Cards Of Pokémon TCG: Rebel Clash Part 1
  9. Generation One – Four Pokémon Still Not Released in Pokémon GO
  10. Heatran Raid Guide For Pokémon GO Players: January 2021
  11. Russell T Davies Filmed New Doctor Who Dalek Scenes For "It's A Sin"
  12. Jason Todd, Dick Grayson, Stephanie Brown in Today's DC Future State
  13. The King's Beast: Viz Media Launches Sequel to Dawn of the Arcana
  14. Boom Studios Promotes Esther Kim and Morgan Perry
  15. Moriarty the Patriot Vol. 2: Enter A Rebooted Sherlock Holmes!
  16. Marvel Suggest Miles Morales Clone Saga More Controversial Than First
  17. Barry Windsor-Smith Conan Page, Auctioning For $52,500, One Day To Go
  18. Matthew Rosenberg Reveals Shocking Secrets of Marvel Creative Summit
  19. Supergirl Vs Superboy in DC Future State: Kara Zor-El Superwoman
  20. Who Killed Bruce Wayne In DC Future State? And Who Destroyed Gotham?
  21. Why Can't Justice League Kiss Each Other In DC Future State?
  22. Green Lanterns Lose Their Rings – For Decades – In DC Future State
  23. Tony Lee & Richard Friend's Joe Satriani $19.98 Crystal Planet Comic
  24. The New Wonder Woman On Brazilian Politics In DC Future State
  25. Horror/Comedy Man Goat & The Bunny Man Leads Zenescope April Titles
  26. The Nerd Store Buys Dr. Volt's Comic Connection in Salt Lake City
  27. Batgirl's First Appearance Zooms Past $100K at Auction

LITG four years ago, the DC Timeline was beginning

And Fantasy Flight were firing.

  1. Fantasy Flight Employees to be Laid Off, "Call to Action" Issued
  2. DC Comics, Finally, Gives Every Robin Their Day – or Decade (UPDATE)
  3. "AJ and The Queen" Proves Sometimes Too Much IS Too Much [REVIEW]
  4. Let's Take a Look at McFarlane Toys New DC Multiverse Superman Figure
  5. Ten Thoughts About Doctor Who – Orphan 55
  6. Comics Publisher Claims Chelsea Clinton Doesn't Tip for Food Delivery
  7. Wolverine Finally Gets What He Deserves in This Sinister Preview of Ruins of Ravencroft: Sabretooth #1
  8. Evangelion Returns Once Again with New Bandai Figure
  9. "The Last Of Us Part II" Director Makes A Promise To Fans
  10. Why DC Comics Has Been Cancelling So Many Collections – and Taking Numbers Off the Spines

LITG five years ago, Doctor Who was delayed

And Marvel's Avengers movie was unfortunately titled.

  1. Doctor Who Series 12: The Real "Big Bad" Responsible for 2020 Delay
  2. Marvel Studios Approves Terminally Ill Fan to see 'Avengers: Endgame'
  3. Separated At Birth: Francesco Mattina and… Everyone?
  4. Games Workshop Released the Most Hilarious Dice Ever (REVIEW)
  5. Iron Man is the Newest Marvel Amazing Yamaguchi Revoltech Figure

Comic book industry birthdays

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

  • Atomeka Press Publisher Dave Elliott
  • Lee O'Connor, of Phonogram and Not Sleeping Well
  • Anina Bennett, former editor for First Comics, Dark Horse Comics, and co-author of Boilerplate.
  • Miriam Kruger, executive director of Motor City Comic Con.

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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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