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Every week your Local Comic Book shop gets in the weekly assortment of comics, trades, posters, action figures, and other goodies from Diamond.  Now some

(Image Comics, creative team: W. Maxwell Prince, Martin Morazzo, Chris O'Halloran, Good Old Neon) ... whaaaaaat exactly was this supposed to be? For

The Spider-Man mini-series by JJ Abrams, Henry Abrams and Sara Pichelli has been a little on the late side. But here is the latest news on the fate of the

Comics creator Fabrice Sapolsky has enjoyed a storied career, but he's far from ready to sing a swan song. He sat down with Bleeding Cool for this

(IDW Publishing, creative team: Brian Ruckley, Bethany McGuire-Smith, Anna Malkova, Josh Burcham, Joana LaFuente, Jake M. Wood) The comic that should be a

Family Tree #3 by Jeff Lemire and Phil Hester just came out last week from Image Comics, now it and Family Tree #2 have gone to second printings. And it

(Vault Comics, creative team: Magdalene Vissagio, Jason Smith, Harry Saxon, Zakk Saam) This issue reads like a second issue far more than a first,

Marvel launches a new Falcon and Winter Soldier comic in February, just in time for a Falcon and Winter Soldier Disney+ show launching later this year.

Marvel Comics, as ever, is putting a few of their comics through second printings. But their first Rise Of Kylo Ren issue is getting more. It's true,

Brian Garside is the founder of Manage Comics, subscription pull list software for comic shops, and he’s dedicated his life to helping comic stores grow,

(DC Comics, creative team: Tom Taylor, Bruno Redondo, Adriano Lucas, Wes Abbott) There are surprises large and small in this very clever, very mean

Bon Alimagno was a Senior UX Program Manager in Core Shopping (CXT-Design) at Amazon for five years. But ten years ago, he was Talent Co-ordinator at

DC Comics has decided to let folk know what they are planning for Superman 100-Page Giant #2  - and we learnt something more about the From Beyond The

(Marvel Comics, creative team: Jason Aaron, Ed McGuinness, Francesco Manna, Mark Morales, Jason Keith, Cory Petit) There are so many problematic elements

They say you can never go back home. That is not true, it seems, for comic book store Seidr’s Den, in Caspar, Wyoming, owned by Steve Howe. It is moving

Ahead of Final Order Cut-Off dates, a number of publishers release new covers, sometimes tiered to orders of other comics or cover to help boost their

Comic book writer Gail Simone first wrote the Birds Of Prey title in 2003 with #56 at a time when the series was planned to be cancelled. Featuring

Batgirl #44 was originally solicited as a City Of Bane aftermath comic book. But it looks as if DC Comics has decided to junk all memories of that

This is how Wonder Woman #86 was originally solicited, before Wonder Woman #84 became #750. WONDER WOMAN #86 (W) Steve Orlando (A) Max Raynor (CA) Guillem

Once & Future #1 by Doctor Kieron Gillen and Dan Mora has just made a jump - to an eighth printing. Which has to be a modern-day record. I mean, it

Welcome to the pretty-much-mostly-daily Lying In The Gutters. A run around the day before and the day ahead. You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail

Last summer, Jonathan Hickman oversaw the rejuvenation of Marvel’s X-books with the immensely popular House Of X and Powers Of X miniseries, spawning a

Hellboy Winter Special 2019 by Mike Mignola, Márk László, Dave Stewart, Chris Roberson, Leila del Duca, Michelle Madsen, Scott Allie, Andrea Mutti, Lee

It's that time of the month again. Viz Media has released their April titles for pre-order and it's a big list. There must be something you fancy in here.

I have taken much delight in my home having both Alexa and Google Nest speakers in my home since Christmas. Especially the function where, through my

Marvel Comics has published memorials for Tom Lyle and Gerry Alanguilan in today's comics. It is particularly poignant in X-Men #5, as Gerry Alanguilan

Avengers #28 was out for Christmas. And it seems that the Three Wise Heralds of Galactus had a message for us all, for a cosmic nativity. Following yonder

Last month's issue did pretty much exactly what it said on the tin. I mean, half-ish. Two of this pretty lot. Magpie, off-panel. ...and Cavalier, very

Today’s X-Men #5 sees Cyclops putting a team together for a mission. one of the members is Synch, from Gendration X, created by Scott Lobdell and Chris