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We've been looking at pop-up shops set up by comic stores for certain events at Bleeding Cool, especially around cinemas, for the release of certain movies or for classic comic-related films being reshown on the big screen. And Diamond has seen the benefits too.

Back in July last year, Excelsior Comics of Greenville, Michigan closed. It is not an uncommon story. But this month something quite unprecedented happened. Excelsior Comics bought the building they used to be in, and they're reopening this month.

May 5th is Free Comic Book Day. On this day, thousands of comic book stores will be giving away free comic books -- including Mighty Morphin Power Rangers from Boom! Studios, which has been doing some rather spoiler-newsworthy and tear-worthy things of late.

Ian Melton talked to Bruce Canwell for Bleeding Cool. The only super-hero who started in "comicbooks" and still has his adventures published in strip

Dark Horse announced a new Beasts of Burden series coming this summer, from the creative team of co-creator Evan Dorkin, artist Benjamin Dewey, and letterer Nate Piekos. Beasts of Burden: Wise Dogs and Eldritch Men will be a four-issue mini-series.

Two Masters of Marvel Comics, Chris Claremont and Brent Anderson, talk The Code, X-Men, Astro City, and advice for comic hopefuls.

People had been waiting on the first appearance of the Red Goblin for many issues -- but few of them knew that Amazing Spider-Man #799 would have the first appearance of yet another character who would be part of the Spider/Symbiote legacy.

Dynamite has sent us an exclusive extended preview of Xena #3 along with previews of James Bond: The Body #4 and John Wick #2.

Here are Image Comics's solicitations for their July 2018 titles and beyond. FARMHAND #1 STORY: ROB GUILLORY ART / COVER: ROB GUILLORY, TAYLOR WELLS JULY

It's rare to see so many current and former Image partners in one place at the same time as in this month's July Solicitations from Marvel Comics. Robert Kirkman, Eric Stephenson, Eric Larsen, Jim Lee, Marc Silvestri, and Rob Liefeld all appear.

Marvel's longest-running ongoing comic book will reach its milestone 50th issue in July, Marvel's solicitations revealed today. Star Wars #50, by Kieron Gillen and Salvador Larroca, is headed to stores this summer.

Tomorrow comic stores get Optimus Prime #17 and #18. But they are only supposed to sell #17. This is going to be interesting...

Dynamite's full July 2018 solicitations including Project Superpowers #0, Elvira: Mistress of the Dark #1 and Charlie's Angels #2

Marvel has released their July solicitations, which means it's time for the comic book media to scramble to break those solicitations into multiple observational articles for extra clicks. The first thing that jumped out at us, looking through the solicits, was the one for Amazing Spider-Man #1 and #2.

It looks like the X-Men Gold team will be losing a member this July! Marvel released its solicits today, and the X-Men Gold solicits reveal some juicy details about the mutant drama we can expect this summer.

Revealed in Marvel's July solicitations today, a new X-book is starting up in July, but the only thing we know about it is that it will have variant covers by J. Scott Campbell and Skottie Young. Oh, and we know the first issue will be 36 pages and cost $3.99.

In the next step of our countdown to Avengers: Infinity War, we are looking at the namesake of the story, Infinity War by Jim Starlin and Ron Lim. Does it hold up?

Fresh Starts for Captain America, Amazing Spider-Man, Captain Marvel, X-23, Cosmic Ghost Rider, Death Of The Inhumans.... and a Star Wars #50. And what

Gold Digger is getting a summer special courtesy of Antarctic Press. Plus, get your Echo Base t-shirt. Full solicits here.

You may have noted an impending Star Wars movie titled, Solo: A Star Wars Story, featuring a young Han Solo. Out on the 24th of May in the UK, so expect

The Brothers Dracul, the new series for Aftershock by Cullen Bunn and Mirko Colak out last week has already sold out and is going to second printing. With

At the end of January, Bleeding Cool broke the news that the solicited Action Comics #1000: 80 Years of Superman Deluxe Hardcover was changing its name to

Yen Press has another bundle of manga and light novel volumes coming out this July, including new volumes like School of Horns and Ibitsu. Full solicits here.

By Tim Hanley The New Year brought significant changes to both DC and Marvel as the Big Two swapped positions. After a run of relatively strong female

Batman '66 swings into Archie Comics starting this July. He and Robin will be meeting the entire Riverdale gang. Full solicits here.

For Free Comic Book Day on May 5th, Chapterhouse Comics are launching a new series, Captain Canuck: Invasion, spinning out of their Captain Canuck series.

A couple of weeks ago, Bleeding Cool told you that long-standing Warren Simons was quitting as EIC of Valiant Entertainment. We have already reported on a

Scout Comics is bringing out the second volume of Long Lost, the first collected edition of Stabbity Bunny, and new series the Mall, and Long Live Pro Wrestling. Full July solicits available here.

Are you a comic shop owner who wished they could have gone to the Diamond Retailer Summit in Chicago but just couldn't make it? Well, Diamond filmed some of them. And uploaded them to YouTube. Not that many viewers yet, but that's what Bleeding Cool is for.

Did you read the Avatar Press solicits earlier today? Then rinse and repeat for their sister publisher Boundless. Who, despite being the sister publisher