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With the announcement of the oversized Action Comics #1000, DC's long game was revealed to be to take away Superman's underpants for seven years and then bring it back for the big thousandth-issue anniversary. Their absence was designed to make the fans’ hearts grow stronger.

In the back of recent Marvel Comics, Wolverine has been turning up and missing the people he was meant to be there to see. First hanging around with an

Drew Hayes's new novel, Forging Hephaestus, is the first in the new Villains' Code series, building a universe from the bad guys' point of view.

British graphic novel publisher SelfMadeHero has unveiled the first six months worth of graphic novels for 2018 — and the one that may stir many is the adaptation of Karl Marx and Frederick Engels's Communist Manifesto as a graphic novel by satirical cartoonist Martin Rowson.

When a hermetically sealed envelope with no return address arrived at the Bleeding Cool offices this morning addressed to Rich Johnston, no one was paying attention as we carefully signed for the letter and quietly slipped into a broom closet to open it ourselves.

Aleš Kot has provided us a commentary track for James Bond: The Body #1, the new Dynamite comic series featuring the iconic British spy.

Dan Abnett and I.N.J. Culbard's sci-fi trilogy starring cute, anthropomorphic animals will conclude in June with Wild's End: Journey's End OGN from BOOM! Studios. But despite saying End twice in the title, that doesn't mean that Journey's End is The End for Wild's End.

The 2018 GLAAD Media Award nominations have been revealed, and all three of the Marvel comics nominated for awards are ones that were recently cancelled.

Marvel Comics hasn't announced an exclusive creator deal in an age. Well, they have broken that duck with the announcement that Kelly Thompson is signing with Marvel.

Nancy Silberkleit, co-CEO of Archie Comics, is self-distributing her own Archie comic featuring Scarlet, a character with autism, introduced in the classic-style Archie series back in November in a story called Kindness Works.

As Bleeding Cool predicted back in August, the most iconic aspect of the entire Superman mythology will finally be returning to the DC Universe in Action Comics #1000. That's right. Superman will wear his red underpants on the outside again.

Writer for Seinfeld, Futurama, My Family, Darin Henry, who has just sold a pitch to Netflix, is also publishing a line of humour comics called Sitcomics.

Frank Cho just this week suffered a basement flood and lost his childhood comic book collection, as well as lots of prints of his.

Bleeding Cool ran the nominations for the Diamond 2017 Gem Awards, a couple of weeks ago. Comic book retailers voted. And the winners have been announced.

"I am going from the flagship character of the Marvel Comics of my youth to the gem of the Marvel Cinematic Universe," Dan Slott revealed. "The linchpin. I am going to Iron Man."

Bill Sienkiewicz's Michonne cover sees The Walking Dead #176 top the advance reorders, as well as the now-officially co-written-by-Grant Morrison Dark Knights Rising: The Wild Hunt and the new X-Men title starring Jean Grey, X-Men Red.

ComicsPRO, the trade association for comics speciality retailers, proudly announces the nominees for its annual Comic Industry Awards. The awards honour

The Silencer is an upcoming New Age Of DC Heroes title by John Romita, Sandra Hope and Dan Abnett. It is to be published on January 31st. SILENCER #1 (W)

Bleeding Cool has been noting the closure of many comic book stores in recent months - as well as celebrating a few that have opened. But the overall

Ian Edginton provides us with a commentary track for the latest issue of Killer instinct he did with artist Ediano Silva. Check it out here!

Days of Hate #1 begins in a near-future America that is on the other side of a civil war. Two people investigate the arson of a gay nightclub. Elsewhere, a woman is picked up by national security. But does it all make for a good read?

Earlier today, we ran the new Justice League Of America #23 cover by Doug Mahnke. Featuring the current "baddie" of the series, Queen of Fables, in close

The Terrifics have united! Mister Terrific has gone to investigate what Simon Stagg has done with his Terrifictech. Metamorpho was used by Stagg to investigate the Dark Multiverse, resulting in Rex Mason losing his mind and turning into Nth Metal. Is it a good read?

In Red Sonja #12, Red Sonja and Wallace find a portal opened before them, and the two go through at the risk of finding copies of themselves. What they find is a desolate wasteland to search. Does this make for a good read?

Sideways is a teenage metahuman with the ability to open portals to anywhere. He does what anyone else would do: he makes a YouTube channel. Does this make for a good read in Sideways #1?

The first title from Vault comics new shared-'80s-horror-continuity line, Cult Classic, has seen its Final Order Cut-Off date suddenly extended for unknown spooky reasons. This suddenly gives retailers an extra day's chance to increase — or decrease — their orders for Cult Classic: Return to Whisper #1.

The upcoming Doctor Strange mini-event, Doctor Strange: Damnation appears to have caused a little concern from certain retailers in certain parts of the

Co-creators of the BLACK comic book series, Kwanza Osajyefo and Tim Smith 3 are publishing two new titles set in that universe as well as a quick name

Frank Miller returns to 300 with Xerxes: The Fall of the House of Darius and the Rise of Alexander. Plus, Jeff Lemire continues the Black Hammer saga, and Aliens: Dust to Dust by Gabriel Hardman begins. All of this comes out in April courtesy of Dark Horse Comics. Details here.

Bleeding Cool has learned that Phoenix Comic Fest (formerly Phoenix Comicon) has filed a motion in Arizona's Ninth District federal court asking the court to recognize Phoenix Comic Fest's right to use the Comicon name.