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Super Hero Trademark Still Tops The Daily LITG, 30th September 2024

Marvel and DC losing their rights to the super hero trademark after fifty years was, yet again, the most-read article on Bleeding Cool.

Marvel and DC Comics losing their rights to the super hero trademark after fifty years was, yet again, the most-read article on Bleeding Cool yesterday. Welcome to Lying In The Gutters, the daily runaround for the biggest stories the day before – as well as over the past six years. Founded fifteen years ago and steeped in a history of comic book industry gossip a further fifteen 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. You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. And maybe you just have.

Marvel and DC losing the Super Hero Trademark was the most-read story yesterday

1. US Court States Marvel And DC Have Lost Their Super Hero Trademark 
2. DC All In Special #1 Preview: Darkseid's Back and He's Got an Upgrade
3. I've Read Absolute Wonder Woman #1 by Kelly Thompson & Hayden Sherman
4. Will DC Comics Give Zatanna An Ongoing Series In 2025?
5. Absolute Power #4 Preview: Batman vs. Superman Again
6. Build the Red Rocket Diner from Fallout with Mattel's New MEGA Set
7. Jonathan Hickman Tops Bleeding Cool Bestseller List With Two
8. Hasbro Unleashed Venompool with New Target Exclusive Marvel Legends
9. Iron Studios Reveals New Batman 1st App. Detective Comics #27 Statue
10. Always Sunny S17 Finale Info Revealed (If You Can Read "Charlie Day") 

And a few other comic book stories you might enjoy.

• Pre-Jetsons Science Fiction Comedy of Dan DeCarlo's Jetta, at Auction
• Drawing Monsters: Directors on Mike Mignola Documentary, Hellboy Films
• The Partisans #3 From Hexagon and Jean-Marc Lofficier in October
• Blind Item: The Strange Pulp Legacy of William d'Alton Mann
• Dark Souls: Redemption Manga in Yen Press' December 2024 Solicits
• Ashita No Joe Fighting For Tomorrow in Kodansha December 2024 Solicits
• Wu Zhe's Run Wild Sa Ye in Seven Seas' December 2024 Manga Solicits
• Marvel & DC Lose Superhero Trademark- Daily LITG, 29th September 2024

LITG one year ago, DC's Killing Time For Paperbacks

1. DC Comics Cancel Tom King Batman Paperback Editions
2. DC Comics Admits It Got Gotham War Prelude Wrong, Makes It Returnable
3. Ghostbusters: Leslie Jones on Jason Reitman's "Unforgivable" Comments
4. Local Card Shops Are Already Ruining Disney Lorcana Chapter Two
5. Jonathan Hickman & Stefano Caselli's First Look: Ultimate Universe #1
6. Justice Society Of America Gets Later, #9 Slips Into 2024
7. The Sandman Season 2, Good Omens 3: Neil Gaiman Offers Quick Updates
8. Pokemon TCG Value Watch: Celebrations In September 2023
9. Halloween Awaits with RSVLTS Nightmare Before Christmas Collection
10. Cast Lightning with the New NERF x Magic: The Gathering Blaster

A few other comics stories you might prefer

• Dave Sim To Reveal Who Exploited Who Over Marvelman & Miracleman
• Something Is Killing The Spider-Boys in Local Comic Shop Day 2023
• Since I Could Die Tomorrow Comes To TokyoPop's December 2023 Solicits
• Printwatch: Conan, Creepshow, W0rldtr33, Predator Vs Wolverine
• Dave Gibbons Records Audio Version of His Autobiography, Confabulation
• Doctor Geof Creates A Cat Superhero For The Lakes Comic Art Festival
• Disney Lorcana Chapter Two in the Daily LITG, 29th September 2023

LITG one year ago, Avatar: The Last Airbender Reveals All

1. Avatar: The Last Airbender Reveals Live-Action Series Full Cast
2. Carlos Pacheco, Suffering From ALS, Posts His Final Comics Cover
3. Marvel Comics Introduces The Opposite To The Phoenix (Spoilers)
4. Meghan Fitzmartin On Tim Drake And Conner Kent, Together
5. Saraya Made Her AEW Dynamite Debut Last Night; It Didn't Go Well
6. Loki Is The Bi Frost Giant, Officially. Will There Be T-Shirts?
7. Kelly Thompson's Black Cloak #1 From Image Comics In January 2023
8. We Round-Up All of Funko's NYCC 2022 Exclusives in One Place
9. Transformers: Dark of the Moon Deluxe Optimus Prime Figure Hits Target
10. Grendel Actor Shares Thoughts, Confirms "Entire Season" Was Filmed
11. Bad Idea's B-Sides With Mike Carey, Kano, Jody LeHeup & Justin Mason
12. Tyler Whitesides & Rebecca Syracuse's Food Fighters at Andrews McMeel
13. LySandra Vuong's Hot Priest Webtoon, Covenant, Picked Up by Oni Press
14. Low Orbit YA OGN by Kazimir Lee Switches from Iron Circus To IDW
15. Free Unlettered B&W Copies of Marc Silvestri's Batman/Joker #1 at NYCC
16. Emily Thomas Sells Her Debut Graphic Novel, A Smile Like Yours
17. Portugeuse YA Graphic Novel Pardalita by Joana Estrela, Now in English
18. Alan Moore's Illuminations, Signed And Sprayed In Gold From Goldsboro
19. Avatar: The Last Airbender in The Daily LITG, 29th September 2022

LITG three years ago, Superman's potential boyfriend

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 four years ago, SNL, Love Sausage and Pokémon GO

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 five 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 six 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.

There might be partially slightly more of a party atmosphere right now. It all depends on which state you are living in. But comics folk are still getting older and still celebrating that special date with twelve years for us as well.

• 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@gmail.com.

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