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When Marvel Spoils Marvel in The Daily LITG, 17th of May 2023

An LITG runaround the previous day on Bleeding Cool, as well as the past four years, as well as comic creator birthdays. And no spoilers in this one.


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Amazing Spider-Man 26 Spoiler Variant

The ten most popular stories yesterday

  1. Marvel Kills Off Major Superhero in Amazing Spider-Man #26 (Spoilers)
  2. Full Marvel Comics August 2023 Solicits & Solicitations
  3. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds S02 Mini Spotlight: Carol Kane's Pelia
  4. Comics People React To Frank Miller Drawing A Wolverine Cover
  5. Jonathan Hickman Writes G.O.D.S. One-Page Stories Across Marvel Comics
  6. The Return of Spider-Boy to Marvel Comics in August
  7. Zeb Wells & John Romita's Second Year on Amazing Spider-Man, Set Up
  8. Marvel Ends Daredevil With #14 In August – But A New #1 In September
  9. Marvel's Big Leak For August 2023 in The Daily LITG, 16th of May 2023
  10. Amanda Waller's Big Bad Spoilers For Titans #1 & Dawn Of DC Primer

LITG: more comics stories you may prefer

LITG one year ago, The true story of DC Comics' Changing Logo,

  1. The Font Used In The New DC Comics Logo…
  2. A Bi-Curious Bruce Wayne In Batman: The Knight? (Spoilers)
  3. Todd McFarlane Finally Returns Joyce Chin's Angela Original Artwork
  4. Don't Ask The Undertaker to Sign Your 1991 Trading Cards at MegaCon
  5. Stargirl & S.T.R.I.P.E. Confront Pat's Past in Arrowverse Crossover
  6. Star Trek: Picard: Matalas on Jean-Luc's Letter; Seven/Raffi Concerns?
  7. Batman Animated Series Character First Comics Appearance (Spoilers)
  8. Lots Of People Suddenly Have Plans For Conan The Barbarian
  9. Elvira Gets The Tribute She Deserves With New NECA Figure
  10. Saturday Night Live Season 48 May Be "Year of Change": Lorne Michaels
  11. Will Frank Miller's Dark Knight Cover Crack A Million At Auction?
  12. Breaking: Valiant Partners with Blanx to Tell Stories on Sneakers
  13. Marvel Comics Announces Final Conan Stories… For Now
  14. How Many Teams Is Harley Quinn In? Shadow War/Dark Crisis Spoilers
  15. Secrets Behind the Invisible Plane in Marvel's USA Comics, at Auction
  16. Fraction and Lieber Follow Up Jimmy Olsen with Perry White One-Shot
  17. Grim #1 2nd Print Allocated, Grim Reaper First Appearance in #2
  18. First Look at X-Men Legends #1 by Roy Thomas and Dave Wachter
  19. TMNT Image Comics #1 Taking Bids At Heritage Auctions Today
  20. A.X.E.: Judgment Day: Marvel Drops August Crossover Solicitations
  21. Secret Wars Debut Of Julia Carpenter On Auction At Heritage
  22. Talking to Joyce Chin About a New Chris Claremont Project at Lake Como
  23. Die, Rainforest, Die! Todd McFarlane's 1st Spawn NFTs Drop This Week
  24. Robert Kanigher's Baseball Fandom in Zip Comics #25, at Auction
  25. Talking To Liam Sharp At Lake Como Comic Art Festival
  26. Don't Ask The Undertaker in the Daily LITG, 16th of May 2022
England Opens Up In The Daily LITG 17th May 2021
Cartoon by Rich Johnston

LITG two years ago: Digital First-Among-Equals for DC Comics

  1. Bring It On Franchise Returns…As A Horror Film In 2022
  2. The Orville Season 3 Producer, Coleman Check In; MacFarlane Shout Out
  3. The Witcher: Henry Cavill Pushes Back on Online Negativity, Trolling
  4. Evil Superman From Dark Nights Metal Arrives From Prime 1 Studio
  5. Giovanni Battle Guide For Pokémon GO Players: May 2021
  6. Night Court: NBC Pilot Approach Helps Larroquette/Rauch Sequel Series
  7. Immortal Hulk's Secret Origin Revealed in Time of Monsters #1 Preview
  8. Target Employee Tells Us About Trading Card Customers From Hell
  9. Space Jam: A New Legacy – 5 Character Posters Highlight the Villains
  10. Wally West vs. Hitler in The Flash #770 [Preview]
  11. Joker Beats Heroes Reborn To Top The Bleeding Cool Bestseller List
  12. Unto Us a New Symbiote is Born in Extreme Carnage One-Shots in August
  13. The Debut of the Batman Who Vanishes in Swamp Thing #7 Up for Auction
  14. Does New Kang Comic Suggest Cameo in Loki TV Show?
  15. Why Isn't Marvel's Voices: Identity Published In AAPI Heritage Month?
  16. Venom Gets Scarce with Venom: Lethal Protector #1 Black Up for Auction
  17. 12-Way Auction For Hena Khan and Safiya Zerrougui's We Are Big Time
  18. Lawrence Lindell Sells Middle-Grade Graphic Novel, Buckle Up
  19. Bring It On, From Vaccines To Horror Films – Daily LITG 16th May 2021
  20. Zainab Akhtar's Next ShortBox #13 Will Be The Last

LITG three years ago – Black Lightning strikes twice

Bleeding Cool continued to report from the comics industry shutdown, steeped in DC Comics solicitations, Black Lightning reaction and more.

  1. Tony Isabella Speaks Out About DC Comics' Treatment of Black Lightning
  2. Walker Star Jared Padalecki Already Making the Right Fashion Statement
  3. Dave Bautista Shoots on Rand Paul, Donald Trump Jr.
  4. Samurai In A Hoodie, From Wu-Tang Clan's RZA and Sputnik, To Continue
  5. My Little Pony Applejack Becomes Human with Hasbro and Kotobukiya
  6. DC Comics Full August 2020 Solicitations – Harley Quinn Cancelled
  7. Street Fighter Chun Li Gets Yet Another PCS Costume Statue
  8. DC Comics Cancels The Terrifics, Last 3 Issues Digital-Only
  9. Spider-Man Fuses With Ghost Rider for New Sideshow Collectibles Statue
  10. Transformers Masterpiece Arcee Races on in with Hasbro Pulse

LITG four years ago – Seeds, Snyder and Source Walls

Another world, full of promotional seed packets and Scott Snyder's Justice League.

  1. When Scott Snyder Will End Justice League – and What Grant Morrison Told Him Was Beyond The Source Wall
  2. Marvel Sends Seed Packets to Comic Stores Promoting Jonathan Hickman's House and Powers Of X
  3. Marvel Shocker: Spider-Gwen: Ghost Spider Relaunched in August
  4. Superman: Year One by Frank Miller and John Romita Jr is No Longer Mature Readers Only
  5. Separated at Birth: Lucca Comics 2019 Poster by Barbara Baldi

Comic book birthdays today

There may still not be much of a party atmosphere right now. It all depends on which state you are living in. But comics folk are always getting older and still celebrating that special date.

  • Garry Leach, creator of Warpsmiths, artist on Miracleman.
  • Steve Geiger, Hulk and Spider-Man artist, creator of The Evilgeiger Empire
  • Dave Sim, creator of Cerebus, publisher of Aardvark-Vanaheim.
  • Chris Ecker, first employee of Moondog Comics, co-founder of NOW Comics, co-creator of Big Bang Comics.
  • Dr Malcolm Bourne, comic book letter writer and journalist
  • Pete Fitzgerald, comic artist on Cracked.
  • Jennifer M. Contino, comics journalist
  • Huwj Matsumura, comic creator
  • Marko Stojanovic, Balkan comics writer
  • Luigi Mutti, comics translator
  • Josh Elder, Former associate editor at Wizard Magazine, creator of comic strip Mail Order Ninja.

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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