Today sees the publication of Amazing Spider-Man #46 by Zeb Wells and Carmen Carnero, and Jackpot And Black Cat #1 by Celeste Bronfman and Emilio Laiso. And while there may be a fuss over the marriage of Mary Jane and Peter Parker over in the new Ultimate Universe… … how many marriages can survive the […]
Ultimate Spider-Man #3 by Jonathan Hickman and Marco Checchetto is published today. The original Spider-Man – and the original Ultimate Spider-Man – have a kid who has lost his father figure, learning to use his own powers for good and in doing so prevent the kind of harm that befell him. With great power there […]
Another week (without Batman or Amazing Spider-Man) sees an Energon Universe title, Cobra Commander #3, top the Bleeding Cool Weekly Bestseller List, by Joshua Williamson, Andrea Milana and Annalisa Leoni from Image Comics and Skybound. Selling 50% more than Joshua's work on Superman, also on sale this week. No. Title Publisher Writer Artist Price Ratio […]
When Marvel made the X-Men: The Animated Series back in the nineties, there was also a manga adaptation of the cartoon published in Japan. It was initially published directly to tankobon, or stand-alone collected format by Takeshobo in 1994 under their Bamboo Comics imprint in order to promote the Japanese airing of the TV show, […]
Marvel Comics has released its June 2024 solicits and solicitations, with the new Ultimates #1, the return of Venomverse Reborn, a Scarlet Witch relaunch, the big X-Men #35/Uncanny X-Men #700 however you want to count it, Blood Hunts for Wolverine, Jubilee and Magik, X-Men: Heir Of Apocalypse, and the Uncle Scrooge and the Infinity Dime […]
As first posted by Bleeding Cool, Thanos is returning this Summer from Marvel Comics, with a new Infinity Watch series launching in June by Derek Landy, Salvador Larroca and Sara Pichelli in Thanos Annual #1 and then running through Marvel's Summer annuals. The most coveted artifacts in the known universe have resurfaced, and this time […]
Today's Web Of Spider-Man #1 looks to the future for the Spider-Man titles, courtesy of a certain Madame Web, who Marvel definitely thought would be a bigger thing right now, across the Marvel Universe. With Amazing Spider-Man currently messing with Tombstone, the winner of the Gang War on the streets of New York, with a […]
Next month, a new version of Gwen Stacy is introduced in Jonathan Hickman and Marco Checchetto's Ultimate Spider-Man run in issue 4, out in April. This is of course being introduced to a Peter Parker already married with kids to Mary Jane Watson. I mean, that won't be an issue at all will it? The […]
PrintWatch: Ultimate Spider-Man #2 gets a third printing with a Peach Momoko cover for the 17th of April. Ultimate X-Men #1 will also get a third printing with a Sanford Greene cover and a 1:25 Peach Momoko variant for the 24th of April. We have the Peach version for both. PrintWatch: And with the […]
Mary Jane's aunt Anna Watson may be cured of the viral violent urges caused by the Orchis-tainted Krakoan medicine provided by the mutants of Earth. But in today's Amazing Spider-Man #45 by Zeb Wells and Carmen Carnero, she remains in Ravenscroft Institute alongside a number of other familiar-sounding folk. The Human Fly created by Len Wein, […]
Today sees the publication of Krakoan tie-in titles Dead X-Men #3, Amazing Spider-Man #45, Wolverine #45, Fall Of The House Of X #3 and X-Men Unlimited #130. The impact of Orchis and Krakoa continues to spill out across the rest of the Marvel Universe, with Anna Watson still in the Ravenscourt Institute after her Krakoan […]
The launch of an Ultimate title may be the only thing that can knock Batman off the top of the Bleeding Cool Weekly Bestseller List, and this week, that was Ultimate X-Men #1 by Peach Momoko and Zack Davisson. There were also strong performances from the Spectacular Spider-Men launch, while the return of Teenage Mutant […]
As well as offering access to digital versions of Marvel Comics' back catalogue, Marvel Unlimited also published original comic books in the Webtoon vertical scrolling format, which Marvel calls Infinity Comics, as well as recutting previous comics to fit the format. Now, to promote those comics, they are making over a hundred of them free […]
PrintWatch: We have multiple printings for Justice League vs. Godzilla vs. Kong #1-#4, Ultimate Black Panther, Spectacular Spider-Men, Mad Magazine, Avengers Twilight, Weapon X and Wolverine as well as some previously unreleased covers. PrintWatch: Justice League vs. Godzilla vs. Kong is seeing the first four issues heading back to press, for their final printings in […]
Today Marvel Comics published two comic books prominently featuring both Peter Parker and Miles Morales flavours of Spider-Man. Daredevil: Gang War #4 by Erica Schultz and Sergio Davila and Spectacular Spider-Men #1 by Greg Weisman and Humberto Ramos. Just the first keeps them apart for thirteen minutes, like a sandwich with Elektra in the middle. […]
Amazing Spider-Man #44 concluding the Gang War tops the Bleeding Cool Weekly Bestseller List this week, as it usually does when there isn't a Batman main book that week. Avengers Twilight continues to outperform and Duke keeps Image's Energon Universe front and centre. Just the one DC book in the top ten and it's the […]
Bananaman is a parody of traditional superheroes, schoolboy Eric Wimp who is transformed into a muscled, caped superhero when he eats a banana. Created by Dave Donaldson, Steve Bright and John Geering, he first appeared in the weekly British kids comic Nutty in 1980, which I totally bought before transferring to The Dandy and then […]
The earliest known use of the phrase sloppy seconds is in the 1950s. The Oxford English Dictionary's earliest evidence for sloppy seconds is from 1953, in Berkshire Evening Eagle of Pittsfield, Massachusetts. A crude term referring to a person having sex with another, after they have already just had sex with a third party, it can be used […]
The big gang fight in Central Park continues to play out in today's Amazing Spider-Man #44. Though I am guessing it is slightly more colourful than the usual gang fight. But it's still useful to know gang colours. With Madame Masque pitching to have controlled every New York criminal with her magic and Spider-Man.., well, […]
As was underlined by a tease in Women Of Marvel 2024 #1 published today, some people don't seem to like prominent women in Marvel comic book titles. Hence why we get a new supervillain, The Mitigator, from Gail Simone, Lydia Rasero and Triona Farrell, who basically does that to the Marvel Universe. Giving us the […]