Marvel Comics is celebrating fifty years of What If? with what else… variant covers from their exclusive Stormbringers artists, in May 2026, wth their own "What If" twists on Marvel Comics characters, restricted just to these covers. Unless, of course, one of them breaks out and will be retrofitted into its own comic book. You […]
A few weeks ago, Bleeding Cool was told that, somehow, the lead stories in both All-New All-Spectacular Spider-Man/Superman crossover published by Marvel Comics in April, by Brad Meltzer and Pepe Larraz, and the DC version in Superman/Spider-Man, out on Wednesday, by Mark Waid and Jorge Jimenez contained a very similar scene. Which is odd. Tom Brevoort talked […]
Avengers: Armageddon launched in Marvel's June 2026 solicits and solicitations and promised that the Marvel Universe will never be the same again. Again. Again…. As well as launches for Queen In Black, Spider-Man: Long Way Home, Shalla-Bal, Kevin Smith's Jay And Silent Bob: Jays Of Future Past, X-Men Outback, X-Men 97 Season Two, Bishop, What […]
Marvel's most recognisable comic book character, by far, is Spider-Man, created by Steve Ditko and Stan Lee in 1962. He's been challenged by Hulk, Captain America, Wolverine, Silver Surfer, Deadpool and Jeff the Land Shark over the decades, but Spider-Man reigns supreme. He appears in more movies, more lunch boxes, and more hoodies than any […]
"Stan Lee Lied" About Spider-Man was the most-read story on Bleeding Cool yesterday. Lying In The Gutters is the daily runaround for the most-read stories the day before, as well as over the past seven years. Founded seventeen years ago and steeped in a history of comic book industry gossip for a further eighteen years […]
"Stan Lee Lied" About Spider-Man was the most-read story on Bleeding Cool yesterday. Lying In The Gutters is the daily runaround for the most-read stories the day before, as well as over the past seven years. Founded seventeen years ago and steeped in a history of comic book industry gossip for a further eighteen years […]
Two years ago, Chaz Gower wrote a book called Stan Lee Lied, or to give it its full title, Stan Lee Lied: Your Handy Guide to Every Lie in The Origins of Marvel Comics. It took the Stan Lee-authored Origins Of Marvel Comics for its fiftieth anniversary and systematically attempted to disprove as many of the […]
Okay, so this is a scene from the upcoming All-New All-Spectacular Spider-Man/Superman crossover published by Marvel Comics, with a lead story by Brad Meltzer and Pepe Larraz. Which sees Superman and Spider-Man with a mountain over them, and by the looks of things, a Kryptonite mountain, leaving Spider-Man to take the strain and hold the […]
Steve Darnall has written a novelisation of the Kurt Busiek/Alex Ross comic book Marvels, which told the story of the Marvel Universe from the nineteen thirties to the nineteen seventies, from the point of view of a bystander-turned-photographer. When first published in 1994, it was an instant smash hit and has led to many sequels […]
Ultimate Spoilers! Ultimate Spoilers! Ultimate Spoilers! Ultimate Spoilers! Ultimate Spoilers! The Ultimates #21 by Deniz Camp, Pere Perez is published today by Marvel Comics. As what once was the United States Of America, run by The Maker and his Council has fallen, and The Ultimates organisation, such that it is, tries to rebuild and repair. […]
Marvel Comics has dropped their May 2026 solicits and solicitations right in the middle of their ComicsPRO presentation with an hour embargo… so that was fun. Will sort out the images later but for now… things kick off with Armageddon. As well as the launch of Doomquest, the finale of Reborn: UItimate Impact, the launch […]
Marvel Comics has announced Marvel Dimensions, an all-new 112-page graphic novel written and illustrated by Alex Ross, from Abrams ComicArts/MarvelArts, coming in September 2026 for $29.99. Marvel Dimensions is "The Marvel Universe, reimagined by Alex Ross" and "begins with Marvel's iconic origins and slowly twists into something darker and more unpredictable. Featuring Spider-Man, the Fantastic […]
Ahead of Robert Downey Jr playing Doctor Doom in the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday, Marvel Comics is giving you plenty of variant covers for him to sign, with twenty-one Doom Homage covers referring to classic Doctor Doom covers from comics that you might not be able to afford now. And Bleeding Cool are showing off […]
Marvel Comics March 2026 Full Solicits And Solicitations have dropped with major relaunches, fresh miniseries, and escalating threats leading into summer's Armageddon event. Chip Zdarsky's buildup continues in Wolverine: Weapons of Armageddon #2 and Captain America #8, while the Ultimate Universe races toward its climax with Ultimate Endgame #4. Standout launches include: Daredevil #1 by […]
Clover Press brings the 1977 edition of the Spider-Man newspaper strips by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber and John Romita Sr as part of their January 2026 solicits and solicitations, though it's out in February, January will instead bring the complete Chester Gould Dick Tracy back in print in softcover… AMAZING SPIDER-MAN CLASSIC NEWSPAPER COMICS TP 1977 (W) Stan […]
No more Frankensteining needed… here are Marvel Comics' full January 2026 solicits and solicitations. With launches for Iron Man, Knull, Psylocke, Sai, Dungeons Of Doom, Luna Snow, Inglorious X-Force, Rogue, Logan: Black White And Blood, Marvel Rivals... and Godzilla Infinity Roar and Marc Spector Moon Knight listed for February… but still no Wonder Man? IRON […]
The Amazing Spider-Man launched as a newspaper strip by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber and John Romita in 1977, and was one of the reasons the character became so famous worldwide. Clover Press and The American Library Of Comics are to collect those strips for the first time ever in softcover, as part of a new […]
This weekend has been heavy with comic cons around the world, with Comic Con San Diego, Malaga in Spain, The Lakes Comic Art Festival in England and the LA Comic Con in Los Angeles. As well as Local Comic Book Shop Day, driving all sorts of mini-cons at comic shops up and down the land. […]
As the Ultimate Universe heads towards its end, and we get a new mystery Sorcerer Supreme, with a new #1 with a TBA creative team and cover (it's Magik, yes?) as well as a distinct lack of Wonder Man, we have the Marvel Comics December 2025 solicits and solicitations… ULTIMATE UNIVERSE: TWO YEARS IN #1 […]
Bleeding Cool has had another got at putting together close tohalf of the Marvel December 2025 solicits and solicited titles coming… let us know if you see any more in the wild… they still haven't officially announced Wonder Man by Gerry Duggan and Mark Buckingham yet. X-MEN OF APOCALYPSE #2 (OF 4) Written by JEPH […]
