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Star Wars Free Comic Book Day- How Media Reported Death Of Darth Vader
From Marvel, DC, Image, Titan, Twisted Comics and Keenspot… which takes your fancy then? Now that you know what you know? Spider-Man/Carnage/Venom Crossover For Free Comic Book Day Spoilers The Whiteboard Of DC Comics' Absolute Free Comic Book Day (Spoilers) SCOOP: The Mystery Absolute Figure Behind The Big DC Crossover Marvel Tease Spider-Fans Over Paul Rabin & Mary Jane[...]
Full Preview Of DC All In/Absolute Free Comic Book Day
DC Comics has released a full preview for tomorrow's DC All In/Absolute Universe Free Comic Book Day Special flipbook for 2025 Which also will be released at midnight today for free on Amazon Kindle in all territories Australia will get it in a couple of hours, the UK in eleven hours, the rest of you[...]
DC's Free Comic Book Day Released Digitally One Minute Past Midnight
You can even pre-order them now, to free, to drop when they drop. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ DC All In 2025 FCBD Special Edition (2025-) #1 Kindle Edition by Jeff Lemire, Giuseppe Camuncoli The DC All In saga explodes into a brand-new[...]
Bleeding Cool Weekly Bestseller List
Hush 2 tops the charts with Batman #159, but the gap between that and Absolute Wonder Woman #7 is small, as is between that and Absolute Martian Manhunter #2, which also beats Amazing Spider-Man #1 Martian Manhunter beating Amazing Spider-Man, what a world Also like Magik #4 beating Superman #25… DC gets five, Marvel gets[...]
The Whiteboard Of DC Comics' Absolute Free Comic Book Day
Bleeding Cool recently ran a spoilery piece for Free Comic Book Day as far as the DC Absolute Universe is concerned And mentioned that DC Comics loves a blackboard A whiteboard A chalkboard Usually with Rip Hunter behind the chalk, behind the pen, jotting down notes from the future But this time, for Free Comic[...]
The Homework You Will Need For Absolute Wonder Woman #7 (Spoilers)
Before reading this week's Absolute Wonder Woman, it would be worth brushing up on the legend of Persephone Yes, yes, you have to do homework to read a comic, but still Persephone lived in a world of perpetual summer, her mother was Demeter, goddess of plant life Hades, god of hell, took Persephone, and in[...]
Absolute Flash Tops The Bleeding Cool Weekly Bestseller List
Absolute Flash #2 beats Ultimate Wolverine #4 as Marvel Comics gets four in the top ten, five for DC comics and one for IDW… strong performances from DC X Sonic, though Summer Of Superman may not have hit as hard as DC would have liked, given everything they are banking on it. Turtles and Zatanna continue[...]
DC Comics July 2025 Solicits
Graham Nolan, co-creator of Bane, doesn't like Bane's Absolute look But might Absolute Bane suit him better as the just-dropped DC Comics July 2025 solicits and solicitations read "what awaits Batman is far more terrifying than anything either has faced…the true form of Bane is revealed." Maybe it will be one that Graham Nolan will[...]
SCOOP: DC's Absolute Universe Gets A White Board
And it will be down to the Absolute Mirror Master to put a new whiteboard of doom together, for the future of the DC Absolute Universe and possibly the standard DC Universe to follow And here are a few of the things, in visual or text form, that they may suggest… and ask. What happened to[...]
SCOOP: The Absolute Figure Behind The Big DC Crossover
The DC Absolute Mystery Figure 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 six years Founded sixteen years ago and steeped in a history of comic book industry gossip for a further eighteen years[...]
SCOOP: The Absolute Figure Behind The Big DC Crossover
Spoiler! Spoiler! Spoiler! Spoiler! Spoiler! Spoiler! We know we are getting an Absolute Universe crossover We know that DC All-In Specials are coming and that they will concern the DC Universe We saw the words "Absolute" and "Omega" being used a lot in DC Comics titles this week Darkseid is… Absolute. Spoiler logo! Spoiler logo! Spoiler[...]
PrintWatch: Absolute, Amazing, Spawn
PrintWatch: Bleeding Cool previously printwatched that Absolute Flash #1, Absolute Martian Manhunter #1, and Absolute Green Lantern #1 are all getting second printings from DC Comics, for the 21st of May Now we have the covers Each of these new printings will arrive with a main cover featuring a recoloured version of the first printing main cover, and open-to-order[...]
Darkseid's Legion Attacks In DC Comics' Superman July 2025 Solicits
Ahead of DC Comics' July 2025 solicits and solicitations, here's the rundown for their Superman titles for July and beyond… including the Superman Treasury Edition 2025, which may have an unexpected surprise, Satan Girl debuting in Supergirl and and the return of the Absolute Universe Darkseid Legion, also seen in today's Summer Of Superman Special... #gallery-1[...]
Does Batman Believe In God? Or Gods? (Wonder Woman Spoilers)
DC All In opened the box to the death of Darkseid, the Darkseid anomalies across the DC Universe and the Absolute Universe And it's breaking out all over DC Comics titles today We looked at a few of those in today's Summer Of Superman Special With Validas giving us an Omega shoutout. Summer Of Superman Special[...]
Absolute Flash or Doctor Manhattan?
Today's Absolute Flash #2 by Jeff Lemire, Nick Robles goes into just what has happened to Wally West, even as it seems that Barry Allen is dead, as a result of the same accident that transformed them both But it also brings another classic comic to mind, Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons Spoilers[...]
Some Good News About Monthly Comics Sales In Comic Stores For 2025
All of them have said it's been single issues that are driving the growth." The emergence of the Absolute and Ultimate line, the Energon Universe, Turtles, Batman H2SH, as well as stalwarts such as Amazing Spider-Man and the X-Men books have been especially strong in recent months And the feeling was shared in the thread[...]
Absolute Flash, Martian Manhunter & Green Lantern Get Second Prints
PrintWatch: It's time to run around the Absolutes, the Amazing, serial killers and serial killer victims all getting second printings in the new Printwatch! PrintWatch: Absolute Flash #1, Absolute Martian Manhunter #1, and Absolute Green Lantern #1 are all getting second printings from DC Comics, for the 21st of May No more details or cover images yet[...]
Absolute Batman #7
These are the covers to Absolute Batman #8 featuring the new Absolute Mister Freeze He looks rather different from the traditional DC version There's no ice suit here; he's something more like Nosferatu or Slender Man right out of your nightmares And in this week's Absolute Batman #7 by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta, we[...]
Two Absolute Comics Top Bleeding Cool Weekly Bestseller List
DC Comics takes the top two with Absolute Green Lantern #1 and Absolute Superman #6, while Marvel Comics takes the top right, with Marvel Rivals with its free download code beating out Steve McNiven's Daredevil, ongoing X-Men and the final Deadpool Killing Of The Marvel universe And if retailers had ordered more of All-New Venom[...]
The Secret Origin Of Matches Malone In Absolute Batman #7 (Spoilers)
But in Absolute Batman #7 by Scott Snyder and Marcos Martin, out this Wednesday, it's time to discover the Absolute Matches Malone Limited spoilers ahead… Absolute Batman #7 by Scott Snyder and Marcos Martin Because while the solicit and the intro are all about the new Absolute Mister Freeze, Victor Fries, son of an ice-plorer… Absolute Batman #7[...]
Absolute Bananaman In The Beano Comic
Well, current creator, Ned Hartley has decided that it's time for Absolute Bananaman He posts " In the Beano this week meet… Absolute Bananaman!" Bananaman in the Beano from Ned Hartley Looking rather like this version from the first issue by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta. Absolute Batman #1 by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta It's not the first[...]
Absolute Superman #6
But the Absolute Superman does, and it is entirely made up of trauma Dead parents, dead planet and a year-and-a-half to think of nothing but. Absolute Superman #6 But there is a planet waiting for him. Absolute Superman #6 Martha Kent is a conspiracy theorist with wacky beliefs in Lazarus Pits and weather-controlling drones So does she believe in[...]
Absolute Green Lantern #1
Today it is Al Ewing Day on Bleeding Cool, with the release of Absolute Green Lantern #1 and All-New Venom #5 and Immortal Thor #22 The one that will probably sell the most and top this week's Bleeding Cool Bestseller List, however, will be Absolute Green Lantern #1 with Jahnoy Lindsay. Absolute Green Lantern #1 by Al Ewing and Jahnoy Lindsay   In 2023,[...]
The Big Bad Of Absolute Superman Actually Revealed (Super Spoilers)
Going forward, there will be big spoilers for Absolute Superman You have been warned Back in October 2024, Bleeding Cool reported of the then-upcoming Absolute Superman that "the Lazarus Corporation make a practical workers class all of their own." Then in November we referenced artwork to back that up. Absolute Superman #1 The Lazarus Corporation seems to[...]
What You Missed If You Read Absolute Martian Manhunter #1 Digitally
Absolute Martian Manhunter #1 by Deniz Camp and Javier Rodríguez has jumped from the solicited mini-series length of six issues to an ongoing series on DC Comics books, which means at least twelve issues of the new series DC Comics tells retailers that "Absolute Martian Manhunter #2: Now an Ongoing Series! Due to the incredible[...]
The Origin Of Pegasus In Absolute Wonder Woman #6
In Absolute Wonder Woman, however, he has appeared in a more skeletal form How come? Well Absolute Wonder Woman #6 out today by Kelly Thompson and guest artist Mattia De Iulis reveals all Originally, Pegasus was the child of Poseidon and Medusa, and employed by Zeus Captured by the Greek hero Bellerophon, to defeat the[...]
What You Missed If You Read Absolute Martian Manhunter #1 Digitally
We mentioned this a couple of times before, but now Bleeding Cool is going to show you what you missed out on Absolute Martian Manhunter #1 by Denis Camp and Javier Rodriguez if you only read it digitally If you get a chance to pick up Absolute Martian Manhunter #1 in print then please, stop[...]
DC Comics Spoilers
But it is is far more the focus of Absolute Martian Manhunter #1 by Deniz Camp and Javier Rodriguez, published by DC Comics tomorrow, reinventing the character. Absolute Martian Manhunter #1 As FBI agent John Jones suffers the most remarkable after effects of being in the blast of a bomb left in a coffee shop And seems[...]
Graham Nolan Comes Out Swinging Against Absolute Bane
Comic book artist Graham Nolan posts regarding the appearance of the new version of Bane appearing in upcoming issues of Absolute Batman, redesigned by Nick Dragotta with Scott Snyder for DC Comics, and Graham is not happy He writes "As the designer /co-creator of Bane…this is a terrible abomination." When asked, "Is it the head?",[...]
Monster Week For Comic Shops With Absolute, Ultimate, H2SH & James Gunn
And there will also be a Giant-Sized edition. Batman #159 Ashcan by Jeph Loeb, Jim Lee, Scott Williams, a black and white preview to the next issue, which you can dive in straight away after reading #158. Absolute Martian Manhunter by Deniz Camp and Javier Rodriguez The new launch of a new Absolute title from DC, and[...]