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He's in the wrong place (or perhaps the right place) at the wrong time when Parker's invention malfunctions and zaps him with great power."  You decide. Most-Read Comic Stories Today: Fox News Reveals Spider-Man's New Sidekick – Alpha Marvel has told Fox News that Spider-Man will be getting a sidekick, powered up student-on-a-field-trip, Alpha. Fourteen Thoughts About Thirteen Comics:[...]

Spoiler warning, I really liked it. 10) HeroesCon is a LEGIT comics convention That much is obvious, but by legit I mean the guests/artists in the alley are STRICTLY comics professionals No wrestlers/voice actors/b-list celebrities Which is refreshing Don't get me wrong, it's cool with Reed Pop! snags an Avengers or Doctor Who related guest for[...]

Bleeding Cool posted a run down of the exclusive items being offered by Diamond for San Diego Comic Con, to be sold by retailers at the show or after the

A comic industry rumour over the last few months see Brian Bendis taking over the X-Men and Cosmic books in the Marvel Universe in one new storyline after

accompanied by Secret Agent Poyo, Crow, Battle Beasts and… Space Punisher. But next week, the DC New 52 start their eleventh issues, we get a new Avengers Vs X-Men, we get Before Watchmen: Ozymandias, Earth 2 #3 hits, and  the launch of Infernal Man Thing, Cape 1969, the Roger Langridge Muppets series, Hero Worship from Zach[...]

They want her back, front and centre, in the DC New 52 and they aren't taking "wait and see" for an answer. And because the character had a penchant for waffles for breakfast, so the campaign Waffles For Stephanie has begin, aiming to get as many fans as possible to send waffles to Dan DiDio at[...]

Bleeding Cool first mentioned this comic by Howard Chaykin and John Romita Jr a while ago, back in 2009. Then it was being referred to as Shmuggy &

Another week of comics So what whizzes through my head after reading a batch from today? Well in Batman Inc #2, we discover that Ra's Al Ghul met up with Mrs Al Ghul… at a Live Aid concert in London This must be how it felt for Fantastic Four readers when Reed and Ben's time in[...]

Ultron War? Reckoning War? Whatever it is, folks, with Wolverine, Thor, Cap and Iron Man, it's going to be War War!

Really top notch, some of the best The X-Men comics have ever had It's not at the school itself, which always hurts this comic, but it's a fair to middling performance Just, you know It would be nice Marvel's blueprints matched and someone hadn't suddenly thrown in an unexpected attic conversion. X-Men Legacy is also out today,[...]

The last time I saw Spider-Man on Fox News, it was Glenn Beck slating the Miles Morales character's existence, as a plot by Michelle Obama. Clearly things

The pre-SDCC rumors are out in force. It is getting to be that time of year:  From a very reliable source, albeit one under the influence of alcohol,

We are talking several thousands of people flooding the con floor at any given time. Despite fighting the crowds, getting tousled around by people's backpacks full of comics to get signed, and bulky cosplay (if you carry anything larger than a book as part of your costume, you are a jerk and need to realize this[...]

 To them its not just about comics its creating a plethora of goodies to go with each book (cool I always wanted to use the word PLETHORA in a sentence!) I asked Daniel to take some time before the big dance in San Diego to chat with the B Cool fans. What part of the country are[...]

Tomorrow, Americans get their dirty hands on League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen Century 2009 by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill. I've had a copy for a week

Maybe a Friday. Original photo by Seth Kushner, from Leaping Tall Buildings: The Origins Of American Comics. This is an anatomy of a rumour. Back in February, we heard that after Avengers Vs X-Men, Brian Bendis would be moving to the X-Books Writing the X-Men and Uncanny X-Men books, even. We also heard more recently that Stuart Immonen[...]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEbsDr2_jt0[/youtube] Grace Randolph's geeks out over Avatar (no, that Avatar) before diving into this week's comics… The Legend of Korra Season 1 is over! Host Grace Randolph gives her Season 1 review after the season finale! Is The Legend of Korra better than Avatar The Last Airbender?! Is Lin Bei Fong better at earthbending and metal bending[...]

From Michael Zulli to Steve Niles to Ben Templesmith to Dave Sim. But I understand from Ann Harkey, attending Heroescon in Charlotte, NC for Bleeding Cool, that for the first time, a writer currently working for one of the Big Two will be launching a Kickstarter project. Gail Simone is reteaming with her Secret Six artist, Jim[...]

Si Spurrier's instructions; This one comes courtesy of the memories of comedian Frankie Boyle, whose comicky talk at KAPOW! persuaded me he's not the one-note controversy-goblin I was expecting, but a smart and very cosmic human. DEEP SEA DANNY'S IRON FISH Way back in 1949 the world – at least, the prepubescent, British, male comics-reading parts of it[...]

Is your chair the world's greatest detective? From Nick Holmes, along with other sighting of superheroes in the real world...  

Or, as Stewart put it, a Con Con… StoreWatch: An Illinois comic store gets some local press; Waters, 46, and Reinhart, 47, are the owners of Midgard Comics, 102 W Lincoln Ave #2, and have been in business together for nearly two decades while maintaining full-time jobs—leaving Waters' mother, Sandy, to manage the store. As customers trickled in[...]

An upcoming film? A major cosmic comic event? Trademark searches are coming up Guardians of the Galaxy, it seems: Marvel Comics have just filed eleven new trademark applications for GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY covering everything from jewelery to beverages to furniture  to cosmetics The applications cover International Classes 3, 14, 16, 20, 24, 29, 30,[...]

Roger is an important guy in comics and animation world We want this to be as high profile as possible. It probably wouldn't be a bad thing to blog this. Update: Will spoke to Paulita Elliot and she is willing to let the flyers up until next week. Lobo co-creator, Roger Slifer, appears to have been the[...]

Should they be called Diamond Book Distributors? Or Diamond Walking Dead Distributors? The side of Diamond that deals with the bookstore market rather

Chris Weston's cover to Judge Dredd Magazine and the poster to Akira. But why this inspiration? 2000AD Covers asks Chris Weston; "I think most people know

Albert Uderzo, who has recent stepped down from the comic series he co-created, Asterix, is about to find his earliest work revisited. Philippe Cauvin and Alain Duchene are currently restoring his work, from the original boards, running from 1941 until 1951, supervised by Uderzo. The first column, published in October, will include his childhood drawings as well[...]

And maybe that's the important thing. The last time I remember this happening was when Todd McFarlane was trying to avoid making his Spawn comics be returnable by cancelling late books, shipping subsequent issues on time and then publishing the cancelled numebred issues shortly afterwards. But retailers and readers should be prepared for being a little puzzled. [...]

Hypernaturals #1, out this week from Boom! Comics, pretty much Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning's own non-corporate version of Legion Of Superheroes, has sold out of it's 12,000 print run in advance This is the cover of the second print by Mitch Breitweiser. I'm always happy to run these kind of articles As long as[...]

There are 43 days to go. It won't need that to make its budget. UPDATE: It has already done that. It may need that to top a million dollars, however, TOME

Spinning out of Heroes Con in Charlotte, comes the rumour that Marvel will be launching a new bi-weekly comic book, with Stuart Immonen, at least in part,