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Dave Elliot is reviving A1 through Heavy Metal, and we're getting a sneak peek of the contents of the new Heavy Metal that will debut at San Diego Comic

There was no issue of the Hulk comic by Jeff Parker, featuring the General Ross Red Hulk in the Marvel solicitations for September 2012. Marvel tells

CirqueWatch: Marvel Comics are launching a new comic based on Cirque du Soleil called KA at San Diego Comic Con, Bryan JL Glass and illustrated by Wellinton Alves. But rather than the behind the scenes of a couple of people who sharpen chainsaws on their metal crotch, it's a Game Of Thronesy fantasy. BugWatch: Kurt Busiek pledges[...]

BCers discuss. Most-Read Comic Stories Today: Will DC Comics Change The Catwoman Zero Cover? | Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and Rumors The Catwoman Zero comic cover by Guillem March has caused a bit of a storm online Comics Alliance does a wonderful job of collecting some of the mockery aimed in its general direction[...]

  You have to feel for Stephanie Brown fans. She may be back, in the Smallville comic, an extension of the TV show, or uncertain canon, and not even

Do you live near a chain of Hastings, the entertainment store in the US that is also America's biggest direct market comic store chain? It might be worth

Dan Boultwood is a fantastic cartoonist and comics artist, working on titles such as Danger Academy, Hope Falls, Baker Street Irregulars and the like He's got a cartoony, stylistic approach that I rather adore, and I consider him one of the best untapped comic book creators out there. Between paying projects he's working on this British B-movie[...]

Second prints and more are always over-represented on these charts showing last minute advance reorders from retailers in the weeks before publication. And so it is here with Earth 2 and Avengers Vs X-Men, but Wolverine #310 from Jeph Loeb and Simone Bianchi showing the return of Sabretooth cuts through them. Strong showings as well for Earth 2 #3,[...]

In a thumbing-their-nose-at-One-Million-Moms act, Archie Comics is reprinting again Life With Archie #16 that featured the same-sex wedding of Kevin Keller and his boyfriend, for a specil San Diego Comic Con edition. Co-CEO Jon Goldwater told Bleeding Cool; "LIFE WITH ARCHIE #16 is a landmark issue for Archie and comics in general We broke new ground with[...]

Next week, Dark Horse gives us a new Baltimore, DC gives us a younger Comedian, IDW starts Mars Attacks, Image gives us a Walking Dead one short of 100, Marvel marries off an X-Man, Avatar bring more Crossed and Top Shelf gives us Jeff Lemire's Lost Dogs… and in two weeks, we have Nite Owl,[...]

You can just buy me comics… because I've been reading a serious amount of single issues lately. Unsure of what I'm reading? Welllllll… isn't that convenient? Because this here column is all about my summer pull list Here's what I'm reading right now and why I think you should check it out: Saga by Brian K[...]

And some people are making quite the celebration. Collectors Corner in Baltimore, familiar to Bleeding Cool readers, are celebrating their own gay wedding as two longtime customers renew their vows for an event instore  to celebrate the release of Astonishing X-Men #51. Midtown Comics are hosting a private same sex wedding in their Downtown store in Manhattan And[...]

This does rather sound like another fairytale-iconcs-remixed-for-a-modern-adult-audience-and-hell-can-we-get-a-film-out-of-it, even with the name Damsels.

It's Thursday, so you know what that means... another chapter of the free webcomic Crossed: Wish You Were Here from Si Spencer, Javier Barreno and Gary

Later the same day, the Germans still on Point 209 surrendered. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1abHElIEa-U[/youtube] CollaborationWatch: CNet looks at cross-continent comics collaboration. Nicola Scott, also based in Sydney, has been a comic-book artist for 10 years, working on US-based DC superhero titles for six Her oeuvre includes Birds of Prey, Secret Six, Superman and currently Earth 2, and she has also[...]

 Because a good new comic is a great thing, but a good new comic that also feeds my comics continuity/history jones in an interesting way is always a distinct pleasure  Nicely done, Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo. Most-Read Comic Stories Today: SPOILERS: The History Behind Batman #10 Peter S Svensson reveals massive spoilers for today's issue of Batman,[...]

I get a lot of comics sent to me by e-mail A lot I'd like to read them all I don't But I try. I'm glad I tried this one Been sitting in my inbox for a week and that's a crime. It's called Dracula World Order, written by Ian Brill, with a bunch of artists whose[...]

A twelve issue series. And then before you know it, Grant Morrison is working with Darick Robertson  on Happy from Image. And while we're talking about it, DC Comics had big plans for Bryan Hitch But he has his own Image comic, America's Got Powers delaying them. And Image Comics has started growing With The Walking Dead tearing[...]

Jesse James writes for Bleeding Cool. Sometimes there are creators out there that just don't care what the rules are and the % of failure in the comic book business as a Self Publisher.  However, Shawn Demumbrum of SpazDog comics actually did just that  His work on Unite and Take Over Stories inspired by the Songs of the[...]

Bleeding Cool's  Kickstarter Correspondent, Shawn Demumbrum has lead three Kickstarter campaigns to launch comic books, two successfully funded and one that wasn't.  Each week he will point out some of the unique Kickstarter projects that wouldn't normally be published by the big comic book companies, but deserve your attention.  Shawn's current project Break the Walls:[...]

Which has a totally different vibe… and certainly less of those long flowing dresses. The backup story in Action Comics #11 will no longer be by Brad Walker, but will now features art by CAFU. While Steve Pugh is no longer drawing Animal Man #11, replaced by Alberto Ponticelli & Wayne Faucher. Matt Fraction tweeted that Journey Into[...]

In an interview about MorrisonCon, Darick Robertson stated that he has a new creator-owned series for DC Comics in the works with Christos Gage. Robertson, once on a DC exclusive contract, and co-creator of the perennial Transmetropolitan hasn't worked for DC since The Boys was ejected from DC by Paul Levitz for Dynamite because, well, Paul[...]

Ame Comi: Wonder Woman #3 came out yesterday from DC Comics, digitally Here's the credits page. But it's actually drawn by Tony Akins As Amanda's partner points out.. And today's Frankenstein: Agent Of S.H.A.D.E is cover credited to Jeff Lemire in print… but to the actual writer Matt Kindt in promotional material… Come on DC credit people, get[...]

Okay, this filling took a little more loosening. I had to use pliers, a baseball bat and a large camel. As a result, it's a bit crumbly. It's certainly

And there it is. A third filling. Matt Fraction and Salvador Larroca, taking over the Fantastic Four when Jonathan Hickman leaves for The Avengers.

Here's another filling that's coming loose. After his five year plan of writing Fantastic Four came to fruition, it's time for Jonathan Hickman to turn

Following on the route mapped by Astonishing X-Men… and Panini's Astonishing Spider-Man. We need more Astonishing comics And we're going to get them. If I was still using traffic lights to measure the validity of rumours this would be green with a tinge of yellow.   Okay, here we go Yesterday's Marvel Switcheroo piece seems to have knocked[...]

He first appeared in World's Finest Comics #223 His next and final appearance was in World's Finest Comics #227 Both issues came out in 1974, written by Bob Haney and pencilled by Dick Dillin These stories, which also featured Superman because that's how World's Finest rolled back in the day, had a dangerous new villain[...]

So what sweet sweet comics can Dynamite tempt you with today? Here's a couple of extended previews for Captain Victory and Vampirella…and extended previews for everything else [issuu width=420 height=315 backgroundColor=%23222222 documentId=120613132402-729a836b6fd5459d9986771bfb307116 name=victory05-extprevbleed username=richjohnston tag=bleedingcool unit=px v=2] KIRBY: GENESIS – CAPTAIN VICTORY #5 32 pages FC  • $3.99  •  Teen + Plot by STERLING GATES Script by STERLING GATES Art by[...]

Dynamite Entertainment has signed up the rights to Peter Cannon: Thunderbolt, one of the original Charlton Comics characters that inspired the characters of Watchmen Specifically Ozymandias, currently being recreated by Len Wein and Jae Lee. Coincidentally, Jae Lee has been doing a lot of cover work for Dynamite Entertainment lately And he's one of the people[...]