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Well that got commented on rather quickly. Trinity War, as first mentioned on Bleeding Cool yesterday... "has probably something to do with the Trinity of

The original art deal of the century took place last night. Here's how it went down. Catherine Garmon‏: Someone should bring me a Dr Pepper from Sonic and

And Aquaman… well you know he'll lose his hand again one day. But combining one of the best superhero comics with one of the most popular non-superhero comics today, that's got to be good, right? Doing what they believe is right, surviving against hostile forces, suspicious of anything that might upset the status quo,  the two[...]

Come back later. I will say that if you do buy the comics, you'll want to read Nightwing after you've read Batman, because there are some spoilers that you'll get if you read Nightwing first Okay Serious now. ****SPOILER*****SPOILER*****SPOILER**** ****SPOILER*****SPOILER*****SPOILER**** The Night Of The Owls crossover has presented itself as a conspiracy, with Bruce Wayne and his group fiercely[...]

I present, The Battle On The Beach by Jason Aaron.     X-Men Vs Avengers #2 is published by Marvel Comics today Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics of London who currently have an exhibition on It's Dark In London running, with a Roger Langridge signing and exhibition to follow. Today, we get the second[...]

Aaron and Tom from A Comic Shop in Florida look through the week's comics From their own personal bat cave, in preparation… and here's Uncanny X-Force, Avengers Vs X-Men, Avengers, Wolverine And The X-Men, Batman, Nightwing, Wonder Woman, Justice League, Cinderella and the Free Comic Book Day DC spread… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BXQqrVxgRE[/youtube] And here's Flashpoint video they're going on[...]

Shadow, Red Sonja, Vampirella previews below. But we we start with an extended preview of... DANGER GIRL AND THE ARMY OF DARKNESS #5 32 pages FC • $3.99 •

SuperWatch: Variety reports that US appeal courts have ruled that Warner Bros can use documents stolen from Marc Toberoff in their case against him over the Superman legal fight, because he handed copies over to police when requested to, when they were investigating the crime. WalkingWatch: Walking Dead Issue One Page Two sells for over $8000. CheWatch:[...]

If you need a reminder of what's been nominated, you can find the entire list right here, and see what I chose last week right here. Who is not eligible to vote? Comics press or reviewers (unless they are nominees) Non-creative publisher staff members (PR, marketing, assistants, etc.) Fans Before I get back to work on blackmailing Larry Marder[...]

I understand that DC Comics are planning an "event" next year, entitled The Trinity War. Presumably referring to Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman Whether that's a battle between the three of them, or a battle between them and everyone else, I don't know I'm sure it's much more than that, but it does sound like it's[...]

Garth Ennis and Mike Wolfer (Lady Death, War Goddess) continue to expand the world of Stitched with tomorrow's release of Stitched #4. The horror series,

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-jz-WmlQyA[/youtube] Avengers vs X-Men has debuted Issue 1 and Issue 2, so host Grace Randolph shares her thoughts on this crossover event from Marvel as part of Opinion Nation! Is Avengers vs X-Men a nice prelude to The Avengers movie? Plus Grace Randolph also discusses Batman's son Damian Wayne, Demon Knights and Justice League Dark's femme[...]

This is the latest weekly list of comics getting high advance reorders and post-sale reorders, continues to show what comics are heating up on the front line of comics retail. Avengers Vs X-Men continues to do well, as Marvel releases new information about how retailers can get new variant covers by ordering more, while the Night[...]

He's going to find out if your comic book retailer has been naughty or nice. It appears that, just as in 2009, there will be no comic book delivery on Christmas week in 2012, as the usual delivery day falls on Christmas Day. Last time, DC Comics shipped Blackest Night #6 a week early, to be sold[...]

Phoenix Jones is the world most famous real life superhero, from Seattle. Purple Reign, is, well, another one, not quite so well known, but also from

Matthew Diener attending C2E2 for Bleeding Cool. He wrote; Dynamite Entertainment President and Publisher Nick Barrucci led a packed panel of his bullpen

The judges were Outside Sales Managers Tim Kartman, Eric Hitchcock, and Dave Hawksworth. ComiCare Box Construction Contest: Nick Kelley of Chimps Comix (middle) Speed Bag and Board: Brandon Evans of Chimps Comix. Overstreet Price Guide Lookup: Adam Philips of Heroic Dreams Comic T-Folder Shipping Race: Andrew Iwamasa of Collector's Corner Diamond Box Check In: Kyle Puttkammer of Galactic Quest and Brian Kozizki[...]

She said yes. VideoWatch: Short comics story Spiraling Into Now Here by James Davidge and Fiona Staples, has been used to illustrate a music video for the song, Can't Save the World from Cowpuncher The original story, created in 2006, will finally see print in My Modern Panic: Short Stories by James Davidge, to be published[...]

This was almost twenty years ago and it still hurts. Archie Comics Goes Gender Swapping  We've had political candidates Gay military interracial marriages Occupy protests What's next for Archie Comics to hit the headlines? Most-Read TV/Film Stories Today: Here Are TWO New Spider-Man Posters, For Real – UPDATED  Let's forget about last night's fan-made hoax[...]

May the 5th this year. Local comic shop Acme Comics (as nominated in the Retailer category in the Eisners for its fourth year) was behind this move, as we reported before And is planning to use the opportunity to push a literacy drive among children and adults in the town through comics. For this year's FCBD, they[...]

The check used by Detective Comics, Inc (the company which was to become DC Comics) to buy the rights for Superman from Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster  for $130 on March 1, 1938 has just sold at auction from comics & related collectable auction house Comic Connect for $160,000. One of the most significant comic-related artifacts to ever surface for a[...]

Anne Rice Vs Joe Quesada. Who'll win? In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to some degree. They may be homages, parodies,

Anyways, the scans were rough, and I mean rough, but it was readable. It was at this point I started scouting out others that might be into scanning their comics I found someone that has scanned some comics and posted them to Usenet and found him on an IRC chat server I quickly joined the server[...]

He mentioned that the editors didn't like the book because they thought it was too jokey. From a company that lets Keith Giffen write the Justice League? He shrugged at that. I firmly believe that, had the editor been female, she would have read the book, and not only have instantly approved the book, but would have been[...]

Retailers could get one of these Alex Ross hand sketched covers for The Shadow for every 250 issues of The Shadow #1 they ordered from Dynamite

Image Comics July 2012 Solicitations 15 An Interview With A Comic Book Pirate 16 Boom! Spins Off New Adventure Time Comic – Marceline Scream Queens 17 An Interview With A Comic Book Pirate 18 Captain Marvel – Hairstyles And Earth's Mightiest Tweaking Of DC 19 POLL: The Only Avengers Question We Still Can't Answer 20 Next Month's Buffy The Vampire Slayer[...]

What could go wrong? Ryan Penagos: @paulwesley Hey! A bunch of us @Marvel Comics folks, who are fans of yours, just saw you at the airport Join us at Chilli's for a drink? Sana Amanat: Hey @paulwesley us @marvel folk spotted you at the airport Join us for a drink at chilis! Arune Singh: Apparently @paulwesley just walked[...]

Patrick Reed writes for Bleeding Cool after returning from C2E2; C2E2 2012 was just about as low-stress and enjoyable as a convention could possibly be.  The main floor was full, but never overly crowded.  The panels were well attended, but you could almost always find a seat, even if you showed up a few minutes[...]

Set in an America that is a garish and dunce-filled Babylon and featuring Theroux's trademark pyrotechnic prose style, Laura Warholic is at once horrifying and hilarious, damning and demanding and is, in its uncompromising power, one of the great novels of this still young century. TALES DESIGNED TO THRIZZLE #8 by Michael Kupperman $4.50 / 32 pgs[...]

What's next for Archie Comics to hit the headlines? Why, gender swapping of course Courtesy of Sabrina The Teenage Witch. In August's edition of Archie Comics, Archie becomes Archina, and Betty and Veronica become Billy and Ronnie. It's time for a heady examination of gender politics in the lives of teenagers. And, yes, yes, Archie does indeed appear to[...]