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More women everywhere! What a rare and pleasantly upbeat column this should be. DC COMICS Strong creative numbers led to a solid month for DC Comics, and a sizeable gain from their January total In February 2015, DC released 87 new comics featuring 810 credited creators, 710 men and 100 women Here are their stats: DC's overall percentage[...]

From Image Comics, written by Kelly Sue DeConnick, with art by Valentine De Landro, Bitch Planet #4 picks up with inmate Kamau Kogo and her mission to put together a team of prisoners to complete in the all-male sport, Megaton This issue gives us a closer look at the inner workings of the prison, how[...]

Recommended for those who still can't get enough Convergence or Secret Wars in their lives and have to see the same idea invade other comic book realities – which is kind of the point. Bongo Free-For-All Comics, Bongo A series of shorts, with the visually manic Homer stealing the show in mid-roof repair Less emphasis on the[...]

This is a preview for next week's Inhuman Special, continuing the Inhuman storyline from the regular series. Well, one prominent Inhuman character has

We are getting reports (and screencaps) that folk buying tickets for certain showings are receiving free digital comic downloads of Superior Iron Man #1,

The same cover had been used for the anyone-can-order version as the have-to-rip-up-comics version. Or maybe some stores got one and other stores got another Because the other one is also out there somewhere. Anyway, Marvel have now apologised to retailers saying Due to an error between AVENGERS #44 CHEUNG END OF AN ERA VARIANT and the AVENGERS[...]

And comics news reporting sites become implicit in that market distortion every time we run them as a story. Given that…. Black Science #13 from Image Comics is getting a second printing – and any retailer who orders this printing, will get an increased discount on reorders of the first print of Black Science #12 The second[...]

OKay, so I saw Avengers: Age Of Ultron a couple of weeks ago. But my desire for this has not dimmed in the interim... an 8" posable Hulkbuster toy. For

Will Geoff Johns get creator equity participation for the creation of Darkseid's Daughter? Appearing in this week's Justice League, and getting a full

It's not just Free Comic Book Day that is giving away comics this week. Because Britain has an election this coming Thursday The General Election I'll be voting when the polling station doors open, literally opposite my house I'll be staying up into the wee hours waiting for Portillo moments And I'll be reading comic books. Especially[...]

From Fox, free Gotham bags for Free Comic Book Day… Jesse James' Comics in Phoenix is one chosen store Is yours? See the rest of our Free Comic Book Day 2015 coverage right here. From Fox, free Gotham bags for Free Comic Book Day… Jesse James' Comics in Phoenix is one chosen store[...]

Each year, Valiant seems to make a big show out stuffing surprises into their Free Comic Book Day releases. Well, 2015 is no different and, fresh off the

We have a unique feature here. Artist Abhishek Malsuni has been working on John Carter: Warlord Of Mars for Dynamite Entertainment. Here we have a variety

There may be one big film in cinemas right now. But Marvel know that you remember their last hit too... From this Wednesday's Secret Wars #1, two lettered

It's the second Graphic Brighton weekend starting today, following last year's event which looked at the work of local artists and included Chris Riddell and David Lloyd as guests. This year they are looking at creators who depict 'marginalised groups' in comics, with creators talking about their work including Warren Pleece, Ilya, Patrice Aggs, Emma Vieceli, Karrie[...]