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Is Captain Universe Responsible For The End Of The Multiverse? (UPDATE: Or Not)
Brian Bendis does love to tease storylines from the Marvel Universe in his Ultimate Spider-Man comics, as ranting folks are carried, cuffed, through the police station They have included the following…   And in this week's Miles Morales: Ultimate Spider-Man we have a new one. That's right, folks! Captain Universe is responsible for the incursions that have doomed[...]
Ch-Ch-Changes – Ch-Ch-Changes – Hulk, Moon Knight And Omega Men
An occasional look at changes twist solicitation and publication in comics… Hulk #16 will be drawn by Rhoald Marcellius as well as the solicited Mark Bagley. Moon Knight #15 will be drawn by German Peralta, not the solicited Ron Ackins. And Omega Men #1 will be drawn by Barnaby Begenda rather than the solicited Alec Morgan. And if you need proof…. Contrary to the solicit,[...]
Arkham Knight #1 Was DC's Top Seller In March 2015 But Only One In Top Ten – And Image Take 13% Of Marketshare
Marvel's share of the comic book market dollars in March was slightly up on February from 38.44% to 38.82% but their sales of individual comics were up, buoyed by some seriously discount promotions, jumping fro 39.33% to 41.53%. DC's dollar marketshare fell from 25.91% to 23.01% and sales marketshare fell from 28.15 to 26.13% reversing recent trends. Image's dollar marketshare however[...]
How Marvel Collects Secret Wars – And Who Is Hank Johnson, Agent Of Hydra?
Who is Hank Johnson, Agent Of Hydra? When Marvel are collecting their Secret Wars spinoff series, some books will be shuffling up and making room for another in two-series-in-one collections. Such as E is for Extinction/X-Tinction Agenda and 1602 Witch Hunter/Siege  The 176 page count might suggest 160 pages of comics, eight issues worth of four issues a series. It also[...]
Today, For The Comic Industry, Is #ThankYouBob Wayne Day
Today is DC Comics' last day in New York City as the offices on 1700 Broadway close, the publisher relocating to Burbank/ It is also the last day for 77 DC employees who have declined to make the move west to Burbank One is Bob Wayne, Senor VP Sales, leaving the company after twenty-eight years. A comic[...]
H.P. Lovecraft's 125th Birthday Honored At WonderCon
Joining Vanek were storyboard/comics artist Pete Von Sholly and writers Cody Goodfellows and Leslie Klinger This year marks the 125 anniversary of the life of H.P Lovecraft who wrote such stories as The Call of Cthulhu, The Shadow Over Innsmouth, The Dunwich Horror, At the Mountains of Madness, and many others. Vanek asked the panelist share[...]
Greg Rucka To Write Star Wars Ep 7 Prequel Comic For Marvel, Shattered Empire
But, at least, we now know the writer of, breathe in, Star Wars: Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens: Shattered Empire, the Marvel canon prequel to the upcoming Star Wars movie… And as Marvel has the Star Wars comics license again, not only do they have the rights to publish their own Star Wars comics, but all[...]
'Be A Fearless Writer' –  Spotlight On Ed Brubaker At WonderCon '15
He knows fairly early on what medium he thinks the idea will fit well in – movie, television or comics. He'll stay with his notebook, working out all the facets of his story For example, if he anticipates the medium of the story will be a comic, Brubaker will outline the events and scenes for each[...]