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Doom Patrol-- Ep.201 -- "Fun Size Patrol" -- Photo Credit: Mark Hill/ 2019 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Dorothy Spinner (Abigail Shapiro), a character from the comics, is the daughter of mad scientist and Doom Patrol leader Niles Caulder (Timothy Dalton) that they have to protect and stop from destroying the world The Candlemaker, one of the last "big bads" in Grant Morrison's run, is the big bad this season. Doom Patrol: The Dysfunctional[...]
Empyre: A Complete New Checklist And Schedule from Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics has reissued the following checklist and timeline for the Empyre crossover event But, even rescheduled, it is starting to slip a little For example, the Empyre Handbook, listed as a Prelude before Empyre #1 in July, is actually now out on August 5th, the same day as Empyre #4 And Immortal She-Hulk is[...]
Image Comics to Feature #BackTheComeback on Covers
A number of comic publishers have supported the #BackTheComeback campaign by printing the logo on the cover of their books, including Marvel, IDW Publishing, Image Comics, and AC Comics Game stores can expect to see in-store promotions beginning July 6th to coincide with the launch of the auction Alliance Game Distributors has planned 6-weeks of[...]
Doom Patrol-- Ep.202 -- "Tyme Patrol" -- Photo Credit: Mark Hill/ 2019 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved. Doom Patrol-- Ep.202 -- "Tyme Patrol" -- Photo Credit: Mark Hill/ 2019 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Well, consider this your first introduction to the small screen's versions of The Candlemaker, Red Jack, Doctor Tyme, and The SeX-Men (names that fans of the comics know all too well) The Candlemaker is a psychic entity "big bad" who feeds off of mankind's fear of the apocalypse; while Red Jack claims to have created[...]
Did She-Hulk Die In Civil War II After All?
And her return, and physical transformation was as a result of the supernatural retcon of gamma radiation in the Marvel Universe… Did She-Hulk Die In Civil War II After All? Immortal Hulk #34 Spoilers. And with The Leader to lead the way… IMMORTAL HULK #34 MARVEL COMICS FEB200979 (W) Al Ewing (A) Butch Guice (CA) Alex Ross • The Thoughtful Man is here[...]
Empyre #0 Avengers Main Cover
Also, if you have no idea who he is, read Avengers Celestial Quest, great story, and the back issues are probably going to jump up some after this hits the stands.) Al Ewing does A LOT in 30 pages.  In rereading this comic, I realized there were a lot of references Ewing casually makes in[...]
Comics and Complication: Propaganda for Social Movements
Time for another edition of Comics & Complication In the first article, we dug into JLA: The Nail and the concept of heroism and in the second we looked at World War Hulk and the idea of anger This week, we're looking at how propaganda in comics can be used to influence social movements Superman[...]
A scene from the second season of Doom Patrol (Image: DC Universe)
Well, consider this your first introduction to the small screen's versions of The Candlemaker, Red Jack, Doctor Tyme, and The SeX-Men (names that fans of the comics know all too well) The Candlemaker is a psychic entity "big bad" who feeds off of mankind's fear of the apocalypse; while Red Jack claims to have created[...]
Official: Charles Brownstein Fired By the CBLDF
Bleeding Cool has received the following comment from Charles Brownstein and the CBLDF, confirming his departure. The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund has accepted the resignation of Charles Brownstein as Executive Director, effective immediately. Our organization exists to serve the comics community and the First Amendment, and we can't do that without an open and honest discourse[...]
The Back-Order List 6/10/2020: Joker 80th, Adventureman #1, and LOSH
Every week your Local Comic Book Shop, hopefully, gets in a weekly assortment of comics, trades, posters, action figures, and other goodies from Diamond.  Now some of these goodies sell out fast from your LCBS, so Tuesday and Wednesday LCBS retailers get on the phone (more often the computer) and let Diamond know they need more.  Or[...]
JLA: The Tower of Babel and Agent Saboteurs
Although comics are not the authority on social agenda, JLA: Tower of Babel does well to show how the desperation for control and contingency quickly crosses into the realm of shadow regimes and corruption What good is it to be the greatest when it's rotting from the inside out? In recent media, the so-called "Umbrella[...]
Will Eisner Awards Show Live Blog at SDCC 2019
We're sorry for the inconvenience to voters." GamesRadar reports that some returning voters, who are all industry professionals, logged into the voting website to find personal information had been changed, prompting the investigation. With all the comics industry has been through lately, with the direct market imploding after decades of shoddy business practices made it particularly[...]