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We had plenty of Marvel Comics news already this morning from the Diamond Retailer Breakfast at New York Comic Con – including the news that our compliant comics news rivals have yet to realise has been announced – but there's nothing quite a like a bit of booth reportage to make you feel like you[...]

At the Diamond Retailer Breakfast at New York Comic Con this morning, Titan Comics took the podium to talk about – well – many things, but to also tease what's coming from their Doctor Who Comics line. And that the writer of Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor, Jody Houser, would be spilling secrets about the show[...]

Considering that the character who becomes Harbinger in the comics was named "Lyla Michaels" and that it's a name Anderson's character has working under since the show's freshman season, the decision seems to make perfect sense. Viewers can't say they weren't warned in advance At the end of 2018's CW Arrowverse "Elseworlds" crossover that brought together[...]

Perhaps we can chalk that up to anxiety over Brexit? This is also an important series for Boom because it kicked off their year of knocking on Image's door in a Marvel vs DC-esque creator-owned comics rivalry, which I'm told may not be considered entirely friendly on all sides despite my efforts to get BOOM! founder[...]

And this morning at NYCC, it got even better thanks to BOOM! Studios. We told you that he was becoming the new writer of Batman, before DC Comics probably wanted us to and we, as usual, got it bang-on. But his creator-owned series Something is Killing The Children has also been quite the hit this year, as[...]

Thanks to Richard Epstein and Sofia Annunziata, reporting for Bleeding Cool from the NYCC Diamond Retailer Breakfast. Once upon a time, Boom Studios told us that they were delivering the killing blow in The Kieron Wars (their rivalry with Image Comics for the affections of Doctor Kieron Gillen) with a sixth printing of Once & Future[...]

At the Diamond Retailer Breakfast being held at New York Comic Con, London-based comic book publisher Titan Comics announced a title rather close to home An official graphic novel adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Phantom Of The Opera, planned for June 2020 By Cavan Scott and José María Beroy And indeed, it was announced[...]

But it's just the start for returning titles at Image Comics, At the Diamond Retailer Breakfast, held on the morning of NYCC, Image Comics also announced that we'd get the return of The Goddamned, DieDieDie, Low, Nailbiter and, yes, Saga, all confirmed for 2020 And more form all these familiar folks too… Thanks to Richard Epstein and[...]

In the following preview for The CW's upcoming "Batwoman," take a look at the friends and foes helping and hindering Kate's efforts to save Gotham...

At the Dark Horse presentation at New York Comic Con, as well as announcing a new Stranger Things comic book series, which Jude is probably frantically

DC Comics seems to be very reticent with what is being scheduled for then But Marvel Comics have fife, and they were happy to let folk know what they were. Doctor Strange: Surgeon Supreme #1, Incoming #1,  Spider-Ham #1 and Venom #21. And yes, that's a new look for Venom… Thanks to Richard Epstein and Sofia Annunziata, reporting[...]

At the Diamond Retailer Breakfast at NYCC, Marvel Comics announced that they had signed Marcelo Ferreira to an exclusive creator contract, give him a) guaranteed high profile work at Marvel b) employee benefits and c) making sure he can't sneak off and draw Batman. Marcelo is better known for his licensed work on Back To The[...]

Marvel has been teasing a return to the world of Machine Man 2020 and Iron Man 2020 for some time now. It began when Arno Stark was introduced as Tony's

And no one in the Marvel Universe is prepared for what it means. Update #2: And from Marvel.com, a press release: Just announced at the New York Comic Con Retailer panel, Star, an exciting new addition to Marvel Comics' legendary lineup of Super Heroes, will have her very own limited series this January The breakout character from[...]

Live from the Diamond Retailer Breakfast at New York Comic Con comes the Marvel Comics presentation Along with the news that Marvel Comics will be announcing five new series beginning in January 2020/ What they are – we don't know I mean, The Masked Raider from Al Ewing, probably Maybe something Iron Man 2020-ish. Each will[...]

During the DC Comics presentation at the New York Comic Con Diamond Retailer Breakfast, we had a good run through the Hill House Comics line – and T-shirts – from Joe Hill, as part of DC's Black Label imprint To be honest, it was a rather poor show from DC Comics, who just had the[...]

We mentioned that Joe Hill was getting a pop-up comics imprint at DC Comics, Hill House Comics as part of the Black Label line And that the first series, Basketful Of Heads was jumping from a 6 to a 7 issue limited series. Well, what's an imprint without merchandise? As just announced at the NYCC Retailer[...]

Richard Epstein and Sofia Annunziata will be reporting for Bleeding Cool from the NYCC Diamond Retailer Breakfast. Held at every New York Comic Con, to

Results of a survey released by Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, the industry's leading voice for free speech advocacy and education, offers concrete evidence of what has been long been believed true but unverified: teachers and students are embracing comics as valuable tools in the classroom This groundbreaking work offers one of the first data-driven[...]

Batman #80 [Preview] Long Read: A Great Big Doomsday Clock/DC Comics Conspiracy Theory Kitty Pryde Is Not The Red Queen Of The Hellfire Club As Reported (Spoilers) Is Krakoa Just Going to be One Big Orgy For The X-Men? (House Of X #6 Spoilers) It's Immortal Hulk Vs The History Of The Marvel Universe For The Ninth Reality (#24[...]

Illustrated by Gabriel Ba, Dark Horse Comics A few years after Sir Reginald Hargreeves's death, members of the Umbrella Academy have gone in different directions. THEY CALLED US ENEMY by George Takei, Justin Eisinger and Steven Scott Illustrated by Harmony Becker, Top Shelf Productions, A graphic novel of Mr Takei's firsthand experiences while imprisoned in a[...]

This is how the solicitation to Batman Annual #4 ran, ahead of going on sale at the end of the month. BATMAN ANNUAL #4 written by TOM KING art by LEE

He's got his hands in plenty of pies – comics, TV, film and more, including the Hivemind studio And he tweets about the geekiest of his finds along the way. Such as picking up a first printing of Dr Frederick Wertham's Seduction Of The Innocent, the tome that doomed the nascent comic book industry in the[...]

Al Ewing and Mark Waid worked together on the recent Avengers weekly series. They are probably best buds. So when both create complementary but

In today's Legion Of Super-Heroes: Millennium, we see Rose/Thorn's continuing immortal walk through a thousand years of DC Comics continuity to meet Superboy and the Legion Of Super-Heroes It is known as going to the long way round But there is a short cut. It's one that was taken by Booster Gold Created by Dan Jurgens[...]

And Wolverine has made a start over in Marvel Comics Presents. Of course, such a plan may have pragmatic concerns How do you stop everyone from fighting and start… fornicating instead? Well Wolverine has a plan for that as well. Beer. Even a three-some with Logan, Jean and Scott. Or maybe Scott, Jean and Emma. SINISTER SECRET #5: He's the[...]

Including the members from the Hellfire Club, three as requested by Emma Frost. Herself, the White Queen, Sebastian Shaw, the Red King and… one other.   Some sites such as Comics Beat were sent digital versions of the comic book in advance by Marvel Comics (Bleeding Cool does not get such advance copies) and were able to use[...]

But that DC Comics PR believes that continuity is important to fans and is plastering a fake veneer over the front while desperately trying to cobble something together in the hope that it will fit. But not everyone sees it that way Reddit user Earthmine52 has been posting a series of takes, written in part in answer[...]

And I speak as someone who just saw a similar scene in Joker… comics still have the power to shock in a way that's less easy to dismiss And Chip Zdarsky and Marco Checchetto are well into what will no doubt be regarded as a classic Daredevil run, comparable to that of Frank Miller, of[...]

He does like to eke things out, doesn't he, that Tom King. After issues of City Of Bane that were set in deserts, on mountaintops, or wandering along