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So if you're like me you're probably going through a little Happy! withdrawal — but the wait's almost over, folks! Looks like the series took the week off the recharge the batteries because tonight's fifth episode, 'White Sauce? Hot Sauce?', seems to pick up where last episode's major cliff left us hanging.

Today's Harley Quinn #34 is the final issue of the series by writers Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti, who relaunched the character in her fourth-wall-breaking, massive cast, Brooklyn-inhabiting form that became one of DC Comics best-selling titles in the run-up to the Suicide Squad movie Their version of the character influenced the portrayal of the character[...]

Brian Michael Bendis has left Marvel Comics to take an exclusive writing contract at DC Comics, headhunted it seems by one of the increasing number of DC Presidents, Diane Nelson. Bleeding Cool has run the rumour that he will be writing the Superman title with Ivan Reis and Joe Prado on art, though this is, of[...]

Okay — way back when Hank McCoy, the Beast, brought back the original X-Men from an earlier point in their lives, in an attempt to shame Scott Summers,

As part of the new Marvel Legacy not-a-relaunch, Marvel Comics has created a number of "retro ads" for the not-relaunched series We have shown you plenty of examples in the past, and today we got a bunch more. So… how do the ads compare to the comics themselves? Would you read an entire comic consisting of[...]

With less than three months before the network premieres its "pseudo-sequel" series to the modern Superman story, Syfy released the first official trailer for their highly anticipated series Krypton.

We have an exclusive extended preview of Dynamite's Barbarella #2 along with looks inside Dejah Thoris #2, Hack/Slash vs Vampirella #4, and more.

Sometimes, being wrong isn't always a bad thing. Case in point: The Tick, who spent the first half of The Tick's Season 1 on Amazon trying to convince everyone that super-villain The Terror was actually still alive.

We have an exclusive advanced look at writer Mat Johnson's Horsepower column that will run inside of all Dark Horse comics being released in February Johnson is the writers of the Incognegro: Renaissance series along with artist Warren Pleece In the column he talks about how he went from writing the Papa Midnite mini-series for[...]

The Daily Mail is running what they are dubbing an exclusive story, saying that a number of nurses who have worked for Stan Lee in his home are claiming he groped them.

Marvel Comics have gone out of their way to remind retailers that Infinity Countdown Prime #1 contains a full 30-page story by Gerry Duggan and Mike Deodato Jr Apparently some had seen it as a reference comic, a reprint comic, a catch-up comic, or somesuch This is as opposed to the beginning of the Infinity[...]

Wizard World has released their 10Q financial statement for 2017. And as ever, all those numbers stacked up against each other make for a fascinating

Maybe that's how Marvel Comics is justifying its Mighty Thor Variant Cover Programme showcasing different key moments celebrating Jane Foster's run as Thor by the likes of Leinil Yu, Esad Ribic, Olivier Coipel, Humberto Ramos, and Russell Dauterman. Here are a few variant covers on these titles: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #797 by Clayton Crain AVENGERS #683 by Humberto Ramos BLACK[...]

Marvel Comics has three titles that have sold out at distributor level and is going to second print on three titles published last week. ASTONISHING X-MEN #7 LEG (W) Charles Soule (A) Phil Noto (CA) Mike Deodato A MAN CALLED X Part 1 CHARLES XAVIER has a plan He's going to save the world…whether you want it or not[...]

Quake Champions, the comic book series by Ram V and Alan Quah and published by Titan Comics, has had its fourth and final issue cancelled But not to worry for those comic book readers enjoying the series, which tells the prequel to the events of the upcoming video game — the contents of that final issue[...]

But Comix Experience is not alone in this, a number of other stores run similar events. The Amazing Comic Shop in Fairfax Virginia is starting the Amazing Comic Book Club at the end of the month, kicking off with Ms Marvel Vol 1. There's an established Utah's Graphic Novel Book Club, operating out of Dr Volt's Comics in[...]

DC Comics and Barnes & Noble have had a fractious relationship on occasion When DC Comics released 100 graphic novels as a digital exclusive on the Amazon Fire, Barnes & Noble, owner of the Nook, pulled all those books in print from the shelves It was quite a thing Eventually, B&N blinked. And of late they[...]

Everyone, I don't care if you think you didn't you did, really. And lots of people liked the character of Valkyrie, based the character created by Roy Thomas and John Buscema in the Avengers comics. But the version played by Tessa Thompson in Ragnarok had a number of differences in looks and in history. Well, Marvel Comics appear to be[...]

The creator of Titan Comics latest Hard Case Crime series Minky Woodcock: The Girl Who Handcuffed Houdini — performance artist, writer and model Cynthia von Buhler hosted an end-of-year party last month celebrating the launch of the first issue of her new series Issue two came out just last week. MINKY WOODCOCK GIRL WHO HANDCUFFED HOUDINI #1 (W)[...]

Last week, the New York Magazine brought ahead of schedule the publication of extracts of Fire And Fury: Inside The Trump White House by Michael Woolf after the Guardian newspaper leaked extracts. But what they also brought to the party, absent from Woolf's text, were illustrations of some of the scenes portrayed in the book, by one Jeffrey Smith.

Expect the Bleeding Cool Rumour Awards to run tomorrow… but first… If you haven't signed up to the Lying In The Gutters weekly e-mail, you can do so here. The Top Ten Traffic Stories Of The Week The Walking Dead/Stranger Things "Crossover" You Never Realized The Comic Shop Down $21,000 In Marvel Comics Sales Alone For 2017 2017 Television Countdown #4:[...]

This last week's Phoenix Resurrection #2 by Matthew Rosenberg, Carlos Pacheco, Raphael Fonteriz, and Rachelle Rosenberg seems to be continuing to show us two realities.

Last year, Netflix Comics announced they had bought Mark Millar's Millarworld Comics, a comic book imprint that has published through other publishers including Bleeding Cool's owner Avatar Press, Dark Horse Comics, Top Cow, Titan Comics, Marvel Comics, and (mostly) Image Comics. Much has been made of Millar's work being adapted by Netflix and as announced film[...]

But some recent images seem to line up a little… and suggest something exciting for those who wish to view them in that fashion. Thor (2017) #Thor #Avengers #MarvelComics #Marvel #MCU #pencils #process #AlvinDrafting #JimCheung A post shared by Jim Cheung (@jimcheungart) on Jan 3, 2018 at 4:12pm PST T'Challa & Remy (2017) #TChalla #BlackPanther #RemyLeBeau #Gambit[...]

Rod Lamberti of Rodman Comics, writes weekly for Bleeding Cool. Find previous columns here. 2018 is here What all would I like to see in 2018 as a comic retailer store owner? Better sales, of course Marvel is getting a lot of heat from their lackluster 2017 year It doesn't look like anything in the Previews book is going[...]

Bleeding Cool has previously reported that Marvel Legacy was a precursor to a bigger Marvel Relaunch with big new number one issues. Adding to the list, we also understand that the upcoming Despicable Deadpool #300 will be the last for the comic.

Bleeding Cool has been informed (or misinformed, you know how it goes) that both X-Men Blue and X-Men Gold will end this summertime. However, there will, naturally, be X-Men team books to replace them.

He writes: I just read your article on the closing of Villainous Lair Comics in San Diego It pains us to see so many stores closing their doors at the start of this year. It inspired me to reach out to introduce ourselves and our shop My name is Aris Lavranos and together with my brother Tio[...]

He courted other figures he considered "tough-guy Jews" (one of his accolades): Carl Icahn, the billionaire hedge fonder; Ike Perlmutter, the billionaire investor who had bought and sold Marvel Comics; Ronald Perelman, the billionaire Revlon chairman; Steven Roth, the New York billionaire real estate tycoon; and Sheldon Adelson, the billionaire casino magnate Trump had adopted[...]

"The comics provide a fantastic foundation on which to build an immersive, fun and fast-paced co-operative board game that will let players experience some of their favorite moments from the series." "Dark Horse is excited to work with Mantic Games on a Hellboy board game," said Dark Horse Comics' Chief Business Development Officer Nick McWhorter, who[...]