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On the eve of their eighteenth birthdays they discover a lifelong secret: in a dimension faraway, they are each the leader of an army that is at war with one another…and what's more, when they turn eighteen, they're to be Betrothed or Fight to the Death! From writer Sean Lewis (The Few) and artist Steve Uy[...]

Thanks for joining us for our inaugural edition of Happy Trails!, Bleeding Cool’s live-blog coverage of Syfy's Happy on Wednesday night!

Direct from the vaults of DC Comics: The New Age of DC Heroes promotional flier Note the prominence given to the comic book artist over the writer A very specific choice for this line, intent on artists "moving the needle" The launch has been delayed, and The Immortal Men has been pushed way back[...]

Paul Mark Oakenfold is an British record producer and trance DJ. He is a two-time Grammy Award and two-time World Music Awards nominee. He was voted the

Louis publisher Lion Forge has announced their commitment to relief efforts with the publication of Puerto Rico Strong, a comics anthology from a number of prominent Puerto Rican creators. Puerto Rico Strong is a comics anthology that explores what it means to be Puerto Rican and the diversity that exists within that concept, from today's most exciting Puerto[...]

He is one of the most unique characters created in comics, and I'm sure we haven't seen the last of him in live action. In what might be odd synchronicity, after recent events on DC's Legends of Tomorrow left us with no live-action Firestorm, today is the 40th anniversary of the character's first appearance. Created by[...]

has hired Jud Meyers to be their new Director of Sales & Marketing. Jud began his career in comics behind the scenes working for Titan Publishing in London from 1989 to 1994, he managed and helped launch comic book retailers including Forbidden Planet and the Virgin Megastore In 2003, he opened up a shop in Sherman[...]

It still freaks me out a little that there is now a working version of the X-ray specs that used to be advertised in the back of DC comics in the 70s What happens to Barbarella here is possible with technology we have today. Page 6: Alert readers will see some odd details in this cityscape[...]

But will it be enough? •  The life of someone Stephen cares about lies in the balance, and where Loki goes, innocent life doesn't always stay safe… Rated T+In Shops: Jan 17, 2018 SRP: $3.99 Looks like he's going for a fight, and Bob's his wingman. DOCTOR STRANGE #385 LEG (W) Donny Cates (A) Gabriel Hernandez Walta (CA) Michael Del Mundo LOKI: SORCERER[...]

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But only three years after they last returned in the Deadpool Bi-Annual 2014, Marvel Comics are to collect the original mini-series Brute Force from 1990, by Furman, Jose Delbo, and Mike DeCarlo. Brute Force was a team of cybernetically enhanced wild animals billed as "Protectors of the Environment" who are all walking, flying, or swimming weapons[...]

But when the character was first created for comics in 1962 by Jean-Claude Forest, it caused quite a scandal as it was one of the first adult, pornographic comics in Europe The character quickly became an icon of the sexual revolution, and her popularity grew She would continue on in the comics until the early[...]

It's a pretty big week for Dynamite as they bring Barbarella back to comics for the first time in decades We have an exclusive extended preview of the series by Mike Carey and Kenan Yarar along with looks at Agent 47: Rise of the Hitman, Red Sonja and collections of Animal Jam and The Shadow:[...]

So here's the word, courtesy of an upcoming listing for the Marvel Comics series Spider-Man/Deadpool. While Spider-Man has been plagued by Deadpool, they've both been plagued by Deadpool doppelgangers The twin tales of young Peter and Wade investigating Faux-pool and Old Man Parker and Wilson finally merge! ClonePool: Who is he? What is he? Where did[...]

Despicable Deadpool by Gerry Duggan and Mike Hawthorne from #297 running until #300, will be bringing a new storyline: The Marvel Universe Kills Deadpool.

Aaron Haaland of A Comic Shop in Orlando, Florida writes: Hey, Fandom! This week of new comics has more Batman goodness with Tom King's take on the Batman/Superman relationship and White Knight #3 DC Holiday special was festive; I especially liked Jeff Lemire's Constantine and King's Sgt Rock stories Donny Cates's Doctor Strange kicked it up 10,000[...]

With the much-anticipated The Forever War graphic novel adaptation being released in bookstores today, Titan Comics has announce the next installment in novelist Joe Haldeman, Gay Haldeman, and Marvano's science-fiction comic book series, The Forever War: Forever Free! Inspired by Haldeman's own Vietnam War experiences, The Forever War series tells the story of William Mandella — survivor of a catastrophic interstellar war[...]

In the comics Gorgon and her two partners, Silhouette and Illumination, are hired by Jigsaw to kill the Punisher After failing to do so, she is once again hired by Jigsaw, but this time to pose as Maria Castle, Frank's dead wife, to torture him Once Frank figures out that she's an impostor… he stabs[...]

When X-Men relaunched its main ongoing series as X-Men Gold earlier in the year as part of the ResurrXion relaunch, Rachel Summers/Rachel Grey, previously

But it collects Star Wars #44 to #49, published by Marvel Comics and yet to be solicited Which cuts short of a certain Star Wars #50 — which might be Death Star-sized itself So big it could be mistaken for a small moon… Image courtesy of Lucasfilm We have the listing for Star Wars Vol 8 by[...]

While Brute Force may be the most unexpected upcoming Marvel Comics collection, this is an unexpected one, too And again, one I remember picking up off the newsagent stands in 1988 Wolfpack by Larry Hama, Ron Wilson, and Kyle Baker, initially a graphic novel, then a 12-issue limited series, a look at urban street life by way[...]

Young Adult novelist Sally Partridge's new book Mine is "a roller coaster love story set in Cape Town, packed with comic book and music references."

Back in February, we mentioned that Liveright, the US publishers of Alan Moore's 600,000-word second novel Jerusalem, were making copies of the signed

Dawn Mereno is the new female Snake-Eyes character from G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero created by Larry Hama and Netho Diaz. Issue #246 marks the

Bleeding Cool first brought you the news that Marvel had cancelled Guardians of the Galaxy #151, solicited for January 2018, while #150 was still planned

Vermont's first Cartoonist Laureate James Kochalka is returning to comics in March next year with a new graphic novel for adult readers. Mechaboys tells the story of "two lovable dirtbag teens, tired of being bullied, build a robot battle suit to take revenge on their entire high school But they never expected to become… kind of popular?" The publisher[...]

Diamond Comic Distributors have informed retailers that the shipment of Marvel Comics titles Amazing Spider-Man: Venom Inc Alpha #1, Avengers #674, Captain America #696,  Inhumans: Once and Future Kings #5, Spider-Man #235 and X-Men Gold #17, as well as the True Believers Phoenix reprints due to be published tomorrow, has been delayed a week. So expect British[...]

I appreciate the early Dynamite John Carter comics for their faithfulness to the original novels, but the not-quite-canonical look of their Green Martians was always a kind of sticking point for me I couldn't be happier with the way things are going with them visually across Dynamite's whole range right now. PAGE 2-3: I wanted to make[...]

Last week saw the opening arguments in the court case between San Diego Comic-Con and Salt Lake Comic Con over the "Comic Con" trademark being watched by