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Crossover #4 by Donny Cates and Geoff Shaw from Image Comics is out today and it is crossover-tastic The previous issue gave us both Cates, Shaw and and Eliot Rahal's The Paybacks, and Michael Allred's Madman, who continue in this issue. And he continues to namedrop other characters, willing the audience to get excited about the[...]

While not surprised, we're still pretty impressed with how the excitement levels have grown for the upcoming reunion between Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni) and Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) during the big, two-hour crossover event that starts on Hargitay's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (SVU) and wraps with the premiere of Meloni's new NBC series from[...]

Looks like the reunion between Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni) and Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) is going to be happening a lot sooner than we expected, with NBC revealing on Thursday that Meloni's Law & Order: Organized Crime will premiere on April 1 as part of a crossover with Hargitay's Law & Order: SVU Kicking off the[...]

In a YouTube video with Dan Shahin recorded last night, I gave him the not-that-breaking news that Donny Cates and Geoff Shaw's Crossover #4 from Image Comics was to have a big surprise guest star to accompany the appearance of Mike Allred's Madman on the final page of Crossover #3 The series also includes Donny[...]

But given that this may be comic fans' only chance to secure a copy of BRZRKR #1 autographed by Neo himself, it makes some sense that the barrier to entry is set incredibly high. It's in even more rarified air when you consider BRZRKR is a creator-owned title and even as rival Image has recently expanded[...]

Two worlds collide in the return of this hit crossover concept, with a first issue by writers James Asmus and Sam Maggs, and artists Jack Lawrence and Casey W Coller. "I can't wait to jump back into this world of magical friendships that really is More than Meets the Eye," says Maggs "It's such a blast[...]

Spawn appears on the cover of Crossover #3 by Donny Cates and Geoff Shaw But he does not appear inside the cover of this metatextual continuity-based creator-owned comic published by Image Comics tomorrow But other folks do. I'm not going to spoil the final page here, but it features a character who Bleeding Cool had previously[...]

Imagine our surprise when we discovered SECRET VARIANTS spread through the McFarlane covers for Crossover #3" That's right, Crossover #3 has a variety of secret variant covers with the Todd McFarlane Spawn variant of Crossover #3, with Spawn looking over Ellipsis' shoulder as she reads a different comic book in each And Stadium has even[...]

Where supply and demand and most accurately reflected, where you can see which books are hot, where new orders are coming in and how retailers are reacting to new, unanticipated desire! And courtesy of stats from Diamond Comic Distributors. Crossover, Daredevil, Star Wars: High Republic Top Advance Reorders Todd McFarlane's cover to Crossover bumped that comic –[...]

We have details of more comic book multiple printings, as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin #1 gets a third printing, Crossover #2 gets a second – and so to Scout Comics titles The Recount #1, Yasmeen #2, It Eats What Feeds It #3, and White Ash #4. Credit: Scout Comics, Image Comics, IDW Here's a[...]

Crossover, Star Wars: High Republic, Daredevil and King In Black comic books take the top fourteen books in the chart with Eternals in fifteenth place and a strong showing for The Last Witch. Crossover, Star Wars, Daredevil, King In Black Top Advance Reorders Greetings from the coal face of the direct comics market Where retailers try to[...]

Yesterday saw the publication of Crossover #2, the new comic book by Donny Cates and Geoff Shaw We'vemnetioned how orders for the upcoming Crossover #3 are double those of #2, anticipating appearance of Spawn within the pages as well as on the promoted cover by Todd McFarlane Well, Crossover #2 seems to have made that[...]

Image is closing out 2020 on a high note by sending the industry all atwitter over Crossover #3—and a little bird has told me that this third issue in the hottest series of the year, nay decade, has closed out its orders at just shy of 100K—nearly doubling the order number that came in for[...]

Last night we ran the story that Todd McFarlane and Spawn were coming to Donny Cates and Geoff Shaw's Crossover #3 from Image Comics (as well as Mike Allred's Madman) We now have the covers as proof. But does Todd McFarlane really want to get close to Crossover? Because we also have the first few pages[...]

So please believe me when I tell you that issues THREE and ESPECIALLY issue SIX of CROSSOVER are going to be BIG Like….really big Crazy big Order accordingly They will sell out." Might there be a special visitor or two? The solicit reads ""KIDS LOVE CHAINS," Part Three-Monsters and robots falling from the sky! Mysterious (and[...]

It must be good to be Donny Cates right now, as interest and advance reorders boom over Crossover and King In Black And the industry seem to have responded well to the Biden/Harris Savage Dragon as well Well, slightly more than half of them have, anyway. Donny Cates Beats Joe Biden In Advance Reorders Greetings from the[...]

This is an attempt to sift through them all and find the most relevant items. What's FOCing today? How did Crossover #1 do? #2 is up, including a 1:10, 1:25 and the pictured 1:50 ellipsis cover. Home Sick Pilots #1 by Dan Watters and Christian Wijngaard is launching from Image Comics, including 1:25 and 1:50 covers. Critical Role has[...]

This week four titles dominated sales, Batman, X-Men, Thor and Crossover, giving Donny Cates two for four.  If any other retailers would like to report their top sellers, please contact richjohnston@bleedingcool.com. Top Ten Bleeding Cool Bestseller comics of the week Batman, X-Men, Thor and Crossover Top Bleeding Cool Bestseller List Now if only Crossover could be a Batman/X-Men/Thor[...]

Hill made big promises at what felt like an alternate reality SDCC for their new book, Crossover. Crossover, which tells the story of an epic comics crossover event bleeding over into the real world, was one of the most intriguing announcements of the virtual convention, with the team telling readers that the new title would show them things[...]

Donny Cates and Geoff Shaw's new comic book Crossover landed with a big, bold, issue 1 A wild ride of superheroic madness making its way into a world weary of it, somewhere between Alan Moore and Don Simpson's In Pictopia and Mark Millar and Tommy Lee Edwards' 1985. The main cover for Crossover #1 sees someone[...]

Donny Cates Dominates Advance Reorders With Crossover, Venom and Thor Donny Cates has the top six advance reorders to himself, courtesy of Crossover, Venom and Thor Indeed, he had thirteen slots – over half – of the top twenty-five for these three titles with their various cover This is Donny Cates' world, we just live in[...]

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We know little about Flood, save for the creative team – and these words. We can't go out into the black, when things go out they don't come back. Down is safe, up is death, you'll black out and lose your breath. Bends and breaks and teeth and fins, don't fight the dark… it always wins. Maybe you'll find out more in Crossover[...]

Image Comics PR has been talking up the launch of Donny Cates and Geoff Shaw's upcoming comic book launch, Crossover Bleeding Cool understands that, before today's Final Order Cut-Off has been finalised, orders are in six figures and has already beaten the launch of The Department Of Truth #1 And unlike a certain Mr Mark[...]

This is an attempt to sift through them all and find the most relevant items. What's FOCing today? The launch of Crossover #1 by Donny Cates and Geoff Shaw is the big one, from Image Comics, with many tiered variants up to 1:200. Also from Donny Cates, Thor #9 with Nic Klein sees the return of Donald Blake,[...]

We're hearing that retailers noticed a few more Crossover incentive cover codes pop up on the Diamond retailer site last night and we've managed to get our hands on the Tradd Moore (1:25) and Ryan Ottley (1:50) covers for anyone eager to see what else Image has up its sleeve before they're on FOC this[...]

This is earlier artwork for Donny Cates and Geoff Shaw's upcoming Crossover series that pits fictional universe against fictional universe, and that appeared in promotional materials from Image Comics But a quick look at recent imagery suggests something significant has changed. Art from Crossover #1. Here's the later version of the art from Crossover, and one that[...]

Remender's got a deep backlist of sales beasts that retailers have long depended on – Deadly Class, Black Science, Seven To Eternity – and after a relatively quiet year, seeing Remender resurface with another dependable launch should be an easy win for these folks. The year's not over in October though, we still have Image's upcoming[...]

Image Comics has a big launch for Donny Cates and Geoff Shaw's Crossover #1 in November 2020 solicitations, as well as the resolicitation for the delayed Kick-Ass Vs Hit-Girl that was solicited before the world flipped over… and a lot more as well, of course Such as the first collection of Albert Monteys' Universe series[...]

Yesterday, Donny Cates took to the ReedPOP Retailer Event to plug his upcoming Image Comics series Crossover with Geoff Shaw and Dee Cunniffe, telling the assembled retailers that it took three years to organise to get all the various creators to sign on regarding their own intellectual properties And about a comic shop owner who dares to[...]