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DC Comics has been placing an increasing emphasis on marketing outreach in recent weeks, and the New York Times is reporting that's about to continue with a deal to put 12 million copies of a four-issue Justice League comic inside specially marked boxes of cereals such as Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Golden Grahams, Cheerios, Lucky Charms and[...]

It's sort of a comic industry version of the Da Vinci Code: one of the oldest and most powerful organizations in comics with a long-forgotten book hidden away in their vaults, one of the industry's leading writer-historians has it sneaked out to try to unravel its meaning. …So Marston had all these ideas and it[...]

DC promised us some big New 52 creator announcements this week, and here's an interesting one indeed: Fan-favorite creator Ann Nocenti will be taking over as writer for GREEN ARROW in DC COMICS-THE NEW 52 – her first ongoing series for DC Comics Nocenti has previously written for such iconic DC Comics characters as Batman, Poison[...]

When DC hinted just a few days ago that we should expected major creator announcements during NYCC, one presumes that today's rumor wasn't quite what they

Today, Publisher's Weekly is reporting that Books-A-Million — which has become the nation's second largest brick and mortar chain in the wake of the closing of Borders — is joining Barnes & Noble in this action: In a release issued by Books-A-Million, CEO Terrance Finley said, "due to DC Comics plan to sell the digital format of[...]

 The comic, featuring the first appearance of Superman by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, and published by DC Comics, is widely considered the most important American comic book ever released. Take a good look at these photos It's one of the few times you'll ever see a pic of a comic of this caliber outside of[...]

The DCU blog elaborates: Fresh off of his bestselling FLASHPOINT miniseries, industry legend Andy Kubert will be joining critically acclaimed writer Grant Morrison for a special, two-issue arc of ACTION COMICS in DC COMICS-THE NEW 52 Issues #5 and #6 will guest star the Legion of Super-Heroes, while also laying groundwork for things to come much,[...]

Be First For The Chop? He writes; Further Numbercrunching DC Comics And Marvel In September 2011 But it's not quite as easy as that. Most-Read TV/Film Stories Today: The Simpsons Renewed For Two Seasons – Who Buckled? Fox have officially announced their renewal of The Simpsons for two more seasons – numbers 24 and 25. One Toddler, Eleven Doctors,[...]

Welcome to the front lines of the Digital vs Print War.  Little more than 5 months ago, Bleeding Cool reported on Barnes & Noble's plans to become

And digital is bound to make these situations even more frequent. Most-Read Comic Stories Today: The Changing Martian Manhunter Of Stormwatch #1 (UPDATE) It looks like DC Comics may have taken it to heart Because here is the page, as seen in the second print of Stormwatch #1, out yesterday. Marvel Lets James Sokolowski, Their Chief Operating[...]

I think most people realized that September was going to be a pretty huge month with the launch of DC's the New 52.  But the real question is, what

 Are they getting everything databased and tagged yet? Internal wikis or the like?  Or are they doing it the old fashion way with a few go-to editorial experts, and an office whiteboard thrown in here and there? Most-Read Comic Stories Today: All Crisis Events Removed From DC Continuity (UPDATE) Dan DiDio has updated; Swipe File: Hack/Slash/Voodoo On the[...]

These things are mindbogglingly complex, and big relaunches always have consequences that go unnoticed until you get the thing out there into the world and people start actually using it for awhile. And so it goes with (big universe) comics. Most-Read Comic Stories Today: All Crisis Events Removed From DC Continuity That's according to Dan DiDio, co-publisher of[...]

 As for Patton's experience, I hope he has a change of heart — and I'd still like to see his take on Batman, too. Most-Read Comic Stories Today: Patton Oswalt Says Goodbye To DC Comics Over Nielsen Surveys Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and Rumors Comedian and comic book fan Patton Oswalt started tweeting his[...]

We're now in the final week of the launch of DC's New 52, and I gotta say it's been one of the most noteworthy months in recent comics history. They've