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His search brings him to the notice of a new evil in the DC Universe… Blight. Most-Read Comic Stories Friday: "If I Hadn't Already Quit Marvel And DC Years Ago, I'd Quit Again" – Kyle Baker And More Respond To Mark Waid  It keeps on rolling, The original blog post by Mark Waid about the way young freelancers[...]

I also pointed out that Marvel and Dark Horse have pushed for this, as DC Comics have resisting And this month we really see why. NEW TITLES SHIPPED PUBLISHER COMICS SHIPPED GRAPHIC NOVELS SHIPPED MAGAZINES SHIPPED TOTAL SHIPPED DC ENTERTAINMENT 129 22 0 151 MARVEL COMICS 67 32 0 99 IMAGE COMICS 39 15 0 54 DARK HORSE COMICS 27 19 0 46 IDW PUBLISHING 32 12 0 44 DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT 31 5 0 36 BOOM! STUDIOS 19 6 0 25 AVATAR PRESS 8 2 1 11 VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT 7 2 0 9 EAGLEMOSS 0 0 4 4 OTHER PUBLISHERS 85 140 33 258 While the standard marketshare stats give DC Comics a massive lead[...]

Last month, we said "in September, DC will crush Marvel as the 3D Covers lift their backlist considerably…" Well, in September , DC Comics' share of dollars spent in the direct market rose a massive ten points from 30.16% to 40.39%% while Marvel's fell from 33.7% to 28.49%, the first time they've been under the psychologically[...]

Here's a few, some sent to Bleeding Cool directly, others tweeted; The DC Comics NYCC Announcement List That Isn't (UPDATE) The following list of creative changes to be announced at NYCC were posted on 4chan It's a popular post, I've been sent various versions of it by email, but lots of excited people and I've seen all[...]

What other DC NYCC announcements are coming, I wonder…? Because the comic that Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato are leaving The Flash to work on… is Detective Comics Manapul and Buccellato made Flash a very art-focused book, channeling the experimentation of Will Eisner and it's hoped they'll do the same with Batman. Most-Read Comic Stories Wednesday: Francis[...]

We ran the Aquaman: The Teen Drama trailer earlier today and things kinda exploded. Here's the Hollywood Reporter's take. But I thought I'd leave you with

Only problem is… it's not true. Warning: My Dad works at Nintendo. This is every book and creative team DC is announcing at NYCC in a week and a half Believe me or not, that is your prerogative New books: >SHAZAM! : Geoff Johns and Sterling Gates as writers; Doug Manhke on art. >Plastic Man: Gail Simone writing; Ethan Van[...]

But one other change is to DC's $3.99 titles They'd previously been set as a $2.99 DC Comic having 20 pages, a $3.99 having more like 28 Maybe with a back up, maybe with extra features Well, having Villain's Month seems to have been a good opportunity to do away with the back up features…[...]

Recently, Image Comics publisher Eric Stephenson talked about the bullying of comic creators by big companies. Mark Waid, ex-DC editor, ex-Boom editor-in-chief, current Thrillbent publisher has written "An Open Letter To Young Freelancers" It's hard not to see it as a criticism specifically of reported DC Comics editorial actions of late, a publisher who Waid has[...]

Yesterday we reported that John Layman was writing a new DC comic book, to be announced at NYCC We also said that he'd continue to write Detective Comics Well, we think we're right about the first part But not about the second. Because the comic that Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato are leaving The Flash to[...]

Ruben Procopio is the artist on the current Batman '66 comic, out now digitally. We spoke late last night... my time at least. It strikes me that one of

Then the New 52 DC Relaunch happened and Geoff went off to pastures new The Teen Titans were rebooted, and their headquarters of choice was now in New York. Marvel Say Sorry With Nathan Edmondson And Phil Noto – Is It Ant Man? Apologies seem to be catching on Bleeding Cool right now So, which Avenger needs[...]

We reported that Nightwing's fate would play a central part in DC Comics' Forever Evil series – which some folk took to mean that he's be killed off So we pointed out that wasn't happening and instead we'd get a little Civil Warness instead. Well, today's Forever Evil #2 cements that Nightwing's not going anywhere, courtesy[...]

DC won the win with both the second part of Forever Evil and the first of Green Lantern Lights Out Forever Evil is my kind of event, I love the dark stuff There's a lot to talk about in this one, but I don't want to do spoilers Light's Out got off to a strong[...]

And most of them will comply with this. Bleeding Cool suggested which books they might be, DC Comics have just confirmed theirs as Forever Evil #4 and Justice League #26. Last month, Bleeding Cool covered what we thought would be happening for comics over Christmas Week and it looks as if we were pretty close. The week[...]

Tim Hanley writes; DC maintained its overall percentage of female creators, while Marvel rose to new record highs in keeping their now habitual top spot We also follow up on last year's nationality and ethnicity statistics to see what, if anything, has changed over the past thirteen months. DC COMICS DC was up and down by category, but[...]

If it trickles down. Most-Read Comic Stories Yesterday: Creators Of Constantine To Receive No Payment For The TV Option Steve Bissette, co-creator of the John Constantine character, states that;" DC Asks Retailers To Hold Stormwatch, Phantom Stranger And Catwoman This Week Bleeding Cool understands that comic retailers have been asked to hold any copies of Stormwatch #24, Phantom Stranger #12[...]

Then the New 52 DC Relaunch happened and Geoff went off to pastures new The Teen Titans were rebooted, and their headquarters of choice was now in New York. But as of Forever Evil #2, previewed on Buzzfeed, it looks as if Geoff Johns has just bypassed the New 52 relaunch and located their headquarters back[...]

A new column for Bleeding Cool by Keith Champagne; I love comics but a couple of years ago, I hit the wall. There had been too many downs and not enough

but will only get them next week, so DC wants to make it as fair a playing field as possible. Naturally, many retailers won't either realise or care and will put them on sale anyway, of course… Do let us know what yours does" Bleeding Cool understands that comic retailers have been asked to hold any copies[...]

Option, here, emerges from the prior Option that led to the movie (which we were paid our share of once there WAS a movie; how it works in the Warner/DC world). John Constantine was created by Alan Moore, Steve Bissette and John Totleben, as he first appeared in Swamp Thing #21 Moore has waived any such[...]

From the recent Trigon #1, part of DC's Villains Month…. Intergalactic bounty hunter, long hair, blue skin, red eyed, was that meant to be Lobo? Old style Lobo that is, not Lipstick Lobo… you can tell by the beard.   From the recent Trigon #1, part of DC's Villains Month…. Intergalactic bounty hunter, long hair, blue skin, red[...]

We need to prove that. Perception: There is DC, Marvel, the larger independents, and the smaller independents Large compartmentalizing, but satisfactory for now Quality isn't dictated by the placement of a logo or the physical representation of the material This isn't new or revolutionary, but there are associated perceptions DC guy? Marvel guy? Image guy? To expand[...]

Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster, Fall 1939. Actually one of two copies of Superman #2 in 9.2, though most would agree that this has notably better eye appeal

A few changes to published and soon-to-be-published comics. Indestructible Hulk #15 will now bedrawn by Aaron Kim Jacinto and Mahmud Asrar rather than

With Marvel continuing to roll out a number of NYCC pre-announcements this week, I'm reminded of my Who Won SDCC analysis that showed that they had a relatively subdued San Diego this year compared to DC, minus the TV/Film stuff, of course  With TV/Film, Marvel came out on top. If the run-up to the show bears[...]

Here's a bit of a surprise… DC's Constantine is in development for NBC TV by David S Goyer and Daniel Cerone The character's recent move from Vertigo to the New 52 may make a lot more sense from DC/WB's perspective in light of this development Brendon will be along in a few hours to dig[...]

Two years ago, we reported that Batman editor Janelle Asselin had quit DC Comics to work for Disney in their Disney Magazines outfit. Sadly, this week, that came to an end, as a number of Disney staffers were laid off. This may have been a precursor. Saving Agents of SHIELD for tomorrow when I am perhaps in a[...]

I'll be passing the money onto DC's We Are Heroes charity fundraiser. Yesterday, as Joker's Daughter hit the shelves, copies of the 3D cover on eBay were selling from between $100 to $40… But one didn't go for quite that much It only went for $17.50 Because it had been burnt and melted beyond recognition. I would[...]

Protests yesterday in Rio, Brazil, over legislation to ban the use of masks in public had a rather invested participant. Batman. Eron Melo Moraes, who was