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Cover Variance: Forever Evil #1 Variants By Ivan Reis And Joe Prado
Courtesy of the Aquaman Shrine twitter feed (giving away a a digital copy on Wednesday to a lucky follower), variant covers by Ivan Reis and Joe Prado to DC Comics' Forever Evil #1 out this Wednesday, with Ultraman, Superwoman and Owlman variant covers… the new Trinity… So without the superheroes, who's going to take[...]
What Does the Future Hold For Domo?
The Funko interest was based partly on the Spring 2013 release of a line of Domo+DC Pops, including 2 versions of Domo as Batman, Green Lantern, The Flash, and Superman SDCC exclusives picked out the same Pops, but gave them the metallic highlight treatment, and Funko also sold Domo hero t-shirts at the con, a[...]
Buying Catwoman #23 For Cover Price
DC may not have announced it yet, but Catwoman #23 burned through a generous overprint this week, in the light of the first appearance of the new Joker's Daughter, ahead of the already heavily-speculated Joker's Daughter #1. But as ever, this only meant it had sold out at the Diamond Comic Distributor warehouses Copies are still[...]
The Death Of Superman Lives – Saturday Trending Topics
It's said very few of the pages for the series have gone into the art collecting market. How Will Your Retailer Be Dealing With Villains Month? (UPDATE) So we asked a number of comic book retailers how they will be dealing with next week's first delivery of the Villains Month 3D covers from DC Comics, in the[...]
Catwoman #23 Tops $15, Joker's Daughter #1 Tops $30
For a $2.99 comic published on Wednesday, that's quite a rise. Some stores may still have copies at cover price of course. Just not many. It's also in advance of the release of Joker's Daughter #1 for DC's Villains Month, which has topped $30 for preorders but has now settled in at around $15/$16 on eBay.   Catwoman #23,[...]
Bleeding Cool Bestseller List – Justice League Uber Alles
Diamond Comics Distributors and the entire comic retail community should not be held responsible for the allocations and all the ugly underneath that will arise from Villains month. Not about this week, but next: We're getting 16 of those Avengers-Whatever OGN hardcovers next week, and of course they went up on the "Available at Astro Sept[...]
Retailers On Villains Month – Friday Trending Topics
It all starts next week, the issues are well documented (and don't forget, there's also that thing about Nightwing exploding the internet that day), so what's going to happen when the Villains Month covers start to hit the stands? Several retailers let us know how they're handling it. Most-Read TV/Film Stories Friday: Looks Like Paul McGann Has Filmed A[...]
How Will Your Retailer Be Dealing With Villains Month? (UPDATE)
So we asked a number of comic book retailers how they will be dealing with next week's first delivery of the Villains Month 3D covers from DC Comics, in the light of across-the-board allocations and replacement with 2D covers. Gary Dills, Laughing Ogre Comics, Virginia; We took pre-orders from customers for weeks up until the allocations were[...]
Man Of Steel, Machine Of Adamantium – Thursday Trending Topics
It was a day of competing comic book film franchises on Bleeding Cool, and as DC/WB prepares to ramp up for real, that's probably the shape of things for awhile  Regarding Ultron, though I have to admit I had a small twinge of concern over some of the initial comments that have trickled out regarding[...]
In One Week, In Two Weeks –  September 4th Will Be A Monster Week
Here's why. The first week of Villain's Month for DC, with people willing to pay many multiples for those 3D covers The first issue of Forever Evil (and Bleeding Cool readers might know why Nightwing is going to tear the internet apart on that one – we're expecting big media coverage) The second issue of Infinity[...]
Justice League #23 Vs FCBD 2012 (SPOILERS)
And as well as answering all these questions, and asking a few more, we get one scene that seems rather familiar from DC's New 52 offering from Free Comic Book Day 18 months ago. Is it really a spoiler to run the image that plays out in Justice League #23? Considering it is basically the same? And[...]
Gail Simone, Real Life Superhero
Gail denies the following makes her a superhero. I disagree. She put herself in potential harm's way to save a stranger, and did something that most
Speculator Corner: Catwoman #23 (Spoilers) (UPDATE)
Okay, you may have noticed that there have been eBay sales of the 3D cover of Dark Knight #23.4 Joker's Daughter #1 hitting over $30 on eBay. It's the hottest book of DC's Villain's Month in September. And the character's first appearance is on the last page of Catwoman #23, out tomorrow. I understand that, as we speak,[...]
DC Comics' Graphic Novels And Collections For 2014 – Starting With Frank Quitely.
Years before All Star Superman, years before New X-Men, even before Flex Mentallo, Frank Quitely contributed to the much-mourned Big Books line from Piranha Press for DC Comics, anthologies of themed short stories Graphic Ink: The DC Comics Art of Frank Quitely will be collecting all of these along with his covers for All Star[...]
Gendercrunching June 2013 by Tim Hanley – Marvel, DC And The Top 300
Tim Hanley writes; DC slipped down slightly while Marvel made a sizeable jump to retain the highest total of female creators yet again We also take a look at the Top 300 comics from June and dig into how the Big Two compare to the rest of the comics industry. DC COMICS It was an up and down[...]
Surprise Solicitation! Scott Lobdell Off Superman?
This is the solicitation for Superman #23, out this week, from the DC website. The "Psi-War" epic begins! Psi-War erupts as Hector Hammond tries to take control of H.I.V.E from its queen, but there are other forces in play as well, as a new Psycho Pirate emerges, and Superman is caught in the middle, unable to[...]
What If You Wrote A Comic Book But Forgot All About It?
Once upon a time, Jamie Delano wrote a Deadman comic story for DC's anthology comic Showcase. Except he appears to have no memory of it. .@CesareGiombetti Really? Did I write this? I have absolutely no recollection. — Jamie Delano (@jamiedelano) August 22, 2013 "@CesareGiombetti: http://t.co/VzwWeVGO4G by @jamiedelano sort of pre – #CruelAndUnusual" Anyone confirm I wrote this? Worryingly, I[...]
Superman Beats Superior On Bleeding Cool Bestseller List
A indication of unstoppable desire…. Superman Unchained #3 Superior Spider-Man #16 Avengers #18 Justice League Dark #23 Batman And Nightwing #23 X-Men#4 Indestructible Hulk #12 Wonder Woman #23 Batman 66 #2 Daredevil #30 From the following retailers… Curious Comics of Victoria, BC, Canada Impulse Creations of Tulsa, Oklahoma Eide's Entertainment of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Comics of McMurray, Pennsylvania Yesteryear Comics of San Diego, California Laughing Ogre Comics of Lansdowne and Fairfax, Virginia, and[...]
Notice: Nightwing Explodes The Internet In 10 Days – Saturday Trending Topics
He would only say 'the internet is going to explode on September 4th and it's all going to be about Nightwing.' Most-Read Comic Stories Saturday: HTTP://COUNTINGDOWNTO.COM Nightwing Will Explode The Internet On September Fourth And The End Of The United States Of America – DC Comics At Toronto FanExpo  John Cunningham had no comment on what will be[...]
Wait… Didn't We Just Get A New Lobo Origin?
Here's 1st page of his Lobo origin in Stormwatch 20 pic.twitter.com/hxMmOvTbJ4 — robertliefeld (@robertliefeld) August 24, 2013   So why is DC already changing things up? Do we now have two Czarnians in the universe? And why is Rob Liefeld the new defender of DC Continuity? Wasn't Stormwatch #20 just  out within the last six months? And if[...]
How Journalism Works: The Toronto Star Justice League Of Canada Scoop
Which seemed to have the journalist's email thread with DC Comics. Phone numbers have been redacted… It reads; Re: Confidential DC Comics announcement timed to Fan Expo? On 2013-08-22, at 9:51 AM, Mudhar, Raju wrote: This is for an exclusive story I am writing for tomorrow about DC Comics changing Justice League America to Justice League Canada for an arc[...]