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Dean Butters reports from San Diego Comic Con that it looks like the cast of the DC Vertigo comic Books Of Magic, Tim Hunter and friends, will be joining the DC New 52 title Justice League Dark Books creator Neil Gaiman has recently approved the addition. Man, it looks like DC and Neil Gaiman are getting[...]

It was the news that fans of the DC character Stephanie Brown had been waiting for for Spoiler, Robin, Batgirl… this character had played a number of roles in Batbooks over the years but fans believed she had repeatedly received short shrift from DC Comics And recently in the DC New 52, she vanished completely[...]

A new incentive scheme for Avengers Vs X-Men #9 has helped sales it seems, but also of note are the Sandman Slipcase Set, Death Deluxe, V For Vendetta book/mask combo, with noteable Marvel reorders on the likes of the Hawkeye and First X-Men launches. TOP 25 ADVANCE REORDER COMICS/GRAPHIC NOVELS/TPs (RETAIL)               Description SRP Supplier AVENGERS VS[...]

In the end, who doesnt want to see that? Is there a mind set when your working on a DC project versus a Independent who has less restraints on cover appearance of a character? Certainly There is a bigger and wider spectrum of demand that comes from a Dc Editor, and you deliver With Indy Editors, its[...]

Punk Rock Jesus rocks! There's lots of great books this week for fans of anything, but I can't stop thinking about SDCC! [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gL5ISC6crqU[/youtube] Aaron Haaland of A Comic Shop in Orlando, Florida writes; Whoa! Walking Dead #100 is intense I'm not going to spoil it. Batman and Swamp Thing #11 are great endings to Scott Snyder's two first New[...]

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It's still setting up, but here is how the DC Comics booth is looking this fine evening at San Diego Comic Con…   It's still setting up, but here is how the DC Comics booth is looking this fine evening at San Diego Comic Con…   It's still setting up, but[...]

In what DC describe as "a whole new direction beginning this issue". The title has had a little trouble, creatively, with co-writer Gail Simone walking off the book, to be replaced by Joe Harris, soon to be followed leaving the book by the other co-writer Ethan Van Sciver Artist Yildiray Cinar stayed on the book, and[...]

Once you've done Before Watchmen, anything is suddenly morally acceptable. So, from Dynamite Entertainment, here is the Watchmen toaster. I do hope

Editorial Televisa is the new Mexican publisher of DC Comics titles, and their first two publications come out this week – Superman/Action Comics and Batman/The Dark Knight This is the first DC publication in Mexico since a year ago, when Editorial Vid last published the line. Next they'll publish Justice League, Green Lantern, Aquaman, Flash, Wonder[...]

Jeff Pedigo has filed in the blank panels with images as seen in the Black Freighter film from the Watchmen movie. [issuu width=420 height=299 backgroundColor=%23222222 documentId=120708124444-28250e7c6c4a4731bfce6b6b30d0a2e1 name=tales_of_the_black_freighter_307_ username=richjohnston tag=bleedingcool unit=px v=2] When that movie came out, DC had planned to create and publish a Tales Of The Black Freighter comic, with Dave Gibbons filling in the panel[...]

I don't care I'm sticking with the headline. And while the new Walking Dead collection dominates, not how the League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen challenges it, The Biys does pretty well too, beating DC's Bat books I'd like to remind you that The Boys was dropped by DC Comics under the orders of Paul Levitz. That the new[...]

Siike Donnelly writes for Bleeding Cool; The last time I wrote for Bleeding Cool was just after WonderCon, going on about how fictional heroes have

Thought they were going to wait until San Diego for this. Earlier this week, Bleeding Cool told you that we'd heard that Ann Nocenti was coming to write Catwoman. Today, DC have announced the news on their blog thingimagig, that she'll be writing the comic from issue 0, replacing the already-solicited Judd Winick as writer on the[...]

In May, DC Comics took had 36.72% of the sales numbers of and 32.73% of the dollars spent on comics through Diamond in North America. While Marvel  had 38.64% of the sales numbers of and 35.32% of the dollars spent. In June… it's a little closer. DC Comics have taken 38.23% of the sales numbers of and 33.03%[...]

The fools. 20th Century Danny Boy: DC Comics $20,000,000+ Payout For Superman – REJECTED Buried in a footnote to a line about accounting and reservation of amounts due, DC have stated that, "…the record fact remains that a reserve was set; it totals more than $20 million, and the funds will be paid to Larson if this[...]

Tony Isabella posted; Yes, I have heard the news about Black Lightning.  You don't have to e-mail me, private message me, phone me, or post links on my Facebook page.  My only public comments to date have been "Words fail me" and, to my friend Dan Mishkin, "Forget it, Dan.  It's DC Town." But, really, if you've[...]

John Layman is the writer of Chew… and now the writer of Detective Comics from #13 in October, with Jason Fabok on art. Layman used to be an editor and occasional writer for Wilstorm Comics, but was fired by Paul Levitz after he came out in support of creators whose work was being bowlderised by DC[...]

Here's a scene from Hero Worship, published by Avatar Press today, featuring an iconic superhero, Zenith. And here... is another iconic superhero. By Alex

What's out next week? Walking Dead #100. Does there need to be anything else? Oh go on then, Punk Rock Jesus, Poyo, Buffy, Batman, Minutemen, The Crow, Shade, Revival, a Crossed/Stitched double, and Space Punisher, to be followed the following week by Captain Marvel, Saga and Justice League.. Next week: DARK HORSE COMICS BLACKSAD SILENT HELL HC $19.99 BTVS SEASON 9 FREEFALL[...]

In Wolverine #310 (#309 is out soon, completists!), Jeph Loeb and Simone Bianchi resurrect Sabretooth. Not literally, however, though Wolverine does the

So we've all read the Daily Beast interview by now, right? The original Watchmen made quite a lot of the rectangles and circles. The nine panel grid,

Mild spoilers for Earth 2 #3 published today from DC Comics. Okay, so in this month's issue of Earth 2, Alan Scott gets hit with quite a lot of information First his new green buddy confirms that his about-to-be-fiancee was bullet trained, and did nothing about it Downer. Then we discover the Green Lantern energy, rather than[...]

Before Watchmen may get green-lit, but would  the original series get commissioned in the current  climate…? A 32-page book, no-ads; a stand-alone story with all new characters… and creator-owned? Would a company like DC go for that nowadays? Nah. "But they should." ExtraCurricularWatch: The Beat lists the massive carnivals and events going on around San Diego Comic[...]

Dr Manolis Vamvounis writes from Greece; Oops. My trip abroad last week meant I’ve fallen a bit behind on our weekly panels coverage, let’s see if we can

It was later inked by Rich Buckler. DieHardZeroWatch: Just as DC Comics collected the New 52 first issues into a massive hardcover collection, so they are doing with the zero issues, all 55 of them, on sale in December. BatWatch: After the Court Of Owls, Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo bring back The Joker, in Death Of[...]

Tim Hanley numbercrunches for Bleeding Cool; DC stayed the same AGAIN while Marvel dipped a bit but still had the higher overall percentage of female creators We also look at DC's stats from a different angle and see how these numbers compare to their regular totals. DC COMICS First off, my apologies for the delay in this column[...]

Talking about his life, his career, his likes and loves, he was also asked about is more recent work on the Superman book as part of the DC New 52 relaunch And, just as he was in Metropolis, Perez was open and candid. Things are being second guessed left and right, a case of too many[...]

Catwoman has been one of the more controversial DC New 52 relaunched titles, primarily due to an increased sexual content in early issues, and allegations of sexism However, that early Catwoman-on-Batman scene aside, I've found it a far more complex, challenging and interesting book that it's often been labelled But it's also been hard to[...]

Next week DC will reveal some information on what one of the projects is I'm involved with Then I'm gearing up for something I've wanted to do for a while in early 2013, a project where I hope to grow even more as an artist and a professional It is top secret, and probably won't[...]