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Bleeding Cool has been following the comparison between Marvel and DC on the manufacture of their hardcovers, and managed to wring a promise out of Dan DiDio that DC's process would be improved in the near future And with New Teen Titans Omnibus Vol 2, it seemed that this was indeed happening. And with the Jack[...]

So we've all read the DC New 52 issue now right? Right? After all, Free Comic Book Day was yesterday, so you know It's time to start asking exactly who the new wizards of the DC Universe , the creators of Shazam, and the damners of the Trinity Of Evil, are? Um… well See, this is[...]

Whilst this is a good thing, it seems off for a DC comic book, even if it does say TEEN PLUS on the front. Milligan's work on damaged goods is sound, though, and we know this His Hellblazer work is very solid, perhaps without the analysis of the early stuff there, but whose runs ever did?[...]

It's taken until April 2012. However market share is relatively unaffected, with DC holding up their retail market share, and Marvel keeping their unit market share, both losing slightly on the other, Marvel still staying ahead on both. As ever, for both Marvel and DC, it's a Red Queen's Race Image Comics do seem to be going[...]

A hardcover 48 page mini-graphic novel anthology of original short stories, including Return of The Dapper Men, Cursed Pirate Girl, Rust and Cow Boy It is gorgeous It is sweet, It is hilarious It is moving, especially Rust And it is a free hardcover This is the one you want Good luck. Lady Death: The Beginning[...]

Such as an earlier stab by DC Comics at something like Before Watchmen. Shortly after the completion of the Watchmen series by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, DC's main editors went on retreat The retreatees included Karen Berger, Mike Gold, Denny O'Neil, Mike Carlin, and Andy Helfer The brain trust returned with three "sequels" to Watchmen. The[...]

Bleeding Cool was the first to identify the reappearance of the "Strange Woman" from Flashpoint in the New DCU, first in Justice League #1 in the background, then in the background of every first issue Twice in one case. And now, with the Second Wave shipping, she's back, appearing in the background of World's Finest, Dial[...]

DC Comics have commissioned a new TV advertising campaign, which will focus on the first hardcover and paperback collections of the DCU New 52, that have now started to be published, and will roll out over the summer. And they are willing to pay 75% of the airtime costs for any store who runs the ads[...]

Next week, Dark Horse put out more than one comic, retailers go blind trying to see the difference between Batman, Batgirl and Batwing on the Night Of The Owls listings, DC publish the Bible, John Byrne's new book Trio starts, Bendis' Takio starts, and there's more confusion over those two as well, Avatar brings out[...]

Let;s see how long they can keep Daniels on this book at this level. In Earth Two, the Great Battle continues, giving us a very different take on Darkseid's invasion of Earth that was far more successful than in the DC New 52 title And a very damaged team, going for one final assault… And it's all[...]

And how long will their hat be? Dial H, the new series from China Miéville and Mateus Santolouco for the New DCU, most unusually edited by Karen Berger, is a relatively humdrum affair The plot is straight out of central casting, is lacking in originality, interest, or anything that might set it apart from the[...]

A boob French window that is, left wide open. In the new World's Finest comic, out today, Huntress and Power Girl adopt their new identities in the world

It's all going a bit meta. The other week, Joe Michael Straczynski spoke to Aint It Cool News and said, talking about Before Watchmen. But how is it any more wrong than the way any comics creators were treated, especially those who came out of the Golden and Silver Age? Worse than Jack Kirby, who couldn't even[...]

BatgirlWatch: DC seem to have a Stephanie Brown Batgirl by mistake on their New 52 Batgirl info page… GunWatch: Cobie Smulders, who plays gun toting Canadian Robin in How I Met Your Mother is actually scared of guns… so had to do some prep for the movie…  She hired a guy who trains SWAT teams. "I was also[...]

Bleeding Cool heard that the New DCU Zero issues in September, now confirmed by DC artists, may lead to some creative changes in their wake. Well here's a big one that may cause controversy in certain quarters. I understand that Scott Lobdell, the writer of Red Hood And The Outlaws, Teen Titans and Superboy is to add[...]

Non-heroic and contrary to both the tagline for this film (which calls Lee a real superhero) and the characters that he and Kirby co-created, thanks to the way that he (Lee) has kept his mouth shut, a mouth that could possibly shame and shake Marvel to do right by the Kirby clan. ARTIST IAN CHURCHILL TALKS[...]

In recent weeks, David Hyde VP Publicity left DC Comics, Eddie Berganza was demoted to Group Editor from Executive Editor and Bobbie Chase was promoted to Editorial Director. Some have seen this as Editor-In-Chief Bob Harras slowly pushing Eddie Berganza out, but nothing can be further from the truth More reliable sources indicate the pair are[...]

with packaging drawn by Art Baltazar.   And the ones that I know I'll be nagged and nagged to buy, the DC Comics Villains Set from Polly Pocket  for $20 and Catwoman, Poison Ivy, and Harley Quinn. It's exclusive time for San Diego Comic Con already… and Mattel are showing off their planned exclusive figures for[...]

Bleeding Cool was the first to bring you news that DC Comics was getting a new logo, then to show you what it was. What we didn't know at the time was how prevalent that approach was. Logo Lounge has been looking at trends in new company logos, and identified the "peel" as one of them[...]

Brother… GodWatch: As DC reprint their adaptation of The Bible, Kingstone Media launch a graphic novel to look at how the Bible was written DCWatch: Hey! Kids! Want a DC Nation App? Here you go! This is Computo the Comic Link Conqueror speaking I come for your women But for now I merely collate comic-related bits and[...]

The last issue of Playboy featured an original Walking Dead short story by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlars. The new issue features an interview with

Zack Parks writes for Bleeding Cool. After messing with Star Wars fanboys for three very well-received specials (including one with franchise creator George Lucas), Robot Chicken has set its sights on the DC Universe. Seth Green, series c0-creator, will play the voices of Batman, Robin and Aquaman. Paul Reubens, will play The Riddler  – the Frank Gorshin iteration[...]

Tim Hanley writes for Bleeding Cool;  The Big Two tied this month, and at a decent number too, which gives us a unique opportunity to compare how DC and Marvel each arrived at the exact same overall total We also take a look at sales by gender, but that discussion gets quickly sidelined by how few[...]

Bleeding Cool ran the cover to Goon #39 a while back, and I made a point to buy it as a result. Then, when picking it up, I noticed something else that

The alternate DC Comics history that reshaped the DC Universe and led to the DC Relaunch and the New 52 last year. And now, it appears, to be the next DC Direct-To-DVD movie, according to Kevin Conroy who commonly plays Batman in such animations, and recorded his role in the new movie the other night… Check in[...]

It's basically SOPA versus the undead. While in L'il Depressed Boy, we get a cameo appearance of Donald Glover in his Childish Gambino rapping persona. Blackhawks comes to an end, along with six other DC titles This one really does go out with a bang, a bit Certainly harder to relaunch this particular book… Flash continues its attempts[...]

But it does paint a rather possible future, with Superman hunted down, referred to as an "it" rather than a person of any description… given recent issues of Justice League, is this the way Superman is going? Chris Sims wrote a piece mocking Before Watchmen by suggesting other DC Comics by Moore that they could prequelise[...]

If we were to create a parallel between the DCNu and american high school movies, the JL are the Heathers of the superhero set while Green Arrow is the entire cast of Glee Cue Green Lantern energy slushie in the face and theme song Faced with the challenge of condensing the entire JLA history into[...]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcDqkfZMTrw[/youtube] The Dark Knight Rises, comics review! The Dark Knight Rises and the rest of Christopher Nolan has raised Batman's popularity to even new heights, so host Grace Randolph gives you a primer on how to experience the Dark Knight as he began, in the pages of DC Comics! Enhance your The Dark Knight Rises movie[...]

This week, I'm going to be taking a slightly different tack to the usual discursive columns: the recent long-awaited release of Flex Mentallo in hardcover has inspired me instead to provide a rundown of my favourite other books by the unique creative team that is Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely, as well as an indication[...]