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The slew of big summer event tie-ins resulted in more books than usual, but these books don't seem to be doing much in terms of female creators. DC COMICS DC finally settled down a bit this month after having a rollercoaster of a spring on a week-to-week basis In July 2011, DC released 86 new comics with[...]

With DC Comics releasing their November solicitations, we can take a look at how the relaunch is handling the creative teams on tight deadlines and no allowance for late books. But no book seems to be suffering this attention more than Mister Terrific All three issues are written by Eric Wallace with covers by JG Jones[...]

How did Nick Spencer arrange an exclusive contract with Marvel that still allows him to write a comic for DC Comics? Put it down to the ex politician's skill at playing both companies off against each other until he got the deal he wanted… And so you get the Thunder Agents you wanted too[...]

It paid for my honeymoon and my bathroom back then, you know. The decision by Paul Levitz to pulp DC's Elseworlds Eighty Page Giant back in 1999 came at a fortuitous time for me, as copies were sent to the UK without any problems And three weeks later when we realised there was an issue, I[...]

This is not a Batman sketch by Jim Lee on eBay. I mean it should be obvious but already it's getting bids close to $200 with eleven hours to go. But how

Eric Glover writes for Bleeding Cool; Thinking over three reactions to an article on the Barbara Gordon controversy About a month ago, I wrote an op-ed on DC Comics' decision to super-glue the severed spinal cord of a paralyzed character and have her skipping on two legs again – "Give Batgirl The Chair" Long story [...]

From Rob Liefeld, a couple cover sketches for Hawk and Dove. The first is an abandoned cover for issue 3, the second is a rough sketch for the cover issue

Two designs by Jim Lee for his upcoming Action Comics #1 variant cover, but both rejected by him. The former, apparently, does bear some resemblance to

The man in the T-shirt is DC Comics Executive Vice President of Sales, John Rood Wearing a slightly inappropriate Low Wage Puppet T-shirt, considering his status in the company, generous remuneration, first class flights and sitting in expensive seats.  Maybe it's irony Maybe it's the $2.99 comics cutting in Anyway,  I do like the man. But[...]

In DCU Editorial pages this week, the Justice League International cover featuring a mystery woman returns Ever since its original appearance, she's been missing from the cover for some unexplained reason. In this week's Booster Gold #47, the final issue of the series, Booster Gold does make his intentions to one superpowered Alexandra Gianopoulous rather[...]

Is it something they said? Last week Bleeding Cool reported how El Catalogo had beaten Planeta De Agostini, Spanish and Italian comics publisher, to the rights to all DC comics in Spanish language territories It was quite a shock, no one seemed to have seen it coming. This week's announcement suddenly seems less shocking as a result. That[...]

Watch store manager Dave rip covers off of overstock DC Flashpoint #1 issues with glee And in reference to the upcoming Astonishing X-Men #44 Cyclops/Storm cover we discuss customer's Comic Book Crushes… Facebook the store and tweet them here. Collectors Cornered is a weekly video column, filmed inside Collectors Corner in Baltimore Join them every[...]

See I was going to start this with the cover to Action Comics #3, which I don't think DC Comics have released But they may have Anyway something told me you were probably going to want to talk and tweet about the cover of Red Lanterns #3 first… Okay, now on with the covers that don't[...]

Yes, another semi-regular feature launching this week, the Bleeding Cool Challenge. We've all seen the What If Male Superheroes Posed Like Wonder Woman On

Scott Lobdell, upcoming writer of Red Hood And The Outlaws, Superboy and Teen Titans, writes for Bleeding Cool; There has been a lot of talk recently