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Ben Acker and Ben Blacker, writers of KING: Flash Gordon #2, talk with Fred Van Lente about Magnus: Robot Fighter #12, both on sale March 11th We'll have the flip to this later in the week Cover art by Jonathon Lau and Cory Smith. BEN ACKER & BEN BLACKER: A lot of these King titles are[...]

Resurrectionists, by Fred Van Lente and Maurizio Rosenzweig, is one of the most intricate and interesting books on the market in recent months, and features the overlapping interrelationships of several reincarnated individuals, all tied back in to Ancient Egypt.  Meanwhile, they plot a massive heist in the modern day.  Issue #5, arriving March 11th on digital.darkhorse.com focuses[...]

As someone who actually owns every issue of Ghost Fleet, by Donny Cates and Daniel Warren Johnson, Resurrectionists, by Fred Van Lente and Maurizio Rosenzweig, and Sundowners by Tim Seely and Jim Terry (yep, I have ALL of them), I'm a little stunned by the news that all three series will not continue their print[...]

Francis Portela (Green Lantern) joins series writer Fred Van Lente on the next chapter in the time-traveling story. Dr Neela Sethi, the inventor of time travel has been captured by her evil future-self (because…time travel) and imprisoned at the end of the time! As the Big Crunch rapidly unmakes the universe around her, Neela faces a[...]

Unfortunately, Sam could not make this episode but when he's replaced by someone as awesome as Chase Magnett, we can hardly complain. The OSSM Comics crew returns to the podcast and this time Omar Spahi is joined by EIC Siike Donnelly for this week's show! It's a grand ole' time, laced with condescending half-truths and backhanded compliments that only your best[...]

Valiant has given us an early preview for Ivar, Timewalker #2 by Fred Van Lente and Clayton Henry. At this very moment in Geneva, Switzerland, history is about to be made A thousand meters underground inside the Large Hadron Collider, researcher Neela Sethi is seconds away from discovering time travel – and is about to jeopardize[...]

Valiant has two new Valiant Next titles coming out this Wednesday… the brand new Ivar, Timewalker #1 by Fred Van Lente and Clayton Henry and The Valiant #2 by Jeff Lemire, Matt Kindt and Paolo Rivera… and we have previews for both. IVAR, TIMEWALKER #1 [VALIANT NEXT] Written by Fred Van Lente Art by Clayton Henry Covers by[...]

I'd like to thank those who engaged in interviews this year on Bleeding Cool again for sharing their perspective and wisdom with us, and with our readers. Here are some of the highlights from the interviews of 2014 from myself, Rich Johnston, Dan Wickline, Adi Tantimedh, Alex Wilson, Nikolai Fomich, and Jeremy Konrad: With Fred Van Lente:[...]

This ties into their new series: Ivar: Timewalker. And here we have the extended preview for Ivar: Timewalker #1 by Fred Van Lente and Clayton Henry. Valiant sent out this teaser image yesterday The blog post in the image talks about the disappearance of Dr Neela[...]

When Dynamite relaunched the Gold Key characters into their own comics, Fred Van Lente was giving the reins to Magnus: Robot Fighter Now with the twelfth issue coming up, the series will be ending Byron Brewer spoke with Van Lente about the series and its conclusion. BYRON BREWER: Fred, my friend, I cannot believe Magnus is[...]

It's great to have that initial success with Fred Van Lente and Clayton Henry, and all the guys on Archer & Armstrong, where we got to Issue #25 and got to tell a big story And now we're in the second part of that which we've been planning all along, which was a whole big[...]

His motives are played close to the chest, and he's finally stepping out into his own year-long series written by Fred Van Lente and drawn by Clayton Henry with several covers and variant covers, including work by Raul Allen, Jorge Molina, David Aja, and Barry Kitson, arriving on January 21st. Van Lente and Henry are, of[...]

Fred Van Lente, writer of Magnus: Robot Fighter #8, talks with Frank Barbiere about Solar: Man of the Atom #7, both on sale now. FRED VAN LENTE: It's been a while since we've checked in, and I'm happy to report the arc of this book is still awesome What's the most exciting or surprising thing you've[...]

Frank Barbiere, writer of Solar: Man of the Atom #7, talks with Fred Van Lente about Magnus: Robot Fighter #8, both on sale now. FRANK BARBIERE: You've certainly done a lot of plotting for Magnus and we're starting to see a lot of big payoffs, like Magnus breaking down on his "big reveal" in this issue. How[...]

Resurrectionists arrived this week in its first issue from Dark Horse and you may recall that we did a big old interview with writer Fred Van Lente here on Bleeding Cool recently about the series, which features reincarnation, remembered lives, and a multi-millenia series of heists as well as agents who recall their past lives[...]

When we started making plans for the landmark 200th anniversary issue of Dark Horse Presents, it was imperative we pull out all the stops to celebrate the legacy of the preeminent contemporary comic book anthology title. The contents of DHP #200 will include: Mike Mignola and Gabriel Bá revisiting Hellboy's time in Mexico with a follow-up to[...]

Good thing that the legendary Ivar, Timewalker, got there first…right? Now it's down to history's most jaded, most tempestuous time traveler to stop the worst of everything that is, was, and will be…before time runs out! Ivar: The Timewalker #1 is written by Fred Van Lente and with art by Clayton Henry[...]

I don't know if you know Fred Van Lente… PT: Oh, yeah Fred's a pal. HMS: He admitted, regarding Resurrectionists in an interview here on Bleeding Cool that he got the idea in a museum Because he saw an exhibit on the Egyptian Book of the Dead and it got him thinking And then he was in[...]

Two of the most fun comic series out there, Archer & Armstrong and Quantum and Woody pulled together into one comic… what could be better? Here we have a preview for this weeks The Delinquents #3 from Valiant. THE DELINQUENTS #3 (of 4) Written by James Asmus & Fred Van Lente Art by Kano Covers by Paolo[...]

Aub Driver, beloved to all journalistas and swag hunters at cons, moderated the panel featuring Donny Cates and Eliot Rahal of Buzzkill and The Paybacks(2015), Brian Wood of The Massive, Fred Van Lente of Action Philosophers, Brain Boy, and The Resurrectionists, Gail Simone who needs no introduction,  Jim Calafiore, Raphael Albuquerque and more. Calafiore was[...]

This November, Dark Horse are bringing us Resurrectionists, written by Fred Van Lente, with art by Maurizio Rosenzweig and Moreno DiNisio and cover art by Juan Doe If you've been hearing some chatter about this series, it's because Van Lente has dialed his historical obsessions up to full tilt and combined them with a heist[...]

Ales Kot (Secret Avengers, Zero) as our in-store creator guest to sign copies of his brand new comic from Marvel- Bucky Barnes: Winter Soldier  #1". Wednesday, October 1st Forbidden Planet NYC will host a signing by Pere Perez and Fred Van Lente at 6PM for Archer & Armstrong #25 They say: "Writer Fred Van Lente and Artist[...]

These issues will also be available through Dynamite Digital. Magnus: Robot Fighter #7 by Fred Van Lente and Cory Smith – click here for more information. Turok: Dinosaur Hunter #8 by Greg Pak and Takeshi Miyazawa – click here for more information. With the final order cutoff coming up for these two Gold Key[...]

By Christopher Helton Fred Van Lente is a multi-faceted writer of comics, including the New York Times Best-selling Incredible Hercules, Marvel Zombies, and Cowboys & Aliens, as well as The Comic Book History of Comics, Archer & Armstrong, Brain Boy, and even the play King Kirby But he's also an avid gamer and Bleeding Cool caught[...]

They include the premiere issue of the Delinquents #1 from James Asmus, Fred Van Lente and Kano… the mini-series that brings Archer & Armstrong and Quantum And Woody together And then we have the second issues of Armor Hunters: Bloodshot by Joe Harris and Trevor Hairsine and Armor Hunters: Haribinger by Joshua Dysart and Robert[...]

The rebirth of the character has been in the hands of Fred Van Lente Now Byron Brewer talks with the writer about the future for the classic comic character. BYRON BREWER: Fred, of all the Gold Key Universe revivals (perhaps that is not the right term), as a reader I have found Magnus: Robot Hunter to[...]

The source says that the script has been completed and loved and production should start very soon. The movie is supposed to adhere closely to the current Fred Van Lente / Clayton Henry run and feature the One Percent (a secret Wall Street society that wears bull and bear masks) and will guest start other Valiant[...]

Like with some of their other books shipping on July 9th, they've teamed up with Bleeding Cool to present the preceding issues to give readers a chance to catch up with the series before picking up the next issue on new comic book day. Here you get Magnus: Robot Fighter #4 by Fred Van Lente and[...]

Bravo to husband and wife team Crystal Skillman and Fred Van Lente for making this happen. Standing ovation. King Kirby has three more performances – Wed 6/25, Fri 6/27 and Sat 6/28 Tickets are $18 and available at this website. D J Coffman is a comic artist best known for the series Hero By Night You can see[...]

I've often heard people comment that there should have been more done already to celebrate his life and work. Multi-faceted writer and comics creator Fred Van Lente (Brain Boy, Project Black Sky, Archer and Armstrong, Comic Book History of Comics, Cowboys & Aliens, Action Philosophers) and award-winning playwright Crystal Skillman have thrown down the gauntlet in[...]