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IDW is making the most out of those Hasbro licenses before Robert Kirkman steals them later this year, according to a story first reported by Bleeding Cool but later also reported by The Hollywood Reporter and erroneously called an "exclusive." It wouldn't be the last story THR has published without crediting Bleeding Cool for reporting[...]

Preview Transformers #43, the final issue of the ongoing as IDW's Transformers Saga nears its conclusion We say "nears" because though this is a final issue, it's not the final issue That will be the oversized and overpriced Transformers: Fate of Cybertron special coming the following month You thought you were gonna get out of[...]

Check out the preview below. USAGI YOJIMBO #28 IDW PUBLISHING MAR220511 (W) Stan Sakai (A / CA) Stan Sakai The Long Road Usagi and Yukichi come to the rescue of a famed art dealer and his assistant attacked by bandits on the road.  Unfortunately, the dealer is killed and they take it upon themselves to deliver a precious carved jade dragon to[...]

Somehow, we bet this all ends up being his fault! Check out the preview below. TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES BEST OF RAT KING #1 IDW PUBLISHING MAR220500 (W) Various (A) Various (CA) James Biggie Ahead of this summer's Armageddon Game, check out the best stories of one of the Turtles' most enigmatic foes, the Rat King! Spanning several publishers, this[...]

This is Cobra, not Bleeding Cool! Get it together! Check out the preview below. GI JOE: A REAL AMERICAN HERO #292 IDW PUBLISHING JAN220462 JAN220463 – GI JOE A REAL AMERICAN HERO #292 CVR B GALLANT – $3.99 (W) Larry Hama (A) S L Gallant (CA) Freddie Williams II HIGH STAKES Part 2! The next great G.I Joe: A Real American[...]

Hey, if Austin Aires can do it, why not Doctor Starline? Check out the preview below. SONIC THE HEDGEHOG: IMPOSTER SYNDROME #4 IDW PUBLISHING MAR220486 MAR220487 – SONIC HEDGEHOG IMPOSTER SYNDROME #4 (OF 4) CVR B HAINES – $3.99 (W) Ian Flynn (A) Thomas Rothlisberger (CA) Mauro Fonseca The road to issue #50 continues here! Enjoy a TEN-ISSUE-LONG adventure leading up[...]

The series serves as an ending for IDW's Transformers comics, as they're losing the license soon So which Transformer is the last one left alive? And how many robot dicks does he have? We'll find out on Wednesday Check out the preview below. TRANSFORMERS: LAST BOT STANDING #1 IDW PUBLISHING FEB229536 FEB229537 – TRANSFORMERS LAST BOT STANDING #1 CVR[...]

The only drawback of this comic is that IDW waited until they were about to lose the GI Joe license before doing something like this Check out the preview below. GI JOE: SATURDAY MORNING ADVENTURES #3 IDW PUBLISHING FEB220412 (W) Erik Burnham (A / CA) Dan Schoening G.I Joe has tracked down Cobra's new island base-and is making plans to[...]

Is it too good to be true? Check out the preview below. SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #49 IDW PUBLISHING FEB220420 FEB220421 – SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #49 CVR B GIGI DUTREIX – $3.99 (W) Evan Stanley (A) Evan Stanley (CA) Adam Bryce Thomas The road to issue #50 continues here! Enjoy a TEN-ISSUE-LONG adventure leading up to the EPIC SHOWDOWN in milestone issue[...]

More importantly, how did DC Comics allow another publisher to publish a bat-themed anything?! Check out the preview below. USAGI YOJIMBO: LONE GOAT AND KID #4 IDW PUBLISHING FEB220445 (W) Stan Sakai (A) Stan Sakai (CA) David Petersen "Blood Wings" Part 2! Usagi is captured by a deadly group of bat ninjas, and with an entire village's survival at stake,[...]

Check out the preview below. TRANSFORMERS: WAR'S END #3 IDW PUBLISHING FEB220442 FEB220443 – TRANSFORMERS WARS END #3 (OF 4) CVR B MARGEVICH – $3.99 (W) Brian Ruckley (A) Jack Lawrence (CA) Sebastian Piriz The origin of Exarchon revealed! Find out the secret history behind one of Cybertron's greatest threats, the Threefold Spark As Exarchon looks for a third body to[...]

Check out the preview below. TRANSFORMERS #42 IDW PUBLISHING FEB220434 (W) Brian Ruckley (A) Andrew Griffith (CA) Blacky Shepherd Cybertron is under siege Carnivorous Insecticlones and rust worms are eating the planet Exarchon is returned, but Megatron's not giving up without a fight Against impossible odds, Optimus Prime, Ultra Magnus, and Bumblebee must make an unthinkable choice: Is Cybertron even[...]

Will they really take his advice and never come back? Well, the series is ending, so we guess so! Check out the preview below. TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: THE LAST RONIN #5 IDW PUBLISHING DEC210503 (W) Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, Tom Waltz (A) Ben Bishop (A / CA) Kevin Eastman, Esau Escorza, Issac Escorza The jaw-dropping finale to the biggest[...]

THE MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS #2 IDW PUBLISHING FEB220416 FEB220417 – GODZILLA VS MMPR #2 (OF 5) CVR B NETHO DIAZ – $3.99 (W) Cullen Bunn (A / CA) Freddie Williams II From IDW Publishing and Boom! Studios, two titanic powers collide in a cross-company collaboration event you never expected but makes complete sense! Godzilla battles the Megazord[...]

KING GHIDORAH #1 IDW PUBLISHING OCT210380 (W) Adam Gorham (A) Adam Gorham (CA) E J Su When Mars invades Earth, Godzilla surfaces from Tokyo Bay and is pulled into battle Captured and taken by the Martians, Godzilla is forced to fight in a gladiatorial arena, where he faces his biggest challenge yet-King Ghidorah! In Shops: 4/27/2022 SRP: $7.99 #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item[...]

(Or with your money.) The more Larry Hama comics sell, the more publishers will make! Check out the preview below. GI JOE: A REAL AMERICAN HERO COBRA #1 IDW PUBLISHING JAN220458 (W) Larry Hama (A) Various (CA) Daniel Maine They are the worst of the worst-terrorists and scoundrels from all corners of the world with the sole mission of destroying[...]

Here are the full IDW Publishing solicitations coming through Penguin Random House, the first month as the exclusive distributor of IDW comic books, with Diamond now as a sub-distributor And it kicks off with Scott Snyder's anthology series Dark Spaces. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left:[...]

Bleeding Cool previously reported that Scott Snyder will write a mini-series called Dark Spaces: Wildfire with artist Hayden Sherman as part of IDW's recent launch of multiple creator-owned comic book series A press release from IDW reveals that Wildfire will be just the first of many future projects under the Dark Spaces name, as, in[...]

Cooking With Monsters: The Beginner's Guide to Culinary Combat is a new graphic novel series by Jordan Alsaqa and Vivian Truong that has been picked up by IDW "Hana Ozawa is the newest face at the Gourmand Academy of Culinary Combat, a school that will teach her how to fight monsters and how to turn them into[...]

It was last October that Bleeding Cool reported that at the Diamond Retailer Summit, IDW publisher Nachie Marsham declared an impressive goal, he wants to see 2022 relaunch IDW as the home for creators to bring their creator-owned comics Fresh from their newly announced exclusive distribution deal with Penguin Random House, IDW has some notable creator-owned[...]

Picked up by Megan Brown at IDW Publishing The Marshfellows, will be published in the spring of 2025. Anna-Laura Sullivan tweeted out the news, saying "EXCITING NEWS! I'm making a graphic novel with @idwpublishing that I'm so so excited to share with you all I'm thrilled to be working with the amazing editor @megan_mb who's helping make this[...]

I attended London Book Fair today, and bumped into Tony Bennett from Knockabout Comix. He promised to send me the latest Hunt Emerson book Phenomenomicx.

Faraway tells a story "about grief and living with loss, Corin, a young explorer hoping to discover a way into the Spirit World to find her lost brother, arrives in the town of Cascadia two days before its once-in-a-generation Moon Festival, during which a portal to the Spirit World will open." Megan Brown at IDW[...]

Taka is the debut YA graphic novel by Harvey nominated Megaman artist Ryan Jampole which has been picked up by Megan Brown at IDW for publication in the spring of 2024 The graphic novel tells the story of  Taka, a notorious delinquent, who struggles to right her wrongs after unwittingly releasing a horde of evil[...]

Todd McFarlane's Spider-Man is the latest legendary comic book run to get an Artist's Edition from IDW, the company announced in a press release Monday IDW invites readers to "experience one of the most acclaimed runs in Spider-Man history like never before" by paying IDW nearly $200 for the hardcover book. The synopsis: Experience one of the[...]

Scott Dunbier is a Director of IDW Entertainment, working on "Special Projects" – which tends to be whatever piques his interest And thankfully many others as well Before IDW, he was EIC of WildStorm Comics when they were bought out by DC Comics There he innovated the Absolute format for the Authority hardcover, an oversized[...]

IDW's June 2022 solicits and solicitations reveal a new Canto series by David M Booher and Drew Zucker, Tales Of The Unnamed World, a new Dungeons & Dragons ser, Ravenloft: Orphan Of The AgonyIsle and a new D&D annual to boot While Sonic The Hedgehog reaches its 50th issue… #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align:[...]

In this preview of Usagi Yojimbo #27, in stores Wednesday from IDW, Usagi and Yukichi defend a young woman in a haunted forest Check out the preview below. USAGI YOJIMBO #27 IDW PUBLISHING JAN220498 (W) Stan Sakai (A / CA) Stan Sakai A Ghost Story (Part 1 of 1) Usagi and Yukichi come upon a young woman, Shizuye, praying at a[...]

This is the solicitation to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #128, updated to feature the news of the return of Venus, the original female Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle from the nineties TV show. TMNT ONGOING #128 CVR A TUNICA IDW PUBLISHING FEB220430 (W) Sophie Campbell (A/CA) Pablo Tunica Donatello and Alopex infiltrate the lab of Dr Jasper Barlow in a bid[...]

Last year, Bleeding Cool got the scoop that IDW Publishing was to lose its All Ages Star Wars comic book line at the same time as we learnt it would lose the Marvel All-Ages Line as well Later, Dark Horse Comics would announce that they would get the Star Wars comic book license back, but[...]