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Here are fourteen of the upcoming Batman 75th Anniversary Variant Covers shipping from DC Comics in June… and starting with one, in mid production, that you might not have seen anywhere else yet. Green Lantern #33 by Ethan Van Sciver Justice League #33 by Darwyn Cooke Justice League Dark #33 by Kelley Jones Action Comics #33 by Kevin Nowlan Detective[...]

This year we were giving out fifty Amazing Spider-Man 2 movie tickets to the first 50 people in line, and $25 worth of merchandise including graphic novels, comics and collectibles to the first fifty people in line as well as $15 in merchandise to the next fifty in line. In addition to the five free comics everyone[...]

He was a rock star in the tradition of Barry Windsor-Smith or Jim Steranko The artist was king and, until his abdication, would rule Marvel and skyrocket its sales DC lacked this kind of figure, for now, and overall seemed more writer-centric to me when I'd begin reading its titles in earnest the following year. For[...]

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[audio:http://www.orbitalcomics.com/images/blog/orbital-podcastcaptainamericaspecial.mp3] Bleeding Cool welcomes back The Orbiting Pod, the podcast of Orbital Comics in London. They say: Welcome to another special episode of The Orbiting Pod! With the new movie Captain America: The Winter Soldier in cinemas worldwide, we've decided to spotlight some of Steve Rogers greatest stories from across the decades. We kick things off with Captain America: Marvel[...]

As we discussed, I've been reading from a very young age and I've been able to publish many of the creators and characters that I read growing up. Creators and characters like Harlan Ellison, Stephen King, Clive Barker, Richard Matheson, Donald Westlake (Richard Stark), Robert Bloch, John Romita's Spider-Man, John Byrne's Fantastic Four, Chester Gould, Berkeley[...]

Scott Dunbier, senior editor at IDW, is on the hunt for original art pages for upcoming IDW Artist Editions, that seeks to reproduce artboard pages as closely as possible. Pages he's after include twelve for the Jim Steranko's Nick Fury Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D Artist's Edition. Specifically Strange Tales #154, page 2, Strange Tales #159, pages 1 and[...]

Six months later, Marvel had published a new character, Wolverine, in The Hulk #180 and #181. Hulk #180 which features a tiny teaser appearance can sell for over $1000, and #181 which features a full appearance can sell for well over $5000. The magazine would usually sell on eBay for around $5 or so, and mostly for[...]

FOOM, or Friends Of Ol' Marvel was a fanzine about Marvel actually produced by Marvel Comics, as if it were something from the small press. Published in the seventies, and initially designed and edited by Jim Steranko (he drew the second issue cover above), it was intended to represent a fan voice for Marvel – but[...]

Legendary comics artist Jim Steranko will be the subject of not one but two Artist's Editions from IDW Publishing, with nearly all pages shot from the artist's personal art collection. The first volume, The Steranko Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D Artist's Edition, will feature the initial twelve stories by Steranko that appeared in Strange Tales #151[...]

The last time I saw her, we were in her second-floor bedroom engaged in some undescribable experiment with a couple of Snickers bars and — Jim Steranko (@iamsteranko) October 7, 2013 an eggbeater, when she suddenly FROZE! "Did you hear something?" she whispered with untypical alarm. — Jim Steranko (@iamsteranko) October 7, 2013   You've thrilled to Jim Steranko's tweets. I'd[...]

Currently legendary comic book creator Jim Steranko has under five thousand followers on Twitter. This is clearly not enough. Here's another reason why you should be reading him every day We've heard about his physical extremes, now he talks about his criminal life as a forger and scamster, in the pursuit of love. Y'know I think you guys[...]

To follow comic book legend Jim Steranko If you are not following Jim Steranko on Twitter, then why do you even have an account? He only recently joined but has been delivering pure Twitter gold. Most-Read Comic Stories Friday: DC Comics Grabs The Three Top Spots In June 2013  Marvel Comics maintained their marketshare in the direct market[...]

He rejected it! — Jim Steranko (@iamsteranko) July 3, 2013 @KarlOttersberg I wanted to create something new, innovative, and exciting for Batman, and Dan wanted standard, old-fashioned comics — Jim Steranko (@iamsteranko) July 3, 2013   @TONYBINATL DC AD Mark C wants to use one on a new Batman B&W book and Jim Fletcher proposed a Batman statue based[...]

Puaca Making his first visit to the Heroes Con and, apparently, his first ever visit to the state of North Carolina, Jim Steranko delighted fans who attended his Saturday afternoon panel This well-attended session, moderated by J.D Spurlock, who gave quite a rousing introduction, served as an opportunity for Steranko to reflect on his career and[...]

It will include work by Joe Simon, Jack Kirby, Al Williamson, Jim Steranko, Alan Moore, Michael T Gilbert, Sandy Plunkett, Scott Hampton, Bill Sienkiewicz, Dave Johnson, Garry Leach, Stanley Lau, Toby Cypress, Dave Elliott, Barnaby Bagenda, Norman Felche, Alex Shiekman, Mark Kneece, Dominic Regan, Madeline Holly-Rosing, Emily Hu, Sakti Yuwono, Jessica Kholinne, Bambos Georgiou and[...]

SterankoWatch: Jim Steranko is accepting art collectors in the States and overseas, as long as they feature characters associated with the artist. Character portraits rendered in ink on 7×10" stock which range from $250-750, depending on the complexity of such detail as dramatic lighting/shadows, expressions, minor background elements, etc Blank comicbook cover portraits range from $400-750[...]

 Asking price on this completely gorgeous cover of Nick Fury: Agent of Shield #3 by Jim Steranko from 1968 was $100,000, at original art dealer Mike "Romitaman" Burkey's booth at SDCC I've heard that Ross traded some other highly desirable original art for it instead. Steranko in his prime, a stunning and memorable cover from Marvel's[...]

DC just released a big group of Before Watchmen cover variant art, including covers by Jim Steranko, Jim Lee, David Finch, Steve Rude, Paul Pope, Cliff Chiang, And Tim Bradstreet.           The art says it all on this one DC just released a big group of Before Watchmen cover variant art, including covers by Jim Steranko,[...]

He wasn't the first artist to work for Marvel in the Silver Age, and he wasn't the most prolific artist to work for Marvel in the Silver Age, but when you think of inventive artists of the 1960s and beyond, Jim Steranko is one of the first names to come to mind Born November 5,[...]

The Man just announced at the Detroit Fanfare convention that he is working on a new, unnamed project with Jim Steranko. Steranko is probably best known for his work on Marvel comics such as Nick Fury, Agent Of S.H.I.E.L.D where he started drawing Stan Lee's stories before taking the whole job on himself[...]