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The end of Shazam #1 by Mark Waid and Dan Mora, left Billy Batson in quite the pickle, losing it in front of the nation's cameras and smartphones. And the rest of the Batson family, in this week's Shazam #2 seem to agree with his shocked reaction. There are plenty of suggestions as to what went down[...]

The writer of the latter, Mark Waid, also wrote an entire comic book around the idea that Superman could become the big supervillain of the world. Irredeemable, drawn by Peter Krause With the world acquiescing to the demands of the Plutonian. #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:[...]

As well as a new Superman series from DC Comics, Mark Waid is launching a new series in the style of his recent Superman/Batman: World's Finest series World's Finest: Teen Titans by Waid and Emanuela Lupacchino will be a modern retelling of the early adventures of the Teen Titans by Marv Wolfman and George Perez. World's[...]

On the 15th of August 2021, Bleeding Cool reported that Bryan Hitch was working on a new Superman comic book, for DC's Black Label line, then in September that it would be written by Mark Waid and inked by Kevin Nowlan. Mark Waid/Bryan Hitch/Kevin Nowlan Black Label Superman From DC Comics Once upon a time, Mark Waid[...]

She posted to Twitter and Facebook saying So when I found out that one of the best DC writers of all time (Mark Waid) was doing a new book featuring my favorite superheroes of all time (the Shazam Family), I did something I never do I wrote him and begged to read an advance copy. YES I[...]

After all, they didn't want to give  Marvel's Captain Marvel any free publicity. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ But Mark Waid, currently writing the character in a new Shazam series launching from DC Comics in June and drawn by Dan[...]

Massive spoilers for this week's Batman/Superman: World's Finest #10 by Mark Waid and Dan Mora, out this Tuesday – but also available in many comic book stores since last Thursday, as street date enforcement has been all-but-dropped in the current distribution system Some people may have been picking up this book, others may not have[...]

With the headline "100 Years And Still Inspiring Us All" From Galactus above to the Mole Man's Moloids below, including Spider-Man, Daredevil, Mole Man, Skrulls, Cyclops, Jean Grey, Crystal, Doctor Strange, Dormammu, Scarlet Witch, Kingpin, Iron Man, Thor, Magneto, MODOK, The Watcher, The Enchantress, Black Panther, Mister Fantastic, The Invisible Woman, The Thing, Human Torch, Doctor[...]

Spinning out of his Batman V Robin series, the event showrunner Mark Waid teams up with Riccardo Federici, Gene Luen Yang, Billy Tan, Nicole Maines, Skylar Patridge, Francis Manapul, Dan Watters, Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Josie Campbell, and more, to transform DC's Super Heroes and Supervillains beginning in January 2023. "Following the events of Mark Waid and[...]

It's a globe-spanning experience that provides a peek behind the curtain in Hollywood, and behind the scenes in comic books." Photos include those of Patton Oswalt, Meredith Salinger, Matt Oswalt, Sarah Silverman, Brian Posehn, Bob Odenkirk, Weird Al Yankovic, Tom Lennon, Jon Hamm, Brian Michael Bendis, Jason Aaron, Rick Remender, Clint Eastwood, David Lynch, Martin[...]

A planet where everyone comes back from the dead, again and again and again? We knew that magic had gone wrong in Dark Crisis, we expected a Magical Crisis to spin out of Batman Vs Robin, could this be the big one?   DC's new comic book event miniseries by Mark Waid, Mahmud Asrar, Jordie Bellaire and Steve[...]

Bleeding Cool was the first to break the Bad Idea news that last week's Previews catalogue from Diamond Comic Distributors included a brand new and exclusive comic book strip from Bad Idea Comics, The First Supper by Mark Waid and David Lapham And we have a good chunk of it reproduced below. What we didn't know[...]

storyline that relaunched that particular identity. So a major reference to the Mark Waid/Howard Porter Justice League story that interrupted the Grant Morrison/Howard Porter JLA run, twenty-three years ago is right up his street too. Tower of Babel has the Justice League view Batman as a traitor after he kept hidden records detailing strengths and weaknesses of[...]

Last week, Bleeding Cool scooped the news that the June edition of Diamond Comic Distributors' monthly Previews catalogue arrives in comic shops and digitally today, would feature a new Bad Idea comic book, The First Supper, by Mark Waid and David Lapham, as an eight-page comic book printed in the catalogue itself, from page 485 onwards[...]

But next week's catalogue will feature a new Bad Idea comic book, The First Supper, by Mark Waid and David Lapham, as an eight-page comic book in the catalogue itself, from page 485. Might this be Bad Idea Part Two? Publishing comic books to comic stores, not actually distributed to them through Diamond but actually inside[...]

Joining Tucci on The Rocketeer: Pavlichenko is colourist Brian Miller and designer/letterer Mindy Lopkin. Other contributors include Kurt Busiek and Brent Anderson doing a new Astro City story, John Layman and Rob Guillory doing a new Chew story, Walter Simonson doing a new Star Slammers story, Howard Chaykin doing a new American Flagg story, Stan Sakai doing a new Usagi Yojimbo story, Matt Wagner doing a new Grendel story, Sergio Aragones and Mark Evanier doing[...]

Light's place in Crisis on Infinite Earths that rocks the future of the DCU! Dark Crisis: The Dark Army #1 will be written by Mark Waid, Dennis Culver and Delilah S Dawson featuring a main cover by Gleb Melnikov and variant covers by Werther Dell'Edera and Taj Tenfold. Dark Crisis: War Zone #1 is an on-the-ground[...]

Since we last covered Boom Studios' The Complete Irredeemable Deluxe Edition Library pre-order campaign on Kickstarter, has done two things – blasted past $200,000 in less than a week and proved Bleeding Cool right (again) by announcing a new Irredeemable series from creators Mark Waid and Peter Krause will drop in 2023. The six-figure sum, primarily[...]

Yesterday, publisher Boom Studios dropped a pre-San Diego Comic-Con teaser proclaiming Mark Waid was still evil – a clear call back to the successful marketing campaign that launched Irredeemable back in 2009 Bleeding Cool worked out what the teaser could be for, and it looks like one of our predictions has already come true, because[...]

San Diego Comic-Con is less than two weeks away, and the publisher press releases are already flying – with Boom Studios kicking off the week with what looks to be big news… Mark Waid to Announce New Irredeemable from Boom at SDCC 2022 Hot off a fully-fledged, runaway hit at DC with World's Finest, could writer Mark[...]

World's Finest writer Mark Waid will naturally be overfamiliar with the long history of merged Superman and Batman in one form or another Composite Superman, a shapeshifter with a grudge, being the most prominent, who first appeared in  World's Finest Comics #142 in 1964 and recurred through the years in various forms World's Finest, a[...]

At press time, stories will be created by a virtual who's who of writers and artists, including Brent Anderson, Sergio Aragones, June Brigman, Kurt Busiek, Howard Chaykin, Joshua Dysart, Mark Evanier, Emil Ferris, Dave Gibbons, Rob Guillory, John Layman, Gabriel Rodriguez, Stan Sakai, Louise Simonson, Walter Simonson, Chris Sprouse, Jill Thompson, Matt Wagner, Mark Waid,[...]

Irredeemable is a comic book series written by Mark Waid, drawn by Peter Krause and Diego Barreto, and published by Boom! Studios The series follows the fall of the world's greatest superhero, the Plutonian, as he begins slaughtering the population of Earth His former allies, the superhero group The Paradigm, attempt to find a way[...]

His longstanding colleague and friend, Mark Waid posted the tragic news on Facebook, reposted here with permission; This one really hurts: Brian Augustyn, rest in peace. The Augustyn family has asked me to let Brian's friends and fans know that Brian passed away today after suffering a sudden, severe stroke over the weekend I have spent a[...]

"This new INCAL UNIVERSE project, to which Alejandro Jodorowsky has given his blessing, will open the door for a new generation of readers to discover all new adventures featuring John Difool, the Metabaron, Kill Wolfhead, and The Incal." "The world of The Incal, the Matterverse, is full of strange technology, astonishing worlds, and extraordinary creations,"[...]

And now he has something new, Page Three, another  collection of original comic book scripts for published titles, something that fans of the work and the authors can enjoy, and budding comic book writers can learn from, And follows Panel One and Panel Two, a decade on, now with Mark Waid, Barbara Randall Kesel, Kim[...]

Venom in October, the introduction to Redcoat in November, Superman Black Label next year with Mark Waid inked by Kevin Nowlan (yeah, spoilers), Redcoat series and something truly massive I'm not even mentioning But it's HUGE Yeah, I've been busy this year Each new project from Venom onwards is more challenging and exciting than anything[...]

Donators in the last few hours have included Tom Mason, Walter Simonson, Jim Lee, Micheline Pitt, Rey Armenteros, Chris Ferguson, Kelley Jones, Dave Johnson, Jimmy Palmiotti, Ford Gilmore, Don Cameron, Dennis Calero, David Hahn, George Pratt, Bryan O'Malley, Daniel Zalkus, Dustin Nguyen, Sam Humphries, David Brittingham, Schannan E Rose, David Harper, Paul Reinwand, Jeff Parker,[...]

Bleeding Cool had been closely following the lawsuit filed by Richard Meyer against Mark Waid since its original court filing on September 19, 2018, regarding allegations of libel and tortious interference over the publication of his Jawbreakers comic book However, on December 22nd, 2020, Richard Meyer voluntarily dismissed his lawsuit. Both parties raised significant sums via crowdfunding to pay toward their legal fees[...]

Yesterday, we learned that the long-running legal case raised against comic book writer/publisher Mark Waid by comic book writer/publisher Richard Meyer had been voluntarily dismissed A joint statement declared that "upon consideration of all the circumstances, the parties have jointly decided that it is in the best interests of all concerned, and the comic book[...]