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Marvel To Give Away "Watcher Eyes" As Promotional Items For Original Sin
We've had Morbius The Living Vampire teeth. Well, the latest giveaway to promote a new comic has been announced by Marvel and it's one that might turn a stomach or two. Eyeballs More specifically, Watcher eyeballs To accompany the release of the Original Sin summer event. Retailers will get three free bags of Watcher eyeballs if they order[...]
Forty-Three Thoughts About Forty-Three  Comics – Veil, Darkness, New Warriors, Nova, Tales Of Honor, Action Comics, Uncanny X-Men, Phantom Stranger, Moon Knight, Wolverine & The X-Men, Wild Blue Yonder, Sinister Dexter, Gate-Way, Rogue Trooper, She-Hulk, Loki, The Movement, Arkham War, Earth 2, Batwing, Green Lantern, Adventure Time, Evil Empire, Wild Blue Yonder, Suicide Risk, Garfield, Day Men, Shadow Now, Twilight Zone, Bad Blood, Terminator, Lobster Johnson, Grindhouse, Victories, Catalyst Comix, Apocalypse Al, Drumhellar, Clone, Evil Empire, Revival, Saviors, Velvet And Secret
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If Bleeding Cool Existed In 1968…
This is from The Marvel Tribune #7, a  comics fanzine published June/July 1968. That was the year that Iron Man, Nick Fury, Sub Mariner, Silver Surfer, Captain Marvel, Doctor Strange, Captain America, and Hulk got their own titles, some splitting out of the long-running anthologies where they had been running like Strange Tales and Tales[...]
Deadpool Vs Carnage – Really Not Suitable For Kids
I know, what about the death and limb removal? Oh and especially that injury to eye motif. But no, it has to be that appearance of Marvel editor Jordan D White, reflected in Carnage's eyes He's enough to scare any child!     So why is Deadpool Vs Carnage shipping in April, by Cullen Bunn and Salva Espinso[...]
A Month Of Marvel Unlimited For 99 Cents At SXSW – Where Is This Leading?
Last year, at SXSW, Marvel gave away 700 free digital comics And the entire ComiXology system crashed This time, they are risking their own servers instead. At this year's SXSW, Marvel will be giving access to their Marvel Unlimited App for one month for 99 cents, giving access to 15,000 digital Marvel comics, all you can[...]
Gendercrunching – December 2013 And The Year In Review
 By Tim Hanley After almost a year and a half of Marvel posting the higher percentage of female creators, the Big Two have spent the last few months trading the top spot back and forth, with DC eking out the higher percentage this month in what seems to have become a race to the bottom[...]
Mike Deodato's Marvel Encyclopedia Cover In Pieces
This is the double cover artwork by Mike Deodato Jr to the updated and expanded Marvel Encylopedia, courtesy of Judao. Here's how it breaks down… This is the double cover artwork by Mike Deodato Jr to the updated and expanded Marvel Encylopedia, courtesy of Judao. Here's how it breaks down… This is the double cover artwork by[...]
A New Rocket Raccoon Series From Skottie Young Starting In July
Well, the Free Comic Book Day comic in May was a big hint. But from July, Rocket Raccoon gets his own series from Marvel Comics written and drawn by Skottie Young. No 1 book of July? It's very possible. Marvel PR gave MTV the news to run today, which they have done The character has been booming in[...]
Swipe File: Original Sin And Bangkok's Top Charoen Optical
  These are the variant covers to the upcoming Original Sin Marvel event series running through the summer.   #1 by Steve McNiven, #2 by Agustin Alessio, #3 by Stephanie Hans, #4 by Butch Guice, #5 by Marco Checchetto, #6 by Paul Renaud, #7 by Mike McKone, #8 by Jung-Sik Akn. On the moon, the dead body[...]