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Ravensburger, renowned makers of many different jigsaw puzzles and board games, has released a new game in their Villainous line. Source: Ravensburger Entitled Marvel Villainous, Infinite Power, it follows in the footsteps of various Villainous games surrounding the villains of Disney's canon. From the press release by Ravensburger: Seattle, Wash., Feb 19, 2020 – Ravensburger, the acclaimed maker of high-quality board[...]

Really Marvel? You wait until gone 10pm in the UK before unveiling in full the new British Marvel superteam, The Union, from Paul Grist and Andrea Di Vito? Fair enough… at least Bleeding Cool got to tease it Once upon a time, Paul Grist pitched a Union Jack story Marvel rejected it, so he turned[...]

Mutants may be living on their own island separate from the human race, but that doesn't mean they're immune from getting dragged into Marvel's next line-wide super-mega-crossover event A press release from the House of Ideas today revealed a four-issue spinoff series titled Empyre: X-Men that will be so convoluted it requires every writer currently[...]

It looks like The Batman Who Laughs, the objectively dumbest character ever to be created for comics (and yes, we've read the entirety of Major X) will be infecting heroes in the Marvel Universe this May Marvel has announced a series of Dark Variants to run across its line of titles that month, featuring infected…[...]

Marvel has revealed the next books and creative teams in the Marvels Snapshots line, hitting stores this May: Marvels Snapshots: Spider-Man by Howard Chaykin and Marvels Snapshots: Avengers by Barbara Randall Kesel and Staz Johnson In a press release on Marvel.com, Marvel tells us what Marvels Snapshots: Spider-Man is all about: Following that will be MARVELS[...]

Marvel Comics has teased R.B Silva's cover to Star Wars #6, set to hit stores in May by Charles Soule and Jesús Saiz The cover shows Luke Skywalker wielding a yellow lightsaber What does it mean? Has Luke gotten into golden showers since his fall in Cloud City? He really should have seen a psychiatrist[...]

Hero Collector from Eaglemoss has a bunch of DC Comics hardcover collections and Marvel Comics figurines from the movies for their May 2020 solicitations Here they are for the first time on Bleeding Cool. HERO COLLECTOR GRAPHIC NOVELS – DC SUPER HEROES Hero Collector brings together some of DC's most critical superhero adventures in a series of[...]

Are you ready to marvel (heh) at the latest expansions for Legendary: A Marvel Deckbuilding Game? We at Bleeding Cool sure are! Source: Upper Deck Designed by Devin Low, Upper Deck's card game Legendary is coming out with two new expansions: Heroes of Asgard, and Webheads, for their VS System (itself originally designed by Danny Mandel and Ben Cichoski). From their[...]

Marvel Comics will announce their full May 2020 solicitations this week, but as ever, we just can't wait, so have Frankensteined a few of them together, nice and early. EMPYRE: SQUADRON SUPREME #1 (OF 2) MARK WAID (W) • DIO NEVES (A) • COVER BY PACO MEDINA The invasion has begun! But the alien invaders soon encounter resistance[...]

Of all the things you would think might get Marvel's Iron Man VR a Teen rating, a simple swear word might not be the first thing that comes to mind But according to the ESRB, that's exactly what pushed the game from having a regular 'ol E-rating to a T The rating board released a[...]

Marvel Chairman Ike Perlmutter, who according to Marvel is not retired despite his latest FEC filings listing his occupation as such, attended a Republican fundraiser last night that raised $10 million for the Trump Victory organization According to a report from Politico, the required donation was $580,600 per couple to attend the event at the[...]

Revenge of the Cosmic Ghost Rider #3 is in stores from Marvel Comics this week, by Dennis "Hallum" Hopeless and Scott Hepburn, and it's time for Frank Castle to learn that history always repeats itself, especially when it involves the fridging of his loved ones, just at the cycle of Dennis Hopeless murdering beloved teenage[...]

New Mutants #7 is in stores from Marvel Comics this week, by Jonathan Hickman and Rod Reis, and we don't have to wait until the issue hit stands to find out if everyone died in the cliffhanger ending of the last issue featuring this cosmic storyline… Because as it turns out, they all lived, as revealed[...]

A new story arc is kicking off this week in Jane Foster: Valkyrie #8, by Jason Aaron, Torunn Gronbekk, and CAFU, and according to the cover, it seems that Valkyrie will be facing off against something called… The Anti-Life? Does this have anything to do with the Anti-Life Equation, developed by Darkseid at Marvel's Distinguished Competition? All[...]

Marvel's Voices #1 is in stores from Marvel Comics this week, by an all-start creative team, proving that even a podcast can see a sales boost if you slap a #1 issue on it We've got a preview below. The anthology comic features multiple stories, including one high-tech go-cart race featuring some of Marvel's smartest engineers[...]

New Marvel Funko Pops are headed our way with some amazing designers Funko just showed off two new Marvel Pops that are headed our way Both of these figures will be PX Exclusives so most comic book stores will be able to order them Both Pops will have corresponding comic books Funko cover variants perfect[...]

Bleeding Cool looked at the recent Immortal Hulk #31 by Al Ewing and Joe Bennett and the backstory of one Dr Charlene McGowan, a scientist working for

When Marvel launched its new Conan the Barbarian series in 2019, it began with a bold premise: the first story arc would feature the shocking and universe-altering Death of Conan? What a remarkable advancement in economy for the House of Ideas! Of course, we all knew it was too good to be true, because of[...]

Captain Marvel has been killing (but secretly not killing) the Avengers for several issues now in a plot to stop Vox Supreme from blowing up the Earth In Captain Marvel #15, by Kelly Thompson and Lee Garbett, she must kill (but not kill) She-Hulk! We've got a preview below. At some point, at some power level,[...]

Captain America #19 is in stores from Marvel Comics next week, by Ta-Nehisi Coates, Jason Masters and more, and we've got a preview below. 19 issues into this thing, Steve Rogers is stealing dealing with the fallout of Secret Empire Jeeze, can't a guy be revealed to be a secret Nazi without it ruining his entire[...]

Amazing Mary Jane #5 is in stores from Marvel Comics next week, by Leah Williams and Carlos Gomez, as the book's inaugural storyline comes to an end… Will Mary Jane and Mysterio be able to wrap up their movie? Will it be a hit at the box office? Or will they all be murdered by an[...]

Guardians of the Galaxy #2 is in stores from Marvel Comics this week, continuing the latest relaunch of one of Marvel's most-relaunched super-hero teams By Al Ewing and Juann Cabal, we've got a preview below… The Guardians of the Galaxy, and the galaxy itself, are in big trouble The gods of Olympus have returned, and they're[...]

Ghost-Spider #7 is in stores from Marvel Comics next week, by Seanan McGuire and Ig Guara, and we've got a preview below. The recap page tells us about the Johnny and Susan Storm from Gwen's version of Earth, which goes a little bit differently than our own. No powers, aside from a lot of followers on Instagram[...]

Fantastic Four #19 is in stores from Marvel Comics next week, by Dan Slott and Sean Izaakse, putting an end to the Point of Origin story arc… but will it be a tragic ending for a love story between the Human Torch and his soulmate, Sky?! After learning it's the Overseer's fault that he's stuck as[...]

Deadpool #3 is in stores from Marvel Comics next week, by Kelly Thompson and Chris Bachalo, and when we last left our sort-of-hero, he was about to be killed by Kraven the Hunter… …but then he was killed by Elsa Bloodstone first? Or at least, shot by a gun that made him disappear. But is Elsa Bloodstone,[...]

Machine Man 2020 #1 hits stores from Marvel Comics next week, by Christos Gage, Tom DeFalco (yes, Tom DeFalco), Andy MacDonald, Mike Hawthorne, and more, as the Iron Man 2020 event spins off into yet another comic. There's a war going on for the souls of robots everywhere, and of course there's a Stark on one[...]

Marauders #8 is in stores from Marvel Comics next week, by the Gerry Duggan of comics, Gerry Duggan, and Stefano Caselli, and after giving us an entire issue to mull over the cliffhanger where Sebastian Shaw sent Kate Pryde sinking to a watery doom, we're finally going to find out whether Kate really died… right[...]

Daredevil #18 is in stores next week from Marvel Comics, by Chip Zdarsky and Jorge Fornes We've got a preview below. If you haven't been following the story, the gist is that Daredevil is a lecherous creep who became obsessed with a bookstore clerk because he kept smelling her, and now he's embroiled in a whole[...]

Atlantis Attacks #2 is in stores from Marvel Comics next week, by Greg Pak and Ario Anindito.   What's this series about? It's all in the title But if you want the details, the recap page explains how trusting corporate elitists put Amadeus Cho in a sticky situation.   This issue is a team-up between the original Agents of[...]

Runaways #30 is in stores from Marvel Comics next week, by Rainbow Rowell and Andres Genolet, and the Runaways' stint as Doc Justice's J-Team is hurtling ever faster toward tragedy.   For now, the Runaways are having fun being super-heroes, but they don't know that Doc Justice is using them for publicity.   For now, things seem great. Even Nico[...]