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X-ual Healing 11-6-19
Was either one any good? Read on to find out… Sworn to sell comics for Marvel executives who feared and hated the fact that Fox owned their movie rights, The Uncanny X-Men suffered great indignities, but thanks to a corporate merger and a line-wide relaunch, the X-Men can finally get back to doing what they do[...]
Age of Conan: Valeria #4 [Preview]
Age of Conan: Valeria #4 is in stores from Marvel Comics this week, by Meredith Finch, Aneke, Andy Troy, and Travis Lanham We've got a preview below, finally answering the question: what if Marvel milked this Conan license for all it's worth? In the previous issue, Valeria finally confronted her brother's killer So, story over right?[...]
Serious Casting Suggestion: Matt Berry as Wolverine?
Whoever makes another Marvel X-Men movie with Wolverine in it, please consider casting Matt Berry. He's not a 'pretty boy' like Hugh Jackman and he's certainly not ripped But he's relatively short, stocky and he's not shy to grow sideburns Star of shows such as Garth Merenghi's Darkplace, The Mighty Boosh, Snuff Box, The IT Crowd,[...]
Savage Sword of Conan #11 [Preview]
Savage Sword of Conan #11 is in stores from Marvel Comics this week, by the legendary Roy Thomas and equally legendary Alan Davis, along with potentially one-day legendary Cam Smith, Chris Sotomayor, and Travis Lanham We've got a preview below which finally answers the question: I am Groot?! In this story, Conan has gound himself a[...]
History of the Marvel Universe #5 Enters the Bendis Years
History of the Marvel Universe #5 is in stores from Marvel Comics this week, by Mark Waid, Javier Rodriguez, Alvaro Lopez, and Joe Caramagna We've got a preview below, finally answering the question: is it too soon to relive the Bendis Years of the Marvel Universe? The answer, of course, is yes It's way too soon[...]
Split-Price Combined Chart Sees Harley Quinn/Poison Ivy Beat Justice League, Puts Batman and DCeased Back in the Top Ten, for October 2019 Orders
Even a possible offensive term like Suicide is transformed into a DC Comics superteam with a movie behind it. But in November, both Marvel and DC are part of the miz for the first time at Loot Crate, alongside GI Joe and South Park Might we get an advance variant cover version of DC's Suicide Squad[...]
Invaders #11 [Preview]
Invaders #11 is in stores from Marvel Comics next week, the penultimate issue of this series by Chip Zdarsky, Carlos Magno, Butch Guice, Alex Guimaraes, and Travis Lanham We've got a preview, finally answering the question: what if Namor and Captain America spent an entire issue hanging out topless on a beach? Sure enough, Cap and[...]
Punisher: Soviet #1 [Preview]
Punisher Soviet #1 is in stores from Marvel Comics this week as Garth Ennis returns to the character alongside Jacen Burrows, Guillermo Ortego, Nolan Woodard, and Rob Steen We've got a preview below, finally answering the question: what if the Punisher had a Max rating again? What will it mean? Will Punisher go full Batman Damned? Maybe[...]
Morbius #1 [Preview]
Morbius #1 is in stores from Marvel Comics next week, kicking off a new series starring everyone's favorite living vampire by Vita Ayala, Marcelo Ferreira, Roberto Poggi, and Dono Sanchez-Almara We've got a preview below, finally answering the question: what if Marvel wised up and finally let beloved villain The Melter perform under a hard[...]
Guardians of the Galaxy #11 [Preview]
Guardians of the Galaxy #11 is in stores from Marvel Comics next week, by global entertainment superstar and fashion icon Donny Cates, Cory Smith, Victor Olazaba, David Curiel, and Cory Petit We've got a preview below, finally answering the question: what would a pissed-off prepubescent kid do with the powers of a god? Things are coming[...]
Runaways #27 [Preview]
Runaways #27 is in stores from Marvel Comics next week, by Rainbow Rowell, Kris Anka, Walden Wong, Dee Cunniffe, Jim Campbell, and Joe Caramagna We've got a preview below, finally answering the question: what if the Runaways were created in the 80s or 90s? For that to be accomplished, the team will need to get new[...]
X-Men #2 [Preview]
X-Men #2 is in stores from Marvel Comics next week, by Jonathan Hickman, Leinil Francis Yu, and more We've got a preview below, which finally answers the question: what if Jonathan Hickman decided to keep just one thing from the ResurrXion era, and it was Rachel changing her codename to "Prestige?" Like all good comics, this[...]
John Waters Talks About Martin Scorsese and Marvel Comics Movies
Legendary film director and producer John Waters attended the 60th Thessaloniki International Film Festival where he is the guest of honour, and he was asked about the comments from Martin Scorsese and other film directors regarding the Marvel and DC moves that have hit so many headlines And thanks to Dr Manolis Vamvounis, Bleeding Cool[...]
Marvel Maintains Marketshare, as DC Comics Claws a Little Back – October 2019
Last month, Marvel were down on their their close-to-50% share of August, but with September they still had an impressive 38.81% of dollars bought and 45.51% of units shipped marketshare In second place was DC, rising with a market share of 27.80% and 29.15%, respectively Image Comics ranked third, breaking over ten-percent market share thanks[...]
When C.B. Cebulski Threatened to Fire Me...
A few weeks ago, Bleeding Cool reported on the existence of the Marvel Celebrates Stan Lee Tribute Comic Book, at a Marvel gala event in New York in October, attended by the great and the good Part of the proceeds saw attendees receive said book, which reprints Fantastic Four #1, Amazing Fantasy #15 and contains[...]
Still No Ongoing for Chris Claremont, Even Though Marvel Owes All Their Success to Him
Chris Claremont, writer of the X-Men from 1975-1991 and several times after that and greatest comic book writer of all time, is currently retained by Marvel Comics to remain exclusive to them However, besides occasional one-shots and short stories in anthologies, Claremont is hardly used The last time Claremont was given an ongoing series to[...]
Adam Warlock
Also the mad scientist group known as The Enclave, which Marvel Comics #1000 revealed had been heavily involved in the 20th-century history of the Marvel Universe But it's Warlock who gets the most attention, with expectations of Marvel movie glory to come, and has recently sold on eBay for over $700. So pity one collector, Jamie[...]
"Loki" Will Tie Into "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness"
It's looking more and more like you're going to need to get that Disney+ subscription if you want to know what's going on in the Marvel Cinematic Universe This is remarkedly similar to the way that Marvel Comics runs things now with all of the crossovers It's going to be interesting to see if this[...]
Jonathan Hickman Doesn't Believe in a Major Part of the Comic Book Industry
Hickman tweeted: https://twitter.com/JHickman/status/1192575579117248512 This could explain why previews were so sparse during HoXPoX, even if Marvel has begun to release them regularly for the Dawn of X books again That being said, previews are a staple of comic book promotion, as publishers rarely like to do anything that requires actual effort[...]
X-Men's Beast Holds His Own in Single Release Statue from Iron Studios
However, when they're all together it will be one of the best statues out there. Marvel Comics X-Men Battle Diorama Series Beast Statue will be priced at $169.99 He is set for a release date between July and October 2020 So you do have time to lock down your X-Men vs Sentinel statue or you can[...]
Deadpool Rides on in with New Beast Kingdom Figure
Don't forget to check out all the other amazing Marvel characters that Beast Kingdom has already released. Superhero landing! #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 */ The most charming and humorous superhero is back with a new look and tons of accessories to[...]
marvel's helstrom
A liitle less than a month after Hulu and Marvel Studios' reaffirmed their commitment to Marvel's Helstrom with a major casting announcement of names that carry some serious "geek cred" with them (see below), we have yet another name to add to the cast. Freeform Daniel Cudmore (X-Men and Twilight franchises, Freeform's Siren) has been cast in[...]