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Sword Master #2
The adventures of Lin Lie continue in Sword Master #2 this week from Marvel Comics by Shuizhu, Greg Pak, Ario Anindito, and Gunji And we've got a preview of the issue below We'll walk you through it. The recap page gets us caught up on the story, as the titular Sword Master receives a package from[...]
Invaders #8
Invaders #8 hits stores this week from Marvel Comics, by Chip Zdarsky, Carlos Magno, and Butch Guice And the issue finds the United States on the brink of war with Atlantis after the undersea nation sunk an entire city of Americans and turned them into water-breathers Which, if we're being honest, might be the most[...]
Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #10
Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #10 will be published by Marvel Comics this week, by Tom Taylor, Ken Lashley, Scott Hanna, and Luca Maresca, featuring the latest chapter of the Feast or Famine storyline which sees Spidey, The Prowler, and geriatric superhero The Rumor facing off against parasitic villain Hellminth. First, get caught up with the recap page. After[...]
Punisher Kill Krew #1
These days, it seems like at Marvel, when a super-mega-crossover event ends, the publisher moves right on to the next super-mega-crossover event, barely even leaving time to savor the universe-rocking changes that will leave the universe never the same again before upsetting them with brand new universe-rocking changes But if you feel that Marvel moved[...]
Age of Conan: Valeria #1
If you thought that Marvel regained the rights to publish Conan the Barbarian comics just so they could milk the license for all its worth by releasing multiple Conan books and adding the Barbarian to the Avengers, you didn't see the whole picture There's a whole wealth of characters from the Conan cannon that Marvel[...]
Ironheart #9
Ironheart #9 hits stores this week from Marvel Comics, by Eve Ewing and Luciano Vecchio, and we've got a preview below. The story this far is summed up in the recap page, with Riri searching for a portal to the Wellspring of Power before her enemies in the Ten Rings find it first. And she reaches out[...]
Chris Claremont Doesn't Think He's Written a Lot of X-Men Stories Lately
Chris Claremont is the greatest comic book writer in history, and he's still writing stories today, which is why we find it so utterly baffling that Marvel Comics would pay him a retainer to be a Marvel-exclusive writer but only rarely actually use him to write a story In fact, the House of Ideas hasn't[...]
Absolute Carnage: Separation Anxiety #1
It's what Marvel Comics readers feel about their money after purchasing all the tie-ins to a super-mega-crossover event along with the double-priced first issue of the main event series It's also the name of a new spinoff for Absolute Carnage, ironically enough, hitting stores next week by Clay Chapman and Brian Level, and we've got[...]
Captain Marvel #9
Things aren't going so well for Captain Marvel, as this preview of next week's Captain Marvel #9 by Kelly Thompson and Carmen Carnero illustrates. The recap page lays it out Not only are Carol's powers starting to fail her, but fake news about her Kree heritage has turned the Marvel Universe against her as well Oh,[...]
Conan the Barbarian: Exodus #1
Next week, Marvel Comics publishes Conan the Barbarian: Exodus #1 by Esad Ribic And we have a rather silent preview of the issue here, as the entire book will be wordless, a "visual narrative."   Well, aside from the intro pages, of course…     After that, we're treated to a scene of young Conan killing animals[...]
Symbiote Spider-Man #5
Marvel's need to publish at least five monthly Spider-Man comics Peter David is familiar with two of those And that brings us to this preview of Symbiote Spider-Man #5, out next week by David and Greg Land…   As we head back to the 1980s, when Spider-Man first gained his black costume, to find Mysterio leaving regular[...]
Silver Surfer: Prodigal Sun #1
And we've got a preview… With a recap page that actually bothers to make note of when the issue takes place in the ever-confusing Marvel timeline (before Silver Surfer: Black) Nice! The preview begins with a flashback… …and a political scheme. But when Prodigal arrives on the planet, he finds chaos Why? Because it's feeding time for Galactus. And as[...]
Absolute Carnage: Scream #1
Absolute Carnage is off and running, but Marvel feels that $7.99 they charged for the first issue simply wasn't enough, and so they are releasing a series of spinoffs, starting next week with Absolute Carnage: Scream #1, by Cullen Bunn and Gerardo Sandoval, featuring the return of the titular symbiote, as seen in this preview. For[...]
Silver Surfer: Black #3
Silver Surfer: Black #3 hits stores next week from Marvel Comics, by the creative team of global entertainment superstar Donny Cates and Tradd Moore And you know what time it is in this preview? That's right It's sexy time.   But first, a recap… And then, the Surfer has a naughty dream about Shalla-Bal. The Surfer, it seems, wants[...]
X-Factor #87
Next week, Marvel Comics will release a facsimile edition of X-Factor #87, 1993's start to a bold new era of X-Factor following the X-Cutioner's Song crossover event, by Peter David and Joe Quesada And while we appreciate the idea of facsimile editions in general, our favorite part is getting a good look at the old[...]
Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #47
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #47 hit stores from Marvel Comics next week, by Ryan North and Derek Charm, as the series heads toward its conclusion This preview kicks off what's billed as the "start of the most nuts Squirrel Girl story ever as lives hang in the balance, narrative threads are resolved, and shocking reveals[...]
Amazing Spider-Man #27
Amazing Spider-Man #27 (legacy number 828) hits stores from Marvel Comics next week, by Nick Spencer and Kev Walker, and this preview of the issue jumps right into the action… Well, after a brief recap, of course Blah blah radioactive spider, blah blah great responsibility You get it. And then we find Boomerang the target of the[...]
Gwenpool Strikes Back #1
Gwenpool Strikes Back, a new five-issue limited series by Leah Williams and David Baldeon, hits stores next week from Marvel And this preview of Gwenpool Strikes Back #1 comes out of the gate swinging…   …with Gwenpool expressing the desire to squeeze pregnant women, and surprised to find herself in a solo series again.   Gwenpool works out what's[...]
Donald Trump shakes hands with Marvel Chairman Ike Perlmutter at a bill signing.
Bleeding Cool has long-documented the strange adventures of Marvel Entertainment Chairman Ike Perlmutter, from his elusive avoidance of the public eye (until recently) to his feud with Fox over the movie rights to Fantastic Four and X-Men that caused both properties to be downplayed in comics to his falling out with Kevin Feige over the[...]
Marvel Comics Second and Third Printings for September 11th
Marvel Comics is putting a burst of second and third printings out for September 11th, 2019. Venom #17, Avengers #22, Fantastic Four #12, Immortal Hulk #22, Daredevil #9 and Agents Of Atlas #1 all get second printings While Immortal Hulk #22 gets a third printing. No visuals yet of course, though we ran a bunch the other[...]
"Marvel Future Fight" Receives A New Hero This Week With Wave
Netmarble released details this week of the latest addition coming to Marvel Future Fight as Filipina superhero Wave joins the battle The character was introduced in Marvel's War of the Realms: New Agents of Atlas earlier this year, and now makes her first game appearance on mobile The game will also get a classic look for[...]
Dan Didio Calls Out Nostalgia, Speculator Marketing
Echoing some of the points we've been making for years, here at Bleeding Cool and before that at The Outhouse, Didio, called out "speculator marketing" and other gimmickry used by comic book publishers (read: Marvel) to "give the appearance of a healthy industry" despite not actually doing anything to increase the readership of individual titles. Didio's[...]
Blame Canada For This 7-Page Preview of Alpha Flight: True North
Marvel has released an unlettered preview of Alpha Flight: True North, the upcoming one-shot comic starring Canada's favorite superhero team But what's all this aboot "blame Canada," eh? Well, that's because the creative teams involved are all Canadians. Written by Jim Zub, Jed MacKay, and Ed Brisson⁠ with art by Max Dunbar, Djibril Morissette-Phan, and Scott[...]
Will (SPOILER)'s Death Have Consequences? Teen Titans #30 Preview
And the current Marvel Universe, the one we're familiar with from past X-Men comics, is Moira's tenth life And also, she faked her own death and is still alive. But there might have been a little confusion about that because there was an issue with the timeline as presented in the book, and that's what Hickman[...]
Absolute Carnage #1 Gets a Digital Director's Cut
Marvel is now offering a digital director's cut version of the comic featuring a script draft, process art, and a variant cover gallery The digital copy is available for free if you have ordered, or do order, a digital copy before midnight on August 20th or if you redeem a free digital copy of a[...]