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Rod Lamberti of Rodman Comics, writes weekly for Bleeding Cool. Find previous columns here. Marvel recently revealed their homage covers I confess for a second I thought they were doing 3D covers then I figured out that some of the homage covers was a bit of a stretch having the fade between the original artwork and the new[...]

Spider-Man: Homecoming came out this week, but as good as it is (and it is good), it doesn't do much to shake up the Marvel Cinematic Universe It was a late-in-the-game entry, so that isn't that surprising — but right now there isn't much between the current state of the MCU and the looming threat of[...]

Once upon a time, Akira Yoshida was a comic book writer for Marvel who appeared to come from nowhere For Marvel, in around 2004 and 2005, he wrote a number of mini-series Thor: Son Of Asgard, X-Men: Age Of Apocalypse, Elektra: The Hand, Wolverine: Soultaker, X-Men: Kitty Pryde: Shadow & Flame, X-Men: Fantastic Four, and[...]

Past topics have included "Quite A Lot Of Variants," "Top Sellers and Bottom Dwellers," and "Should Printed Single Issues Go Away?" You get the idea. In Schatz' most recent column, "A Disgrace To The Industry," Schatz recounted a story of receiving hate mail about the column calling him "a disgrace to the industry" before delving into[...]

Marvel CCO Joe Quesada has written a note in memorium for Joan Lee, voiceover actor and wife to Stan Lee, who passed away this week at 93 He mentioned that when he interviewed Stan Lee at the Paley Center earlier in the year, they discussed Joan and her influence on Stan Lee's work, and his[...]

As they reveal the creative teams and series details behind the Marvel Legacy titles, Marvel Comics has been hard at work trying to figure out the math behind the legacy numbers for their books Yesterday, Marvel claimed that Incredible Hulk would return to legacy numbering with #708, but later issued a correction, naming #709 as[...]

Marvel finally made a truly great poster for Spider-Man: Homecoming Nerdist unveiled a new poster for the movie and it is a perfect homage to Amazing Fantasy #15 and the first appearance of Spider-Man It's nice that the movie has done something to really pay homage to the roots of this character Thus far[...]

The latest Marvel TL;DR (Too Long; Didn't Read) takes on the Immortal Iron Fist and the Seven Cities of Heaven in 3 minutes This is based on the series by Ed Brubaker, Matt Fraction and David Aja You start with the idea that K'un L'un is a magical city that only appears every seven years[...]

There's a lot of information out there, so we decided we should probably make a list of all the articles we've written so you can get your fill. Reviews: What does Bleeding Cool think of the movie? Here are the two reviews we've run. Spider-Man: Homecoming Review: The Most Fun You've Had At A Marvel Movie Since 'Guardians[...]

It's independent Avengers meets relationship Champions in Marvel Legacy's next crossover from Mark Waid, Jesus Saiz, and Humberto Ramos! Traditional comic book wisdom dictates that one runs crossover events to boost sales after they've started to lag since the last line-wide rebranding, relaunch, or reboot that follows a blockbuster super-mega-crossover event But the ever-innovating House of[...]

Stock up on black fabric, tongue props, and fake slobber, cosplayers, because the Venom symbiote may merge with Spider-Gwen for good in Marvel Legacy! Marvel is rolling out some of their solicits for Marvel Legacy again today, and the first one comes via an interview with Jason Latour on Newsarama It looks like we're finally getting[...]

I feel like with Tom and with Spider-Man in this Marvel universe we're just scratching the surface of what we can do." Holland, however, is confident that the director will be back for round two: "[Watts] is coming back for the next one We can't do another Spider-Man movie without Jon Watts." This was a huge undertaking for[...]

That means if you don't have a SDCC badge for 2017, you can't get into these, so don't be that guy. The color codes on the panels are purple for retailer based events, blue for all other programming, and yellow-gold for the Comic-Con International Film Festival: [...]

As part of Marvel's continued drip-feed of Marvel Legacy information, the publisher has now confirmed the return of Primer Pages to select Marvel Legacy titles, which we had rumoured some time ago. The pages, which will be written by Robbie Thompson and with a 'majority of art' by Mark Bagley, will give readers information and a[...]

Edge Of Venomverse #1, the beginning of the "everyone is Venom" comic book storyline/event, has gone to second print. Expect it in stores on August 16th.

It took more than 13 years, but we finally have a Spider-Man that's the closest to the flavor of the classic comic character that we've seen thus far.

 Stan often credited Joan with inspiring him to create the Fantastic Four, as she famously urged him to  "write one comic you are proud of," before quitting the industry entirely. Madam Web Fans of Marvel and the Lees know Joan appeared in animated form as Miss Forbes from the Fantastic Four series and Spider-Man the animated series as Madame Web. Stan Lee[...]

Tom Holland revealed that a scene in 'Spider-Man: Homecoming' had to be recut for a rather funny reason.

Just hours after revealing the details behind their new Incredible Hulk series by Gregs Pak and Land, Marvel has issued a press release correcting the legacy numbering on the title Originally counted as Incredible Hulk #708, Marvel has checked its work (see below) and realized that the number should actually be #709 Whoops! Of course, one[...]

Marvel is starting to get really meta with their Legacy announcements In addition to paying tribute to Marvel's past while looking forward to the blah blah blah with their characters, it looks like Marvel is also employing a classic legacy tactic: have their most popular character make a guest appearance to boost sales on a[...]

Exciting news! Marvel Legacy is coming up, and an industry event that industry-changing is sure to have ramifications that effect all of Marvel's characters and all of their titles Or so we've been told But when a book launched less than six months ago, it's hard to put it through a redefining status quo change. With[...]

The war between Marvel and Fox over the X-Men movie rights continues! Just as Cable is about to make his debut in Fox's cinematic Universe with Deadpool 2, Marvel is putting the two best friends at odds when Marvel Legacy comes to The Despicable Deadpool Take that, Fox! Returning to the legacy numbering of #287, The[...]

Marvel have been drip feeding the information about the Marvel Legacy line-up, from comics industry changing gifs of covers, to all the first story arc titles, and now actual solicit info and creative line-ups But issue by issue. Well, today is the turn of All New Wolverine, which will be at issue 25 at the time. All[...]

Archie has released a preview of the Avengers Digest issue of Marvel Comics Digest In stores on August 2nd, the final order cutoff for retailers is Monday, July 10th, so Archie is hoping a little taste of what's inside will get retailers to order more of these $6.99 books. But while a Marvel comic priced over[...]

The Guardians face off against J'Son to protect both Sam and the legendary helmets.  Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy airs Saturdays at 11:30 a.m ET on Disney XD. https://youtu.be/vzKlUfcECn0Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Season 2, Ep 19 – Clip 1 (https://youtu.be/vzKlUfcECn0) In the animated Guardians of the Galaxy series,[...]

Over the holiday weekend, there was a rumor that Nick Fury would be returning to the Marvel Cinematic Universe Samuel L Jackson's Nick Fury hasn't been seen since a few brief scenes in Avengers: Age of Ultron, and before that he was shot We don't know what kind of connection the upcoming Captain Marvel will have[...]

Rubber tires are also included.   Marvel Legends A-Force Heroines 6-Pack from Hasbro Expand your collection of iconic heroines in the Marvel lore with this Marvel Legends A-Force Heroines pack that comes with 6 comic-inspired figures, including Marvel's Singularity, She-Hulk, Lady Loki, Elsa Bloodstone, Monica Rambeau and Sif Each 6-inch tall heroine figure is highly articulated and features[...]

The after-credits scenes have become a staple of the Marvel Cinematic Universe They are perfect for expanding the universe in various ways and hinting toward the next couple of movies There are two scenes for Spider-Man: Homecoming and since these are after the credits this is a spoiler warning If you'd like to come back[...]

In June, Marvel softened readers up for their Marvel Legacy announcements by claiming they would change the comics industry and then releasing a bunch of homage variant covers It was a brilliant PR move, disappointing readers early so that everything that comes after seems more exciting by comparison. Now, Marvel is slowly rolling out the creative[...]

One of the better statue lines on the market right now is the Gentle Giant line of Marvel statues based on the popular artwork of Skottie Young They are many statues deep at this point, and while the choices have been amazing so far, there was one character that I think everyone was kind of[...]