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This one was a bargain in my opinion. Jack Kirby X-Men #9 Marvel Girl Pin-Up (1965): $23,900.00  Kirby in his Marvel prime. Steve Ditko Amazing Spider-Man #22 Page 12 (1965): $44,812.50  Lots of collectors want a good Ditko Spider-Man example, and you don't get too many chances at them. Dave Gibbons Watchmen #4 Pages 26, 27 (1986) $26,290.00[...]

Steve Cook, designer of a number of logos seen at the top of your favourite comics, is also a photographer and photo manipulator. He gave us a wonderful

Although we're not too sure about Lord Of The Jungle making it to the UK… PREVIEWS PUBLICATIONS PREVIEWS #282 MARCH 2012 DARK HORSE COMICS ANGEL & FAITH #7 $2.99 DRINKY CROW PARTY LIGHTS $14.99 EMPOWERED DELUXE ED HC VOL 01 $59.99 GANTZ TP VOL 21 $12.99 GATE 7 TP VOL 02 $10.99 KING CONAN PHOENIX ON THE SWORD #2 (OF 4) $3.50 THE IMMORTAL DEMON I/T BLOOD #3 $3.50 USAGI YOJIMBO #144 $3.50 DC COMICS BATMAN[...]

Mark Millar has set up a competition so that the the store that orders the most copies of Supercrooks #1 from Marvel will get him for a signing He'll fly his way there and put himself up, but the winning store has to order a shed load And if they don't win, are stuck with[...]

FilmWatch: A new movie from Levi Marcelo tells the story of how the comic creators of the Philippines have invaded US comics. It all began in 2005, when Marcelo was working for an OFW newspaper, where she was assigned to write an article on Pinoy comic book artists who were published by big companies like Marvel[...]

From early morning... ...to sunset. Goodnight America. In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to some degree. They may be

I know that MechanicalClavicles has a special place in is fart for Marvel Point One, as I'm sure a few others do, too And I seem to recall SVK's exorbitant entry fee a little too high for Fysh to handle, despite the Ellis on show. This said, Avengers Academy #9 was a real oddity, as (I'm[...]

From New York Times bestselling writer Geoff Johns and legendary artist Jim Lee, the flagship title of DC COMICS-THE NEW 52 was Diamond Comic Distributors' top-selling comic book of 2011 – and it is maintaining its popularity among readers into 2012. 2 New Avengers Movie Images | Avengers | Movie & TV News | News |[...]

Here are a few of the things Marvel has got planned to help promote the Avengers Vs X-Men crossover through the summer And do you know what? I think it might just work. Avengers Vs X-Men #1 is a new reader jumping on point, for those unfamiliar with the current Marvel universe Possibly obvious, but you'd[...]

Password Customized what the what...?  Interesting. I can think of a million things this could be, and it will probably be the million and first thing, or

Marvel's Kick Ass 2 #3 hits the top, followed by the Kevin Smith Bionic Man from Dynamite, and Billy Tucci's advent comic, A Child Is Born With books from Oni, IDW, Fantagraphics, Drawn & Quarterly, Archie and Dark Horse joining them. As for the trade paperbacks, Image dominates with The Walking Dead with DC bringing up[...]

Because we just can't get enough of seeing how Marvel omnibuses compare to their DC equivalent Dan DiDio says that the company is looking into how to fix this For one man it just can't come soon enough. Because we just can't get enough of seeing how Marvel omnibuses compare to their DC equivalent Dan[...]

This teaser combining the Peter Parker and the Mirel Morales spider symbols got a few people's attention and managed to draw a little attention away from Before Watchmen announced on the same day. Well, listed on Page 24 of the Marvel Previews, out shortly "Opt In For User Password Customized Spider-Men #1" Something for retailers, not[...]

How ugly is this? As part of Marc Toberoff's appeal against Marvel Comics on behalf of the estate of Jack Kirby, over gaining copyright of the likes of X-Men, Fantastic Four, Hulk, Thor and The Avengers, the paperwork goes straight for the Stan Lee jugular. They state that Marvel's case, that Jack Kirby's contribution to Marvel during[...]

Sean Gordon Murphy is one of the creators who, as a result of the Gary Friedrich situation, and even after Marvel's response, has chosen to stop sketching Marvel characters at conventions But he is also someone who has also found himself the subject of Marvel's concerns He writes on his deviantArt page, providing lots of[...]

I heard yesterday that Marvel had him fired for it I understand it was a mistake on his part, but c'mon, that one bit of info is worth a guy losing his job? Starstruck | Starstruck Comics Kaluta's STARSTRUCK serialized as a webcomic 3 days every week. 'Wonder Woman' car found after KGW report | kgw.com Portland PORTLAND —[...]

Lots of Marvel trending on BC today, topped off by what's happening in the month of May — a big month for the company on both the comic and film sides  This has nothing in particular to do with Aunt May, but it probably should have. Most-Read Comic Stories Today: Marvel's Solicitations For May 2012 – Just[...]

Courtesy of Midtown Comics' listings and skipping the trades, here's a look at the Marvel solicitations for May 2012. One word of warning, the credits on these do get mixed up, especially when there are double shipping issues – and there are a lot of those this month But those pictures sure are pretty. AGE OF APOCALYPSE[...]

Bleeding Cool reported that this comic was coming quite some time ago, a mature readers Nick Fury series by Garth Ennis and Goran Parlov. The last Fury series of a similar nature written by Garth, featured a badguy called Fuckface and was considered so abhorrent that George Clooney pulled out of a planned Nick Fury movie,[...]

Marvel publish more than one title of 26 comics in May, a new record And the long anticipated Hulk Smash is now Hulk Smash Avengers, getting five issues in one month, equalling Venom's best. They include Point One issues for Incredible Hulk and Fantastic Four, Amazing Spider-Man getting an Annual and an Ends Of The Earth[...]

 There's divided opinion on this one in the forum, but since I missed it the first time and I've been a huge Ultron fan since I first put together the classic Avengers run, I'll pick up the FCBD version to get myself acclimated to what the subsequent project is going to be about. Most-Read Comic Stories[...]

Now we have Nightwing symbolically beating up the Marvel Universe. One has a Punisher skull on the back of his jacket Another has a Captain America star on the back of his shirt Another has a Spider-Man tattoo on his shoulder. We've had Teen Titans burning down the X-Men mansion Now we have Nightwing symbolically beating[...]

Now we have the Marvel version, only available to retailers who order vast quantities It's intended to be used in mailshots or attached inside local newspapers, or given away in mass drives, each copy featuring the details of the shop in question In this case, Third Eye Comics. And it appears in a burying-the-lead kind of[...]

Sassen frassen. And now, according to the Marvel Live Blog, he'll be co-writing The Ultimates with Jonathan Hickman from issue 10 At Marvel, previous co-writer introductions to titles often sees the new co-writer take over the book within a few issues as well. UPDATE: Yup, that's happening Jonathan Hickman will be moving on to an "offer he[...]

David Brothers, in a long and thoroughly thought through post, sets the case that Marvel comics made available for illegal download are sourced from art files coming from Marvel itself Indeed, he makes the case that someone inside Marvel is leaking, citing pages such as the following with lettering flaws – words from a different[...]

Seriously. Try telling this Jack Kirby that you're not giving him his artwork back. From Vanguard Productions.

It's a truth universally acknowledged that Marvel Comics doesn't like paying for advertising They prefer news venues to cover them because they're Marvel and, to be fair, it's generally worked The DC relaunch may have changed that a little, however At the time Marvel reps mocked DC's spending… but now, with DC having ten of[...]

Here's a fun down of all the comics that Diamond are shipping next week… followed by a prelimary look at what's coming from the bigger publishers the week after that. Dark Horse AFRIKA HC CHRONICLES OF KULL TP VOL 05 DEAD MEN O/T DEEP & OTHER STORIES DARK HORSE PRESENTS #9 (Do check for my Miss Cranbourne strip…) KATSUYA[...]

There's Captain America's "I command you to... WANK". There's the Guy Gardner Frost Giant blow job. And today, taken from the first page of Mark Waid and

John Nee, who used to be a DC Comics Vice President after the Wildstorm buyout posted on Facebook, regarding the concern over the Gary Friedrich court decision. This saw the destitute co-creator of Ghost Rider, Gary Friedrich agree to pay $17,ooo to Marvel for the sale of signed Ghost Rider prints over several years But[...]