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Marvel has received considerable criticism for being seen to support the SOPA legislation aimed at tackling piracy, but also with string freedom of speech issues Successful SOPA legislation could also see websites shut down for the mere suspicion that they may be linking to a site with a copyright-infringing link on it Which means that[...]

It has been said that some superhero comics offer nothing but fight scenes. It's not meant to be a good thing. Today, Marvel have announced a new comic, AVX: Versus, which will, according to Tom Brevoort through CBR, "expand the battles seen in the main pages of AvX". And that's it Two "stories" an issue, twelve issues, twice[...]

Of late, Marvel has been giving away free digital downloads of their comics in certain select $3.99 titles To keep the digital code for each copy secure, they have plybagged the comic, selling it in an opaque sealed plastic bag This has caused some retailers difficulty – some report people are less likely to buy[...]

Okay, this is quite funny. Bleeding Cool has previously reported on the European comic book situation regarding the licensing of Marvel titles. Panini has a Europe-wide licensing agreement but the purchase of Marvel by Disney made some fear that this may challenge this deal. Especially in Italy, a country in which Disney still has a strong publishing presence[...]

What does the man who already owned a Han Solo-in-carbonite desk but sold it to raise money for charity do when he needs something to sit down at, but

But even veteran players get caught short by a wicked crossover move once in awhile,  so you just gotta get up and get ready for the next play. [blackbirdpie url="https://twitter.com/#!/JoeQuesada/status/154574042114961409"] Most-Read Comic Stories Today: PWNED: Marvel And DC Not To Publish New Twelve Issue Crossover – Spider-Man/Batman So it seems they laid a trap, one written to appeal to[...]

But the marriage of an adult soldier Kevin Keller to his black boyfriend in an all ages publication put Archie Comics ahead of Marvel and DC on the progressive front in an instant. 3 Catwoman #1 portrayed Catwoman having sex with Batman, her thought processes during the act, and all sorts of writhing It's a shame[...]

On April the 4th, Marvel launches Avengers Vs X-Men #1. On April the 3rd at 8pm, the Avengers Vs X-Men Launch Parties start… if your local comic shop is participating And you get your comic a whole fourteen hours early. Depending on whether your shop chooses to ally with the Avengers or the X-Men, there will be[...]

This is a story that can really only be told well as a comic, and look DC and Marvel: no super heroes or 80's rehash! Ferals #1 feels like we're getting closer to another Stray Bullets for David Lapham Sure it has werewolf gore, but its crime is showing! Green Arrow #5 feels like the Smallville version to me[...]

Such as Marvel's marketshare in December, and lists of upcoming comic books for the next two weeks. So it seems they laid a trap, one written to appeal to Bleeding Cool, and I fell for it hook, line and sinker Diamond ran an article on their website outlining a fictitious crossover – one that has now[...]

Marvel took back the top spot in the industry's favorite horse race for the first time in the New 52 era, though as many have pointed out, they did so by putting out substantially more books than DC did for the month  There's some pretty good discussion on the details behind the numbers in the[...]

Retailers are invited to vote on the following, and in the following categories; 2011 Comic Book Publisher of the Year – Over 4% Dark Horse Comics DC Comics IDW Publishing Image Comics Marvel Comics 2011 Comic Book Publisher of the Year – Under 4% Avatar Press BOOM! Studios Dynamite Entertainment Oni Press Zenescope Entertainment 2011 Backlist Publisher of the Year Dark Horse Comics DC Comics IDW Publishing Image Comics Marvel Comics Oni Press Top Shelf[...]

Those dates should be accurate for the UK as well, as normal shipping is resumed… 1th January Complete Dark Horse BTVS SEASON 9 FREEFALL #5 JEANTY VAR CVR BTVS SEASON 9 FREEFALL #5 MORRIS CVR DARK MATTER #1 KULL THE CAT & THE SKULL #4 LOBSTER JOHNSON THE BURNING HAND #1 JOHNSON CVR LOBSTER JOHNSON THE BURNING HAND #1 MIGNOLA VAR CVR NGE SHINJI[...]

A Little Bleeder involved in a minor fashion with the upcoming Avengers film, tells Bleeding Cool that Marvel Studios will be carrying out reshoots in Los Angeles this week And a casting call has gone out to extras to help fill the numbers. Traditionally, reshoots are often interpreted as problematic, that something isjust not right with[...]

A very fine welcome to the first of Grace Randolph's Think About The Ink video blogs of 2012. Grace has a new series coming from Boom! this year, entitled

In September, DC Comics took back marketshare from Marvel Comics This gave DC the lead in both dollars spent and the number of comics bought in the North American direct market And October and November only consolidated that position as market leader. In December, however, Marvel seem to have clawed some of that back They still[...]

We all know that Nick Fury in Marvel's Ultimates series was based on Samuel L Jackson, so much, that Samuel would play the man in the Marvel Studios movies, and will star in the upcoming Avengers movie. But did anyone notice another lookalike in the Ultimates cast? Little Bleeder Mike Powell did, when rerading the Ultimates[...]

And that includes both Marvel's owner Disney and DC's owner, Time Warner And calls for these companies to be prosecuted for distributing software in the knowledge it would be used for piracy, rather than focus on the end user. It's a compelling case… if you can get past the conspiracy.   There's a conspiracy theory going around[...]

  With Marvel and DC owned by two of the world's largest entertainment companies, the conversation over comics and SOPA has been simmering for quite some time, but today it hit the boiling point as word of Marvel Entertainment's explicit support rocketed around the internet Will either major publisher get hit with a Godaddy-like backlash? Probably[...]

In covering the countdown, Rich wondered if the countdown was to "News that he's going fully independent from Marvel?" Hitch himself confirmed that this is indeed the case, as he tweeted earlier today that, "In two days time, an amazing decade at Marvel closes for me What a wonderful time to have joined the party[...]

Clearing out their backlist, Marvel are offering the following titles to direct market retailers at a massive discount, which will be hard for many of them to ignore At which point the titles will then suddenly disappear in this form and, if recent history is anything to go by, will then proceed to sell for[...]

GoDaddy walked back their support for this specific bill, after Wikipedia threatened to remove all their domain names from GoDaddy's registration service. Well, now it's time for the internet to turn on Marvel Who, along with their parent company Disney, have come out in support of this bill They are the only specific comic book publisher[...]

This collection of public service announcement comic books from Marvel starring Spider-Man was to be an archive to treasure, looking at how various topics of public concern were covered by government funded comics featuring Spidey. Well, sadly, Marvel have pulled the rug from under our curious feet Of the original anthology, only SPIDER-MAN, STORM & POWER[...]

That was Christmas. But enough about that. New comics hit the US tomorrow and the UK on Thursday (just like in the old days) and Grace Randolph and Think

Don't make him angry. You wouldn't like it when a cocaine user is angry. The Coventry Telegraph reports in the run up to the Christmas season, one fellow

From Comic Book Nerds Are Hot, a look at some nativity scenes with a little help from DC, Marvel and Star Wars Hawkman as the Angel Gabriel is inspired. From Comic Book Nerds Are Hot, a look at some nativity scenes with a little help from DC, Marvel and Star Wars Hawkman as[...]

But a few weeks ago, Bleeding Cool told you that Marvel would be issuing promotional Valentine's Day Cards  tied to retailers' orders if the Venom Circle Of Four storyline, with five issues of Venom shipping in February. We didn't have the visuals, so we mocked up a satirical version of what we might expect[...]

Here are the two customizable retailer covers for Avengers Assemble #1. Retailers who order more copies of the regular version of Avengers Assemble #1

  The Hachette Marvel catalogue for May to August 2012 has been published with plenty of interesting titbits You'll all have your own favourites. Mine I think however is the Marvel Comics adaptation of the new Amazing Spider-Man movie for June Which has the honour of collecting the so-far-unsolicited Amazing Spider-Man: The Movie #1-4, written[...]

Bleeding Cool reported two days ago  on the cancellation of Marvel's All Ages superhero titles Spider-Man and Super-Heroes in March – but also that there will be kids superhero titles published in April. Well now we know what they are. Marvel are launching a new format, Comic Reader, a 6 inch by 9 inch format publication tying[...]