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We know that Stuart Moore is writing a prose novel version of Civil War for 2012. Well two other prose novels are coming out from Marvel in May, aimed at a Young Readers audience Amazing Spider-Man: Behind The Mask and Amazing Spider-Man: Vulture, both written by Joe Caramagna, recently writing Fear Itself spinoff comics for Marvel.   The[...]

Aaron and Anna get dressed in the Christmas spirit to look through a monster week of comics, from new Justice League to Wonder Woman to X-Force to Hulk,

It was noted that in the March 2012 solicitations for Marvel Comics, that the Marvel Adventures line of comics had come to an end Spider-Man #24 and Super Heroes #24 will be the last issus. These done-in-one comic books, often written by Paul Tobin, were suitable for All Ages, thereby increasing their likelihood to be chosen[...]

It doesn't happen often. An in-comic goodbye to someone at a comic publisher who has been made redundnant. Most companies are embarrassed by such things -

  Here are the second print covers to X-Sanction #1, being rushed to stores by Marvel for the last week in December, and before the second issue of this AVX prequel ships in early January So quickly, it seems, all the colouring fell off.     Here are the second print covers to X-Sanction #1, being rushed to[...]

Marcus Johnson is important to the Marvel Universe We know that An army soldier in active duty, who suddenly seems to be of interest to all sorts of people, and starring in Battle Scars. But why? Well, here's a theory Supposition of course. Marcus Johnson is Nick Fury Jr.  And will take over his father's role in[...]

While DC still struggle to get their Earth One books out, Marvel seems to be storming ahead and increasing their range of original graphic novels to introduce people to the Marvel universe anew. And so we have Ant-Man: Season One by Tom DeFalco and Horacio Domingues for July, Hulk: Season One by Fred Van Lente and[...]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKJDWxzFOCY Here's Grace Randolph's second video blog for Bleeding Cool, in her Friday slot, Between The Pages. This week,

"Master Woody" Yup. Anyway, this March, Marvel rolls out their latest Disney/Pixar release with Toy Story, a new four-issue miniseries from writer Tea Orsi and artists Antonello Dalena and Teresa Quezada-Geer. We knew that Disney would be moving their comics line in-house with the acquisition of Marvel, followed by their termination of their licensing deal with Boom, but[...]

And when rejected by Parker, the symbiote was spurned and sought revenge with other "partners". It's basically a Mills & Boon book with sonic disruptors. Well, now Marvel seem to be making it official with Venom Valentine Cards, availalable as a Marvel promotion in February If they order more copies of each issue of Venom #13 and #13.1,[...]

I received a comment last night from a prominent comic book writer, regarding the released art for the cover to Avengers Vs X-Men #0. "Has anyone pointed

But it also takes what some people may find an embarrassing task, and transforms it into something aspirational, glamourous… and as a result, acceptable. It is also the closest thing we've had to a Marvel/DC crossover we've had in years. The work was created by artist Halfy/Maifa, who has her own DeviantArt page featuring these female friendly,[...]

Guess which ones they are? Most-Read TV/Film Stories Today: Natalie Portman "Furious" And "Deeply Upset" At Marvel's Decision To Drop Patty Jenkins From Thor 2 The claims about Jenkins' unceremonious sacking come from The Hollywood Reporter, who go on to say that Thor co-star Natalie Portman first heard of the director's departure via the internet: Exactly One Year Before[...]

In March, Marvel will publish the first two issues of Marvel's The Avengers Prelude, a four part comic set in the Marvel Studios cinema world by Chris Yost, Eric Pearson, Luke Ross and Daniel HDR. In the comic will show a gathering of the heroes for the first time, in a way that won't contradict or[...]

Art from his new Jonathan Ross Olympus project? News that he's going fully independent from Marvel? Thet he's starting his own publisher – or joining Mark Millar, Jonathan Ross and other in their own joint venture? Or that he's getting a new iPhone?   Bryan Hitch is counting down to something on Twitter To[...]

Given the chance, you might expect someone like Radical to make the move closer to the comics section, or for Marvel to expand their space. But if DC does move to Warner Bros, that will rather change the centre of gravity for comic books at the show 2012 will be a Batman Movie Summer after all. DC[...]

The New 52 has helped swing in the other direction recently, but what is the long term picture looking like? With content starting to shift to digital, will Diamond's digital service be able to get enough of a land grab? And if there were a bankruptcy, the likes of DC or Marvel could step in But[...]

Welcome to Bleeding Cool, Grace! You may know her as Marvel's Watcher or the host of Beyond The Trailer, but from tomorrow Grace will be hosting her new twice-weekly show Think About The Ink for Bleeding Cool on Tuesdays and Fridays at Bleeding Cool Her first show starts tomorrow, this is what is technically called[...]

In one swoop, Marvel reduced the Spider-Man readership – and probably comic book readership overall as well A number of people stopped buying comics altogether. The wisdom at the time was that comic fans may argue the toss online, but it is not representative of the whole buying population, and most of them don't mean it[...]

Marvel wanted to unmarry them That's your choice, and your right At no point did I duck out of anything If you think I did, back it up: what are you referring to? I posted numbers Nothing more or less If those numbers are correct, and again you do nothing to say otherwise…then your reaction is[...]

As we reported a few days ago, Patty Jenkins has left the helm of the good ship Thor 2 due to some kind of "creative difference", but Marvel Studios aren't exactly stopping to mourn Instead, they're lining up possibilities for a replacement director and also seeking a new screenwriter. Here are the names they have lined[...]

Tim Hanley writes for Bleeding Cool; Both publishers improved in October, with DC edging out Marvel by just 0.1% to claim the top overall percentage of female creators DC returned to its average range, while Marvel continued their impressive autumn with a total well above their average for the year Let's take a look at the[...]

  Big events mean big crossovers. Spin off series. Tie ins. During Civil War, sales of Black Panther topped six figures because it featured Civil War

It bears repeating that at the beginning of the year, DC Comics's marketshare figures had slipped in the twenties, lagging far behind Marvel That they have achieved three market share dominances three months in a row despite publishing far fewer titles than Marvel, is a real achievement for the publisher And it was Justice League[...]

If you want to start hunting for clues behind Avengers Vs X-Men, you might want to start here... a preview of Avengers X-Sanction #1 by Jeph Loeb and Ed

And really pathetic moustaches that would never pass muster in Movember.  Scarlet Spider #1 is published by Marvel in January The FOC date for retailers is next Monday. So, I've read a copy of Scarlet Spider #1, the new title spinning out of Spider-Island starring Spider-Man villain Kaine, now rehabilitated as Scarlet Spider So how about[...]

Along the bottom of pages in the new Defenders #1 comic from Marvel are a number of phrases that seem to hint at future Marvel storylines Some are clear Some less so Some refer to the previous phrases associated with this book Others refer to other titles… Who Loves Dr Strange? Defenders #4. Shut The Engines Down X23[...]

We told you something like this was coming. Marvel Comics is launching a Digital Coupon scheme with their digital comics, redeemable for Marvel print comics Buy a comic through the Marvel App and you will be emailed a link to download a $5 coupon with a link to their nearest comic shop One per customer. Retailers can[...]

Marvel will announce whatever Phoenix-related shenannigans are around this "It's Coming" malarkey at 3pm on Wednesday. To be replaced by a "It Came" poster shortly afterwards. It will probably be in Midtown Comics off Time Square It will definitely be on Livestream And it will happen just as I'm bathing the girls Marvel will announce whatever[...]

It seems odd right now to be writing about job opportunities at Marvel… Associate Producer at Marvel, Harry Go is… going And his boss Ryan Penagos needs a replacement Ryan writes; "I'm looking for a few specific things I need someone with solid graphic design skills and instincts We tap the producer to make tons[...]