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Authorised by Marvel and sold in the early nineties for around $10,000. Make sure it's authentic. To help authenticate this piece as being all Jack Kirby drawn art, there is a copy of a page from the Comics buyers guide from the mid 1990's SHOWING jack Kirby actually DRAWING this MAGNIFICENT Cover! And there [...]

So I was set in a panel at New York Comic Con when Matt Fraction, addressing the lack of female leads in Marvel Comics pointed out one of his own The Fearless, which stars Valkyrie and Sin as protagonist and antagonist And he was right, I hadn't realised And with Wonder Woman, Red Hood And[...]

No slhouettes required. The covers for the final prints of the X-Men: Schism 1-5 issues, all in a row... clicky for biggy.

I ran a number of Marnie Ann Joyce's photographs from New York Comic Con this weekend and they were a smash hit. Haunting, poignant, full of life and

 But Point One does sound like a must-read book, and perhaps material for a few timeline posts to come. Most-Read Comic Stories Today: Marvel Doubles All Orders Of Point One Pretty much every answer to every question asked during the Marvel panels at the New York Comic Con was answered with the response "Read Point One." The Return Of[...]

Pretty much every answer to every question asked during the Marvel panels at the New York Comic Con was answered with the response "Read Point One." Marvel are making much about how so many storylines in so many titles, from X-Men to Spider-Man to Nova to Defenders to Avengers will all see their beginnings in this[...]

Todd Klein has created a number of prints that enable him to show off his lettering and design abilities, with some of the top comic book writers and

The previous night's combination of free schnappes at the MTV Geek Party, Marvel's big bash and extensive round binding etiquette at Angophile Pub Of Choice took its toll on many last night. I'm not sure who was the worst off, the audience or some of the Women Of Marvel panellists (save for the teetotalers), but it[...]

From the end of the Cup Of Joe New York Comic Con panel yesterday, the news that Jeff Lindsay, creator of the Dexter novels that were also turned into an

At the Cup Of Joe panel at the San Diego Comic Con, Marvel announced a new Sabretooth book by Jeph Loeb and Simone Bianchi will be published by Marvel next year, co-starring Wolverine, as Sabretooth gets his head back in the game Literally. Then Joe Quesada talked about bringing back one of his favourite characters,[...]

In a number of November's Marvel comics, including Avengers, Marvel Adventures Spider-Man and Marvel Superheroes, there will be a free eight page story, in which Disney characters visit the Marvel Universe for the first time. Prep & Landing from the first Disney cartoon, and the upcoming sequel are the elvish creatures who work on the massive[...]

Last month, Bleeding Cool reported that a major project from Marvel would feature the five architects of Marvel – Hickman, Brubaker, Aaron, Bendis and Fraction – and that Olivier Coipel may be lined up as an artist. Today, at the Cup Of Joe panel at New York Comic Con, that looked rather confirmed It's coming[...]

Marvel already announced a Scarlet Spider #1 by Chris Yost and Ryan Stegman spinning out of the Point One oneshot in January But it's not the only book Alongside the previously announced Defenders series and the Ultron War in Avengers, we're also going back to the mother of all alternate universes, in Age Of Apocalypse[...]

Marvel are bringing a lot of attention to bear for their Point One oneshot next month, as the Final Order Cut Off point for retailers approached next Monday But why should the readers care? Well here's seven stabs… 1 The framework of the comic focuses on the Watcher and what he see, now and in the[...]

BC field team correspondent Josh Kopin checks in from the Marvel Shattered Heroes panel at NYCC: Storm joins The Avengers as part of a larger roster shuffle! Huge Christos Gage announcement at the xmen panel! The best thing about Fear Itself, according to Tom Brevoort? It shipped on time! Fraction on Fear Itself 7.1: "Eulogizing Bucky is clearly Ed's job",[...]

The digital download code polybagged inside upcoming issues of Avenging Spider-Man is just the start for Marvel's value added offering for comic book customers, and it looks set to roll out across that price point As the page rates have been dropping over the last year, so this will intend to give added value. However, it[...]

I was talking to Brendon earlier about how I think the move of Thor 2 from summer to November 2013 has a fair bit of comic-side significance because the

How are they bucking the current Marvel price points? Well, by time share By using the same four pages. X-Men Regenesis #1 tells the story of each of the Utopia X-Men, and their decision to stay with Cyclops or go with Wolverine Or in Psylocke's case, to do  both All framed with an allegorical storytelling device that[...]

 The excitement over this trailer is palpable all over the internet, and with plenty of time to plan, expect Marvel to take full advantage — both this week and in the months to come. Most-Read Comic Stories Today: Did The DC Comics Relaunch Boost Marvel's Sales? They have just released their figures for the month of September,[...]

So far, on the basis of the few snippets of dialogue on show here Robert Downey Junior owns the film but there's a lot that can happen between now and next May.

Looks like they succeeded – and a rising tide lifted all ships… TOP 300 COMICS — September 2011 Rank Index Title Price Pub Est.Qty 1 100.00 BATMAN #1 $2.99 DC 188,420 2 96.99 ACTION COMICS #1 $3.99 DC 182,748 3 75.19 GREEN LANTERN #1 $2.99 DC 141,682 4 68.60 FLASH #1 $2.99 DC 129,260 5 62.83 SUPERMAN #1 [*] $2.99 DC 118,376 6 54.87 DETECTIVE COMICS #1 [*] $2.99 DC 103,392 7 52.22 BATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT #1 [*] $2.99 DC 98,389 8 49.37 FEAR ITSELF #6 $3.99 MAR 93,032 9 46.30 ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #1 $3.99 MAR 87,237 10 45.24 BATMAN AND ROBIN #1 [*] $2.99 DC 85,242 11 44.60 GREEN LANTERN NEW GUARDIANS #1 $2.99 DC 84,033 12 43.25 BATGIRL #1 [*] $2.99 DC 81,489 13 40.45 WONDER WOMAN #1 $2.99 DC 76,214 14 39.68 GREEN[...]

You may have noticed that Marvel Films will be releasing a movie, The Avengers, next summer starring Samuel L Jackson, Robert Downey Jr, Chris Emsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlet Johannson and the like. With all that attention, it looks as if Marvel Comics thought they deserved a little as well. Bleeding Cool has been told that[...]

And he may not be sporting a bowler hat, but there's no mistaking that mix of cane, smart suit and a certain curliness of hair. Because that is Steed, government-sponsored adventurer of 1961 ITV series, The Avengers. Using the name a couple of years before Marvel Comics would, The Avengers was a TV series that lasted a[...]

As someone who has spread out a hard-won batch of comics on a table or floor for a group shot on more than a few occasions, I was a little surprised at

This is the complete cover collection of Amazing Spider-Man #666 including all the different retailer-specific covers from around the world, displayed by

I'd forgotten about Project Superior. Here's the back wall of Brian Wood's office. As photographed by Brian Wood.

But some have pointed out that despite the millions in publicity both spent and earned, as well as the natural sales bump from a first issue, DC have only just pipped Marvel. But it's not quite as easy as that. First, consider that DC published around sixty single comic books in September Marvel, over a hundred. Second, I[...]

This is an image just teased by Marvel… And this is another teaser from not so long ago, that led into Captain America: Reborn. So… I wonder who's getting born again this time? Another Winter Soldier? How many did Russia have? In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to some[...]

But, as promised, looks like he'll be announcing a shed load of Marvel work as well. Including what appears to be a Wolverine book, team up up with X-Men wunderkind Quentin Quire Just the person you need on your side when fighting the Hellfire Creche And, you know, Brian is a bit like him too. More at[...]

That's around twenty percent lower to statistically cover any returned comics – even, as it seems, there aren't going to be any. Here are the full statistics. TOP COMIC BOOK PUBLISHERS PUBLISHER RETAIL MARKET SHARE UNIT MARKET SHARE DC COMICS 35.74% 43.04% MARVEL COMICS 35.37% 37.88% DARK HORSE COMICS 4.76% 3.51% IDW PUBLISHING 4.13% 3.10% IMAGE COMICS 4.08% 3.29% DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT 3.07% 3.02% BOOM! STUDIOS 1.39% 0.94% RANDOM HOUSE 0.99% 0.26% EAGLEMOSS PUBLICATIONS 0.98% 0.22% LEGENDARY COMICS 0.97% 0.12% OTHER NON-TOP 10 8.53% 4.63% COMPARATIVE SALES STATISTICS DOLLARS UNITS SEPTEMBER 2011 VS[...]