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He's just got to 1984, when Warners, apparently, asked if Marvel would be interested in publishing DC. Bill Sarnoff was the Big Cheese, I forget his exact title, of the publishing arm of Warner Communications Among the operations under his purview was DC Comics Bill introduced himself, as if that was necessary What he wanted to[...]

So Rob Liefeld is drawing Hawk And Dove. He's also drawing The Infinite. But that's not enough for this boy though... he tweets; For the record, I'm in

In which Marko Djurdjevic is portrayed as, well, acting like a bit of a dick. Mark Waid responded "Dear #MarkoDjurdjevic : you will not be missed" before clarifying "For clarity, Djurdjevic's an ass not for having those opinions–he makes my feelings towards a rival company sound fuzzy– warm and fuzzy–it's that he was rude to[...]

As expected, Marvel will be ramping up products to appeal to people seeing the Avengers movie. These include Road To The Avengers made up of movie continuity mini-series I Am Iron Man, Iron Man Security Measures, Iron Man 2: Public Identity, Iron Man 2: Agents Of SHIELD and Captain America: First Vengeance (cover above) Avengers Heroic Age[...]

2 months ago I turned in my early termination for my Marvel Exclusive contract It's over No more superheroes, no more sad men in tight clothes, no more covers, at least for a long while :) I can't believe it's over After 300 painted covers, countless redesigns, 10 issues of interior art I can finally[...]

It was the Marvel "Team Spirit" panel at the Fan Expo convention in Canada last night. Never has a panel been less well named. According to a great panel report at CBR, illustrator and designer Marko Djurdjevic took the opportunity to lambast Marvel and their operating practices while Jonathan Hickman and Steve Epting tried to joke along,[...]

Marvel gave CBR some rather nice images from the upcoming Fantastic Four Season One OGN hardcover by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and David Marquez. Sadly, Bleeding Cool doesn't get things like that But that's okay, here are some more pages that weren't included in that In very low res Sorry. Even this Jamie McKelvie art from Fantastic Four Season[...]

This is the cover to Uncanny X-Men #1 as promoted by Marvel, full of silhouettes. Pretty familiar to us know, what with the quandriptych image that we pieced together last week But, here is what that image looks like without those pesky silhouettes. Hang on. ***SPOILERS*** ***SPOILERS*** ***SPOILERS*** ***SPOILERS*** ***SPOILERS*** ***SPOILERS*** That's better. I believe this is the X-Men Blue[...]

Ultimate Comics: The Ultimates #1, shipping today is polybagged. A small amount of copies have been signed by Stan Lee with a certificate. However, the

From the preview of Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #2 shipping in October, with art from Sara Pichelli, we see what appear to be at least two new powers from

Ultimate Comics The Ultimates #1 by Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribic is published today. But it's in a sealed bag. Possibly with chase signatures and the

But USA Today have run the following previews of Ultimate Comics The Ultimates #1 shipping tomorrow and Ultimate Comics Hawkeye #1 shipping next week from Marvel You know, the ones that ship in their polybags to avoid spoilers Enjoy. There doesn't seem to be a corresponding article or anything Not yet But USA Today have[...]

We're back with Aaron and Tri-Force Mike from A Comic Shop in Orlando, Florida. One week before their midnight release party for Justice League #1 and

Looks like we have brither-at-arms, Alex Summers will be joining Wolverine, philosophically, and taking X-Factor with him on the "gold" side, as Scott

Coming from Marvel. AZWatch: Tom Spurgeon criticised a Comico comic from 1988 Gerry Giovinco countered; So to answer Tom Spurgeon's quote: "The question that many of us near comics ask — if only to each other — is if the art form can survive without the occasional cycling back to cruder efforts like this one, unpretentious material devoid of[...]

One of our little bleeders, Allen Fan, went to a branch of Williams Sonoma on Saturday with his friend Annie to take part in the Create-A-Superhero-Cookie charity event with Marvel Comics And found themselves the only adults in a sea of five-to-eight year olds Aside from Spider-Man that is. And took a few photos while he[...]

Okay, so they're not triptychs.... New Mutants aligns with Cyclops' team. If indeed Cyclops is still around. Which he probably is.

But it still had me up until three in the morning last night. Damage Control was always my very favourite Marvel comic book as a kid And this is basically a resource management game, juggling various workmen at various levels of upgrades across Manhattan repairing buildings destroyed by superhero action. Which is possibly an odd choice for[...]

It's going to happen eventually.

For a $5 donation to charity, you can get an exclusive Marvel comic and two Super Hero cookies (biscuits) to decorate in a superhero fashion, today at branches of Williams-Sonoma Have a go, take the kids, send us photos Book a spot and find your nearest branch here. Bonus points for anyone who manages to create[...]

Sony Pictures has just released the first Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance Trailer. As Hannah Shaw-Williams told you about the film this morning: The film

Senior Vice President of Sales at Marvel, he's basically their equivalent of Bob Wayne Famously, he was the guy who came up with the idea of mutants fighting vampires in the wake of Twilight, which launched the new X-Men series a couple of years ago Got nothing against David Gabriel. It's just… is he really the[...]

Okay, it's the Age Of Apocalypse Nightcrawler, not our own deaded Kurt Wagner. But he's joining X-Force - and letting us know which side X-Force is on...

We gave you fifty-seven and a half Marvel solicitations yesterday Well here are another twelve. And yes, I know, you thought Fear Itself finishes in October with issue 7 Well, Marvel have this thing called marketshare So now we get Fear Itself #7.1, #7.2 and#7.3. Shameless, Marvel, absolutely shameless. FEAR ITSELF #7.1 Captain America Written by ED BRUBAKER Pencils & Cover[...]

Okay, so those are the Blue Team's colours, seemingly on an apocalyptical version of their Utopia island. You know, with all those silhouettes, this is

Not only do we have The New 52 + subsequent launches, but November brings us the Marvel Universe's 50th Anniversary celebration, anchored by the 96-page, $7.99 Fantastic Four #600 Will the big 2 be able to maintain momentum through the winter months? And what will that mean for the rest of the field? Most-Read Comic Stories[...]

So Marvel have run a teaser for their San Diego Comic Con-announced a new comics project Shattered Heroes set in the aftermath of Fear Itself with a quote from Tom Brevoort and a signal to the #ShatteredHeroes hashtag on Twitter. So how is that hashtag going anyway? 04nbod: Its not really a teaser if its said about[...]

Marvel's November solicitations are a little later than usual Maybe they're trying to finish up a few Bit they have sent a stack of finished solicitations to a number of comic book websites, only giving them a certain amount each IGN, CBR and Newsarama, neither site seems inclined to link to the other Not to[...]

X-Men Schism #3 by Jason Aaron and Daniel Acuña, and Generation Hope #10 by Kieron Gillen and Tim Seeley are published today. Now, there will be spoilers.

I remember sitting in a Marvel panel a few years ago at a comic book convention when a blind fan asked about the possibilities of audiobook versions of certain comic books He was met with blank stares, a lack of comprehension and an issue that, it seemed, had never been raised before. Certainly there have been[...]