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And both Marvel and Diamond are instigating programs to encourage new stores and existing stores to open new branches. Well, here's just one of those Collector's Paradise of Canoga Park, California is opening a new comic store in nearby Pasadena today, taking over the closing Comic Odyssey. Tonight from 5pm to 8pm, they launch Aspen Comics' Hit[...]

Martin Ansin's illustration for a Rolling Stone magazine piece on Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark... And the cover to The Sensational She-Hulk #3 by John

This is a vampire from the most recent X-Men #1, by Victor Gischler and Paco Medina. And this is a vampire, Mr Dark, from Bullet & Justine by Mauro

Today at 5pm, Orbital have a Marksmen signing by Dave Elliott and Garry Leach to celebrate their new exhibition of original artwork by Leach, including Marvelman, Zirk, Judge Dredd, Transmetropolitan and The Twelve. Two origin stories Both familiar characters Both portrayed as young boys being used by the American government to fight their wars. In Captain[...]

Today at 5pm, Orbital have a Marksmen signing by Dave Elliott and Garry Leach to celebrate their new exhibition of original artwork by Leach, including Marvelman, Zirk, Judge Dredd, Transmetropolitan and The Twelve. Okay, so, minor spoilers for X-Men Schism #2 out today But I thought this one was worth celebrating As we saw in[...]

We're officially in the second half of the comic book year with Comic Con behind us, and our first major bit of post-Comic Con comic news is  interesting  — because it's not easy to see Marvel's upside on this one Widely panned the first time, it at least had the idea that it was[...]

Mark Millar and John Romita Jr's sequel to their Marvel comic Kick Ass has been plagued with delay, rather, which Millar has attributed to John Romita Jr having to prioritise company-owned Marvel work as part of his contract with the publisher. However he tweeted today a committment to a Kick Ass 2 schedule in coming months,[...]

They told us at San Diego Comic Con to compare the difference between the image on the screen and the one published on Marvel.com later. Here's the screen image of the Fear Itself: Battle Scars comic. And on the Marvel website… The big difference? Thor's gone, replaced Start your speculation engines…now! [...]

And, as I've said, guarantees Marvel the number one bestselling comic of the month, with around an extra eighty-five thousand copies ordered on top of the usual order It's not a Turok number one, this comic will sell and sell and sell for months, even years to come. As a reminder, British comic stores will get[...]

And then I get a press release from Marvel. In which they are to offer retailers a limited variant of Fear Itself #6 with a cover by Ed McGuinness And all retailers have to do is… return the covers of fifty first print Flashpoint spinoff titles published by DC Comics. And those who do will also be[...]

I have to give it back next week though… There were two main topics of gossip in the comic industry drinking holes (barfights and smashed bowls aside) that came my way. One a belief that Disney has been imposing financial concerns on Marvel which have seen a number of slowly-developing titles, from creators more used to taking[...]

We've shown you the Phoenix Comics retailer variant cover from Amazing Spider-Man #666, in which comic stores have been able to buy 500-and-up print runs

Nice to see Marvel working that "Assemble!" angle right down to the bone. Visualizing The Avengers: Thor, Nick Fury And Maria Hill Concept Art Revealed Here are painted images of Thor, Nick Fury, Agent Coulson and Maria Hill as they will appear in Joss Whedon's The Avengers next summer. First Look Images Of Snow White And The Huntsman[...]

At San Diego Comic Con, Marvel has confirmed previous reports of a new Defenders series by Matt Fraction and Terry Dodson And while this does actually have Namor… these are not all the Defenders This is the team that goes after the "ticking clocks" of the Marvel Universe. At San Diego Comic Con, Marvel has[...]

The cover to Fear Itself #6, folks. Thor going toe to toe with a certain serpent... who of course does not have toes. After Fear Itself comes Battle

It was another big day of news coming out of San Diego Comic Con panels, as Marvel, DC, Image, and Legendary all made major announcements for the day  Rich's early scoop of Loeb and McGuinness on Cable Reborn was just one of the big deals of day 3  Read on… Most-Read Comic Stories Today: The Art Of[...]

Bleeding Cool has just been told from a source who should know (and is pretty sure) that the Reborn teaser for San Diego Comic Con, a new book to be

Bleeding Cool told you a bit about the Amazing Spider-Man panel at Comic Con yesterday, including a description of the Lizard, but we didn't discuss this

 This is the batch of artwork released along with Marvel's Year Of The X-Men panel today: #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ Didn't have time to post this earlier tonite and didn't want to let the opportunity pass — there's[...]

 Despite a steady stream of DC New 52 (and good to see everyone finally on the same page as to what to call that, incidentally) news, Marvel took the day with Rich's con bar tip on the Incredible Hulk #1  As DC saw last month, sometimes you just can't plan the pr on these things[...]

Now here's a hero that I'd trust to punch Hitler in the face in the name of freedom and democracy. The Muppets have had a blast throwing out parody

Over 15o comic book retailers participated in an Amazing Spider-Man #666 promotion to have their store featured on the cover of a specially select print

Sounds like fun: "I owe it all to Senior Editor Jeff Youngquist of Marvel's Collected Editions department," acknowledges Mason "I've been re-coloring old covers for him for a couple of years now, and early last year he was putting together the hardcover edition of X-MEN: MUTANT GENESIS and he asked me to do the cover[...]

Thanks Dan. The panel discussed Cloak And Dagger, an interesting comic as Marvel comics with couples in them aren't the norm Well, indeed *cough*Mephisto*cough*. A look at Venom for October… Angel MEdina is from issue 9 though. And how about some pages from Joe Madureira for the upcoming Avenging Spider-Man? A first look at October[...]

At the State Of The Industry panel earlier today, David Gabriel of Marvel joked "there's no one else we could kill" It seems he was wrong. At the X-Men panel, Marvel just put up a slide with the "Dead" from the Deadpool logo and a February 2012 date. Remember, at Marvel, Dead means Deadpool. At the State[...]

Jeremy Atkins from Dark Horse sees possibilities with the decline of the book trade, as comic stores may now be closer to customers than their nearest book store. David Gabriel of Marvel joked "There's no one else we can kill", recognising a current stagnation in the market, and seeing an increase in new stores and second[...]

Last night at the the Hyatt hotel bar in San Diego, what seemed a playful altercation turned rather ugly as a Marvel editor and a Marvel writer proceeded to punch each other repeatedly, having to be separated by friends of the pair, escorted away from each other before police arrived – and promptly left. It's not[...]

Marvel are to publish a new twelve issue twice-monthly mini-series, The Fearless, spinning out of Fear Itself, starting in October With creators including Matt Fraction, Cullen Bunn, Chris Yost, Mark Bagley and Paul Pelletier, the book will see how Captain America, the Avengers, and others deal with the aftermath of Fear Itself.. Expect an announcement this[...]

October is a big month for X-Men at Marvel The final issue of X-Men Schism The final issue of Uncanny X-Men The first issue of X-Men: Regenesis #1 A 20th Anniversary reissue of Lee and Claremont's X-Men #1 And the first forty-eight page issue of Wolverine And The X-Men #1 Here is the first cover[...]

Bleeding Cool had already mentioned the possibility of a Jason Aaron/Marc Silvestri new Hulk series being announced as San Diego Comic Con. Well last night in the bar, talking to Marvel folks, that creative team seemed to firm up And this morning I understand that the book will be called The Incredible Hulk #1 and will[...]