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At Comic-Con 2013, what is a comic?  How do consumers buy them?  How are comics tied to other media?  And who were the winners and losers in the previous 24 months? — Joe Field, President, ComicsPro; and CEO, Flying Colors — Bill Schanes, Vice President, Diamond Comic Distributors — David Steinberger, CEO, comiXology — Mark Waid, Writer and Editor DigiSale:[...]

It's one of the classic Iron Man stories of all time. Demon In A Bottle, the moment when Iron Man, Tony Stark was brought down by his drinking to the

Two books. Two big company event crossovers. Very different stories. But quite a bit of confusion. In Flashpoint, we have a severly burnt Flash trying to

From the new issue of Fear Itself, a look forward to next month's issue. And the battle royale it will bring... is this the ultimate in the "who would win

In February, Fox News reported on the upcoming Captain America: The First Avenger movie, saying that Cap amy no longer be a patriot, at least not in certain countries; With his 70th birthday one month away, it has been revealed that Marvel Studios is shortening the title of its upcoming summer blockbuster movie on star-spangled superhero from Captain America:[...]

We love a little mindless speculation here at Bleeding Cool Towers, looking at the comic in front of us, their plans, the current social climate and speculating ahead based on all that. It's that kind of thinking that has Bleeding Cool expecting a black man under the Spider-Man suit when Ultimate Comics Spider-Man relaunches in September. So[...]

Marvel make their big move for San Diego… outside San Diego Comic Con Marvel Monstergeddon will see Marvel-themed monster trucks smashing each other up from July 14th at Qualcomm Stadium through the Comic Con week And apparently there's a storyline as well, as the whole San Diego stadium gets Marvelised. And with your half price[...]

Here's a look at the black and white unlettered art of Emma Rios, artist of Spider-Island: Cloak And Dagger #1, out in August, written by Nick Spencer.

Manolis, Greek comic book superstar, wonders for Bleeding Cool exactly how joined up Marvel's continuity is From Children's Crusade out this week, after a number of Scarlet Witch-killed people have returned, including Hawkeye and Ant Man… While over in Marvel Zombies Supreme #5 out the very same week… Then there was the cover to Justice Society of[...]

The revealed cover to Ultimate Comics Fallout #4 gives us a number of questions. Pascual Ferry on art? A flashback to Amazing Spider-Man #50's "Spider-Man

Marvel representatives state that such an error would affect all print copies, not just a few, Ooh, what a giveaway. Everyone I know personally who has a copy seems to have the correct pages, and Marvel's internal copies all seem fine But do check your copy and let Bleeding Cool know You never know… And yes, all copies[...]

One is a comic book written by a Brit, set in America. One is written by an American, set in Britain. Let's see how they do. When I first heard the title

Jonathan Hickman and Grant Morrison both have reputations in superhero comics for the longform structured stories. Rather than winging it on a month by

This is how The Ultimates returns, not with a bang but with loads of them. Previously one of Marvel's premier brands, and a central influence on the Marvel Studios movie treatment of Iron Man, The Ultimates was tarnished rather, after Millar and Hitch left the book And even Millar's return didn't bring the book the critical[...]

Reward lateness, punish the guy who's ahead of schedule…. On not introducing Super Lad After I turned in the first draft of my looong outline for my Legion of Super-Heroes mega-arc a few years back, I was called to a meeting with the editor and Dan DiDio.  They asked for a rewrite—not because they[...]

Ouch. Yay for Comic Vine though!

Little Bleeder Brandon writes; When I bought USM 160 this week I decided to get an extra copy. In the stack of black bags one was clearly a shade lighter

Gene Colan, you will be missed, sir. Heidi MacDonald: Gene Colan was by far my favorite Marvel artist when I was a kid — his characters had so much depth and emotion. Pia Guerra: Rest in Peace Gene Colan. Frank Tieri: RIP Gene Colan Nobody did Daredevil or Dracula better. Paul Dini: RIP Gene Colan[...]

Marvel tells you a crossover is coming and what it's about, and if you want to participate it's totally your call.  The nature of INITIATIVE, being sort of a superhuman army that responds to crises, made it very easy and natural to tie in to events.  That's what they do.  So it[...]

Remember those scenes where we saw Disney artists using animation from previous Disney films to save time and money on new ones? Well, this is an

Woo.... A commission piece by Chris Weston there. Woo...

On July the 20th, Marvel will be publishing a very special comic. Uncanny X-Men writer Kieron Gillen and artist Jamie McKelvie, creators of the comic Phonogram, are reuniting to tell a story about teenage gay suicide in the X-Men comic, Generation Hope #9. Based on recent prominent news stories, and  public awareness campaigns, Kieron Gillen finds the[...]

The current Ultimate books before the relaunch, Ultimate Comics Spider-Man and Ultimate Comics Ultimates Vs New Avengers have been running a multipart

So I've just picked up this week's comics from Orbital in London and I'm on the bus. So lets have a look inside the bagged Ultimate Spider-Man #160 and

Cussing and discussing a comic before it comes out is part of why we're here, but how much is too much? That's for each of us to decide. Most-Read Comic Stories Today: Marvel Spoils The Death Of Spider-Man In National Press Today It says something that a story arc in Ultimate Comics Spider-Man and in Ultimates Comics Ultimates[...]

It says something that a story arc in Ultimate Comics Spider-Man and in Ultimates Comics Ultimates Vs New Avengers entitled "The Death Of Spider-Man" needs spoiler space for its concluding episode. But, nevertheless, despite the comic in question, Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #160 being polybagged when it ships tomorrow, so as not to spoil the surprise,[...]

Bleeding Cool has been the first to bring you news as to how both Hastings and Barnes & Noble have been massively increasing the amount of comic book material they carry. Well, Marvel seems to have sat up and noticed I understand that they are launching a massive amount of new ongoing titles for[...]

In Comic Book Resources' regular conversation with Tom Brevoort on Friday, he talked about Andy Diggle and Davide Gianfelice's new Western series for Marvel, Six Guns, described as "taking the names of some of the classic Marvel western characters and reimagining them as new modern day characters… a contemporary action-adventure thriller set within the Marvel[...]

I was talking with a Marvel employee the other day about Mark's decision to leave Marvel – but not actually leave Marvel, as he has at least four creator owned series coming out from the company ANd, to parapharse, "That Mark, always something new everyday – it's very entertaining." Well, this was certainly that At the[...]

So, do you Feel Really strong? The petition listing reads; Lately Marvel have been rebooting comics like mad, from hulk, to ironman to avengers to fantastic four, But one comic that has been spared this farce has been Uncanny X-Men… Until now, in October 2011 Marvel are ending Uncanny X-Men, this is the only[...]