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eBay Bans Digital Comic Code Selling – Unless You Are Careful
Both Marvel and DC Comics sell digital codes with certain comic books, allowing the reader to add the comic in question to their digital library as well as print Marvel have it as standard with their $3.99 titles, DC with their Combo comics for a dollar extra, though that program is coming to a close. One[...]
Industry Moves – Marvel, Oni Press And Titan Comics
Ructions, ructions, ructions… a few hirings and promotions in comics this week. Titan Comics has headhunted their newest editor Lizzie Kaye from the graphic novel publisher SelfMadeHero. She will head up new graphic novels being adapted into English for the first time, including Sean Phillips science fiction Void, the new comics adaptation of Michael Moorcock's Elric saga, and Snowpiercer with new editions of the works of[...]
And Finally… The Secret Wars Battleworld Gets Its Own Newspaper
Comic book retailers who order more of Secret Wars #2 than they did of Thor #1, which should be, like, all of them, will get a couple of bundles of Marvel's New York Bulletin Secret Wars Newspaper, on the 13th May. Something like this? Comic book retailers who order more of Secret Wars #2[...]
The Nightly Show Talks Comics Diversity With Phil Jimenez And Sana Amanat Tonight
With a bias towards minority issues, it takes on controversial topics of the day from immunisation to race riots to Bill Cosby. And what more controversial topic with cancelled Batgirl covers, black Wally West and Captain America, bisexual Catwoman and than the state of comics today in terms of diversity.Islamic Ms Marvel. I hear that guests on tonight's show[...]
"Hell's Kitchen Must Die" – A New Teaser For Marvel's Daredevil
Netflix is starting up the full court press… a basketball reference for March Madness… for the promoting of their upcoming new series Marvel's Daredevil They've already released two trailers and some motion posters I'm not exactly sure what to call this, but blind or not Matt Murdock shouldn't be walking down the middle of the[...]
Secret Wars #1 Sells 500,000 And The End Of The 616 – Really?
I remember a time when Marvel's Tom Brevoort said that they never used the "616" sobriquet internally at Marvel Comics Created by Alan Moore for Captain Britain, it identified the dimension in which the Marvel universe occurred DC Comics had Earth 1 and Earth 2, so Marvel had Earth 616 It was a good joke,[...]
A Most Unexpected Marvel Death In All-New Captain America
So happy happy for now. The Falcon has a long history in the Marvel Universe since the late sixties, some of it being rewritten Originally seen with his own falcon Redwing with whom he had a very close connection At one point, it was revealed that Sam Wilson was a mutant with a psychic link with[...]
Craig Kyle Goes From Thor's Thunder To Blue Thunder
But thirty years ago a tricked out helicopter was high tech… but now Columbia Pictures is going to make the new movie about the world's most advanced drone. Hollywood is big on bring drones to the theaters as this is one of three drone based films in production along with Good Kill starring Ethan Hawke and[...]
The Six Important Moments From This Week's Marvel's Agents Of SHIELD – One Of Us
There are some level 7 classified spoilers ahead… be warned. So in the latest episode of Marvel's Agents of SHIELD, entitled One of Us, we catch up with Calvin Zabo, see how Skye's doing with her new abilities, find out what Mack did with Hunter and meet Agent May's ex-husband… the usual stuff. 1) Calvin Zabo is angry[...]
42 Thoughts About 42 Of Today's Comics
Today, the Princess Leia comic joins that aim of tying up and reflecting continuity where possible as is the Marvel way Even with NextWave… Let's give a big cheer to Loki: Agent of Asgard for parodying #gamergate What's next, #notyouragentsofshield? Red Hood And The Outlaws #40 looks like it may have a replacement for Sesame Street's The[...]
Bringing Back nextwave: Agents Of H.A.T.E. (Avengers Spoilers)
was a wonderful Marvel comic book The Hawkeye of its day (that day being 2006), from Warren Ellis and Stuart Immonen, it abandoned Marvel continuity to tell a ridiculous story based around S.H.I.E.L.D Vs Hydra blended with all sorts of silliness It came to a close in 2007, reportedly, because it's sales were too low[...]