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We previously reported that Padraig claimed to have found a copyright line in a Young Marvelman strip that definitely laid the much-disputed ownership of Marvelman at the door of Mick Anglo, reproduced below; Which considering Emotiv Records bought Mick Anglo Ltd to sell Marvelman to Marvel Comics, could be considered a shut case If that meant[...]

That stuff was happening with Marvelman before Marvel's actual announcement, and details of a competitive other bid Marvel instigating a special character policy The new benchmark figures for Diamond Comics Distributors that changed the market overnight Marvel dropping F-Bombs in kiddy comics Valiant suing Jim Shooter from both sides of the suit And the publisher[...]

Which was and is his prerogative as EIC, but man, there's little more demoralizing than taking the ball down to the one-yard line and then being benched by the guy who kept referring to 'Countdown' as '52 done right.' There was Erik Larsen's decision to wade in over the Marvelman debate – which as an officer[...]

Marvel announcing they'd bought Marvelman, teasing us with the prospect of bringing back the original Moore/Leach/Davis/Dixon/Totleben/Gaiman/Buckingham run. Then Dark Horse not only collected the previously published Beanworld but gave us an entirely new volume, with more to come. We finally got the lesbian Batwoman we always wanted in Detective Comics[...]

And pop back to the website next week You know what I'll be doing? Putting up the two pages of Alan Davis original Marvelman art I had grabbed from my hand You never know… Stolen Comic is a new website that, surprisingly, isn't a pirate torrent collection, but a way to publicly report stolen comic books[...]

They've just linked to a 4 Color Heroes entry, presenting a letter from Alan Moore to Dez Skinn, talking about the first Marvelman script he enclosed His appeal for an extra page to tell the story His concerns about panels too compressed His desire to rewrite dialogue and captions once the art is completed. The blog also[...]

In other news, Mark Millar is gearing up for Friday's big Comic Book Resources interview over his new Marvel project with Steve McNiven, Nemesis. Naturally I know nothing about it – except I'm told that Nemesis is the name of the title character.  So no, Robot6, not Marvelman… Mind you… it couldn't have anything to do with[...]

Marvelman stories never die, we just get extra bits here and there And DC Comics are making retailers sign stringent contracts to get Blackest Night 6 for Christmas Don't cross that Bob Wayne, he'll be patrolling comic shops personally with a shiv carved out of a Red Lantern ring. We went a bit[...]

Amazon Canada has a listing for a new version of Kimota! The Miracleman Companion, in hardcover, fully updated, for next year. The original version of Kimota! from TwoMorrows written and compiled by George Khoury, was considered a go-to source for the whole Marvelman/Miracleman creator/publication/ownership affair when it was published almost ten years ago, interviewing all the[...]

So here, for the first time, is the way Marvelman's transformative word works, a la Marvel Comics… We say goodbye to the last of the original Daleks. "To be honest, I'm just delighted that Marvel have acquired the rights legally" – Neil Gaiman on Marvel's acquisition of Marvelman. When living legends surprise screenwriters, part one… The Geppi Museum will[...]