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Panini UK made a big presentation at MCM London Comic Con this weekend. We already covered editor Ed Hammond spotlighting the Marvel Classic Comics line, but there was more, with the Spider-Man: Web of Heroes line, a ten-volume hardback collection focusing on some of the best Spider-Man team-up stories. Each volume is self-contained, allowing readers to buy individual books or collect the[...]

During a presentation at MCM London Comic Con this weekend, editor Ed Hammond spotlighted the Marvel Classic Comics line, designed to recapture the look and feel of vintage 1970s and 1980s publishing aesthetics Rather than using glossy modern paper stock, the books are printed on a matte-finish paper to give them an authentic, classic comic[...]

At MCM London Comic Con, at the ComicsPRO presentation, Rebellion/2000 AD was giddy about next year's fiftieth anniversary of 2000 AD and Judge Dredd, and had lots to show off Bleeding Cool previously reported confirmation and details about the Dave Gibbons 2000 AD Apex Edition, details of Rogue Trooper collections relations to the movie, Judge[...]

Speaking at MCM London Comic Con, Panini's Ed Hammond highlighted the company's deep history with the franchise Panini UK has published Doctor Who Magazine since the late 1970s, when they were Marvel UK, and has spent the past two decades reprinting its comic strips in collected editions The new project shifts focus to the strips[...]

At MCM London Comic Con, talking to a few comic book retailers, filming dealer Resurrection Comics, and then a smidgen of World Of Superheroes before my camera surprisingly cut out, both dealers told me of a rush on Nightwing back issues, without any specific reason why Could it be Dick Grayson appearing in the movie[...]

Sorry, Omar, I got this one out first… at MCM London Comic Con this weekend, Steve Morris of Rebellion and 2000AD gave a presentation at the ComicsPRO event There was quite a lot of 2000AD stuff to announce, ahead of their fiftieth anniversary next year, the fiftieth anniversary of Judge Dredd, as well as 2000[...]

A look inside Joe Kelly and Pepe Larraz's Amazing Spider-Man #1000 as Peter Parker's life flashes before his eyes

Steve Morris of Rebellion and 2000AD gave a presentation at the ComicsPRO event at MCM London Comic Con this weekend, including news about Rogue Trooper The animated movie directed by Duncan Jones will premiere in France next month at the 2026 Annecy International Animation Film Festival This has given 2000 AD and Rebellion the perfect[...]

Sincerely, George We will follow this concern with interest, and it was much discussed at MCM London Comic Con yesterday, with different people taking very different sides… Last month, Bleeding Cool broke the news about the conflict between comic book painter extraordinaire George Pratt and Tripwire Magazine publisher Joel Meadows over the Kickstarter campaign for Into[...]

Announced at MCM London Comic Con/ComicsPRO this weekend, the entire black-and-white original run of Judge Dredd from 2000 AD will be reprinted by Rebellion Publishing in the Compact Comics line popularised by DC Comics, once a month, every month starting in January 2027, through to the end of 2028 At that point, they will decide[...]

With the Judge Dredd cover by Mike Perkins revealed at MCM London Comic Con this weekend, at the ComicsPRO retailer event, 2000 AD Prog #2500 will be out in September, 48 pages for £4.99, on the 16th of September 2026, ahead of the magazine's fiftieth anniversary next year And well ahead of Amazing Spider-Man #1000,[...]

Announced at MCM London Comic Con this weekend, at the ComicsPRO retailer event, the 2000 AD 2027 Annual will include a new Judge Dredd by Rob Williams and RM Guera, Robo-Hunter by Garth Ennis and Chris Burnham, The Out by Dan Abnett and Mark Harrison, Hawk the Slayer by Alec Worley and Staz Johnson, Fiends[...]

I wonder how issue 4 is going to do? Lee Garbett/Rich Johnston And if you want to get Lee Garbett to sign your Daredevil #1 or #2, including the Forbidden Planet MCM London Comic Con exclusive, he is signing at the show this weekend Check below for more on that… Daredevil #3 by Stephanie Phillips, Lee Garbett A DANGEROUS[...]

At MCM London Comic Con, at part of the ComicsPRO presentation, Steve Morris of Rebellion dropped news on a whole bunch of projects to the retailers in the room Including news of a full colour hardcover complete omnibus edition of 2000AD's first superhero, Zenith, created by Grant Morrison and Steve Yeowell, and coloured by JP[...]

More comic books at MCM London Comic Con from earlier Previously, I ran a bunch of TikTok videos being led around pop culture booths But I also broke cover and talked to comics publishers and retailers I popped by Panini UK for their Marvel and manga, as well as Rebellion for Complete Alan Moore, Silver and Rex[...]

Earlier, I ran a bunch of TikTok videos being led around some of the more fun merch, games, and pop culture booths at MCM London Comic Con, launching today But a comic con is nothing without comics, so I also popped by Panini UK for their Marvel, as well as Rebellion, where I was entertained[...]

I just ran a bunch of TikTok videos being led around some of the more fun merch, games, and pop culture booths at MCM London Comic Con, launching today But a comic con is nothing without comics, so I also popped by Panini UK for their Marvel, Disney and manga lines, including Star Wars manga[...]

Well done Shannon, it was definitely up on last year… MCM London Comic Con / Rich Johnston …but before this all kicked off, I got to walk around MCM London Comic Con and see some of the merch, the products and the appeals at the show And have been slowly posting them up on TikTok… enjoy! Bandai,[...]

I am on my way to London MCM Comic Con with four hours sleep Why? Well, this is why… the now-traditional pre-MCM pub meet of the great and the good saw the likes of Ethan Sacks, Becky Cloonan, Simon Birks, Rian Hughes, Josh Spiller, Neil Gibson, David Baillie, Dave Elliott, Shannon Live, Chris Geary, Caspar[...]

Tomorrow sees MCM London Comic Con kick off over at the London ExCel, the longest continually running comic book convention in the UK, the largest comic con in the UK and now, remarkably, having more comic book content than ever before. Blurry, late night comics gathering before a previous MCM London Comic Con And while it starts[...]

If you are tired of comics in London, you are tired of life! And this month begins with Free Comic Book Day, runs through with the Waterstones Comic Shop Pop Up at Picadilly, with more classes at the London Cartoon Museum, signings at Gosh Comics and Forbidden Planet, and MCM London Comic Con at the[...]

Last month, comic convention organisers ReedPOP, best known for shows such as MCM, NYCC, C2E2, ECCC, Star Wars Celebration, SuperCon, and Book Con, as well as the news website Popverse, came under fire over the company's relationship with the USA's immigration agency, ICE A body that has been the subject of severe criticism in recent[...]

Sometimes weird things happen at places like MCM London Comic Con I wasn't meant to be interviewing Martha Howe-Douglas and Lawrence Rickard, two of the six stars and writers of the BBC sitcom Ghosts, which has become an international phenomenon The same team, known as Them There or The Six Idiots, alongside Mathew Baynton, Simon[...]

MCM London Comic Con, organised by ReedPOP, took place this past weekend at London's ExCel Centre Look, it even made the Guardian features page Sadly, my own zombie eye cosplay was not considered photogenic enough to make the grade Nor did this year's Artists Alley, bigger than ever before, though speaking with certain vendors, I[...]

A number of opening videos from MCM London Comic Con October 2025, courtesy of the very kind press folk at ReedPOP These videos were taken early on the Friday, before opening up to the masses and it was still pretty full! The show will run for Saturday and Sunday as well We begin with an[...]

Currently on the 265 bus heading to Putney Bridge tube station, then up to Paddington and across to the ExCel Centre for MCM London Comic Con 2026… will I see you there? Marvel Comics' Full January 2026 Solicits was the most read story on Bleeding Cool yesterday Lying In The Gutters is the daily runaround[...]

We look forward to continuing our successful partnership." "We will be holding a UK retailer event at the MCM Comic Con in the Excel centre London on Friday 24th October between 2pm-3pm and will be providing more details including how to register in the next few weeks, we will also be hosting an event at Thought[...]

But now I learn that Diamond UK is to hold one at next month's MCM London Comic Con – if that is what they are still called. As part of the bankruptcy dealings, Diamond Comic Distributors Inc., the debtors in the chapter 11 bankruptcy, has sold its interest in Diamond UK to the company's management team[...]

Because at MCM London Comic Con Spring 2025 this past weekend, Forbidden Planet had these Superman shelves behind their stall They started off with Superman Free Comic Book Day and Superman Day giveaways, but by the end of the show, they were stocked with pretty much one comic book… /Rich Johnston Planet Death #0 Planet Death #0[...]

It was a sunny weekend for MCM London Comic Con Spring 2025, so the cosplay was out in force, both inside the ExCel Centre and outside of it Here's just the briefest sliver of the displays on show, with our regular Trump cosplayer making Pope, V for Vendetta in the kitchen, and much more… Pictures[...]