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News of several people being let go from Marvel Comics today cast a shadow over the entire industry, just as it had been catching its breath in the wake

The Comics Beat, CBR and Bleeding Cool have been reporting a series of dismissals at Marvel Comics, as cost-cutting becomes the big new Marvel event.

I recently wrote a piece called The Spinning Plates Of Dan DiDio, looking at issues inside DC Comics, concern about the micromanagement of many of the New

So I was set in a panel at New York Comic Con when Matt Fraction, addressing the lack of female leads in Marvel Comics pointed out one of his own. The

No slhouettes required. The covers for the final prints of the X-Men: Schism 1-5 issues, all in a row... clicky for biggy.

In a number of November's Marvel comics, including Avengers, Marvel Adventures Spider-Man and Marvel Superheroes, there will be a free eight page story,

Marvel already announced a Scarlet Spider #1 by Chris Yost and Ryan Stegman spinning out of the Point One oneshot in January. But it's not the only book.

Marvel are bringing a lot of attention to bear for their Point One oneshot next month, as the Final Order Cut Off point for retailers approached next

BC field team correspondent Josh Kopin checks in from the Marvel Shattered Heroes panel at NYCC: Storm joins The Avengers as part of a larger roster

I was talking to Brendon earlier about how I think the move of Thor 2 from summer to November 2013 has a fair bit of comic-side significance because the

Kieron Gillen's final issue of Generation Hope is a whopping 25 pages for $2.99. While his X-Men Regenesis #1 is a whopping 34 pages at $3.99. How are

You may have noticed that Marvel Films will be releasing a movie, The Avengers, next summer starring Samuel L Jackson, Robert Downey Jr, Chris Emsworth,

It's been almost a week. I think we can get away with this now. At the end of the first issue of Avengers 1959 by Howard Chaykin, the younger Nick Fury,

This is the complete cover collection of Amazing Spider-Man #666 including all the different retailer-specific covers from around the world, displayed by

This is an image just teased by Marvel... And this is another teaser from not so long ago, that led into Captain America: Reborn. So... I wonder who's

Earlier today, Bleeding Cool reported on the plan for Marvel to ship Avenging Spider-Man #1 to retailers polybagged with a code inside for customers to

Yeah, Kieron, I don't think there's going to be a time you're not buying drinks in the pub after this comic ships in November. Sorry about that, but you

Earlier today, retailers were informed that even though Kick Ass 2 #5 had been featured in October's Marvel Previews, it had somehow not actually made it

Mark Millar and Matthew Vaughn have been saying they're making a movie of Superior, the Marvel comic book by Mark Millar and Leinil Yu, for a while now.

It has an incredibly clumsy title. It's by a team that didn't exactly get a great critical reception on previous books. But Marvel are throwing everything

Bleeding Cool has already told you about the Avengers: X-Sanction #1 Comic Shop Variants planned by Marvel for December, and the ways in which retailers

From Lee Bermejo, Salvador Larroca, and  Ariel Olivetti come three variant covers for Fear Itself #7.1, #7.2 and #7.3 that will sell more than calling

From Chris...

Now I'm not one for spoilers, you all know that. But it seems I have in my possession, the knowledge of exactly who is under the hoodie, the new Scarlet

While IDW and Avatar run interesting retailer cover variants, from Godzilla squashing your store, to a retailer appearing as a Ghostbuster or entirely

Will Nick Fury of SHIELD and Ant Man really join the new Defenders, alongside She Rulk, Silver Surfer, Dr Strange and Iron Fist? Possibly, possibly not. I

This is the third time Marvel have revealed the cover to Uncanny X-Men #1. Once with silhouettes and once without. This is the first time we've seen the

I think we've got the plot now. Valkyrie wants to return the hammers of Fear Itself to Asgard. The heroes don't want her to. Sin and her crew are still

The last issue of Uncanny X-Men, number 544, is upon us. Written by Kieron Gillen and drawn by Greg Land, it will be published by Marvel in October. Of

This is a lesson in how to keep an event comic going on for an entire year after it finishes. Longer, if it's late. By Matt Fraction, Chris Yost, (mostly)