Okay, so this is a bit weird. Comic book retailers are able to increase, or decrease their orders without penalty for A4: Empyre #1, the new event comic from Dan Slott, Al Ewing and sssss, until the FOC date of the 23rd of March. Empyre #2 has a FOC date of the 6th of April […]
As backorders continue to come in, Batman #90 has sold out At a distributor and publisher level, ahead of its March 4th on-sale date in comic stores. And as a result, DC is rushing back to press for a second printing. This marks the second subsequent pre-on-sale sellout for the series, following Punchline's debut in […]
There are delays for all you Punchline second print watchers as Batman #89 and Hell Arisen #3 slip a week from the 4th of March to the 11th of March. And there are further delays for some of our favourites. Batman Vs Ra's Al Ghul #5 slips again, now from the 29th of January to […]
It was only a few years ago that Boom Studios launched Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #1 to sales of over 100,000 units, one of the last independent comics launches to do so and the only one that outsold every Marvel comic published in the same month. And the series has continued to be hot, with […]
Two comic books going to a second printing this weekend… Nick Cagnetti's Pink Lemonade #1 from It's Alive Comics, out on the 18th of December and X-Men #2 by Jonathan Hickman and Leinil Francis Yu from Marvel Comics, out on January 8th. The second printing to X-Men #1 had Marvel get Giuseppe Camuncoli to redraw a […]
Man, this feels like writing one of those Marvel future printing stories. Just… from Image Comics. We start with Spawn #300 getting a fourth printing now, for the 11th of December. Spawn #301 gets a third printing for the same date, and Spawn #302 gets a second printing. Then the returning Moonshine #13 from Brian […]
Back in October, Bleeding Col estimated that Scott Snyder, Charles Soule, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Daniele Orlandi and Matt Wilson's new ongoing series Undiscovered Country has launched as the highest ordered Image Comics debut (without playing silly buggers like Mark Millar did) in nearly five years with orders of 83,000. But that was two weeks ago. Image Comics has […]
Later today, Marvel Comics will tell retailers that they will be sending last week's Immortal Hulk #25 back to a second printing. It was one hell of a comic book, and the lines at the Panini UK stand at MCM London Comic Con, with their sales of the UK paperback Immortal Hulk Omnibus rocketing through […]
Two more books getting second printing this week, the Scout Comics take on Enzo Garza's Gutt Ghost which has ripped up the back issue market, with the Scout version selling for up to $16. And something similar for Omni #1 from Humanoids by Devin Grayson and Alitha Martinez… both out for September the 25th. Here are […]
We mentioned that House Of X #2 had gone to a third printing, with a new cover by Declan Shalvey presenting one of the moments within the issue in a new light, as he will for all the HOXPOX third printings – if they get them. (they'll get them). It has been joined by Powers […]
Second Coming, the comic book that Bleeding Cool was unintentionally partially to blame for getting bowdlerised, then pulled from DC Comics, was published yesterday. Mark Russell and Richard Pace's book also came out on much better quality paper than it would have done over at Vertigo, with a whole bunch of backmatter stuffed in the […]
Bleeding Cool pointed out that yesterday The Walking Dead #193 had sold out from Diamond Comic Distributors despite a very generous overprint and retailers encouraged to up their initial orders by Image Comics/Skybound making every issue fully returnable if the retailer wished. Well, that won't be the case with the second printing, planned for the […]
Panic rocked the comic book industry Friday as fans of Die, a comic book by Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans, were sent into a "frenzy" with demand for the book's fifth issue, Die #5, according to a press release from Image. As a result, the book "will be rushed back to print," Image claims, though […]
Three IDW Publishing comic books are going to second printings. Transformers: Unicron #1 and 2, the final tale of the IDW Transformers canon, and League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Tempest Book 1, all out for the 12th of September. THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN: TEMPEST #1 2ND PTG. ( JUN188003) (W) Alan Moore (A/CA) Kevin O'Neill […]
In a welcome departure from the usual tone of press releases announcing second printing of comics, which tend to act as though fans have surrounded the publisher's building and will not leave until a new printing is rushed off to press as quickly as possible, Oni Press is playing it cool with the second printing […]
The latest issue of Image Comics' hit series Gideon Falls, from creators Jeff Lemire, Andrea Sorrentino, and Dave Stewart has a serious defect. According to a press release sent out by Image Comics, the issue is prone to flying off shelves. It's unknown what went wrong in the printing process that could cause a normally inanimate […]
IDW's Sonic the Hedgehog #1 has sold out, and will return for a second printing, the publisher announced Thursday via press release. The issue is getting a second printing that will be available in stores on May 2nd. Before then, however, readers will be able to pick up three more issues of the comic, with […]
If nobody actually yelled "stop the presses," we're going to be disappointed. A press release from Image Comics proclaims that Gideon Falls #1, the hit new comic from Jeff Lemire, Andrea Sorrentino, and Dave Stewart has been "rushed back to print same day as release," revealing that the comic has not only sold out, but it […]
Following up on Image Expo earlier this week, Image has announced sell-outs and second printings for Hit-Girl #1 and Ice Cream Man #2. In Hit-Girl's case, the first three issues have been made returnable, which benefits Image twice: first when it causes retailers to increase orders and second when they can use any returned copies for […]
Image Comics is running off second printings for Snotgirl #6, Shirtless Bear Fighter #2 and Generation Gone #1 — all hitting stores on August 23rd. While Marvel Comics has second printings for Edge Of Venomverse #2 and #3, Generations: Banner Hulk And Totally Awesome Hulk (yes, it's not out yet) — all for August 30th. Let's […]
