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Then the webspinners are off… Though it seems that the recent Invincible reprints from Image Comics/Skybound are selling even higher than Marvel Team-Up did.   Marvel's most recognisable comic book character, by far, is Spider-Man, created by Steve Ditko and Stan Lee in 1962 He's been challenged by Hulk, Captain America, Wolverine, Silver Surfer, Deadpool and[...]

Skybound Entertainment and Image Comics, in partnership with Universal Products & Experiences, today announced Universal Monsters: Blood of the Wolf Man, a new four-issue comic book series from the team of writer Joshua Williamson, currently on DC's K.O., Iron Man and Superman, with Legion to come and artist Leomacs of Basketful of Heads and Rogues[...]

#1, the all-new series from Dan Watters and Pye Parr launching in June from Image and Skybound. And that comes on the heels of learning that the Energon Universe has sold over six million copies worldwide since its launch in 2023 with Kirkman's Void Rivals, creating what some see as a new Big Two in comics[...]

We're going to call it, and label the latest surge of interest for new titles from Image Comics, the Invincible Effect, named after the Image Comics series by Robert Kirkman, Cory Walker and Ryan Ottley, published by Image Comics and now through Skybound, which has been adapted into a successful Amazon Prime Video series. Because it's[...]

Skybound Entertainment is to launch Energon Phase Two with the new M.A.S.K series by Dan Watters and Pye Parr, announced by CEO Robert Kirkman and VP Arune Singh at ComicsPRO, who seemed to mention me far more than seemed appropriate I felt like Sal Salperstein at the end of that But as Arune Singh said,[...]

Terminal, a new comic book series in the style of X-Men by Robert Kirkman, Joe Casey, Andy Kubert, David Finch and Art Adams, from Skybound and Image Comics, was announced at ComicsPRO to comic book retailers today You can follow along more announcements with this ComicsPRO handy tag right now. Terminal by Robert Kirkman, Joe Casey, Andy Kubert,[...]

No resemblance to Corpse Knight Gunther by Mayo-Nuguri, Corpse Knight is the new series from Michael Chaves of The Conjuring , Matthew Roberts of Universal Monsters and Rico Renzi of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse from Skybound/Image Comics launching in April solicits "Corpse Knight is a haunting new horror series where family is family, whether they're alive or undead[...]

Skybound Entertainment and Image Comics continue their Universal Monsters revival train with Universal Monsters: The Phantom of the Opera, a four-issue limited series written by Tyler Boss (You'll Do Bad Things) with art by Martin Simmonds (Universal Monsters: Dracula, The Department of Truth) The series launches at the end of February Deep beneath the Paris[...]

Robert Kirkman and David Finch's Skinbreaker was the highest ordered comic book in September 2025 by comic book stores, followed by two more Skybound Entertainment books with Battle Beast and Transformers, with Exquisite Corpses squeezing in between those three and the next two skybound books, GI Joe and Void Rivals, with Universal Monsters and GI[...]

Skybound Entertainment's plans for New York Comic Con include an Invincible Season 4 panel with first look teases, as well as the first chance for the public to play the upcoming fighting game Invincible VS in a barcade takeover experience As well as a glimpse into a new era of the Energon Universe line that includes[...]

Skybound Entertainment has announced its plans for San Diego Comic-Con with Invincible, a newly announced fighting game Invincible VS, Invincible Universe: Battle Beast, the Energon Universe and Robert Kirkman and David Finch's series Skinbreaker, and The Walking Dead. Bleeding Cool previously ran the gossip of a new Transformers/GI Joe/Void Rivals Energon Universe animated series, but I understand it won't be announced at SDCC 2025[...]

David Lapham and Maria Lapham, of Stillwater and Stray Bullets, are launching a new creator-participant comic book series, Good As Dead, from Skybound and Image Comics in September 2025, with Chris Black of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters and Skybound CEO and co-founder David Alpert, with colours by Dee Cunniffe. Described as "the haunting story of crime, justice, death, and how far a small town will go to keep[...]

Last year, Skybound and Hasbro's GI Joe: A Real American Hero Compendium Set became the most-funded comic book campaign in Kickstarter history (just as we predicted) with over $3,700,000 in pledges But now that record seems on track to be toppled by…Skybound and Hasbro launched their The Transformers Compendium Set campaign on Kickstarter, collecting both the US and UK[...]

Every now and then, Skybound Entertainment look for public investment And they try and throw a few sweeteners for those who want to buy shares in the company Well, they are doing it again As they say, "We're a proven, $100M+ entertainment company with a legacy of turning original ideas into multi-billion-dollar franchises From number[...]

Last week, I got word that there were a small number of layoffs made recently at Skybound Entertainment of The Walking Dead, Transformers and GI Joe comics fame. I was able to identify two, Director of Social Media Guillermo Cummings and Senior Social Media Manager Patrick Coyne. At the time, Shannon Meehan, Senior Public Relations Manager at Skybound, told me that[...]

A couple of days ago, I got word that there were a small number of layoffs made last week at Skybound Entertainment, of The Walking Dead, Transformers and GI Joe comics fame I was able to identify two, Guillermo Cummings and Patrick Coyne. Guillermo Cummings was at Skybound Entertainment for two and a half years, most recently[...]

Today Skybound and Image Comics, in partnership with Scott Dunbier's Act 4 Publishing, announced a multi-year, worldwide distribution deal that names Skybound as Act 4's publishing partner, with launch titles arriving in in the autumn of 2025 It also marks an return for Scott Dunbier to a studio publishing through Image Comics, as he used[...]

Skybound, Image Comics and Hasbro have announced five all-new GI Joe one-shots as Silent Missions, each releasing every Wednesday in April, from Phil Hester, Dani, Dan Watters, Leonardo Romero, Andrew Krahnke, and Wes Craig as well as a Silent Missions edition of the Silent Interlude issue of the original GI Joe #21, which includes a[...]

We previously reported that Transformers from Image Comics and Skybound had set another franchise record with issue #13 of the series selling nearly 100,000 units to comic shops across the world – and becoming the best-selling Transformers comic in twenty years, more than the first print of Transformers #1 at Skybound and Transformers: Generation One #1 from Dreamwave in 2002[...]

Today Skybound, behind Invincible and The Walking Dead, published through Image Comics, announced the hiring of Nachie Marsham as Senior Editor Making him Skybound's fourth strategic executive hire this year in the Editorial division, joining recent hires Ben Abernathy (Executive Editor), Blake Kobashigawa (Senior Director, Business Development), and Alex Hargett (Director, Brand, Editorial). Skybound stated that[...]

Pizza Witch by Sarah Graley and Stef Purenins is a new YA graphic novel by the creators of Donut the Destroyer and Our Super Adventure, in which pizza magic trainee Roxy journeys to be the best Pizza Witch that's ever lived as she navigates unsupportive parents, a lackadaisical boss, and finding confidence in herself. Alex Antone[...]

Negan is one of the most infamous villains in Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead comic series from Skybound. This infamous villain made his debut in issue #100 and was a major part of the hit TV series that AMC adapted As the ruthless leader of the Saviors, Negan has his own brutal methods of control for the zombie apocalypse[...]

Looks like someone at Skybound, Image and Hasbro want to make some real money out of the comic book license to Transformers by giving them a middle-grade graphic novel series where, as everyone knows, the real money is in comics these days The Worst Bot Ever by Brian "Smitty" Smith and Marz Jr will be the[...]

The Energon Universe listings from the October 2024 solicits and solicitations from Image Comics, courtesy of Skybound, have finale issues for Destro and Scarlett, and new storyline arcs for Void Rivals and Transformers With GI Joe #1 to come after this year, set up by Scarlett and Destro, with the origin of Starscream. DESTRO #5 (OF 5) CVR[...]

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Today, Skybound and Image Comics, in collaboration with Hasbro, announced the debut of the all-new ongoing series G.I JOE #1 from the Duke creative team of writer Joshua Williamson and artist Tom Reilly with colourist Jordie Bellaire as part of the Energon Universe, shared with Transformers and Void Rivals on Wednesday, 13th of November. "Conrad Hauser,[...]

It's no secret that the Image/Skybound relaunch of Larry Hama's G.I Joe: A Real American Hero has been selling huge numbers and has been a cornerstone in Skybound redefining the G.I Joe brand at record levels  But now I've been hearing that Larry Hama and Skybound have broken another record, as the recently launched G.I[...]

Joe comic book sales record, and now we're here – as I predicted, I might add – with the news that Dan Watters and Andrei Bressan's Destro #1  from Image/Skybound has topped it. I'm hearing that Destro #1 saw orders around 85,000 units, which has now become the new best-selling G.I Joe comic launch in 20[...]

It was in March when we broke the news – that surprised even some at Image, Skybound and Hasbro, not to mention other comics publishers – that Robert Kirkman's Energon Universe had already sold over one million copies with just a handful of series and released issues, something unprecedented for any of the Big Three[...]

And it may not surprise you to learn that Scarlett #1 by Kelly Thompson and Marco Ferrari from Image & Skybound launched with incredibly strong numbers given all that buzz. But I've been hearing that Scarlett #1 has orders of over 80,000 copies, making it not only the best-selling G.I Joe comic book in over two[...]