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And now it's official, Spider-Gwen #1 is one of the best selling comics of the ear, topping 300,000. David Swallow and Peter G have been reporting for Bleeding Cool at the C2E2 Retailer breakfast. And with these sales, Marvel wanted to assure retailers that the series will not be going away during or after Secret Wars. The Month Of Gwen variant[...]

So there was this cover sketch of Spider-Gwen in the now-famous Milo Manara Spider-Woman pose, by Frank Cho. It caused fuss. A lot of fuss. Even more than that. There you go. But Frank Cho sold that sketch cover And has now donated the proceeds to House Of Ruth Maryland, a non-profit organization that  provides services for women and their children who are[...]

Wikileaks.org has posted the Sony e-mails. At Bleeding Cool, we have been reading a few. Such as one from the 7th August 2014, with Marvel CEO Ike

with Spider-Gwen. As well as launching Spider-Woman and Silk ongoing series… are they trying to get in first? Lisa Joy also shared a number of her ideas for the movie. Below would be the gist of my general statement: As a first-generation Asian American woman and, in general, a bit of a dork, I spent much of my childhood[...]

Smash! Retailers just can't get enough of Spider-Gwen so are increasing their orders again for issue 4, while also piling on the subsequent prints for Star Wars titles and getting the Rage Of Ultron hardcover back in stock when folk realised how important it was to… stuff. Special shout out goes to Song Of Sorrow, Jem &[...]

And with Spider-Gwen, three in the top ten in March With Darth Vader, Howard The Duck, Guardians Team-Up and Amazing Spider-Man, Marvel would have had a lock on the top ten, if it wasn't for DC's Arkham Knight #1, which appeared in the Arcade Block subscription box and was also pushed by Gamestop. Not quite the[...]

We should stop encouraging him, we really should...

Ian Melton went to ECCC for Bleeding Cool where he learnt a few things from a few comic book creators, mostly of a Marvel bent… Kieron Gillen would not let any spoilers loose for Darth Vader, but commented that creating hot new Star Wars character Doctor Aphra came from a source most expect.  "At the Star[...]

And it's not alone. As Grumpy Cat Becomes A Comic, Squarriors Launches Homicidal Pussy To meme generator immediately! New Star Wars Comic, Kanan The Last Padawan Concerns Itself More With Weather Patterns Than Fighting But still beats trade negotiations. The Dying And The Dead Reinvented As Boxer Shorts Invasion Epic   Maybe they're smuggling hamsters. Uncanny Avengers Reveals Wanda And Pietro Aren't Mutants, But Rejected[...]

Spider-Gwen continued to wow, Uncanny Inhumans is all Blackbolt, Guardians have their best book ever, and Avengers have more time run out. Image's continuing series' had a strong showing with Nailbiter, Black Science, The Dying and the Dead, and Southern Bastards Black Mask's Space Riders is what I want from DC's space books! Image if Lobo[...]

Tons of people are looking forward to this and the next two months will be a completely different DC Comics than we've ever seen before and afterwards, we will see an even more different DC Comics with tons of new titles that are launched as well as many that are cancelled.  Be sure to read[...]

There's no knocking back Spider-Gwen, she does seem to keep on selling – as these retailers commissioning exclusive variant covers continue to discover. From Comic Bug, for Free Comic Book Day, Edge Of Spider-Verse #2 variant by Siya Oum. And from Larry's Comics… by Jamie McKelvie And yes, there are issues We are looking into them as well… [...]

And if it's Spider-Gwen, they keep going. Which by the way, is what Marvel are probably gearing up to do with Spider-Gwen #2, Silk #2, Howard The Duck #1, and Princess Leia #1, all which have just sold out and are going to second print You heard it hear first And it looks like Battlestar Galactica:[...]

Specifically, centered around Spider-Gwen. He expressed the desire on Twitter saying that if he was going to do a licenced game, it would take place in Marvel's Spider-Man universe Here is the tweet: If I had to work with an existing IP, I'd want to make a game in the Spider-Verse Especially a Spider-Gwen game. — 橋本祐介 (@PG_y_hashimoto) March 12,[...]

Well now that position is offiical with the Diamond charts for February 2015, below. But Marvel shouldn't be too sad about being denied the top spot though, they got seven of the top ten, including Darth Vader #1, Spider-Gwen #1, Silk #1, two issues of Amazing Spider-Man and the second issue of Star Wars And Marvel dominated marketshare in February[...]

Maxx's Super Awesome Comic Review Show returns to Bleeding Cool, recorded at the one and only Astro-Zombies Comic Shop in Albuquerque, New Mexico, hosted by Maxx MacLennan. They say: Foxi's running the show this week! Bringing you discussions of all the new exciting books in comicdom. Foxi takes the reigns this week in Maxx's absence – but don't worry,[...]

Maxx's Super Awesome Comic Review Show returns to Bleeding Cool, recorded at the one and only Astro-Zombies Comic Shop in Albuquerque, New Mexico, hosted by Maxx MacLennan. They say: Bringing you discussions of all the new exciting books in comicdom. No special guests this week, but we get into a bunch of books with Image deservedly continuing to[...]

Where supply and demand and most accurately reflected, where you can see which books are hot, where new orders are coming in and how retailers are reacting to new, unanticipated desire! Darth Vader tops the charts, debuting the character Aphra, with second prints for Silk, Spider-Gwen and Batgirl comics getting second prints in its wake[...]

This Week's Reviews: Spider-Gwen #1 Henchmen: I, Henchbot #2 D4VE #1 Men of Wrath #5 Spider-Gwen #1 (Marvel, $3.99) By Graig Kent "That's ridiculous." That's what I first thought when I spied the name "Spider-Gwen" Judging it on name alone it seemed ludicrous, positively dumb. Once I read the concept, though, it seemed less so An alternate universe where the radioactive spider bites[...]

Both Darth Vader #1 and #2 have sold out and gone to second printings. They are joined by Spider-Gwen #1 which has just as predictably gone to second printing. And Star Wars #1? Gone to a fourth printing. Come on, that's a good title.. Expect them all to arrive instore on April 1st UPDATE: We have the covers…   [...]

Maxx's Super Awesome Comic Review Show returns to Bleeding Cool, recorded at the one and only Astro-Zombies Comic Shop in Albuquerque, New Mexico, hosted by Maxx MacLennan. They say: The Maxx's Super Awesome Comic Review Show – Bringing you discussions of all the new exciting books in comicdom. This week is another shorty – didn't have much to[...]

Some of the most fun I've had has been interviewing creators and artists, so when the owners of my local comic shop, Conquest Comics told me about their store exclusive variant cover to Spider-Gwen #1 I was intrigued However when they told me that Adam Hughes would be coming in to sign copies on Wednesday[...]

And, a magazine! The Female Heroes issue, handily published on the same day as Secret Origins #10, Orphan Black #1 and Spider-Gwen #1. Yeah and he's a male pig as well Then again, aren't they all Spider-Gwen finds running all the way home to her own, minorly different dimension where Gwen Stacy is the principle Spider[...]

But what about Spider-Woman? There seems to be more or her than ever before… So Spider-Woman is called Spider-Woman in Spider-Woman. Spider-Gwen is called Spider-Woman, from Spider-Gwen #1 And now, from today's Amazing Spider-Man, Spider-Girl is now called Spider-Woman Cross-Time Crossover anyone? And for anyone who complains that's just too many Spider-Man… Pater Parker, Miles Morales, Miguel O'Hara, Peter[...]

Aaron Haaland of A Comic Shop in Orlando, Florida, writes: Hey Fandom, welcome back to A Comic Show! I'm here with a fat stack of New Comics Now! Spider-Gwen, Batman Endgame, and a slew of Image books made my week. Batman #39 was a thing of beauty Endgame is easily the best bat story I've ever read,[...]

Why go to all that bother when the publishers will be dong it for you in 24 hours or so? And anyway, people grow up, move on, change their habits, hobbies and priorties. Well, not the poster known as Scanbro who, last night, began posting the entire first issue of the much anticipated Spider-Gwen #1 on the[...]

Hosts Randy Young and Chris Hunter say: It's another great week of comic books as we get to dive into fantastic new series that start this week. Spider-Gwen hits the shelf this week, and for everybody who has been a fan of the Spider-Verse Universe and what has gone on there, we know that you're more than[...]

An era where diversity isn't just represented because it's politically correct, it's here because it's now, after so many years, being celebrated! Embraced! Devoured! Spider-Gwen as we all know, isn't the first female super-hero by a long shot BUT she is the first one in my 21 years of retailing to BLOW the doors off the[...]

Where supply and demand and most accurately reflected, where you can see which books are hot, where new orders are coming in and how retailers are reacting to new, unanticipated desire! It's all about Star Wars, with retailers placing 8 titles in the top 25, though the anticipated performance of Howard The Duck and Spider-Gwen also[...]

Here are the full versions of the Phantom variant of Silk #2, taking on Amazing Spider-Man #300 just as they did with Spider-Gwen #1. And the Dynamic Forces version of Spider-Gwen #2 by Jerome Opena.   Here are the full versions of the Phantom variant of Silk #2, taking on Amazing Spider-Man #300 just as they did[...]