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Damaged or not, Absolute Batman #20 sold three times as many copies as Absolute Martian Manhunter #11, four times as many copies as Barbara Gordon: Breakout #1, and around five times as many copies as Ultimate Endgame, Transformers and Spider-Man/Venom Death Spiral… but that gives DC three in the top ten. Image Comics two and Marvel Comics five… Find previous Bleeding Cool[...]

DC Comics sees two Absolute titles, Absolute Batman #20 and the pen-Ultimate Absolute Martian Manhunter #11 (whatever state they arrive in), top the fifty most anticipated comics of the week for this coming Wednesday, with the new Transformers beating out the pen-Ultimate Endgame, strong performances for Something Is Killing The Children and Teenage Mutant Ninja[...]

Next week sees the publication of Ultimate Endgame #4 (of 5) by Deniz Camp, Terry Dodson, Jonas Scharf or as we are definitely calling it, The Penultimate Endgame Hey, maybe that's how Marvel could bring back the Ultimate Universe, make it a prequel, just looking at The Maker changing all of history and call it The[...]

with Filya Bratukhin from Scout Comics, 20th Century Men with artist Stipan Morian from Image Comics, Bloodshot Unleashed with Jon Davis-Hunt from Valiant, Children Of The Vault with Luca Maresca from Marvel, The Ultimates with Juan Frigeri from Marvel Comics, Absolute Martian Manhunter with  Javier Rodriguez from DC, Assorted Crisis Events with Eric Zawadzki from[...]

Find previous Bleeding Cool Weekly Bestseller Lists here. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 20%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ Top Ten Bleeding Cool Weekly Bestseller List No Title Publisher Writer Artist Price Ratio 1 Absolute Batman #19 DC Scott Snyder Nick Dragotta 4.99 100 2 Invincible Universe Battle Beast #7 Image Robert Kirkman Annalisa Leoni, Ryan Ottley 3.99 28.7 3 Lobo #2 DC Skottie Young Jorge Corona 3.99 27.4 4 Ultimate Wolverine #16 Marvel Chris Condon Alessandro Cappuccio 4.99 23.0 5 Batwoman #2 DC Greg[...]

The new Nightwing is also strong, beating the final Ultimate Wolverine and the new Battle Beast DC dominates the top ten with seven, against Marvel's one and Image Comics' two for Battle Beast and GI Joe…  Also watch for launches like Fireborn #1 from Image Comics, The Hab #1 from Bad Idea, The Darkness Vs[...]

On Wednesday, Bleeding Cool reported on how the Ultimate Origin Boxes, brought from the Ultimate Universe by Miles Morales: Spider-Man to the Marvel Universe, were creating new heroes ahead of the Armageddon event We'd previously seen Vin Lerner, a new Wonder Man, and met Hostilicus, the Scourge of the Negative Zone… #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top:[...]

And Ultimate Endgame #3 gets a second printing with a Mark Brooks cover and a 1:25 ratio virgin variant by Stephanie Hans, both for the 6th of May. #gallery-8 { margin: auto; } #gallery-8 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-8 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-8 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ Punisher #2 Punisher #2 Ultimate Endgame #3 Ultimate Endgame #3 PrintWatch: 51 #1 (OF 8) gets a second[...]

And on a recent Word Balloon podcast with John Siuntres, Alex De Campi spelt it out directly, comparing it to James Gunn's Superman, also DC's Absolute and Marvel's Ultimate line, having just met their goal on Kickstarter. Dan Dare First Contact by Alex De Campi and Marc Laming "I'd always been a big fan of Dan Dare,[...]

Superman/Spider-Man #1 sold almost four times what Absolute Wonder Woman sold, almost five times what Absolute Martian Manhunter sold, as well as Amazing Spider-Man and six times Ultimate Endgame… and at eight bucks a pop, what a monster of a comic book….DC got five, Marvel got five… but I will note, not one X-book in the top ten, unless you count Jim Lee drawing Gambit[...]

Reading Ultimate Spider-Man by Jonathan Hickman and Marco Checchetto, we had a middle-aged Peter Parker with wife and kids, who chose to be Spider-Man, opened the box, to fulfil some nagging deficiency, his destiny removed from him by The Maker, and restored by the teenage Ultimate Tony Stark. At the time, I thought that was a bit rum, akin to a[...]

As the disclaimer below says, this list, pulled from the comic book website League Of Comic Book Geeks' hundred-thousand-subscriber base, may also be biased towards long-running series that people added to their pull list out of habit, and so launch issues and one-shots may be underrepresented… and the likelihood is that Superman/Spider-Man will outsell everything this[...]

So that's four for DC (including the top three), four for Marvel and two for Image Comics. Bleeding Cool Weekly Bestseller List Top Ten Bleeding Cool Weekly Bestseller List No Title Publisher Writer Artist Price Ratio 1 Lobo #1 DC Skottie Young Jorge Corona 3.99 100 2 Batwoman #1 DC Greg Rucka Dani 3.99 79.0 3 Deathstroke #1 DC Tony Fleecs Carmine Di Giandomenico 3.99 67.7 4 Battle Beast #7 Image Robert Kirkman Annalisa Leoni, Ryan Ottley 3.99 63.2 5 Amazing Spider-Man #24 Marvel Joe Kelly Jesus Saiz 4.99 61.0 6 Absolute Flash #13 DC Jeff Lemire Haining 4.99 50.8 7 Exquisite Corpses #11 Image Che Grayson, James Tynion IV Gavin[...]

Today, Marvel Comics publishes Ultimate Wolverine #15 by Christopher Condon, Alessandro Cappuccio and The Ultimates #22 by Deniz Camp, Juan Frigeri, the penultimate issue of the former and the peripenultimate issue of the latter And we start with The Ultimates… say, remember how that series was originally written by Mark Millar? The Ultimates #22 by Deniz Camp,[...]

DC Comics tops the charts of anticipation for this Wednesday's comics with Absolute Flash and Nightwing, followed by Ultimates and Ultimate Wolverine from Marvel But remember, launch issues aren't always as well represented on this chart and Lobo, Batwoman, Deathstroke are all launching, as is Sentry from Marvel, Super Creepshow from Image and Dead Teenagers[...]

It is rather ironic that the Ultimate Universe pitched itself as a comic book series running in real time A month in publishing time equals a month in continuity time Which means, when the comics are late, it is a) very ironic and b) an issue for the whole concept playing out across the line. As[...]

Chris Condon was teased into talking about the upcoming Reborn: Ultimate Impact, the five-issue series drawn by Stefano Caselli, launching in May, spinning out of the Ultimate Universe but set in the 616, as well as leading up to Armageddon with the mysterious Origin Boxes, special devices used to create the heroes of the Ultimate Universe[...]

A First Look Inside Reborn: Ultimate Impact was the most-read story on Bleeding Cool yesterday Lying In The Gutters is the daily runaround for the most-read stories the day before, as well as over the past seven years Founded seventeen years ago and steeped in a history of comic book industry gossip for a further[...]

Reborn: Ultimate Impact  or Ultimate Impact: Reborn is the five-issue series by Chris Condon and Stefano Caselli, launching in May and spinning out of the Ultimate Universe but set in the 616, as well as leading up to Armageddon after Ultimate Incursion ended with "Miles Morales returning home with mysterious 'Origin Boxes,' special devices used[...]

And Ultimate Spider-Man #24 gets a Marco Checchetto variant and a 1:25 design variant by Chechhetto… #gallery-6 { margin: auto; } #gallery-6 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-6 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-6 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ PrintWatch: D'Orc #2 gets a second printing before #2 has been published, for the 25th of March[...]

Ultimate Spoilers! Ultimate Spoilers! Ultimate Spoilers! Ultimate Spoilers! Ultimate Spoilers! The Ultimates #21 by Deniz Camp, Pere Perez is published today by Marvel Comics As what once was the United States Of America, run by The Maker and his Council has fallen, and The Ultimates organisation, such that it is, tries to rebuild and repair[...]

As broken out of ComicsPRO last week, Bleeding Cool reported that the new Reborn: Ultimate Impact comic book would see the Origin Boxes from the Ultimate Universe carried to the Marvel Universe by Miles Morales for safekeeping, would see the creation of two new heroes for the Marvel Universe Even if one looks rather familiar…[...]

Absolute Batman #17 not only tops the charts but sells more than twice as many copies as the Ultimate Spider-Man #24 finale Which sells almost twice as many copies as Amazing Spider-Man #22 did. However, DC only gets that one title into the top ten, Marvel has eight, and Image Comics has one with Exquisite Corpses. It[...]

The Energon Universe has sold 6 million copies, the Absolute Universe has sold 8 million, both announced at ComicsPRO...

When the Marvel Cinematic Universe cast Samuel Jackson as Nick Fury in Iron Man, this was in the context of Nick Fury being a white man created in the sixties, but another version of him in the Ultimate Universe looking just like Samuel Jackson And that was all fine But as Nick Fury became more[...]

CAPTAIN AMERICA! • As the final puzzle piece clicks into place, the stage is set for the next AVENGERS epic! • Wolverine must make a choice that will have ramifications for the entire Marvel Universe – YOU CAN'T MISS THIS ISSUE! 32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$5.99 #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1[...]

Ultimate Spider-Man #24 by Jonathan Hickman and Marco Checchetto is published today from Marvel Comics And ending the small corner of the battle against the Makers Council's devolved control over Manhattan, courtesy of The Kingpoin and his coterie And it comes down to one fight And a helping hand from one of Doctor Octopus's eight. Ultimate Spider-Man #24[...]

Tomorrow sees the extra-long finale of Ultimate Spider-Man #24 by Jonathan Hickman and Marco Checchetto, set in "2026" – less specific than other issues in the line, since it went a little late And maybe that's just the last bit of it But how does it end? Where will it go? Ultimate Spider-Man #24 by Jonathan[...]

DC Comics tops the charts of anticipation for this Wednesday's comics as Absolute Batman #17 beats out the long-anticipated Ultimate Spider-Man #24 finale… for the fifty most anticipated titles tis coming Wednesday… Most Anticipated Titles This Week Absolute Batman #17 DC Comics $4.99 Ultimate Spider-Man #24 Marvel Comics $6.99 Nightwing #135 DC Comics $4.99 Batman / Superman: World's Finest #48 DC[...]

And Ultimate Endgame #2 with a second printing with a Peach Momoko cover and a 1:25 virgin variant by Lee Garbett. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ CYCLOPS #1 FEDERICO VICENTINI 2ND PRINTING VARIANT CYCLOPS #1 HICHAM HABCHI RATIO VIRGIN 2ND PRINTING[...]