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Ultimate hits strong for Marvel, with two in the top five, they will miss it when it's gone And, free of Age Of Revelation, X-Men returns to the top ten with Wolverine close behind Poison Ivy is coming in strong, crossovers with the ongoing Batman continuity may raise that higher… Top Twenty Anticipated Comics For The[...]

Most of the Marvel dollars were taken by Ultimate Endgame #1 courtesy of the blind bags, which sold five times as many as Ultimates #19 and the Sorcerer Supreme #1 launch with Wanda Maximoff in the lead But the failure of the Age Of Revelation event from Marvel's X-Men titles saw Punisher Red Band outsell[...]

But on the other hand, comic book stores did better, as the Absolute, Ultimate and Energon projects continued to bring in the cash, the Marvel/DC crossovers soared to the top of the charts and the blind bags became the sales promotional tool of the year, even if it took Marvel the whole year to get[...]

Bleeding Cool has reported on issues that comic book stores have been experiencing regarding damaged copies of Ultimate Endgame #1 in its blind bag editions, published today But how have comic book stores been dealing with the issue? Ultimate Endgame #1 Secret Origins Comics of Collingswood, New Jersey posted "Oh great way to ring in the new[...]

Today sees the publication of Ultimate Endgame #1, the beginning of the end of Marvel's Ultimate Universe It is also being made available as a blind bag edition, with hidden variant covers inside, some rarer than others, and also original art sketch covers by a variety of creators, including signed sketches by Kevin Feige and[...]

Man, they wait until they are on the way out before introducing the Ultimate Universe version of Death's Head. I may be seeing the co-creators of the character, Simon Furman and Geoff Senior, tomorrow, and I will try to get their take. But there is one truly great thing about the Ultimate version of Death's Head, as seen in today's[...]

Including Ultimates #19 and Ultimate Endgame #1, both highly anticipated titles And where there are anticipated titles, there are also spoilers floating around And these aren't your everyday run-of-the-mill page five spoilers; these are Christmas period, top-shelf, final page spoilers Now, some people like such spoilers, while others do not I ask that if you[...]

With two Ultimate titles taking the top, and allowing the sole X-Men Age Of Revelation title to make it in, alongside Radiant Black, Escape, Feral and Marian Heretic. Top Twenty Anticipated Titles For The Week Top Twenty Anticipated Comics For The Week The Ultimates #19 $4.99 Marvel Comics Ultimate Endgame #1 $5.99 Marvel Comics Punisher: Red Band #4 $4.99 Marvel Comics Predator[...]

After Bleeding Cool reported on Shawn Kirkham's detailed videos on the massive damage done to the Ultimate Endgame blindbags from Marvel Comics in shipping from Penguin Random House for the New Year, one retailer got in touch to show me how Lunar Distribution packed the premium Dynamite blindbags for Harley Quinn X Elvira #3 coming[...]

As Marvel Comics planned their first blind bag comic for December and Ultimate Endgame #1 was first revealed and then confirmed by Bleeding Cool (their second will be, puntastically, for Daredevil #1 in March) The Ultimate Endgame blind bag will contain either exclusive Virgin Variant Covers by Mark Brooks or Peach Momoko, an exclusive Homage Variant[...]

DC Comics absolutely trashes the Bleeding Cool Weekly Bestseller List with Absolute Batman #15 selling four times what Ultimate Spider-Man, DC K.O Wonder Woman Vs Lobo and TMNT #13 But Turtles and Transformers helped make it a more diverse top ten, DC having three, Marvel having five, and IDW and Image getting one each. Absolute Batman[...]

Ultimate Spider-Man #24, by Jonathan Hickman and Marco Checchetto, the final issue in the real-time story that underpins the new Ultimate Universe and runs in real time, is no longer so real Initially solicited for Christmas Eve 2025, it was then delayed until the 28th of January, and now it has been further delayed until[...]

The Ultimate Universe is coming to an end from Marvel Comics in 2026 And with two of them publishing their penultimate issues today, with Ultimate Spider-Man #23 by Jonathan Hickman, David Messina and Marco Checchetto and Ultimate Black Panther #23 by Bryan Edward Hill and Carlos Nieto, with Ultimate Wolverine #12 by Christopher Condon and[...]

Two K.O.s, two Ultimates, one Absolute. Bleeding Cool Weekly Bestseller List Top Ten Bleeding Cool Weekly Bestseller List No Title Publisher Writer Artist Price Ratio 1 Batman #4 DC Matt Fraction Jorge Jiménez 4.99 100 2 DC K.O Knightfight #2 DC Joshua Williamson Dan Mora 3.99 62.7 3 Ultimate Universe Two Years In Marvel Deniz Camp Phil Noto 5.99 45.7 4 Superman Vs Captain Atom #1 DC Joshua Williamson Sean Izaakse 4.99 44.6 5 Fantastic Four #6 Marvel Ryan North Humberto Ramos 3.99 41.2 6 Doctor Strange #1 Marvel Derek Landy Ivan Fiorelli 4.99 34.7 7 Absolute Green Lantern #9 DC Al Ewing Jahnoy Lindsay 4.99 34.6 8 Bone Color Edition Vol 2 Cartoon Books Jeff Smith Jeff[...]

In today's Ultimate Universe: Two Years In #1 by Deniz Camp, Alex Paknadel, Francesco Manna, Javier Pulido, Lee Ferguson, Patrick Boutin-Gagne, Phil Noto we meet the Ultimate Daredevil, one of the Ultimate Guardians Of The Galaxy, messing around with a Cosmic Cube, and kinda-reuniting the Absolute Martian Manhunter team within the Ultimate Universe (Rodriguez used[...]

It begins with Batman #4… topping the Absolute, Ultimate, and K.O titles, with Fantastic Four, Batgirl, Something Is Killing the Children, Poison Ivy and Miles Morales: Spider-Man put in strong performances, while the Age Of Revelation appears to be performing poorly with only Amazing X-Men and Laura Kinney: Sabretooth making it into the top twenty. Batman[...]

Marvel Comics publishes Ultimate Universe: Two Years In #1 by Deniz Camp, Alex Paknadel, Francesco Manna, Javier Pulido, Lee Ferguson, Patrick Boutin-Gagne, Phil Noto next week Two years in on the Ultimate Universe and four months left to go before it's all over Will they really just launch the Ultimate Guardians Of The Galaxy and[...]

But The Ultimates #18 by Deniz Camp and X? That's more like it As Tony Stark, the Ultimate Iron Man, takes to the screens, also behind a mask without any discernible emotions. #gallery-2 { margin: auto; } #gallery-2 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-2 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-2 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ Ultimates #18 by[...]

Bleeding Cool recently noted that the Ultimate Universe titles at Marvel Comics have a penchant for creating portals, as seen in Ultimate Wolverine and The Ultimates, following on from the ones in Ultimate Incursion Almost as if something was coming Well, it seems that the Absolute Universe wants to have a go at that as[...]

As scooped by Bleeding Cool, then confirmed at New York Comic Con, Marvel Comics will bring its new Ultimate Universe to an end next year, closing out its five titles and wrapping things up in an epic final saga, Ultimate Endgame People are starting to believe them now Here are Marvel's Ultimate solicits and solicitations[...]

Yesterday, Marvel Comics published Ultimate Black Panther #22 by Bryan Edward Hill and Stefano Caselli and Ultimate Wolverine #11 by Christopher Condon and Alessandro Cappuccio as the books head toward their conclusions and the end of the Ultimate Universe And they do seem to like their portals First of all, Wolverine needs to deal with a[...]

Rumble: The Untold, Unpublished and Unfinished Comics of the Ultimate Universe #3 by Jack Milson is physically debuting this weekend at the Thought Bubble comic book festival in Harrogate, England Which will let you "discover the hidden history of Marvel's groundbreaking Ultimate Universe Dive into the stories that were never told — the projects that[...]

But the word is that Brian Michael Bendis is returning to Marvel Comics, and I am to look to New York Comic Con for an official announcement. Brian Bendis at DC Comics I first met Brian Bendis at San Diego Comic-Con, we had facing booths and I was familiar with his writer/artist crime comics such as Jinx,[...]

Wolverine: Weapons Of Armageddon by Chip Zdarsky and Luca Maresca, is a lead-in series to next summer's Armageddon event, alongside Will Of Doom and Captain America and those Ultimate Origin Boxes from Miles Morales: Spider-Man and arrives in February. #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; } /*[...]

Bleeding Cool understands that this is partially down to the creative and editorial team adding an extra five story pages to the issue in question. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ Ultimate Spider-Man #24 Absolute Batman #14 I also previously mentioned that Ultimate[...]

Today sees the publication of Ultimate Spider-Man #22 by Jonathan Hickman, Marco Checchetto, Ultimate Spider-Man: Incursion #5 by Deniz Camp, Cody Ziglar, Jonas Scharf, Ultimates #17 by Deniz Camp, Phil Noto, Juan Frigeri and Miles Morales: Spider-Man #39 by Cody Ziglar, Luigi Zagaria, which very much counts as an Ultimate title this week as the Ultimate Universe[...]

crossover somewhat… The New History of the DC Universe #4 by Mark Waid, Hayden Sherman, Howard Porter Namechecked as an "Ultimate" universe instead… very telling as to its origins, there! The New History of the DC Universe #4 by Mark Waid, Hayden Sherman, Howard Porter Oh, and look, they even remember the events of Superman Unlimited, the current series[...]

Ultimate Spider-Man, part of the Ultimate Universe currently published by Marvel Comics, has been running in real time Every month, it's a month later in both real time and comic book time Except that is for Ultimate Spider-Man #22 by Jonathan Hickman and Marco Checchetto, out today, not set in October but December, three months[...]

Marvel's first blind bag promotion will kick off the end of the Ultimate Universe, first revealed and then confirmed by Bleeding Cool, with Ultimate Endgame #1 from Deniz Camp, Jonas Scharf and Terry Dodson, out on New Year's Eve, the 31st of December A day that, for some reason, DC Comics has chosen not to[...]

Ultimate Spider-Man ends with issue #24, and will be taking the Ultimate Universe down with it But it may be coming out a little later than planned Ultimate Spider-Man #22 is out this coming week, but then you may have a little wait on your hands, as there will be no issue of Ultimate Spider-Man[...]