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How The Three Jokers Rewrites The Killing Joke (Spoilers)
If any other retailers would like to report their top sellers, please contact richjohnston@bleedingcool.com. Top Ten Bleeding Cool Bestseller comics of the week The Three Jokers tops the chart, but rivalled by Spawn, X-Men and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Batman Vs Spawn Vs X-Men Vs Turtles – Bleeding Cool Bestseller List Batman: The Three Jokers #3 Spawn #311 X of Swords[...]
X-Men Preview
"Just letting the world know: Marvel's publishing a deluxe hardcover compilation of many of my coolest stories, complete with a prequel to 'Days of Future Past' by me & Salvador Larroca! (Whew!) Give it a look, you know you'll love it—especially with X-Mas coming!" "Something to cheer about, the announcement of Uncanny X-Men #140.5 by me[...]
X Of Swords Stasis #1 Review: East of West With Mutants
Credit: Marvel When a number of X-Men (and associates) went into the world(s) to collect the blades that allow them to participate in the already overwrought X of Swords crossover, it took multiple issues, at least giving the reader a chance to look at the struggles and personalities of the players Here, we get a look[...]
The cover to Juggernaut #2
What's She-Hulk up to lately? I'm Jude Terror, and this is X-ual Healing, the weekly X-Men recap column where I read all the X-books that come out, no matter how many, no matter how overpriced, and no matter how terrible, so you don't have to It's a public service provided to make up for all the[...]
The cover to X-Men #13
In this issue of X-Men, we learn that Apocalypse's whole "strongest survive" gimmick is pure ovecompensation… I'm Jude Terror, and this is X-ual Healing, the weekly X-Men recap column where I read all the X-books that come out, no matter how many, no matter how overpriced, and no matter how terrible, so you don't have to[...]
The cover to Excalibur #13
In this issue of Excalibur, Saturnyne wants Brian Braddock's sword, but he's obsessed with an amulet… I'm Jude Terror, and this is X-ual Healing, the weekly X-Men recap column where I read all the X-books that come out, no matter how many, no matter how overpriced, and no matter how terrible, so you don't have to[...]
Lucius Fox Behind More Wildstorm At DC Comics? (Batman #101 Spoilers)
And this week, it's the Batman and X-Men Dance Grab your publishing partners If any other retailers would like to report their top sellers, please contact richjohnston@bleedingcool.com And apologies for the day – the weekend was hell More hell than usual, I mean. Top Ten Bleeding Cool Bestseller comics of the week Batman #101 Beats X-Men #13[...]
We Live, Nailbiter and That Texas Blood Get Additional Printings
That Texas Blood and X-Men get third printings, while Giga, Champions, Excalibur, We Live and other issues of That Texas Blood all go to second printings… Giga, That Texas Blood, We Live, X-Men, Champions, Get More Printings WE LIVE #1 2ND PTG AFTERSHOCK COMICS (W) Roy Miranda, Inaki Miranda (A/CA) Inaki Miranda The year is 2084 and the world has[...]
Marvel Comics Silver Samurai Joins the X-Men at Iron Studios
Iron Studios has announced yet another statue for their growing X-Men versus Sentinels battle diorama This time we are getting the Silver Samurai who is quite known from Wolverine's story in Japan as he is the half brother of Mariko Yashida Mariko is one of Wolverine's infamous loves and after her death and his father's[...]
Brett Booth Returns To Marvel With Jonathan Hickman's X-Men #15
With a little X-Men under his belt, I understand that Marvel editorial thought his art style was too old fashioned, too "nineties" and associated with a time that Marvel was thematically tacking away from But then, of course, Donny Cates has been doing his best to revive the nineties at Marvel And X-Men showrunner Jonathan[...]
Why Apocalypse Does What He Does
X-Men character Apocalypse co-creator Louise Simonson described the first mutant's mission as originating from when he "encountered the Celestials and realized there was a time when humanity might be judged unworthy and destroyed Consequently, he's been using Darwinian principles – survival of the fittest – to kill off the weak and force the survivors to[...]
The cover to Cable #5, part 8 of X of Swords
Now I've gotta go recap Raw (and while that's free, believe me, the emotional toll is way worse), so let's get right down to the recaps so I can click publish already! Sworn to sell comics for Marvel executives who feared and hated the fact that Fox owned their movie rights, The Uncanny X-Men suffered great[...]
The cover to New Mutants #13, part 7 of X of Swords
Now I've gotta go recap Raw (and while that's free, believe me, the emotional toll is way worse), so let's get right down to the recaps so I can click publish already! Sworn to sell comics for Marvel executives who feared and hated the fact that Fox owned their movie rights, The Uncanny X-Men suffered great[...]
The cover to Hellions #5, part 6 of X of Swords
Now I've gotta go recap Raw (and while that's free, believe me, the emotional toll is way worse), so let's get right down to the recaps so I can click publish already! Sworn to sell comics for Marvel executives who feared and hated the fact that Fox owned their movie rights, The Uncanny X-Men suffered great[...]
X-Men Professor X Gets His Own Statue With XM Studios
Class is in session as XM Studios announces a new Marvel statue featuring the leader of the X-Men, Professor X Professor X's role has recently changed if you are reading the new X-Men comics but it wasn't always like that Like most comic book characters, the Professor has gone Over many cosmetic changes throughout X-Men[...]
The cover to Deadpool #7
You're welcome! Sworn to sell comics for Marvel executives who feared and hated the fact that Fox owned their movie rights, The Uncanny X-Men suffered great indignities Still, thanks to a corporate merger, a line-wide relaunch, and Jonathan Hickman's giant ego, the X-Men can finally get back to doing what they do best: being objectively the[...]
The cover to Marauders #13
You're welcome! Sworn to sell comics for Marvel executives who feared and hated the fact that Fox owned their movie rights, The Uncanny X-Men suffered great indignities Still, thanks to a corporate merger, a line-wide relaunch, and Jonathan Hickman's giant ego, the X-Men can finally get back to doing what they do best: being objectively the[...]
The cover to X-Force #13
You're welcome! Sworn to sell comics for Marvel executives who feared and hated the fact that Fox owned their movie rights, The Uncanny X-Men suffered great indignities Still, thanks to a corporate merger, a line-wide relaunch, and Jonathan Hickman's giant ego, the X-Men can finally get back to doing what they do best: being objectively the[...]
The cover to Wolverine #6
You're welcome! Sworn to sell comics for Marvel executives who feared and hated the fact that Fox owned their movie rights, The Uncanny X-Men suffered great indignities Still, thanks to a corporate merger, a line-wide relaunch, and Jonathan Hickman's giant ego, the X-Men can finally get back to doing what they do best: being objectively the[...]
From the X-Men X of Swords panel at New York Comic Con starting at top left, clockwise: Vita Ayala, Benjamin Percy, Angelique Roche (host), Gerry Duggan, Jordan White, and Tini Howard
Marvel Comics contributed an X-Men live stream panel to New York Comic Con exploring the X of Swords crossover event Despite being burned by the complete uselessness of past pandemic-era comic con panels, where companies pre-record these things weeks or months in advance and hold back any interesting news we haven't already heard about because[...]
X-Men Hugely Impacted By X Of Swords – Bigger Than House Of X?
Time for the X-Men panel at NYCC/MCM/Metaverse Jordan D White (who I first met at a Karaoke bar at a New York Comic Con over a  decade ago) has been talking about the X=Men crossover event X Of Swords at the NYCC/MCM Metaverse panel along with a bunch of creators, Tini Howard, Gerry Duggan, Benjamin[...]
Seven Secrets #2 Review:
Giant-Size X-Men: Storm #1 continues from August's Giant-Size X-Men: Fantomex #1. We see the X-Men's perspective as Fantomex asks for help to travel into "the World" to pull off a task that's more emotional than strategic Here, though, we find out that the X-Men have their own plan of action once they're in the World: separate[...]
Does Marvel's Contest Of Champions Reveal Krakoa Secrets? (Spoilers)
Marvel's Contest Of Champions continues to be a successful mobile game and recently has an update including elements of recent X-Men titles, including House Of X and the new-look Professor Xavier How it gets there is a different way of course, this is its own continuity, with Professor Xavier revealing he has always been part[...]
L-R: Kodi Smit-McPhee arrives for 'Dolemite Is My Name' Los Angeles Premiere on September 28, 2019 in Westwood, CA. Editorial credit: DFree / Shutterstock.com | 2067 Poster. Courtesy of RLJE Films
I spoke to Smit-McPhee, who played the character, about a variety of subjects: what attracted him to the film, how he compares working on an indie sci-fi film compared to a tentpole franchise like the X-Men, and how smaller studios compete with larger ones during the pandemic. Kodi Smit-McPhee arrives for 'Dolemite Is My Name' Los[...]
The cover to X-Factor #4
X-Factor #4 was the only X-book in stores last week unless you also count that artist tribute to Giant-Size X-Men #1, which I don't So let's just get down to the recap, shall we? Sworn to sell comics for Marvel executives who feared and hated the fact that Fox owned their movie rights, The Uncanny X-Men[...]
Seven Secrets #2 Review:
A while back, we reported that writer and podcaster Jay Edidin, known for being the co-host of the popular Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men podcast, had been hired by Marvel to write a story about Scott Summers before he became Cyclops Edidin's take on Cyclops sees the hero as a "compulsive contingency planner and heavily coded[...]