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Barry Island in The Daily LITG on the 19th of May, 2023

An LITG runaround the previous day on Bleeding Cool as Marve Comics solicitations were finally official, and the Ultraverse returned, briefly.


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Barry is a Great Must-See Show Driven by a Big Plot Hole
"Barry" image: HBO

The ten most popular stories yesterday

  1. Barry Season 4 Was Largely Driven By Worst Season 1 Plot Hole 
  2. A New Daredevil #1 by Saladin Ahmed and Aaron Kuder for September
  3. Marvel Comics Just Brought Back The Ultraverse But No One Noticed
  4. A Bunch Of Marvel August 2023 News Before Solicits Officially Drop
  5. Marvel Comics Full Solicits For August 2023… Again
  6. DC Comics & Dynamite Will Both Have Fire And Ice Comics Out
  7. Will Poulter Breaks Down His MCU Introduction and Future
  8. Who Left Another One Of Wolverine's Skeletons Lying Around? #XSpoilers
  9. Full Marvel Comics August 2023 Solicits & Solicitations
  10. FOX "News": If CNN Can Do Trump, Why Can't We? Laura Ingraham Out?

LITG: more comics stories you may prefer

LITG one year ago, No More Star Trek For John Billingsley

Star Trek: Why Do We Not Have a Live-Action Alien Character Lead?
Jolene Blalock and John Billingsley in Star Trek: Enterprise. Image courtesy of Paramount
  1. Star Trek: Enterprise Star John Billingsley on Turning Down SNW Role
  2. Marvel Legends Reveals Include Mojo World, Sentinels, And More Spidey
  3. Lucasfilm Has Learned The Wrong Lesson From Solo: A Star Wars Story
  4. DCeased Comes to an End at DC Comics With War Of The Undead Gods
  5. Rewriting The Origin Of The Watchers In Fantastic Four #43 (Spoilers)
  6. Secret Invasion Taking Place "During The Blip" Raises Obvious Question
  7. The Flash Season 9 Should Be Ultimate Arrowverse Goodbye (BCTV DD)
  8. Marvel Writing Conan Out Of Continuity In Savage Avengers #1?
  9. Night Court Resumes Filming; Premiering Midseason; Melissa Rauch Q&A
  10. True Story Of DC's Changing Logo in the Daily LITG, 17th of May 2022
  11. Carnage Aims to Steal Elf Jobs in Carnage #6
  12. Marvel Unveils J. Scott Campbell Variant for Amazing Fantasy #1000
  13. Doctor Doom Comes for Your Downloads in Fortnite X Marvel: Zero War #4
  14. Tom King & Elsa Charretier's Love Everlasting at Image, For Money
  15. The Changing Face Of Krakoan Resurrection In Today's X-Men Comics
  16. Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins III #6 Preview: Daddy Issues
  17. Conner Kent Wins DC Comics' Round Robin 2022 – Check Out The Losers
  18. Dark Horse Announces Final Volume of Neon Genesis Evangelion Spinoff
  19. The Biggest Krakoan Problems Are Of Xavier's Own Making (Spoilers)
  20. Nightwing & Historia Get Most Eisner Award Nominations For 2022
  21. New Mutants #25 Leads To Marvel's Dark Web & New Inferno (Spoilers)
  22. Marvel Buys License To "Stan Lee" For Twenty Years
  23. Hope Summers, a Better Shot Than Jesus – Immortal X-Men #2 Spoilers
  24. The Empire Of Abigail Brand Revealed In X-Men Red #2 (Spoilers)
  25. Mike Mignola Returns To Hellboy's Frankenstein For A New World
  26. Setting Up Judgment Day In Eternals #12, And Explaining 'Plonker'
  27. Rewriting The Origin Of The Watchers In Fantastic Four #43 (Spoilers)
  28. Solo Star Wars in the Daily LITG, 18th of May 2022

LITG two years ago – Walking Dead Princesses

Walking Dead, Supernatural, : BCTV Sunday Slices (BCTV Image: AMC Networks)
Walking Dead, Supernatural, : BCTV Sunday Slices (BCTV Image: AMC Networks)

  1. Fear the Walking Dead Season 6 E14 Preview Images: A Deadly Reunion
  2. Does Walking Dead UK Deal Mean Michonne's A Badass Disney Princess?
  3. Wolverines Gets Exclusive Animated Diamond Select Statue At Walmart
  4. 23 More Spoilers From Marvel's Heroes Reborn – You Have Been Warned
  5. New York Times Confirms John Ridley and Juann Cabal on Black Panther
  6. Magneto Exposed in Planet-Sized X-Men #1 Improbable Preview
  7. Steve Ditko's Advice to an Aspiring Comic Book Artist in 1973
  8. What Does WarnerMedia/Discovery Merger (WMD) Mean For DC Comics?
  9. Recap Pages, Batman's DuckTales And More In Justice League #61
  10. Changes Coming To Team GO Rocket In Pokémon GO
  11. I Survived: The Attacks of September 11, 2001 Graphic Novel For Kids
  12. 71 Marvel Comics August 2021 Solicits & Solicitations, Frankensteined
  13. The New Marvel Comics/Diamond Deal – The End Of Big Store Discounts?
  14. Adrian Alphona, Kris Anka Return to Marvel's Runaways for 100th Issue
  15. Skybound/Image Previews : Skybound X and Clementine's Comics Debut
  16. The Drops of God: Epic Wine Manga Series Now Complete in English
  17. Comics Code Authority Returns for New Comic by Stern, Frenz, Buscema
  18. First Look At V. E. Schwab's Extraordinary #1 From Titan Comics
  19. Marvel to Cash in on Black Widow Movie with Winter Guard Mini
  20. Nightwing Has The Best Alibi Any Murder Suspect Could Want (Spoilers)
  21. Dark Horse's The Secret Land Banned In Germany, But What About Flash?
  22. Everybody Keeps Punching Hitler, Even Wally West – Flash #770 Spoilers
  23. No Poison, Just Ivy, Will Someone Let Harley Quinn Know? Catwoman #31

LITG three years ago – Poison Ivy

Bleeding Cool continued to report from the comics industry shutdown, steeped in Black Lightning reaction, Poison Ivy investigation and more.

  1. What Did DC Comics Expect From Poison Ivy in Heroes In Crisis?
  2. Whose Torso Is That in Netflix's The Umbrella Academy Season 2 Tease?
  3. The Orville Season 3: Seth MacFarlane Offers Production Update
  4. A New Interesting Detail Found In Red Dead Redemption 2
  5. Tony Isabella Speaks Out About DC Comics' Treatment of Black Lightning
  6. Steve Geppi's Lack of Social Media Filter – and Backing the Comeback
  7. Marc Silvestri, Holding Out on a Greg Capullo Deal For Batman/Joker?
  8. Shad Gaspard of Cryme Tyme Caught in Ocean Riptide, Now Missing
  9. Scottish Police Scold Neil Gaiman Over Public Marital Spat
  10. DC Comics Switches Printing from Canada to Missouri

LITG four years ago, Marvel Comics #1000

  1. Welcome to Marvel Comics #1000 – Is This How Marvel Intends to Sell a Million Copies in August?
  2. The Saltiest of Digs at DC Comics From Marvel For Free Comic Book Day 2019
  3. The Latest Transphobic Attacks From Comicsgate Falsely Label Others As Transphobic
  4. 'Spider-Man: Far From Home' Stars are at Disneyland RIGHT NOW
  5. The Batman Who Laughs #5 is Hiding a Secret Narrative (Spoilers)

Comic book birthdays today

There may still not be much of a party atmosphere right now. It all depends on which state you are living in. But comics folk are always getting older and still celebrating that special date.

  • David Tischman, writer on American Century, Cable, Bite Club, Star Trek, and Heroine Chic.
  • Patrick Meaney, director of Grant Morrison: Talking With Gods, Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts, She Makes Comics and Neil Gaiman: Dream Dangerously. 
  • Gene Tipton, owner of Dark Shot Comics Publishing
  • Steve Lieber, artist on Detective Comics, Superior Foes of Spider-Man and Hawkman, co-creator of Whiteout.
  • Jay Faerber, writer on Generation X, New Warriors, Titans, co-creator of Noble Causes, Dynamo 5, Near Death and Copperhead, and TV series Supergirl.

If you are in comics and have a birthday coming up – or you know someone who has – get in touch at richjohnston@bleedingcool.com.

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Rich JohnstonAbout Rich Johnston

Founder of Bleeding Cool. The longest-serving digital news reporter in the world, since 1992. Author of The Flying Friar, Holed Up, The Avengefuls, Doctor Who: Room With A Deja Vu, The Many Murders Of Miss Cranbourne, Chase Variant. Lives in South-West London, works from Blacks on Dean Street, shops at Piranha Comics. Father of two. Political cartoonist.
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