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Buffy Slain Again In The Daily LITG, 16th of March 2026

Buffy being slain was the most-read story on Bleeding Cool yesterday. Lying In The Gutters is the daily runaround.



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  • Buffy being slain topped pop culture news as fans react to shocking reveals and Hulu rumors
  • Firefly animated series, Batman #8 twists, and big comic collectibles join daily buzz roundup
  • Catch up on trending comic stories from today and see how past anniversaries made headlines
  • Comics industry legends celebrate birthdays—subscribe for more insider news and updates

Buffy being slain again 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 eighteen years before that, Bleeding Cool has become one of the longest-standing and most well-known pop culture websites around. The Daily Lying In The Gutters remains a long-running runaround the day before and possibly the day ahead. In summary, you can sign up to receive Lying In The Gutters as an email here. And maybe you just have.

Screencap of Sarah Michell Gellar
Screencap of Sarah Michell Gellar

Buffy Slain Again and the top ten stories from yesterday

  1. Buffy Reaction: Hulu, Joss Whedon, That "Last 20 Seconds" Rumor & More
  2. Firefly Cast Reuniting for Animated Series; Joss Whedon Not Involved
  3. Working Out How Batman #8 Will Change Things To Come (Big Spoilers)
  4. Absolute Flash & Nightwing Lead Top 50 Anticipated Titles This Week
  5. Iranian Missile Hits Hormuz Ship Carrying Fantagraphics Graphic Novels
  6. Firefly Cast Needs YOUR Help Making Animated Series a Reality (VIDEO)
  7. Doctor Who: Big Finish Makes Thirteenth Doctor, Yaz Fans Very Happy
  8. The JLA/Avengers Missing Moment That Still Bugs Tom Brevoort, Revealed
  9. The 90s Are Calling with New McFarlane Toys Batman Figure
  10. Hot Toys Unveils New 1/6 Scale Marvel Comics Silver Surfer Figure

And a few other stories I wrote yesterday…

LITG one year ago, Peter David needed your help

The Daily LITG, 16th March, 2025
Kathleen and Peter David, from GoFundMe
  1. Peter David Runs Out of Insurance, Loses Medicaid And Needs Your Help
  2. What Really Happened With Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning On Legion?
  3. SCOOP: Star Trek: Red Shirts Launches in July
  4. Daredevil: Charlie Cox Reacts to Seeing "Born Again" Foreword In Print
  5. Neuromancer: Peter Sarsgaard Cast as Major Villain in Apple Series
  6. Absolute Superman #5 Tops The Bleeding Cool Weekly Bestseller List
  7. State Farm Does Justice to Batman, Catwoman, Joker & More in New Ad
  8. Marvel Ultimate Universe Solicits For June 2025 Incursion & Opposition
  9. X-Men '97 Star Lenore Zann Offers Update on Season 3 Production
  10. Countdown Wraps Filming; Jensen Ackles Thanks Team, Shares BTS Looks
  11. SCOOP: Kevin Smith's Quick Stops Returns In August
  12. Joseph Montagne Promoted To VP And Publisher At Abrams ComicArts
  13. Alan Moore And Banksy In This Coming Week's Big Issue Magazine
  14. Peter David Needs Your Help in The Daily LITG, 15th March, 2025

LITG two years ago… X-Men Relaunch

X-Men
X-Men
  1. Phoenix, X-Factor, Storm, Nyx, X-Force & Wolverine Announced At SXSW
  2. Looking At The X-Men Relaunch Trailer… Is That Persephone?
  3. Full DC Comics June 2024 Solicits – More Than Just Batman
  4. That X-Men Gossip In The Light Of The X-Men Relaunch
  5. SCOOP: Absolute Power Solicits From DC Comics For June 2024
  6. SCOOP: Batman Vs Batman in #148 & #149 June 2024 DC Comics Solicits
  7. Bleeding Cool Presents: Image Comics June 2024 Solicits In Full
  8. Ending It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia- Daily LITG, 14th March 2024
  9. The Big Change Veve Made To Marvel Comics They Aren't Talking About
  10. Inside Out 2: 9 Character Posters Show Off A Spectrum Of Emotions
  11. Marvel Comics' Blood Hunt Tie-In June 2024 Solicits
  12. SCOOP: June 2024 DC Comics Solicits For The Batfamily
  13. Doctor Who Showrunner Chris Chibnall Auctions Rights To First Novel
  14. Mollie Ray's Graphic Novel Giant, To Be Published By Faber in June
  15. PrintWatch: Ultimate Spider-Man, X-Men & Universe
  16. Justice Society Of America #11 In The Daily LITG, 15th March 2024

LITG three years ago, Mystique – Death And A Fate Worse Than That

Mystique - Death And A Fate Worse Than Death
Avengers/X-Men
  1. Mystique – Death And A Fate Worse Than That (Avengers/X-Men Spoilers)
  2. A Brand New Look For Professor Xavier in Bishop: War College #2
  3. Red Dwarf: Danny "Cat" John-Jules Posts Instagram Pic Signaling Return
  4. Swipe File: That Captain America Image By Rob Liefeld
  5. Chip Zdarsky & Tom King Owe Their Comics Careers To James Gunn
  6. Beast Vs Mister Sinister In Immoral X-Men #2 & Wolverine #41 Spoilers
  7. John Stewart, An Architect As Well As Marine, in the Dawn Of DC
  8. Pre-Orders Arrive for McFarlane Toys New The Batman 89 Batmobile
  9. Chip Zdarsky on Batman #900 and Dawn Of DC
  10. The Rookie Season 5: Eric Winter Teases "New Look" for Next Episode
  11. Turning Teen Titans Into The Justice League & Jon Kent in Injustice
  12. Doug Wagner & Doug Dabbs Launch New Image Series, Klik Klik Boom
  13. Tini Howard on Catwoman, Harley Quinn and High-Fiving Jack Kirby
  14. 20 Mark Millar Netflix Comics Crossover In Big Game With Pepe Larraz
  15. A Brian Bolland & Dave Gibbons Memoir Gallery at Comica Last Night

LITG four years ago, Teen Justice

Teen Justice And The Daily LITG, 16th March 2022
Teen Justice
  1. DC Announces New Teen Justice Comic Book Series – Did You Buy In?
  2. Frank Cho's Wonder Woman Sleeping With Spider-Man & Superman
  3. X-Men: Hellfire Gala #1 to Radically Transform Marvel Universe
  4. Legends of Tomorrow: Faison on Booster Gold/S08; Braff as Blue Beetle
  5. Therian Tornadus Raid Guide For Pokémon GO Players: March 2022
  6. Tonight Is Growlithe Spotlight Hour In Pokémon GO: March 2022
  7. Hard Mountain Dew is Truly the Next Level of Hard Soda – Taste Test
  8. DC Comics Grifter Arrives on the Scene with McFarlane Toys
  9. A New Psycho-Pirate For DC Comics? (Detective Comics #1057 Spoilers)
  10. Wally West Flash Enters the Speed Force With McFarlane Toys
  11. Tyler Crook Brings The Lonesome Hunters to Dark Horse in June
  12. Orcs! Returns – New Series by Christine Larsen Coming in June
  13. Marvel Announces Pride Month Variants by Luciano Vecchio & Betsy Cola
  14. Gabriel Hernández Walta to Draw New Hellboy and the BPRD One-Shot
  15. Do a Powerbomb: Daniel Warren Johnson Makes a Wrestling Comic
  16. Superman Battles Brainiac For The First Time, On Auction Today
  17. Andrew Wheeler & Ira Madison III Make Marvel Debut For Pride Month
  18. Ms Marvel #5 Second Print Embiggens On eBay After Trailer Drops
  19. Galaxy: The Prettiest Star Joins Free Comic Book Day Ahead Of Pride
  20. Kamala Khan Debuts As Ms. Marvel, On Auction At ComicConnect
  21. DC Comics Collect Robin: Tim Drake & Bernard Dowd's Stories Together
  22. Nicole Maines To Introduce DC Comics' Annual Pride 2022 Anthology
  23. DC Comics To Publish Nubia: Queen of the Amazons #1 In June
  24. G Willow Wilson & Marcio Takara Launch New Poison Ivy Series For 2022
  25. Kraven The Hunter Is Hot, On Auction At ComicConnect
  26. Sabrina Cotugno Auctions Glass Scientists Webcomic For Six Figures
  27. Just the "No. 1" from First Superman in Action Comics #1 at Auction
  28. The Power Of Frank Cho Compels You In The Daily LITG 15th March 2022
  29. Gus Gordon's Debut Graphic Novel, Into The Bewilderness For 2024

LITG five years ago, Pokémon GO, Captain America and JK Rowling

A New Captain America Of The Railways in The Daily LITG, 16th March 2021
A New Captain America Of The Railways

And we have a new Captain America of the Railways.

  1. Pokémon GO Teases Sylveon, Xerneas, & More New Species
  2. Marvel Comics Introduces A Gay Captain America For June 2021
  3. Today Is Incarnate Forme Thundurus Raid Hour In Pokémon GO
  4. What's The Difference Between Therian & Incarnate In Pokémon GO?
  5. Stargate Cast, Crew & Community Pay Tribute to Actor Cliff Simon
  6. Clarice: "Lambs" Spinoff Series Misfires Part of Larger Pattern
  7. DC Comics' Teen Titans Call Harry Potter "Problematic"?
  8. Pepe Le Pew Sees Emma Lupacchino's Starfire #6 Sell For $55
  9. Crystal Frasier, Al Ewing, Lan Medina Launch Gamma Flight From Marvel
  10. Amanda Waller And Her Problem With Superman And Superboy, All Of Them
  11. Judge Dredd: End of Days: 2000AD Previews Apocalyptic Graphic Novel
  12. Black Adam, Adam, Shazadam? Justice League #59 Tomorrow (Spoilers)
  13. New Archie One-Shot Shows Us Where Archie's Stimulus Check is Going
  14. Chip Zdarsky, Phil Hester Replace Donny Cates, Geoff Shaw – Crossover
  15. Black Hammer: Reborn Coming From Dark Horse Comics This June
  16. Blondie Celebrates 2020 with The Year to Stay in Bed Collection
  17. Dav Pilkey, World's Best-Selling Comic Creator, Teaches Kids Comics
  18. Dark Horse To Publish Sequel To Image Comics' Prism Stalker
  19. 40 Years of Superhero Trading Cards Spotlighted at Heritage
  20. She-Ra Meets Dog Man in Barb, The Last Berzerker Graphic Novel
  21. Dark Horse To Publish Feminist Mafia Graphic Novel, Mafiosa
  22. The Late Gary McClendon's Chessmasters Gets TV Deal For Tygen Network
  23. Dennis the Menace Original Strip Looking for a Mr. Wilson to Bother
  24. How To Read Comics The Marvel Way, Off The Missing In Action MIA List
  25. Steven Barnes, Charles Johnson and Bryan Moss' Eight-Fold Path OGN
  26. Many Deaths Of Laila Starr, Ram V's Something Is Killing The Children
  27. Stargate, Law & Order, Captain Marvel – the Daily LITG 15th March 2021

LITG six years ago – it wasn't sunny in Philadelphia

And Clark Gregg wanted SHIELD out there.

  1. "Always Sunny" Star Rob McElhenney Proposes Coronavirus Prod Plan
  2. "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.": Gregg, Bennet Support Early S07 Drop
  3. Funko Knocks Their ECCC D&D Gelatinous Cube Out of the Park
  4. "Farscape": James Gunn Talks Sci-Fi Series' Major "Guardians" Influence
  5. "Star Trek" United Space Ships Come to Life with Eaglemoss
  6. "Killing Eve" Season 3: Viewers' (and Eve & Villanelle's) Wild Ride [Teaser]
  7. Funko Emerald City Comic Con: Our Top 5 Pop Picks
  8. "Supernatural" Season 15 "Galaxy Brain": Sam Has Concerns [PREVIEW]
  9. Lovecraft For Everybody With Cthulhu Is Hard to Spell: The Terrible Twos
  10. Ubisoft Releases The "Just Dance 2020" Song List

LITG seven years ago – the Walking Dead hospital was in the news

Comic creators couldn't get to conventions for very different reasons.

  1. The Comic Creators Prevented From Attending ECCC, C2E2, and WonderCon
  2. DC Comics Cancels Additional Printings for Batman: White Knight and Doom Patrol Omnibus For Now
  3. James Gunn Reinstated as Director of Guardians of The Galaxy Vol. 3 by Disney
  4. DC Comics' Aquaman to Get Momoa-Style Tattoos
  5. Peter David and Dale Keown Return to Incredible Hulk

Birthdays today

Comics folk are always getting older and still celebrating that special date.

  • Todd McFarlane, creator of Spawn.
  • Steve Lafler, creator of Bughouse comics.
  • Sam Humphries, creator of Our Love Is Real, co-creator of Blackbird, writer on Dial H For Hero, Harley Quinn and host of DC Daily.
  • Ruth Fletcher Gage, co-writer of The Lion Of Ora
  • Comic shop owner Sal Fichera
  • Gary L. Shipman, creator of Pakkins' Land

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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 comic books The Flying Friar, Holed Up, The Avengefuls, Doctor Who: Room With A Deja Vu, The Many Murders Of Miss Cranbourne and Chase Variant. Lives in South-West London, works from The Union Club on Greek Street, shops at Gosh, Piranha and Forbidden Planet. Father of two daughters, Amazon associate, political cartoonist.
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