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Peter Capaldi & The Curse Of Doctor Who- Daily LITG 29th December 2025

Peter Capaldi And The Curse Of Doctor Who was the most-read story on Bleeding Cool yesterday. Lying In The Gutters is the daily runaround.



Article Summary

  • Peter Capaldi’s Doctor Who legacy explores both triumphs and career challenges after leaving the TARDIS
  • Daily highlights from Bleeding Cool, including top pop culture, TV, comics, and collectibles stories
  • LITG historic countdown covers Doctor Who, comics, pop culture trends, and major entertainment news
  • Celebrating comic industry birthdays, with an open invite for creators to share their special day

Peter Capaldi And The Curse Of Doctor Who 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 over sixteen 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.

In Celebration of The 12th Doctor
Peter Capaldi as Caecillius in "The Fires of Pompeii", as the Twelfth Doctor in "Before the Flood," and John Frobisher in Torchwood's "Children of Earth." Images courtesy BBC, All rights reserved.

Peter Capaldi And The Curse Of Doctor Who and the top ten stories from yesterday

  1. Doctor Who: For Capaldi, Playing The Doctor Was Double-Edged Sword
  2. Ultimate Endgame #1 Preview: Maker's Return, Heroes' Last Stand
  3. Limited Edition Transformers Ultra Magnus Coming Soon from threezero
  4. Panoptyca: Idle RPG Manager Has Been Released For Free On Steam
  5. Stranger Things 5: The Only Problem with Will's Coming-Out Moment? You
  6. Community Cast, Dan Harmon All Passed on Chevy Chase Doc: Director
  7. Paramount Undercuts Its Netflix Argument Moving "Avatar" Film to P
  8. The Housemaid Director Says He Wanted to Trick Fans
  9. A Grammy Celebration of Latin Music: A Guide to Tonight's CBS Special
  10. Robert Crumb And Roberta Gregory in Fantagraphics March 2026 Solicits

And some other stories I wrote yesterday:

LITG one year ago, Doctor Who tragedy

Doctor Who: Empire of Death: A Deep Dive into the Story Tropes
Still: BBC/Disney+
  1. Doctor Who: Is The Fifteenth Doctor's Ongoing Tragedy Too Much?
  2. Superman III Lands At McFarlane Toys with Platinum Edition Release
  3. Path Of Exile 2 Reveals First Early Access Update
  4. The Rookie Passes the Baton For Season 7; Happy Holidays From The Cast
  5. The Rookie Releases More Season 7 BTS Looks; Jones on Grey's Promotion
  6. The Big Bad Of Gotham Revealed In Batman #156 (Spoilers)
  7. Cobra Kai Composers Talk Season 6 Part 3, "Final Fantasy" Inspiration
  8. Absolute Wonder Woman #3 Tops The Bleeding Cool Weekly Bestseller List
  9. xXx: Return of Xander Cage Star on the Status of Another Installment
  10. Pokémon GO Announces January 2025 Raids & Events 
  11. Guy Delisle's Muybridge in Drawn & Quarterly March 2025 Solicits
  12. Greg & Fake's Santos Sisters in Fantagraphics' March 2025 Solicits
  13. Mike Baron's Private American in Antarctic Press' March 2025 Solicits
  14. The Rookie Season 7 in The Daily LITG, 28th December 2024

LITG two years ago, The Top Ten Best Selling Comics

  1. The Ten Best Selling Comics In Comic Stores Of 2023
  2. Gossip- Why Is DC Comics Not Publishing An Aquaman Comic Right Now?
  3. Ram V's Run On Detective Comics Will End With #1089
  4. Community: Joel McHale on William Shatner's One-Sided Beef With Him
  5. A New Home For Marvel's Mutants In Today's X-Men Comics (XSpoilers)
  6. Marvel's Timeless Shows Days Of Future Yet To Come (Spoilers)
  7. Which Of These Will Marvel Comics Kill Off in 2024's Blood Hunt?
  8. Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom Ends DCEU With A Trivial Mid-Credit Scene 
  9. Pepe Larraz's Designs For Iron Man's Mysterium Armour
  10. Pokemon TCG Japan Previews New Squirtle Illustration Rare
  11. Amano Jaku's A-Do Vol 1 in Kodansha's Manga March 2024 Solicits
  12. My Mate Is A Feline Gentlemen in Yen Press Manga March 2024 Solicits
  13. One Piece's 105th Piece in Viz Media March 2024 Solicits
  14. Fantagraphics Buys Rights To Santiago Cohen's Secrets Of A Lost Diary
  15. The X-Men's New Home in The Daily LITG, 28th of December, 2023

LITG three years ago, Flash Season 9 Trailer

the flash
Image: The CW; Nexstar Media Group Website Screencap
  1. The Flash Season 9 Trailer Non-Drop Start of The CW/Nexstar Rebrand?
  2. The Return Of Jason Oakey, 30 Years Later, in Miracleman #3 (Spoilers)
  3. Who's Who In Today's Timeless 2022 #1? (Spoilers)
  4. Ike Perlmutter's Justice League Frees Its First Prisoner
  5. Buffy: David Boreanaz on Meeting Sarah Michelle Gellar For First Time
  6. Will Crown Zenith Be The Best Pokemon TCG Set Of All Time?
  7. Today, The X-Terminators Fight For The Cause Of Bathroom Privacy
  8. Star Wars: Mark Hamill's Not a Fan of Holiday Special Ep. III Idea
  9. Pokemon GO Announces January 2023 Content Including New Shinies
  10. Pokemon TCG 2022 End-Of-Year List: Top Sword & Shield-Era Sets
  11. Does Timeless Predict How Dark Web Leads To The Fall Of X? (Spoilers)
  12. Morgan Red, Confirmed As The Deadliest, Tastiest New Mutant Of All
  13. Remembering Stan Lee, Who Would Have Been 100 Today
  14. Burning Man #1 Offers Bad Idea All-In Sticker Owners Exclusive Comic
  15. Forgetting Superman In The Daily LITG 28th December 2022

LITG four years ago, Tom Hardy Must Be Sony's Only Venom

It's Tom Hardy, Not Venom, Stupid- The Daily LITG, December 27th 2021
LITG Courtesy of Sony Pictures. ©2021 CTMG, Inc. All rights reserved.
  1. Spider-Man: No Way Home: Mid-Credit Scene Shows Sony Doesn't Get It
  2. Bad Idea Comics Offers Collectors an "Invisible" Slabbed Comic
  3. Doctor Who Star David Tennant Supports NHS Renationalizing Efforts
  4. Avengers Vs Eternals Vs X-Men -Marvel Judgment Day Confirmed For 2022
  5. Misgendering In DC Comics Today – Teen Titans Academy & Action Comics
  6. Did Bendis Research Justice League #70 With This ScreenRant Listicle?
  7. McFarlane Toys Reveals DC Comics Endless Winter Build-A-Figure Wave
  8. Comic Creator Ryan "Bode" Bodenheim Dies, Aged 44. RIP
  9. The Break-Up Of Poison Ivy And Harley Quinn (Spoilers, I Suppose)
  10. Don't Look Up: Changing The Perception of Scientists & Righteous Anger
  11. The Rise Of Arkham Tower In Gotham – Not Quite As Complete Now?
  12. Comic Book Legal Defense Fund Appeals For 2022 Over Banned Comics
  13. Dan Mora Creates A Once & Future & Batman Crossover, Today
  14. Brian Bendis Continues Superhero Poop Obsession In Justice League #70
  15. Comic Folks Remember Ryan "Bode" Bodenheim, Who Died Last Week
  16. Tom Hardy Must Be Sony's Only Venom- Daily LITG, December 28th 2021

LITG five years ago, Zack Snyder and Pokémon GO

  1. WB Executives: Zack Snyder's Justice League is a Storytelling Dead-End
  2. The Unreleased Unova Starter Pokémon Shinies In Pokémon GO
  3. Star Trek: Picard Star Jeri Ryan Offers Season 2 Production Update
  4. Doctor Who: Jodie Whittaker Talks Filming "Revolution of the Daleks"
  5. Riverdale Season 5: Archie, Betty & Jughead Heading Back to School?
  6. The Boys 2021 C*ntdown: A Look at Congresswoman Neuman's Leftovers
  7. Gemma Arterton Took Quantum of Solace Role to Pay Off Her Student Loan
  8. Spider-Mans Dons His Classic Suit with New Hot Toys Figure
  9. You Have 20 Pages Of Superhero Comics…
  10. Rick and Morty: Justin Roiland's Update on Jerry Made Our Holidays
  11. Wrestle Away Other Bidders To Win A Love and Rockets Original Page
  12. Bidders Take Aim At Original Art For Chris Delara's Robyn Hood Cover
  13. Dawn Of X Comics Get Over-Sized Hardcovers – Marauders and Excalibur
  14. Loki Gets An Omnibus Series, And Others, For 2021
  15. America Celebrates Kamala Harris Coloring Book From Antarctic Press
  16. A New Uncle Scrooge #1 From IDW For 2021?
  17. Vietnam Horror – Behemoth Comics March 2021 Solicitations
  18. Rick And Morty: Jerryboree in Oni Press March 2021 Solicitations
  19. Preview Of Ram V's Catwoman and Swamp Thing in 2021
  20. Pirates Anne Bonny and Mary Read Get A Graphic Novel, Tell No Tales
  21. Image Sends Free Spawn #314 Black and White Variants To Comic Stores
  22. Tolkien Vs Chicago in Tim Seeley and Freddie Williams II's Bequest

LITG six years ago, Akira was being uncovered

And Marvel #1 was being teased, long before a certain pandemic delay.

  1. "League Of Legends" Player Maria "Remilia" Creveling Has Passed Away
  2. Someone Found The Long-Lost "Akira" Prototype From SEGA
  3. Ubisoft Releases The "Just Dance 2020" Song List
  4. First Look at Marvel #1 by Alex Ross, Steve Rude and Frank Espinosa
  5. Was Cats as bad as everyone says? Let's take a look!
  6. "The Mandalorian": The Force Is Strong with The Baby Yoda Cocktail
  7. Predator Builds His Ranks with Two New Figures from NECA [Teaser]
  8. When Jim Steranko, Neal Adams or Al Williamson Could Have Drawn a Stan Lee Silver Surfer Graphic Novel – The Jim Shooter Files
  9. Thor Doesn't Seem to Be Enjoying Retirement in Thor #1 [Preview]
  10. Keanu Reeves is a Badass Cyberpunk Rockstar with McFarlane Toys

LITG seven years ago, death came to Vikings

And Marvel began showing its 2020 vision.

Comic book industry birthdays

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

  • Dave McKean, filmmaker and comic creator of Cages, Arkham Asylum, The Black Dog.
  • Will Morgan, former owner of 30th Century Comics.
  • Matt Bowers, artist on Memphis and Like Father Like Daughter.
  • Ryan Aleong, Special Projects Manager at Paradise Comics.
  • Rick Ketcham, comic book inker and editor on Runaways, New X-Men, New Excalibur, Buffy The Vampire Slayer.
  • Vincent Ferrante, publisher of Monarch Comics.
  • Former Marvel editor Barry Dutter.

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