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Because Frank Cho back in action on Liberty Meadows comics is a good thing.  In other news today, I thought the return of The Flintstones to tv was gonna

Ahahahaha... we posted this yesterday and I'm still laughing about it. An excellent Thor-in-four-panels by Ty Templeton. Ty previously had pretty damn

First Robocop, now this. No sooner do we hear that a small tourist town in Michigan has arrested Batman, then comes word that Michigan state police have

Even if you're a casual reader of comic book news, you may have heard the tragic story of Gary Dahlberg's death. A retired bus driver in Minneapolis,

This is a pretty interesting thing DC is doing, making Flashpoint #5 the only comic they ship in the last week of August. And it'll be even more

Scanning today's top headlines, it struck me how comics' devotion to its origins has so often taken us into strange territory.  But 75+ years is literally

Shortly after giving up his U.S. citizenship in Action Comics #900, Superman reaffirms his love of the American Way in Superman #711.  But beyond that,

A Showcase #4 CGC 9.2 has just sold via comicconnect.com and esquirecomics.com for $100,000.  The comic is the first appearance of the Barry Allen

I'd been giving some thought as to what this headline was going to be ever since I saw all the retailer talk about Flashpoint #1 on twitter #comicmarket

Every once in awhile, like today, an old Iron Man post will trend out of nowhere. And it's because the character is just so damn... hackable. Whether it's

I've gone to great lengths to avoid all the "OMG It's the Summer of the Comic Book Movie" articles that have been appearing in the mainstream nonstop over

Another Free Comic Book Day is in the books, and judging from the 440 or so comic book retailers on twitter, it was another good one. In other news, it

It's game day. Retailers and publishers have been training hard all season, and it's time to leave it all out on the field. People are camped out outside

I've been watching vintage comic and comic art prices run up for the past 20 years, and it still feels pretty damn strange to live in a world where a

Alan Moore?  Michael Kaluta? New Ultimates?  Now that's a Thursday full of comic news, though with a surprising lack of Thor.  But like every Thursday

The iconic splash page of Batman and Robin from  The Dark Knight Returns #3 , penciled by Frank Miller and inked by Klaus Janson, sold at Heritage

Convention commission culture continued to be a major topic of conversation everywhere today, with J. Scott Campbell jumping into the fray with a comment

A pair of stories about the changing culture of convention sketches & commissions topped the BC Trending charts today, with the story about Adam

We should run an analysis of Marvel vs DC Comics news story popularity here as compared to twitter.  It feels like more DC stories have been gaining

It's been a busy night of news in the world.  Looking over the most-read posts from the day, the topics range from lightly entertaining to strange to

With the conversation about Action Comics #900 still going strong, a new debate begins about Captain America in Secret Avengers #12.1 and its references

I happened to catch a few tweets by colorist Paul Mounts earlier about reaction from pros and fans over Action Comics #900, to which he contributed, and

To no one's surprise, the news today here and elsewhere was dominated by Action Comics #900. I've heard that sales are brisk at the retail level, the book

The BC was dominated by film and tv today, what with Rich on television (again!) and an X-Men First Class trailer exclusive and Brendon unearthing a bunch

Or your chairs are ready, anyway. But I'm not saying anything new by noting that an awful lot of corporate dollars are currently focused on an industry

Rich is completely right about Justice League by Giffen and DeMatteis being a gateway into the DCU for a lot of people. Sure, we all read DKR, and

All the buzz around the season opener of Doctor Who this weekend reminds me that I gotta get caught up with my tv watching, somehow.  Accidentally caught

Is the long-fabled national comic chain finally coming this July?  Probably not, but Barnes & Noble's rumored comic expansion is sure to be a

John Constantine's rumored return to the DCU was a major topic of conversation here again today, and I've seen Rich's original post on the subject spark

He's conned his way out of a deal with the devil, but nothing could keep him out of the DCU forever, it would seem. And speaking of last second reprieves,