Superman's origin was told across comics, newspaper strips, radio, and a book in his early years, with Superman #53 being an important moment
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DC Comics planned to have Clark Kent and Lois Lane retire from Metropolis to Africa as Superman's powers waned - or at least they would have if 5G had happened.
Once upon a time, DC Comics was going to end the stories of their biggest names, to be replaced by newcomers. It was called 5G. And these were The Last Days of Batman.
Changing Of The Guard would have followed Death Metal: Dark Crisis for DC Comics' 5G, with Jon Kent, Yara Flor and Luke Fox taking over.
Groot is getting a new retcon of his origin - for thr third time - in April from Marvel Comics, ahead of Guardians Of The Galaxy's Grootfall
The Last Call would have been a weekly comic book series that would have led into 5G, by Brian Bendis, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Matt Fraction and Greg Rucka.
Superman's secret identity reveal would have had far more disasterous effects for the Justice League if 5G had happened ast DC Comics planned.
The 5G Files is Bleeding Cool's attempt to look at the DC reboot/relaunch that wasn't, and how the characters would have been affected. Consider this the big What If that almost was.
Dynamite Day. Disney Day. Or both together for Darkwing Duck and Gargoyles in two weeks' time.
Comic book stores got a little new year's treat, a special one-per-store thank you edition of Quested #1 from WhatNot. Did your store get one?
Circuit Breaker and Xanthe are two new characters being introduced to the DC Universe in the Lazarus Planet anthology in February.
An LITG run around the previous days news on Bleeding Cool... a look back across five years and a look ahead to the day as a whole.
Star Trek crosses over with Star Trek: Defiant and Day Of Blood in IDW Publishing's big 2023 event comic.
Captain America (and son) are launching a Marvel Comics event in April with Cold War, teased since San Diego last year...
L.B. Cole comic book covers are highly sought after by collectors, and this copy of Contact Comics #11 is the only CGC 9.8 in the entire run.
Michael Moreci writes one popular barbarian comic with Barvaricm, why not write another for Ablaze? But make it plural this time.
Place your bets as to what "emerging technology for an unparalleled reading and collecting experience" means for Sean Chen;s Genesis.
Amazing Spider-Man #17, Dark Web: Ms Marvel #2 and Mary Jabe Black Cat #2 all find themselves in Marvel limbo for Dark Web
Everything you ever wanted to know about the aborted 5G publishing plan from DC Comics and Dan DiDio, but no one wanted to tell you. Until now.
X-Men #18, Wolverine #29 and Legion Of X #9 bring us Wolverines, Orchises and Sinister plans afoot in this week's Krakoan comics from Marvel.
According to the legendary artist Frank Frazetta, his famous Famous Funnies Buck Rogers cover run was an influence on George Lucas.
You probably haven're read a comic like Dark Web: Ms Marvel #2 before. Just saying.
Once upon a time, Monica Rambeau was Captain Marvel. She fought against the Beyonder in the Secret Wars. Then she came home. But what really happened?
An LITG run around the previous days news on Bleeding Cool... a look back across five years and a look ahead to the day as a whole.
The first appearance & origin of Mary Marvel, Captain Marvel Adventures #18 is historic in its own right, & this copy has fascinating history
Theta enlists her captors on a plan to stop and kill the Predator in this preview of Predator #6... but is it already too late?
Romance blooms in this preview of Vampirella: Mindwarp #5. Unfortunately, everyone needs to quantum leap back to their time before the series is over!
One of the credos of the House Of X relaunch of the X-Men in 2019 from Marvel was that there wasn't an Uncanny X-Men series spinning out of it.
Chickenpox by Australian comic book creator Remy Lai is an upcoming semi-autobiographical middle-grade graphic novel, about a quarantine from a very different time.
Monica must stop a meteor from striking New York City after waking up from a blackout on a boat in this preview of Monica Rambeau: Photon #2. We've all been there.