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This morning I was inundated by emails and messages asking me about the new Marvel $5 Coupon for print comics. It was meant to arrive on April 1st for

Today, Marvel launched their new behind-the-scenes programming for Avengers Vs. X-Men through MTV's website, entitled War Journals. Which means they'll

It is meant to be embargoed till next week. 8pm Tuesday, to stores throwing launch parties, Wednesday for everyone else. Mind you, it was also supposed to

Welcome to the fourth installment of Dealing Cool, our new regular feature which shares retailer perspectives from among the racks and behind the

  Here's a preview of the AVX comic, Versus, intended to expand the fight scenes in the main title like children sat around a schoolyard scrap And promises no scenes sat around kitchen tables Unless that kitchen table is exploding Magneto vs a non-magnetic Iron Man, and Namor lnocking down the Thing underwater And plummeting like[...]

Marvel has done this digital-to-print voucher before but there are a few new rules this time. Rather than get the voucher with any purchase, you have to

Yes folks, it's time for another $5 of free print comics when you buy selected X-Men or Avengers digital comics on the Marvel App from March 25th to March

Of late, when publishers have run re-release parties at comic stores, they have relied on the Day Early delivery system from Diamond Comic Distributors to

Stadium Comics of Ontario, Canada have held a press conference over their decision which side to take in the upcoming Avengers Vs X-Men series.

Of late, Bleeding Cool has playing silly games with Marvel's Avengers Vs X-Men teasers, as if they were portraying a romantic or sexual relationship

"Take the beach" the Captain said. But his eyes said so much more, gazing through the soft, dripping mask that framed his chiseled face. "Lay down on the

Welcome to the second installment of Dealing Cool, our new regular feature which shares retailer perspectives from among the racks and at the register. 

    Look at that image above. Doesn't it want to make you lick your lips? Well, maybe if it was portrayed in icing on top of a cake you might

It looks as if, for the direct market, AvX #1 will be the best selling comic for 2012. Marvel have bet the farm on this one Buying advertising, creating very attractive incentives for retailers to order large, and promoting it up the wazoo Well, we'd previously heard that this weekend, Marvel had received over 200,000 in[...]

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Bleeding Cool reported that Marvel had been receiving massive reorders for Avengers Vs X-Men #1, pushing it well over the 200K mark. Well, here's the

Oh no. I want a variant cover. Worse than that I want a retailer variant cover. Worse than that I want an Avengers Vs X-Men variant cover. But on the

But how to get Avengers ready for it? There's a scene in the first issue of AVX that sees the Avengers addressing the US cabinet It all seems very chummy The Avengers have all-but-always been a government approved superhero team, but briefing the executive branch of government seems like taking it further than usual What could[...]

Last week, Bleeding Cool reported that orders for Avengers Vs X-Men from retailers were about to hit 200,000 over the weekend. Well that happened, and

On the left hand side, the Avengers. On the right hand side, X-Men. Before Watchmen is still nowhere to be seen. Over eleven hundred comic stores have

Anyone? Anyone? Oh and MTV are doing the behind-the-scenes-of-AVX documentary…. Told you this was coming ABC News talks to Jason Aaron and Brian Bendis about Avengers Vs X-Men And we get a little bit of new art… that you might need to squint at to read Anyone? Anyone? Oh and MTV are doing the behind-the-scenes-of-AVX documentary…. [...]

We know that Avengers Vs X-Men is meant to have some major changes for the Marvel Universe. Honest, this time. Well, this looks like the first of them.

It looks like Justice League is about to lose its streak of number one sales. Not only is Jim Lee away from the book for a few issues, but Avengers Vs

Here are a few of the things Marvel has got planned to help promote the Avengers Vs X-Men crossover through the summer. And do you know what? I think it

It's a truth universally acknowledged that Marvel Comics doesn't like paying for advertising. They prefer news venues to cover them because they're Marvel

There's a stereotype that someone who reads comics, doesn't enjoy sports. I'm not sure how true that is, the same obsession that sees people memorise

I know that's meant to be Scarlet Witch's costume. But it does also look like she's just spent too much time in the sun. And is starting Avengers Vs X-Men

Welcome to the act of "foreheading" where two butch males press their skulls against the other, while also demonstrating the size of their respective

What with Marvel announcing their Avengers Versus X-Men covers willy nilly, I have been taking the mickey out of them a little, playing with what seems to

I haven't read Uncanny X-Men recently and have been meaning to catch up since Rich has been talking about it, but since I have been intrigued by what