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It was created by Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Bagley, the team behind the first 111 issues of Ultimate Spider-Man. The Black Front Cover At this point in time, October/November 2007, Bagley had just left Ultimate Spider-Man with issue #111, so reuniting with Bendis on this movie tie-in comic was quite a treat. #gallery-2 { margin: auto; } #gallery-2 .gallery-item { float:[...]

(DC Comics, creative team: Brian Michael Bendis, Ryan Sook, Travis Moore, Wade von Grawbadger, Jordie Bellaire, Troy Peteri) Let's start with the good news: the future looks fantastic The color palette, the lighting effects, the crisp linework, it's all gorgeous The Legion hasn't looked this good since the late, lamented Waid Kitson Reboot Period (taken from[...]

the Spider-Verse movie was all about dimensional analogues and the upcoming Spider-Man: Far From Home movie blows that open just as the Avengers Endgame set them up, Marvel's Agents Of SHIELD seems to be going down that road, the DCU has its own Crises and Flashpoints, and Marvel trademarks 616 and gets a What If[...]

Superstar writer "The Great One" Brian Bendis took to Instagram Wednesday to usher in the new year with a series of ten tantalizing teases about what to expect from him in the coming year (and no, going back to Marvel is not one of them) On the post, Bendis set the ground rules: 2019- a tease[...]

How many Marvel comics are canceled before they've even published 8 months worth of issues, which means a comic could launch and be canceled before a top Marvel executive has even read the first issue! Might Brevoort have noticed Ryan Ottley's hidden message in Amazing Spider-Man if he'd read it? Of course, there are comics that[...]

It's Summertime, and the smell of fresh reboot is in the air! Superstar writers "The Great One" Brian Bendis and "Scintillating" Scott Snyder both have new comics at DC For Bendis, it's Superman and Action Comics, coming off his six-issue Man of Steel mini-series For Snyder, it's Justice League. Could we be set to see some[...]

Earlier this week, Superstar writer "The Great One" Brian Michael Bendis revealed that DC was producing a television commercial to advertise his upcoming run on Superman and Action Comics A few days later, DC posted a press release on their website advertising the first issue of both books Attached was the following video Is this[...]

All six issues of Man of Steel have been released, which should give us a pretty good idea of what to expect from writer "The Great One" Brian Michael Bendis Bendis introduced several storylines that are sure to play out in the coming months: Jonathan and Lois's space road trip with Grandpa, the Metropolis arson,[...]

Superstar writer "The Great One" Brian Michael Bendis will shortly not-a-reboot Superman's continuity with the weekly Man of Steel mini-series launching on May 30th and leading into Bendis's run as the writer of both Superman and Action Comics But for DC fans panicked that Bendis will tear Superman's continuity in half like a rampaging She-Hulk[...]

With superstar writer "The Great One" Brian Michael Bendis set to take over Superman and Action Comics at DC, beginning with a mini-series called Man of Steel, many Superman fans have been bracing for Bendis to pull an "Avengers Disassembled," sending Superman's beloved continuity speeding on a malfunctioning jetpack toward a fiery doom while shouting[...]

Well, this is a new experience for Brian Michael Bendis He has been used to his launch books at Marvel getting massive amounts of variant covers, as well as retailers getting added discounts if they order high and match orders with previous issues But at DC Comics, they do things differently. So for the launch of[...]

Shown off at the Action Comics #1000 panel at C2E2, we have the first four pages of Brian Michael Bendis's first Superman story, appearing in Action Comics #1000, with art by Jim Lee, fully coloured and lettered Remember it wasn't that long ago since it looked like this. We got the story of how Bendis[...]

Brian Michael Bendis has been accused of playing fast and loose with Marvel Comics continuity, ignoring plots and character progression in other titles that may affect the characters he uses to tell his stories But he is pretty good with his own continuity Mostly. And over 2017, Bendis used bit-villain Armadillo a lot Across his titles,[...]

Brian Michael Bendis has moved his Jinxworld line of comics through a few publishers over the years Caliber at first, then Oni, then Image, then Marvel, and now DC Comics. Brian Michael Bendis's critically acclaimed Jinxworld library now comes to DC! These classic, award-winning graphic novels, including JINX, TORSO, POWERS, GOLDFISH, BRILLIANT, TAKIO and SCARLET among[...]

He writes: Emerald City Comic Con was Brian Michael Bendis's first convention since he announced his move to DC and his first ECCC appearance in years A regular to Seattle for ECCC for years, not since Scarlett launched has he made a lengthy time at the Seattle convention Wanting to see if Bendis would announce anything[...]

Bendis Is Coming. It's a play on their strategy when grabbing a major comic book creator from the competition, often someone deeply associated with that competition, such as Jack Kirby… …or John Romita Jr. This time, however Marvel Comics has their own tribute response ready for social media: Aww… Expect this as a poster in comic book stores, but also[...]

Brian Michael Bendis has given John Siuntres's Word Balloon podcast the ins and outs of leaving Marvel, joining DC Comics and his recent health issues, over two hours and change A regular guest on the show, this week, he gave them his all. On leaving Marvel at this particular time: "Legacy felt like these stories could be[...]

Superstar writer "The Great One" Brian Michael Bendis left his mark on the Iron Man title by introducing Riri Williams to replace Tony Stark as the star of Invincible Iron Man, but it looks like he will leave his mark one more time before leaving for the greener pastures of DC Comics In Marvel's April[...]

When Brian Michael Bendis announced his shock departure from Marvel last month, many had wondered how it would affect the titles he currently had his hands on Well, the Marvel March 2018 solicitations seem to have answered for at least two of these titles. First up, Defenders seems to be all over There is no solicitation[...]

We learned last week that longtime superstar Marvel Comics writer "The Great One" Brian Michael Bendis was leaving Marvel for their biggest competitor, DC Comics Though there were lots of factors leading up to the decision, the impetus, according to Bendis, was a visit to the Cleveland Library and inspiration from its Superman exhibit But[...]

Much has been said about why longtime superstar Marvel writer "The Great One" Brian Michael Bendis abandoned his post at the House of Ideas to defect to rival DC Comics earlier this month But as with the other big story last week, it took a real journalistic outlet to blow the lid off the story[...]

Here, Brian Michael Bendis shows how well exposition and character work can actually be the same thing Bendis is also bringing in the soapy elements that are traditionally a part of Spidey's legacy, with love triangles, costumes cast aside (OK that was before, but it's referenced), and even numbers of villains teaming up I guess[...]

This is just characters being written well, bouncing off each other well, and with an adventure that feels like it has stakes and is genuinely a joy to read. Defenders #3 Cover by David Marquez and Justin Ponsor Now, writer Brian Michael Bendis gets a lot of stick People saying his characters sound the same or whatever[...]

Amidst the protests against President Donald Trump's executive order banning immigrants from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen from entering the United States, Marvel Comics writer Brian Bendis landed at JFK airport in New York City moments ago and tweeted: Just landed in JFK, and this is the first thing I saw[...]

Cover by Arthur Adams Guardians of the Galaxy #16 is part of Brian Michael Bendis' swan song on the series, with each issue focusing on a different member of the Guardians as they find themselves trapped on Earth. Which in itself is a slightly weird high concept, given that various organisations and individuals on Marvel Earth are[...]

Superstar Marvel Comics writer "The Great One" Brian Bendis isn't one to let a good crisis go to waste As most of the comics social media sphere struggles to come to grips with the results of last night's election, Bendis wasted little time pivoting toward self promotion On his Tumblr this morning, Bendis wrote: [...]

And now, as we've welcomed the return of the die cut cover and the gatefold cover, here comes the gold foil cover. Embossed has to be just around the corner, doesn't it? Here's a look at Age Of Ultron #1 by Bendis and Hitch Cover and pages… Evil has triumphed over good and leading this new age is[...]

The last we heard from Jim Starlin was annoyance that he didn't even get an invite to see the Avengers movie, featuring his own Thanos in the end credits In September, Jim Starlin, the creator of Thanos – recently revived in the Marvel Universe in Avengers Assemble – is kicking off two new reprint series. Thanos: The[...]

But all we are doing is joining dots here. Brian Bendis has been posting about the preview to Avengers Assemble #3, on Facebook He writes; also this week! the best timed surprise in the history of modern comics at the end of Avengers Assemble #3 The listing reads PREVIEW: Avengers Assemble #3 – • Avengers versus the Zodiac! But[...]

This is the year that saw Brian Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming's Powers return after a bit of a TV-imposed sabbatical But with the future of the television version slightly up in the air, it's time to focus attention back on the comic. In July, Marvel will publish Powers FBI #1, alongside the new Powers trade[...]