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And I heard that subsequent scripts past issue 18 had already been written. Detective Comics Holds The Line At $7.99 For Issue 900/Issue 19 Detective Comics #19 would have been the 900th issue of the comic if they hadn't have done that New 52 relaunch thing.   X-Men by Brian Wood and Olivier Coipel, beginning in April: Looks like[...]

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Aw man… I was told that when Paul Cornell left DC Comics for Marvel, he'd still be doing Saucer Country Clearly DC Comics disagreed. Issue 14 of the intelligent political alien conspiracy that drew parallels with alien conspiracy and US immigration strategy with greater success than anything I've ever seen, will be its last, shipping in April. Also[...]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gOWt754qSE Patrick Willems presents Tony Harris' worst nightmare. And an alternate cut. Cut. Get it?

Detective Comics #19 would have been the 900th issue of the comic if they hadn't have done that New 52 relaunch thing. So, in April, they'll be doing an 80 page comic for $7.99 by John Layman, Jason Fabok, Andy Clarke and a Mad Magazine variant cover. Looking at the size and the price point, do you[...]

We'd heard the rumours around New York Comic Con that I Vampire would be cancelled with issue 18. But with the collection bursting into the New York Times

In April, DC Comics Brings Us "Holy Sh!t Month"? 5 More DC Writer Changes To Come – Was Gail Simone Just The Beginning? 6 Superior Spider-Man #1 Spoiler 7 Are You A Woman? Have You Actually Been Inside A Comic Shop? 8 Disproving The Big Bang Theory 9 Looks Like Earth 2's Wonder Woman Left A Certain Something Behind 10[...]

Jim Starlin is the new writer of Stormwatch from April, replacing Peter Milligan. But can you guess the artist from these examples below? UPDATE: Yvel

We told you a week ago that DC was going to have to start announcing that a number of people had been taken off books, even before they started – with the unfortunate problem that solicitations had run and PR had been issued. In a PR-arranged conversation with CBR, Bobbie Chase and Bob Harras announced that[...]

DC Universe Doesn't Present, it seems. DC UNIVERSE PRESENTS #19 Written by TONY BEDARD Art by JESUS SAIZ Fold-out cover by JESUS MERINO On sale APRIL 17 •

Now we must build our own."   All-new arc, all-new jumping-on point! HARBINGER WARS continues in a standalone, four-part arc of HARBINGER, featuring the return of original series artist Khari Evans (Carbon Grey)! The world has just become a much bigger, much more dangerous place for Peter Stanchek and the Renegades… How will they react to the revelation of[...]

Leverage was a TV show, recently cancelled, that was basically a cross between The A-Team and Not A Penny More Not A Penny Less, Robin Hood meets Hustle, that kind of thing.  And created by John Rogers, also known for Blue Beetle and Dungeons and Dragons comics, as well as being the man behind the[...]

Apparently we shouldn't have counted Before Watchmen Comedian or  But basically it is as it was last week… but do notice Boom's first entry with their own original comics into the top 100 with Deathmatch, Image's bedding down Walking Dead in the top 30 and Saga fiding a spot in the top sixty alongside My Little[...]

Firstly, yes, that does look like Brett Booth is on Nightwing. Respectfully, etc... though of course he is also drawing the covers to Earth 2 and Vibe.

Looks like we were on the money with that XX teaser the other week, a new mutant book by Brian Wood and Olivier Coipel with a female-centric theme. Turns

There was no solicitation for Gambit #10. Instead they went straight from #9 to #11 by mistake. Issue #11 was meant to be #10. Its solicitation text read.

On Friday, DC Comics let IO9 report that Charles Soule was taking over writing Swamp Thing, and then did the same for Newsarama letting people know that James Tynion IV was on Red Hood And The Outlaws. For both,  we informed you of these events at a previous juncture a few weeks ago. Well, no one else[...]

Just hitting in-App purchases in the UK, and rolling out to the USA in the morning, it appears that Monday will see Peter David's recent run on X-Factor,

Photo: Gordon Lee with Melinda Gebbie Gordon Lee, much loved owner and manager of comic store Legends Comics in Georgia, passed away earlier today, after suffering a series of strokes. Popular retailer, Lee has a few brushes with the law during his time as a comic store owner since the nineteen eighties and made headlines as a[...]

Will there be a bigger size, celebration issue? It is a grand tradition in comics publishing, but we will have to wait and see if it will be the case for this specific product, as the Previews Catalog really is already not very forest-friendly as it currently is The front cover this month is taken[...]

2013... the fiftieth anniversary of Doctor Who. The 50th anniversary of The Avengers, X-Men, Metal Men, Doom Patrol, Nick Fury and the Amazing Spider-Man

It's a bit blurry. And it hasn't been coloured. But this drawing by Neal Adams of Batman and Wolverine will be on the cover to the programme for the

Courtesy of Midtown Comics here…. I'm presuming they don't deal with copyright law. In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to some degree They may be homages, parodies, ironic appropriations, coincidences or works of the lightbox We trust you, the reader, to make that judgment yourself? If you are unable to[...]

Mark Waid in charge of DC Comics? That could have been very fun: From an interview between Tom Spurgeon and Mark Waid, talking about working as an editor at DC Comics  under executive editor Dick Giordano; Most-Read Comic Stories Today – Mark Waid and DC Comics, DC Comics April Surprise DC's Holy Sh!t Month Is… Surprise Gatefold Covers?[...]

  Peavey Electronics is making musical instruments with the Walking Dead art of Charlie Adlard wrapped around in... guitars, straps and picks.

From an interview between Tom Spurgeon and Mark Waid, talking about working as an editor at DC Comics  under executive editor Dick Giordano; I was actually offered this job about four or five years ago at DC Dan for a while wanted to move on to a different part of the company He invited me to[...]

Specifically this most recent story arc written by veteran author (yet comics newb) Lauren Beukes and illustrated by Inaki Miranda. The most recent issue in the story came out this past week, #11, "The Hidden Kingdom Chapter Four: The Bad Sleep Well", the issue's title a reference to a superb Kurosawa post-war revenge flick I mention[...]

Printed ahead to accomodate the retailer original sketch covers, it is likely that this one will sell out fast. The Shadow: Year One written by Matt

Taking another look at the coal face of the comics industry, reorders by retailers for comics through Diamond Comic Distributors that have both been published and are yet to. As always second prints, variant covers and high priced itemss are always over represented in this chart but we can see retailers upping their orders on Superior[...]

Cameron Hatheway writes; Now I know what you’re thinking; “Hey that looks a lot like Persepolis!” And I don’t blame you, for that was my initial reaction