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This morning, the mass media confirmed Bleeding Cool's story from fifteen months ago – and yes, it does feel weird writing that – which detailed a DC Comics New 52 plot twist that Superman and Wonder Woman would be getting it on. But of course this is not the first time the two have liplocked Let's[...]

Yes, let's go with colourful and leave it at that. It's weird, you try and get used to this version of John Constantine, flying magic houses around the multiverse to get his superhero chums about, and then you get hit with the realisation that this is the same Constantine, who at a different time also teamed[...]

Ultimate Comics: The Ultimates finally has done what the series originally promised to do back in the day, but then repeatedly failed to do after that first year, offer new and different superhero stories to tell in a world where anything can happen And here was have a United States falling apart and the Ultimates[...]

Could it be that he is finally getting his chance to do that, but with Watchmen? Also, I'm not happy with the Pseud-dinger's Cat explanation at the beginning of the book, but that's another post for another day. Before Watchmen: Minutemen is published by DC Comics today Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics in London.   [...]

Good Morning America, the morning TV show on ABC in the USA, has just run the news that in next week's Justice League, issue 12, that Superman and Wonder

Nor any other issue of the series. The following letter has been sent by Diamond UK to British comic retailers and reported exclusively here; Retailers will be aware that the first issue of Howard Chaykin's Black Kiss II was rather explicit compared to other comics distributed by Diamond UK We at Diamond have now had the opportunity[...]

Issue 3 makes for a relatively easy jumping on point. America's Got Powers #3 published today by Image Comics Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics, London.   Today, we get the third issue of America's Got Powers 27 pages of Jonathan Ross and Bryan Hitch superhero action for $2.99. Those of you who have been reading the first two[...]

Responses are not visible on the website, but suggestions from Facebook users range from tearing the Century 16 theatre down and replacing it with a memorial to reopening the theatre, perhaps with a new name. Get Ready For Jack's Birthday with Hero Initiative The Hero Initiative, the charitable organization dedicated to helping veteran comic creators in medical[...]

Sergio Toppi passed away yesterday. One of the most significant Italian comic book creators, with incredibly stylised and detailsed drawings, he is best

A classic Iron Man theme returns in October: Armor Wars in the eighties and Armor Wars II in the nineties were two big popular storylines for Iron Man.

Erik Larsen is playing around with the idea of the innocent (and a bit dim-witted) Silver Age versus the violent modern age of comics, but it all gets a bit confusing when heroes from other Image books show up in this supposed shared universe where they also exist as characters inside the actual Image comic[...]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3Mr4Zet5Co[/youtube] Zombie Comics! Waiting for The Walking Dead Season 3, World War Z and Warm Bodies, but need your zombie fix now? Well host Grace Randolph has her list of the best zombie comics you can buy today Learn about The Walking Dead from Image Comics, Marvel Zombies, The New Deadwardians, Fanboys vs Zombies, iZombie and[...]

There is no debate that his personal contributions to comics were numerous and all expertly crafted, but without the formation of the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon Graphics in 1976, there is a possibility that many talented artists working right now could still be toiling away on notebook paper while working the cash register at[...]

A first preview of All New X-men by Brian Bendis and Stuart Immonen. And so it begins... And a little but of Mark Waid and Leinil Yu's Indestructible Hulk

Armor Wars in the eighties and Armor Wars II in the nineties were two big popular storylines for Iron Man. They looked at the effect the Tony Stark

Including the report on the Gays In Comics panel, celebrating its 25th year, with a star studded panel hosted by Andy Mangels as always, where he was presented with an Inkpot Award, BTW, for his extensive career in and around the comic field and also humanitarian work around the topic of Gays in Comics, and[...]

It was originally announded at being published by Image Comics in September, through three solicitation months have passed since then, without sign. The new issue of Supercrooks from Marvel, published tomorrow, has three pages of previews (one of which is reproduced below) and a couple of head sketches of characters from the planned twelve issue series,[...]

It's been just over a year since New 52 Aquaman first trended on BC, in response to a preview of Aquaman #1 pages by Ivan Reis and Geoff Johns.  Good

This weekend, Gary Erskine and Anna Malady are launching the Roller Grrrls Sketchbook that I saw him previewing at Kapow aimed at the roller derby

The final Marvel NOW! project I've heard about today, and bear in mind that this is just a rumour, is that Daniel Way and Ale Garza are relaunching

Frank Quitely To Write And Draw His Own Comics 8 Harry Hill's Explains A Little About His Movie – Think Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, Perhaps 9 Jill Thompson's Sandman Movie Pitch Art For Sale 10 British Comedians Going Back And Forth Over Coffee – Simon Pegg, Jimmy Carr, Vic Reeves And Many More All the Avengers in pixel form…[...]

I'm told that the Kev Walker is the new artist on Secret Avengers as part of the MarvelNOW! relaunch, the 2000AD artist currently drawing as much Judge

I first heard the whiffs of this rumour a few weeks ago, that the new writer of Action Comics to replace Grant Morrison was another Brit with a 2000AD past, but seemingly from pub conversations recalling half-heard conversations and nothing I could actually stand up Then Andy Diggle tweeted the following; So I just landed the[...]

On the original MarvelNOW! checklist that Bleeding Cool ran a while ago, we had Brian Bendis and Ed McGuinness named for a new Nova series. But there was

Bleeding Cool has reported previously that we expect Ivan Reis to leave Aquaman after issue 16, as part of a DC reshuffle of creators and potentially more cancellations and new books commissioned for January. And that Ivan Reis will move to draw Justice League Of America, replacing Jim Lee on the comic, and keeping the Geoff[...]

You can check the previous MarvelNOW checklist to see how we did, looking at Marvel's upcoming MarvelNOW relaunches. A lot were right, some were wrong.

If you are one of those and want to remember and reminisce, we will be at the store until five o'clock or so. Brian Kozicki had owned Buried Under Comics in Manchester, Connecticut for eighteen years There has been a large outpouring from his customers and friend, adding notes such as; I am truly stunned and can't[...]

It's certainly a very interesting time to be a comic book creator. DC Comics Restarts Their We Can Be Heroes Blank Variant Cover Program With Batman #0 The first of the charity-funding We Can Be Heroes variant cover campaigns was to have been Justice League #12 However, because the program was decided upon at the last minute,[...]

Welcome to the new regular Pop Culture Hound podcast, from Bleeding Cool contributor, Chris Thompson. This week, I chat with creator Ales Kot about his life and inspirations (both in and out of comics) as well as his Image Comics projects Wild Children and Change. Ales is the up-and-coming writer you need to know about, and if[...]

Lauren Sankovitch, Associate Editor for Marvel on Journey Into Mystery, Thor and Winter Soldier, and working on all the Avengers books has now been