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Which, in today's case, means examining those wonderful "coincidences" between Marvel and DC Comics' plans No, not Secret Wars/Convergence, but… everything else over the decades. Then asking a thousand Redditors to pitch in with their opinion and running the vote. The votes not over Feel free to add the Bleeding Cool voice to it…  [...]

Yesterday saw DC Comics hold a Retailer Roadshow in New York, the last such event before the publisher switches coasts for Burbank. On the second floor of the Time & Life Building, comic book retailers strolled through security, to hear and see a presentation by Bob Wayne -his last such event as well – Jim Lee[...]

DC ticked up slightly to take the top spot, but only came out on top because Marvel had quite a slide We also look at the year end totals for both publishers, and their trends as we enter 2015. DC COMICS For the first time in a long time, DC is back in double digits, though just[...]

That is Gary, the on-again-off-again boyfriend in BBC sitcom Miranda. And now he has been cast as Lucifer, in the upcoming Fox adaptation of the DC/Vertigo comic. Bleeding Cool ran the very first script review of the pilot, here In it, we said that the script was such that it would need an extraordinary fellow it lift it up,[...]

A look at a few changes 'twixt solicitations and publication from the Big Two for this week and weeks to come... Deadpool #45/#250 was solicited as

DC Comics is leaving New York for Burbank on April 10th They are holding their last retailer event as a New York publisher tomorrow (let us know if you're going…) So as not to let the door hit them on the way out, Marvel are running special New York themed variant covers in May, showcasing a[...]

Indeed, the New 52 reboot of DC Comics launched her title with a sex scene between her and Batman, both (mostly) in their respective suits. We have had a lesbian Catwoman before, when Selina's right hand woman Holly Robinson took over the role. But from yesterday's Catwoman, we could well be seeing DC's first lead female bisexual[...]

Everything is falling into place with Gotham Academy #5 from DC Comics, written by Becky Cloonan and Brenden Fletcher, with art by Karl Kerschl After four intense issues of this brilliant new series, the puzzle pieces are fitting together nicely Readers have endured a lot of mysterious moments, unsure of where this story was going[...]

When his editor left for Marvel, DC Comics brought over his Vertigo editor to run the books And when Mark Doyle said he wasn't moving to Los Angeles with DC Comics, DC made him an offer he couldn't refuse All to keep Scott Snyder sweet. Snyder is also having more laxity with the Batman book, as[...]

During the red carpet for the Academy Awards on Sunday, MTV had a chance to talk with Dwayne Johnson about his upcoming role as Black Adam in a Shazam

Another Wednesday, another host of comic books to dive into. And, a magazine! The Female Heroes issue, handily published on the same day as Secret Origins

It's already sold out and gone to second print a retailers rushed to get extra copies after the importance of today's Secret Origins #10 to those who both

Welcome to today's guide to the dimensional ins and outs of the Marvel and DC Universes as they approach their respective convergences, incursions and crises. Spider-Verse gets its epilogue in Amazing Spider-Man as everyone goes back to their respective times and dimensions But not everyone We saw in Avengers how the Captain Britain Corps were wiped[...]

From AZCentral, the website of 12News, an interview with actress Margot Robbie about her film Focus, starring with Will Smith, out this week. Except she

So, we said this was going to be a thing. Secret Origins #10 from DC Comics out tomorrow, has already sold out at Diamond Comic Distributors Retelling the origin of Batgirl, it appears to be doing a considerable deal of retconning. Retailers will now be able to buy a second print, available at the end of March…   [...]

Hitfix have the preview, But they don't know exactly what they have… Secret Origins #10 out from DC Comics tomorrow from Cameron Stewart, Brenden Fletcher and Irene Koh spill the beans that were teased in the previous issue of Batgirl… Back up, back up… her mind recorded for an implant… experimental procedure… Exactly who – or[...]

And the companies took notice, much like when Nirvana's Nevermind stormed the charts. Marvel and, even more so, DC have taken notice and introduced bold and exciting new publishing agendas with an emphasis on bringing the comic book reading audience books that reflect and represent THEM! It's an exciting time Once word spreads to the public at[...]

I feel sorry for the actresses playing these girlfriends, because they have to put up with millions of viewers hating them. What I'm curious about is what the writers of the DC shows were thinking when they seemed to write themselves into this strange corner of turning The Main Girlfriend character into an asshole Did they[...]

   Marvel only gets one comic in the top ten while DC  gets 4  Woman driven comics continue to drive our Business. Harley Quinn continues to be 20% of our weekly sales and Lady Mechanika #4 shatters all previous #1 indy sales in volume  We continue to see Marvel and DC sales drop and Indies continue[...]

Though it's past Valentine's Day, all of February is Harley Quinn month for DC Comics and they along with Hot Topics (who has a line of Harley Quinn clothing) have put together this on-line quiz to find your Mad Love Match… Click here to take the quiz. And if you're curious… yes I took the quiz and[...]

From DC Comics, Teen Titans Go! #8, features two stories: The Rocky Road To Love, written by Amy Wolfram, with art by Lea Hernandez, and One Potato Two Potato Couch Potato, written by Sholly Fisch, with art by Jorge Corona. The Rocky Road To Love is a story about the superhero team's Valentine's Day experience Expecting[...]

Yesterday's DC presentation at ComicsPRO was also in honour of Senior Vice President and ex-comics retailer Bob Wayne, who is leaving DC Comics this spring after decades at the publisher when they move from New York Part tribute, part roast, he got quite the standing ovation. Photo from Calum Johnston. Follow more of our ComicsPRO Portland 2015 coverage here. [...]

And more on yesterday's presentations from DC Comics, specifically the collectibles panel. The DC Collectibles panels ran through what they see as the more marketable of their upcoming products Which includes A Terry Dodson designer action figure line based on his work on Teen Titans Earth One. The Batman Animated Batmobile for $99.95. The Roxy Rocket deluxe action figure,[...]

DC senior staffers Bob Wayne, Jim Lee and Dan DiDio made a presentation to comic store retailers today, at ComicsPRO in Portland As ever, Bleeding Cool has folks on the ground to cover the conversations being had. They talked about how Convergence celebrates DC's eighty year history, and how the entire event was entirely edited by Marie Javins[...]

A few slips, twixt solicitations and publication, from the Big Two. Guardians 3000 #6 will no longer be drawn by Gerardo Sandoval. Batman Eternal #46 was

Fox has given an official pilot order for Lucifer based on the DC Comics character Coming from the combined effort of Jerry Bruckheimer Television, Aggressive Mediocrity and Warner Bros TV, the series follows the Lord of Hell as he gives up his throne and heads to Los Angeles where he helps the LAPD catch and[...]

Today will see Dark Horse and DC Comics give their big presentations at the ComicsPRO comic book retailer meeting in Portland. We talked about Dark Horse's plans earlier, and DC Comics will be reiterating much of what they told people at Burbank and Orlando recently. One thing I was told from a mysterious "1700 Broadway" fake e-mail[...]

Dark Horse's Scott Allie and DC's Dan DiDio in the ComicsPRO bar last night… is it me or do they loo ka little like upside down images of each other? And this is what they were drinking in the bar… And these are the hotel key cards exchanged in the bar…..but remember, what happens in ComicsPRO, stays in[...]

It's always fun when you write one piece of gossip (such as Geoff Johns moving back from two to one monthly comic, orders from above) and have some of it confirmed (DC creators bitching amongst themselves about Geoff Johns choosing his own comics to see turned into DVT over others) and have others denied. Such that[...]

Brace yourself for a roller coaster of emotions in Batgirl #39, From DC Comics, written by Brenden Fletcher and Cameron Stewart, with art by Babs Tarr Things are becoming increasingly complicated for Barbara Gordon, as the new start she hoped to have in Burnside, isn't the clean slate she hoped it would be Barbara is[...]