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Could Kick Ass 3 Be Called Justice Forever? Or Is This Something Else?

Posted on January 30, 2013 by Rich Johnston

John Romita Jr and Mark Millar’s Millarworld Limited have jointly registered the trademark “Justice Forever” with the USA. The name of the Real Life Superhero group in the Kick Ass comic, and appearing in the upcoming Kick Ass 2 film, …

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Will We Get A Claremont/John Romita Jr Hardcover X-Men Omnibus? (Sadly Not)

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Rich Johnston

I was just talking about this run earlier today. It stays strong in my mind, the John Romita Jr/Chris Claremont run on Uncanny X-Men. Rachel as Phoenix, techno organic virus, the Trial Of Magneto, Sir James Jaspers… some of my …

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Friday Trending Topics: Friday Now

Posted on August 11, 2012 by Mark Seifert

The new Now Announcements today were Si Spurrier and Tan Eng Huat on X-Men Legacy, and Rick Remender and John Romita Jr on Captain America.  What’s next for Marvel Now? Rich seems to have deciphered some elaborate Da Vinci Code-like …

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Two Hours Till iFanboy And MTV Geek Confirm Remender And JrJr On Cap, And Spurrier And Huat On A New X-Book

Posted on August 10, 2012 by Rich Johnston

9am ET. That’s when it’s expected that iFanboy and MTV Geek will confirm Rick Remender and John Romita Jr on the newly relaunched Captain America, and Si Spurrier and Tan Eng Huat on a new X-book, for Marvel Now. I’ll …

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Checking That Marvel Now Checklist

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Rich Johnston

So how did we do? In June, Bleeding Cool ran a checklist of rumours we’d heard about Marvel NOW! Including that it would be called Marvel NOW! Let’s see how it has played out so far… That’s not too bad. …

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Rick Remender And John Romita Jr To Relaunch Captain America For Marvel NOW!

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Rich Johnston

In a deal with iFanboy, Marvel have announced that Captain America will relaunch from Rick Remender and John Romita Jr as part of Marvel NOW! We informed you of this event at previous juncture. A few more ticks for the …

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Shmuggy & Bimbo From Howard Chaykin And John Romita Jr In 2013 (UPDATE)

Posted on June 27, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Bleeding Cool first mentioned this comic by Howard Chaykin and John Romita Jr a while ago, back in 2009. Then it was being referred to as Shmuggy & Bimbo. It seems to have lost an H. This is what we …

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Stuart Immonen Working On A New Bi-Weekly Comic For Marvel Now?

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Spinning out of Heroes Con in Charlotte, comes the rumour that Marvel will be launching a new bi-weekly comic book, with Stuart Immonen, at least in part, on art. I hope we can presume some Kathryn Immonen input as well. …

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John Romita Jr. Says Kick Ass 2 Films This Summer For Release Next May, Hopes To Direct Animated Segment

Posted on May 6, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

Kick Ass 2 movie is a go.

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John Romita Jr’s Guinness World Record Attempt: The Press Conference

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Rich Johnston

There were about twenty people at the Heroes For Jordan press conference for John Romita Jr’s attempt on his own Guinness World Record for continual sketching and signing. And two of those were from Bleeding Cool, Vincent Santos with his …

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John Romita Jr To Attempt Fifty Hour Signing And Sketching World Record For Heroes For Jordan

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Rich Johnston

John Romita Jr, co-creator of Kick Ass, The Gray Area and long standing Marvel artist will be attempting to sign and sketch continually for longer than anyone else. The prevous Guinness Book of World Record is for forty-eight hours, set …

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Hit-Girl #1 Missed Off Retailers’ Order Form

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Last year, Kick Ass 2 #5 by Mark Millar and John Romita Jr was accidentally left off the order form. It was in Previews, but not on the form that retailers used to order the comic. They did their best …

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Supercrooks, Kick Ass 2, Secret Service – And The Films That Inspire Them

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Warning. There are mild spoilers for the new issues of Kick Ass 2 and Supercrooks in this article. I have avoided anything I consider major spoilers, instead concentrating on overall themes. Mark Millar likes comic books. And he likes films. …

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Scarlet Spider #1 Preview – And A Look Back At The Clone Saga

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Bleeding Cool Staff Writer

Marvel calls it, “Redefining power and responsibility,” but for many in the comic community it’s another return to the worst of the 1990s. The Scarlet Spider – the man formerly known as Kaine – is back in his own series. …

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Could This Be The Hottest Marvel Book Of The Year? Superior Kapow Special #1

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Rich Johnston

Today sees the Superior Kapow World Record Special #1, published by Marvel, arrive on comic book shelves. If you’re lucky. Created at the Kapow Comic Convention earlier in the year, its aim was to tell a Superior story with as …

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Leandro Fernandez Off Hit Girl

Posted on July 28, 2011 by Rich Johnston

It was only weeks ago that I talked to friends of Leandro Fernandez who told me he was still working on Mark Millar’s upcoming Hit Girl series. Well, today Mark Millar has announced that Fernandrez no longer drawing the book …

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Kick Ass 2 #3 – Previews And Schedules

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Rich Johnston

We suggested last night this may be coming. Kick Ass 2 #1 was published on October 20th 2010 . Kick Ass 2 #2 was published on March 20th 2011. And that’s been it, aside from some new chapters appearing in …

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Wednesday Comics Review: Flashpoint – Wonder Woman And The Furies and Fear Itself – Avengers 14

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Rich Johnston

Two comics, two crossovers, one week. Wonder Woman is a pricktease, Avengers is a real surprise. Let’s find out why. We have been told in previous Flashpoint issues and crossovers that Wonder Woman and her fellow Amazons have taken control …

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