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Marvel Now First 52 – Tuesday Trending Topics

Not sure what’s going on here yet, but they have everyone’s attention: So we had this Marvel First thing. Now Marvel asks us to count to 52 with some suspiciously Wolverine-looking cuts. Most-Read Comic Stories Today: I’ve Just Had A Terrible …

Is That The Birth Of Thanos In April?

From Jason Aaron and Simone Bianchi in April from Marvel. Something involving a birth. And something involving someone purple. My best guess is a Thanos Origin series, the like of which was cancelled last year before publication. Could this be …

Walter Simonson Joins Mark Waid On Hulk… And Thor Too?

  Walter Simonson will be drawing Mark Waid‘s Hulk in April, and it looks like he is struggling with certain Mjlonir. Courtesy of iFanboy who got the image from Marvel PR. Could this be where recent tweeted pics from Simonson …

A Comic Show – “A Crazy Curse Word Or Pooping”

Aaron Haaland writes; Hey Fandom! This week we start with SAGA #8 and I weigh in on the Image reprint snafu. Then there’s Locke & Key and Chew to prove that I love creator owned books! I really do! Then …

More Marvel NOW! In April… Ant Man And Heroes For Hire?

I confess, I did think that March would see the culmination of Marvel NOW! reaunches. It was meant to go up to February, then we got a bunch of new surprising titles for March, such as Cornell and Davis’ Wolverine. …

Grace Randolph’s Between The Pages – Talking With Jessica Boyd About Marvel NOW!

Think About The Ink Presents: Marvel Now has officially launched and host Grace Randolph, from Beyond The Trailer, gives an in-depth review along with host Jessica Boyd about the first round of Marvel Now titles from this week or so! …

ComiXology All Over The World – Israel Feels Fear Itself, Popeye Takes China

It looks like a Cable sale is being launched through Marvel and ComiXology on Friday, issues 1-25 of his most recent series are currently 99 cents each in the UK, as are issues 1-15 of the first X-Force series – …

Marvel NOW! Increases Reorders Across The Board

Marvel NOW! dominates the Advance Reorder chart, that measures the amount of advance reorders Diamond Comic Distributors is receiving before the comics actually ship. This is often distorted by high price items, second prints and variant prints, but it does …

Video Trailer: Avengers #1 by Jonathan Hickman and Jerome Opena

Tomorrow, Marvel publish Avengers #1 by Jonathan Hickman and Jerome Opena. It looks like it might be rather good. Here’s a video preview… including the first few scenes of the comic in motion form, Marvel is pleased to present your …

New Skottie Young Baby Covers For Marvel, And NOW2

February brings a batch of new Skottie Young “Baby Variant” covers, tiered to certain order levels, from Marvel. Or the “Young Baby” variants, which still sounds weird. Retailers order Fearless Defenders #1 and Secret Avengers #1 can order extra Baby …

Thursday Trending Topics: Marvel NEW! Universe

Version 3.0? In the eighties Jim Shooter tried to spearhead a brand new superhero continuity at Marvel Comics, the New Universe, featuring the likes of John Romita Jr, Peter David, Tom DeFalco, Fabian Nicieza, Paul Ryan, Fabian Nicieza, Mark Gruenwald, John …

Amazing Spider-Man, Marvel NOW, Death Of The Family And My Little Pony Clean Up On Reorders

Amazing Spider-Man dominates the advance reorder chart this week, tracking the increased orders of comics by retailers through Diamond in the weeks before the comic is published. As ever, second prints and certain variants are over represented on this chart, …

A Few New Marvel Variants And Some Preview Pages Too

There we go folks, courtesy of a friendly retailer,  a few more Marvel variant covers, Guardians Of The Galaxy #0.1 Ed McGuinness variant for February, the Skottie Young Baby variant of Uncanny X-Force #1 for January, An X-Men Legacy #3 …

Drunk Comics Creator Spills Spider-Man Spoiler In Strip Club

So I get the following message, redacted to spare blushes and spoilers. Marvel creator [REDACTED] got drunk in a stripclub in [REDACTED] and blurted out the entire synopsis for ASM 698-700. [REDACTED] with accidental assistance from Doc Strange [REDACTED]. Leaving …

Just How Much Did Red She-Hulk Overship Anyway? (UPDATE)

(UPDATE: This article was based on a number of stores reporting they had received very large overships of the title. Marvel however assures me that this wasn’t policy and I have subsequently heard from other stores that received no such …

Grace Randolph’s Stacktastic: Reading Marvel NOW, Now.

Think About The Ink presents: The Marvel Now relaunch is beginning. This week host Grace Randolph gives her review of Iron Man #1 and Deadpool #1. Plus also on Opinion Nation, her thoughts on why Miles Morales shouldn’t be stuck …