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Legendary X-Men scribe Chris Claremont reunited with Bill Sienkiewicz for New Mutants: War Children, a Marvel 80th-anniversary one-shot released last Wednesday But why doesn't Claremont, who is paid to remain a Marvel-exclusive writer, contribute more than the occasional one-shot or short story to the franchise which he played a bigger role than anyone else in[...]

Black Cat #5 is in stores from Marvel Comics next week, by Jed MacKay, Travel Foreman, Brian Reber, and Feran Delgado, and we've got a preview below. Felicia's scheme to infiltrate the headquarters of the Fantastic Four by going on a date with the ever-gullible, always thinking-with-his-flame Johnny Storm, has gone awry. And Felicia, Johnny, and her[...]

Runaways #25 hits stores from Marvel Comics next week, promising a new era for Runaways, and giving us a formal introduction to Doc Justice, who appeared at the end of last issue Rainbow Rowell, Andres Genolet, Federico Blee, Matthew Wilson, and Joe Caramagna bring us this story, and we've got a preview below. Last issue, Nico[...]

Ghost Rider #1 hits stores from Marvel Comics next week, by Canada's favorite son Ed Brisson, Aaron Kuder, and more The comic brings Johnny Blaze and Danny Ketch back to the forefront, and we've got a preview below. And the preview begins with Johnny Blaze reflecting on his life and regrets. Though things worked out okay, as[...]

Something is infecting the Marvel Universe next week, and readers had better hope they've vaccinated themselves against extraneous event comics If not, they'll be stuck shelling out weekly for Contagion, with the first issue by Canada's favorite son Ed Brisson, along with Roge Antonio, Stephen Segovia, and more in stores next Wednesday and previewed below. It[...]

Champions #10 hits stores from Marvel Comics next week, by Jim Zub, Steven Cummings, Marcio Menyz, and Clayton Cowles… and for the last time, as the series is canceled with this issue, perhaps to be replaced next year by Young Avengers instead? But that's to be sorted out later For now, we've got a series to[...]

What an amazing thing. Here's to 300 more! Maybe let me write a few, yeah, Todd? ;) https://t.co/m3clDuJCPU — DONNY⚡️CATES (@Doncates) September 27, 2019 Will your Marvel contract allow for such, Donny? Do they have a clause for such things? Here's a look at Spawn #301 on the printing presses, courtesy of Todd.   Yesterday, Bleeding Cool reported the news that[...]

Bleeding Cool ran a first preview look at Marvel's upcoming Incoming one-shot for Christmas week. Well, it is also the prime candidate for comic book retailers' exclusive variant covers for December. Traditionally, Marvel Comics offer anything from 6 to 16 titles for such cover commissions in exchange for retailers ordering three thousand and more copies of a comic[...]

As is Avengers #24, the first printings of which were published this past week. And there are further printings for Marvel collections, Hulk: Planet Hulk Prelude, Marvel Superhero Adventures: To Wakanda And Beyond, Marvel Universe: The End, Thor Vol 2 Road To The War Of The Realms and The War Of The Realms: New Agents Of[...]

I wonder if Todd McFarlane's people had a word? Because it seems that the planned Marvel Zombies revival, dubbed Marvel Zombies Respawn it to be renamed Marvel Zombies Resurrection. No more Spawn in its title. Here's your last look at the cover before they have to change the logo. MARVEL ZOMBIES RESURRECTION #1 (W) Phillip Kennedy Johnson (A) Leonard[...]

They may be teasing a marriage between Spider-Man and Black Cat in the upcoming Black Cat Annual, that simultaneously trolls the fans still annoyed about One More Day, as well as the Batman fans still annoyed at the Batman/Catwoman non-marriage. But it appears that the book will have a brand-new art team, as opposed to what[...]

Disney executive Bob Iger's new autobiography The Ride of A Lifetime, looks at a number of contentious moments in Disney's history, including dealing with Marvel Studios And includes the claim that Iger overruled concerns about the box office potential of Black Panther and Captain Marvel and ordered Marvel Comics chair Ike Perlmutter to put the[...]

This November, Marvel Comics will break a new record, publishing two-thousand-ninety-nine variant covers in a single month! The House of Ideas, whose main idea is pretty much always "make more variant covers," revealed the news in a press release on their website It's unclear how Marvel will manager to produce this many variant covers in[...]

Marvel has finally revealed what the Anolute Carnage: Miles Morales #2 variant they'll be giving away at New York Comic Con next week will look like Previously listed as "classified" with a redacted cover, the House of Ideas has perhaps been inspired by the recent actions of their Chairman's good friend, Donald Trump, and declassified[...]

Rod Lamberti of Rodman Comics writes weekly for Bleeding Cool. Find previous columns here. Back in May Marvel's Editor and Chief C.B.  Cebulski sent this out:  "The last comic to sell a million copies was Star Wars #1 Which was almost five years ago I feel it's about time we publish another title that sells over seven figures[...]

Nearly five months after it was announced that Marvel and Hulu (both controlled by Disney and are integral parts of the company's entire Disney+ streaming service rollout) were working on live-action series Marvel's Ghost Rider and Marvel's Helstrom, reports broke on Wednesday that the streaming service would not be moving ahead with Marvel's Ghost Rider[...]

This may be seen as pre-NYCC Marvel gossip but it came out of comic book professionals chattering at the bar at Rose City Comic Con in Portland a few weeks ago. We know that Marvel Comics replaced Mark Waid's essay about Captain America from Marvel Comics #1000 over political concerns last month Now nicknamed as 'Orange[...]

Marvel Comics #1000 initially had a much greater tease for a new Young Avengers series, but that was edited back before publication But now we hear that yes, Marvel Comics is planning to publish a new Young Avengers series next year Just don't expect Allan Heinberg and Jim Cheung, there's a brand new creative team[...]

Some people wonder why Marvel Comics publishing plans aren't quite as tied down in relation to their movies as DC Comics' titles tend to be The big reason is that Marvel Comics tends to find out what Marvel Studios is planning about the same time you do Which is why they get very excited when[...]

Back in February, Marvel and SerialBox announced news that shook the world of comic-themed serialized audio and prose novels to its very foundations, ensuring that nothing would ever be the same again Of course, we're talking about the serialized books to be produced by a writers rooms, under the direction of showrunner Alex de Campi,[...]

Where supply and demand and most accurately reflected, where you can see which books are hot, where new orders are coming in and how retailers are reacting to new, unanticipated desire! And courtesy of stats from Diamond Comic Distributors. TOP 25 ADVANCE REORDER COMICS/GRAPHIC NOVELS/TPS Publication Price Publisher X-MEN #1 DX $4.99 MARVEL COMICS X-MEN #1 ARTGERM VAR DX $4.99 MARVEL COMICS SPIDER-MAN #2 (OF 5) $3.99 MARVEL[...]

The Marauders is one of the six titles spinning out of House Of X and Powers Of X, by Gerry Duggan and Matteo Lolli.   And today's House Of

Nearly five months after it was announced that Marvel and Hulu (both coincidentally controlled by Disney and an integral part of the company's entire Disney+ streaming service rollout) were working on live-action series Marvel's Ghost Rider and Marvel's Helstrom, Deadline Hollywood is reporting exclusively that the streaming service is not moving ahead with Marvel's Ghost Rider[...]

Marvel Comics is offering readers an opportunity to get a better look at the underside of the Marvel Universe No, not in the same sense as a Milo Manara cover… though this does also involve Spider-Woman That's right, Marvel is offering a limited-time Digital Director's Cut of Strikeforce #1 by Tini Howard and German Peralta,[...]

  Kindred, as seen in recent Amazing Spider-Man comics by Nick Spencer and Ryan Ottley, once upon a time, was a human who died and went to hell. He

Three years ago, Bleeding Cool suggested that the Marvel Comics character Daimon Hellstrom was to make a comeback A side mention in spoilers for Civil War II #1, a number of mentions in Patsy Walker AKA Hellcat, then there was a collection of his original Son Of Satan stories and then a mention in Squadron Supreme. We[...]

NO MERCY. ALL NEW, ONGOING SERIES! From the dark minds of rising stars Tini Howard and Germán Peralta comes a tale of the underside of the Marvel Universe! A new threat is secretly taking over the planet — and the more people who know about it, the more powerful the threat becomes Blade dealt with this threat[...]

When Marvel Comics published Fearless #1, Bleeding Cool reported that it was 'an Actual Feminist Polemic' but that Marvel Fanboys would want it anyway, for the appearance of certain fan favourite characters, new to the Marvel Universe. We noted that there had been much outrage from certain corners of fandom at what they considered to be[...]

With each issue of late, Marvel's Captain America has been getting a little more political Dropping the Captain America name and colours in favour of the Super Soldier look has not only freed up the actions of Steve Rogers, but also, it seems what he is willing to let himself think As if the responsibilities[...]

Something about black holes in the Marvel Universe.   That each black hole is formed by an incredible dense machine intelligence And this happens all over the universe, time and time again. And that a Titan is an interstellar society that has become so advanced that the density of its unified intelligence has collapsed space-time into a singularity[...]