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Symbiote Spider-Man #5
Marvel's need to publish at least five monthly Spider-Man comics Peter David is familiar with two of those And that brings us to this preview of Symbiote Spider-Man #5, out next week by David and Greg Land…   As we head back to the 1980s, when Spider-Man first gained his black costume, to find Mysterio leaving regular[...]
Silver Surfer: Prodigal Sun #1
And we've got a preview… With a recap page that actually bothers to make note of when the issue takes place in the ever-confusing Marvel timeline (before Silver Surfer: Black) Nice! The preview begins with a flashback… …and a political scheme. But when Prodigal arrives on the planet, he finds chaos Why? Because it's feeding time for Galactus. And as[...]
Absolute Carnage: Scream #1
Absolute Carnage is off and running, but Marvel feels that $7.99 they charged for the first issue simply wasn't enough, and so they are releasing a series of spinoffs, starting next week with Absolute Carnage: Scream #1, by Cullen Bunn and Gerardo Sandoval, featuring the return of the titular symbiote, as seen in this preview. For[...]
Silver Surfer: Black #3
Silver Surfer: Black #3 hits stores next week from Marvel Comics, by the creative team of global entertainment superstar Donny Cates and Tradd Moore And you know what time it is in this preview? That's right It's sexy time.   But first, a recap… And then, the Surfer has a naughty dream about Shalla-Bal. The Surfer, it seems, wants[...]
X-Factor #87
Next week, Marvel Comics will release a facsimile edition of X-Factor #87, 1993's start to a bold new era of X-Factor following the X-Cutioner's Song crossover event, by Peter David and Joe Quesada And while we appreciate the idea of facsimile editions in general, our favorite part is getting a good look at the old[...]
Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #47
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #47 hit stores from Marvel Comics next week, by Ryan North and Derek Charm, as the series heads toward its conclusion This preview kicks off what's billed as the "start of the most nuts Squirrel Girl story ever as lives hang in the balance, narrative threads are resolved, and shocking reveals[...]
Amazing Spider-Man #27
Amazing Spider-Man #27 (legacy number 828) hits stores from Marvel Comics next week, by Nick Spencer and Kev Walker, and this preview of the issue jumps right into the action… Well, after a brief recap, of course Blah blah radioactive spider, blah blah great responsibility You get it. And then we find Boomerang the target of the[...]
Gwenpool Strikes Back #1
Gwenpool Strikes Back, a new five-issue limited series by Leah Williams and David Baldeon, hits stores next week from Marvel And this preview of Gwenpool Strikes Back #1 comes out of the gate swinging…   …with Gwenpool expressing the desire to squeeze pregnant women, and surprised to find herself in a solo series again.   Gwenpool works out what's[...]
Donald Trump shakes hands with Marvel Chairman Ike Perlmutter at a bill signing.
Bleeding Cool has long-documented the strange adventures of Marvel Entertainment Chairman Ike Perlmutter, from his elusive avoidance of the public eye (until recently) to his feud with Fox over the movie rights to Fantastic Four and X-Men that caused both properties to be downplayed in comics to his falling out with Kevin Feige over the[...]
Marvel Comics Second and Third Printings for September 11th
Marvel Comics is putting a burst of second and third printings out for September 11th, 2019. Venom #17, Avengers #22, Fantastic Four #12, Immortal Hulk #22, Daredevil #9 and Agents Of Atlas #1 all get second printings While Immortal Hulk #22 gets a third printing. No visuals yet of course, though we ran a bunch the other[...]
"Marvel Future Fight" Receives A New Hero This Week With Wave
Netmarble released details this week of the latest addition coming to Marvel Future Fight as Filipina superhero Wave joins the battle The character was introduced in Marvel's War of the Realms: New Agents of Atlas earlier this year, and now makes her first game appearance on mobile The game will also get a classic look for[...]
Dan Didio Calls Out Nostalgia, Speculator Marketing
Echoing some of the points we've been making for years, here at Bleeding Cool and before that at The Outhouse, Didio, called out "speculator marketing" and other gimmickry used by comic book publishers (read: Marvel) to "give the appearance of a healthy industry" despite not actually doing anything to increase the readership of individual titles. Didio's[...]
Blame Canada For This 7-Page Preview of Alpha Flight: True North
Marvel has released an unlettered preview of Alpha Flight: True North, the upcoming one-shot comic starring Canada's favorite superhero team But what's all this aboot "blame Canada," eh? Well, that's because the creative teams involved are all Canadians. Written by Jim Zub, Jed MacKay, and Ed Brisson⁠ with art by Max Dunbar, Djibril Morissette-Phan, and Scott[...]
Will (SPOILER)'s Death Have Consequences? Teen Titans #30 Preview
And the current Marvel Universe, the one we're familiar with from past X-Men comics, is Moira's tenth life And also, she faked her own death and is still alive. But there might have been a little confusion about that because there was an issue with the timeline as presented in the book, and that's what Hickman[...]
Absolute Carnage #1 Gets a Digital Director's Cut
Marvel is now offering a digital director's cut version of the comic featuring a script draft, process art, and a variant cover gallery The digital copy is available for free if you have ordered, or do order, a digital copy before midnight on August 20th or if you redeem a free digital copy of a[...]
Unstoppable Wasp Revived in 2020 as a YA Novel by Sam Maggs
Following the recent cancellation of Unstoppable Wasp with Unstoppable Wasp #10, Marvel has announced that the character will return in the form of a young adult novel by author Sam Maggs in 2020 Marvel revealed the news on their website, with the story summarized as: In this thrilling new adventure, Nadia is struggling with something we're[...]
Marvel Strike Force Fantastic 4
FoxNet Games announced five new characters on the way to Marvel Strike Force, as we're getting the complete Fantastic Four and Namor You can read the full details and see the trailer here, but essentially they're coming in with a bang and in time for an 8th Anniversary event Best of luck to all of[...]
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While ABC's Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D may be set to shuffle off the network's programming coil after its upcoming seventh season, the network is looking to stay in the Marvel Television superhero business a little while longer According to a report from Deadline Hollywood, the broadcaster is in "active talks" for a new Marvel series[...]
Gemma Chan in Talks to Join the Cast of "The Eternals"
The second movie in phase four of the Marvel Cinematic Universe unveiled its all-star cast in Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con last month and also confirmed its November 2020 release date However, Variety is reporting that a new star could be joining the line-up Gemma Chan is reportedly in talks to join the cast[...]
Killing a God in Savage Avengers #4 [Preview]
And there came a day, a day unlike other, when Earth's greatest heroes and heroines found themselves united against a common threat: the need to maximize the return on Marvel paying for the Conan the Barbarian comic book license On that day, the Savage Avengers were born, to sell the comics only three or four[...]
A Brief Glimpse Inside House of X #2 [Preview]
House of X #2, the second issue of one half of the next era of X-Men prologue by Jonathan Hickman and Pepe Larraz, is hitting stores in two days, but Marvel is keeping things tightly under wraps, not even releasing a preview of the issue However, on the most recent episode of Marvel Minute, the[...]
Marvel Has Produced a TV Commercial for House of X and Powers of X
It looks like Marvel means business when it comes to Jonathan Hickman's mission of returning the X-Men to their proper place of prominence as the greatest franchise in comics Marvel has produced a 30-second television commercial for House of X and Powers X, which they've revealed on their website (and which you can watch below)[...]
What Really Happened to the Guardians of the Galaxy? Old Man Quill #8 [Preview]
A lot of Marvel maniacs dutifully buying Old Man Quill may have seen the 12-issue maxi-series as yet another attempt to cash in on the Old [Gender] [Superhero] trend of comics, telling a future story involving a popular hero that will never actually take place since Marvel's universe is in a constant state of flux[...]
A Case of Mistaken Identity in Black Cat #3 [Preview]
Black Cat #1 inexplicably sold a buttload of comics, but while that may have more to do with variant covers and other Marvel nonsense, the adventure taking place inside the book itself has actually been pretty entertaining And as we see in this preview of Black Cat #3, the insanity is only escalating, as the[...]