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Big Bulky New Looks For All New X-Men, Justice League Dark And Ultimate Spider-Man (SPOILERS)

Posted on January 2, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Today three classic characters get new looks. One or two may be more permanent that the others, but all refer back to the past, or an old continuity, with a certain twist…

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Venom Comes To Philadelphia. Local Press Hold A Party.

Posted on September 3, 2012 by Rich Johnston

The local media is getting excited… just not necessary the local media in Philadelphia. Either way Marvel comics character, Venom, is leaving New York for Philadelphia. Both the writer Cullen Bunn and editor Tom Brennan went to Philadelphia’s Drexel University, …

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Gender Bias In Comic Con Cosplay

Posted on August 16, 2012 by Rich Johnston

RJ Droll writes for Bleeding Cool from Wizard World Chicago; So last weekend was Wizard World Chicago, held in Rosemont, IL. As in the past, the Convention Official Hotel was the Hyatt Regency O’Hare. I attended with some friends, and …

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Venom’s Co-Creator Kickstarts A New Comic, Bigger Bang Galaxy

Posted on August 4, 2012 by Rich Johnston

And we’re off. David Michelinie and Weilin Yang are creating a new comic book, Bigger Bang Galaxy. Most scientists agree that between 10 and 15 billion years ago, the Big Bang–an as-yet unexplained cosmic detonation–created the universe. But what if …

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The Venom Cosplay Photos That Facebook Banned

Posted on August 2, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Okay, one last thing. The Venom cosplay photos using liquid latex that got the photographer two strikes and a Facebook lock out before he gets banned completely. Venom co-creator David Michelenie originally planned Venom to be female, you know. Here …

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Three More Marvel Missing In Action Or Cancelled…

Posted on July 11, 2012 by Rich Johnston

As well as the nine titles mentioned on Bleeding Cool that are being relaunched or coming to an end at Marvel in October, there may be more on the slate. It looks like the Kieron Gillen Journey Into Mystery comic …

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Saturday Trending Topics: Venom, An Eddie Brock Story

Posted on June 10, 2012 by Mark Seifert

Trending today, a post with a quote from Avi Arad about the potential of the planned upcoming Venom film: “It’s an Eddie Brock story… We want to be as close to the comics as possible. Especially in Eddie Brock’s story. But again, …

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Venom Movie Set To Cross Over With The Amazing Spider-Man

Posted on June 9, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

Working their way from Iron Man to The Avengers, Marvel Studios have brought the comic book-style crossover story to the big screen, with scoops full of style and no small amount of financial success. Now, as we’ve learned this week, Warner Bros. …

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Selling The Todd McFarlane Cover To Spider-Man #1… And More

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Rich Johnston

  Heritage Auctions is selling the original art to the cover of Spider-Man #1 by Todd McFarlane, on behalf of its owner Martin Shamus, father of Wizard Magazine‘s Gareb and Steven Shamus. The cover of Wizard #1 was famously based …

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Dealing Cool #4: A Retailer Perspective from Black Cat Comics

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Keith Davidsen

Welcome to the fourth installment of Dealing Cool, our new regular feature which shares retailer perspectives from among the racks and behind the register. Today, we’re proud to present insight from Greg Gage of Black Cat Comics. Enjoy!     …

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The Red Star Is Josh Trank’s Latest Comics-To-Film Project

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

From the pre-release buzz on Chronicle, director Josh Trank was linked to Fantastic Four. Then after, the film’s release he was put in the frame with the in-development Venom movie. It’s not yet known if either of those conversations are …

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Venom Movie Back On The Cards, Chronicle Director Josh Trank In The Frame To Direct

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

Once upon a time, Zombieland scriptwriters Paul Wernick & Rhett Reese were working on a screenplay for a Venom movie, spinning off the character alongside Sony’s main Spider-Man series. Then director Gary Ross became involved, before getting on board with …

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Those Venom Valentine Cards In Full

Posted on December 24, 2011 by Rich Johnston

Yes I know it’s Christmas Eve and here I am blathering on about Valenetine’s Day. But a few weeks ago, Bleeding Cool told you that Marvel would be issuing promotional Valentine’s Day Cards  tied to retailers’ orders if the Venom …

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A Very Venom Valentine’s Day

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Rich Johnston

At the heart of the character of Venom is a love story. One between the alien symbiote and Peter Parker. Joined on the Patchwork Planet, the symbiote did everything it could to be with, to stay with, to feed off …

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Tuesday Runaround: Twilight Sets Again

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Rich Johnston

ConWatch: The MCM London Expo this weekend gets some local press. Really local. I am told that organisers aren’t expecting volcanic disruption.. June4thWatch: Joe Kubert will be signing at Dewey’s Comic City on June 4th, in Madison, New Jersey. June4thWatch2: …

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Flashpoint Thursday… Venom?

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Rich Johnston

First Marvel published Marville with a Smallville lookalike cover. They  published Identity Disc during DC’s Identity Crisis. Then they renamed the X-Men animation to Final Crisis when they sold it on DVD. And now… well… for July. Venom: Flashpoint #1. …

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Wednesday Comics Review – Ultimate Spider-Man 153 and Amazing Spider-Man 654

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Rich Johnston

There’s five hundred issues between them, and they star the same character but these feel very different comics. For one thing, they cost the same, but you can measure the difference in your hand. Ultimate Spider-Man is light, Amazing Spider-Man …

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Swipe File: Venom Ex Machina?

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Rich Johnston

The new design for Venom does bear a little resemblance to the costume of Appleseed Ex Machina‘s Briareos Hecatonchires, no? In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to some degree. They may be homages, …

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