This weekend is the FOC date for Incoming #1, the Marvel Comics anthology one-shot set to set up much of what’s happening in 2020, back to a second printing. The thing is, the first printing doesn’t come out until the 26th of December. And the Final Order Cut Off is this weekend. So retailers can […]

Combine our professional obsession with uber-creative genius Ryan Murphy (Glee, Pose, and a billion more) with our love for 80’s horror/slasher films, and it’s easy to understand why we were so excited for FX‘s American Horror Story: 1984. In fact, executive producer Tim Minear only confirmed our excitement when he said this about the current […]

Spider-Man is one of the most iconic characters to come from the world of comics. His recent film Spider-Man: Far from Home took them outside of his comfort zone and overseas. Diamond Select Toys solidifies that final endgame of Spider-Man with their newest figure. This 7-inch figure takes Peter Parker’s final costume and from the finale of […]

Here are the previously-unrevealed contents for DC Comics’ Wonder Woman Giant #2, on Final Order Cutoff this week, with a new cover by Amanda Conner, on-sale in comic stores on DC Massive Week, December 18th. Original stories: The Curse of the K2, a 16-page story written by Jimmy Palmiotti and Amanda Conner with art by Daniel […]

M. Night Shyamalan‘s (Glass, Unbreakable) Apple TV+ series Servant was first announced before there was an Apple TV+ – back in February 2018. With production on the psychological thriller complete and a November 28 premiere date set, the new streaming service is sharing a new teaser that sheds some light on how little Jericho was […]

Well, this is one Magic: The Gathering article I didn’t want to write, but I totally expected it would come up. It was an inevitability as early as this past Friday evening (November 8th), and now we at Bleeding Cool are here to make sense of the wreckage. Here we go. After nonbinary Magic professional player Autumn Burchett‘s cards […]

Prime Minister Boris Johnson‘s made a number of comments about the state of Great Britain, during the ongoing General Election campaign yesterday. And they seem to come in response to yesterday’s video from Momentum that used Batman and the Joker to talk about taxation and modern-day British politics and priorities. Visiting a vehicle manufacturer in […]

This week on Food Network‘s Holiday Baking Championship, host Jesse Palmer challenged the remaining nine contestants to show off their pie baking skills using holiday spiced nuts and harvest ingredients. What I wasn’t expecting out of this episode was the contestants and myself getting hot flashes as we indulged in watching Palmer’s hard nipples as […]

We’re still kind of in awe over the Terminator trailer for Mortal Kombat 11 that we almost forgot Sindel was on the way to the game this month. The hair-whipping banshee herself has returned to the series after unceremoniously being killed off by Nightwolf in MK9, who sacrificed himself in the process. Now she’s back, […]

The third volume of Harleen by Stjepan Sejic has slipped from the 27th of November by three weeks to the 18th of December, what is currently known as DC Comics’ Massive Week. Hope you can find it under all the Batman, Doomsday Clock, Hell Arisen, Justice League and whatnot. While the second issue of Joker/Harley […]

So, this week’s Mr. Robot is probably one of the most intense episodes of the show that I can remember. If you haven’t seen it, there are for sure MAJOR SPOILERS in this article. And another quick reminder / warning? This is yet another episode that deals with the depiction of manipulation and suicide – […]

During G-Star 2019, Pearl Abyss revealed a brand new MMORPG title that will be on the way soon called DokeV, along with a reveal trailer. This cute-looking game shows players gathering creatures to do battle against monsters in what appears to be a very animated version of the real world. You will apparently use three […]

Woke up this morning to the news that Tom Spurgeon of The Comics Journal, Comics Reporter, and so much more, had passed. i will save this comics industry to the ground — Tom Spurgeon (@comicsreporter) July 15, 2017 I always valued Tom, he had my back, and at some of my lowest periods, would send […]

Disney+ has launched with Disney’s archive of movies, recent television shows, and new original shows as well. It’s all to reinforce the Disney brand and Disney as a lifestyle. That’s well and good. Disney has a image for fun and wholesomeness that kept the brand in good stead for decades. Pixar is another brand under […]

During G-Star 2019 in Busan, South Korea, Pearl Abyss announced several new games on the way, including a new IP called Plan 8. The game itself appears to take place in an alien invasion on Earth where people are using the remains of the aliens to build new weapons to defend ourselves. One of the […]

Welcome to the pretty-much-mostly-daily Lying In The Gutters. A run around the day before and the day ahead. You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. And thank you Tom. You had my back. The 15 most-read stories yesterday Did Marvel Censor the New Wolverine Logo Because We Were Too Close to […]

On Wednesday, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson gave a speech at an electric car plant in which he took credit for both the Marvel and DC Cinematic Universes, noting “British actors play both Spiderman and Superman under this Government. I’m going to take credit for it.” It would be tempting to take this as the […]

Following up from BlizzCon this week, Diablo IV‘s game director, Luis Barriga, took a moment to talk to fans in a new blog entry. There isn’t a ton here, just simply talking about the feedback they’ve been getting as they took a week to process it all. But we do know there’s going to be […]

Longtime comics industry journalist, historian, editor and author Tom Spurgeon passed away at the age of 50 today, according to a Facebook post by his brother Whit Spurgeon earlier this evening. Spurgeon was perhaps best known for his five-year stint as Managing Editor and then Executive Editor of The Comics Journal from 1994 to 1999, […]

When the first trailer for Sonic the Hedgehog came out back in April the response was…not great. Actually, the response was one of the loudest initial backlashes we’ve seen in a long time. There is no pleasing fans but this time it seemed like Paramount Pictures had managed to piss off everyone regarding this movie. Usually, […]

Hasbro was kind enough to send us a mysterious Transformers box for free. Just let us take the time to thank them and dive into a review. Right off the bat, the packaging is awesome! Just the box it came in shows of Tansformers greats Optimus and Megatron with the iconic catchphrase “More than meets […]

DC Comics is really going after those young adult readers in a bizarre and unprecedented strategy wherein the comic book industry finally realizes that they might have to consider attracting new readers to the business before all the old ones die off. It’s so crazy, it just might work! As such, next year they will […]

The first episode of The Mandalorian came out yesterday with the release of Disney+ and needless to say people are kind of enjoying it. That isn’t that surprising considering the amount of money that Disney has thrown behind this series but the response from fans to critics has been extremely positive. Even before the series came […]

Conan the Barbarian figure from Chronicle Collectibles was originally announced back in 2016. Since then he has undergone a massive undertaking to make sure the figure was represented perfectly. Chronicle even made a newly sculpted body for this figure in captures a like this of Arnold Schwarzenegger. I figure will include multiple interchangeable hands and a […]

Marvel has shared a sneak peek at five unlettered pages from the event comic that will “rock the Marvel Universe to its core” in December, marking the 967,842nd time a Marvel event has rocked the Marvel Universe to its core. But this time, it will be a murder mystery which rocks said universe, and in […]

Variety reports that Mark Wahlberg is close to returning to the long-gestating Uncharted nearly a decade after he confirmed, live on MTV, that he’d be joining the film as Nathan Drake. At the time in late 2010, with the Uncharted video game series only three years old, David O. Russell was confirmed as director and was […]

A recent book covering the latest plots in the storyline of Magic: The Gathering entitled “War of the Spark: Forsaken” has come under scrutiny by gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer Magic players (among many others) for its content. Greg Weisman, the author, seems to have done a lot of people in the community dirty, according […]

Predator is returning to this jungle in February, but they don’t have fun and games there. Instead, in this new series by Chris Warner, Brian Thies, and Wes Dzoiba, Predators are killing cartel soldiers in the jungles of Central America, which is bad news for Raphael Herrera, a character from Dark Horse’s first Predator series […]

It was in March 2019 when Freeform gave a 10-episode series order for Motherland: Fort Salem, an hour-long drama from Claws creator Eliot Laurence and executive producers Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, and Kevin Messick. Written by series creator/showrunner Laurence and directed by Steven Adelson, the series stars Ashley Nicole Williams, Jessica Sutton, Taylor Hickson, Demetria McKinney, and Amalia Holm. Now viewers […]

Jedi: Fallen Order is only days away from release. This highly anticipated video game will take us on an adventure we have never seen before. Following the story of Cal Kestis after the fall of the Jedi order. We will follow Cal through his journey figuring out what it means to be a Jedi once again. […]

The Maker, an alternate universe version of Reed Richards, has similar powers to our own Reed, and then some. One of his extra powers comes from having a slice of himself in every reality in the Marvel Universe. Is it by using that ability that The Maker has been able to gain the most useful […]

Combine our professional obsession with uber-creative genius Ryan Murphy (Glee, Pose, and a billion more) with our love for 80’s horror/slasher films, and it’s easy to understand why we were so excited for FX‘s American Horror Story: 1984. In fact, executive producer Tim Minear only confirmed our excitement when he said this about the current […]

Google Stadia’s only launch exclusive, Gylt, just got a spooky new launch trailer, and it looks pretty captivating. From its gloomy aesthetic to its overall art style, it might be one to watch if you’re getting one of the units. Tequila Works’ surreal adventure follows a young girl named Sally as she “faces her worst […]

For its first super-mega-crossover event, Lion Forge’s Catalyst Prime universe is going all in. A universe-shaking threat? Check. Heroes of the world need to set aside their differences and unite to stop it? Check. Shocking character deaths? Check. But before we go on, you should know that this article contains spoilers for Catalyst Prime: Seven […]

The Mandalorian debuted on the new Disney + streaming platform yesterday, and I have to admit to being a massive fan right out of the gate. The show has all the swagger of a classic Western movie, yet the real estate it lives and breaths in is very, very Star Wars. A lot of the […]

GameStop has become somewhat more than just a video game store. They have opened their doors to more than just games but toys and collectibles. I’ve been to GameStop more times than I can count just looking for a Funko Pop or an action figure. This time looks like GameStop will be getting it’s very […]

Mel Caylo’s career in marketing is a who’s who of comic book circles. In 1998, Mel Caylo became an Associate Editor for Wizard Magazine: A Guide To Comics before being promoted to Managing Editor in 2000. Taking a break to launch and run a bubble tea shop called Felicitea in Upper Manhattan’s West Side in 2002, […]

It’s been more than three months since director Kevin Smith and Netflix announced they were taking fans back to Eternia with Masters of the Universe: Revelation and more than a week since animation studio Powerhouse (Castlevania) CEO/CCO Brad Graeber shared a look at Smith’s visit to the team’s HQ to check out production. Well, it […]

Hey there, loyal readers and heretics alike! We are back with a review of the boxed set for Games Workshop’s new release, Necromunda: Dark Uprising! As many of you know, I’d been reviewing a good many of Games Workshop’s boxes lately, and in the wake of a bit of a post-GenCon lull, I’m back in the […]

Paul Levitz was the Publisher and President of DC Comics from 2002 until 2009, and had worked for the company for over 35 years in a wide variety of roles. And he held that top job while DC Comics was situated at 1600 Broadway in Manhattan. This is what that building looks like. Paul Levitz is […]

If there is one thing you can rely on the internet to do it is freaking out whenever someone is cast to play Batman.  They did exactly that when Robert Pattinson was announced to take on the roll in the Matt Reeves directed movie. However, Warner Bros. has been filling out the cast over the last several […]

With the impending release of the Sisters of Battle Army Set, the folks at the Warhammer Community Page shared some glimpses of how the army will work in your games of Warhammer: 40K. After giving these rules a look, it’s hard not to get excited about how this enigmatic faction of the Imperium is going […]

The Immortal Hulk #25 was a rather special issue from Al Ewing and Joe Bennett, German Garcia, Ruy Jose, set further in the future than any Marvel Comics title before it, establishing the colour green as the most fearsome of all the realities, and a taboo hue, even in a reality that communicates with colour. […]

It’s been a while since we heard any casting about Disney’s live-action remake of The Little Mermaid. The last we heard about this movie was back in July and we all assumed that we would get some sort of casting announcing at the, at the time, upcoming D23 Expo. However, D23 came and went and we […]

 Rick and Morty are all over the news lately as their fourth season has finally Premiered. The chaotic adventures have a grandpa and his grandson has hilariously swept the country and has easily influenced pop culture. Nothing says pop culture like collectibles, this time Rick and Morty are getting a new two-pack figure set and […]

Thanks to NomadicJaguar64 for pointing this one out. From an interview jn 2008 with then Executive Editor Dan DiDio of DC Comics talking to their media partner Newsarama about those plans for the Fifth World, something we talked about yesterday. And they sound very, very familiar. He is quoted as saying, The DC Universe is […]

As much as we’ve been trying to keep a positive attitude and “stiff upper lip” when it comes to how long we have to wait until Doctor Who Series 12 graces our screens, let’s face it, folks: 2020 is still 2020. Looking at our handy online calendar, what this means is that at a minimum […]

Fantasy Flight Games kicked of their Marvel Champions living card game recently, in which villains put nefarious schemes into play, and heroes race against time to stop them. Fantasy Flight has a really good track record with card games, so it wasn’t much of a surprise when they announced the latest expansion for Marvel Champions: […]

Far Sector #1 is the new DC Comics Green Lantern series coming from Gerard Way‘s not-an-imprint Young Animal by N.K. Jemisin and Jamal Campbell. Bleeding Cool has also reported that we heard a well-sourced rumour that Sojourner “Jo” Mullein may be the new regular Green Lantern, replacing Hal Jordan in 2021 when the current The […]

Anthony and Joe Russo tackle another epic comic battle in Marvel and DC in their latest docu-series Slugfest for Quibi. The toast of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the Russo Brothers directed four of the 23 films of the Infinity War saga. Their films: Captain America: Winter Soldier, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War, and […]

Epic Games just added a new company to their list of acquisitions as they have now taken over Quixel, the creator of Megascans. The latter made the announcement on their blog about the purchase, along with some detailed information about what this means for them. Plus a handy little video for you in the process. […]

It’s comic book addition time. We’ve had Action Comics #1000 and Detective Comics #1000, January will bring us Wonder Woman #750 and February will have The Flash #750, when you add their ongoing series up together. And another excuse for a bumped up 80-page anthology with variant covers running through the decades for $7.99. Joining […]

Well, this is certainly unexpected, to say the least. The upcoming Blumhouse horror film Black Christmas has recently debuted the first official trailer for the returning horror property, and now after assuming it would be a solid R rating for obvious reasons, the film has been said to receive a PG-13 rating making it a […]

In news which may absolutely floor a ton of Magic: The Gathering players while being completely predictable to a good many others, Commander may be the most played Magic format. According to Magic: The Gathering Head Designer Mark Rosewater in an answer to a question posed on his Tumblr blog Blogatog, data suggests that save for extremely […]

Last month saw Warren Ellis, Bryan Hitch, Kevin Nolan and Alex Sinclair give us The Batman’s Grave #1 from DC Comics, including an Alfred Pennyworth on the whisky who had some suggestions for Bruce Wayne. Today, the UK left-wing political movement Momentum that supports Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party, echoed such sentiments in a […]

It seems that the Scooby-Doo movie is finally coming to the big screen. The other day we got a bunch of first-look images and now Warner Bros. has shared a trailer and a poster.  People have been wondering whether or not this was going to be worth it since the original cartoon was a classic […]

Wolverine is the best at what he does! With his first cameo appearance in The Incredible Hulk #180 and his full-fledged issue appearance in The Incredible Hulk #181 Wolverine has been a fan-favorite hero since the ’80s. He has died, been resurrected, traveled to Japan and even to space and back. Iron Studios has recently announced a massive X-Men versus […]

Today, it’s the wedding of Spider-Man and Black Cat in the Black Cat Wedding Annual #1 out today. No, obviously not, but given the Catwoman perspective on her failed wedding out today, it does seem an opportune moment for Marvel to stick their thumb on their noses and wave, from coast to coast. Of course it […]

We’re officially in November – which means The CW‘s “Arrowverse” shows are in full swing at this point. Arrow is shuffling off the network’s programming coil after an abbreviated 10-episode eighth season (making The Flash the “elder states-show” of the “Arrowverse”), Ruby Rose-starrer Batwoman joined the family alongside Supergirl and expanded the Batman mythos in […]

Apple apparently has bigger plans in store for its gaming section and Apple Arcade down the road with some peripherals currently being designed. According to a new article from Bloomberg, the company is planning both a VR Headset and a pair of AR Glasses, both of which will be out over the next couple of […]