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The previous issue of Fantastic Four revealed a shocking fact about the Fantastic Four’s origin. And in this preview of Fantastic Four #18, by Dan Slott and Paco “Funky Cold” Medina, the man behind it all confesses. First, a recap of all we’ve learned in Point of Origin so far. Reed lays out the accusation… and […]

For years, Spider-Man has been living a lie. Everyone believes Spidey is a hero, but have we been wrong all this time? This preview of Amazing Spider-Man #38, by Nick Spencer and Iban Coello, contains shocking revelations… …but first, a recap. And here is your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man, engaged in… bank robbery?! It’s J. Jonah […]

Black Panther has a problem. He’s the king of Wakanda, and that’s cool. But it turns out there’s a whole Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda, and that’s not very cool at all. What do do? Perhaps this preview of Black Panther #20, by Ta-Nehisi Coates, Ryan Bodenheim, and Daniel Acuna can shed some light on it. […]

Conan: Serpent War is coming to a close next week, ending the Conan crossover event that everybody was asking for. Well, we assume they were asking for it. Why the hell else does Marvel publish so many damn Conan comics? In any case, we’ve got a preview of Conan: Serpent War #4 below. We’ve always […]

Captain Marvel #14 is in stores from Marvel Comics next week, by Kelly Thompson and Lee Garbett. And for once, Marvel’s extreme levels of decompression may be working in one of its heroes’ favor! Captain Marvel has been tasked with killing all of the core Avengers by Vox Supreme. But she doesn’t want to do […]

Ruins of Ravencroft: Dracula #1 is in stores from Marvel Comics next week, by Frank Tieri, Stefano Landini, and Angel Unzueta, and it’s the perfect execution of all of Marvel’s most crucial publishing strategy. This comic continues the Ruins of Ravencroft event that serves as a bridge between the Absolute Carnage and Ravencroft events, exemplifying […]

We spend a lot of time here at Bleeding Cool talking about the effects of Marvel’s nonstop super-mega-crossover events and number one issue reboots on readers. But what about the people most affected: the denizens of the Marvel Universe itself?! That’s what we get into in this preview of Guardians of the Galaxy #1, by […]

Marauders #6 is in stores from Marvel Comics next week, by the Gerry Duggan of comics, Gerry Duggan, and Matteo Lolli. We’ve got a preview below. When we last left our intrepid drunken heroes, they were ambushed on a boat by an attack force of Homines Verendi, the new name of the former child inner […]

Atlantis Attacks… again from Marvel Comics next week as Atlantis Attacks #1 hits stores by Greg Pak and Ario Anindito. It’s basically the sixth issue of Agents of Atlas, but first issues sell better than sixth issues, especially when they carry the name of a Marvel event from the 1980s. It’s preview time! Agents of […]

Excalibur #6 is in stores next week from Marvel Comics, and not a moment too soon, as we’re all waiting to find out how Gambit is going to react to his wife absorbing the powers (and presumably personality) of Apocalypse. We mean, that’s gotta have an effect on your sex life, right? These two have […]

Target got an exclusive Batman 100-Page Giant recently, Batman: The Caped Crusader #1, selling instore for $9.99. It was not announced by any publicity, from Target or DC, and a comic store distribution solicitation has not been made either. As a result, copies are going for up to $22 on eBay. Edited by Andrew Marino, Batman: The […]

A lot of Marvel readers have been complaining that the upcoming super-mega-crossover event, A4: Empyre with a Y sounds pretty cool and all that, but it just doesn’t have enough tie-ins and spinoff mini-series to completely drain your wallet. Well, Marvel has heard your complaints, true believers, and answered with yet another tie-in: A4: Empyre […]

Superstar writer Jonathan Hickman has been bucking tradition since he began his HoXPoX relaunch of the X-Men last Summer. While many comic book creators, for example, believe that the story should be told in the form of actual comics, Hickman prefers to relay large chunks of key information in infographics or prose pages. Hickman has […]

In November, Marvel saw their marketshare down with a 37.41% dollar share and a 42.68% unit share but still ahead of DC Comics as they dropped down to a 30.72% dollar share though up a bit to a 32.41%% unit share, In December, Marvel had a slight uptick in dollar share with 37.89% and a […]

We’ve been waiting for Marvel to announce that X-book written by Vita Ayala promised to us way back at San Diego Comic-Con last year. Tweets from Ayala earlier this month hinted at Storm playing a role in whatever book Ayala was working on. And earlier today, Marvel teased a new comic called Children of the […]

Teen Titans is wrapping up the Djinn War storyline in April’s Teen Titans #41, and you know what that means! Yes, we all know it’s impossible to end a truly impactful story without killing off a character, and it seems that’s exactly what DC plans to do, according to DC’s April solicitations. Victory comes at […]

Fans have been clamoring for Nightwing to get his Dick back ever since he was shot in the head and changed his name to Ric over a year ago, so we were all very excited to learn that will happen sometime in 2020. And Nightwing comics have been laying the groundwork and bringing us closer […]

DC Comics’ April 2020 solicitations reveal that Sandman Universe series The Dreaming will be canceled with The Dreaming #20, calling into question future plans for the title announced at New York Comic Con last October. Writer Simon Spurrier and artist Bilquis Evely were said to be leaving the title after The Dreaming #18, with a […]

April’s Justice League #45 will feature the return of the Spectre, DC’s April solicitations revealed. Judging by the solicits for Justice League #44 and #45, it seems that the Justice League finds The Spectre at the bottom of a well in Antarctica (“what’s that, Lassie?! The Spirit of Vengeance is trapped in the well?!”), where […]

Revealed in DC’s Jokerific April Solicitations, a new creative team will be taking over Catwoman’s ongoing series with Catwoman #22. Writer Paula Sevenbergen and artist Aneke are the new creative team, kicking off a new storyline after Joelle Jones and Fernando Blanco wrap up Catwoman’s Villa Hermosa epic in March. The new storyline teases “leather […]