Shay Marken first appeared in Amazing Spider-Man #47 as a nurse working at the Ravencroft Institute, a mental health facility, otherwise known as an institute for the criminally insane. They really should make that entrance sign a little more politically correct, given some of their guests. …where Mary Jane's aunt Anna Watson was imprisoned after […]
In Amazing Spider-Man #45, in the middle of the Gang War event, we looked into a Oscorp basement lab being run by Dr Curtis Connors, otherwise known as The Lizard. This is The Ultra Living Brain, created by Randall Steven Petty following his father's research into the question "Who is Spider-Man?". Originally seen in Steve […]
Amazing Fantasy #15, the first appearance of Spider-Man by Steve Ditko and Stan Lee is also the first use of Aunt May giving wheatcakes to her nephew Peter Parker. Which are, for the uninformed American-style pancakes made with whole wheat flour and buttermilk, beaten eggs, butter, and egg whites. Although Aunt May has a more involved […]
Two weeks worth of the Bleeding Cool Weekly Bestseller List. This weekend and…. I seem to have lost a week. Sorry about that.This week Batman #146 tops X-Men #33 but also see four comics from Image Comics smash their weay into the top ten, the usual Void Rivals but also all three Ghost Machine comic […]
Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Dark Horse, Titan, 2000AD, Oni and more continue to push out their Omnibus collections, though some have seen their schedule slip. But here are a bunch planned for later 2024 courtesy of Amazon, PRH and more. And it begins with an Omnibus for Bruce Wayne: Murderer Turned Fugitive. Just don't ask […]
PrintWatch: Marvel Comics is to put the new Deadpool #1 by Cody Ziglar and Roge Antonio to a second printing for the 15th of May, which also comes with a 1:25 variant. Covers – and cover artists – are not yet announced. PrintWatch: Stray Dogs team Tony Fleecs and Trish Forstner has "sold out instantly […]
Printwatch: Marvel Comics is sending a bunch of titles back for multiple printings. But mostly from the Ultimate line. Such as Ultimate Spider-Man #1 by Jonathan Hickman and Marco Checchetto for a fifth printing, for the 1st of May 2024. And Ultimate Spider-Man #3, also out yesterday, is getting a second printing with a 1:25 […]
Today sees the publication of Amazing Spider-Man #46 by Zeb Wells and Carmen Carnero, and Jackpot And Black Cat #1 by Celeste Bronfman and Emilio Laiso. And while there may be a fuss over the marriage of Mary Jane and Peter Parker over in the new Ultimate Universe… … how many marriages can survive the […]
Ultimate Spider-Man #3 by Jonathan Hickman and Marco Checchetto is published today. The original Spider-Man – and the original Ultimate Spider-Man – have a kid who has lost his father figure, learning to use his own powers for good and in doing so prevent the kind of harm that befell him. With great power there […]
Another week (without Batman or Amazing Spider-Man) sees an Energon Universe title, Cobra Commander #3, top the Bleeding Cool Weekly Bestseller List, by Joshua Williamson, Andrea Milana and Annalisa Leoni from Image Comics and Skybound. Selling 50% more than Joshua's work on Superman, also on sale this week. No. Title Publisher Writer Artist Price Ratio […]
When Marvel made the X-Men: The Animated Series back in the nineties, there was also a manga adaptation of the cartoon published in Japan. It was initially published directly to tankobon, or stand-alone collected format by Takeshobo in 1994 under their Bamboo Comics imprint in order to promote the Japanese airing of the TV show, […]
Marvel Comics has released its June 2024 solicits and solicitations, with the new Ultimates #1, the return of Venomverse Reborn, a Scarlet Witch relaunch, the big X-Men #35/Uncanny X-Men #700 however you want to count it, Blood Hunts for Wolverine, Jubilee and Magik, X-Men: Heir Of Apocalypse, and the Uncle Scrooge and the Infinity Dime […]
As first posted by Bleeding Cool, Thanos is returning this Summer from Marvel Comics, with a new Infinity Watch series launching in June by Derek Landy, Salvador Larroca and Sara Pichelli in Thanos Annual #1 and then running through Marvel's Summer annuals. The most coveted artifacts in the known universe have resurfaced, and this time […]
Today's Web Of Spider-Man #1 looks to the future for the Spider-Man titles, courtesy of a certain Madame Web, who Marvel definitely thought would be a bigger thing right now, across the Marvel Universe. With Amazing Spider-Man currently messing with Tombstone, the winner of the Gang War on the streets of New York, with a […]
Next month, a new version of Gwen Stacy is introduced in Jonathan Hickman and Marco Checchetto's Ultimate Spider-Man run in issue 4, out in April. This is of course being introduced to a Peter Parker already married with kids to Mary Jane Watson. I mean, that won't be an issue at all will it? The […]
PrintWatch: Ultimate Spider-Man #2 gets a third printing with a Peach Momoko cover for the 17th of April. Ultimate X-Men #1 will also get a third printing with a Sanford Greene cover and a 1:25 Peach Momoko variant for the 24th of April. We have the Peach version for both. PrintWatch: And with the […]
Mary Jane's aunt Anna Watson may be cured of the viral violent urges caused by the Orchis-tainted Krakoan medicine provided by the mutants of Earth. But in today's Amazing Spider-Man #45 by Zeb Wells and Carmen Carnero, she remains in Ravenscroft Institute alongside a number of other familiar-sounding folk. The Human Fly created by Len Wein, […]
Today sees the publication of Krakoan tie-in titles Dead X-Men #3, Amazing Spider-Man #45, Wolverine #45, Fall Of The House Of X #3 and X-Men Unlimited #130. The impact of Orchis and Krakoa continues to spill out across the rest of the Marvel Universe, with Anna Watson still in the Ravenscourt Institute after her Krakoan […]
The launch of an Ultimate title may be the only thing that can knock Batman off the top of the Bleeding Cool Weekly Bestseller List, and this week, that was Ultimate X-Men #1 by Peach Momoko and Zack Davisson. There were also strong performances from the Spectacular Spider-Men launch, while the return of Teenage Mutant […]
As well as offering access to digital versions of Marvel Comics' back catalogue, Marvel Unlimited also published original comic books in the Webtoon vertical scrolling format, which Marvel calls Infinity Comics, as well as recutting previous comics to fit the format. Now, to promote those comics, they are making over a hundred of them free […]
