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But in this week's All-New Guardians of the Galaxy #2 from Marvel, extra-dimensional prison guards at The Collector's vault bear a striking resemblance to the characters who belong to the wizarding cinematic universe of Warner Bros, the parent company of rival comic book publisher DC: We've all hoped for Harry Potter to come to comics at one point or[...]

Herald: Lovecraft And Tesla is a comic by John Reilly and Tom Rogers with Dexter Weeks, published by Action Lab, Teaming up, well, HP Lovecraft and Tesla.

This is the Venomized Phoenix cover by Francesco Mattina, an exclusive variant for Unknown Comics, for Jean Grey #1 out this month. It features a Dark

And on the cover of Secret Empire #10, we're treated to a glimpse of what appears to be a new armored costume for Hydra Captain America: But does that armor feel familiar? Perhaps a look at this image from Marvel's Contest of Champions video game will help: An original creation for the game, Civil Warrior — not to[...]

From Albert Uderzo, co-creator of Asterix. And from me, for Guido Fawkes, this morning. Guilty as charged… In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to some degree They may be homages, parodies, ironic appropriations, coincidences or works of the lightbox We trust you, the reader, to make that judgment yourself? If you[...]

Call it the zeitgeist. Call it idea space. Call it parallel evolution. But the comic industry has history of simultaneous similar creation, the British

Some are sinister, we'll find while googling for images of raised fists, while others lean a bit more whimsical… But as usual, when it comes to the subject matter of the column formerly known as Swipe File, we don't have to travel that far to find the most obvious inspiration for this image, right there in front of our noses the[...]

Yet both organisations, the fictional and the real life one, have some pretty hardline fascist beliefs. Seems I'm not the only person to have wondered. So I guess aside from being a Nazi, Doctor Octopus is now also Richard Spencer. Oh wait, that's the same thing. — Patrick (@PhantomRoxas) March 15, 2017 Here in the column formerly known as Swipe[...]

It would be understandable if you missed it, because we were all pretty obsessed with Star Wars over the past few days, but Warner Bros released a new

A week after Asaad uses chemical weapons on Syrians... Red Hood And The Outlaws features a Middle Eastern dictator unleashing a mysterious Weapon of Mass

But reading it I was reminded of another famous comic book, The Amazing Spider-Man, otherwise known as The Night Gwen Stacy Died.   And that very specific death scene. Well, when reading today's The Walking Dead #166, and came across this… Can I be forgiven for going straight to that classic scene? As for Rick…  Sorry mate, I don't think she'll be[...]

https://t.co/xmfv64jMDb — Greg Capullo (@GregCapullo) January 13, 2017 Did Paramount really take Capullo's modern Frankenstein tale and turn it into an ill-advised box office flop that's already cost them a more than $100 million write-off? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrraPogy030Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: MONSTER TRUCKS Trailer #2 | Meet Creech the Truck-Eater (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrraPogy030) Here in the column formerly known[...]

You can explain it to us later. Anyway, Tiger Mask W has revealed some new characters on Twitter: 【新キャラ紹介！】明日1/7(土)深夜2:30から放送の #タイガーマスクW 13話では、女子プロレスラーも活躍！？金髪が似合うパワーファイターのクイーン(CV:前田愛)と、赤髪小柄レスラーのペイン(CV:永野愛)は、どのような戦いを見せてくれるのか！？乞うご期待！ pic.twitter.com/IskJibTLFy — アニメ「タイガーマスクW」公式 (@TigerMaskW) January 6, 2017 Translated poorly by Twitter, that roughly reads: [Introduction of new characters! : Tomorrow 1/7 (Saturday) late-night broadcasts from 4: 30 of #タイガーマスクW active in the 13-episode professional wrestler! Sheltered look good in[...]

In fact, odds are it is somewhere ar the bottom of a very deep box on top of a wardrobe in my study. So when I saw this recent cover to the most recent issue of Totally Awesome Hulk… …I couldn't stop but thinking of this fellow. What do you think? In Swipe File we present two or more[...]

From Wolfcop #6, published today from Dynamite Entertainment. And Catwoman #74 from… a fair few years ago. It could have been so much different if they used the solicited version back then.  In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to some degree They may be homages, parodies, ironic appropriations, coincidences or works of[...]

In the left corner, Batman's Gotham By Gaslight by Mike Mignola. And the Batman Annual #1 cover by David Finch from 2016… In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to some degree They may be homages, parodies, ironic appropriations, coincidences or works of the lightbox We trust you, the reader, to[...]

Comic book reader Aric Shapiro contacted Bleeding Cool to tell me, I commissioned Dan Jurgens to draw a Batman piece. It was a pencil only piece. But at

When asked about his much lauded secret plan to defeat ISIS, Donald Trump clarified when talking about what he would do on his first day in office. “I am

Comic legend Joe Jusko just pointed out on his Facebook page a massive swipe having to do with a painting recently sold on Comic Link auction site. The

As a college football fan I was happy to take this on."   I'm glad they didn't go with Red Wolf for that one, I guess. Sanchez is also quoted as saying, when designing these six covers,  "Internally, we discussed the best way to approach this, and I pitched doing them as homage images to classic Marvel covers.  "Internally,[...]

This is the logo for Ascension Insurance Brokers And this is the new logo of Newsarama's beta revamp. Or "News Rama" as one wag put it. Thanks to Aaron Hazuri, a number of other anonymous tipsters and Google Image Search… In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to some degree[...]

This is their new logo. Familiar at all? Maybe they should be sued… by DC Shoes. In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to some degree They may be homages, parodies, ironic appropriations, coincidences or works of the lightbox We trust you, the reader, to make that judgment yourself? If you are unable[...]

And…. In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to some degree They may be homages, parodies, ironic appropriations, coincidences or works of the lightbox We trust you, the reader, to make that judgment yourself? If you are unable to do so, please return your eyes to their maker before any[...]

Courtesy of Dirk Manning…. Love Stories (To Die For) #1 can be found here…. In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to some degree They may be homages, parodies, ironic appropriations, coincidences or works of the lightbox We trust you, the reader, to make that judgment yourself? If you are unable[...]

Sinestro has always had a certain reputation. And a certain look about him. But Ethan Van Sciver's sketchbook from 2007 may take it a little

Although rather than creating a new team of superheroes looking to take down Skrulls, we get alien zombies instead. And another Fantastic Four character Willy Lumpkin! Is there nothing Harley Quinn won't pinch? In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to some degree They may be homages, parodies, ironic appropriations,[...]

Brendon used to do that anyway. But we have no responsibility for this… could Arune Singh be partially responsible? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPFTLSvpWtQVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Swipe File: Action Comics 1 And Sharknado 4 For Bleeding Cool (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPFTLSvpWtQ)   It could be argued that Bleeding Cool is potentially responsible for Sharknado being originally picked up[...]

Then Greg Pak committed the heinous crime of killing her off. In next week's comics, Tom King and David Finch have a different take… with Batman investigating crimes that look as if they may be related to the new superheroes Gotham and Gotham Girl, in this preview given by DC PR to Comicosity. And then we get[...]

From The Killing Joke… From Daredevil Season Two (check the end) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5_A0Wx0jU4 Or go right here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOZUsSeVTX4 In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to some degree They may be homages, parodies, ironic appropriations, coincidences or works of the lightbox[...]

pic.twitter.com/6zhKgCbw2W — John Cullen (@nellucnhoj) July 14, 2016 In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to some degree They may be homages, parodies, ironic appropriations, coincidences or works of the lightbox We trust you, the reader, to make that judgment yourself? If you are unable to do so, please return your[...]