Sherlock Holmes: The Liverpool Demon #1, with Leah Moore and John Reppion
We’re currently in the midst of a long-running Sherlock Holmes media explosion, from the Guy Ritchie films starring Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law,...
Deadpool launches 53 State Birds variant
When Marvel and DC snipe, the reader is the winner...at least this time with a Deadpool-esque take off on DC's 52-variety state flag variant...
Ray Fawkes to fill in on BATGIRL: Don’t kill him, internet
Following Gail Simone's controversial departure from BATGIRL, it's been announced that Ray Fawkes will take over the book for two issues.
Batgirl #18 (Solicit)
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Creator Owned Heroes #7: A Penultimate Review
Earlier this week, Jimmy Palmiotti announced that the noble experiment CREATOR OWNED HEROES would conclude after its 8th issue. Over the course of the...
Francesco Francavilla’s Black Beetle looks awesome
Francesco Francavilla is one of our most favoritest artists, fusing a pulpish sensibility with incredible imagery. He has a new book coming out from...
Top Cow offers free previews through iVerse
Top Cow is teaming up with iVerse for a Launch Try 'em before you Buy 'em Program for Artifacts, Witchblade and the Darkness....
Huge shake-up at DC Comics lunch counter
We're hearing that DC Comics is in turmoil today after popular lunch spot McGee's changed their bean salad recipe: instead of cannellini beans, the...
Marvel crash three dimensions into ‘X-Termination’ with Pak, Liu and Lapham
Marvel have revealed what their 'X-Termination' teaser image is all about: a crossover storyline between X-Treme X-Men, Astonishing X-Men, and Age of Apocalypse. Spinning...
IRON SKY coming from IDW
A gn adapting the cult Nazis on the Moon movie IRON SKY is coming from IDW with art by Gerry Kissell and Amin Amat....
News notes from around: Archie, Takei, Schulz, Moonstone, etc
Some quickies from the mailbag and around:
First Look: Marvel releases AVENGERS #1 trailer
And Marvel NOW! just rolls on, with the debut tomorrow of Avengers #1 by Jonathan Hickman and Jerome Opeña and Dean White. And they've...
DC Comics Month-to-Month Sales: October 2012
As expected, DC Comics's average and total comic-book unit sales were dropping again in October, in the wake of September's zero-issue stunt. To be fair, though, it's not a huge drop, and viewed over the last four months, the publisher's averages continue to look sturdy.
Thanks to a new round of crossovers -- notably "Death of the Family" in the Batman line and "Rise of the Third Army" in the Green Lantern line -- and Annuals, as well as continually strong sales from the expanding line of "digital-first" compilation titles, the pertinent figures remain well within the spectrum that's been established following last year's relaunch.
