Marvel

The big day is finally here! Ladies and gentlemen of The Beat, gather your young ones and race onto the street. Proclaim for all...

Here are a few of my favourite things.... Marvel, aware that I demand delight at least once a month, have started releasing 'X-Men 50th...

When the news was announced that Cullen Bunn would be writing Fearless Defenders for Marvel next year, the world breathed a sigh of relief....

The conference calls are back at The Beat! Last night Jeph Loeb participated in a phonecall with member of the comics press to discuss...

Hey! It's one of those dates where American readers can't shout at me for getting the day and month the 'wrong' way round! Hurrah!...

More comics are available digitally today, as Marvel has just announced that 120 of its best selling GNs will be available on the Kindle...

Via Midtown Comics, A recent letter from Steve Ditko. A recent letter from Steve Ditko to one of our customers. He asked Steve what he...

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...

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...

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...

After September's virtual hiatus, October saw Marvel emerge from crossover season and hit the ground running. AVENGERS VS X-MEN wraps up, while Marvel Now gets underway with the debut issues of UNCANNY AVENGERS and A PLUS X. On top of that, there's AVX: CONSEQUENCES, the MARVEL NOW: POINT ONE one-shot, a new ongoing series with WOLVERINE: MAX, the "Minimum Carnage" crossover, and more. Given all that, it's no surprise that Marvel had the biggest share of the North American direct market, leading DC by 40% to 34% in units and 35% to 32% in dollars.

This week saw a number of big comic releases from Marvel and DC, but who cares when this was the week My Little Pony: Friendship...