Marvel was #1 again, but DC’s Justice League #1 and Dark Knight: Metal graphic novels led their categories in June sales charts just released by Diamond Comics. However, both units and dollars were down from May – which was buoyed by Spider-Man 800 and Action 1000 – and 2018 continues to lag about 3-4% in […]
Marvel Fresh Start: All-New Wolverine Becomes X-23 Again With a New #1 in June
Can there be too many Wolverine comics? Apparently there can be, so Marvel is changing the name of one of them back to something a little more descriptive of the lead character. Come June, X-23 #1 will be replacing All-New Wolverine in the Marvel lineup. All-New Wolverine has been a solid performer for Marvel. Issue 31 shipped in […]
Preview: Domino is back from Simone and Baldeon and here’s the first look inside
A while ago Comics Beat told you that Gail Simone was back at Marvel with a new Domino mini series, illustrated by David Baldeon. Well here’s the first look inside. The Deedpool-i-verse mercenary come back in April. And everyone is excited!
What’s Fresh Start Supposed to Fix? Marvel’s Sales Distribution Chart for January 2018
Marvel is next up for our look at the sales distribution charts for January 2018. Standard disclaimers: The numbers are based on the Diamond sales charts as estimated by the very reliable John Jackson Miller. These charts are pretty accurate for U.S. Direct Market sales with the following caveats: 1) you can add ~10% for UK […]
Fresh Start: Cosmic Ghost Rider and Multiple Man titles announced
Marvel just announced two more limited series today – are they part of Fresh Start – or just two mini series? Newsarama has word of the long rumored COSMIC GHOST RIDER series, to be written by Donny Cates with art by ARTIST TO BE NAMED LATER. The always-excellent Mike Deodato did the pretty splendid cover […]
Fresh Start: Dude Thor is back with Thor #1 by Aaron and Del Mundo
Things haven’t been looking good for Jane Foster Thor, and now, we learn Odinson Thor is finally coming back in a new #1 in June. It’s all part of Marvel’s “Fresh Start,” but longtime Thor scribe Jason Aaron will write, while Mike Del Mundo will provide art. The artifacts of Asgard have been scattered across […]
Fresh Start: New Black Panther #1 goes Galactic with Coates and Acuna; Brevoort explains what’s happening
Not quite a new creative team, as acclaimed writer Ta-Nehesi Coates will stay on Black Panther as writer, as a new #1 welcomes artist Daniel Acuna and a distinctive Afro-futurist vibe. There’s more info at Marvel.com and words of comfort from Tom Brevoort on the overall shape of “Fresh Start” or whatever the 2018 initiative is […]
Marvel’s Fresh Start: VENOM by Cates and Stegman is coming
Oboy! It’s Fresh Start Week™ here! So far we have the all fresh Avengers, and now all fresh Venom! Donnie Cates and Ryan Stegman will pen the all new adventures of everyone’s favorite symbiote. Venom of course, has a film starring Tom Hardy coming out in October, meaning giving his comic a big push in the […]
Marvel plans “A Fresh Start” for May with new teams, new directions, new Avengers
As widely expected, Marvel is launching a NEW relaunch in May, as revealed in a press release and various news stories today. The launch will be called “A Fresh Start.” It comes on the heels of the less than well received Marvel Legacy relaunch that came last September. The promo art, by Jim Cheung, shows […]