DC sets the record straight on publishing plans for DC Giants, reprints, cuts and more

02/26/2019 9:30 am by Heidi MacDonald 18 Comments

After some garbled messaging, DC’s plans for their 100 page giants and reprints have been made clearer.

The Marvel Rundown: G. Willow Wilson’s MS. MARVEL run ends, and Avengers assemble with NO ROAD HOME

02/13/2019 12:00 pm by Beat Staff 5 Comments

We’ve got reviews of the latest issues of Ms. Marvel and Spider-Gwen, plus the debuts of Age of X-Man: NextGen and Avengers: No Road Home!

Rumor: Marvel Comics is moving to the West Coast?

01/31/2019 5:48 pm by Heidi MacDonald 15 Comments

A perennial element of the Doomsday Scenario has arisen again

The Marvel Rundown: Celebrating 80 Years of The House of Ideas with INVADERS and MARVEL COMICS PRESENTS!

01/16/2019 12:15 pm by Beat Staff

Marvel’s original heroes and titles return in time for the publisher’s milestone anniversary.

2019’s Free Comic Book Day Gold Sponsor books announced – with one mysterious exception

12/17/2018 2:15 pm by Heidi MacDonald

2019 is coming and so is Free Comic Bok Day! Next year it will fall on May 4, 2019, just in time for everyone to be talking about Avengers Endgame – and what better time to pick up a print comic book? The FCBD committee has selected the 12 Gold Sponsor books, which represent […]

The Best Comics of 2018

12/12/2018 4:00 pm by Beat Staff

The Beat’s editorial team and contributors present a list of the best comics of the year. Is your favorite here?

Sony acknowledges that Venom is a rom-com in Blu-Ray trailer

11/28/2018 10:45 am by Heidi MacDonald

When we look back at 2018, one laugh we can cling to is the brilliant ad campaign for Deadpool 2, a campaign so creative and hilarious that it won a Clio award, the highest honor advertising can bestow. But it seems that Sony has caught on to the laugh factor. And the trailer for the […]

Joe Quesada and Bill Schanes are spilling the beans on comics history

09/27/2018 11:15 am by Heidi MacDonald

Comics veterans Joe Quesada and Bill Schanes are dipping into their scrapbooks for some peeks into comcis history.

RIP Gary Friedrich

08/30/2018 2:45 pm by Heidi MacDonald

And now word comes that comics writer Gary Friedrich has passed away at age 75. Best known as the co-creator of Ghost Rider, Friedrich also worked on Captain America, Shield and many more titles. Tony Isabella broke the news from Roy Thomas: Friedrich was best known in recent years for losing a legal battle […]

RIP Marie Severin

08/30/2018 12:15 pm by Heidi MacDonald

Comics legend Marie Severin has passed away at age 89 after suffering a stroke. Severin was a mainstay of both the legendary EC Comics period (her brother John was an illustrator there) and more importantly at the Marvel Bullpen, where she was an artist and colorist for decades. She particularly excelled at Not Brand Echh […]