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DC’s Detective Comics #1000 and Watchmen top bestselling comics and graphic novels of 2019, but Marvel is the #1 publisher overall

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Diamon Comic Distributors has released details of the top selling titles for 2019, with DC Comics claiming top spot in both the comic book and graphic novel charts but Marvel ending the year as the top publisher in the industry with a 40.2% dollar share and 44.7% unit share compared to DC’s 29.3% and 30.7%. […]

Comic Book Preview – Marvel’s Black Widow Prelude #1

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Marvel sets the stage for Scarlett Johansson’s solo movie this week with the release of Black Widow Prelude #1, and you can take a look at a preview right here; check it out… TRACE THE BLACK WIDOW’S HISTORY IN THE MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE! From spy to Avenger, the enigmatic BLACK WIDOW has lived many secret […]

Comic Book Preview – Ruins of Ravencroft: Sabretooth #1

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Marvel releases Ruins of Ravencroft: Sabretooth #1 this coming Wednesday, and you can check out a preview of the issue right here… The history of the Ravencroft Institute for the Criminally Insane has been shrouded in mystery for years. NO LONGER! In the wake of ABSOLUTE CARNAGE, the facility’s past has started to unravel, and […]

Marvel’s most promising heroes band together on Outlawed wraparound variant cover

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Ahead of its release in March, Marvel has unveiled an epic wraparound variant cover for Eve L. Ewing and Kim Jacinto’s Outlawed from artist Tony Daniel, which brings together Marvel’s most promising young heroes! SEE ALSO: Check out a first look preview of Outlawed here OUTLAWED will throw the lives of Marvel’s youngest heroes into […]

Exclusive variant cover for Stephen King and Owen King comic book adaptation Sleeping Beauties

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Thanks to IDW Publishing, we’ve got an exclusive variant cover for the first issue of the upcoming comic book adaptation of Stephen King and Owen King’s Sleeping Beauties from artist Jana Heidersdorf; check it out here… Sleeping Beauties explores a world where women have sunken into a deep, cocooned slumber, their dreams taking them to an […]

Comic Book Preview – Marvel’s Spider-Man: The Black Cat Strikes #1

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Spinning out of Marvel’s hit Spider-Man video game comes the new five issue Gamerverse series Marvel’s Spider-Man: The Black Cat Strikes, and you can take a look at a preview of Wednesday’s first issue here… As if the events of MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN: VELOCITY and CITY AT WAR weren’t harrowing enough, Spider-Man finds himself in the […]

Comic Book Preview – DC’s Amethyst #1

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DC imprint Wonder Comics launches its new series Amethyst next month, and you can check out a preview of the first issue here… “Following the character’s triumphant reintroduction in the pages of Young Justice, the new Amethyst series from DC’s Wonder Comics follows teenager Amy Winston, a.k.a. Princess Amethyst, eager to return to her magical […]

Comic Book Preview – Quantum & Woody #1

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Valiant Entertainment launches its new Quantum & Woody series this month from the creative team of Christopher Hastings and Ryan Browne, and we’ve got a preview of the first issue for you here; take a look… Quantum & Woody – the worst superhero duo in the world – are Earth’s LAST hope against stopping a […]

Comic Book Preview – Queen Sonja Omnibus Vol. 1

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This week sees the release of the 396-page Queen Sonja Omnibus Vol.1, collecting the first 15 issues of the classic Red Sonja series, and you can check out a preview here courtesy of Dynamite Entertainment… Three fantastic stories for one great price in one amazing omnibus. You may have heard the stories of a certain […]