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Star Wars Adventures: The Clone Wars – Battle Tales to launch in April

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It’s not just Disney+ that will be exploring the conflict between the Republic and the Separatists with next month’s seventh and final season of the fan favourite animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars, as IDW Publishing has announced the upcoming launch of the five-issue weekly comic book event Star Wars Adventures: The Clone Wars […]

IDW and DC bring Batman: The Animated Series Adventures – Shadow of the Bat to Kickstarter

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IDW Games, Warner Bros. and DC have announced that the new miniatures-driven board game Batman: The Animated Series Adventures – Shadow of the Bat is set to launch on Kickstarter next month ahead of an expected release in the Fall of 2020.Running off the AUGS engine, Shadow of the Bat offers unrivaled flexibility and player […]

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine returning to comics with new miniseries Too Long a Sacrifice

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IDW Publishing has announced that the DS9 crew are returning to comics for the first time in over a decade with the four-part miniseries entitled Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Too Long a Sacrifice from writers David Tipton and Scott Tipton and artist Greg Scott.“Set during the most difficult hours of the Dominion War, Too […]

Comic Book Preview – Ghostbusters: Year One #1

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IDW delves into the early years of the original Ghostbusters in the new series Ghostbusters: Year One, and we’ve got a preview of Wednesday’s first issue for you here, which puts the spotlight on Winston Zeddemore. Take a look…In anticipation of the new Ghostbusters feature film coming to theaters Summer 2020, we look back at […]

Doomsday Clock and House of X/Powers of X top bestselling comic books and graphic novels of December 2019

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Diamond Comic Distributors has announced that DC Comics’ Doomsday Clock #12 was the bestselling comic book of December 2019, while Marvel retained its position as the top publisher and also led the graphic novel chart with its hardcover collection of House of X/Powers of X. Here’s the full breakdown…SEE ALSO: DC’s Detective Comics #1000 and […]

Comic Book Preview – ROM: Dire Wraiths #1

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IDW Publishing launches the new series ROM: Dire Wraiths this Wednesday, and we have a preview of the first issue for you here…“Inhumanauts,” Part 1: In 1969, two American astronauts became the first humans to set foot on Earth’s moon… but they found something inhuman waiting for them! With Rom the Spaceknight nowhere in sight, […]

Comic Book Preview – Gears of War: Hivebusters #4

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Gears of War: Hivebusters #4 is out this Wednesday, and we’ve got a preview of the issue for you here; check it out…With the memories of those they’ve lost fresh in their minds, Team Scorpio has finally made it to the hive. But as they fight their way through, they’ll also uncover a disturbing secret […]

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%.The […]

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 idyllic […]