Marvel has released a preview of Warheads #1, the penultimate episode of its eight-part Marvel UK-inspired series Revolutionary War. This issue features stunning art from Gary Erskine, the original artist on Warheads, whose designs for the characters had a huge… Read More ›
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Peter David Signing tonight at Forbidden Planet London
Join author Peter David signing X-Factor: The Complete Collection Volume 1, at the Forbidden Planet London Megastore tonight (Monday 17th March) from 6 – 7.00pm. Relive the gripping, noir-esque launch of Peter David’s most memorable concept: X-Factor Investigations! Jamie Madrox… Read More ›
US titles by Paul Cornell, Sean Phillips top February comic shop charts
February was a good month for key British creators working for US publishers, with writer Paul Cornell and artist Sean Phillips both working on some of the top selling books on sale that month in comic shops on both sides… Read More ›
Revolutionary War: Motormouth preview stirs some (good and bad) Marvel UK memories
Marvel have released a preview of Revolutionary War Part 6: Motormouth #1, on sale 12th March, which centres on the return of one of Marvel UK’s better-known characters thanks to her many appearances in Marvel tiles since the final days… Read More ›
Hasbro preps release of original Death’s Head figure for 2014
It’s been in the works for a while but, finally, Hasbro confirmed at New York Toy Fair that its original Death’s Head figure is on the way. Originally announced (along with Deathlok, also set for release this year) as part… Read More ›
Marvel UK revival title, Revolutionary War – #4 Preview Released
Marvel has just released a preview of Revolutionary War: Death’s Head #1, the fourth issue in its limited series reviving the Marvel UK characters. This issue is written by series creators Alan Cowsill and Andy Lanning and there’s a smashing… Read More ›
Revolutionary War: Fitting It Into Marvel Continuity
Over on the excellent It Came from Darkmoor blog dedicated to all things Marvel UK, Mark Roberts has been mulling over Marvel’s new limited series, Revolutionary War, and how it fits into overall Marvel continuity. In particular, he’d been trying… Read More ›
Empire celebrates “X-Men: Days of Future Past” with 25 variant covers
Film magazine Empire is going all out to promote X-Men: Days of Future Past, with its March issue, on sale now, featuring no less than 25 commemorative X-Men covers ahead of the release of the latest Marvel Comics-inspired film in… Read More ›
Image Comics “Genesis” latest US project for British artist Alison Sampson
British comic artist and architect Alison Sampson (one of the team behind Think of a City, a tumblr-based, mass storytelling project) is providing art for a one-shot creator-owned comic, Genesis, from Image Comics, which will be published in April. Written… Read More ›
Revolutionary War: Knights of Pendragon preview released, Cork signing announced
Marvel has released a preview of Revolutionary War #3: Knights of Pendragon (Warning! Potential spoilers in the art below), written by Rob Williams with Irish artist Will Sliney, on art – replacing Simon Coleby, who was the advertised artist in… Read More ›
The Return of the Marvel UK Heroes: An interview with Alan Cowsill
Unless you’ve been living under a stone, you’ll be aware we’ve been giving a lot of coverage to Marvel’s Revolutionary War series, featuring the return of the Marvel UK heroes first created at the instigation of the company’s Editorial Director,… Read More ›
Image Control, the Mega-City Way: Douglas Wolk talks Judge Dredd
Douglas Wolk is an acclaimed author and critic. He has written about comics and music for publications such as Rolling Stone, The Washington Post and The New York Times. Judge Dredd: Mega-City Two – a five-issue mini-series drawn by Ulises… Read More ›
Batman-Judge Dredd Collection out at last
Finally, every Judge Dredd versus Batman story ever published, um.. republished, in over 300 Thrill-packed pages! The long-awaited Batman/Judge Dredd Collection, first announced for a November release last year, includes all four team-ups of the greatest crime-fighting duo – so… Read More ›
Panel Borders talks to Kieron Gillen
Continuing a month of shows about Superhero Comics on the Panel Borders radio show, Alex Fitch talks to writer Kieron Gillen about his recent about published under the Marvel Now banner, including Iron Man and Young Avengers and his forays… Read More ›
Marvel celebrates 50 years of X-Men with new iPhone game
Marvel Entertainment has teamed up with developer Aeria Mobile to launch X-Men: Battle of the Atom for iPhone, celebrating 50 years of X-Men stories and characters and available now from the iTune store. Featuring gorgeous original art by Marvel artists… Read More ›
Death’s Head II – Liam Sharp’s Revolutionary War variant cover revealed
Here’s the art for Liam Sharp‘s variant cover to Marvel Comics Revolutionary War limited series’ fourth issue, on sale next month, both inks and colour. The art has been coloured by the exceptional Ryan Brown. Liam was of course the… Read More ›
Marvel UK revival continues: Revolutionary War #2 – Dark Angel Preview
Revolutionary War #2 – or rather, Dark Angel #1, since that’s how Marvel Comics is describing it – is on sale now in all good comic shops, and here are some preview pages from the issue. (Warning: if you haven’t… Read More ›
Garry Leach heads to Orbital for Marvel Man… Miracle Man signing
London’s Orbital Comics is to host a signing by the original Marvel Man – sorry, Miracle Man – artist Garry Leach on Wednesday 15th January from 5.00pm. KIMOTA! With one magic word, a long-forgotten legend lives again! Freelance reporter Michael… Read More ›
Comic Criticism: A Call for Calm – and Common Sense
Whether it’s the bad weather on both sides of the Atlantic, or simply a case of rising bile reaching a point at which those who appear to be bearing the brunt of it have decided to say “Enough!”, the past… Read More ›
J. Michael Straczynski signing at GOSH, London tomorrow
Babylon 5 creator and Academy-Award-nominated author J. Michael Straczynski will be at GOSH London tomorrow (8th January) signing and chatting to fans from 5.00 – 7.00pm. Famously known in comics for his superb and successful run on the Amazing Spider-Man,… Read More ›