Last Update: November 5, 2025
About Power Pulp distributing – Comicsbeat
"The British Home Secretary is a big Marvel comics fan" – Bleeding Cool
The British Home Secretary position is similar to a combo of the Attorney General and the Homeland Security boss in the USA.
The Bat-Man: Second Knight by British comic artist Mike Perkins features actual locations and a particular vandalized Church in Hertfordshire, UK – BBC News
New digital comic service is coming – Comicsbeat - and related "the future is digital" - kcomicsbeat
Absolute Batman Annual is lead best-selling title – Bleedingcool
If Warners sells to NetFlix, there'll be "trouble" – The Nightly
The potential sale has everyone in the industry talking, not just because these types of transactions has huge impacts on the power dynamics of the business and involves billions of dollars, but because the effects will flow through to Hollywood’s artistic ambitions and, ultimately, what audiences will see at the cinemas and at home on streaming...."
Superman #1 found in attic could go for $6 Million – New York Post
More than that was found in the attic, too, "...it’s a twist on the old ‘Mom threw away my comics’ story."
The impact of comics on crime fiction writer Ian Rankin – UK The Times – He's credited with some 35 million copy sales for his various books.
...When I was a kid, my parents weren’t big readers, they read a newspaper or a magazine, but there were very few books in the house. But I got interested in comics and comics sustained me and just got me interested in the act of reading." Many of the comics he read then don’t exist any more. "Things like The Victor, The Hotspur, and The Dandy. It was a rung of the literacy ladder. Then they took me to the next rung," he said. "I was very lucky in a way, I had an uncle who said to my parents, it doesn’t matter what Ian’s reading, as long as he’s reading... And of course, you know, comics were cheap. So if you had some pocket money, you could always afford a comic."
Graphic novels still have a big role to play in creating new readers, he thinks. "There’s a graphic novel for every taste, whatever your interest is. I mean, there’s graphic novel reimaginings of King Lear and Hamlet and Othello … you can’t be elitist about this..."
The Sourthern Bastards comic book is getting adapted to TV – Soap Central
Mini-history of Lynda Carter and Wonder Woman – MSN Freakin Robot
The connection of Cuba to Flashpoint Comics & Games in Winter Springs, Florida – Oviedo Community News
So, why did the Michael Bendis Batman Universe collection from DC get cancelled? – Comicsbeat
Certain comic books are worth "a fortune" - do you have one laying around – AOL News
Philippe Goddin, the world authority on Tintin, has died – UK The Times – Philippe Goddin
Goddin was widely seen as the leading authority on Tintin and its Belgian creator, Georges Remi. He was secretary of the Hergé foundation, set up by Hergé’s wife Fanny to control the licensing rights after his death in 1983, organised Tintin conventions and conferences around the world, supervised screen adaptations such as The Adventures of Tintin ...."When we ask children today when they think Tintin lived," Goddin boasted in 1994, " they always say ‘now’." Goddin’s position as secretary gave him unbridled access to Hergé’s archives and he wrote dozens of books including a seven-volume work, Hergé: Chronologie d’une oeuvre ("Chronology of a Work")...
Remembering the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movies – Sci Fi Now
...it’s been thirty-five years since Steve Barron’s dark, gritty yet heartfelt adaptation of Eastman and Laird’s underground comic book burst onto cinema screens, shattering box-office expectations and redefining what a comic book movie could be...."
Fantagraphics has got a new East Asian comics imprint – Comicsbeat
Mike Richardson head honcho of Dark Horse: No AI art for us – Sci Fi Now
... there’s also an opportunity for great exploitation in a bad way. That’s the scary thing and of course, we just had a writers’ strike over AI. Comic creators are very concerned about AI (though some are using it for backgrounds) but we’re trying to keep it out of our comics for now. We’ll see where it goes in the future. You can’t stop it....."
Giving out comics for Halloween – Bleeding Cool
"Box Office Massacre" – Hollywood Reporter – About the disaster and "scarcity of product" clobbering the movie theaters and studios
Graphic Novel sales have slipped – numbers at Comicsbeat
Eric Shanower' Trojan War mono-narrative "Age of Bronze" – Springer
Netflix might make a go at buying Warner Bros – MSN New York Post
Original Batman TV show suits go at auction for nearly $1 million altogether – MSN Hollywood Reporter
Batman and Robin outfits donned by West and Ward on their 1966-68 ABC series together sold for $575,000, while one worn by Cesar Romero as the Joker went for $212,000. Other accepted bids were for costumes sported by Yvonne Craig (Batgirl, $87,500), Julie Newmar (Catwoman, $68,750) and Burgess Meredith (the Penguin, $46,250). Add that up and it's a cool $989,500..."
The Lynda Carter Wonder Woman suit was in the auction, too, as was the Barbara Eden "harem" suit, among others.
1980s comics jumping in value – Decluttering
First black-suited Spidey from Amazing Spider-Man #252 and Secret Wars #8, the 1984 first issue of Teenage Mutant Ninja, The Uncanny X-Men #266, first printing for The Dark Knight Returns #1 and others discussed.
Interview with European comics publisher Jean-Christophe Caurette of Éditions Caurette – The Comics Journal
If Warners/DC/Discovery gets bought by Paramount, they say they'll keep the company "mostly intact" – Reuters
Marvel ending Ultimates Universe? – Comicbook
It’s easy to be cynical about Marvel — they’re part of the Disney corporate umbrella and their editor in chief is a man who pretended to be Japanese so he could collect two paychecks. The company hasn’t felt like the House of Ideas in a long time, instead feeling more like the House of Cha-Ching..."
Halloween is almost here and if you need to go as Christopher Reeve's Superman, here's your chance: his suit is for sale.
Story at Artnet
Christopher Reeve's original super-suit for the first three Superman movies goes to auction at Sotheby’s today.
Designed by Yvonne Blake, the six-piece Lycra costume balancing comic-book fidelity with realism is estimated to fetch $600,000–$800,000..."
The link for the auction, though when last checked it was throwing a 404.
Burning Comics in Postwar America – Arcgis
Andy Muschietti still doing The Brave and the Bold, probably – Geeksandgamers
Absolute Joker: he's got a tail
Story at Bleedingcool
The Snyderverse may be gone, but the Affleck Batman screentest photo is new – Comicbookmovie
The 20 covers of Knull – Flickering Myth - Another Marvel "event" is gearing up and they do have twenty covers to move it forward, at the link.
Having made his long-feared return to the Marvel Universe in last month’s Venom #250, the God of Symbiotes Knull is gearing up for his first solo series launching this coming January and setting the stage for next year’s big Marvel symbiote event Queen in Black..."
Monsters #8 moves 362,000 copies on pre-order with retailers – blind bag promo sales eclipses previous blind bag effort – Comicsbeat
The down-side to "blind bags" – MSN CBR
These blind bags have become a major sales hit, and have even caused some drama with regard to the practice of some retailers opening the blind bags BEFORE the book officially goes on sale, and selling the covers that they "pulled" from the blind bags online before the book came out...."
2025 Ringo Award winners - nominees – Ringo Awards.com
"Comic Book Stores Coming Back to Life" – Boundingintocomics
50 year anniversary for Future Dreams comic book shop
Story at WWeek.com and the Portland store website
Riordan’s been selling comics on Burnside for 17 years, hopping between a few locations over the store’s 46-year history. According to him, Future Dreams was among the first stores in town to offer a direct market for comic books, as previously most consumers could only get their comics at newsstands and grocery stores..."
If you need an idea for what to do with $45 billion, you can buy DC/Warners: it's for sale
Story at PC Gamer
It is difficult to get across just how many fingers WBD has in how many pies. It owns HBO, CNN, game studios, movie studios, streaming platforms, various mega franchises, including Harry Potter and DC Comics, and a slew of broadcast rights for major sporting events, like the Olympics and the English Premier League..."
October 21, 2025 – Jim Shooter was right!
The campaign to name street in NYC after Jack Kirby – Comicsbeat
What's Kirby got to do with New York City? Read Street Code
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Batman The Long Halloween - 376 Pages - Amazon
IDW comic book release list Jan 2025 – Bleedingcool
Is James Gunn headed for the exit doors at DC/Warners? – Comicbookmovie
"Ringo Awards" - 2025 Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards at Baltimore Comic Con – Comicsbeat
What's going to happen with DC's Vertigo and Black Label comics? – Bleedingcool
The nominees for tthe 2025 European Catoon Awards – Daily Cartoonist
European Cartoon Award has announced their long list of 30 cartoonists who are in the running for their annual award to "honor the most provocative, insightful, and impactful cartoons of the year." The contest received over 400 entries from 30 different countries...."
"Monsters" top of sales this week – bleedingcool
Who is circling DC Comics to >maybe< buy the company? – Comicbookmovie
Restoring the rarest comic books in the USA – Vista Today
Batman: Revolution Book 2 released – Amazon
Batman matches wits with The Riddler and uncovers Gotham’s past in this sequel to Batman: Resurrection, set in the world of Tim Burton's iconic Batman..."
Tron Ares movies slated to lose $132 million – Deadline
Or more
Batman #423 cover by Todd McFarlane auctions for $781,250 – Heritage Auctions
This appears to be the new high mark on McFarlane, beating out the cover art for Amazing Spider-Man #328 (1990) which went for $657,250 in 2012
Bruce Banner no longer The Hulk? – Polygon
I thought Bruce Banner died in Civil War #3, 2016?
Ace movie poster artist Drew Struzan has died – Los Angeles Times
He did rock and roll album covers in the 70s and graduated to high-profile movie posters, such as ET, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Harry Potter and a very long list of other titles.
200K copies sold on Absolute Batman #13 – Bleedingcool
And the reaction:
But while Absolute Batman is undeniably a good comic and doing some very interesting things with the Batman mythos, there’s something about the book that no one is really talking about. No one is really talking about how, even with the sweeping changes to Bruce Wayne and the reimagining of his origins that are bringing something different to what might be the most popular character in comics, Absolute Batman is also simultaneously maintaining and even feeding into an overdone status quo that the hero has been stuck in for years..." – at ComicBook
French mother invents "Wondermum" website and DC Comics is suing her for infringement – UK The Guardian
The aim of the site is to help parents, and 80% of those using the site are mothers, many of them bringing up children alone like me. We are all superheroes but we have no power, and that’s what it’s about..."
Most popular Halloween costumes? Spider-Man, Witches, etc – CT Insider MSN
The Batgirl movie that you can't see – MSN Cinemablend
After being filmed and nearly completed, Warner Bros. cancelled the upcoming DC movie in exchange for a major tax write off. Actor Jacob Scipio was part of the cast, and recently spoke to The Direct about just how good the movie was. In his words: I got the chance to watch it, and it was a phenomenal film. Man, I'm really sad the world never got to see it. But you know, you never know. You never know..."
Rise of Skywalker accounting means total production spend is nearly $600 million – Forbes and at /Film
It's been said that the over-production on this film produced enough story and footage for three films. Our review of the film from back in 2019 is that it is a pretty shaky piece of cinema but it has some good things in it and the last section of the film hangs together much better than does the start.
Well, some people liked The Flash movie – Den of Geek
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