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Just when you thought it was safe to leave the quarter bins… cover to 1980’s Marvel Spotlight (vol. 2) #9 (Image credit: Marvel Comics) (opens in new tab) The sudden and unexpected hot back issue of the day is Marvel Spotlight (vol. 2) #9. This obscure 1980 book was quarter-bin …

Marvel is launching a new Morbius one-shot ahead of the character’s 2021 film, even though the current ongoing series remains on hiatus. Coming this February, the one-shot Morbius: Bond by Blood will revisit the vampiric anti-hero’s origin to show, according to Marvel, why he is “such a unique and horrifying …

The 40th anniversary of the cult-favorite film Flash Gordon is on December 5, and in advance of the milestone the character is being celebrated in film, consumer products, and where he started – comics.  This past Sunday, King Features launched Flash Forward – a comic strip anthology with 40 artists …

Longtime friends and collaborators Geoff Johns and Gary Frank are reuniting for a new creator-owned series at Image Comics titled Geiger. That’s right. Creator-owned. Geoff Johns. Gary Frank.  Image Comics.  (Image credit: Gary Frank/Brad Anderson (Image Comics)) (opens in new tab) “Who are the scavengers of a dying Earth? Geiger …

For the second month in a row, Newsarama readers get the very first look at the DC Future State solicitations and covers for the publisher’s flagship Batman family of titles, this time of course for titles on sale in February 2021, which concludes the two-month line-wide event.  (Well, mostly. There …

Hellboy creator Mike Mignola will enlist co-writer Tom Sniegowski, artist Craig Rousseau, colorist Dave Stewart, and letterer Clem Robins for Young Hellboy: The Hidden Land, a four-issue limited series that delves into Hellboy’s youth alongside Professor Bruttenholm. “In this four-issue series from Dark Horse Comics, Hellboy and Professor Bruttenholm are …

In Punchline, DC hopes to have a breakout villain with some staying power à la Harley Quinn, and the new character introduced in Batman #86 (opens in new tab) continues her journey in her first solo special. (Image credit: DC) (opens in new tab) The 48-page one-shot by writers James …

In advance of the ‘Future State’ event this January, DC is relaunching its company magazine DC Nation for a special promoting the event. (Image credit: Dan Mora (DC)) (opens in new tab) Scheduled to debut November 24, the DC Nation Presents: DC Future State magazine will, according to DC, “provides …

Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group will team up with independent book publisher Chooseco to create a line of official Choose Your Own Adventure graphic novels adapting classic titles from the longrunning line of Choose Your Own Adventure books. Like the classic Choose Your Own Adventure books, readers will experience different versions …

Spider-Man was created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko in 1962, but could he have been inspired by a children’s Halloween costume produced as early as 1954? The question – and costume – come to light from a collectibles dealer named Ben Cimino, who discovered a 1954 catalog and Halloween …