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WonderCon 2025’s cosplay scene was an explosion of creativity and passion, which is why this con is known for it. Dive into our gallery and witness the incredible craftsmanship and dedication of these talented fans. We want to know: which cosplay stole the show for you? Let us know in the comments! Continue reading “Wondercon 2025 Cosplay Gallery”

Greetings CHU! We took another trip to Wondercon in Anaheim, CA from March 28th-30th. This show’s size and accessibility helps me kick off the season without my old man legs falling apart. It’s not hard to get an affordable hotel within walking distance of the convention center. Plus Downtown Disney across the street for entertainment and food.  Continue reading “Wondercon 2025 Wrap Up – McFarlane, Jim Lee, plus Thrilljoy Enters the Chat”

Buckle up for an inside look at this month’s debut issue of the new ongoing horror-fantasy series Lost Fantasy, by bestselling writer Curt Pires (Indigo Children) and frequent co-collaborator, artist Luca Casalanguida (Money). Continue reading “Preview: “LOST FANTASY” Image Comics – Five Page Preview Plus Art and Character Concepts”

The debut issue of the highly anticipated We’re Taking Everyone Down With Us by Matthew Rosenberg (4 Kids Walk Into A Bank—currently being adapted for film starring Oscar nominee Liam Neeson) and artist Stefano Landini (Daredevil, Prodigy) has hit big with readers and is being rushed back to print this week by Image Comics to keep up with escalating demand. Continue reading “WE’RE TAKING EVERYONE DOWN WITH US IS A BULLETPROOF SUCCESS, LAUNCH ISSUE RUSHED BACK TO PRINT AMIDST NATIONAL SIGNING TOUR HYPE”

BAD IDEA is thrilled to announce that the explosive debut issue of the upcoming sci-fi epic PLANET DEATH has set a massive final print run of 909,560 copies — including 818,850 copies ordered by comic book retailers and an additional 90,800 reserved for comps, damages, and promotional use. Continue reading “Near ONE MILLION COPY Print Run Locked & Loaded As PLANET DEATH #0 Blasts Into Record-Shattering Free Comic Book Day Debut!”

Tax day is quickly approaching. Just sent mine in this evening, leaving little time for throwing together an FOC list. Oh, and we will no longer be linking comics to TFAW, as they are shutting down their online ordering.

Hang on, here we go! Continue reading “Dirty D’s F.O.C. (4/6/25)”

Batman takes hits, breaks bones, and keeps fighting without hesitation. Comics show him pushing through injuries like they are minor setbacks.  Continue reading “Batman’s Pain Tolerance in Comics Versus the Realities of Chronic Pain”

“Fans of Giallo horror, this one’s for you.”—Fangoria
The launch issue of the highly anticipated new horror miniseries You’ll Do Bad Things—by award-winning creator Tyler Boss (What’s The Furthest Place From Here?), rising star artist Adriano Turtulici, and lettering legend Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou—has slashed the competition and sold out completely at the distributor level. Image Comics is rushing issue #1 back to print this week due to popular demand…and not at all because a crazed, masked serial killer will come for them if they don’t. Boss, who is currently signing copies of the coveted comic at shops across the country on a signing tour, has contributed disturbingly gorgeous new cover art for the second printing. Continue reading “YOU’LL DO BAD THINGS KILLS IN ITS DEBUT, RUSHED BACK TO PRINT”

The debut issue of the popular series The Lucky Devils—by New York Times bestselling writer Charles Soule (Undiscovered Country, The Endless Vessel, Star Wars) and critically-acclaimed artist Ryan Browne (Curse Words, God Hates Astronauts)—has sold out completely at the distributor level again. Image Comics will rush the issue back to print this week in order to keep up with rising reorder activity, with a unique cover featuring Ryan Browne’s original pencils for the first issue cover, and a beautiful silver foil incentive variant for the collectors. Continue reading “Lucky Devils #1 and #2 Go Back To Print”

TFAW (Things From Another World) will be closing their online store as of April 30th. Continue reading “Things From Another World Closing On-Line Store”

Absolute Green Lantern #1 is in stores tomorrow. It gives us some familiar characters, but some in not so familiar roles. Check out the spoilers below:

Continue reading “Spoilers: Absolute Green Lantern #1”

Marvel pulls out some super deep cut characters for Deadpool to kill in Deadpool Kills The Marvel Universe One Last Time #1 . The book, in stores tomorrow, has some classic alternate characters to kill, check out who is on the roster:

Continue reading “Spoilers: Deadpool Kills The Marvel Universe One Last Time #1 – Marvel’s Deep Cuts”

This one may seem a little redundant since we ran the cover spoiler earlier, anyway, All New Venom #5, in stores tomorrow and all over the internet as of last week, finally reveals the not-to-well-kept secret of who the All New Venom is. Read on:

Continue reading “Spoilers: All-New Venom #5 – Venom Revealed”

Absolute Superman #6 is in stores tomorrow. The story shows us how Superman finally got to Earth, and who is the series main villain. Up until this point it seemed to be Brainiac, but this one goes a little deeper. Check out the spoilers below

Continue reading “Spoilers: Absolute Superman #6 – Absolute Villain”

Hell Hulk is coming, with Hellverine #5 Hell Hulk Variant marking his first cover appearance, will he be in the pages? Read on and find out.

Continue reading “Quick Spoilers – Hellverine #5 – Hell Hulk?”

All New Venom #5 is in stores Wednesday. The big reveal is finally here, except, Marvel has let it slip with cover images already hitting the web. We will have story spoilers tomorrow night, but here are the covers that are out there.

Continue reading “Spoilers: All-New Venom #5 – Marvel’s Worst Kept Secret”

So, the “good” news is that Diamond was purchased at auction, so it looks like it’s sticking around for a little bit to continue distributing comic books…that means there’s likely a FCBD this year. The bad news is that this is somewhat of a light week on FOC. At least for books worth mentioning. Another week where there just isn’t enough to write a full article. So we’ll just hit the few highlights. Continue reading “Dirty D’s F.O.C. (3/30/25)”

Skybound and Image Comics, in collaboration with leading games, IP and toy company Hasbro, revealed a first look at interior pages from G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero – Roadblock #1, the all-new one-shot debuting for Skybound’s Silent Missions month. Written and drawn by Andrew Krahnke (Bloodrik), with colors by Francesco Segala (G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero), this issue hits comic book shops on April 23. Continue reading “Your First Look at ‘G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero – Roadblock #1’”

The industry is abuzz with excitement for the hot new series Bug Wars by Jason Aaron (Southern Bastards, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Absolute Superman) and Mahmud Asrar (Conan the Barbarian, X-Men, Batman & Robin) and issue #2 of the hot new series has sold out completely at the distributor level. Image Comics has fast-tracked Bug Wars #2 for reprint this week in order to keep up with the swarms of reorders. Continue reading “BUG WARS ISSUE #2 RUSHED BACK TO PRINT THIS WEEK”

New York Times bestselling, award winning creative team Brian K. Vaughan (Saga, We Stand on Guard, Paper Girls) and Niko Henrichon (Pride of Baghdad) are back with a provocative, hard hitting new graphic novel titled, Spectators. First serialized in Vaughan’s Substack newsletter, this jaw-dropping, lavishly hand-painted epic will be collected in its entirety at last and available in a stunning hardcover edition this September. Continue reading “PREVIEW: “SPECTATORS” FROM BRIAN K. VAUGHAN THIS SEPTEMBER”