Newsarama debuted a three page preview of the Amazing Spider-Man #676 from Marvel Comics. The storyline leads into the big Spider-Man event of 2012 – “Ends of the Earth.”
You can find the three page preview below along with previously released unlettered advance art.
Joseph Henry “Joe” Simon, passed away on Wednesday December 14th, 2011 in New York City, after a brief illness, at the age of 98.
Simon created or co-created many important characters in the Golden Age of Comics and was the first editor for Timely Comics, which later became Marvel Comics.
Along with Jack Kirby, Simon co-created Captain America in 1940. Simon & Kirby worked extensively at DC Comics in the 1940s on such books as Sandman and Sandy the Golden Boy, and co-created the Newsboy Legion, the Boy Commandos, and Manhunter. Simon & Kirby creations for other comics publishers include Boys’ Ranch, Fighting American and the Fly.
Marvel Comics’ X-Men family title releases for March 2012. Daken: Dark Wolverine #23 and X-23 #21 will be the last issues of those two titles. Marvel has cancelled both.
WRITER: Dave Lapham
ARTIST: Roberto De La Torre
Cover By Humberto Ramos
Variant Cover By Bryan Hitch
• Spinning Directly Out Of Uncanny X-Force
• The Amazing X-Men Have Lost And The Evil Weapon X Is More Powerful Than Ever
• Jean Grey And Sabretooth Are At Their Lowest
• Who Are The X-Terminated?
32 Pgs./Parental Advisory …$2.99
Marvel Comics has released images of several of their variant covers for Avengers: X-Sanction. Marvel anticipates a larger demand for this series after they announced their Avengers vs X-Men event just a few days ago, so they are going back to press with a rush 2nd printing of Avengers: X-Sanction #1. You can find the variant covers and info below.
Valiant Entertainment is proud to announce its first ever Free Comic Book Day release – the Valiant Comics Can 2012 Edition!
On May 5th, get the inside track on the year’s most groundbreaking comic book event with this exclusive look at the all-new Valiant Comics! X-O Manowar! Bloodshot! Harbinger! Some of the best-selling heroes of all time return this Free Comic Book Day, just as all-new #1 issues of Valiant Comics begin arriving in stores!
Jerry Robinson, the legendary comic book artist who is credited with creating Batman’s archenemy The Joker, passed away in his sleep on Wednesday night. He was 89.
Discovered by Batman creator Bob Kane in 1939, Robinson was a 17 year old journalism student at Columbia University when Kane hired him to work on his Batman book as an inker and letterer.
Bob Kane later claimed that he and writer Bill Finger came up with the idea for The Joker, however, most historians credit Jerry Robinson with the creation of the character. Robinson was also influential in the creation or Robin the Boy Wonder, Alfred the butler, and Two-Face.
Many people have an idea of what a superhero poster should look like and French artist Grégoire Guillemin has given us his own interpretation of that vision.
Guillemin has created a series of prints that depict superheroes in a minimalist, retro-modern way using many different styles, including art deco, Bauhaus, pixelation, and paper. In addition to superheroes, you can find other prints related to music and pop culture on his web store, where you can get his artwork in many different forms, from art prints and stretched canvases to hoodies and iPhone cases.
The Free Comic Book Day (FCBD) Committee has announced its Gold Sponsor comic book selections for the industry’s top annual event, Free Comic Book Day, scheduled for Saturday, May 5, 2012. Next year marks the eleventh anniversary of Free Comic Book Day with another year of incredible stories that allow fans of all ages to dive into the adventures of their favorite comic book characters and encourage new readers to explore the fun and excitement that comics can offer.
Chosen by retailers on the FCBD Committee, there’s a free comic book for everyone’s taste: from Avengers, Star Wars and Transformers to Peanuts, Mouse Guard, and MegaMan.
December is here and so is the return of Voltron to comics! The new series from Dynamite Entertainment will be written by Brandon Thomas and illustrated by Ariel Padilla. Voltron #1 will have covers by Alex Ross, Wagner Reis, and Sean Chen along with variant covers.
Here’s how the covers will be allocated and the variants available:
DC Comics has released a few pages of artist Wes Craig’s character designs for T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #1. Craig stated that he based the characters’ looks on CAFU’s designs from the previous series and that he “… stuck to them pretty closely, making little tweaks that would suit (his) style better.”
Take a look and judge for yourselves.
“Their powers: Usually the artist display’s a hero’s super-powers as majestic and awe-inspiring. But with the Agents, their powers can potentially kill them so I wanted the feeling that their powers were a bit out of their control and that it made them feel a bit sick inside to use them.
Lightning: I love characters with super-speed.
NoMan: I wanted to give myself a challenge in how to draw his invisibility powers without just using a Photoshop fade-out effect, and I think I’ve found some fun solutions.
Colleen: Colleen’s going to have a fancy new ‘season two’ haircut, but we hadn’t thought of that yet when I was drawing these designs.
The Subterraneans: I had a kick drawing these guys since it was my first major contribution to the look of the series. I tried to stick to the basic idea of the original 60′s design with these guys, but make them a bit scarier and more reptilian. Drawing their subterranean kingdom has also been a lot of fun.”