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NEWS:
MARVEL - From ComicsBeat: Marvel Comics is heading towards huge changes. "President of Marvel Comics & Franchise," Dan Buckley, has announced that he is stepping down. The new leadership team will be Marvel Studios executive Brad Winderbaum who will be "Head of Marvel Television, Animation, Comics & Franchise." Disney Publishing Exec, David Abdo, will become "General/Manager Comics & Franchise" and will report to Winderbaum. Buckley will remain at Marvel through mid-2027 to help with the transition.
IMAGE COMICS - From BleedingCool: Writer-artist Rob Guillory, the co-creator of "Chew" (Image Comics), has teased some news about the Chew. Blumhouse and Atomic Monster are developing it as a live-action television series. Actor Randall Park (Ant-Man) may play the series lead, "Tony Chu."
DC STUDIOS - From IMDb: Director Matt Reeves has confirmed that German actor, Sebastian Koch, has joined the cast of his 2027 film, "The Batman II."
DC COMICS - From DCBlog: Writer Brandon T. Snider talks about his DC "Young Readers" graphic novel, "Supergirls Family Vacation." Drawn by Sarah Leuver, "Supergirl's Family Vacation" is available now.
MARVEL/MIDNIGHT - From BleedingCool: Marvel announces solicitations information on its first three "Midnight" line titles "Midnight X-Men" (Aug. 2026), "Midnight Fantastic Four" (Sept. 2026), and "Midnight Spider-Man" (Oct. 2026).
AWARDS - From ECBACC: ECBACC - the "East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention" has announced the winners for the "Glyph Comics Award 2026" in nine categories. Gerald Vreden and Hakim Rafai's "Rise of the Mafu" wins four of the nine awards.
JACK KIRBY - From
TheConversation: Tomorrow (Mon., May 11, 2026), a street on
Manhattan's Lower East Side will be named "
Jack Kirby Way," in honor of the co-creator of the Marvel Comics Universe, the late, great
Jack Kirby.
From
BleedingCool: "Bleeding Cool" has an article on the ceremony creating "
Jack Kirby Way." It includes photographic images and some video.
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DC STUDIOS - From WorldofReel: Greg Mottola is apparently in the lead to direct an untitled film from DC Studios that will star DC comics villains "Bane" and "Deathstroke."
MARVEL/MIDNIGHT - From BleedingCool: Marvel Comics apparently has a new imprint slash universe, entitled "Midnight." Bleeding Cool is describing it as "Absolute Horror" line, that will launch this fall with "radical" re-imaginings of Marvel Comics characters. Writers Jonathan Hickman, Phillip Kennedy Johnson, and Benjamin Percy, who all recently signed exclusive deals with Marvel, are reportedly involved. "Bleeding Cool" says that the imprint will focus on new versions of Blade, Ghost Rider, Darkhold, Dracula, Morbius, and Werewolf By Night. Marvel is reportedly aiming for Halloween 2026 launch.
DC COMICS - From DCBlog: Current "Batman" series writer, Matt Fraction, talks about the next big "Bat-Family" crossover event, "Bad Seeds."
MARVEL - From
BleedingCool:
Kevin Smith ("Clerks," "Daredevil") and
Andy McElfresh ("The Tonight Show") are cowriting the miniseries, "
Spider-Man/Hulk: Fire & Brimstone" for Marvel Comics.
R.B. Silva will draw the series, which debuts August 19th, 2026. The story finds
Bruce Banner seeking an exorcism to finally cure the Hulk.
From
ComicsBeat:
Marvel Comics has revealed they will mark "
Disability Pride Month" in July with four back-up stories, all written by
Marieke Nijkamp ("Hawkeye: Kate Bishop"), with art by
Andrea Di Vito ("Emma Frost: The White Queen"). The stories will spotlight disabled superheroes like
Daredevil,
Misty Knight,
Echo,
Hawkeye (
Clint Barton),
Silhouette, and
Finesse. The stories will be serialized story in the July 2026 issues of "
Amazing Spider-Man #32," "
Uncanny X-Men #31," "
Fantastic Four #14," and "
Wolverine #24." The heroes characters come together to save Misty’s partner,
Colleen Wing.
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EN MEMORIAM - From
Marvel: Comic book writer and editor,
Gerry Conway, has died at the age of 73. Conway is best known for co-creating such Marvel Comics characters as "The Punisher," "Ben Reilly" (The Spider-Man clone), and the first "Ms. Marvel" (Carol Danvers). For DC Comics, Conway created "Firestorm," "Jason Todd,/Robin," "Killer Croc," and Power Girl, to name just a few of the many DC characters he created. Conway also wrote the first modern day intercompany crossover, "Superman vs. the Amazing Spider-Man" (March 1976). He also briefly served as Marvel's "Editor-in-Chief." Conway was also a prolific television writer, and served as writer-producer on the NBC's "Law & Order" franchise from 1999 to 2006.
From
BleedingCool: Comic book writer and healthcare journalist and professional,
Lew Strazewski, has died at the age of 71, Monday, April 27, 2026. Stazewski is best known for his comic book writing for several publishers, most specifically DC Comics and Malibu. He wrote The Flash, JSA, and Starman for DC Comics. Strazewski was one of the architects of Malibu Comics' "Ultraverse," where he co-created "Prime" and "Prototype."
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AWARDS - From ECBACC: ECBACC - the "East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention" has announced the nominations for the "Glyph Comics Award 2026" in nine categories. The winners will be announced Saturday, May 9, 2026, which is a week before ECBACC 2026 takes place Saturday, May 16, 2026.
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APRIL 2026 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From
BleedingCool: DC Comics "Superman" titles for April 2026
From
BleedingCool: Marvel Comics' "Spider-Man" and "Venom" titles for April 2026
From
BleedingCool: Marvel Comics' "X-Men" titles for April 2026
From
BleedingCool: Image Comics' "Energon" titles for April 2026
From
BleedingCool: Image Comics "Ghost Machine" titles for April 2026
From
BleedingCool: Warrant Publishing Company for April 2026
MAY 2026 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
JUNE 2026 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From
BleedingCool: Hoffman International and Warrant Publishing for June 2026
From
BleedingCool: Marvel Comics "Captain America" for June 2026
JULY 2026 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From
BleedingCool: DC Comics "Absolute Batman #22" for July 2026
From
BleedingCool: Image Comics Todd McFarlane titles for July 2026
From
BleedingCool: Marvel Comics "Queen in Black" titles for July 2026
AUGUST 2026 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From
BleedingCool: Marvel Comics' "Armageddon" titles for August 2026
From
BleedingCool: Marvel Comics' "X-Men DNX" titles for August 2026
From
BleedingCool: Marvel Comics' "Queen in Black" titles for August 2026
From
BleedingCool: Marvel Comics' "What If" titles for August 2026
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