Hitting comic shops this July – an all-new addition to the classic MARVELS graphic novel written by Kurt Busiek and fully painted by Alex Ross! And it’s a “Marvels” look at the “all-new, all-different” X-Men of the 1970s! In this 16-page story, Alex and Kurt bring Marvel’s world to brilliant, realistic life one last time, as the now-retired Phil Sheldon and his daughters, in Manhattan to see the Christmas lights, find themselves in the middle of a clash between the outsider heroes and the deadly Sentinels, giving them a close-up perspective on the mutant experience. Also featuring a behind-the-scenes look at the making of this special story, and other bonus features.

MARVELS EPILOGUE #1 Written by KURT BUSIEK Art by ALEX ROSS Cover Art by ALEX ROSS On-sale July 24, 2019

The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that the upcoming series adaptation of The Last of Us will be directed by the hit of Cannes, Kantemir Balagov, who recently debuted his film Beanpole to rave reviews at the film festival. The Circassian director replaces Johan Renck who had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts. Renck’s partner on Chernobyl, Craig Mazin, is writing and executive producing the series along with Neil Druckmann who is the writer and creator of the game.

The Last of Us tells the story of a plague racked world where a jaded smuggler is hired to get a 14-year-old girl out of the quarantine zone as she may be the key to curing the pandemic.

With the hiring of Balagov, it’s obvious that HBO is wanting to go with a serious, somber adaptation as his film Beanpole told the story of the dark relationship between two women in the aftermath of the Siege of Leningrad during WWII.

The Hollywood Reporter is… well, reporting, that Paramount and Hasbro/eOne are beginning casting on a Dungeons & Dragons feature film and begging the groundwork for a television series. To pen the script and develop the pitch for a live-action series, the studios have turned to John Wick writer/creator Derek Kolstad. This is just part of eOne’s efforts to transform the popular RPG game into an entertainment franchise as the studio is said to be working with multiple writers to develop various projects in the fantasy universe.

Kolstad wrote the original John Wick series as a spec called Scorn. He would then go on to work on both sequels and is currently working on the Marvel Studios upcoming Falcon and the Winter Solder series for Disney+.

A 9.4 CGC designated copy of Batman #1 from 1940 sold at auction this week for just over $2.2 million dollars, making it the most expensive Batman comic ever sold. As part of the weekend event at Heritage Auction house that started on Thursday, the sale surpassed the previous high for a Batman issue when Detective Comics #27, the first appearance of Batman, sold back in November for $1.5 million.

The Batman #1 issues was last owned by Billy T. Gates who bought it back in 1979 from a comic shop in Houston, Texas for $3,000. Gates sadly passed away back in 2019, leaving his collection to his son.

The issue marks only the third comic to break the $2 million mark with two different copies of Action Comics #1, the first appearance of Superman, both went for over $2 million. One of them being the famed, Nicolas Cage-owned copy. A third issues of Action Comics #1 is still the most expensive comic ever sold having gone under the hammer for $3.2 million back in 2014.

Seems we’re not the only ones obsessing over Cobra Kai on Netflix. During his post-game address after a victory, Washington Capitals’ coach Peter Laviolette decided to motivate the team by given away bandanas to the best offensive and defensive players of the game. Right winger T.J. Oshie won the Cobra Kai bandana for offensive prowess while Brenden Dillon was awarded the Miyagi-Do bandana for his rampart-like defense. You can see the presentation here.

When posted to Twitter, the moment was brought to the attention of Ralph Macchio who of course plays Daniel LaRusso in both the original films and the spinoff Netflix series. Macchio, a big hockey fan and supporter of the New York Islanders post a shout out back to the coach. And while he was impressed by the move… he’s still loyal to his Islanders.

Back in December we started hearing rumors that Marvel Studios were going to be bringing Charlie Cox over from the Netflix series to play Matt Murdock in the upcoming third Spider-Man film. These rumors made sense since the last time we saw the Wall-Crawler, J. Jonah Jameson was telling the world that he was really Peter Parker, which could lead to some serious legal trouble that might have him calling on the Lawyers from Hell’s Kitchen. Could a teenager be in violation of the Sokovia Accords?

Now we’re hearing, thanks to Bandon Davis and the new Phase Zero podcast, that Cox has been seen on the Spider-Man 3 set, though no report on if he was dressed in a suit or the familiar red and black armor.

When asked recently by Collider about the possibility of Cox returning as Murdock, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige was typically coy saying: “I look at anything that’s happened before, whether it’s our movies, whether it’s Marvel entertainment TV series, in particular, obviously the comics, video games, cartoons, all of it is available as inspiration for the future of Marvel. That’s they way the comics have worked for many years. So, we’ll see.”

Trying to read between the lines there, combined with the report of Cox being seen on set, I’d say the likelihood of Murdock showing up in the movie are high, but I wouldn’t count on him being the exact same one from the TV series. Feige may pick and choose what to pull from the Netflix series and what to jettison. He’s known for liking Cox, Vincent D’Onofrio as Kingpin, Kristen Ritter as Jessica Jones and Jon Bernthal as the Punisher, so he may bring over those actors and recast others. Time will tell.

Streaming services have changed the expectations of audiences when it comes to how we consume storylines, as a number of streamers debut an entire season's worth of episodes all at once, as traditional TV networks typically only release one episode at a time. Battlestar Galactica is a beloved piece of sci-fi lore that is associated with tackling ambitious themes, with the upcoming reboot of the concept from Mr. Robot creator Sam Esmail turning both narrative expectations and release expectations on their heads, as he detailed that the new project is considering an erratic release strategy that would experiment with non-linear storytelling.

“When I spoke to Peacock about it, and Mike Lesslie who’s an amazing writer – he’s the one who’s showrunning and writing the pilot – the one thing we got excited by is do we release an episode a week, [release all at once]?" Esmail shared with Collider. "For me, it was like, let’s get in there and tell the right story and it will tell us how many episodes. We may dump three episodes in a row because it’s a three-episode-long battle sequence that needs to be dropped in a row even though they’re three signifying chapters, and maybe each chapter is switching a point of view within that battle sequence. There may be a 20-minute episode that’s the backstory of one of the characters that gets dropped right after that.”

He added, “So we’re gonna really experiment with form on this one because Battlestar, again, given the rich mythology that’s in there already, we want to hit every nook and cranny and because of the format, because of Peacock and streaming – and they’ve been such great partners with us in trying to experiment – we want to get in the writers' room and let the story tell us how it wants to be released.” (via ComicBook)

BOOM! Studios today revealed a first look at DUNE: HOUSE ATREIDES #4, adapted & scripted by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, who co-wrote the eponymous prequel novel based on Frank Herbert’s notes and illustrated by artist Dev Pramanik (Paradiso), colorist Alex Guimarães (Buffy: Every Generation) and letterer Ed Dukeshire (Once & Future), in partnership with Herbert Properties LLC and in full coordination with Abrams ComicArts, who published the first of three graphic novel adaptations of Herbert’s original classic novel DUNE in Fall 2020.

Leto Atreides has discovered the horrifying truth behind Ix’s success, calling House Vernius’ true nature into question and possibly spelling the House’s demise. The Harkonnens’ deadly influence continues to spread, forcing Duncan Idaho to take drastic measures; Reverend Mother Gaius Mohiam to play her trump card with the Baron. Pardot Kynes forms an alliance with the Freman that will change the course of Dune's history. Meanwhile, Crown Prince Shaddam and Hasimir Fenring continue unraveling their plot to oust the Emperor Elrood...

Created by visionary writer Frank Herbert, Dune debuted in 1965, has sold millions of copies and is arguably the most admired science fiction novel of all time. After winning the Hugo Award and inaugural Nebula Award, Dune inspired a best-selling novel series and led to multiple live-action adaptations, including the upcoming feature film from Legendary Pictures. The influence of Dune extends well beyond the world of entertainment, with an incalculable influence on modern scientific thinking about politics, religion, outer space, environmentalism and more.

The DUNE: HOUSE ATREIDES limited series is published in coordination with Abrams ComicArts, who will release a graphic novel trilogy adapting Frank Herbert’s original novel Dune, with volume one published on November 24, 2020. The Dune graphic novels from ComicArts are also adapted and scripted by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, and will be illustrated by Raúl Allén and Patricia Martín, and feature covers by Bill Sienkiewicz.

DUNE: HOUSE ATREIDES is the newest release from BOOM! Studios’ eponymous imprint, home to critically acclaimed original series, including BRZRKR by Keanu Reeves, Matt Kindt, and Ron Garney; We Only Find Them When They’re Dead by Al Ewing and Simone Di Meo; Seven Secrets by Tom Taylor and Daniele Di Nicuolo; Something is Killing the Children by James Tynion IV and Werther Dell’Edera; Faithless by Brian Azzarello and Maria Llovet; and Abbott by Saladin Ahmed and Sami Kivelä. The imprint also publishes popular licensed properties including Buffy the Vampire Slayer from Jordie Bellaire and David López, Firefly from Greg Pak, Lalit Kumar Sharma & Daniel Bayliss, and the Mighty Morphin and Power Rangers series from Ryan Parrott, Marco Renna, and Francesco Mortarino.

DUNE: HOUSE ATREIDES #4 features main cover art by Lorenzo De Felici (Oblivion Song) and variant cover art by Mike Del Mundo (Avengers).

Print copies of DUNE: HOUSE ATREIDES #4 will be available on January 27, 2021 at local comic book shops (use comicshoplocator.com to find the nearest one), or at the BOOM! Studios webstore. Digital copies can be purchased from content providers like comiXology, iBooks, Google Play, and Madefire.

DUNE: HOUSE ATREIDES #4 features main cover art by Lorenzo De Felici (Oblivion Song) and variant cover art by Mike Del Mundo (Avengers).

A Tintin drawing by the Belgian artist Herge has sold in Paris, France, for 2.6 million euros ($3.1 million), breaking the record for the most expensive comic book art in history.

The 1936 work in Chinese ink, gouache and watercolor was destined as a cover for The Blue Lotus, the fifth volume of the adventures of Tintin, a young reporter created by Herge.

The work features a red dragon on a black background by the frightened character's face. It never graced store shelves because it was deemed too expensive to reproduce on a wide scale, a victim of the artist's craftsmanship.

In Blue Lotus, Tintin travels to China during the 1931 Japanese invasion with his dog, Snowy, to investigate and expose Japanese spy networks, drug-smuggling rings and other crimes.

The record price set at the sale organized by the Artcurial auction house did not include auction fees. Work by Hergé, whose real name was Georges Remi, previously set the record for the most expensive pieces of comic book art with the front pages of Tintin comic books that also sold for 2.6 million euros, including auction fees. (via ABC News)

Now fully underway, Donny Cates and Ryan Stegman’s KING IN BLACK has taken the entire Marvel Universe by storm. And in April, the year’s most talked-about event will explode in the pages of Jason Aaron’s AVENGERS. Featuring art by Luca Maresca (Marvel’s Spider-Man: The Black Cat Strikes), AVENGERS #45 will star Blade and a vampire army taking on Knull’s forces.

The vampire hunter has been at the forefront of battles throughout KING IN BLACK and now the vampire hunter will pay a dark price that will change his world forever. Setting up Blade and the Avengers for what’s to come, AVENGERS #45 is a key chapter in the King in Black saga that fans won’t want to miss. Check out the cover by Cory Smith below and pick up the issue when it hits stands in April.

Recently announced as a member of the inaugural class of Marvel's Stormbreakers, superstar artist Peach Momoko continues to turn out bestselling variant covers for Marvel’s hottest titles. Fans can now see her latest creation, featuring a depiction of Spider-Man’s scariest foe reimagined in Momoko’s trademark style, for CARNAGE: BLACK, WHITE & BLOOD #1.

Featuring all-star creators such as Donny Cates, Ken Lashley, Sara Pichelli, and more, CARNAGE: BLACK, WHITE, BLOOD will present Carnage’s most spine-chilling tales in BLACK, WHITE AND BLOOD. See Momoko’s cover below and don’t miss adding this latest variant cover masterpiece to your collection when CARNAGE: BLACK, WHITE, AND BLOOD #1 hits stands in March.