Comics

The Minimate and assorted awesome stuff (technical term) maker takes the top spot for sales among comic book specialty stores for 2012.

The reinvention of the X-Men continues in Uncanny X-Men #2 as Cyclops and his new team head toward mutant revolution.

The Renegades (the young heroes taking it to the Harbinger Foundation) welcome  a powerhouse when Torque joins the squad.

A hard-boiled, boozing, time-traveling, detective from the ’40s? Sold.

With a major role in the Marvel Movie Universe incoming in Avengers 2, the publisher is set to amp up the arch-villain’s presence in the original Marvel U with Thanos Rising.

Marvel Comics’ NOW! push continues with Deadpool #8 as the merc with a mouth forges an alliance with a demon. That should turn out just fine no?

Check out a clip from the upcoming second season of Marvel Comics’ Ultimate Spider-Man, foreshadowing the arrival of a certain scaly baddie, after the jump.

This evening’s episode of Warner Brothers popular action/adventure show Arrow has the vigilante calling it quits, but quitting the hero business is easier said then done.

The first big crossover to hit the recently relaunched Valiant Comics universe pits Bloodshot against Harbinger and will include some nice bonuses for fans.

Looks like the jade giant is set on a collision course with the Frost Giants and an unexpected team-up with the legendary God of Thunder.

Diamond Select’s newest Minimate line Battle Beasts wages war on comic and specialty stores this week.

Bloodshot #7 is the calm before the storm, so to speak. That’s not to say that there isn’t a ton of Bloodshot doing what he does best in the issue, it’s just that it’s the last standalone issue before the big Harbinger Wars crossover.

Star Wars #1 from Dark Horse Comics has sold out its first printing in just 24 hours.

Number one issues are rarely as auspicious as ones that bear a name as big as ‘Star Wars’. No subtitle or prequel stuff here- Dark Horse Comics’ newest Star Wars #1 is pure Original Trilogy fun.

Issue 2 of the new series from Dark Horse Comics and Hellboy creator Mike Mignola has followed in the hoofsteps of the first and has sold out at retailers nationwide. Second printing? Yeah, it’s on the way.

Nova, Iron Fist, PowerMan and some of Spidey’s biggest baddies are on the way in the second season of Marvel’s Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon.