DC have announced that ‘Justice League #6’ and Superman #1′ have sold out and gone back to press (heads up variant fans; for ‘Superman’, that’s a third printing!). We hope you had your copies already ordered through our subscription services!
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Interviews This Week
There have been a couple of interviews posted online this week. At Dark Horse, they have a short chat with Steve Lieber, illustrator on Alabaster: Wolves, which is due to hit next week. Meanwhile, over at Marvel, the Q&A is with Kieron Gillen, the Uncanny X-Men writer who talks about preparing his cast for AvX […]
Free Captain America comic for American troops
Marvel are producing a new, free Captain America comic for U.S. troops, through ‘Exchanges’ located on U.S. military bases around the world. This is the seventh year that Marvel Customs and the Army & Air Force Exchange Service have been producing comics specifically through Exchange where, for more than 116 years, their mission has been […]
New ‘Man of Steel’ logo officially released
You may well have seen this already as the logo has been doing the rounds on the internet for a while, but DC have now officially unveiled the new Superman ‘Man of Steel’ logo:
From the (Dark) Horses mouth
Dark Horse have some exciting news posted in their blog. Fans of the character ‘Ghost’ will be happy as Elisa Cameron returns in a new, monthly ongoing series written by Kelly Sue DeConnick and illustrated by Phil Noto. ‘Ghost’ will debut in September. Eisner Award winner Michael Avon Oeming will be writing and drawing ‘The […]
ACE Events on Free Comic Book Day 2012
Free Comic Book Day 2012 is approaching fast, taking place on May 5th. (edit – dont forget to show if you’ll be attending on our Facebook Events page) To celebrate the event, ACE Comics will be rolling out a massive 50p sale on a huge selection of back issues on that day, so if you […]
Rebel Blood goes back to press
The Image comic ‘Rebel Blood #1’ has sold out of it’s initial run and is heading back for a second pressing. Get the full story at Image Comics.
Awesome Lego Avengers Poster
We’re big fans of the building-brick-system at ACE, and this weekend Lego teamed up with Marvel to produce a poster paying tribute to the new ‘Avengers’ movie posters. There will be a number of Avengers Lego sets available this summer! Check out the story at Marvel.com.
Dark Knight Rises Trailer
As we haven’t featured it on our site yet, here’s the official trailer for Chris Nolan’s ‘The Dark Knight Rises’, released on 20th July this year. Even if you’ve seen it, we think it’s worth another watch!
Avengers vs X-Men #0 Second Print
Marvel have sent Avengers vs X-Men #0 back to print following a sell-out of the initial run. “We couldn’t be more happy with the landmark response to Avengers VS. X-Men,” said Marvel SVP of Sales, David Gabriel. “With the incredible demand from fans and retailers alike, we are taking measures to ensure that shops get […]
Using Comic Art in Education
Some exciting news from the ACE community now as one of our customers has just had a book published! Using Comic Art to Improve Speaking, Reading and Writing by Steve Bowkett and Tony Hitchman takes a look at children’s interest in pictures and comics as a way of developing creative writing, reading skills and oracy. […]
New Animated Batman Series
DC have officially unveiled a new animated Batman series titled ‘Beware the Batman’… “A cool, new take on the classic Dark Knight franchise, Beware the Batman incorporates Batman’s core characters with a rogues gallery of new villains not previously seen in animated form. Along with backup from ex-secret agent Alfred and lethal swordstress Katana, the […]