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Exclusive: All Marvel Digital Comics Will Be Available Same Day As Print

4:30AM November 4, 2011 | Kyle Wagner

Marvel is taking its entire line of comics “day-and-date” digitally, meaning you’ll be able to download all of the company’s comics on the its mobile app just as soon as they’re available in physical stores. That polishes off one of the few downsides to digital comics: Having to wait for the latest and greatest. More »

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This Cheque Created Superman And Changed Comic Books Forever

8:40AM October 27, 2011 | Casey Chan

Superman is as iconic a character as there is — the superhero is a part of Western culture. But how was he really created? Like in real life? He was bought. And this is the check that DC used to create his legend. But why should we care? Well… More »

Entertainment

Barnes & Noble Might Be Ruining Comic Books For Everyone

8:25AM October 19, 2011 | Kyle Wagner

Comic books on tablets are great. They’re one of the best parts of owning one, actually. But the backlash from DC making a bunch of its most popular graphic novels exclusive to Amazon could muck things up for everyone. More »

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Creating Captain America

2:29AM July 20, 2011 | Joe Simon - Maxim

With Captain America: The First Avenger out on July 28 in Australia, here’s a look at how the hero – and his arch-nemesis – came about. Hint: it involves ice cream… More »

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Osama Bin Laden Killing Is Being Turned Into A Graphic Novel

4:40AM June 30, 2011 | Casey Chan

As if war dogs and night vision contact lenses weren’t enough, the killing of Osama bin Laden is going to be stylised in a wannabe Frank Miller-style art. It’ll focus on SEAL Team 6 and take some liberties with fiction. More »

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An Early Peek At The Steve Jobs Comic Book

4:21AM June 15, 2011 | Brian Barrett

From the people that brought you the Mark Zuckerberg comic book comes the boringly named (yet still enticing!) Steve Jobs: The Co-Founder of Apple, a pulp biography in pictures. A few of which PC World has gotten an early look at. More »

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Use Your LEGO Helmet To Listen To Comic Books

10:00AM May 28, 2011 | Kirstin Butler

In case LEGOs aren’t cool enough for you on their own, how about if we throw a gold-visor space helmet, USB drive, and some comic books into the mix? That’s the ingenious thinking behind Jonathan Robson‘s concept design for the LEGO Audio Comic. More »

Software

Dark Horse App Shoves Hellboy And Axe Cop Into Your iPad

5:49AM May 18, 2011 | Brian Barrett

Dark Horse. It’s the largest independent comic book publisher in these here United States, and its stable of titles ranges from Hellboy to The Guild to Conan to heart-warming child-written internet sensation Axe Cop. And now it’s on your iPad. More »

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Lego Helmet Makes Comics Books’ Zaps! Pows! Bangs! Even Louder

9:40PM April 26, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

What better way to encourage a kid to begin reading, than by fashioning a Lego minifig helmet with padded speakers that read the comic books’ blurbs aloud? Naturally part of the deal is that said kiddywink must read the comic book as well, thus getting some education along with the enjoyment. More »

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Facebook Hero: Zuckerberg Gets Immortalised In Comic Books

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10:54AM February 25, 2011 | Daniel Long

The adventures of Mark Zuckerberg, the one and only Facebook king, philanthropist and unlikely gazillionaire – is now coming to the world of comics. And what’s more, it actually looks like something worth reading…in the toilet. More »