Marvel is pleased to announce that after an overwhelming response, Ultimate Comics X #1 will return with Ultimate Comics X #1 Third Printing Variant! The most acclaimed new launch marks the first time an issue from the Ultimate Comics line has reached a third printing!  

Miles Millar and Alfred Gough — the team behind The WB’s eternally popular SMALLVILLE — are adapting EXISTENCE 2.0 for the big screen. Michael Bay, Andrew Form, and Brad Fuller’s Platinum Dunes is set to produce along with Circle of Confusion’s David Alpert.   EXISTENCE 2.0 is a three-issue miniseries published by Image Comics. Written by Nick Spencer (Forgetless, Shuddertown) and drawn by Ronald Salas, the series focuses on self-absorbed physicist Sylvester Baladine.  

Marvel is proud to announce the return of Marvelman to shelves everywhere with the release of Marvelman Classic Primer #1 in June! Who is the mysterious Marvelman? And just why is he one of the most enduring super heroes of all time? The answers arrives in this commemorative one-shot featuring interviews with creator Mick Anglo, superstar Neil Gaiman and more who contributed to this character’s history over the years!  

Invincible is off fighting the Viltrumite War, so who’s watching the shop while he’s away? GUARDIANS OF THE GLOBE, a new six-issue miniseries coinciding with INVINCIBLE: The Viltrumite War, tells Earth’s story.  

It’s the story reported by everyone from CNN to Jimmy Kimmel Live to MTV—after the shocking events of Amazing Spider-Man #624, Peter Parker (AKA Spider-Man) is now unemployed! But how does Spider-Man fight crime without a job to pay for spider-bills?  

Eternal Descent’s Llexi Leon officially formed a mutually beneficial strategic alliance with ESP Guitars in October, 2008 and since that time, the mastermind behind Eternal Descent has been on a whirlwind campaign. With the release of a CD, an EP, a comic book via IDW, and a forthcoming CD  

Is there anything ROB ZOMBIE can’t do? From music to television to movies, Zombie has proven himself to be a boundary-jumping entertainment juggernaut. In May, he returns to conquer comics with ROB ZOMBIE PRESENTS: WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BARON VON SHOCK?  

Image Comics announced today that critically acclaimed series THE SWORD by the Luna Brothers will get a double-sized send off. THE SWORD #24 is increasing its page count to 40 pages, with a cover price of $4.99.   “Like GIRLS #24, we absolutely needed more pages to tell the final issue of The Sword,” said artist Jonathan Luna. “We were trying to fit it all in 22 pages, but there’s just so much to tell.  

Springtime receives a dark lining as the long-awaited tome The Gospel of Filth: A Bible of Decadence and Darkness oozes its way into neighborhood and online shops worldwide on March 8, 2010!  

Paul Johnstone may have died, but not only is he better now, he’s resumed the mantle of ShadowHawk in SHADOWHAWK, an all-new series arising from the pages of IMAGE UNITED written by DAN WICKLINE with art by TONE RODRIGUEZ.  

So, the guys return with some juicy news and interviews. Voice actor Rick Wasserman is on the show discussing Planet Hulk and reveals his roll in an upcoming animated series. Also, Director Chris Nolan and the Superman movie revamp… is he or isn’t he? Find out this week on “The Fortress” Podcast: Play in new window | Download  

FUNimation® Entertainment has acquired digital, broadcast, home video and merchandise rights to the fantasy anime series “Baka and Test — Summon the Beasts” (known in Japan as Baka to Test to Shokanju) and the supernatural action anime series “Dance in the Vampire Bund” and the from Media Factory. The agreement gives the American anime leader exclusive rights to the online streaming and simulcast of both series in the U.S.