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The 2020 ComicBook.com Golden Issue Awards Nominees for Comics Welcome to the 2020 Golden Issue Awards, an annual occasion in which the many writers at ComicBook.com gather to reflect upon the best comic books (and related media) of the prior year and vote to select the best of the best for recognition. For this section of the awards, we are focused entirely on the medium of comics in 8 categories highlighting specific publications and creative positions. 2020 was a year unlike any other for co...

VENOM #34 VARIANT COVER BY RYAN STEGMAN SKETCH VARIANT COVER BY RYAN STEGMAN VENOM-THING VARIANT COVER BY SUPERLOG THIS IS IT! • After a pulse-pounding race to the finish, VENOM #34 stands as the series’ final tie-in to the KING IN BLACK epic! • But is this issue also the end of the Venom symbiote as we know it?! • From maestros DONNY CATES, IBAN COELLO and JESUS ABURTOV, this one sets the stage for VENOM #200 – and EVERYTHING that follows! 32 PGS. /Rated T+ …$3.99 KING IN BLACK: WI...

This seriess premise relies heavily on the existence of "gods" — humanoids the size of a city, inert upon discovery, with minerals and resources that can be mined to fuel human industry. One was discovered in the last issue, still alive as the end of a grim chase between two people with old business and three ambitious younger spacers with their own ambitions. We Only Find Them When Theyre Dead #4 Cover. Credit: BOOM! Studios Al Ewing does great work with this script in creating a sense of te...

Best Comic of the Week: Post Americana #1 – Steve Skroce returns with a new series set after the fall of the American Empire.  A secret government facility has been housing the remnants of the military, and a bunch of rich people, who are now ready to pull a First Order, and take over the Wasteland.  A small group tries to stop them, and two escape.  At the same time, a young woman is discovered by a tribe of cannibals and scavengers, who go to investigate the crash of the vessel the first...

It’s been a hard winter for the Hulk. The Leader trapped Bruce Banner and most of his alters in Hell, leaving just two personalities inhabiting Hulk’s actual body, which has been drained of gamma energy until he looks more like the Jolly Green Giant. Alone together this Christmas are Joe Fixit, the Vegas wise guy personality, and Devil Hulk, the destructive and child-like “Hulk smash” personality, who’s just looking for a little understanding. Unfortunately, Hulk is in New York City ...

Marvel Teases Novas Fate on Guardians of the Galaxy #12 Cover (Exclusive) ✖ The Guardians of the Galaxy have been on quite a ride over the past year, both as individuals and as a team, though as weve seen over the course of the series, they are more like a dysfunctional family than just a team. Theyll need to rely on each other more than ever though if they hope to not just survive the Olympian Gods but defeat them and send them packing. As you can see in our exclusive first look at the cover...

Marvel Comics recently made headlines when, in Guardians of the Galaxy #9, writer Al Ewing made an interesting shift in the story of Star-Lord himself, Peter Quill by revealing that the hero, long thought to be dead, had actually been transported to an alternate dimension and, more than that, is bisexual as he submits to a love triangle with the couple Aradia and Mors on Morinus. Now, it turns out that that Marvel had plans to make the character bisexual for some time. Kris Anka, who did the a...

See some of Schiti’s concept art featuring the members of S.W.O.R.D.! Krakoa’s spacebound mutants have joined together to form the Sentient World Observation & Response Directorate AKA S.W.O.R.D.! Their latest story kicked off last week when S.W.O.R.D. #1, written by Al Ewing with art by Valerio Schiti went on sale, and today, you can get a closer look at how the characters made their way to the page! Check out some of Schiti’s concept art below: Back when S.W.O.R.D. #1 was first announce...

Our Favorite Comic Moments of 2020 Share Filed to:2020 year in review To sign up for our daily newsletter covering the latest news, features and reviews, head HERE. For a running feed of all our stories, follow us on Twitter HERE. Or you can bookmark the Kotaku Australia homepage to visit whenever you need a news fix. While 2020 posed more than its fair share of significant challenges for virtually everyone working within the entertainment industry, comics in particular stood as an example of c...

Comic Book Reviews for This Week: 12/16/2020 Welcome to this week in comic book reviews! The staff have come together to read and review nearly everything that released today. It isnt totally comprehensive, but it includes just about everything from DC and Marvel with the important books from the likes of Image, Boom, IDW, Valiant, and more. The review blurbs youll find contained herein are typically supplemented in part by longform individual reviews for significant issues. This week that incl...