2018 Comic Book News Archives
July 16, 2018: DC Comics Announces Upcoming "Superman/Top Cat Special #1"
This October, the mash-ups get weirder and wilder when DC unleashes more crazy combinations of the World's Greatest Super-Heroes with some of Hanna-Barbera's best-known classic cartoon characters.Superman fans will want to check out "Superman/Top Cat Special #1", which will go on sale Wednesday, October 31 (with both a standard and variant cover). Rated T (for Teen) and carrying a retail price of US$4.99, this 48-page one-shot will also feature an installment of a spotlight tale featuring Hanna-Barbera's leading super spy, Secret Squirrel, written by J.M. DeMatteis with art by Tom Mandrake.
SUPERMAN/TOP CAT SPECIAL #1
Written by DAN DiDIO
Art and cover by SHANE DAVIS
Variant cover by EMANUELA LUPACCHINO
It's Superman versus super food with Top Cat caught in the middle. While searching for his missing friend Bennie, TC uncovers a dietary danger that threatens the healthier portions of mankind, and it's up to the Man of Steel to stop the probiotic menace of Kalien! In the salad bar, no one can hear you scream.
Other titles announced for release on the same day include "Deathstroke/Yogi Bear Special #1," "Green Lantern/Huckleberry Hound Special #1," and "Nightwing/Magilla Gorilla Special #1".
2018 Comic News
Listed below are all the Comic News items archived for 2018.- January 4, 2018: Papercutz Announces Joe Shuster Graphic Novel
- January 19, 2018: Superman's Red Trunks Return in “Action Comics #1000”
- January 23, 2018: Official Press Release - “Action Comics: 80 Years of Superman” Hardcover Book
- February 1, 2018: Brian Michael Bendis Taking Over “Action Comics” and “Superman”
- February 1, 2018: Red Trunks - Poll Results
- February 1, 2018: DC Comics Announces “DC Nation” Fan Magazine
- February 5, 2018: DC Launches New Young Readers Imprints
- February 13, 2018: End of an Era - Superman Oversized 48-Page One-Shots
- February 15, 2018: DC Comics Announces “Action Comics: 80 Years of Superman” Poster
- February 15, 2018: Brian Michael Bendis - Poll Results
- February 20, 2018: Image Gallery - “Action Comics #1000” Variant Covers
- February 21, 2018: “Supergirl” and “Super Sons” Comic Books Cancelled
- February 22, 2018: Tomasi Announces “Super Sons/Dynomutt Special”
- February 23, 2018: All Six Brian Michael Bendis “Man of Steel” Covers in Color
- February 27, 2018: “Action Comics #1000” Forbidden Planet Exclusive Jock Variant
- March 1, 2018: “Action Comics #1000” Poster Video
- March 4, 2018: “Action Comics #1000” Yesteryear Comics Exclusive Jason Fabok Variant
- March 4, 2018: Brian Michael Bendis Tackles “Truth, Justice and the American Way”
- March 5, 2018: “Action Comics #1000” Third Eye Comics Exclusive Kaare Andrews Variant
- March 6, 2018: DC Reveals Action-Packed SXSWXDC Fan Signing Schedule
- March 6, 2018: “Action Comics #1000” Summit Comics & Games Exclusive George Perez Variant
- March 7, 2018: 1980s “Action Comics #1000” Joshua Middleton Variant Cover Released
- March 7, 2018: Read Tom King's Complete “Of Tomorrow” Story From “Action Comics #1000”
- March 7, 2018: Video - Brian Michael Bendis Talks Superman
- March 7, 2018: “Action Comics #1000” Bulletproof Comix Exclusive Gabriele Dell'Otto Variant
- March 8, 2018: Patrick Gleason Talks About Boyzarro in “Superman #42”
- March 8, 2018: DC Launches New Publishing Imprint DC Black Label
- March 9, 2018: DC Comics C2E2 Panel Schedule and Superman Program Guide
- March 9, 2018: Image Gallery - The Creative Process Behind the “Superman” Comic Books
- March 10, 2018: Superman: 80 Years Of Truth, Justice And Hope At SXSW 2018
- March 10, 2018: “The World of Krypton #1” Reprint Features TV Redesign
- March 10, 2018: Exclusive “Action Comics #1000” Variant Cover by Artgerm
- March 11, 2018: DC Hands Out Superman's Red Trunks at SXSW
- March 12, 2018: Brian Michael Bendis Previews Artwork From “Man of Steel” Miniseries
- March 14, 2018: DC Brings The Action to WonderCon 2018
- March 14, 2018: Auction Battle - “Action Comics #1” vs “Detective Comics #27”
- March 15, 2018: Purchasing “Action Comics #1000” Variant Covers - Poll Results
- March 19, 2018: Official - “Justice League” Comic Book Relaunch Details
- March 20, 2018: Exclusive “Action Comics #1000” Variant Cover by Francesco Mattina
- March 20, 2018: Exclusive “Action Comics #1000” Variant Cover by Dan Jurgens
- March 21, 2018: Interview - Stephen Fishler from ComicConnect.com
- March 22, 2018: Jim Lee Unveils His “Action Comics #1000” Variant Cover
- March 23, 2018: First-Ever Live Stream of DC Publishers Panel from WonderCon w Jim Lee/Dan DiDio
- March 23, 2018: Exclusive “Action Comics #1000” Cover by Olivier Copiel
- March 24, 2018: DC Comics Announces Two New Justice League Titles
- March 25, 2018: Jim Lee Thinks Superman's Red Trunks Will Go Again One Day
- March 27, 2018: Read ACTION COMICS #1000 Bonus Story From Louise Simonson and Jerry Ordway
- March 28, 2018: Dan Jurgens Looks Back at 31 Years with Superman
- March 28, 2018: Exclusive “Action Comics #1000” Cover by Felipe Massafera
- March 31, 2018: Alex Ross Paints Stunning “Action Comics #1” Recreation
- April 4, 2018: Exclusive “Action Comics #1000” Cover by Pat Gleason
- April 5, 2018: “Action Comics #1000” Reaches 500,000 Orders
- April 6, 2018: Exclusive “Action Comics #1000” Cover by Tyler Kirkham
- April 9, 2018: DC Comics Celebrates Superman with Variant Covers
- April 10, 2018: New “Action Comics #1000” Pages Released
- April 13, 2018: First Look at “Action Comics #1001” and “Superman #1”
- April 16, 2018: DC Comics Continues to Celebrate Superman with Variant Covers
- April 16, 2018: Shopping - Celebrating “Action Comics #1000”
- April 17, 2018: Complete List of “Action Comics #1000” Variant Covers
- April 17, 2018: ACTION COMICS #1000 Talk at Google, Digital Sale and More
- April 18, 2018: Celebrating 80 Years of Superman - “Superman: The Eternal Era”
- April 18, 2018: Giveaway Contest Winner - “Action Comics #1000” and “Action Comics: 80 Years of Superman”
- April 22, 2018: “Action Comics #1000” - A Closer Look at “The Truth” by Brian Michael Bendis
- April 23, 2018: DC Comics Continues to Celebrate Superman with More Variant Covers
- April 23, 2018: Free Comic Book Day Offerings From DC Comics
- April 26, 2018: “Action Comics #1000” Variant Covers - Poll Results
- April 27, 2018: Brian Michael Bendis on Superman's New Villain
- April 30, 2018: DC Comics Announces “Action Comics #1000” Super-Sized Deluxe Edition Hardcover
- May 2, 2018: “Action Comics Special #1” Puts Lex Luthor in President Trump's Origin Story
- May 2, 2018: Superman Expert Talks Superman Comic Strips with Library of American Comics
- May 2, 2018: DC Comics Launches DC Universe Digital Experience
- May 3, 2018: Creators Discuss “Justice League: No Justice”
- May 3, 2018: “Action Comics #1000” Fan Ratings - Poll Results
- May 5, 2018: “Action Comics #1000” Tops April's Sales Chart
- May 10, 2018: DC Comic Books Now Priced at $3.99
- May 10, 2018: John Byrne's Own Favorite Superman Story
- May 13, 2018: Introducing the Hall of Justice and Legion of Doom in “Justice League”
- May 17, 2018: More DC/Looney Tunes Specials Sees Lex Luthor Meet Porky Pig
- May 20, 2018: “Super Sons” to Return in 12-Issue “Adventures of the Super Sons” Maxiseries
- May 21, 2018: “Supergirl” Comic Book Returns with New Creative Team and New Costumes
- May 22, 2018: Brian Michael Bendis Discusses “The Man of Steel” Miniseries
- May 24, 2018: Favorite Superman Artist - Poll Results
- May 25, 2018: Brazilian Festival of Comics
- June 6, 2018: Brian Michael Bendis Answers Your Questions About “The Man of Steel”
- June 11, 2018: DC Reveals Artists, On Sale Dates and More for DC Zoom and DC Ink
- June 13, 2018: DC Comics Announces Tom King's “Heroes in Crisis” Seven-Issue Miniseries
- June 14, 2018: Gene Luen Yang Unveils Artwork for “Superman Smashes The Klan”
- June 14, 2018: Exclusive Art Baltazar Interview - 2018 Superman Celebration
- June 14, 2018: Brian Michael Bendis' miniseries “The Man of Steel” - Poll Results
- June 20, 2018: Superman to Battle Nuclear Man in Upcoming Comic Book
- June 22, 2018: 100-Page Giant Comics from DC to be Sold Exclusively at Walmart
- June 23, 2018: Tom King & Andy Kubert's 12-Part Superman Story
- June 27, 2018: Geoff Johns Discusses “Doomsday Clock #6” and the Superman Theory
- June 29, 2018: Is Grant Morrison Bringing Back New 52 Superman?
- July 3, 2018: Superman Comic Book TV Commercial Coming Soon!
- July 8, 2018: Superman vs. The Flash - Did DC Just Reveal Who is Really the Fastest?
- July 9, 2018: Bendis on the Differences Between “Action Comics” and “Superman”
- July 9, 2018: Bendis Promises Lois and Jon Will Return to Both “Action Comics” and “Superman”
- July 10, 2018: DC Comics Releases Two Superman Comic Book TV Commercials
- July 10, 2018: Comic Book Store Exclusive Variant Covers for “Superman #1”
- July 11, 2018: Superman's New Fortress of Solitude
- July 16, 2018: DC Comics Announces Upcoming “Superman/Top Cat Special #1”
- July 19, 2018: “Action Comics” Receives Guinness World Record
- July 19, 2018: DC Entertainment Announces Next Wave of DC Ink and DC Zoom Publications
- July 20, 2018: Tom King Talks “Heroes in Crisis” at SDCC
- July 25, 2018: Bizarro and Luthor Stories in “DC's Beach Blanket Bad Guys Summer Special #1”
- August 1, 2018: “The Death of Superman” Digital-First Mini-Series
- August 5, 2018: More 100-Page DC Giant Comics at Walmart
- August 7, 2018: Marc Andreyko Talks “Supergirl #21”
- August 14, 2018: DC Comics Announce “Justice League/Aquaman: Drowned Earth”
- August 14, 2018: Turma da Monica Meets the Justice League in Brazil
- August 22, 2018: “Heroes in Crisis #1” Variant Covers Revealed
- August 30, 2018: Interest in “Heroes in Crisis” - Poll Results
- September 6, 2018: Original Superman Story by Tom King and Andy Kubert Kicks Off in Superman 100-Page Comic GIANT
- September 18, 2018: “Action Comics #1006” Delay Announcement
- September 21, 2018: “Heroes in Crisis” Expands to Nine Issues
- September 24, 2018: Video - Elliot S! Maggin on What Superman Means to Him
- October 4, 2018: Conner Kent Returns in Wonder Comics by Brian Michael Bendis
- October 7, 2018: Additional Details on “Young Justice” and “Wonder Twins” Comic Books
- October 9, 2018: DC Comics' “Cursed Comics Cavalcade #1” Horror Anthology
- October 14, 2018: Unpublished Marv Wolfman Story in Upcoming “Superman 100-Page Super-Spectacular”
- October 23, 2018: Lois Lane and Lex Luthor Caught on Camera - “Action Comics #1004”
- November 1, 2018: DC Comics Introduces Platinum Kryptonite
- November 9, 2018: Walmart Celebrates the Holidays with DC Comics
- November 9, 2018: DC Comics Expands Black Label Line
- November 12, 2018: Comic Book Legend Stan Lee Dies, Aged 95
- November 15, 2018: Favorite Superman Comic Book Writer - Poll Results
- November 22, 2018: Favorite Superman Comic Book Artist - Poll Results
- November 28, 2018: Cover Reveal - First Look at DC Zoom Title “Dear Justice League”
- December 26, 2018: Titans Magazines Ceases DC Comics Publications in UK
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