In a Silver Bullet column called Past Masters, contributor Clifford Meth wrote about his efforts to support ailing comic book artist Dave Cockrum.

As a result of his advocacy, Marvel Comics announced it would compensate Cockrum for his work in co-creating the X-Men.

[2] Silver Bullet Comicbooks published the last issue of Phil Hall's Borderline Magazine online for free.

Comics blogger Johanna Draper Carlson suggested the name-change as a result of pressure from the unrelated but same-named retailer, "...since SBC had a US trademark registration".

[4][5] In the same year, Jason Sacks took over from Keith Dallas as editor-in-chief for the site, and revamped the design and attitude.