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Top Comics to Buy for August 19, 2026: Grounded crime comics, devils, and detectives

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This week's Top Comics to Buy for August 19 features new issues of Dispatched, Killer Influences, Powers, Nightwing, and more!
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Update: Warren Ellis responds to Image controversy

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Warren Ellis has released a new statement following Image's decision to publish his new book Ghost Drive Station.
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Disney and Webtoon expand their team-up with DISNEY CURSED LOVE

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Disney and WEBTOON are doubling down on romantasy with DISNEY CURSED LOVE, a series of webtoons that kicks off with a new look at Belle and the Beast
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JEAN GREY heads back down to Earth in new solo series

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Jean Grey will return to the X-Men's fold in a self-titled, five-issue series by Jed MacKay and Rogê Antônio this November.

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Preview: Lovers of the Empire Volume 1 by Yudori

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Top Comics to Buy

Top Comics to Buy for August 19, 2026: Grounded crime comics, devils, and detectives

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Update: Warren Ellis responds to Image controversy

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VAMPIRE: THE MASQUERADE heading to Titan

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Erica Friedman joins Manga Mavericks as managing editor

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Comics

The Beat Digest 08/18/26: VAMPIRELLA goes to PARADISE

Dynamite reveals Vampirella: Paradise, the new Ghost Rider movie's release date gets confirmed, and more on today's Digest.
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SDCC ’26: Autism in Comic Books panel highlights positive representation in ABSOLUTE MARTIAN MANHUNTER

Check out a summary of the panel that took place last month during San Diego Comic-Con
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Disney and Webtoon expand their team-up with DISNEY CURSED LOVE

Disney and WEBTOON are doubling down on romantasy with DISNEY CURSED LOVE, a series of webtoons that kicks off with a new look at Belle and the Beast
Movies

Hayden Panettiere, HEROES and SCREAM star, dead at 36

Hayden Panettiere, the actress who rose to fame as Claire Bennet on Heroes, was reported dead on August 16, aged 36.
Marvel

JEAN GREY heads back down to Earth in new solo series

Jean Grey will return to the X-Men's fold in a self-titled, five-issue series by Jed MacKay and Rogê Antônio this November.
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Beat’s Bizarre Adventure: A beautiful and bizarre voyage to PANORAMA ISLAND

This week, Beat's Bizarre Adventure covers LOVE FOR SALE, BATMAN: THE JIRO KUWATA BAT-MANGA, and THE STRANGE TALE OF PANORAMA ISLAND.
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Manga and Anime News

Preview: Lovers of the Empire Volume 1 by Yudori

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Yudori's Lovers of the Empire is a heartfelt romance set amidst the turmoil of 1920s Korea, and kicks off Fantagraphics's Takumigraphics imprint

Erica Friedman joins Manga Mavericks as managing editor

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Manga Mavericks Books continues to grow adding Erica Friedman as the publishing team's Managing Editor.

Beat’s Bizarre Adventure: A beautiful and bizarre voyage to PANORAMA ISLAND

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This week, Beat's Bizarre Adventure covers LOVE FOR SALE, BATMAN: THE JIRO KUWATA BAT-MANGA, and THE STRANGE TALE OF PANORAMA ISLAND.

Darkroom brings AACHI AND SSIPAK to streaming

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South Korean film Aachi and Ssipak finally arrives on streaming via Darkroom.

GlobalComix announces partnership with FanFan Comics, more Asian publishers to come

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GlobalComix announces partnership with digital manhua publisher FanFan Comics leading up to Anime NYC, more Asian comics partners to come.

Beat’s Bizarre Adventure: BANDE DEAD INNATE tells a grounded, intimate story

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This week, three writers at Beat's Bizarre Adventure cover the works FIGHTING GIRLS, SNOW FAIRY, and BANDE DEAD INNATE.
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Business News

ECCC ’27 to go badgeless…will other ReedPop shows follow?

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ECCC will go to a badgeless system for attendees next year, raising many questions about the future of a hallowed comic con tradition

Sales Charts: Absolute Batman #1 in July – and even more numbers

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Absolute Batman was #1 in July sales, but Prana DMS is now including dollar shares for publishers and per store averages

Digital comics sales are still 5-10% of print

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A new report on the state of digital in Publishers Weekly repeats the 5-10% share that we've been hearing for a long time

Marvel meets Star Wars: it was their destiny

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The Marvel/Star Wars crossover passes the ultimate frontier for team-ups, but the time may be right for it

Kibbles ‘n’ Bits: Looking back at San Diego Comic-Con 2026

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Looking back at San Diego Comic-Con, a magical space outside of time, but one that must inevitably evolve

Archie Comics legal woes continue with delayed foreclosure sale

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Archie Comics co-owner Jon Goldwater's legal battles continue, with a foreclosure sale postponed after a successful appeal
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Video Game Review: MARVEL TŌKON: FIGHTING SOULS is a bold new return

Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls gives Marvel a gorgeous Arc System Works makeover and an accessible fighter with enough depth to keep veterans coming back.
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Top Comics to Buy for August 19, 2026: Grounded crime comics, devils, and detectives

This week's Top Comics to Buy for August 19 features new issues of Dispatched, Killer Influences, Powers, Nightwing, and more!
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Beat’s Bizarre Adventure: A beautiful and bizarre voyage to PANORAMA ISLAND

This week, Beat's Bizarre Adventure covers LOVE FOR SALE, BATMAN: THE JIRO KUWATA BAT-MANGA, and THE STRANGE TALE OF PANORAMA ISLAND.
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Self-Published Saturday: PJ Holden’s TERRAN OMEGA – THE GHOSTS OF WAR will remind you why you love sci-fi

Cartoonist PJ Holden recently finished a 50-page story called TERRAN OMEGA - THE GHOSTS OF WAR, and it rules.
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Book Review: KIKI AND THE NEW MAGIC deserves to be delivered to your shelf

Avery Kaplan reviews the middle grade prose novel Kiki and the New Magic by Eiko Kadono, the spellbinding sequel to Kiki's Delivery Service.
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Unstable Games’ IF WORDS COULD KILL turns vocabulary into magical ammunition

Remember, RIZZ and DELULU are in the dictionary.
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Graphic Novel Review: ALBION ranks as an odd, excellent piece of comics history

ALBION, which was plotted by Alan Moore, is an odd and excellent piece of comics history that got a new print run this summer.
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Movie Review: TONY—a coming of age tale of the legend that is Anthony Bourdain

Matt Johnson's Tony explores Anthony Bourdain's origin through an engaging coming-of-age story anchored by Dominic Sessa's charismatic performance.
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Graphic Novel Review: THE DISSIDENTS takes an unflinching look at a U.S. era similar to our own

Derf Backderf’s account of political cartoonists during World War I reveals strong parallels with our own era, from the muzzling of dissent to anti-immigrant sentiment.
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Entertainment

VAMPIRE: THE MASQUERADE heading to Titan

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John Lees and Tom Mandrake will helm Vampire: The Masquerade: Wake in Hate, the first series based on the tabletop RPG from Titan Comics.

Hayden Panettiere, HEROES and SCREAM star, dead at 36

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Hayden Panettiere, the actress who rose to fame as Claire Bennet on Heroes, was reported dead on August 16, aged 36.

D23: Vellani, Larson, and more returning for Marvel rides

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2026's D23 Experiences Showcase brought plenty of news about the Marvel rides at Disney's theme parks, and more.

D23: AHSOKA season 2 trailer drops

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The first day of Disney's 2026 D23 event brought plenty of Star Wars news, including the first trailer for Ahsoka season 2.

D23: Marvel drops a poster and trailer for VisionQuest

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VisionQuest wraps up the Wanda/Agatha/Vision trilogy as the Vision and Ultron must solve the mystery of the Vision's apparent son

D23: Disney drops Avengers Doomsday teaser trailer – what did Victor DO???

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Marvel Studios has dropped the Doomsday teaser trailer than ran in Hall H and it reveals all manner of horrible things that Dr. Victor von Doom has done

Wrestling News and History

Turnbuckle BEATdown: Danhausen just won the Knicks an NBA championship

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A simple uncursing ended a 53-year championship drought.

Girls just wanna have San Diego Comic-Con exclusive Cyndi Lauper WWE action figures

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Mattel Creations has announced a San Diego Comic-Con 2026 exclusive WWE action figure 3-pack featuring Cindi Lauper on Piper's Pit.

Turnbuckle BEATdown: Thank God For The New Day

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Don't you dare be sour -- clap for ya bois that know their worth and FEEEEEL THA POWWAAAA!!

Turnbuckle BEATdown: Wrestlemania? More like Admania

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Did Hulk Hogan get more screentime than most matches?

Turnbuckle BEATdown: Why the F*CK ICE chants in the Brody King vs MJF match were an important moment in wrestling

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Brody has become wrestling’s voice of resistance.

Turnbuckle BEATDown: John Cena’s Career is Compromised to a Permanent End

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