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DC Round-Up: ABSOLUTE GREEN ARROW #6 encapsulates several 2026 comics trends

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Is Absolute Green Arrow #6 the most of-the-moment comic we have? The Beat's DC Round-Up column considers the question.
Wednesday Comics

Wednesday Comics Reviews: FILTHY LAMBS #1 merits adding to your spooky season reads, and more

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Filthy Lambs #1 is the lead book for this week's Wednesday Comics Reviews, which also features our recurring Prog Report segment!
Cartoonists

Is Artist Alley even sustainable any more?

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It's more expensive than ever to set up in artist alley or at a comics show - and here are some of the numbers
DC

Watters and Hotz team for GREEN LANTERN: DOOMED COSMOS Elseworlds series

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What if the Green Lantern Corps was the universe's last line of defense against the human race?

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Mad Cave Studios

Benson, Golden, and Fullerton offer up Irish folk horror THE HEIR

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Cartoonists

Is Artist Alley even sustainable any more?

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Marvel

Preview: Darth Vader wields the Infinity Gauntlet in STAR WARS | MARVEL: HOPE ASSEMBLES

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Books

NARNIA: THE MAGICIAN’S NEPHEW getting tie-in graphic novel

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NYCC

NYCC ’26: Lead Designer James Wyatt discusses bringing WARCRAFT to D&D

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News

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez goes from quoting comics to starring in them

'Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the Freshman Force' is due out May 15 from Devil's Due Comics, and it will feature work from a host of comics creators.
Comics

Black History Month Comics: Crescent City Monsters by Newton Lilavois and Gian Carlo Bernal

A Blues-playing, black sorcerer wants to know why there's a price on his head.
Television

These UMBRELLA ACADEMY Super Fans Had a Wedding to Match (and a Black Parade)

Netflix helped some longtime Umbrella Academy fans pull of the wedding of the apocalypse
Archie

EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW: Find Out who our Favorite Redhead’s Secret Flame is in ARCHIE #703

Love-- it's as central to Archie's life as anything else. And where there's love, there's bound to be passion. And where there's passion, there's...
Interviews

GRAPHIC NOVEL CLUB: Sam Davies Talks to Kids About Magic and Animal Care in HEX VET

The Beat is a proud sponsor of Comix Experience’s Graphic Novel of the Month Clubs, which bring comics fans a curated mix of the...
Big Two Comics

Sales Charts: Batman who Laughs leads the way in January

A five week month shows up December's weak sales.
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Manga and Anime News

Beat’s Bizarre Halloventure: MANHOLE will make you sick

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This week, Beat's Bizarre Adventure covers the manga and manhwa series ERMA, HOW ABOUT A COSMIC HORROR? and MANHOLE.

NYCC ’26 INTERVIEW: Voice actors Aoi Yuki and Takeo Otsuka on THE APOTHECARY DIARIES

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The lead voice actors talk about Maomao, Jinshi, their characters' relationships, and the differences between feature film and TV animation.

Beat’s Bizarre Adventure: THE GHOST AND THE LADY is ghoulish fun

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Beat's Bizarre Halloventure covers TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE ETERNAL HEART, THE CAT PROPOSES, and THE BLACK MUSEUM: THE GHOST AND THE LADY.

NYCC ’26: Talking THE APOTHECARY DIARIES with Aoi Yuki and Takeo Otsuka

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Live voice acting and hints about season 3.

NYCC ’26: Yen Press announces KINO’S JOURNEY light novels, AFTER MIDNIGHT SKIN and more

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Fourteen new manga, manhwa and light novel licenses were announced.

NYCC ’26: Manga goes global with MANGAPLUS, K-MANGA and MANGAUP

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Editors-in-chief of three Japanese manga apps discuss trends they've noticed and things they've learned about global manga over the years.
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Business News

NYCC 2026 had 1,553 exclusives according to CovrPrice

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According to CovrPrice, there were 1,533 exclusives at NYCC 2026, a staggering 264% rise in just three years 

NYCC ’26: Is NYCC even sustainable?

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20 years on, NYCC 2026 is in the books, but how the show evolves has a lot of financial and logistical considerations

DC Comics will now report to Skydance’s Josh Silverman

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A former Marvel executive will now oversee the publishing and consumer products divisions at Skydance, including DC Comics

NYCC ’26: Marvel’s Steve Wacker Retailer Day speech – in full

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At NYCC Retailer Day, Marvel's new Editor in Chief Steve Wacker spent more than half an hour telling store owners what they can expect from the new Marvel

NYCC ’26: Wacker boffo in retailer debut and more notes

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The first two days of programming at New York Comic Con 2026 were all about rising sales, and renewed enthusiasm

Informa buys Clarion Events, home of Anime NYC, Awesome Con and more

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The #1 event company, Informa, has just acquired the #3 event company, Clarion, in a $2.8 billion deal.
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DC Round-Up: ABSOLUTE GREEN ARROW #6 encapsulates several 2026 comics trends

Is Absolute Green Arrow #6 the most of-the-moment comic we have? The Beat's DC Round-Up column considers the question.
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Top Comics to Buy for October 21, 2026: We are so back

This week's Top Comics to Buy for October 21 column features new issues of Forever Home and The Patron, plus much more!
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Beat’s Bizarre Halloventure: MANHOLE will make you sick

This week, Beat's Bizarre Adventure covers the manga and manhwa series ERMA, HOW ABOUT A COSMIC HORROR? and MANHOLE.
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Classic Comic Compendium: LITTLE MONSTERS, an odd tale of vampire children after the apocalypse

Little Monsters is another great collaboration between Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen, this one with orphans and vampires.
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Halloween Beat: Horror manga HIDEOUT looks for morality in a dark cave

Fans of Zach Cregger’s Barbarian will find a lot to like here.
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Graphic Novel Review: A CONFEDERCY OF DUNCES struggles to make for good comics

While Confederacy of Dunces does a fine job depicting the story as written by John Kennedy Toole, the source material struggles as a comic.
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Halloween Beat: You should revisit Tom Savini’s underrated NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD

Another one for the fire.
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Halloween Beat: BETTER LUCK THAN CHUCK strikes horror trivia gold

“I know more about horror than you!” -Every horror fan
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Graphic Novel Review: IDENTICAL turns having a twin into an unsettling story

Identical, the new graphic novel from cartoonist Leah Hayes, offers an unsettling look at the joy and horror of having constant connection.
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Entertainment

NYCC ’26: Lead Designer James Wyatt discusses bringing WARCRAFT to D&D

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Bringing Azeroth to the tabletop, adapting its legendary locations, and giving players the freedom to create their own adventures and much more discussed!.

NYCC ’26: Embarking on an epic new journey with the cast & crew of AVATAR: SEVEN HAVENS

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Find out what's to come in the epic new Avatar series now airing on Paramount+

NYCC ’26: GET JIRO cast and crew serve up a full meal

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Based on the acclaimed graphic novel from the mind of the late/great Anthony Bourdain

NYCC ’26: Marvel’s Darkhold comes to Magic: The Gathering

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Wizards of the Coast previewed Magic: The Gathering's Marvel: Darkhold Destiny at NYCC 2026, showcasing an original Marvel story, supernatural characters, and new artwork.

Netflix’s IN WAVES trailer promises an animated tearjerker

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Netflix has released the trailer for In Waves, the animated film based on AJ Dungo's graphic memoir, starring Will Sharpe as Dungo, and Stephanie Hsu as his late girlfriend Kristen, arriving in select theaters on November 27, and on the streamer on December 11.

NYCC ’26: Now you can farm weed with Jay and Silent Bob!

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Coming in 2027 from Nitrate Games is Animal Crossing meets Clerks in the cozy game Jay & Silent Bob's Joint Venture.

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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