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Dark Horse

Exclusive: Dark Horse announces SHAOLIN COWBOY – STAYING A.I.LIVE

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Dark Horse has announced The Shaolin Cowboy: Staying A.I.Live four-issue limited series, debuting in July.
Marvel

SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY trailer teases lots of new problems for Peter Parker

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Punisher, Scorpion, Bruce Banner, Boomerang and many more are all here in the first trailer for Tom Holland's latest Spider-Man movie.
DC

DC announces a trio of new ELSEWORLDS titles

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SUPERMAN: FATHER OF TOMORROW and SUPERGIRL: SURVIVE arrive in May and June, while DARK KNIGHTS OF STEEL II lands in July.
Top Comics to Buy

Top Comics to Buy for March 18, 2026: So many strong mid-run issues

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This week's top comics to buy for March 18 features nearly all mid-run issues, including new chapters of Nightwing, End of Life, and more!

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Beanstack acquires Comics Plus to form the Joyful Reading Company

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IDW

Exclusive: THE EXORCISM AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE #1 gets a second printing

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Godzilla to tackle THE ODYSSEY before Christopher Nolan

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Dark Horse

Monsters rule the world in Dark Horse’s KINGDOM OF EARTH

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SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY trailer teases lots of new problems for Peter Parker

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DC

Batman & Metal Vs. The Desert of Broken Sales – DC’s August Sales Distribution Chart

The August sales estimates are out, so it’s time to take a look at the sales distribution charts and see where things fall in...
Kibbles 'n' Bits

Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 9/12/17: Dean Haspiel, playwright

https://twitter.com/TillieWalden/status/907298994832990208 § Nice Art: Tillie Walden captures the anticipation of fall in this sketch. Walden's eagerly awaited Spinning - sure to be one of the...
AfterShock

Magic in Forgotten Places: “Backways” is the New Fantasy Series By Justin Jordan And Elenora Carlini

AfterShock is announcing a new comic: Backways by Justin Jordan and Elenora Carlini.  Backways appears to be a contemporary fantasy series about a magical hidden nation "that...
Interviews

The SPX Interviews Moaz Elemam on Daily Comics & Political Comics

Small Press Expo (or SPX) nonprofit created in 1994 to promote artists and publishers who produce independent comics. It's mission is to "To provide...
Sales Charts

Dark Nights Metal #1 sells 262,000 copies, more than Rebirth #1

It seems August's sales numbers are the month when people finally roused themselves from their busy deck chair arranging schedule and cried out in...
Dynamite

Rogen and Goldberg to take on Ennis and Robertson’s The Boys for Amazon

Variety has announced a bunch of shows in various stages of orders at Amazon and The Boys, a dark take on superheroes from Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, is in "script order" with a possible "event series" in the works:
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Manga and Anime News

Manga Mavericks announces print and digital spring releases

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Manga Mavericks has announced new titles hitting shelves between March and June 2026, as well as publication updates for two digital series.

Beat’s Bizarre Adventure: SAILOR MOON changed superheroes

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This week, Beat's Bizarre Adventure covers SAILOR MOON, SPEAK NO EVIL and MAISON AND THE MAN-EATING APARTMENT.

BluPetal announces LET ME FIX YOU Kickstarter project for English release

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BluPetal has announced a Kickstarter project for its first English-language manga, Sakura Kurihara's Let Me Fix You.

Exciting! Junji Ito and Poppy team up for IN OLD RECORDS audio adaptation

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Junji Ito's classic short story "In Old Records" has been adapted for a vinyl-only audio drama by Ryan Cady. It's now on Kickstarter.

CHAINSAW MAN manga ending this month

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The Harvey Award-winning manga series by Tatsuki Fujimoto will conclude with its 232rd chapter on Wednesday, March 25.

Beat’s Bizarre Adventure: LILIES BLOOMING IN 100 sketches

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This week, Beat's Bizarre Adventure covers the manga series LILIES BLOOMING IN 100 DAYS, S.A, and HEN KAI PAN.
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Business News

Rick Veitch and Katie Skelly join Power Pulp small press distro

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Power Pulp is yet another distribution solution for small publishers, and they've just added Rick Veitch and Katie Skelly

Beanstack acquires Comics Plus to form the Joyful Reading Company

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The Joyful Reading Company is a new entity that will encourage kids to read, formed by Beanstack acquiring the Comics Plus digital comics platform

The week in Diamond: Consignment Group asks for reimbursement; Fisher appeals

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A couple more filings of note this week in the Diamond bankruptcy - plus an appeal that may keep things on hold for a long time.

Fans remain skeptical of Seven Seas’ potential AI translation usage

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In response to the public outcries against the use...

Diamond Bankrutpcy Update: Publishers argue they should get their inventory back due to Chapter 7

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What has been happening in the last two months in the Diamond Chapter 7 bankruptcy and the fate of publishers' consigned inventory? A lot.

The future of Dark Horse: “creating the very best products and experiences for fans worldwide.”

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With Mike Richardson gone, what will happen next at Dark Horse? We don't know much yet but here it is.
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Wednesday Comics Reviews: LEONIDE THE VAMPYRE, DEAD TEENAGERS, and more

This week's reviews include Leonide the Vampyr: House of Yonda, Dead Teenagers, and the latest issue of 2000AD!
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Top Comics to Buy for March 18, 2026: So many strong mid-run issues

This week's top comics to buy for March 18 features nearly all mid-run issues, including new chapters of Nightwing, End of Life, and more!
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Beat’s Bizarre Adventure: SAILOR MOON changed superheroes

This week, Beat's Bizarre Adventure covers SAILOR MOON, SPEAK NO EVIL and MAISON AND THE MAN-EATING APARTMENT.
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TV Review: INVINCIBLE Season 4 still packs a punch

The smash-hit animated series returns to Prime Video with new episodes this Wednesday.
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Classic Comic Compendium: THE MAN-THING #12 is a standout within this series

The Man-Thing #12 is a fantastic comic, a wonderful confluence of all of Gerber's Man-Thing storytelling in one tight package.
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Graphic Novel Review: ANIMAN is a funny, offbeat gem

Anouk Ricard's celebrated graphic novel, Animan, is a clever sort of anti-superhero parody that is always working toward the next joke.
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Horror Beat: FACES OF DEATH still shocks in the age of social media

“If I can get closer to God by eating brains…why not?”
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Graphic Novel Review: ALL THE LIVING makes life and death more oppressive

Roman Muradov's new graphic novel, ALL THE LIVING, is a well-made and bleak story about the meaning of existance.
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Wednesday Comics Reviews: USAGI YOJIMBO – KAITO ’84 is fun repurposing of classic characters, and more

Usagi Yojimbo - Kaito '84 is the lead review in a Wednesday Comics column that also features Godzilla, Dick Tracy, and more!
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Entertainment

LEGENDS & LATTES is now a graphic novel

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Travis Baldree's Legends & Lattes has been adapted into a graphic novel from Ten Speed Graphic, hitting shelves in October.

Horror Beat: Horror wins big at the Oscars, signaling a brighter future for genre films

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A night of terror at the Oscars.

Damon Lindelof apologizes for LANTERNS joke after Grant Morrison criticism

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The HBO show's co-creator had commented on a podcast last year that Green Lantern would've been a "stupid" title.

Exclusive Preview: Mike McCready’s FAREWELL TO SEASONS OGN reveals the truth of the grunge era

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A sneak peek at interior art from Mike McCready's Farewell to Seasons graphic novel from Z2 Comics, which comes with an in-universe vinyl.

Text now with the obsessive cursed girl from the new horror film OBSESSION

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Make sure you tell your partner about Nikki’s texts, just in case.

TV Review: INVINCIBLE Season 4 still packs a punch

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The smash-hit animated series returns to Prime Video with new episodes this Wednesday.

Wrestling News and History

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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Hdddrrrrrrrrraaaaapadooooo (hoot toot do toooooo)

Turnbuckle BEATdown: AEW did the right thing with Kris Statlander

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The future remains bright for Statlander.

Turnbuckle BEATdown: Remembering the Reigns of Terror, Pt. 2 – Jeff Jarrett

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Lo, I looked to the horizon and saw him brandishing the NWA Championship and behind him, four horsemen who brought the apocalypse: "My World," ref bump, low blow, and guitar shot

NYCC ’25: DC x AEW crossover debuting at event

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The two-part series, helmed by Steve Orlando and Travis Mercer, will debut with a special preview issue at this month's convention.

Turnbuckle BEATdown: Rhea Ripley becomes the latest victim of TERRIFIER’s Art the Clown in Ice Nine Kills concert

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Should Art the Clown be Cody Rhode’s next title defense match?
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