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Top Comics to Buy for October 28, 2026: ABSOLUTE BATMAN’s biggest issue yet, horror anthologies, and more

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This week's Top Comics to Buy for October 28 features multiple horror anthologies, Absolute Batman's biggest issue yet, and more.
Previews

Exclusive Preview: PROMETHEUS GRAFT: THE SLAYINGS AT DEATH’S END #1

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The Beat has an exclusive excerpt of Prometheus Graft: The Slayings at Death's End #1, set to launch from Oni Press
Comics

Exclusive: Ram V launches new creative studio MIRROR MAKER

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Ram V launches MIRROR MAKER, a new creative studio and YouTube channel focusing on groundbreaking narrative art
Television

Walter Koenig, legendary STAR TREK star and writer, dead at 90

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Walter Marvin Koenig, who played Pavel Chekov on Star...

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NYCC ’26: Nacelle Company teases documentaries about “The Craziest Convention Ever” and the studio exec who “Created Most of Our Childhood.”

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Image

Image announces new OGN, HUMBUCKER, from Tiny Onion Editor-in-Chief

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Manga

Manga Mavericks Books and Omoi Announce Classic Manga GEORGIE License

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Manga

Wonderful Wednesdays: Seven Seas Announces Multiple Title Licenses and Audiobook

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Top Comics to Buy

Top Comics to Buy for October 28, 2026: ABSOLUTE BATMAN’s biggest issue yet, horror anthologies, and more

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DC

DC REBORN ROUND-UP: MICHAEL CRAY #1 isn’t quite the boost The Wild Storm line needs

Alex Lu reviews MICHAEL CRAY #1 and has thoughts on Metal, Mister Miracle, and NYCC!
Legal Matters

Comics crime wave: thief jumps from 2nd floor of Midtown Comics; the thieving handyman and more

A mini crime wave seems to have hit the comics world, perhaps harbingers of the apocalypse to come, or maybe a slow news day...
Books

Review: The other realms of epilepsy revealed in ‘Mis(h)adra’

Mis(h)adra is a hard work to criticize, largely because it’s so personal and so raw in its portrayal of the intimate. Iasmin Omar Ata...
News

Columbus Day? PIFFLE! Celebrate Torsten Day, Here at The Beat!

Here's the original citation, from the Beatrix herself! While others celebrate Columbus, we will celebrate Torsten Adair, who’s become our regular weekend poster, keeper of the...
Movies

Three big questions from new STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI trailer

Last night, a new Star Wars: the Last Jedi trailer went live across the internet. The eighth movie in the Star Wars franchise, directed by Rian Johnson...
DC

EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW: Diana is the heir to Hercules’ fortune in WONDER WOMAN #32

Following the bait and switch presented by James Robinson and Carlo Pagulayan two weeks ago in Wonder Woman #31 (oh so many of you...
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Manga and Anime News

Manga Mavericks Books and Omoi Announce Classic Manga GEORGIE License

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Manga Mavericks Books and Omoi have announced a new classic shojo manga license, Georgie

Wonderful Wednesdays: Seven Seas Announces Multiple Title Licenses and Audiobook

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Seven Seas announces multiple titles for release as well as an audiobook in this Wonderful Wednesday announcement.

Beat’s Bizarre Halloventure: xxxHOLIC’s human horrors

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This week, Beat's Bizarre Adventure covers the series xxxHOLIC, INCOMPLETE, and GIVE MY REGARDS TO BLACK JACK.

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.
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Business News

White Ash Comics joins IDW as imprint

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The White Ash Universe is joining IDW as an imprint, with publisher Charlie Stickney on board

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
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Horror Beat: THE CYCLE must be in the conversation for best horror movie of 2026

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Top Comics to Buy for October 28, 2026: ABSOLUTE BATMAN’s biggest issue yet, horror anthologies, and more

This week's Top Comics to Buy for October 28 features multiple horror anthologies, Absolute Batman's biggest issue yet, and more.
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Classic Comic Compendium: On Barry Windsor-Smith’s MONSTERS

Barry Windsor-Smith's style in MONSTERS suits the heavy, complex tale that he's telling, reminding you to slow down and take everything in.
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Graphic Novel Review: STAGTOWN ventures into the gothic shadows of a peculiar little town

The first volume of Punko's supernatural horror series Stagtown invites you to explore a small town haunted by subterranean anxieties.
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Halloween Beat: The HORROR COLLECTOR anime turns urban legends into real monsters

Currently streaming on Crunchyroll.
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Horror Beat: CLAYFACE is fantastic, but could’ve been molded better

Check out our review of the latest film from DC Studios.
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Graphic Novel Review: FILM NERDS uses a movie-making device to find universal truths

Our reviewer is surprised to find that Sofia Warren's new YA book, FILM NERDS, is one of the best comics of the year so far.
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Halloween Beat: MARGINALIA brings demons and stop-motion killer bunnies to a troubled abbey

Even the demon from The Exorcist makes an appearance.
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The Marvel Rundown: It’s the end of the world as we know it in AVENGERS: ARMAGEDDON #5

The Marvel Rundown takes an in-depth look at Avengers: Armageddon #5 plus Doomquest #5.
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Entertainment

Horror Beat: THE CYCLE must be in the conversation for best horror movie of 2026

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Go in with as little information as possible.

NYCC ’26: Nacelle Company teases documentaries about “The Craziest Convention Ever” and the studio exec who “Created Most of Our Childhood.”

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Two documentaries that reveal surprisingly under-recognized stories in fandom history

Walter Koenig, legendary STAR TREK star and writer, dead at 90

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Walter Marvin Koenig, who played Pavel Chekov on Star...

Clayface tops box office with $43 million

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The DCU's horror-themed outing, Clayface, debuted atop the domestic and worldwide box office for the weekend

Eric Bauza, veteran voice actor and LOONEY TUNES star, dead at 46

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Emmy Award-winning voice actor Eric Bauza, who had been the regular voice of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and more since 2020, died suddenly of hypertensive cardiovascular disease on Sunday, October 25, aged 46.

Halloween Beat: Watch Ken Russell’s THE DEVILS in theaters while you can

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One of the most controversial movies ever made.

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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Hdddrrrrrrrrraaaaapadooooo (hoot toot do toooooo)
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