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MORTAL THOR #14 to mark 800 issues for the God of Thunder

August's milestone issue, by Al Ewing and Pasqual Ferry, will include back-up stories by Chris Condon, Jesse Lonergan, and Kieron Gillen.

Graphic Novel Review: Petra Chérie will charm you with its 1970s spy story

Petra Chérie is a fantastic Attilio Micheluzzi spy story, collected now for the first time for an English reading audience.

Rocketship Entertainment partners with Legendary Comics and Top Cow, more

Rocketship Entertainment recently announced a series of partnership, including print editions of two webtoons created by Legendary Entertainment

The Marvel Rundown: JUBILEE: DEADLY REUNION shines brightly

This week the Rundown looks at Jubilee: Deadly Reunion, Alien: King Killer, and Daredevil!

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Latest Comics News

Marvel reveals Secret Empire details…and a huge shake-up to the Marvel U! OMG!

Marvel has been teasing its next event, Secret Empire, for a bit, with events rolling out of the Cap/Hydra storyline. And now Disney affiliate ABC has all the core-shaking details and the roll out of he cover by Mark Brooks, complete with Spider-Man in his tarditional taint-first pose:

The Walking Dead is back this weekend with “joyful rebellion”…does anyone care?

The new half-season of The Walking Dead kicks off on Sunday, but after falling ratings and objections over the violence, has interest in this show finally waned?

Joe Manganiello is training heavily to play Deathstroke…but here’s why this is sad

We may not know when the Deathstroke standalone Batman movie is coming out, as Ben Affleck has dropped out as director, and the script...

Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 2/10/17: Riverdale endorses the Beat!

§ Nice Art: Nerdist reveals pin-ups for the new volume of ANGEL CATBIRD by Jeff Lemire (Black Hammer), Colleen Doran (A Distant Soil),...

ONE OR DONE: All-NEW FATHOM makes its new Aspen U return

Hello, a bit of an apology to start this week. I'd written through reviews for about 4 books last night before putting a frozen...

A year of free comics: Disturbing body horror in The Disciple by Kate Lacour (NSFW)

Presented weekly on Study Group (A site which all free comics enthusiasts should check out regularly) Kate Lacour's The Disciple is mostly wordless, somewhat abstract...

Manga and Anime News

Wonderful Wednesdays: BETROTHED TO MY SISTER’S EX audiobook and more from Seven Seas

This week's Wonderful Wednesdays is packed! Five new manga and two light novel announcements, along with two audiobook adaptations.

TOKYOPOP KIDS imprint debuts with titles for young readers

Tokyopop has announced its new imprint for young readers, Tokyopop Kids, with its first batch of titles hitting shelves in the fall.

Beat’s Bizarre Adventure: Takako Shimura’s EVEN THOUGH WE’RE ADULTS bends some rules

This week, Beat's Bizarre Adventure covers EVEN THOUGH WE'RE ADULTS, TURNS OUT MY ONLINE FRIEND IS MY REAL-LIFE BOSS! and MOVING.

Wonderful Wednesdays: AND THEY WERE ROOMMATES…! and more from Seven Seas

Wonderful Wednesdays is back with two audiobook adaptations and five nwe manga licensing announcements this week!

Uncivilized Books kicks off new manga imprint with Hideko Mizuno’s FIRE!

Called Mangalith, the new imprint will launch in October with the pioneering shojo manga Fire!, by Hideko Mizuno.

Kadokawa plans to expand Manga Spot shops across the US

Japanese media company Kadokawa hopes to expand its Manga Spot shops throughout the US, led by retail veterans Kurt Hassler and James Killen

Business News

Rocketship Entertainment partners with Legendary Comics and Top Cow, more

Rocketship Entertainment recently announced a series of partnership, including print editions of two webtoons created by Legendary Entertainment

Report: Comics creators struggling despite a thriving industry

UK creators like making comics, but they struggle to make a living at it, among many other challenges, according to a new report from the Comics Cultural Impact Collective.

The last ComiXology employee quietly exits the building I

ComiXology, the once ascendant platform for digital comics sales, has seen its last employee depart, but Comixology Originals will continue on

Kadokawa plans to expand Manga Spot shops across the US

Japanese media company Kadokawa hopes to expand its Manga Spot shops throughout the US, led by retail veterans Kurt Hassler and James Killen

The Week in Diamond: A hearing was held, a motion denied

While the fight over $50 million in inventory continues, a hearing was held this week in the Diamond bankruptcy

Anime NYC and X Tracks team up for Licensing Summit

Anime NYC is getting an invite-only licensing event, in partnership with X Tracks Licensing Summits, to be held August 20th

Reviews

Entertainment

Horror Beat: TALES FROM THE CRYPT still a raunchy good time 37 years later

“If at first you don’t succeed, die, die again!” -The Cryptkeeper

THE BOYS series finale to screen in 4DX theaters

The final episode will be screened in theaters on Tuesday, May 19, the night before it's released on Prime Video.

THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU head to Papercutz

The pair will star in Danger in the Dark, an all-new adventure by Delilah S. Dawson, Mario del Pennino, and Arianna Florean in July.

Interview: GAME CHANGER – HOME EDITION designer Joshua Balvin can’t wait for people to play

Game Changer: Home Edition designer Joshua Balvin explores the game's development process in an interview with The Beat.

Ensign’s Log: THE ART OF STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS embodies a suitable celebration of a special series

The Art of Star Trek: Lower Decks is a thorough and very well executed celebration of a once-in-a-lifetime animated series.

Game Review: INVINCIBLE VS offers a brutal and fun new entry into the fighting game scene

Invincible VS is a solid fighting game debut with a fun play loop, deep mechanics and brutal action, but requires patience to master.

Wrestling News and History

Turnbuckle BEATdown: Wrestlemania? More like Admania

Did Hulk Hogan get more screentime than most matches?

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

Hdddrrrrrrrrraaaaapadooooo (hoot toot do toooooo)

Turnbuckle BEATdown: AEW did the right thing with Kris Statlander

The future remains bright for Statlander.

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

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

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