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Exclusive Preview: Fanfic collides with reality in MARY SUE from BOOM! Studios

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Check out preview pages of this hilarious and heartfelt collision of fandom and fantasy.
Business News

Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 5/8/26: Everything everywhere all at once

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In this week's links: Some news from Dren Productions, team-ups galore, lots of interesting interviews, and the doom scrolling allure of toxic fandoms
Marvel

Marvel teases its Midnight Universe – is it an ABSOLUTE take on horror?

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The Midnight Universe might be shaping up to be Marvel's horror-tinged answer to DC's Absolute Universe.
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MORTAL THOR #14 to mark 800 issues for the God of Thunder

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

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Comics

Interview: January Sun answers all our THE REAPER AND THE WAITING questions

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Business News

Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 5/8/26: Everything everywhere all at once

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Comics

The Beat Digest 05/08/26: Stjepan Šejić’s DEATH VIGIL returns

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Indie Comics

Jeffrey Brown argues for humans vs AI with ‘Climb Every Mountain’ kickstarter

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Collectibles

Luke Skywalker rookie card sells for 687K, doubling the previous record

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Announcements

San Diego Comic Fest’s Matt Dunford on the Convention, Jack Kirby’s 100th Birthday, and of Course Comics.

2017 will bring us yet another new year of comic conventions. When one thinks of San Diego and comics, it’s not difficult to summon...
Movies

The “nerd categories” for the 2017 Oscars are in!

  Another year, another set of Academy Award nominees. As always at The Beat, we like to zero in on the "nerd categories", those films...
Free Comics

What’s up with the free comics anyway?

  As you read this I'm on a plane to New Orleans to speak on a panel at Intix, a convention for people who sell...
Comics Media

Two new comics newsletters: Zainab Akhtar is back and the truth about MNT

  It wasn't too long ago that everyone said the emailed newsletter was dead because people got too much email and social media was where...
Marvel

Jim Starlin throws down the monetary gauntlet 

On his FB page Jim Starlin, never one to mine words, laid out out the relative participation levels for Marvel vs DC:  Just received a...
Kibbles 'n' Bits

Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 1/24/17: when a con is GREAT – people loved Fan2Sea

§ There isn't too much going on in the world of comis because everyone seems..preoccupied or something. But the very first Fan2Sea cruise just wrapped...
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Manga and Anime News

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

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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

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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

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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

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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!

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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

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

Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 5/8/26: Everything everywhere all at once

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In this week's links: Some news from Dren Productions, team-ups galore, lots of interesting interviews, and the doom scrolling allure of toxic fandoms

Rocketship Entertainment partners with Legendary Comics and Top Cow, more

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

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Graphic Novel Review: MARTYR LOSER KING skewers both the way we live and what it costs

With MARTYR LOSER KING, Saul Williams and Morgan Stone collaborate on a striking new cyber-punk fairy tale of a graphic novel.
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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.
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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
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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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DC Round-UP: BATMAN #9 reminds us why we fall

Batman #9 is a great look at what happens to the Bat Family when they are facing major struggles. Plus, Absolute Superman, and more!
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Wednesday Comics Reviews: Checking in on the ENERGON UNIVERSE, Robo Lincoln, and more

This week's Wednesday Comics Reviews column checks in on the Energon Universe before looking at If Destruction Be Our Lot, and much more!
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Top Comics to Buy for May 6, 2026: How to nurse your FCBD hangover? More comics

This week's Top Comics to Buy for May 6 is a varied list that includes the flagship Batman comic, a new series from Ignition, and much more.
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Graphic Novel Review: OPTING OUT provides a different path forward

Opting Out by Maia Kobabe and Swati “Lucky” Srikumar is the story of Saachi, a middle schooler who is grappling with some serious stuff.
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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.
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Entertainment

Luke Skywalker rookie card sells for 687K, doubling the previous record

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As '77 Topps Star Wars set becomes the most coveted cards in the galaxy, will we continue to see a bigger demand for Star Wars collectables and original art?  

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

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

THE BOYS series finale to screen in 4DX theaters

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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

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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

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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

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

Wrestling News and History

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)

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.
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