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DC Round-Up

DC Round-Up: ABSOLUTE SUPERMAN #15 is the book’s best issue yet

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Absolute Superman #15 headlines our first DC Round-Up column of the year, which also looks at the week's other marquee releases.
Wednesday Comics

Wednesday Comics Reviews: We look at every Ignition Press comic so far

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Ignition Press launched late last year, and today our Wednesday Comics team has reviews of all of the publisher's #1 issues.
Small Presses

Exclusive: Ram V, Anand Radhakrishnan & Evan Cagle announce multi-book deal with Morgen

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Ram V, Anand Radhakrishnan, Evan Cagle, Aditya Bidikar, Eric Harburn, and Tom Muller will release a new series with French publisher Morgen.
Comic Strips

Berkeley Breathed moves Bloom County to Patreon

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Bloom County is leaving Facebook and going subscriber only on Patreon and creator Berkley Breathed tells us why

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Wednesday Comics Reviews: We look at every Ignition Press comic so far

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Exclusive: Ram V, Anand Radhakrishnan & Evan Cagle announce multi-book deal with Morgen

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Entertainment

Sebastian Stan to join the cast of The Batman Part II

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Comic Strips

Berkeley Breathed moves Bloom County to Patreon

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Toys

Playmates Toys losing TMNT license after 38 years

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Comics

Alan Moore’s Secret Q&A Cult Exposed! Part III: This Will Completely Change Your Life!!!!

Deep in the deepest deep bit of the Interwebs, where the nice people don't go, 50 people in anoraks with awful social lives called...
Comics

#SDCC ’16 Comics of Tomorrow: Has Technology changed the Comic Book Industry for Better AND Worse?

For the last decade, the status of the comic book industry has been a great concern among both fans and the industry itself. Growing...
Archie

PREVIEW: Archie’s Summer Gets Put on Ice in WORLD OF ARCHIE COMICS DOUBLE DIGEST #61!

Lace up your boots, kids, because it's time for another journey to Riverdale! In World of Archie Comics Double Digest #61, Archie has to deal...
Conventions

#SDCC ’16 First Second’s Gene Luen Yang: The National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature

By: Nicholas Eskey As one of the most influential graphic novel publishers in the United States, First Second is proud to celebrate 2016 as their...
SDCC '16

SDCC’16: Watchtower Roundup: Slouching Towards Gomorrah, We Stop and Pick Up Swag

Okay... we're straightening up here at the Undisclosed Location in Brooklyn (where I spent the weekend dog/house sitting... mmmm.... air conditioning...), and here are...
DC

DC Reborn PODCAST Review Special: Tackling BATGIRL, NIGHTWING, RED HOOD, & More!

Coming out of SDCC, Alex Lu and Kyle Pinion sit down to review the DC Rebirth Titles that came out this Wednesday!
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Manga and Anime News

Beat’s Bizarre Adventure: HORIMIYA says, ‘It’s egg time!’

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This week, Beat's Bizarre Adventure covers the series HORIMIYA, WAR OF THE ADULTS and NAGAHAMA TO BE, OR NOT TO BE.

Crunchyroll Winter 2026 anime line up is here!

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Crunchyroll has revealed its winter 2026 anime lineup, including Oshi no Ko, Trigun Starblaze, Frieren, and more. Here's the full slate.

Top 10 most downloaded titles in BOOK☆WALKER of 2025

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BOOK☆WALKER Global’s 2025 eBook Ranking reveals the top 10 most-downloaded light novels and manga worldwide, including The Eminence in Shadow and The Apothecary Diaries.

The Beat’s Best Anime of 2025

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The Beat staff presents its picks for the Best Anime of 2025, including new and ongoing series, as well as feature-length films.

Beat’s Bizarre Adventure: HAUNTRESS will haunt your dreams

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This week, Beat's Bizarre Adventure covers the manga and webtoon series DISSOLVING CLASSROOM, EARTHSHINE and HAUNTRESS.

Yen Press announces 2 audiobook adaptations & 9 new licenses

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Yen Press has announced two audiobook adaptations, eight new manga licenses, and a Konosuba TRPG companion rule book for summer 2026.
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Business News

The Very Last Days of Diamond Comics – UPDATED

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Diamond Comics shut down for the final time on Wednesday, December 31st 2025, and it was eulogized in both images and words

Public Domain Day is coming — here’s what you need to know about characters like Betty Boop

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Betty Boop and Nancy Drew might be entering the public domain -- but artists should be careful how they use them, because copyright and trademark law is weird and complicated.

U.S. Congressman calling for a federal investigation into the sale of Beckett

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“In less than five years, Collectors has systematically eliminated its competitors through serial acquisitions,” read the letter published by Congressman Ryan

Sony acquires majority control of PEANUTS rights

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The Schulz family will retain 20 percent of the rights, while WildBrain will continue to produce new Peanuts media for Apple TV.

Collectors Universe acquires grading company Beckett

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"The iconic Beckett is joining the Collectors family and will continue to operate as its own independent brand within our portfolio,” said Nat Turner, CEO of Collectors.

What Diamond’s Chapter 7 filing might mean, and digging into those billable hours

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What does Diamond's Chapter 7 filing mean for publishers? And what does a bankruptcy administrator do all day?
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The Marvel Rundown: MARVEL: BLACK, WHITE AND BLOOD AND GUTS is an artist showcase

A look at the the horror-tinged anthology, Marvel: Black White and Blood and Guts. Plus, a look at Marvel Rivals: The Cities of Heaven.
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DC Round-Up: ABSOLUTE SUPERMAN #15 is the book’s best issue yet

Absolute Superman #15 headlines our first DC Round-Up column of the year, which also looks at the week's other marquee releases.
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Wednesday Comics Reviews: We look at every Ignition Press comic so far

Ignition Press launched late last year, and today our Wednesday Comics team has reviews of all of the publisher's #1 issues.
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Top Comics to Buy for January 7, 2026: New year, new comics

This week's Top Comics to Buy for January 7 list features the latest issue of Absolute Superman, a new Twilight Zone one-shot, and more!
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Beat’s Bizarre Adventure: HORIMIYA says, ‘It’s egg time!’

This week, Beat's Bizarre Adventure covers the series HORIMIYA, WAR OF THE ADULTS and NAGAHAMA TO BE, OR NOT TO BE.
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Classic Comic Compendium: STRANGE TALES #178-181 setup years of Marvel cosmic stories

Strange Tales builds the foundation for what would become the Infinity Gauntlet story, nearly two decades before its publication.
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2000 AD in Review: Looking Back at 2025

With the British weekly set to return from its winter hiatus next week, The Beat looks back at the raft of stories featured in the anthology in 2025
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The Marvel Rundown: The Best Marvel Comics of 2025

To close out the year, The Beat's weekly Marvel review team is highlighting its picks for Best Marvel Comics of 2025.
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DC Round-Up: The 10 Best DC Comics of 2025

In another excellent year for DC, these were their 10 best titles as chosen by The Beat's DC Round-Up team.
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Entertainment

Playmates Toys losing TMNT license after 38 years

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The company co-produced the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon, and has sold action figures for the franchise since 1988.

Dropout’s UM, ACTUALLY Season 11 trailer reveals Tournament of Champions return

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Dropout has revealed the trailer and premier date for Um, Actually Season 11, which includes the return of Season 1's Tournament of Champions.

X-Men steal the show in third AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY teaser

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The third teaser trailer sees the return of Patrick Stewart as Professor X, Ian McKellen as Magneto, and James Marsden as Cyclops.

Logan Paul’s controversial ultra rare Pikachu card goes up for auction

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Logan Paul’s ultra rare Pikachu Illustrator PSA 10 card is going up for auction but questions over ownership of the card remain

Recap: STRANGER THINGS 5’s “The Rightside Up”

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Stranger Things 5 honors Tolkien and Spielberg in a satisfying series finale, that still has some loose ends we want to discuss.

Marvel’s full WONDER MAN trailer finally shows off the character’s powers

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With less than a month before it comes to Disney+, Marvel Television has released a full trailer for Wonder Man.

Wrestling News and History

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?

Turnbuckle BEATdown: So, WRESTLEMANIA is coming to Saudi Arabia

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It would mark the company's first ever overseas Wrestlemania.
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