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INTERVIEW: Exploring Dan Houser’s AMERICAN CAPER

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Dan Houser, the man behind the GTA and Red Dead Redemption games, has turned to comics with American Caper and it's a wild ride
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DC Round-Up: The BAD SEEDS event spreads across the Bat-titles

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This week's four BAD SEEDS entries are excellent event comics, but they’re even better entries in their own ongoing tales.
Previews

Exclusive Preview: Lilah Sturges pumps up the HEAT OF FASHION

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Mad Cave Studios is set to release Heat of Fashion from Lilah Sturges this December and The Beat as an exclusive look
Business News

Marvel’s 300K success story and Taschen compact editions

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Marvel has some good stuff going on, including three bestselling comics and an affordable line of reprints from Taschen

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INTERVIEW: Exploring Dan Houser’s AMERICAN CAPER

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DC Round-Up: The BAD SEEDS event spreads across the Bat-titles

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Exclusive Preview: Lilah Sturges pumps up the HEAT OF FASHION

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Marvel’s 300K success story and Taschen compact editions

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Movie Comics

Titan’s HIGHLANDER graphic novel switching to miniseries release

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Breaking News

Thanos joins GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY’s ‘Grounded’ after-party!

Guardians of the Galaxy's latest storyline 'Grounded' has been a quiet, subdued affair. When The Beat reviewed issue #16, we called the series "thirty...
Books

Diamond: March Trilogy Still Available

Just a quick note: Diamond has an advisory up that the slipcased March trilogy edition is still available from them, although it's sold out...
News

Review – Frontier #14 by Rebecca Sugar: Movement, Poetry & Family

There’s a fantastic moment in Rebecca Sugar’s latest Frontier issue, when Sugar recalls her obsession with 90’s cartoons. She describes how, now that she’s creating cartoons,...
DC

EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW: In GREEN LANTERNS #15, Jessica Cruz Faces her Deepest Fears

"I believe in the healing power of pancakes."
IDW

March Trilogy is the best selling book in America following disparaging Trump tweets about Rep. John Lewis

It's Martin Luther King Day, and the March Trilogy by Rep John Lewis, the last surviving leader of the civil rights movement of the...
Obituaries

RIP Jimmy Snuka

Wrestling legend Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka died at age 73 after suffering from stomach cancer. He had a controversial life - which may or may...
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Manga and Anime News

Beat’s Bizarre Adventure: DRIFTING DRAGONS is meaty

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This week, Beat's Bizarre Adventure covers DRIFTING DRAGONS, THE INCONVENIENT LIFE OF AN AROUSING PRIESTESS, and SHE AND HER CAT.

Beat’s Bizarre Adventure: AKARI is luminous

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This week, Beat's Bizarre Adventure covers the manga series A LONG & SHORT LOVE STORY, PSYCHEDELIA, and AKARI.

Beat’s Bizarre Adventure: BATMAN dons a DEATH MASK

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This week, Beat's Bizarre Adventure covers the series UNINTENTIONAL LOVE STORY, CROW TIME and BATMAN: DEATH MASK.

INTERVIEW: Akiko Higashimura, author of PRINCESS JELLYFISH and many more

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Acclaimed manga artist and writer Akiko Higashimura, talks about her work, her process, and her advice for newer creators.

KPEX showcaing Korean content is coming to NYC in 2027

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Korean pop culture is getting its own comic con style event in New York next May: KPEX the Korean Pop Culture Expo

Manga Mirai to shut down, merge with MangaPlaza

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NTT's manga reading service Manga Mirai will shut down in December, with user information getting transferred to sister site MangaPlaza.
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Business News

Marvel’s 300K success story and Taschen compact editions

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Marvel has some good stuff going on, including three bestselling comics and an affordable line of reprints from Taschen

Pop King offers to buy Diamond consignment inventory

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While the Diamond consignment inventory ownership continues to be contested, a new player has entered the chat, Pop King

Diamond Bankruptcy: Sparkle Pop Strikes Back

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Sparkle Pop has filed a long objection to the settlement agreement between the Diamond estate and the Consignment Group

Marvel is improving retailer relations and compact offerings

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Marvel's release plans for the Midnight line, and introduction of a more affordable compact line are getting retailers excited

Manga Mirai to shut down, merge with MangaPlaza

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NTT's manga reading service Manga Mirai will shut down in December, with user information getting transferred to sister site MangaPlaza.

Diamond again: But wait a minute, what about Sparkle Pop?

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Sparkle Pop might still have a wrench or two to throw into the works of the Diamond settlement.
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Reviews

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Wednesday Comics Reviews: We’re doing DND and CREEPSHOW like it’s 1985

This week's lead review is the first issue from the latest volume of CREEPSHOW, the fifth to be published by Skybound. Plus, much more!
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DC Round-Up: The BAD SEEDS event spreads across the Bat-titles

This week's four BAD SEEDS entries are excellent event comics, but they’re even better entries in their own ongoing tales.
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Top Comics to Buy for September 16, 2026: A gruesome bunch of murder books

This week's gritty bunch of top comics to buy for September 16 features Nightwing, Exquisite Corpses, The Patron, and more!
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Classic Comic Compendium: JOE THE BARBARIAN will inspire you to explore the worlds inside

Joe the Barbarian occupies the same space as something like The Filth and Annihilator, but approaches it from a different angle.
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Beat’s Bizarre Adventure: DRIFTING DRAGONS is meaty

This week, Beat's Bizarre Adventure covers DRIFTING DRAGONS, THE INCONVENIENT LIFE OF AN AROUSING PRIESTESS, and SHE AND HER CAT.
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Graphic Novel Review: Noah Van Sciver’s THE MESS speaks to the melancholy of contemporary life

With THE MESS, cartoonist Noah Van Sciver shows that decades into making comics, he has become a more confident cartoonist.
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Horror Beat: A nightmare worth having in James Ross II’s PARASOMNIA

A sleep demon in Freddy Krueger territory?
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Graphic Novel Review: THE GIRL WHO LOVED MONSTERS serves up a good old-fashioned monster hunt

The Girl Who Loved Monsters is a thrilling and heartwarming horror adventure that young readers will eagerly devour.
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The Marvel Rundown: MARVEL GOLD ‘76 is mashup magic

Marvel celebrates a cavalcade of 50th anniversaries in Marvel Gold '76, which pits Bullseye against cosmic heroes Nova, Star-Lord, and Jack of Hearts in a charming and bizarre mashup.
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Entertainment

INTERVIEW: Exploring Dan Houser’s AMERICAN CAPER

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Dan Houser, the man behind the GTA and Red Dead Redemption games, has turned to comics with American Caper and it's a wild ride

Titan’s HIGHLANDER graphic novel switching to miniseries release

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Titan's four-issue comic based on the original Highlander script by Gregory Widen, featuring art by Szymon Kudranski, will begin in December.

Retro SPIDER-MAN: TAS figures highlight latest Hasbro Marvel Legends reveals

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Available for pre-order very soon!

Horror Beat: A nightmare worth having in James Ross II’s PARASOMNIA

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A sleep demon in Freddy Krueger territory?

Report: Asa Germann cast as the X-Men’s Angel in MCU reboot

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Gen V's Asa Germann has been reportedly cast as Angel/Warren Worthington III in the new X-Men movie, due out May 5, 2028.

ONTOS promises to be a new cycle of suffering from the morbid minds of Frictional Games and Kepler Interactive

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Prepare for yet another terrifying masterpiece of existential horror from Frictional Games.

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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