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Top Comics to Buy for October 21, 2026: We are so back

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This week's Top Comics to Buy for October 21 column features new issues of Forever Home and The Patron, plus much more!
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Exclusive Preview: BODY BAGS: OMNIBUS comes to Kickstarter

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BODY BAGS: OMNIBUS comes to Kickstarter thanks to 12-Gauge Comics, honoring the late Jason Pearson's celebrated work
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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 
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D’Orc gets movie deal at Sony

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Brett Bean's smash hit comic D'Orc has gotten a live action movie deal at Sony

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Watters and Hotz team for GREEN LANTERN: DOOMED COSMOS Elseworlds series

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NYCC ’26: Marvel’s Darkhold comes to Magic: The Gathering

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Netflix’s IN WAVES trailer promises an animated tearjerker

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Top Comics to Buy

Top Comics to Buy for October 21, 2026: We are so back

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Exclusive Preview: BODY BAGS: OMNIBUS comes to Kickstarter

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County College of Morris acquires The Joe Kubert School

County College of Morris acquires The Joe Kubert School, which means more opportunities for students looking for a career in comics
Reviews

Ensign’s Log: STAR TREK (2026) #1 advance review

Avery and Ollie Kaplan beam aboard Comics Beat with a spoiler-free advance review of the upcoming Star Trek (2026) #1 from IDW.
Reviews

TV Review: FUTURAMA Season 14 delivers pensive, self-reflexive and predictive episodes

Avery Kaplan returns to the world of tomorrow to review Futurama Season 14, the first two episodes of which are now streaming on Hulu.
Digital Comics

Sales Charts: Neon Ichiban’s Top 100 for July shows DSTLRY and BEN 10 leading the pack

Neon Ichiban's Top 100 sales chart for July is led by DSTLRY titles and Ben 10, and Absolute holding strong as always
IDW

Exclusive: IDW’s HELLO KITTY AND FRIENDS: HELLO WORLD! #1 receives 75,000 orders from retailers

First issue arrives from Eisner Award–winning author Mariko Tamaki and artist rtist Cody Lemieux on August 12.
SDCC

SDCC ’26: Titan reveals KULL, Edgar Rice Burroughs series

2027 will see Titan Comics release a new Kull series by John Arcudi and Mark Buckingham, as well as a new Dejah Thoris book, and more.
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Manga and Anime News

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.

NYCC ’26: Talking THE APOTHECARY DIARIES with Aoi Yuki and Takeo Otsuka

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Live voice acting and hints about season 3.

NYCC ’26: Yen Press announces KINO’S JOURNEY light novels, AFTER MIDNIGHT SKIN and more

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Fourteen new manga, manhwa and light novel licenses were announced.

NYCC ’26: Manga goes global with MANGAPLUS, K-MANGA and MANGAUP

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Editors-in-chief of three Japanese manga apps discuss trends they've noticed and things they've learned about global manga over the years.
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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

Informa buys Clarion Events, home of Anime NYC, Awesome Con and more

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The #1 event company, Informa, has just acquired the #3 event company, Clarion, in a $2.8 billion deal.
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Top Comics to Buy for October 21, 2026: We are so back

This week's Top Comics to Buy for October 21 column features new issues of Forever Home and The Patron, plus much more!
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Beat’s Bizarre Halloventure: MANHOLE will make you sick

This week, Beat's Bizarre Adventure covers the manga and manhwa series ERMA, HOW ABOUT A COSMIC HORROR? and MANHOLE.
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Classic Comic Compendium: LITTLE MONSTERS, an odd tale of vampire children after the apocalypse

Little Monsters is another great collaboration between Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen, this one with orphans and vampires.
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Halloween Beat: Horror manga HIDEOUT looks for morality in a dark cave

Fans of Zach Cregger’s Barbarian will find a lot to like here.
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Graphic Novel Review: A CONFEDERCY OF DUNCES struggles to make for good comics

While Confederacy of Dunces does a fine job depicting the story as written by John Kennedy Toole, the source material struggles as a comic.
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Halloween Beat: You should revisit Tom Savini’s underrated NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD

Another one for the fire.
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Halloween Beat: BETTER LUCK THAN CHUCK strikes horror trivia gold

“I know more about horror than you!” -Every horror fan
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Graphic Novel Review: IDENTICAL turns having a twin into an unsettling story

Identical, the new graphic novel from cartoonist Leah Hayes, offers an unsettling look at the joy and horror of having constant connection.
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Halloween Beat: COLONY marks the next evolutionary step for zombies

The zombie genre is in good hands in South Korea.
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Entertainment

NYCC ’26: GET JIRO cast and crew serve up a full meal

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Based on the acclaimed graphic novel from the mind of the late/great Anthony Bourdain

NYCC ’26: Marvel’s Darkhold comes to Magic: The Gathering

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Wizards of the Coast previewed Magic: The Gathering's Marvel: Darkhold Destiny at NYCC 2026, showcasing an original Marvel story, supernatural characters, and new artwork.

Netflix’s IN WAVES trailer promises an animated tearjerker

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Netflix has released the trailer for In Waves, the animated film based on AJ Dungo's graphic memoir, starring Will Sharpe as Dungo, and Stephanie Hsu as his late girlfriend Kristen, arriving in select theaters on November 27, and on the streamer on December 11.

NYCC ’26: Now you can farm weed with Jay and Silent Bob!

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Coming in 2027 from Nitrate Games is Animal Crossing meets Clerks in the cozy game Jay & Silent Bob's Joint Venture.

D’Orc gets movie deal at Sony

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Brett Bean's smash hit comic D'Orc has gotten a live action movie deal at Sony

NYCC ‘26: The cast and co-creators of COMMON SIDE EFFECTS tease Season 2

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At NYCC, The Beat had the chance to chat with co-creators and some of the cast of Common Side Effects to preview Season 2

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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