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Who Is AC? by Hope Larson & Tintin Pantoja

If this were a TV show, it would be a pilot that didn’t get picked up: it obviously aimed to start a series, and, a decade later, it didn’t. There are a lot of plot points, themes, and ideas that aren’t completely explained or fleshed out here – but of course there would be, if it were going to be a series. Those are hooks for later stories, for further details to come later, room for the story…

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Daredevil by Frank Miller and Klaus Janson, Vol. 1

I’ve been known to bemoan the fact that the caption was basically wiped out of mainstream US comics in an extinction event roughly congruent with the big ’90s crash. I’ll admit that captions may have made a comeback since, like tiny mammals after the Chicxulub impact, but I read mainstream comics only rarely these days, so I don’t really know either way. But my point was that captions…

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Last Kiss: Sex Day by John Lustig

I try not to be a gatekeeper. I have standards and expectations – and, like everyone else, some tropes and styles and story-structures I like better than others. But I like to think I can take the how and what as it comes. So I haven’t mentioned the syndicated comic “strip” Last Kiss here before, as far as I can tell. But I’ve been aware of it, and read it here and there, and I’m definitely not…

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White Tiger Reborn Celebrates Hispanic and Latin American Heritage Month

New York, NY— July 21, 2025 — Marvel Comics will celebrate Hispanic and Latin American Heritage Month this year by spotlighting Marvel Comics’ first Latin Super Hero in WHITE TIGER REBORN #1, a Marvel’s Voices Comunidades special. The one-shot will feature two gripping tales: a story by superstar writer Daniel José Older and rising star artist Bruno Abdias and a story by Bram Stoker award winner…

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IAMTW Announces 2025 Scribe Award Nominees

The International Association of Media Tie-In Writers unveiled the nominees for this year’s Scribe Awards. Early this year, they announced that prolific tie-in writer Dayton Ward had been named the recipient of their Lifetime Achievement Award for the year. ADAPTED NOVEL ·      Blast from the Past! By Chris McGuire (The Racoons) ·      Cwej: Requiem by James Hornby (Doctor Who) ·      Doctor…

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Join Us for Peter David Tribute at San Diego Comic-Con

ComicMix and the David Family invite you to join us in celebrating Peter David’s life and legacy at San Diego Comic-Con 2025. We’re giving you several opportunities to do so… While you’re on the exhibition floor, stop by the ComicMix Booth (#2308), where we will be selling the new release of Completely Howling Mad. This is a numbered hardcover edition, and limited to 500 copies. Completely…

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Robot Chicken: The Complete Series Cming in Oct.

BURBANK, CA (July 22, 2025) Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment invites fans to relive two decades of pop culture mayhem with the release of Robot Chicken: The Complete Series on DVD on October 7, 2025. For the first time ever, 228 episodes of the Emmy® Award-winning Adult Swim series, including iconic specials themed around DC, Star Wars, The Walking Dead, Archie Comics, Christmas, and…

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Spider-Boy Receives Facsimile Edition

New York, NY— July 22, 2025 — After almost thirty years, SPIDER-BOY #1, one of the all-time great DC/Marvel crossover comic books, will be boldly re-presented in its original form – ads and all—in SPIDER-BOY #1 FACSIMILE EDITION! On sale in October, SPIDER-BOY #1 FACSIMILE EDITION reprints SPIDER-BOY #1 by writer Karl Kesel and artist Mike Wieringo. The iconic one-shot was initially published in…

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REVIEW: Avatar Legends: City of Echoes

Avatar Legends: City of EchoesBy Judy L. Lin320 pages/Amulet Books/$21.99 I know this much about The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra, so I approached this first novel in what is being billed as the Avatar: Legends series. Is the title intended to be about stories set in and around the Avatar series, or is the legend in question the protagonist in this Young Adult novel? That’s open to…

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Usagi Yojimbo, Book 7: Gen's Story by Stan Sakai

This one collects seven more issues of the early Usagi Yojimbo comic, plus a story from Critters, though the dates in the book are a little confusing. The book itself claims a first edition in September 1991, but says the stories included are copyright no earlier than 1992. Now, Stan Sakai is a fantastic creator, but I do think he’s bound by linear time, so issues 32-38 of Usagi, which were…

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The Spirits of Violence Feature all the Ghost Riders

This October, the darkest corner of the Marvel Universe reignites in SPIRITS OF VIOLENCE, a five-issue limited series written by Sabir Pirzada, following up on his acclaimed Spirits of Vengeance series, and drawn by Paul Davidson, known for his recent stellar work on Namor and X-Force. Tying together the entire Ghost Rider legacy, the explosive saga unites various heroes who have held the mantle…

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Anna by Mia Oberländer

Books that are obvious metaphors can be tricky. Especially if you’re not quite sure exactly what they’re a metaphor for. I think Anna is Mia Oberländer’s first major graphic novel – it says it was created as part of her thesis in illustration at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences – so I don’t have any prior work to check, to see what her usual method of working is. (The edition of Anna I…

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The Boys Season Four Smashes Discs Starting Aug. 19

Ahead of the fifth and final season, The Boys Season Four disc collection will be available on August 19. SYNOPSISThe world is on the brink. Victoria Neuman is closer than ever to the Oval Office and under Homelander’s muscly thumb as he consolidates his power. Butcher, with only months to live, has lost Becca’s son and his job as The Boys’ leader. The rest of the team is fed up with his lies.…

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Spenser: For Hire: The Complete Series Coming to DVD and Digital 9/9

BURBANK, CA (July 8, 2025) – Based on Robert B. Parker’s iconic detective novels and in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the American crime drama series, Spenser: For Hire fans can once again experience every gripping moment with the release of Spenser: For Hire – The Complete Series on DVD, arriving September 9, 2025.  For the first time, Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment brings…

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Thinking About Thinking by Grant Snider

I didn’t think Grant Snider made comics quickly enough to put out a book every year – he’s a working orthodontist, as I always find a way to fit in when I write about his work, since it’s such a highly-skilled, well-paid, and useful career and yet anti-glamorous and low profile at the same time – but this one came less than a year after the last one. So he may be more productive even than I give…

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Age of Revelation is Latest Marvel Game Changer

New York, NY— July 9, 2025 — Every so often, a pivotal moment occurs that radically transforms the Marvel Universe, diverting its destiny towards strange timelines and dark futures. This October, in honor of the 30th anniversary of one of the greatest of those aforementioned sagas, Age of Apocalypse, behold the AGE OF REVELATION, a startling new X-Men event that sees the world reborn in the image…

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J.M. DeMatteis Returns to Spider-Man With a Twist

Announced at IGN, fans will be able to revisit Spider-Man: The Animated Series this September in SPIDER-MAN ’94, a new comic series that delivers an all-new adventure set in the world of the iconic ‘90s show! The five-issue limited series will be written by legendary Spider-Scribe J.M. DeMatteis and drawn by rising star artist Jim Towe (X-Force). Premiering in 1994 and running for five seasons,…