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Second-Best Super Friends

I've been thinking about Batman, Green Arrow, and the Question. They've teamed up numerous times, beginning in a string of annuals published in 1988. They feel like the Super Friends Batman hangs out with when he's not with his own Bat family, or wit

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Comics shipping July 8, 2026

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Lunar Distribution

BATMAN AND THE MONSTER MEN TP (2026 EDITION)

Thiis 2006 story is a rewrite or retcon (call it what you will) of the Hugo Strange story in Batman #1 (1940), written and drawn by Matt Wagner. The t

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AHOY to Certify Its Comics as AI-free

For Immediate Release:

AHOY Comics Becomes The First Publisher to Adopt Matt Kindt’s “100% Human-Made” Open-Source Certification For All Upcoming Releases,

Beginning With Mark Russell and Russ Braun’s THE FORGOTTEN DIVINE The Kindt-Designed Emblem Ce

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Comics shipping July 1, 2026

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AVENGERS JLA #2 (OF 4) FACSIMILE EDITION

I had to laugh when I saw this cover originally, because it looks like a page of "school notes" from my elementary school days (only with much better art). That's what I did in school: I drew

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Comics shipping June 24, 2026

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SUMMER OF SUPERGIRL SPECIAL #1 (ONE-SHOT)

DC’s Summer of Supergirl continues with Summer of Supergirl Special #1, a 48-page one-shot arriving June 24. This celebratory anthology brings together an all-star roster o

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The Scariest Comic I've Read This Year

Captain America was "put on ice" (retroactively) in 1945 and rescued by the Avengers in 1964. Man Out of Time (2010) had him being revived in the mid-to-late '90s, and "Our Secret Wars" (2025) in the early 2Ks. But there was an earlier version, from

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ROM returns to comics at Image

SPOILER ALERT: M.A.S.K. #1 Blind Bag Reveals Monumental Energon Universe First Appearance

Skybound, Image Comics, and Hasbro Stun Fans Worldwide with a Surprise Launch TODAY!

LOS ANGELES 06/10/2026 — Today Skybound and Image Comics, in collaboration

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ABSOLUTE CATWOMAN #1 RETURNS TO PRESS, ABSOLUTE CASSANDRA CAIN TO DEBUT

ABSOLUTE CATWOMAN #1 RETURNS TO PRESS WITH NEW SECOND PRINTING COVERS

Plus, Che Grayson and Matias Bergara Expand DC’s Absolute-Era Storytelling with Absolute Cassandra Cain One-Shot

Due to overwhelming demand ahead of publication, DC today announced

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FX to Develop 'That Texas Blood' for TV

FX TO DEVELOP BELOVED NEO-NOIR WESTERN THAT TEXAS BLOOD FOR TV

PORTLAND, Ore. 05/29/2026 — Bestselling, fan-favorite neo-noir Western, That Texas Blood by writer Chris Condon (Of the Earth, News from the Fallout) and artist Jacob Phillips (Everything

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Project Superpowers

Reading The Twelve, Band of Heroes and The Marvel Project (not to mention the series in the "Miscellaneous New Universes" thread) recently really put me in the mood to read Project Superpowers. Unfortunately, I had no idea where I had filed it. Rathe

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Comics shipping June 17, 2026

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DC FINEST: ROBIN — THE ORIGIN OF ROBIN TP

(W) Mike Friedrich, Elliot S. Maggin, Various (A) Gil Kane, Irv Novick, Various (CA) Carmine Infantino, Joe Giella

Collects Robin's major solo appearances in Batman #184, 19

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Comics shipping June 10, 2026

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ABSOLUTE CATWOMAN #1 (OF 6) 

(W) Che Grayson, Scott Snyder (A/CA) Bengal

WITH ALL THE WEALTH … WITH ALL THE GEAR … WITH ALL THE SKILLS, SHE IS THE ABSOLUTE APEX PREDATOR!

Selina Kyle has carved a good life for herse

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Comics shipping June 3, 2026

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DEADMAN #1 (OF 6)

(W) W. Maxwell Prince (A/CA) Martin Morazzo

THE ALL-STAR CREATORS OF 2025'S HIT MINISERIES SUPERMAN: THE KRYPTONITE SPECTRUM (AND THE ONGOING HORROR ANTHOLOGY ICE CREAM MAN) ARE BACK AT DC COMICS T

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Comics on sale May 27, 2026

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SUPERMAN: FATHER OF TOMORROW #1 

(W) Kenny Porter (A/CA) Danny Earls

THE SOLE SURVIVOR OF KRYPTON — JOR-EL!

A BRAND-NEW ELSEWORLDS SUPERMAN SERIES STARTS HERE! In a corner of far-flung space, a world explodes. A lon

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Comics on sale May 20, 2026

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ABSOLUTE GREEN ARROW #1 (OF 6)

(W) Pornsak Pichetshote (A/CA) Rafael Albuquerque

WITHOUT THE TRICK ARROWS … WITHOUT THE MONEY … WITHOUT MERCY … WHAT'S LEFT IS THE ABSOLUTE HUNTER! A serial killer is slaughtering cor

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Comics on sale May 13, 2026

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BARBARA GORDON: BREAKOUT #1 

(W) Mariko Tamaki (A) Amancay Nahuelpan (CA) Karl Kerschl

LEAPING FROM THE PAGES OF MAY'S BATMAN #9 INTO THE NEXT LEVEL!

Framed. Outlawed. Hunted. The extralegal activities of Gotham's vi

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FCBD Haul 2026

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Swamp Thing by Len Wein and Kelley Jones (Deluxe Edition)

When Tracy and I started our "Swamp Thing" discussion back in 2022, it was with the intention of reading every appearance of Swamp Thing from 1972 through 2018. We didn't quite make it, but we did read all 24 issues of the original series, all 171 of

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Comics on sale May 6, 2026

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DC X SONIC THE HEDGEHOG: THE METAL LEGION #1 (OF 5)

By Ian Flynn and Adam Bryce Thomas

Following the runaway success of DC x Sonic the Hedgehog in 2025, DC and SEGA of America are teaming up once again for a brand-n

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RIP Gerry Conway

Story Another one of the big names from my younger days gone. 

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