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Comics for July 16, 2025

Here are some books which may or may not come out Wednesday, July 16, 2025 

'SUMMER OF SUPERMAN'

KRYPTO: THE LAST DOG OF KRYPTON #2 (OF 5, DC,  $3.99)

(W) Ryan North (A) Mike Norton (CA) Jae Lee

KRYPTO IN THE CARE OF...LEX LUTHOR?! Krypto, the last d

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Superboy (2025)

The new direction begins in Action Comics #1087. The story opens in the present day, at the Metropolis Expo of Tomorrow, where Superman has provided actual future technology (flight rings) for the exhibit. (Did you know that Perry White is now mayor

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The Massive, Extravagant, Over-the-top Golden Age JSA Re-read

Welcome to our re-read of the first and greatest superhero team in comics ... and quite a bit more!

My plan is to re-read and discuss the Golden Age Justice Society of America, which ran from All-Star Comics #3 (Winter 1940) to All-Star Comics #57 (

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Coming Comics: July 9, 2025

Here's PR I'd saved up for some of the comics probably coming out tomorrow. Let me know if this is useful, Legionnaires.

 

KEVIN SMITH AND ARCHIE COMICS JOIN FORCES FOR THE CROSSOVER NO ONE EXPECTED

Acclaimed filmmaker’s View Askewniverse crash-lands

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Big Town

In the 1990s, Steve Englehart returned to Marvel to write Silver Surfer, Vision and Scarlet Witch, West Coast Avengers and Fantastic Four. In 2001 he returned again to write the Avengers (Celestial Quest) and the Fantastic Four (Big Town). I recently

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Jim Shooter

Mark Waid has posted the following on Facebook:

"RIP Jim Shooter, 1951-2025.

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Celestial Quest

The first issue of Avengers I bought new was Giant-Size #1, which featured (among others, of course) Mantis. I just finished reading Fantastic Four (1st series) #323-325, which likewise featured Mantis. It put me in mind to re-read what followed. Bef

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Superman from the Beginning

This painting by pulp artist H.J. Ward, best known for his Spicy Detective covers, hung for years in the DC offices.

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On Format

It's official. The new Marvel catalog is out today and, for the first time in many years, a new MMW is not in it. Not that I didn't believe Bleeding Cool's reporting; it's just that not seeing a MMW solicited really strikes home for me. It would not

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The HULK! (Marvelcolor)

After nine issues of being a b&w continuity implant magazine, Rampaging Hulk switched to color and became simply The HULK! I imagine the change was to make it more palatable to potential readers familiar with the Hulk only via the then-current TV sho

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My comics reviews for the Village Voice

I wrote reviews of Hey, Mary!, Animal Pound, and The Red Badge of Courage for the Village Voice, and they were just posted online. Here's a taste:

The first book on the docket is Hey, Mary! (Oni Press, $17.99),  by writer Andrew Wheeler and artist Rye

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Comics List for week of June 23, 2025

TOP 10 PUBLISHERS

NO. 1: MARVEL COMICS

BLOOD HUNTERS: MEAN STREETS TP ($17.99)
CHASM: CURSE OF KAINE TP ($17.99)
DEADPOOL #15 ($7.99)
DOOM ACADEMY #5 (OF 5, $3.99)
FANTASTIC FOUR #33 ($3.99)
GIANT-SIZE AGE OF APOCALYPSE #1 ($4.99)
INCREDIBLE HULK #26

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Rampaging Hulk (Hulk tpbs)

I was always ambivalent toward Marvel's "Essential" and DC's "Showcase" lines back when they were a going concern. On the one hand, they were an inexpensive way to get a large chunk of continuity, but on the other they were black & white. I didn't mi

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Post-Byrne Fantastic Four*

I remember being HUGELY disappointed in Fantastic Four #296 when I first read it in 1986. Part of the the reason is that it appeared immediately after John Byrne's last issue on the title; and another part of the reson is that it is the 25th annivers

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Comics List for week of June 16, 2025

TOP 10 PUBLISHERS

This list assembled from Diamond Comic Distributors, Dark Horse Comics, Dynamite Entertainment, IDW Publishing, Lunar Distribution, Penguin Random House and Viz Media.

NO. 1: MARVEL COMICS
ALIENS VS AVENGERS #4 (OF 4, $7.99)
AMAZING

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Fan-of-Bronze: After the CRISIS, What Would YOU Have Done?

With Back Issue #159 being a celebration of Crisis on Infinite Earths 40th Anniversary (WHAT!!!) and "Doc" Beechler bringing it up on FB, where I posted something similar, I was thinking about Marv Wolfman's original intent, that in 1987, all DC titl

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Blood Type

The latest addition to Oni Press's "EC" imprint is Blood Type, a four-issue limited series featuring a single character, a vampire named Ada, spun out of a single story from Epitaphs from the Abyss #3 about a vampire in a lifeboat. This series picks

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FF OMNI v6 & MMW FF

This doesn't happen very often, but Fantastic Four Omnibus Vol. 6 (which ships today) corresponds exactly to Marvel Masterworks Fantastic Four Vols. 16-18; specifically, they both reprint Fantastic Four #164-203, Annuals #11-13, plus assorted other o

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Supergirl (2025)

Okay, time for another Supergirl discussion.

This one follows...

• Supergirl Archives, Volumes One and Two
• The Silver Age Supergirl
• DC Finest - Supergirl, The Girl of Steel
• The Daring New Adventures of Supergirl
• PAD Supergirl
• Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow

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DC Finest - The Superdog from Krypton

Before this volume was even officially solicited, I predicted it would become my favorite release of 2025. A brief perusal of the "Your Favorite Things of the Year" discussion proves that assertion to be true, at least so far. I have been reading it

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