WIth Jeff of Earth-J's warning that small-press publishers are going to be harder to follow I'll try to include more small-press here each week. That doesn't help with ordering, but it might help Legionnaires avoid missing books they might miss. If t
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NO. 1: MARVEL COMICS
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #13 ($4.99) is by Joe Kelly and Pepe Larazz. If I'm reading the PR correctly, the twice-monthly Amazing Spider-Man will split its focus, with one issue per month focusing on Home Spidey, and the
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NO. 1: MARVEL COMICS
BATTLEWORLD #1 (OF 5, $4.99) is by Christos Gage (Superior Spider-Man) and Marcus To (X-Force). It's the same as, or similar to, the Battleworld in Jonathan Hickman's Secret Wars. Or maybe Jim Shooter's. But the ch
Read more…With the demise of Diamond's website and Previews, the task of knowing what's to come — and what to order, in the various ways we do it — has gotten harder. Would it be useful to have a list of advance solicitations? Here, for example, is Marvel's fo
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MARVEL/DC DEADPOOL/BATMAN #1 ($6.99): Wait, this is here already? Honestly, I haven't been breathlessly anticipating it. But it's bound to be the best-selling book of the month, if not the year. It includes:
NOTE: NING's photo-placement tool stopped working early Tuesday, and wasn't fixed by Tuesday night. I had to go with just the art I that was already uploaded before the tool broke.
ADVANCE PICK OF THE WEEK
DC FINEST: HORROR — THE DEVIL'S DOORWAY TP (
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BATMAN #1 (DC, $4.99) is by Matt Fraction and Jorge Jiménez. I assume this will sell pretty well.
“I wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for Batman," Fraction said. "It was the first comic I ever read. Jorge and I have a very super
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THE MORTAL THOR #1 (Marvel, $4.99) is by Al Ewing and Pasqual Ferry. To be clear, I haven't been reading Ewing's Thor. But now I may have to.
Thor is on a hero's journey that may require me to break out my Joseph Campbell. Im
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DC Finest: Hawkman -- Wings Across Time TP (DC, $39.99): I have all of the original comics, and the Silver Age Hawkman Archives, but I'm still excited! I won't mind getting these again, and reading them in order -- especially
Read more…Here are some books likely to ship Aug. 13, 2025.
EVENTS
20TH CENTURY FOX/MARVEL
Predator Kills the Marvel Universe #1 (of 5, $5.99): I don't understand the poularity of a series where everyone dies. I don't want to see my favorite characters die! Is
Read more…Some books that will probably come out August 6:
"ONE WORLD UNDER DOOM"
ONE WORLD UNDER DOOM #6 (OF 9, $4.99) is by Ryan North and R.B. Silva.
"Reed reveals a terrible secret he’s acquired about Doom’s global domination." My thinking is (and always h
Read more…Some books that are scheduled for July 30, 2025.
"BRING ON THE BAD GUYS"
BRING ON THE BAD GUYS: LOKI #1 (OF 7, MARVEL, $4.99) is by Anthony Oliveira. Mephisto gives Loki a task. But you and I know Loki never does what he's told.
“SUMMER OF SUPER
Read more…Here are some books that will probably come out July 23.
"ONE WORLD UNDER DOOM"
DOOM'S DIVISION #5 (OF 5, last issue)
Here's the solicitation: After being imprisoned by White Fox, Doom’s Division is free--and they want answers. But White Fox won’t gi
Read more…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
Read more…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 (
Read more…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
Read more…I've been waiting with trepidation to see the fallout on Diamond's online information since the bankruptcy was announced. Well, the other shoe has dropped — and it's as bad as I feared.
For those who don't know, the Diamond Previews site was my prima
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NEW HISTORY OF THE DC UNIVERSE #1 (OF 4, DC COMICS, $5.99) is by Mark Waid, Jerry Ordway and Todd Nauck, and that alone is enough to interest me. The fact that Waid, one of my favorite writers and a DC history expert, is figuring out
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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
TOP O’ THE WEEK
KRYPTO: THE LAST DOG OF KRYPTON #1 (OF 5, DC COMICS, $3.99) is by writer Ryan North and artist Mike Norton. Maybe it's the recent Superman Family and Superboy reprint books, but I find myself missing Krypto. And lo, he appears! Here i
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