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Dynamite Entertainment is reclaiming Disney’s villain line with a cold new chapter starring one of Disney’s most iconic antagonists, Maleficent. Disney villain: Maleficent, released this October, marks the magician’s return on the set of the story, shortly after the infamous curse in Princess Aurora. This new story follows Queen of the Forbidden Mountain as she attempts to amplify her dark powers and eliminate any threats to her rule. As her goblin minions reclaim the ancient grimoire that shines from the assault, Maleficent sees an opportunity to unleash an infinite source of magic. However, in order to exploit this power, she…
Skybound, in partnership with Act 4 Publishing, debuts J. Scott Campbell’s Danger Girl Artist’s Edition for the first time on Kickstarter, debuting a deluxe oversized hardcover celebrating the iconic art of the 1998 series. This marks the debut of the Danger Girl artist edition format, with over 150 pages of artwork recreated in full size for the ultimate collector’s experience. The campaign, scheduled to launch at 6am Pt on Tuesday, September 9th, 2025, offers fans the opportunity to sign up now for early updates and exclusive rewards. The book includes interior pages from the original miniseries, covers, model sheets, flipbook…
Since its first launch in 2018, DC’s Black Label Imprint has allowed creators to have greater freedom to create stories with the classics of publisher characters that can’t stand continuity. Today, DC announced its latest black label project using Batman/Green Arrow/The Fusion: Arcadia. Available this November, this four-book comic book series features acclaimed storyteller Gabriel Hardman uniting three ideologically distinct heroes in DC’s ideologically different stories with a vast story of global interests and personal calculations. Ideologically different heroes in the vast narrative of global interests and personal calculations. Main cover by Gabriel Hardman Here’s how the publisher explained the…
The DC Black Label brings together three of the most iconic vigilantes, Batman, Green Arrow and Questions. Batman/Green Arrow/Question: A gritty new 4th issue miniseries entitled Arcadia. Written and depicted by Gabriel Hardman, the series begins on November 26th, 2025 and promises a tense, morally complex story full of spies, political plots and personal calculations. Set against the backdrop of global crisis and social unrest, Arcadia combines high stakes thrillers with grounded character drama. The story follows Bruce Wayne, who partners with billionaire environmentalists to investigate Arcadia, a floating city built off the coast of Greenland. At first glance, Arcadia…
Dynamite Entertainment has announced a new title in the popular Disney villain line. Paulina Gancheau (Powerpuff Girls) and award-winning artist Theo Stultz lead the comics. Read more from the publisher below: The Forbidden Mountain Queen returns to the entirely new story of the villain story shortly after she levelled out the infamous curse on Princess Aurora. This grumpy new adventure follows a power-hungry regent as she tries to strengthen her dark powers. Maleficent’s plan is to make herself immortal to any threat to her rule by strengthening her arsenal of magical energy. When she embarks on this nightmare goal, her…
Reading weekly comics can feel like you’re running in a loop, and you can see the same story concept redoing over and over again in a slightly tweaked way, but the list of top comics to buy this week on August 6th is against that. Books like Ancestral Recall and Orla find themselves fresh and surprising. It feels like even the Hell, the new DC Comics series, Cheetah and Cheshire Rob Justice League, is trying to do something we’ve never seen before. Yeah, it’s become a surprising week for the new #1 and I dug it. As always, you can…
Archie vs. Minor Threat #1 announcement was unexpected. Archie and his Riverdale companions have met other characters, including Punisher, Predator, and most recently Jay and Silent Bob. The small threat didn’t seem that far away, but the problem is: How will the world of Riverdale and Midnight City collide? The answer lies in another classic Archie character, Sabrina the Teenage Witch. Sabrina wants to take her longtime boyfriend Harvey Kinkle to the Wizard’s Ball, but the only way humans are allowed is whether witches or wizards bring about ancient magical artifacts. To avoid losing, Sabrina searches for the five fingers…
Rick and Morty vs. The Universe, like any major comic book event, features multiple tie-ins that support the main story. The first of these tie-ins is Rick and Morty vs. Universe: #1 of Summer Love. This focuses on the summer trying to “go out” Rick by giving him the most epic bachelor party in the Parmesan universe. This is the story of Rick and Morty, so things go downhill quickly. The fun of reading Rick and Morty vs. The Universe: Summer of Love #1 is to see who answers the Summer Summons for the Bachelorette Party. It gives writers Daniel…
The Demi Human Crime Saga Grand Familia was featured on shelves by Titan Manga on September 30, 2025, and pre-orders are currently open. Set in a world where super-powerful beings like vampires, werewolves and other Demi-sans are hidden from human persecution, Grand Familia introduces a dark society at the edge of its collapse. The center features the legendary Grand Familia. This is a clan of vampires who rule the criminal underworld with their iron grips. However, when rival factions stimulated anxiety, a violent lawn war broke out, revealing that clan control was unsafe. The story continues with Leo, a young…
FML is a wonderful, surreal slice-of-life comedy from the award-winning team of Kelly Sue DeConnick (Bitch Planet) and David Lopez (Captain Marvel). Focused on the misadventures of a family and their friends in Portland, Oregon, it captures the electric and intense energy of how ridiculous, wonderful, and terrifying it is to be alive in the world right now. With stunning art that’s constantly re-inventing itself, and some of the strongest writing of DeConnick’s career, it’s an incredible comic and I would argue, essential reading for lovers of the medium. The Beat sat down with DeConnick to discuss some of the…