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Every year we poll comics industry professionals – creators, journalists, editors and more – and give you their thoughts on the year past and the year ahead. Also we give a preview of what they have cooking for ’26. It’s not hard to figure out the biggest story of 2025, but you may be interested in the different takes on the story, and the colorful language used to describe it below. Our bonus question this year is people’s favorite comics shops – so we have some great plugs for great shops as well. Many thanks to those who took the…
We all know that 2025 was a truly incredible year for DC Comics, but just how great? Could it come close to or even surpass Marvel in key metrics? We’ll probably never know just by answering our own headlines, but there are some clues. As I have pointed out many times here, sales figures for comics as a whole will not be readily available after the coronavirus. ICV2 provides graphs based on ComicHub POS data from select comic shops, but this is a small sample, and we’re seeing a growing number of public and private complaints about the accuracy of…
The full Marvel Comics solicitations for product shipping in March 2026 have been released by the publisher. March looks to be a relatively quiet month for the publisher. Both the new Daredevil series by Stephanie Phillips and Lee Garbett and Imperial Guardians, the final spin off from this year’s Imperial, debut. The latest Spider-Man event Death Spiral gets into full swing while the road to this summer’s Armageddon event continues. And readers say goodbye to Jed MacKay’s Avengers run with issue #36 All that and much, much more ahead in the full Marvel Comics February 2026 solicitations. Check out all…
GlobalComix (available on iOS/Android and the web) has announced a new year-long initiative with Marvel Comics titled Marvel Mondays. The program will add 10 new Marvel titles to the GlobalComix Gold Library every Monday throughout 2026. GlobalComix, a digital-first comics platform, is playing an increasingly important role in the online comics ecosystem by offering one of the largest digital comics libraries available today. With over 100,000 comics, the platform has established itself as a one-stop destination for readers looking for both big publishers and independent voices in a single subscription model. It’s quite beautiful. Released just before Christmas Eve, Marvel…
As previously announced, The Avengers will celebrate its landmark 800th issue next month, with seminal writer Brian Michael Bendis set to return. Today, Marvel announced that writer Jed McKay, who started the re-released Avengers series three years ago, will end the series with Avengers #36 in March. This issue will be illustrated by current series artist Farid Karami. To celebrate this important moment in Avengers history, original series artist CF Villa is back with a special farewell cover that mirrors Stuart Immonen’s cover for McKay’s serialized debut issue. From the introduction of the Twilight Court and the…
In preparation for the Fantastic Four’s return to screens next year in Avengers: Doomsday, Marvel Comics has announced that it will further develop the history of the First Family in the MCU, releasing four one-shots each quarter. Dan Slott and Mark Buckingham are set to direct the first one-shot, scheduled for release in March, and will feature a film version of the villainous robot engineer Mad Thinker, who first appeared in 1963’s Fantastic Four #15. Fantastic Four: First Fours #1 Cover by Phil Noto Return to the world of Marvel Studios’ Fantastic Four: First Steps for the first in a…
With Marvel set to release the Death Spiral storyline next year, it’s safe to say that Marvel is fully committed to the symbiote. Case in point, the creative team of writer Jordan Morris and artists Ramon Rosanas and Luke Ross released the Web of Venom one-shot in April of this year. Marvel readers probably know that a new red and blue Venom suit was recently introduced in Battleworld #3 with the appearance of Earth-8294’s Eddie Parker. The suit reappeared in Venom #252 earlier this month, with Mary Jane donning the costume as the all-new Venom. In this Web of Venom…
Ho, ho, oh no! Your vacation is already over, but you still haven’t finished your shopping? Before you send your elf out of despair, consider these items for comics and comic book lovers on your gift-buying list. And don’t forget. Comics Beat has already shared some additional lists full of ideas linked at the bottom of this article. Already bought your holiday gifts? Is there anything we left off the list that you think should be included? Be sure to let us know in the comments. cannon In this heartfelt graphic novel by Lee Lai, readers will learn about the…
Kristen Gaznak’s new limited series “Touched by a Demon” will be released in January, and today The Beat is giving you a sneak peek of scenes perfect for the holiday season. In a sense. Touched by a Demon, written and illustrated by Gudsnuk, is a four-issue horror-comedy series about a lesser demon named Bifrons who misses Heaven and seeks salvation to return there. Here is a synopsis of the series from publisher Dark Horse: A lesser demon named Bifrons, dissatisfied with tormenting souls in hell and longing for the peaceful days he lived in heaven, attempts to find salvation by…
It’s strange to think that it’s been almost a decade since DC’s Rebirth initiative, and almost a decade since they reorganized their continuity into a version that incorporated the post-Crisis world into the one rebooted in the New 52. The latter event also takes place 15 years later. I’ll probably revisit both within the next year, but for now I wanted to focus on the ones that spun out of Wonder Woman. As part of Rebirth, the rebooted Wonder Woman title was helmed by Greg Rucka, Liam Sharp, and Nicola Scott. The two artists alternated between painting issues in different…