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San Diego Comic-Con 2025 may close today, but the obvious, surprise, sneak peak still echoes through the multiverse. This week, the AIPT Comics Podcast summarises the biggest moments from SDCC. Because it’s amazing how funny it is from the Joe Drop trailers and panels, creator announcements and massive crossovers. But that’s not all. 2025 is becoming a year of comebacks. We dive into the return of beloved properties like Buffy, Angels, Swatt Cats and the supernatural, and into a bold new era of teenage mutant ninja turtles with Jean Lun Yang and Freddie E. Williams II. Plus: Vault’s surprise retailer…
IDW discussed the future issues of the horror imprint IDW Dark at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con. It also dropped exclusive previews of numerous new series. Idw Dark presents a scary cartoon Under the Tree No One Sees: Spring Ritual (written and illustrated by Patrick Horvas) is a sequel to be held eight years after his predecessor, under the Tree No One Sees. The story focuses on a brown bear named Samantha Strong, which happens to be Woodbrook’s horrifying serial killer. Return To Sleepy Hollow is a sequel to Tim Burton’s 1999 film Sleepy Hollow. The series takes place 15…
Gabriel Neeb San Diego Comics – Sami Demonster, moderator of “Slaughter: Kill Some World” on Saturday at 2025, began by asking the editor and editor who is the person in charge of overseeing the manga genocide series. Author James Tinion IV chose Black Mask (Mask for Solo Hunter and Series Lead, Erica Slaughter, and therefore “feel” quote). Editor Eric Harborn chose White (Pack Hunter) and Editor Ramilo Portnoy went with Azure (Weapons and Technology). All this has revealed at Random House, the owner of the new Boom Studio, that the Tynion series is contracted to kill children to do at…
SDCC Coverage sponsored by Mad Cave Marvel’s ultimate universe continues to grow…but what’s next? On Saturday, at San Diego Comics-2025, creators such as Marvel Comics Editor-in-Chief CB Severski, Ultimate Editor-in-Chief Editor-in-Chief Wilmos, Jonathan Hickman, Dennis Camp and Chris Condon headlined the “Marvel Comics: The Ultimate Universe” panel. Ultimate Endgame #1, which debuted in December, will launch the 5th limited series by Deniz Camp, Jonas Scharf and others. The maker is ready to return after two years of real-time and in space, and stand up to the heroes who have liberated the world they once ruled completely. Ultimate Endgame…
Since its release in 2023, Marvel’s rethinking ultimate universe soon became one of the publisher’s biggest success stories, offering fresh and bold takes on classic characters such as Spider-Man, Black Panther, and X-Men. Marvel Comics: On the Ultimate Universe panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2025, fans got a massive dump of information about the following, including the end of one major era and the beginning of another. Jonathan Hickman, the architect behind the ultimate reboot, confirmed that he and Marco Checkchette’s acclaimed Ultimate Spider-Man series will end with issue 24. The finale promises a powerful send-off for Peter Parker’s multi-generational…
At San Diego Comic-Con 2025, DC’s “Gotham City” panel pulled back Bat-Mythos’ wildest corner curtains, making one thing clear. Matt Fraction’s Batman is a love letter to Gotham (and Batmobile) Batman writer Matt Fraction kicked off the panel and described the hated crusade as a “universal LEGO” where every story can build. He brings a bold new energy to Batman #1, and Jorge Zimenez recalls the story of “One Dawn,” a tone that evokes art, a throwback in blue and ashes costumes, and a tone that evokes his Hawkeye run. Fraction’s Gotham is a fractured map of gang territory inspired…
As a kid in the 90s, street sharks had everything I loved. The protagonist is an anthropomorphized animal. A combination of teenage anxiety and superpowers. A very catchy theme song. Currently, Street Sharks are back for a new series thanks to IDW Publishing and Mattel. Stephanie Williams (Nubia and Amazon) and Ariel Medel (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles vs Street Fighter) are at the helm. I had the opportunity to read the first issue of Street Shark, and it suits the vibe of the show: The Shark is in the fight against the mad scientist Paradigm and his seas, and it…
SDCC Coverage sponsored by Mad Cave Dark Horse Comics has announced a new all-age miniseries, Star Wars: Hyperspace Stories: The Bad Batch – Rogue Agents, which begins this December. Resiumming writer Michael Moresi and artist Reese Honeygan (who previously worked together on Ghost Agent, a previous series bad batch) take readers to missions in which a group of clone troopers was revised during the Clone Wars. Star Wars: Hyperspace Story – Bad Batch: Rogue Agent #1 Cover Valeria Favoccha When a separatist scientist and his dangerous invention disappear during the Clone Wars, Clone Force 99 is sent to…
Massiveverse is one of the best things to happen in manga in recent years. Not only does it put a new spin on the superhero genre, but it also pushes the boundaries of what comics can do thanks to multimedia efforts such as animated short films and podcasts. Large-scale creators Kyle Higgins (writer and co-writer of Radiant Black and No/One), Ryan Parrott (writer and co-writer of Rogue Sun), Brian Buccellato (co-writer/co-writer of NO/ONE) and Nick Cotton (co-writer of Rogue Sun) gathered on Friday. Higgins gives a short summary of the massive verse, calling it a collection of “creator-owned, contemporary superhero…
SDCC Coverage sponsored by Mad Cave By Sean Manning To celebrate the theatrical release of this week’s Fantastic Four: First Step, Editor-in-Chief CB Severski dedicated a Marvel Fanfare report panel for San Diego Comics to spotlight creators and create comic book adventures for Read, Sue, Johnny and Ben. On hand were executive editor Tom Brevort, artist Mark Buckingham, and writer Ryan North and artist Hambel Ramos. Cebulski kicked off the panel by asking the creators specifically about the “story of origin” and the Fantastic Four as a comic reader. Brevoort, who has worked for Ideas of Ideas for…