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Welcome to another Marvel Rundown! This time in our weekly Marvel review column, we take a closer look at Imperial #4 by Jonathan Hickman, Federico Vincentini, and Ivan Coello. Will Marvel’s big cosmic event end with a bang or a silent one? Read on to find out. Please be aware that there are major spoilers ahead. So if you want to know what we think, head to the bottom of the review. Also on Rapid Rundown this week are reviews of Boba Jett: Black, White, and Blood #2 and Death of the Silver Surfer #2. Additionally, we continue our deployment…
The following contains spoilers for all previous Life is Strange games. The original Life is Strange was released episodically ten years ago and concluded with Chapter 5 on October 20, 2015. This is one of my all-time favorite video games, a heart-wrenching, nostalgic, heartbreaking paranormal adventure. The film tells the story of Max Caulfield, voiced by Hannah Tell. Max Caulfield, voiced by Ashleigh Birch, is an 18-year-old photography student who discovers he can rewind time after witnessing (and thwarting) the murder of his childhood friend (and potential love interest). After Max reunites with her, the two begin investigating the disappearance…
This summer’s Superman movie featured an instantly iconic scene in which the Man of Steel (David Corenswet) suggests to Lois Lane (Rachel Brosnahan) that “true punk rock” is about trusting people and being kind to everyone. This sentiment quickly won over viewers, and DC is getting in on the action with a new set of covers for the punk rock-themed Superman title. Scheduled to arrive in January 2026, the cover features artwork by Annie Wu, Dave Johnson, Mike Allred, Marguerite Sauvage, Dan Hipp, and Fabrizio De Tommaso. Below is a list and details of the issues published by DC that…
This week: Daniel Warren Johnson’s Absolute Batman Annual 2025 #1 depicts an otherworldly version of Batman brutalizing hordes of white supremacists as part of a larger meditation on violence, hatred, anger, and more. Note: The following review may contain spoilers. If you want a quick, spoiler-free buy/pass recommendation for the comic in question, check out the final verdict at the bottom of the article. Absolute Batman Annual 2025 #1 Writer/Artist: With Daniel Warren Johnson, James Hurren, Meredith McLarenColorist: Mike Spicer, Dave StewartAuthor: Clayton Cowles This week’s Absolute Batman Annual 2025 #1 may be the angriest comic you’ve read all year.…
Warner Bros. and Dynamite have announced that a new addition to the long-running Blind Bag is the WB Comics Collector Mystery Bag, available on Kickstarter. Fans can now get their hands on metal and holofoil covers for the biggest WB Comics series of all time. Artists suggested to provide art for these metal and foil covers include Mike Mignola, Mark Spears, David Nakayama, Jenny Frison, Jay Lee, Mannix, Lucio Parrillo, Michael Cho, Francesco Mattina, Tom Rainey, Filipe Massaferra, Karen Darbo, Leonardo Romero, Derrick Chu, Christian Ward, Ben Oliver, and more. Each Warner Bros. Blind Bag contains five items: A rare…
Brass Sun was one of the hit new series that emerged from the pages of British weekly magazine 2000 AD in the 2010s. Debuting with 2012’s Prog 1800, they won a legion of fans for their clockwork punk visuals, expertly executed by co-creator and artist INJ Calvard, and for the twisted plot by writer and co-creator Ian Edgington. It was even one of the rare series to receive the mass-market hardcover collection treatment. Then in 2018, after the fifth arc of Progressive 2072 ended, things went quiet. The creative team moved on to other projects. INJ Calvard co-created another hit,…
Mad Cave Studios’ young adult label Maverick has announced a new queer beat-em-up romantic comedy debuting next spring. Today, The Beat can exclusively reveal Beat Every 1-Up, a graphic novel written by Ran Pitts, illustrated by Joe Hunter, and text by Frank Cvetkovich. Beat Every 1-Up follows Terror Princess Helia, a warrior who fights to save her fiancée who has been kidnapped by the villainous ape Gogo. She is joined by her friend and bodyguard, the ice witch Sidra, but as they grow closer during their harrowing journey, they realize their feelings for each other may be more than platonic.…
In November, Street Noise Books will publish Hybrid, a thoughtful graphic novel written and art directed by Jamie Mustard and illustrated by Francesca Filomena. Today, The Beat can share an exclusive preview of the book ahead of its debut. Set in a version of Los Angeles that is both familiar and unfamiliar, “Hybrid” offers a poignant commentary on who is ignored under capitalism. Here’s the full synopsis: Set in an alternative, futuristic Los Angeles, it tells the story of an artist who finds beauty in the ugly and noble hope amidst incredible poverty, drugs, violence, and conflict. Hybrid shows us…
On Tuesday, Clover Press launched a Kickstarter campaign for the final two issues of the eight-volume collection of Ruben Bolling’s multi-award-winning comic strip “Tom the Dancing Bug.” The campaign quickly surpassed its $2,000 funding goal and more than quadrupled within hours. Two new volumes of Tom the Dancing Bug collect strips published in the ’90s. Tom the Dancing Bug: Secret Origins collects strips from 1990 to 1994, and Sex, Tom the Dancing Bug, & Rock ‘N’ Roll collects strips from 1994 to 1998. Each volume is an 8″ x 9″ softcover that matches the previous volumes in the set. The…
Titan Manga, an imprint of Titan Comics, has announced the release of a manga version of Uketsu’s bestselling horror novel Strange Pictures. This work was brought to life by artist Noriyuki Aiba (also known as Noriyuki Aiba, whose credits include the “Hypnosis Mic -Division Rap Battle-” side DH&BAT). The 160-page first volume will be released on June 2, 2026, and retails for $12.99. Strange Pictures, first published in 2022, is a Japanese mystery horror novel written by popular YouTuber Uketsu and translated into English by Jim Lyon in 2025. The novel is structured around a series of paintings, each of…