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Welcome to Fantastic Five, where we look back at the best comics of the week! It’s been a week of change, with four publishers contributing to the top five. Let’s go to the books!Best comics of the week: January 16, 2025#5: Star Trek: Lower Deck #3Star Trek: Lower Decks #3 masterfully combines humor, heart, and high-concept science in a tightly woven story that taps into the series’ adventurous spirit while exploring relatable character conflicts. It remains faithful. The beginning of a new story, sharp writing, and stunning visuals make this issue a must-read for Trekkies and comic book fans.Read Dave…
Sony canceled two more live service games. One from remake and remaster studio Bluepoint and the other from Oregon-based Bend Studio, developer of Days Gone, the company confirmed to Bloomberg. Neither studio will be closing, but they have not yet said whether there will be layoffs. “We are working closely with each studio to determine their next projects,” a spokesperson said.Bluepoint is the studio behind the critically acclaimed remakes of Demon’s Souls and Shadow of the Colossus. The company reportedly backed God of War: Ragnarok from 2022 to 2022 and then worked on a live service project that was canceled…
Starship’s seventh test flight ended in an explosion over the Atlantic Ocean when the upper stage of the aircraft “experienced rapid unplanned disintegration during the ascent burn.” SpaceX CEO Elon Musk posted a video of the event showing streaks of debris lighting up the sky. During the company’s webcast, Dan Huot of SpaceX’s communications team said that by the end of the ascent burn, “we witnessed the engines falling off on telemetry” and that contact with the ship was eventually lost ( (what the company calls the upper stage of the ship). SpaceX said in a tweet that it will…
New Color: Pre-orders are now open for four new PlayStation 5 accessories in Midnight Black. It’s better than other types of black because it keeps you awake past your bedtime. The collection includes the DualSense Edge wireless controller, Portal remote player, Pulse Explore wireless earbuds (priced at $200 each), and the Pulse Elite wireless headset (sold for $150). All four are scheduled to ship on February 20th.Sony announced the collection earlier this month, and the new accessories join the already available Midnight Black standard DualSense Controller ($75) and PS5 Console Cover ($55). Similar to the PlayStation 30th Anniversary Collection, Midnight…
The Federal Trade Commission has taken action against General Motors and OnStar for allegedly sharing driver details with third parties without their consent. Authorities launch an investigation into the car company after The New York Times revealed that GM collected data on customers’ vehicle usage and sold it to third-party platforms used by insurance companies. did.This information comes from the OnStar Smart Driver program, which customers who own GM vehicles are encouraged to participate in or who have not consented to participate. The program reportedly collected data on behaviors such as hard braking, late-night driving, and speeding and sold that…
Image Comic has announced that a live discussion and Q&A will be held on YouTube Live today, January 16th at 3pm PT. Radiant Black co-creators Kyle Higgins and Joe Clark, artists Eduardo Ferrigato and Marcelo Costa, and Massive-Verse editor and designer Michael Busuttil will be in attendance.”We’re officially entering a new era for Radiant Black and The Massive-Verse, and I can’t wait for readers to see where we take this world next. We pride ourselves on making all of our books as accessible as possible, and with next month’s Radiant Black #31, we’re officially entering the “Reinvention” era. we are…
This year’s Free Comics Day is still scheduled to take place on Saturday, May 3rd, despite Diamond Comics’ distributor filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Today, the DC Free Comic Book Day 2025 titles were announced. According to the publisher’s description, these titles introduce “an all-in publishing plan for 2025 and two new original graphic novels for beginning and intermediate readers.” Fans will remember that last October, the publisher released the DC All In Special one-shot flipbook as a springboard for the “All In” initiative and Absolute DC. Following the success of this one-shot, the publisher is using a flipbook format…
DC Comics has announced its 2025 FCBD offering, which will take place on May 3rd. It includes new original graphic novels for beginning and intermediate readers, available only at participating local comic shops. When you subscribe to DC UNIVERSE INFINITE, you can also read DC’s All In FCBD flipbook for free.This flipbook features the debut of Dan Slott and Rafael Albuquerque’s Superman Unlimited on one side, and the Absolute Universe story by Jeff Lemire, Giuseppe Camuncoli and Stefano Nesci. is drawn. In that story:Dark forces are beginning to gather in the shadows…forces that have been waiting for a very long…
Marvel Comics will celebrate Storm’s 50th anniversary this April with Storm #7. In this issue, the Gods of Thunder gather together and Storm’s own divine skills are put to the test in a breathtaking battle. This issue is written by Murewa Ayodele and has art by Luciano Vecchio.“Creative titans Len Wein and Dave Cockrum changed the world of Marvel and mutants with Giant-Sized X-MEN #1, and this year they plan to do the same with STORM #7,” Ayodele said. I promise. “Bold words, I know. But that’s because I read the picture problems.””During the past 50 years of publishing, Storm…
Skybound and Image Comics, in collaboration with leading toy and game company Hasbro, have announced five all-new GI Joe: Real American Hero Silent Mission one-shots starting April 2nd. One-shots from creators like Phil Hester, DANI & Dan Watters, Leonardo Romero, Andrew Krahnke, Wes Craig, and more will be released weekly in April.“The importance of Silent Interlude cannot be overstated,” said Skybound Editorial Director Alex Antone. “And to commemorate this historic issue, Skybound invited five of the industry’s best storytellers to write and draw their own silent issue, each playing a different GI Joe character. And while this event is inspired…