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Marvel Comics kicked off its New York Comic Con 2025 consumer program on Thursday with a “Spider-Man and His Violent Friends” panel. Editor-in-Chief CB Cebulski, Vice President and Editor-in-Chief Nick Lowe, Senior Editor Jordan D. White, and Writers Al Ewing and Joe Kelly previewed the summer 2026 event and revealed some of the creative team working on The Amazing Spider-Man Annual. (2026) #1. It looks like the Queen in Black event, which kicks off next summer, will drag at least part of the Marvel Universe to Hel, the final resting place of the dead of the Ten Kingdoms, ruled by…
Dynamite Entertainment is set to bring the Christmas spirit all the way into the new year with Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Shiver of Christmas. The miniseries, which will be in comic shops starting in January, is the brainchild of critically acclaimed author Torn Gronbeck and his killer comic book talents. Over four issues, fans can dive deep into Halloween Town in this spooky and sweet trick-or-treating tale featuring Sally and the mischievous trio of Locke, Shock and Barrel. According to the official synopsis, “Sally’s creator, the mysterious Dr. Finkelstein, has another creation in the works. When he…
Image Comics has announced that Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen will reunite for Crowbound, a dark ongoing fantasy series beginning in March 2026. The comic tells the story of a mother, Rose, who goes on a journey to rescue her kidnapped daughter, forcing her to confront “a haunted, post-apocalyptic dream world crawling with strange creatures, forgotten gods, and the twisted remains of the old world.” The official synopsis reads: At the age of 13, every child begins a life in The Factory, a vast monolithic superstructure that splits the world in two, pulling levers and pushing buttons without knowing why.…
Today at New York Comic Con, Dynamite Entertainment announced the next phase of the ThunderCats comics. In January, the publisher plans to release ThunderCats Lost in Time, a one-shot from Dynamite Entertainment and Warner Bros. Discovery Global Consumer Products, based on a book by Ed Brisson and Chris Campana. Alongside Declan Shalvey, who sparked the recent resurgence as a writer for ThunderCats’ flagship titles, screenwriter Brisson (New Mutants, Predator) has been a major contributor to the dynamite era of ThunderCats stories. In ThunderCats Lost and SilverHawks, as well as a series of specials including Apex, Pumyra, Panthro, and the upcoming…
In 1989, author Rick Veitch wrote an issue of Swamp Thing in which the title character was present at the crucifixion of Jesus, but management at the time decided not to publish it. Mr. Veitch wrote the book and the project was never completed until now. At Thursday’s DC Vertigo panel at New York Comic Con, the publisher announced that the story will conclude with a four-issue series called Swamp Thing 1989. Swamp Thing issue #88 will be published as originally scheduled, with artist Tom Mandrake and colorist Trish Mulvihill working with Veitch on the next three issues. The series…
DC Comics announced all the creators and titles for the Vertigo revival at New York Comic-Con on Thursday, announcing a total of 10 new issues, with the list of creative teams including Deniz Camp and Stipan Molian. Kyle Starks and Steve Pugh. Chris Condon and Jacob Phillips. The announcement comes over the weekend, nearly a year after DC announced Vertigo would be returning at NYCC 2024. At the time, the publisher said The Nice House by the Lake and its sequel, The Nice House by the Sea, would be retroactively added to the imprint. But for the past year, there…
Oni Press has announced a new middle grade graphic novel by award-winning artist Guilherme Petreca and children’s TV author Mirtes Santana that will debut next spring. Superpunk, The Beat can exclusively reveal the first look. Superpunk follows Violeta, a 13-year-old podcaster and skateboarder who gains punk rock superpowers after committing what appears to be a small act of rebellion. This unleashes a horde of monsters on her town, forcing her to gain new powers and lead them to save everyone she loves. Here is the full synopsis: Violeta discovers her grandfather’s old cassette player and decides to play the cassette…
NYCC officially opens its doors today, so hang on to your hats! Those who attended Retailer Day have already spent the entire day, and I’m one of them. I’ve got some Retailer Day reports today, and I can tell you it’s been a long day. There were 11 to 6 non-stop presentations, a short break (I went outside to feel the wind in my hair), and then a Lunar Cocktail Party with another round of presentations, including the same people as in the morning. Although I had to leave before the DC finale, I spoke with several retailers who definitely…
A.D. 2000’s sister magazine, the Monthly Judge Dred Megazine, is celebrating its 35th anniversary with all new stories and series. The issue will be available in print and digital in the UK from October 15th, with a US print release (available to order via Diamond and Lunar Distribution) scheduled for November 19th. The Judge Dredd megazine debuted in October 1990 as a monthly expansion of 2000 AD’s signature characters and served as a bonus anthology with stories that garnered more page counts than the weekly magazine. Megazine is a way to explore other (often distant) aspects of the broader Judge…
Transformers #25, the first issue from writer Robert Kirkman and artist Dan Mora, was released by Skybound this week and features a moment that looks like it could add a new element to the Energon Universe. That’s because this issue introduces the character Miles Mayhem to the series, revealing that he’s part of a secret government project working with the Autobots. If this name sounds familiar, you’re probably over 40 or an avid reader of IDW’s Hasbro Universe. Mayhem is the leader of the villainous organization Venom in the short-lived animated series The Mask. The character also appeared in IDW’s…