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While the film’s tie-in comics may feel like more and more lost art, predator comics are always popular. That spirit has given Beat a preview of Predator: Badlands #1 by writer Ethan Sachs and artist Elvin Chin. The comic serves as a prequel to an upcoming film of the same name directed by Dan Trachtenberg, providing an introduction to the comic. Starring Elle Fanning and Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi, the film will begin its theatrical release on November 7th five days before Predator: Badlands #1 hits Comic Shops. The film centers around an outcast named Dek who finds himself in an unlikely…
Pop culture icons clash when half-shell heroes meet the king of monsters for the first time in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles x Godzilla miniseries clash! Today, IDW Publishing was the first to see the Super-Sized Crossover TMNT X Godzilla event, in collaboration with Paramount and Toho International. The acclaimed creators behind the exciting universe of both writer Tim Seeley (Godzilla) and artist FerroPE (TMNT: Night Watcher) have combined these fan favorite franchises to create an action-packed story in which the legged clan imagines a world where ancient origins were directly connected to Kaiju. But now, under the leadership of…
If you’ve made a flimsy lamp out of some milk boxes and wooden planks, you’ve done your part to promote the legacy of the real Daredevil Ever Niebel. If you break some bones in the process, you can be sure that you yourself are laughing from above when you fire uncertainty. In the 1970s, America took one Robert Craignie Bell and transformed him into the greatest expression of the dream that prophesied him. All that took was a bike, something dangerous to jump, and something blatant that ignored death. A legend was born, and his name was Ever Niebel. His…
This upcoming Halloween season, Mud Cave Studios invites readers to slip into the shadows of the city for a moody new 40-page noir thriller alongside Dick Tracy Halloween special. Alex Segura and Michael Moresi, authors of the regular series, are joined by crime editor and consultant Chantelle Amy Osman, and Craig Kelmac’s art. It’s a great stepping stone for the character, as Dick Tracy is the first time it’s been made in the history of the character that she’s written by a woman. We sat down with Osman to discuss the character’s charm and her experience writing the legendary pulp…
Syzygy Publishing and Image are back at Dread The Halls 2025. Co-creators Jordan Hart and Chris Ryal are back in the 72-page holiday horror anthology that arrived at comic shops everywhere on December 3rd. Last year’s article Dread the Halls (2024), and comic-themed Hall H, got a massive hit and sold out quickly, and SDCC praised Hall Panel as one of the hottest tickets in town! Dread the Halls 2025 continues the annual tradition of holiday horror stories. Ryall and Hart solve five very different stories that run the spectrum from suspense to splatter. Joining the crew of Dread The…
Last month, Marvel Publishing’s Deadpool/Batman #1, the first new crossover between Marvel and DC, over 20 years, was released. DC is set to announce its own meeting between Dark Knight and Merc and Merc in November, and today’s publisher has made it clear that the crossover won’t stop there. Next year marks the 50th anniversary of the first DC/Marvel crossover, Superman vs. the astonishing Spider-Man, with the companies marking the opportunity with a new Superman and Spider-Man crossover one-shot, as well as the first two fax editions of the Hero. First, reprint. The two classic Superman and Spider-Man crossovers have…
Marian Heretic is the upcoming boom! The Studios series, co-created by Tini Howard and Joe Jaro, produced enough buzz to sell out at the distributor level before Published #1 hit the store. Marian Heretic #1 will be on sale October 8th, and Beat can exclusively reveal that the second printing will be available on November 19th along with #1. Here’s the outline of the series: Sister Marian is a witch hunter of the highest order, her mother’s boss, and a heretic led by a goddess who refuses to acknowledge her. When the Holy Father brands her blasphemous asp of order,…
Magic Manga artist: Sole OteroPublisher: FantagraphicsPublication date: October 2025 Sole Otero’s 2023 graphic novel Witchcraft is a monumental work of historical fiction with a small touch of supernatural horror. The story revolves around three witches who came to Argentina with merciful intentions in 1768, but they still have to protect themselves from the explosive violence of society that hates them. Witchcraft is primarily set in Buenos Aires, and the story is a jump between the historical period in which the witches were active and today, where the gender politics of their activities are much more complicated. Witches are easy to…
One of the most interesting publishers in the crowdfunding space, Goats Flying Press has released three new comics for 2026, with a list of creators including Juni BA, Igor Kordey, Jimmy Li and more. The announcement comes as part of the stretch goal of Goat’s 2nd Anniversary Indie Comic Showcase Kickstarter campaign, which was fully fundraised on Wednesday. Today, Beat is honoured to reveal an exclusive new book. So far, Goats Flying Press has run four consecutive successful Kickstarter campaigns (5 if you count five current campaigns) including one of the most talked about and most successful last year, the…
By Rich Johnson For generations, children were introduced to superheroes reading comic books. The classic “floppy” was sold at newsstands. That’s how I first learned these heroes. In fact, comics were the way my mother encouraged me to read. My mother got divorced and as a single mother, she moved us with her mother’s grandmother. We didn’t have much money, but my mother gave me weekly allowances. I use my weekly cash to buy cartoons and candies. There was a mom and pop grocery store across the street from the elementary school I attended. The store has a huge magazine…