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Nearly two months after Saladin Ahmed’s run ended in Daredevil (Vol. 8) #25, Marvel Comics has revealed the future of the Man Without Fear series. Writer Stephanie Phillips (Planet She-Hulk) and artist Lee Garbett (Loki: Agent of Asgard) will re-serialize the comic this March, starting with Matt Murdock, now a law professor, playing a new vengeful supervillain named Omen. Daredevil #1 (2026) Cover by Lee Garbett Hell’s Kitchen is full of secrets, but none stay buried for long. A terrifying new supervillain named Omen is targeting Matt Murdock, so it’s up to his alter ego Daredevil to take it on!…

hybrid cover art hybrid Author: Jamie MustardPainting: Francesca FilomenaPublisher: Street Noise BooksPublication date: November 2025 The best science fiction ostensibly reflects our reality and highlights serious issues and injustices. What writer Jamie Mustard and artist Francesca Filomena have created is an Afro-futuristic world that’s instantly recognizable to anyone living in a big city like Los Angeles or New York, but more importantly, a place that’s immediately understandable to any local. It can also be recognized that In this dystopian near future, our hybrid, artist Johnny James, is the half-breed child of this hellish landscape, a city called the Great Angels.…

Welcome to this week’s Beat’s Comic Crowdfunding Roundup! Let’s take a look at Fallout Wonderland, Death Planet, Explosive Villains, and two more of our favorite projects. Hostile Planet: An Environmental Science Fiction Anthology Author: Strangers PublishingGoal: $7,300End date: December 10, 2025Bonus: Get a digital copy for $10, a physical copy for $25, a sketch card tier for $100, or a higher tier for $180 for the retail tier. 13 creators from around the world tell stories after environmental collapse Hostile Planet is a comic anthology that was two years in the making, bringing together multiple artists and writers to create…

Embattled Angoulême International Comics Festival owner Association FIBD and controversial operator 9e Art+ made dramatic concessions on Thursday, including the immediate “retirement” of reviled operator boss Franck Bondoux. An emergency meeting between authors, publishers, financial partners and mayor Xavier Bonnefont took place. Their answer: not good enough. Franck Bondoux has become an increasingly reviled figure in French comics. As the Angoulême Festival’s self-appointed General Delegate since 2004, he leads his company 9e Art+ (formed 2008) in putting each annual edition together on behalf of Association FIBD. He also arranges private sponsorships for the festival with his other company, Partnership Consulting.…

ICE has become one of the defining issues of the Trump administration’s vision for America. That militarization is creating new problems. That is, as cities and towns with large immigrant populations turn into war zones, masked men with guns locking communities behind doors, fearing that their dreams and attempts at a safe and stable existence will come to an abrupt end. But people around the world are taking up the task of resisting deportation authorities’ operations through protests, education, and community cooperation. Spreading the good word about how to protect yourself from the violent acts so thoroughly documented by these…

Colin Farrell will star in “Ordained,” a new film from “John Wick” screenwriter Derek Kolstad and “Avengers: Endgame” producers Joe and Anthony Russo. According to The Hollywood Reporter, which broke the news, Kolstad will be credited as a producer along with Bad Idea’s Dinesh Shamdasani and Benjamin Simpson. Other producers include AGBO’s Angela Russo-Otstott and Michael Disco, and Colin Farrell and Claudine Farrell via Chapel Place’s Production Single. Written by Robert Venditti, “Ordained” is scheduled to hit comic shops on December 10th with art by Trevor Haresign and colorist Dave Stewart. Bad Idea is a star-studded comic book publisher that…

Marvel Comics has announced Predator: Bloodshed, a new five-issue series that sees the titular alien hunters take on an entirely new field: MMA. Written by Jordan Morris (Youth Group) and illustrated by Roland Boschi (Rogue Storm), the comic revolves around an underground martial arts tournament that is crashed by one of the monsters, forcing the contestants to band together to defeat it. Predator: Bloodshed #1 Cover by Ken Lashley In the near future, Earth’s fiercest heroes gather for an underground martial arts tournament sponsored by a dark organization. But all hell breaks loose when an unexpected combatant appears in the…

On November 19th, Dark Horse will debut Circus – Losing Control, the latest limited series in John le Carre’s vast spy world of Smiley. Today, The Beat is proud to share a special sneak peek of the first issue written by Matt Kindt, illustrated by Ibrahim Mustafa, colored by Brad Simpson, and lettered by Simon Bowland. Here’s a synopsis of the series: Every day, behind closed doors, the men and women of the circus are involved in high-stakes, dangerous acts that the general public would never know about. These agents protect Britain’s most secrets. At the forefront of it all…

Vault Comic is adding another installment to its popular Barbaric universe next month. Barbaric: The Long Death #1 is set to debut on December 17th and will be spearheaded by writer Michael Moreci and artist Nathan Gooden. Colorist Fabi Maques and letterer Jim Campbell round out the creative team. The first issue will also feature a cover by Gooden, Pete Carroll, Bret Bean, and Jim Mahfood. Look for Corin Howell Lilith’s crossover cover and Luana Vecchio’s NSFW black bag cover. Read the synopsis from the publisher here: What, you didn’t think we’d come back? Barbaric loves you! Ax loves you!…

A fool, an absolutely insane woman. Author: Vivian NguyenPublisher: Self-publishedPublication date: August 2025 About “The Fool, Absolutely Mad Woman.” Is it a work of occult literature? This is clear to some extent from the basic premise that women find lovers through mystical means. In fact, the book goes even further with mysticism, with author Vivian Nguyen doing tarot readings early on in the story of Sapphic longing to guide the path the story ultimately takes. But when I use the word “occult” in the context of The Fool, The Absolute Mad Woman, I don’t just mean its mystical connotations. Rather,…