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Friday, October 31, 2025

I Reads You Juniors: October 2025 - UPDATE #32

by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"

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TREATS - From AnotherCookie:  There is a new online cookie retailer. It is called "AnotherCookie?" and the cookies are delicious.

NEWS:

MARVEL - From CBR:  The site interviews "Marvel Knights" co-founder, Jimmy Palmiotti, about his comics work, including his upcoming miniseries, "Daredevil/Punisher: The Devil's Trigger," a five-issue limited series that launches November 26, 2025. Palmiotti is writing and Tommaso Bianchi is drawing.

DC COMICS - From BleedingCool:  There is some news concerning the future of "Vertigo Comics" and "Black Label" at DC Comics.  Vertigo returns in 2026, focusing solely on original, creator-driven comic book series outside DC icons.  "Black Label" will handle all mature DC universe stories, separating it from Vertigo’s creator-owned approach.

CROWDFUNDING - From BleedingCool:  Comics graphic designer, artist, and letter, Rian Hughes, is launching a Kickstarter for his 600-page collection, Typeractive.  Anyone who pledges at the higher levels can have Hughes design a custom logo for their brand or business.

COMICS - From BleedingCool:  Comic book stores sales are up as readers are getting younger.

AWARDS - From BleedingCool:  The winners of the 25th edition of the Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards (the "Ringo Awards") were announced at Baltimore Comic Con 2025.

COMICS - From BleedingCool:  Comic book publisher, Humanoids Corporation, the American arm of the renowned French comic book publisher Les Humanoïdes Associés, has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in the US.

AWARDS - From ComicsBeat:  Their is a new comic book award for 2026, "the Kirby Awards." The honor is named for comic book legend and icon, Jack Kirby and his wife, Rosalind Kirby. The Kirby Awards will be overseen by Comic Art Fans, the Jack Kirby Estate (represented by the Rosalind Kirby Family Trust), and the Jack Kirby Museum & Research Center. According to a recent report by "Publisher's Weekly, the Jack & Roz Kirby Awards are intended to recognize “innovation, excellence, and humanity in narrative communication.”

COMICS - From ComicsBeat:  Writer-artist Matt Wagner talks about "Dracula: Book III - The Count," the third of four graphic novels that he is producing with artist Kelley Jones, colorist Jose Villarubia, and letterer Rob Leigh.

DC COMICS - From BleedingComics:  47 copies of the ultra-rare 1988 "Superman: This Island Bradman" comic book have been found. Read Bleeding Cool's tale of the rarest post-Golden Age "Superman" comic book. 

IMAGE/NYCC - From ComicsBeatBrian K. Vaughn provides updates on his beloved, award-winning series, "Saga." Next new issues will be out in 2026.

NYCC/DC COMICS - From BleedingCool:  DC Comics' "DC Next Level" will relaunch the "DC Universe" 10 2026 with several new #1 issues produced by big-name creative teams.

From ComicsBeat:  DC Comics has confirmed that it will publish the previously unpublished final four issues of Rick Veitch's "Time Travel" story from his "Swamp Thing" run in 1989.  Swamp Thing #88 to #91 will be published in a four-issue miniseries, entitled "Swamp Thing 1989."
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BOOKS - From Reuters:  The winner of the 2025 "Nobel Prize in Literature" goes to Hungarian writer, Laszlo Krasznahorkai, "for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art," according to the Swedish Academy, which hands out the awards.  Laszlo also win a monetary prize worth 1.2 million dollars.  His breakthrough work was his debut novel, "Satantango" (1985).  Laszlo is also a screenwriter, having collaborated six times with Hungarian director, Bela Tarr, including adapting two of his novels for Tarr.  Laszlo is the second Hungarian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, following Imre Kertesz (2002).

DYNAMITE - From ScreenRant:  Dynamite Entertainment will launch a "Ben 10" comic book series that will officially reboot the animated franchise that was a stable of the cable network, Cartoon Network.  The originally creators of "Ben 10": Joe Casey, Joe Kelly, Duncan Rouleau, and Steven T. Seagle (collective known as "Man of Action Entertainment"), will collaborate with Dynamite on the project. Joe Casey will write the new comic book series.

From BleedingCool:  Dynamite Entertainment has bought all rights (including media rights) to writer-artist Jae Lee's 1990s comic book, "Hellshock."  Lee will work closely with Dynamite reprint the earlier Hellshock stories.

BOOKS - From THR:  "PEN America" is part of "PEN International," a worldwide association of writers. PEN America "Banded in the USA," a list of books permanently or temporarily pulled from schools. This year, Stephen King, has been named as the author most likely to be censored in schools.

MARVEL/DC - From BleedingCool:  According to "Bleeding Cool," Marvel and DC comics have confirmed that they will publish Spider-Man/Superman crossover comic books in 2026.  DC will publish Superman/Spider-Man #1 in March 2026 and Marvel release Spider-Man/Superman #1 in April 2026.  There will also be a reprinting of the 1976 comic book, Superman vs. The Amazing Spider-Man.

MILLARWORLD - From ComicsBulletinMark Millar and Valerio Giangiordano's Kickstarter for their upcoming graphic novel, "Unconquered" (Vol. 1) has been fully funded.

From Vimeo:  There is a trailer for Mark Millar and Valerio Giangiordano's graphic novel project, "Unconquered."

From KickstarterMark Millar and Valerio Giangiordano have launched a Kickstarter for the graphic novel project, "Unconquered."
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DC STUDIOS - From GamesRadar:  The recent "Superman" film is HBO Max's biggest hit since 2023's "Barbie," as the James Gunn film had 13 million views in 10 days.

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SEPTEMBER 2025 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From BleedingCool:  Ablaze Publishing for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Afterlight Comics for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Ahoy Comics for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  AMP Comics for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Archie Comics for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  AWA Studios for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Bad Idea Comics for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  BOOM Studios for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Dark Horse Comics for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Dynamite Entertainment for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Hexagon Comics for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  IDW Publishing for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics "Energon Universtiy" titles for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics' Todd McFarlane "Spawn" titles for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Keenspot Entertainment for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Mad Cave Studios for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics "Godzilla Destroys the Marvel Universe" for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel's "One World Under Doom" titles for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel's "One World Under Doom #7" for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel "Ultimate Comics" titles for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Oni Press for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Rebellion / 2000 AD for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Red 5 Comics for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Aspen Comics for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Shift Presents for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Titan Comics for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Vault Comics for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Zenescope Entertainment for September 2025

OCTOBER 2025 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From BleedingCool:  Ahoy Comics for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  AMP for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Antarctic Press for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Archie Comics for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  AWA Studios for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Bad Idea Comics for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  BOOM! Studios for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Dark Horse Comics for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics collections, "Absolutes," and omnibuses for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics "Absolute Comics" titles for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Dstlry for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Dynamite Entertainment for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Heavy Metal Magazine for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  IDW Publishing for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics "Void Rivals/Energon" titles for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Keenspot Entertainment for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Mad Cave Studios for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics "One World Under Doom" titles for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics five "X-Men: Age of Revelation" titles for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics all "X-Men: Age of Revelation" titles for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Massive Publishing for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Midnight Factory for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Oni Press for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Rebellion / 2000 AD for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Titan Comics for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Udon Studios for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Vault Comics for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Z2 Comics for October 2025

NOVEMBER 2025 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From BleedingCool:  Abrams Books for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  Ahoy Comics for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  AMP Comics for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  Antarctic Press for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  Archie Comics for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  AWA Studios for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  Bad Idea Comics for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  BOOM! Studios for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  Dstlry for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  Dynamite Entertainment for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  IDW Publishing for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics "Transformers and G.I. Joe Energon Universe" titles for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  Mad Cave Studios for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics' "The World to Comie" titles for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  Oni Press for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  Panick Entertainment for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  Rebellion / 2000 AD for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  Titan Comics for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  Udon Studios for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  Vault Comics for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  VIZ Media for November 2025

DECEMBER 2025 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From BleedingCool:  Afterlight Comics for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Ahoy Comics for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Amp for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Antarctic Press for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Archie Comics for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  AWA Studios for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Bad Idea for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  BOOM! Studios for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Cambrian Press for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Dark Horse Comics for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics "DC K.O." titles for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Dstlry for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Dynamite for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  IDW Publishing for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Keenspot Entertainment for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Mad Cave Studios for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics' "Age of Revelations" second issues for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics "Imperial" titles for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics "Ultimate Comics" for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Oni Press for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Panick Entertainment for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Rebellion / 2000 AD for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Red 5 Comics for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Udon Entertainment for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Valiant Comics for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Vault Comics "Vantage" titles for December 2025

JANUARY 2026 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics for January 2026
From BleedingCool:  IDW Publishing for January 2026
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics for January 2026
From BleedingCool:  Oni Press for January 2026
From BleedingCool:  Rebellion / 2000 AD for January 2026
From BleedingCool:  Titan Comics for January 2026
From BleedingCool:  Valiant Comics for January 2026

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Wednesday, October 29, 2025

#IReadsYou Review: NIGHT CLUB II #3

NIGHT CLUB II #3 (OF 6)
DARK HORSE COMICS/Netflix

STORY: Mark Millar
ART: Juanan Ramírez
COLORS: Fabiana Mascolo
LETTERS: Clem Robins
EDITOR: Daniel Chabon
COVER: Juanan Ramírez with Fabiana Mascolo
EDITORIAL: Sarah Unwin
VARIANT COVER ARTIST: Juanan Ramirez
32pp, Color, $4.99 U.S. (October 2024)

Rating: 18+

Night Club created by Mark Millar at Netflix

Night Club II is a six-issue miniseries written and created by Mark Millar and drawn by Juanan Ramírez.  A Dark Horse Comics publication and a Netflix production, Night Club II is a sequel to the 2023 miniseries, Night Club.  Both series focus on a teen boy who is bitten by a vampire and decides to make the best of his new condition.  Colorist Fabiana Mascolo and letterer Clem Robins complete Night Club II's creative team.

Night Club II focuses on 17-year-old Danny Garcia.  After being turned into a vampire, he passed his new found powers unto his friends, DJ Sam Huxley and Amy Chen.  Now, they're the superheroes:  Starguard (Danny), Thundercloud (Sam), Yellowbird (Amy).  But jealousy has broken up this vampire-superhero trio...

Night Club II #3 opens as Sam begins to realize that he has made a mistake.  However, he is NOT ready to realize how big a mistake it is.  Once upon a time, three nerdy friends became the first vampire-superheroes and also the coolest superheroes around.  Now, their high school's worst bullies are a new gang of vampires.  Will this be a case of out with the old (The Night Club) and in the with the new (the assholes)?

THE LOWDOWN:  This is the second time that I have been on any kind of list that provides PDF copies of titles published by Dark Horse Comics.  The latest received is Night Club II #3.

Writer Mark Millar used the first issue of Night Club II to bring us to the current state of affairs.  With the second issue, Millar quickly moved things forward, and shit got real deep, real quick.  The result is that issue #3 is the best and most consequential of this series... so far.  Millar has mastered upping the ante, so he is relishing slowly tearing down everything we thought we knew about The Night Club.

Artist Juanan Ramírez has built this narrative on capturing the reckless nature of young people with too much power, regardless of whether this power is natural or supernatural and criminal or evil.  Now, Ramirez wants to rub the consequences in our faces with his quicksilver storytelling.  Colorist Fabiana Mascolo brings the funk to Ramirez widescreen antics in a way that makes this story pop off the page.  Clem Robins' lettering, as always, is a perfect accompaniment.

Yeah, shit 'bout to get even deeper.

Night Club II does not disappoint, dear readers.  It's taking us where we never expected to go in vampire comic books.

I READS YOU RECOMMENDS:  Fans of Mark Millar and of vampire comic books will want to be bitten by Night Club II.

A

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"

The NIGHT CLUB VOLUME 2 trade paperback is available at Amazon.

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Tuesday, October 21, 2025

#IReadsYou Review: VATICAN CITY #1

VATICAN CITY #1 (OF 3)
DARK HORSE COMICS/Netflix

STORY: Mark Millar
ART: Per Berg
COLORS: Per Berg
LETTERS: Per Berg
EDITOR: Daniel Chabon
EDITORIAL: Sarah Unwin
COVER: Per Berg
VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Per Berg; John McCrea
40pp, Color, $5.99 U.S. (April 2025)

Rating: 18+

Vatican City created by Mark Millar at Netflix

Vatican City is a new Millarworld miniseries from Dark Horse Comics.  It is created and written by Mark Millar and drawn, colored, and lettered by Per Berg.  Vatican City is set in a world overrun by vampires, except for Vatican City, which is the main target of the vampires.

Vatican City #1 opens in Princeton, New Jersey.  There, Professor Derrida is about to discover that he is to play a key role in a vampire plot that is steadily taking over the world.

A few hours later, Guido Cavelti, recently of the Swiss Air Force, is in Vatican City, the independent city-state within Rome, Italy that is the government of the “Holy See” (the Pope and the Papacy).  Cavelti is there to be interviewed about a position with the Swiss Guard, the security that protects the Pope and the Apostolic Palace.

Before he knows it, however, Cavelti is in the middle of a rescue operation, trying to save everyone inside Vatican City.  There is an invasion of monsters just outside its borders.

THE LOWDOWN:  This is the second time that I have been on any kind of list that provides PDF copies of titles published by Dark Horse Comics.  The latest received is Vatican City #1.

While reading this, I thought of a few apocalyptic and vampire films to which Vatican City #1 has at least a passing resemblance – in one way or another.  That includes 28 Days Later (2002), I Am Legend (2007), Daybreakers (2009), to name a few.  Of course, Vatican City's writer, Mark Millar, has dealt with vampires before, as he has did when he launched his wonderful vampire-as-superheroes franchise with Night Club #1.

Millar throws the readers right into the action, and as always, Millar action is bracing action – filled with equal parts thrills and chills.  I don't want to spoil anything, but, of course, there is a shocking surprise to close out this first issue.

The art, colors, and letters by Per Berg (also known as Per Darwin Berg or by the pen name, “Narwhal”) are both representational and impressionistic, possibly because Berg is depicting a world that is rapidly shifting from the natural to the supernatural.  One thing that Berg's storytelling certainly does is create the sense of rapid breakdown and hopelessness, which are perfect modes for apocalyptic fiction.  Berg wants the reader to guess at what is happening more than know what is happening.

Well, Millar and Berg have certainly given readers a reason to come back for the second issue.  I suggest that you do so, dear readers.

I READS YOU RECOMMENDS:  Fans of Mark Millar, of vampire comic books, and of horror apocalypse will want to read Vatican City.

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Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"

The VATICAN CITY trade paperback edition is available at Amazon.

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Tuesday, October 7, 2025

#IReadsYou Review: THE MAGIC ORDER 5 #1

THE MAGIC ORDER 5 #1 (OF 6)
DARK HORSE COMICS/Netflix

COLORS: Giovanna Niro
LETTERS: Clem Robins
EDITOR: Daniel Chabon
EDITORIAL: Sarah Unwin
COVER: Matteo Buffagni with Giovanna Niro
VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Matteo Buffagni; Jae Lee with June Chung
32pp, Color, $4.99 U.S. (September 2024)

Rating: 18+

The Magic Order created by Mark Millar at Netflix

“The Death of Cordelia Moonstone

The Magic Order 5 is a six-issue miniseries from writer Mark Millar and artist Matteo Buffagni.  This is the fifth installment of The Magic Order series, which began with the 2018-19 miniseries written by Millar and drawn by Olivier Coipel.  The Magic Order is a band of sorcerers, magicians, and wizards – with a focus on the Moonstone family – that live ordinary lives by day, but protect humanity from darkness and monsters of impossible sizes by night.  Colorist Giovanna Niro and letterer Clem Robins complete the series creative team.

The Magic Order 5 #1 opens in the aftermath of the end of Madame Albany and the “wizard wars.”  Cordelia Moonstone is preparing for the end, but a new case has dropped itself in front of her.  A woman named Carly Summers has had two of her children kidnapped eight years apart by a man who never opens his eyes.  He also beats Carly with a baseball bat before snatching away each child.

Cordelia's investigation, however, with her apprentices, Gator Lloyd and Ashley McPherson, goes bad.  The time to pay the ultimate prices for her sins is now.

THE LOWDOWN:  This is the second time that I have been on any kind of list that provides PDF copies of titles published by Dark Horse Comics.  The latest received is The Magic Order 5 #1.

The Magic Order #1, The Magic Order 2 #1, The Magic Order 3 #1, and The Magic Order 4 #1 all started off with a bang.  Why open with a whimper when you can medieval on your reader's ass and he or she will gladly come back for more.  Mark Millar is probably the only “mainstream” comic book writer who consistently delivers outstanding pop comics.  He has taken many of the genres and sub-genres in which Marvel and DC Comics' ply their trade and lifted them to the heights of high-concept, inventive entertainment.

One of them is magical fantasy, and Mark has made The Magic Order explosive and outrageous in a way that Marvel has not with its various Doctor Strange comic book series.  If you want to read a comic book that is as close to the intensity and insanity of Marvel Studios' 2022 film, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, then you don't want a Doctor Strange comic book.  You want The Magic Order 5 #1.

The art team of Matteo Buffagni and colorist Giovanna Niro deliver stellar work in this debut issue.  It is as if they are doing fine art Eurocomics for a Louvre publication.  Buffagni's art makes the world of the natural and supernatural a seamless whole where no one's power makes him or her safe.  Niro's color blends the horrific with the surreal to prepare us for many surprises to come.  Finally, Clem Robins's lettering is the machine gun cherry on top of this narrative.

The Magic Order 5 is supposed to conclude this franchise.  Dear readers, let us gather here today and for the next five issues for what I suspect will be the grandest of send-offs.

I READS YOU RECOMMENDS:  Fans of Mark Millar and of The Magic Order will want to read The Magic Order 5.

A+

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"

The trade paperback for THE MAGIC ORDER VOL. 5 is available at Amazon.

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Tuesday, September 30, 2025

I Reads You Juniors: September 2025 - UPDATE #33

by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"

You can support Leroy via Paypal or on Patreon.

Amazon wants me to inform/remind you that any affiliate links found on this page are PAID ADS, but I technically only get paid (eventually) if you click on affiliate links like these, BOOKS PAGE, GRAPHIC NOVELS, or MANGA PAGE and BUY something(s).

TREATS - From AnotherCookie:  There is a new online cookie retailer. It is called "AnotherCookie?" and the cookies are delicious.

NEWS:

MILLARWORLD - From THR:  Writer Mark Millar and artist Valerio Giangiordano have launched a Kickstarter for their new graphic novel project, "Unconquered." This is not a Netflix-related project.

MARVEL - From GamesRadar:  Writers Daniel Jose Older and Cynthia Pelayo discuss the one-shot comic book, "White Tiger: Reborn," which is due from Marvel Wed., Oct. 1st, 2025.

BRITISH COMICS - From BleedingCool:  Two of the most influential UK comics magazines of the 1980s and 90s, "A1" and "Deadline," are merging into "A1Deadline."  The new mag will launch a Kickstarter in the fall for the 80-page first issue.

DC COMICS - From ComicsBeatDC Comics are now available day and date on the digital platform, "GlobalComix."

From DCBlog:  The "DC Blog" presents a history of ongoing "Batman" comic book series.

From  DCBlog:  Writer Matt Fraction talks about his all-new "Batman" comic book series, which is being drawn by Jorge Jimenez.  It is only the fourth "Batman #1" in the 85-year-history of the character.

DC STUDIOS - From Variety:  Director and DC Films co-head, James Gunn, took to social media on Wednesday (Sept. 3rd) to announce an official title and release date for the sequel to "Superman" (2025.  The film will be titled, “Superman: Man of Tomorrow,” will hit theaters on July 9, 2027 with David Corenswet returning as Clark Kent/Superman and Nicholas Hoult returning as Lex Luthor.

COMICS - From Fox13:  Veteran comic book artist, Amanda Conner, is the subject of a gallery showing, "Drawn to Action: The Cover Art of Amanda Conner," at the "Imagine Museum" in St. Petersburg, Florida. The show runs through November 2025.

DC COMICS - From BleedingCool:  DC Comics may final publish Rick Veitch's final issues of "Swamp Thing Vol. 2," including the notorious issue #88 that was meant to be published decades ago in 1989, but was scrapped by then-president, Jenette Kahn.

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From BleedingCoolAfterlight Comics for August 2025
From BleedingCoolAhoy Comics for August 2025
From BleedingCoolAMP Comics for August 2025
From BleedingCoolAntarctic Press for August 2025
From BleedingCoolArchie Comics for August 2025
From BleedingCoolAspen MLT LLC for August 2025
From BleedingCoolAWA Studios for August 2025
From BleedingCoolBOOM! Studios for August 2025
From BleedingCoolCambrian Comics for August 2025
From BleedingCoolCosmic Lion Productions for August 2025
From BleedingCoolDark Horse Comics for August 2025
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics for August 2025
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics "Absolute Comics" titles for August 2025
From BleedingCoolDren Productions for August 2025
From BleedingCoolDynamite Entertainment for August 2025
From BleedingCoolFantagraphics Books for August 2025
From BleedingCoolIDW Publishing for August 2025
From BleedingCoolImage Comics for August 2025
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics "Energon" titles for August 2025
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics "Ghost Machine" for August 2025
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics "Spawn" titles for August 2025
From BleedingCoolKeenspot Entertainment for August 2025
From BleedingCoolMarvel Comics for August 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics' "Bring on the Bad Guys" titles for August 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics' "One World Under Doom" titles for August 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics "Ultimate" titles for August 2025
From BleedingCoolOni Press for August 2025
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From BleedingCool:  Ablaze Publishing for September 2025
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From BleedingCool:  Dynamite Entertainment for September 2025
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From BleedingCool:  Keenspot Entertainment for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Mad Cave Studios for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics "Godzilla Destroys the Marvel Universe" for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel's "One World Under Doom" titles for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel's "One World Under Doom #7" for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel "Ultimate Comics" titles for September 2025
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From BleedingCool:  Shift Presents for September 2025
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From BleedingCool:  Archie Comics for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  AWA Studios for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Bad Idea Comics for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  BOOM! Studios for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Dark Horse Comics for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics collections, "Absolutes," and omnibuses for October 2025
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From BleedingCool:  Heavy Metal Magazine for October 2025
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From BleedingCool:  Image Comics "Void Rivals/Energon" titles for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Keenspot Entertainment for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Mad Cave Studios for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics "One World Under Doom" titles for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics five "X-Men: Age of Revelation" titles for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics all "X-Men: Age of Revelation" titles for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Massive Publishing for October 2025
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From BleedingCool:  Rebellion / 2000 AD for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Titan Comics for October 2025
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From BleedingCool:  Archie Comics for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  AWA Studios for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  Bad Idea Comics for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  BOOM! Studios for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics for November 2025
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From BleedingCool:  Dynamite Entertainment for November 2025
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From BleedingCool:  Image Comics for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics "Transformers and G.I. Joe Energon Universe" titles for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  Mad Cave Studios for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics' "The World to Comie" titles for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  Oni Press for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  Panick Entertainment for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  Rebellion / 2000 AD for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  Titan Comics for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  Udon Studios for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  Vault Comics for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  VIZ Media for November 2025

DECEMBER 2025 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
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From BleedingCool:  Ahoy Comics for December 2025
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From BleedingCool:  AWA Studios for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Bad Idea for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  BOOM! Studios for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Dark Horse Comics for December 2025
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From BleedingCool:  DC Comics "DC K.O." titles for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Dstlry for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Dynamite for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  IDW Publishing for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Mad Cave Studios for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics' "Age of Revelations" second issues for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics "Imperial" titles for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics "Ultimate Comics" for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Oni Press for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Rebellion / 2000 AD for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Valiant Comics for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Vault Comics "Vantage" titles for December 2025

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Thursday, September 11, 2025

#IReadsYou Review: NEMESIS: ROGUES' GALLERY #4

NEMESIS: ROGUES' GALLERY #4 (OF 5)
DARK HORSE COMICS/Netflix

STORY: Mark Millar
ART: Valerio Giangiordano
COLORS: Lee Loughridge
LETTERS: Clem Robins
EDITOR: Daniel Chabon
EDITORIAL PRODUCTION: Sarah Unwin
COVER: Valerio Giangiordano with Lee Loughridge
32pp, Color, $4.99 U.S. (November 2024)

Age range: 14+

Nemesis created by Mark Millar and Steve McNiven

Nemesis: Rogues' Gallery is a five-issue comic book miniseries from writer Mark Millar.  It is a sequel to the miniseries, Nemesis Reloaded (2023) and Big Game (2023).  Published by Dark Horse comics, the new series finds the super-killer, Nemesis, on a mission of revenge.  Rogues' Gallery is drawn by Valerio Giangiordano; colored by Lee Loughridge; and lettered by Clem Robins.

Nemesis: Rogues Gallery finds Nemesis on a mission to once again be the world's greatest super-villain. Now, out for revenge against everyone who wronged him, Nemesis must rebuild his empire and his fortune... this time with a sidekick, Pedro Hernandez, following him every step of the way.

Nemesis: Rogues Gallery #4 opens in the compound of billionaire Adrian Zigo.  Nemesis and Pedro are there in their fake billionaire identities under the guise of attending Zigo's charity auction.  The duo is really present in order to launch their plot to steal a hundred million-dollar diamond.

But there is always a surprise, and it comes in the form of an attack led by Andy, the nurse who was once kind to Nemesis before the villain blinded him.  Andy and his men are surprisingly well armed, but the biggest surprise is the identity of the person who joins the attack against Nemesis and Pedro.

THE LOWDOWN:  This is the second time that I have been on any kind of list that provides PDF copies of titles published by Dark Horse Comics.  The latest comic book to mark my return is Nemesis: Rogues' Gallery #4.

Mark Millar continues to deliver in this, the ultimate modern super-villain comic book franchise.  For the fourth issue, Millar unleashes action violence on a level to match that of a Hollywood action movie.  However, Millar is never without surprises, and he offers two shockers, one related to the real-world that took my breath away.

Artist Valerio Giangiordano continues to deliver stellar storytelling with a gritty, crime-noir take on violent superhero/fantasy action.  Why do what everyone else is doing when you can do you, as Giangiordano is doing.  There is a deranged, edgy comedy vibe here that takes Nemesis to a new level.  Colorist Lee Loughridge, who knows how to deal with “the dark,” perfectly accentuates Valerio's storytelling with colors that suggest murder, mayhem, explosions, and more murder.  Letterer Clem Robins captures the deranged narcissism of the title character by making us believe this comic book has a soundtrack.

Nemesis: Rogues' Gallery promised to be a good time, and it has delivered all the way to the penultimate issue.  It may also end up being the best evil Batman comic book in ages.

I READS YOU RECOMMENDS:  Fans of Mark Millar's comic books and of Valerio Giangiordano's art will desire Nemesis: Rogues' Gallery.

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Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"

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Thursday, August 28, 2025

#IReadsYou Review: PRODIGY: Slaves of Mars #4

PRODIGY: SLAVES OF MARS #4 (OF 5)
DARK HORSE COMICS/Netflix

STORY: Mark Millar
ART: Stefano Landini
COLORS: Michele Assarasakorn
LETTERS: Clem Robins
EDITOR: Daniel Chabon
EDITORIAL: Sarah Unwin
COVER: Stefano Landini with Michele Assarasakorn
VARIANT COVER ARTIST: Stefano Landini
32pp, Color, $4.99 U.S. (November 2024)

Rated M / Mature

Prodigy created by Mark Millar at Netflix

Prodigy: Slaves of Mars is a five-issue comic book miniseries produced by writer Mark Millar.  It is the third entry in the Prodigy series, following the original 2018-19 six-issue miniseries, Prodigy, and the 2022 miniseries, Prodigy: The Icarus Society.  This new series' creative team is comprised of artist Stefano Landini; colorist Michele Assarasakorn; and letterer Clem Robins.  Prodigy focuses on the adventures of the world's smartest man, Edison Crane.

In Prodigy: Slaves of Mars, Edison returns to New York City from an adventure in the Himalayas to find his company, Crane Solutions, in disarray.  He also learns that his father, the former Senator Whitney Crane, is dead on Mars after discovering some shocking secret.  Now, a wanted man, Edison only has one person left to whom he can turn.  That would be his older, smarter brother, Elijah Crane.

Prodigy: Slaves of Mars #4 opens with a flashback to the day 15-year-old Elijah left the Crane family because he just couldn't take his father's antics any longer.  Move to the modern day, and Elijah ascertains that their father discovered a series of “star gates” on Earth.  So Edison and Elijah head to the most consequential star gate, the one in Sigiriya, Sri Lanka.  Now, it is time to get down to the mystery of their father, Whitney, and his involvement with a mission to Mars.  They're about to get more answers than they expected.

THE LOWDOWN:  This is the second time that I have been on any kind of list that provides PDF copies of titles published by Dark Horse Comics.  The latest title to mark my return is Prodigy: Slaves of Mars #4.

Of course, Prodigy: Slaves of Mars #4 is a blast to read, just as the first three issues were.  This being the penultimate issue (second-to-last), writer Mark Millar fills it with surprises.  He also continues to tease us with more of his obsessions with “Ancient Aliens” and secret space programs.  You already know about Millar's love of secrets and conspiracies if you have read Prodigy: The Icarus Society #1 or read Prodigy: The Evil Earth, the trade collection of the first miniseries.

The art team of illustrator Stefano Landini and colorist Michele Assarasakorn unveil the surprises in a steady stream of straightforward storytelling.  Throwing caution to the wind, they present graphical storytelling that races from page to page in a loose drawing style and muted coloring style that captures the weird aesthetic of this franchise.  As always, Clem Robins provides the perfect soundtrack to this chapter with his classic lettering.

We have been set up for a great ending, dear readers.  Catch up if you need to.

I READS YOU RECOMMENDS:  Fans of Mark Millar and of his comic book, Prodigy, will want to read Prodigy: Slaves of Mars.

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Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"

The trade paperback collection of PRODIGY: SLAVES OF MARS is available at Amazon.

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