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August 17, 2025 97 mins

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NEWS

  1. DC Comics Solicitations November 2025
    1. New 'Batman/Deadpool' #1 details reveal wild DC/Marvel team-ups & creative teams
    2. DC’s Batman Beyond meets Static in explosive new elseworlds Series
  2. Infernal Hulk coming later this year
  3. Two Spider-Men, deadly new villains: Amazing Spider-Man’s road to #1000 heats up
  4. Strange new realms: Doctor Strange Becomes Asgard’s Sorcerer Supreme in December
  5. Marvel revives ‘90s X-Men chaos with 'X-Men: Tales from the Age of Apocalypse' #1
  6. New Avengers #6 news
  7. Disney & Marvel Comics are coming to WEBTOON with 100+ titles and all-new stories
  8. Exclusive interview: Rodney Barnes on the real-life horrors behind Oni Press’ ‘Crownsville’
  9. 'Dracula: Book III — The Count' reveals the vampire’s dark London hideaway
  10. TMNT, Godzilla, Star Trek & more: IDW brings massive exclusives and surprises to NYCC 2025
  11. New urban fantasy 'Under York' coming November 2025

Our Top Books of the Week

Dave:

  1. Predator Kills the Marvel Universe #1 (Percy, Marcelo Ferreira & Daniel Picciotto)
  2. Batman: Dark Patterns #9 (Dan Watters, Hayden Sherman)

Alex:​​

  1. Predator Kills the Marvel Universe #1 (Percy, Marcelo Ferreira & Daniel Picciotto)
  2. Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum

Standout KAPOW moment of the week:

Alex: The Ultimates #15 (Camp, VON RANDAL)

Dave: X-Men #20 (Netho Diaz, Jed MacKay)

TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK

  1. Alex: Absolute Flash #6 (Lemire, Robles) & Exquisite Corpses #4 (Tynion, Walsh, Che Grayson, Adam Gorham)
  2. Dave: Absolute Batman #11 (Scott Snyder, Clay Mann)

JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.

  1. Dave: Event Horizon: Dark Descent #1 (Christian Ward)
  2. Alex: Nightwing #129 (Serg Acuña Variant)

Interview: Chris Condon - Ultimate Wolverine, Green Arrow, and News From The Fallout

**Regarding News From The Fallout, you mentioned wanting to highlight Jeffrey Alan Love’s distinctive, iconographic style and push the boundaries of readability and emotional impact in black-and-white—how did you balance that visual ambition with your scriptwriting?**

  1. **Humor in horror was a conscious choice—especially Otis's repeated animal-shooing gag—in order to keep the tone varied and impactful. How do you view the role of levity in darker narratives, and was that hard to weave into the story?**
  2. **Green Arrow has taken on a grounded, street‑level tone, focusing on character interactions and big‑pharma themes. How did you adapt Ollie’s voice and moral compass to fit that setting while keeping iconic elements intact?**
  3. Between writing for Green Arrow, scripting Ultimate Wolverine, and launching News From The Fallout, you’re balancing very dif
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