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VerseDB @versedb.bsky.social · 8h

Rebellion puts all four Zenith books into full colour for the first time on December 2, 39 years after Grant Morrison and Steve Yeowell began it in 2000 AD, per @bleedingcool.com. #2000AD bleedingcool.com/comics/grant-morri…

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VerseDB @versedb.bsky.social · 8h

Wednesday, September 30 brings 54 books. Marvel's Amazing Spider-Man finally hits #1000, DC drops a new Wonder Woman Annual, and TMNT: The Hunger launches at IDW. #NewComicBookDay

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hunger (2026) #1

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VerseDB @versedb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Tony Fleecs and Tim Seeley reunite after Local Man for The Princess Murders, a fairy tale slasher from Image landing December 9, per Smash Pages. #ImageComics smashpages.net/2026/09/21/tony-flee…

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VerseDB @versedb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Wonder Woman wraps at issue 40 on December 16, ending the run Tom King and Daniel Sampere began in 2023, per DC. #WonderWoman www.dc.com/blog/2026-09-18/wonder-w…

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VerseDB @versedb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Miracleman is on an Avengers roster for the first time, joining Chip Zdarsky and Marco Checchetto's relaunch when it starts on November 4, per @icv2.com. #Avengers icv2.com/articles/news/view/63410/n…

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VerseDB @versedb.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

IDW marks Star Trek's 60th anniversary with a 50-page special this month, new stories from Dana Gould and Ryan North, cover by Michael Cho, per @idwpublishing.com. idwpublishing.com/blogs/news/star-t… #StarTrek

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VerseDB @versedb.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

VerseDB is now on Reddit. Comment !versedb Amazing Spider-Man (1963) 300 in a community with the app and get issue details, key-issue reasons, an estimated value and our community rating in the thread. Try it in r/VerseDB. developers.reddit.com/apps/versedb-… #comics

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VerseDB @versedb.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Marvel bridges Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man's Disney+ seasons with a four issue prequel, out December 9, per @thecomicon.bsky.social. #SpiderMan comicon.com/2026/09/22/return-to-th…

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (2025)

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VerseDB @versedb.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

DC's Local Comic Shop Day edition today pairs Watchmen and V for Vendetta with movie art and a digital code, part of a 40th anniversary push adding ten artist variant covers in November, per @popversesays.bsky.social. www.thepopverse.com/comics-watchmen… #Watchmen

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VerseDB @versedb.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Spawn 77 puts Todd McFarlane's original 1977 design into a comic for the first time, painted across three issues by Mark Spears, per @comicsbeat.bsky.social. #Spawn www.comicsbeat.com/spawn-77

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VerseDB @versedb.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Weekly Shonen Jump wrapped My Hero Academia and Jujutsu Kaisen this year, and One Piece just entered its final arc after 29 years, per CBR. A new generation of series fills the gap. www.cbr.com/shonen-jump-new-era-202… #ShonenJump

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VerseDB @versedb.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

ReedPop is closing Popverse at the end of the month and its staff have been laid off, weeks before New York Comic Con opens on October 8, per @comicsbeat.bsky.social. #ComicsNews www.comicsbeat.com/popverse-to-shut…

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VerseDB @versedb.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

46 books land Wednesday, September 23. IDW launches a new Star Trek #1 ongoing, DC's Absolute Batman hits #24, and Marvel crosses over with The Muppets Take the Marvel Universe #1. Dark Horse debuts Ghost of a Ghost #1. #NewComicBookDay

The Muppets Take the Marvel Universe (2026) #1

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VerseDB @versedb.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

DC held 49.19% of the direct market to Marvel's 27.42% for the first week of September, nearly double, per Comics Bulletin. Scott Snyder's Absolute line gets the credit for the swing. comicsbulletin.com/dc-doubles-marve… #AbsoluteUniverse

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VerseDB @versedb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

San Diego Comic-Con banned AI art from its 2026 Art Show after backlash from artists like Karla Ortiz, joining GalaxyCon's blanket ban and Dragon Con's police-enforced ejection of an AI artist, per Artnet News. news.artnet.com/art-world/san-diego… #AIArt

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VerseDB @versedb.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Four of the six comics publishers that left Diamond landed at Penguin Random House. Lunar took the other two, DC and Image. The direct market now runs on two distributors, per @sktchd.bsky.social. #ComicRetail sktchd.com/longform/on-lunar-distri…

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VerseDB @versedb.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Deniz Camp went DC exclusive as Absolute Martian Manhunter wrapped on July 1. Phillip Kennedy Johnson made the reverse trip, leaving Superman for Marvel, per @bleedingcool.com. #ComicCreators bleedingcool.com/comics/deniz-camp-…

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VerseDB @versedb.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Archie is 85 and under new management. Oni Press relaunched him on September 2 with Ben H. Winters and Fábio Moon on Archie #1. Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Archie in Hell follow, per @aiptcomics.com. #Archie aiptcomics.com/2026/06/02/oni-press…

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VerseDB @versedb.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Amazing Spider-Man #1000 slipped to September 30. Local Comic Shop Day shops get it four days early, on the 26th, per @popversesays.bsky.social. Joe Kelly and Pepe Larraz lead the 104 page issue. #SpiderMan www.thepopverse.com/comics-the-amaz…

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VerseDB @versedb.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Marvel says its NYCC Spider-Web panel on October 10 will turn Peter Parker's world upside down, with new editor-in-chief Stephen Wacker's first Bullpen Bulletins the day before, per @aiptcomics.com. aiptcomics.com/2026/09/12/marvel-co… #SpiderMan

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VerseDB @versedb.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Eric Powell's The Goon Library Edition comes back into print on March 2, 2027. Five volumes, a smaller 7 by 10 inch trim, $59.99 for the first, per @darkhorse.com. #TheGoon www.darkhorse.com/newsfeed/eric-pow…

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VerseDB @versedb.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Wednesday, September 16 brings 66 books. Marvel opens two new series the same day with Alien vs. X-Men and The Amazing Venom, and DC has a Superman: Kingdom of Zod Special. #NewComicBookDay

Superman: Kingdom of Zod Special (2026) #1

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VerseDB @versedb.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

GlobalComix lost Image Comics on August 3, Top Cow aside. Oni Press and BOOM! Studios also left day and date, per @comicsbeat.bsky.social. #DigitalComics www.comicsbeat.com/image-comics-lat…

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VerseDB @versedb.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Babymetal are on a Phil Noto cover for Marvel Zombies: War Zone #1. The run is capped at 3,500 copies at $35 each, per Knotfest. #MarvelZombies knotfest.com/blogs/news/babymetal-e…

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VerseDB @versedb.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

George Morikawa's Hajime no Ippo gets its first English print edition, 3-in-1 omnibuses from Kodansha, per @animenewsnetwork.com. #Manga www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-…

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VerseDB @versedb.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Netflix has optioned six comics in the past year, among them Geoff Johns and Gary Frank's Geiger and Patrick Horvath's Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees, per What's on Netflix. #Geiger www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/netfl…

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VerseDB @versedb.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

VIZ Media took more than half the slots on July's Circana BookScan manga top 20. Jujutsu Kaisen was more than half of those, per @icv2.com. #JujutsuKaisen icv2.com/articles/markets/view/6313…

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VerseDB @versedb.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Marvel is giving its horror line a whole Wednesday. Midnight X-Men #1, Midnight Fantastic Four #1 and Midnight Spider-Man #1 land October 7 as the only new Marvel comics that day, per Marvel. #MidnightUniverse www.marvel.com/articles/comics/midn…

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VerseDB @versedb.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Dark Horse is out of retail. Things From Another World closes its Universal CityWalk flagship on September 30, ending a chain that ran 46 years, per TheStreet. #DarkHorse www.thestreet.com/retail/dark-horse…

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VerseDB @versedb.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Image Comics jumped from 11.8% to 15.3% of the direct market in Q2. It was the only one of the big three to gain ground, per @icv2.com. #ImageComics icv2.com/articles/markets/view/6287…

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VerseDB @versedb.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

35 books land Wednesday, September 9. Geiger hits #25 at Image, and DC has a Cassandra Cain one-shot under the Absolute banner. Dark Horse opens Six of Us #1. #NewComicBookDay

Absolute Cassandra Cain: The Shadow's Hand (2026) #1

The Infernal Hulk vs. Wolverine (2026) #1

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VerseDB @versedb.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The Mangaverse turns 25. Marvel is running five one-shots weekly through September, starting with Web of Blood #1: Joe Kelly co-writing with son Jack, Kenny Ruiz on art, per Marvel. #Mangaverse www.marvel.com/articles/comics/marv…

Marvel Mangaverse: Web of Blood (2026) #1

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VerseDB @versedb.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The Diamond bankruptcy is not done yet. Sparkle Pop has objected to the settlement that would let 15 consignment publishers pull their stock out of the warehouse, per @icv2.com. #ComicsIndustry icv2.com/articles/news/view/63265/s…

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VerseDB @versedb.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Rogue Trooper gets its UK premiere. Duncan Jones' 2000 AD adaptation plays the BFI London Film Festival on October 9, 12 and 16, per @comicsbeat.bsky.social. #2000AD www.comicsbeat.com/look-back-and-ro…

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VerseDB @versedb.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Ann Nocenti is back on Spider-Woman, throwing Jessica Drew at Flying Tiger in a Los Angeles case for the 50th anniversary special, per Marvel. #SpiderWoman www.marvel.com/articles/comics/spid…

Spider-Woman 50th Anniversary Special (2026) #1

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VerseDB @versedb.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

NYCC holds its third Retailer Day on Wednesday October 7, a day before the floor opens. Todd McFarlane and Stephanie Phillips give the keynotes, per @icv2.com. icv2.com/articles/news/view/63242/r… #NYCC

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VerseDB @versedb.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Crunchyroll Store pulled every physical manga and light novel listing on August 18. The shop that absorbed Right Stuf is now merch and collectibles, per CBR. Digital manga is unaffected. www.cbr.com/crunchyroll-anime-manga… #Manga

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VerseDB @versedb.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Will Murray, who co-created Squirrel Girl with Steve Ditko in Marvel Super-Heroes #8 back in 1991, has died at 73, per @comicbook.com. He also wrote Doc Savage and The Shadow. #SquirrelGirl comicbook.com/comics/news/will-murr…

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VerseDB @versedb.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The 2026 Ignatz Award nominees are out. Winners are picked by open vote, with ballots closing September 11 and the ceremony at SPX on September 12, per @comicsbeat.bsky.social. www.comicsbeat.com/2026-ignatz-awar… #SPX

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VerseDB @versedb.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Kevin Smith and David Marquez have the first official Marvel and Star Wars crossover, five issues of Hope Assembles in January 2027 for A New Hope's 50th anniversary, per Marvel. www.marvel.com/articles/comics/star… #StarWars

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VerseDB @versedb.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

50 new comics land Wednesday, September 2. DC starts three new ongoings the same day, Teen Titans #1 and Legion of Super-Heroes #1 among them. Marvel gives Spider-Woman a 50th anniversary one-shot. #NewComicBookDay

Star Trek: 60th Anniversary Special (2026) #1

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VerseDB @versedb.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Anime NYC's organizers are launching a Korean pop culture convention, KPEX, at the Javits Center in New York City, USA on May 29 to 31, 2027, per @animenewsnetwork.com. #KPEX www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-…

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VerseDB @versedb.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

April 6, 2027 is when Fourth Wing becomes a comic, Rebecca Yarros adapting her own romantasy with art by Anabel Rossi, per @screenrant.bsky.social. The deluxe edition sold out the day the covers were revealed. #FourthWing screenrant.com/rebecca-yarros-fourt…

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VerseDB @versedb.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Dynamite pulled Buffy the Vampire Slayer #1, Angel #1 and Firefly on August 26, cancelling every retailer order. All three return later with bigger page counts at no extra cost, per @popversesays.bsky.social. #Buffy www.thepopverse.com/comics-buffy-an…

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VerseDB @versedb.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Image Comics collects Jim Zub and Steven Cummings' Wayward in a 904 page compendium on September 29, 2026, gathering the full 30 issue run. Zub on the series in a new VerseDB spotlight: versedb.com/blog/creator-spotlight-… #Wayward

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VerseDB @versedb.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

UDON Entertainment's Manga Classics: Journey to the West, The Beginning arrives September 15, 2026, Jim Zub and Char A adapting Wu Cheng'en's novel with artist Julien Choy. New VerseDB spotlight: versedb.com/blog/creator-spotlight-… #JourneyToTheWest

Manga Classics: Journey To The West - The Beginning (2026)

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VerseDB @versedb.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Jim Zub is 34 issues into Conan the Barbarian for Titan Comics with artist Roberto De La Torre, running since August 2023. He talks the series in a new VerseDB spotlight: versedb.com/blog/creator-spotlight-… #Conan

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VerseDB @versedb.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Jean Grey returns to Earth this November in a new five-issue solo series from Jed MacKay and Rogê Antônio, per @comicsbeat.bsky.social. www.comicsbeat.com/jean-grey-2026 #JeanGrey

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