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Mirka Andolfo is going back to Woodsburgh, 15 years on. Merciless is a four issue Mercy sequel drawn by Lidia Bolognini, out December 2 from Image, per Smash Pages. #Merciless smashpages.net/2026/09/25/mirka-and…

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

Alias turns 25, and Marvel is putting the original team back on it. Brian Michael Bendis, Michael Gaydos and cover artist David Mack open a five issue Jessica Jones series on December 23, per CBR. #JessicaJones www.cbr.com/jessica-jones-alias-25t…

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VerseDB @versedb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Wednesday, October 7 runs to 63 books. Marvel debuts three Midnight #1s the same day, Midnight X-Men among them, and BOOM! takes Something is Killing the Children to #50. #NewComicBookDay

Something is Killing the Children (2019) #50

Batman: Bad Seeds – Streets of Gotham (2026) #1

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VerseDB @versedb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Over 1600 pages across two hardcovers, plus Moore's unpublished Twilight of the Superheroes proposal. DC's Swamp Thing by Alan Moore Omnibus, per @icv2.com. #SwampThing icv2.com/articles/news/view/63419/d…

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VerseDB @versedb.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

DC's December solicits carry five Absolute titles and no Absolute Batman. Issue 25 on October 28 is the last one of the year, per @bleedingcool.com. #AbsoluteBatman bleedingcool.com/comics/dc-comics-o…

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VerseDB @versedb.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The Marvel Mangaverse began as a 2001 experiment. It returns for its 25th anniversary as five one-shots, opening with Web of Blood from Joe and Jack Kelly and Kenny Ruiz, per Marvel. #Mangaverse www.marvel.com/articles/comics/marv…

Marvel Mangaverse: Web of Blood (2026) #1

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VerseDB @versedb.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Marvel's Spider-Woman 50th Anniversary Special puts Jessica Drew back on detective work with Ben Urich, and brings Ann Nocenti back to the character, per @comicbook.com. #SpiderWoman comicbook.com/comics/news/marvels-t…

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

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VerseDB @versedb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

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 · 30/09/2026

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 · 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 · 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 · 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

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

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 · 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 · 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 · 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…

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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…

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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 · 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 · 21/08/2026

Chachu #1 sold out at the distributor level and Image is rushing it back to print. Iman Vellani's solo writing debut is a five part neo-noir set in 1979. imagecomics.com/press-releases/iman…

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VerseDB @versedb.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Thirty years of Painkiller Jane covers, logos stripped, art restored. Jimmy Palmiotti did the digital retouching himself because the original film no longer exists. #PainkillerJane

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VerseDB @versedb.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

88 new comics hit shops Wednesday, August 19. DC ships Batman/Superman: World's Finest #54, and Image brings The Walking Dead Deluxe #143. #NewComicBookDay

Batman/Superman: World's Finest (2022) #54

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VerseDB @versedb.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

60 new comics drop Wednesday, August 26. DC launches Batman: Bad Seeds - Sunset #1. Marvel ships X-Men #36 and Amazing Spider-Man #35. Image reaches Spawn #378. #NewComicDay

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VerseDB @versedb.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

The Last Driver drops Wednesday from Image Comics. A trucker drives a broken America full of strange roadside danger. Issue #1, August 19. #NewComicBookDay

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VerseDB @versedb.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

The Last Driver drops Wednesday from Image Comics. A trucker drives a broken America full of strange roadside danger. Solid pick for grounded sci-fi. #NewComicBookDay

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VerseDB @versedb.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

DC's Absolute line earned two Harvey Award nods for Book of the Year, Absolute Batman and Absolute Martian Manhunter. Voting closes August 28, with winners named October 9 at the Javits Center. #HarveyAwards

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VerseDB @versedb.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Frieren: Beyond Journey's End sold 1.62 million copies in Japan through the first half of 2026. That edges past One Piece's 1.6 million. The anime's second season keeps driving sales. #Manga

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VerseDB @versedb.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Absolute Batman #22 topped ICv2's July sales chart, with DC claiming 23 of the top 50 slots to Marvel's 17. #AbsoluteBatman

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VerseDB @versedb.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Oni Press began an exclusive worldwide distribution deal with Penguin Random House on August 1, launching alongside Matt Kindt and Brian Hurtt's Fort Psycho #1, the debut title of Kindt's new Flux House imprint. #Comics

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VerseDB @versedb.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

DC held 34.7% of the direct market in Q1 2026 to Marvel's 29.4%, a swing fueled largely by the Absolute Universe line. Absolute Batman #1 alone is now on its eleventh reprint. #DCComics

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VerseDB @versedb.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Iman Vellani just made her solo comics writing debut. Chachu, a five-issue neo-noir from Image Comics, follows a Pakistani-Canadian woman chasing family secrets through 1979 California. #Comics

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VerseDB @versedb.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Marvel just gave its Midnight Universe one launch day. Midnight X-Men, Fantastic Four and Spider-Man had staggered release dates. Now all three drop together on October 7. The horror line goes fully weekly in 2027. #Marvel

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VerseDB @versedb.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Hela and Knull go to war for Earth in Queen in Black. Al Ewing writes the five issue event with art by Iban Coello, born from his Venom and Knull runs. Spider-Man and the Brocks are caught in between. #Marvel

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VerseDB @versedb.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso are back together for 100 Bullets: The US of Anger, an eight issue limited series that launched July 1 timed to America's 250th. Brother Lono returns to a fractured country in stark black and white for mature readers. #Comics

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VerseDB @versedb.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

48 new comics hit shelves today. Marvel launches Predator vs. The Planet of the Apes #1, and DC drops two 2026 Annuals headlined by Superman and the Batman/Superman World's Finest team-up. #NewComicDay

Batman / Superman: World's Finest 2026 Annual (2026) #1

Superman 2026 Annual: Year One Thousand (2026) #1

Predator vs. The Planet of the Apes (2026) #1

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VerseDB @versedb.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

July 22 marked Robert Kirkman's return to superhero comics with Terminal #1 from Image and Skybound, teaming him with Joe Casey, Andy Kubert, David Finch and Arthur Adams on a new shared universe, his first since Invincible. #ImageComics

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