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DC Solicitation Sneaks: December 2025

Above-the-Board Recommendation: Superman Unlimited vol. 1 Dan Slott may have broken into mainstream comics with “Arkham Asylum:  Living Hell,” but he made his name at Marvel with his legendary run on “Amazing Spider-Man.”  Now that things have cooled off for him at the House of Ideas, he’s found his way over to DC who has […]

Marvel Penguin Picks: December 2025

Above-the-Board Recommendation: Imperial Jonathan Hickman is doing another reinvention of a specific part of the Marvel Universe?  SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!!!  No, seriously.  The man has crafted lots of classic stories through his work on “Fantastic Four,” “The Avengers/New Avengers,” and “X-Men.”  Even when he doesn’t hit it out of the park (looking […]

Bowling With Corpses and Other Strange Tales From Lands Unknown

Mike Mignola is responsible for one of the largest and most entertaining fictional universes in comics:  The Mignolaverse, which encompasses all of Hellboy’s adventures, those of his comrades in the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense, his antagonists, and those who came before and after them as well.  He’s also responsible in part for Outerverse, […]

The Seasons vol. 1

While writer Rick Remender has done some extended creator-owned series in his career, “Deadly Class” & “Black Science,” his recent output has trended towards shorter-form series.  Seventeen issues of “Seven to Eternity.”  Fifteen of (ugh) “The Scumbag.”  Eleven each of “Death or Glory” and “A Righteous Thirst for Vengeance.”  Ten issues of “Napalm Lullaby.”  While […]