News:

1. Spider-Man’s new costume is...a look
2. Vault keeps adding creative teams
3. Comics Sales in 2020!

Our Top Books of the Week

Dave:                              

1. Tales From The Dark Multiverse: Dark Nights: Metal #1 

Forrest:

1. I took vacation so Berserk Deluxe Edition Vol. #1

TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK

1. Dave: The Dreaming: Waking Hours #6 (Wilson, Javier Rodriguez)
2. Forrest: Eternals #1 (Gillen, Esad Ribic)

JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.

1. Dave: Thor #11 by Daniel Warren Johnson
2. Forrest: X-Factor #6 Ivan Shavrin

Segment: Best of the year!

Best comic to show a lapsed fan

Forrest: Harley Quinn Black + White + Red
Dave: Strange Adventures

Mentions: 

DB-The Magic Fish

Daredevil

Best Comics Trend 

Forrest: Creator-owned anthologies

Dave: Digital-first series

Mentions: 

Comics conventions figuring virtual out

Contained events (X of swords, Future State)

Worst Comics Trend 

Forrest: Marvel ignores (rewards!) plagiarism
Dave: Publishers staying mum about abusers

Mentions: 

Conan is in the 616

Star Wars feels aimless

Creators term/name searching

Creators denigrating criticism

Biggest Disappointment

Forrest: King in Black
Dave: King in Black

Mentions: 

Kindred Reveal
Hellblazer Cancelled

Justice League Dark moved to backup series

Empyre Thor

Biggest Surprise: Industry  

Forrest: DC Divorces from Diamond
Dave: Dan Didio fired

Mentions: 

Diamond Stopped Shipping!

IDW rotating administration

Marvel buys Alien/Predator
Marvel publishes Warhammer 40k (and it’s good!)

Chadwick Boseman honored in comics

Biggest Surprise: In Comics 

Forrest: Starlord is canonically queer
Dave: Hulking and Wiccan’s marriage

 

Mentions: 

Apocalypse’s family
Kate Pryde is canonically queer
Symbiote Santa 

Best #1 / One Shot

Forrest: Department of Truth #1
Dave: Hellions #1

Mentions: 

SWORD

X of Swords: Creation

Marvels Snapshot: Cyclops
Home Sick Pilots

Hedra

Best Ongoing 

Forrest: Hellions
Dave: The Dreaming: Waking Hours

Mentions: 

Immortal Hulk
The Department of Truth

Daredevil

Guardians of the Galaxy

That Texas Blood

The Entire X-Line

Best Miniseries

Forrest: King of Nowhere
Dave: Skulldigger & Skeleton Boy

Mentions: 

Undone By Blood

Alienated

Redfork

Wonder Woman: Dead Earth

Superman Smashes the Klan

Wynd

Lost Soldiers
Olympia
Jimmy Olsen
No One’s Rose

Best OGN

Forrest: Blue in Green

Dave: The Magic Fish

Mentions: 
Dracula Motherf-cker
Slaughterhouse Five
Kill A Man

Best Event Forrest: X of Swords
Dave: EmpyreBest Reboot Forrest: SWORD
Dave: Champions

Mentions: Alien: The Original ScreenplayMost Memorable Retcon (bad or good) Forrest: Franklin Richards
Dave: Franklin Richards

Mentions: Brand New DayBest Romance Forrest: Lonely Receiver
Dave: Wiccan and Hulkling

Mentions: Cheater CodeBest HeroForrest: Apocalypse
Dave: Daredevil

Mentions: Best in-comic TeamForrest: Hellions
Dave: Suicide Squad

Mentions:

X-FactorBest Creator Team

Forrest: Chip Zdarsky / Marco Checcetto

Dave: Tynion/Simmonds The Department of Truth

Mentions: Ram V/ Anand RK - Blue in Green

Best Writer

Forrest: Al Ewing
Dave: James Tynion IV

Mentions: 

Ram V

Alex Paknadel
Kieron Gillen
Tini Howard

Chip Zdarsky

Mariko Tamaki

Zac Thompson 

Lonnie Nadler

Best Artist

Forrest: Daniel Warren Johnson

Dave: Martin Simmonds

 

Mentions:

James Stokoe
Marco Checcetto
Mahmud Asrar

Javier Rodriguez

Sami Kivela

Tyler Jenkins

Jacob Phillips

Best Villain 

Forrest: Sinister
Dave: Cotati

Mentions:
Empath

Best Costume

Forrest: Elektra Daredevil
Dave: Spider-Woman (don’t hit me!)

Mentions: 

Abigail Brand (SWORD)
Thor?

Comic we wish we were caught up onForrest: Far Sector
Dave: DaredevilBest comic not from this year

Forrest: Berserk
Dave: Sentient

 

Mentions:
Sara
Upgrade Soul

Way of the Househusband

Best Publisher

Forrest: TKO
Dave: Random House Graphic

Mentions: 

BOOM!
Marvel

Aftershock

Vault

Segment: 2021 prediction! Dave says Spider-Man will get the big event of the year. Forrest says DC will reboot.