THE NEWS:

• Marvel Comics has struck a partnership with Japanese media company Tsuburaya Productions to create new Ultraman comic books for American markets.
• Batman #85 - it will now include a two-page "prelude" of incoming writer James Tynion IV's run
• AfterShock Comics offers new commitment to comic shops
• HARLEEN Finale Postponed 3 Weeks, LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #2 Pushed Back 2 Weeks, DC Cancels Third DAMAGE Collection, BATMAN: CURSE OF THE WHITE KNIGHT #5 Coming a Week Early
• Marvel produces first Braille Comic Inspired by Football Player with Blindness,
• DC Rush-Solicits New BIRDS OF PREY GIANT Title
• Marvel Quietly Cancels Loki series
• Marvel solicitations!

TOP BOOKS OF LAST WEEK:

Dave

1. Excalibur (W: Tini Howard, A: Marcus To)
2. Gwenpool Strikes Back! #4 (W: Leah Williams, A: David Baldeon)

Forrest

1. Olympia #1 (W: Curt Pires, A: Alex Diotto)
2. He-Man and the Masters of the Multiverse #1 (W: Tim Seely, A: Dan Fraga, Richard Friend)

Trending now - 2099 Debuts. What brought the series back and do we need it? 

TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK:

1. Dave: Basketful of Heads #2 (W: Joe Hill, A: Leomacs) 
2. Forrest: New Mutants #2

JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.:

1. Dave: X-Force #2 (Gerardo Zaffino)
2. Forrest: Supergirl Annual #2 (A: Jonathan Glapion Viktor Bogdanovic)

Segment: Interview Tim Seeley and Dan Fraga (pencils) about HE-MAN AND THE MASTERS OF THE MULTIVERSE #1

Superfight: Beast Man vs. Orko, beauty pageant

Off topic top shelf: Watchmen and Social Media Algorithims - Tim Seeley, Dan Fraga