Our first episode of the New Year is officially here! Chris Eberle, Adam Murdough and Ian are here to go through this month’s various Previews catalogs, Image Catalog Issue 3, DC Connect issue 56, Marvel Previews Vol 6 issue 40, and Diamond Previews issue 436, with books mainly set for March 2025 release. Before the trio get into the books at hand, listen for a full discussion of the news that broke this week that may very well affect future editions of this very show: Diamond Distributors has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. We discuss the potential ramifications of the news (since we recorded Image is now officially going Lunar-only after this month’s order cutoff date), is there is a way out of this for Diamond post-filing, and we are of course incredibly happy to have a former shop owner in Mr. Eberle to help sort through it all.

Then, as we pivot to the catalogs, highlights include Robert Kirkman’s return to the Invincible Universe with Battle Beast, Hush 2 at DC, Assorted Crisis Events make Murd and Ian quite happy, Godzilla vs Fantastic Four, David F. Walker’s return to Bitter Root, new Mouse Guard from David Petersen, the first Solomon Kane series in 15 years by Titan, and so much more!

Time stamps:

Diamond bankruptcy conversation: 02:41

Image Comics: 16:28

Boom Studios: 43:05

Dynamite: 48:03

Titan Comics: 54:34

DC: 1:02:04

Marvel: 1:29:58

Back of the Book: 2:04:01

And here’s the video version of the episode:

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