The AIPT Comics podcast is back with your week in review, plus special guests Scott Snyder and Rafael Albuquerque! They join the show to discuss Duck and Cover, out July 11th on Comixology. A long time coming, it officially marks the end of the first batch of comics by Snyder originally announced titles. Joining Snyder is longtime American Vampire collaborator Rafael Albuquerque for a story that plays with ideas of genre, social classes, and even the great change that defines our collective youths.

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NEWS

1. Marvel Comics announces SDCC 2023 booth details, panels, merchandise, and more
2. Mary Jane aka Jackpot gets new costume with ‘Amazing Spider-Man’ #31
3. New details emerge for ‘Star Wars: Dark Droids’ August 2023 event
4. IDW reveals SDCC 2023 exclusive merchandise and booth details
   1. IDW announces SDCC 2023 panels and signing schedule
5. ‘BRZRKR’ gets art-focused ‘Pen & Ink’ edition October 2023
6. Dark Horse’s ‘The Witcher’ comics offerings grow with ‘The Witcher: Wild Animals’
7. Scott Snyder and Rafael Albuquerque's 'Duck and Cover' launches July 11th
8. ​​‘Four Gathered on Christmas Eve’ graphic novel frights this December 2023

Our Top Books of the Week

Dave:

1. Fantastic Four (2022) #9 (Ryan North, Ivan Fiorelli)
2. Knight Terrors: First Blood (2023) #1 (Joshua Williamson, Howard Porter)

Nathan:

1. Swan Songs #1 (W. Maxwell Prince, Martin Simmonds)
2. Thor Annual 2023 (Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing, Ibraim Roberson)

Standout KAPOW moment of the week:

Nathan - Knight Terrors: The Joker #1 (Matthew Rosenberg, Stefano Raffaele)

Dave - Thor Annual 2023 (Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing, Ibraim Roberson)

TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK

1. Dave: The Hunger And The Dusk #1 (G. Willow Wilson, Christian Wildgoose)
2. Nathan: Web of Carnage #1 (Ram V, Francesco Manna, Christos Gage, Ze Carlos)

JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.

1. Dave: X-Force #42 (James Stokoe Cover) 
2. Nathan: Knight Terrors: Zatanna #1 (Riley Rossmo)

Interview: Scott Snyder and Rafael Albuquerque talk Duck and Cover!

1. Announced along with the original 8 titles back in 2021, refresh us on Duck and Cover, and has the concept/idea changed since originally announced?
2. Scott isn't your first period piece series with Comixology with Barnstormers and Canary both set in earlier times in American history, what made 1955 the go-to for Duck and Cover's narrative?
3. You both must have a shorthand by now given your long working history, did you find your work on this book feel any different than say...American Vampire 1976?
4. The first issue of Duck and Cover has a strong filmmaking element, did either of you ever want to get into filmmaking?
5. How long is the series?