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BALDUR’S GATE 3 Astarion Comics Are Coming Soon

Dark Horse Comics and Wizards of the Coast will publish all their Baldur’s Gate 3 stories in one ongoing series, with the lead “player character” changing every 6 to 12 issues or so. Issues #1–6 follow Astarion hunting a killer behind a spree of ritual murders in Waterdeep, set after he escapes Cazador Szarr. That arc is written by Alyssa Wong, with pencils by Vincenzo Carratù, inks by Elisabetta D’Amico, colors by Valentina Taddeo, and letters by Buddy Beaudoin. Issue #1 gets five cover variants plus a blank character-creation cover. Karlach takes over for issues #7–18, descending into the Nine Hells, with writer Becky Cloonan and artist Francesco Scimonelli. Later arcs will cover Wyll, Shadowheart, Gale, and Lae’zel. Baldur’s Gate 3 #1 arrives in comic shops February 24, 2027 for $4.99, with a preview in Dungeons & Dragons #2 on January 6, 2027.

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M&M’s Assemble: A Candy-Coated Marvel Collab Is Here

Ahead of Avengers: Doomsday (December 18), M&M’s and Marvel are releasing seven limited-edition candy packs that dress the Spokescandies as Marvel characters: Yellow as Wolverine, Red as Deadpool, Blue as Daredevil, Purple as Elektra, Green as She-Hulk, Brown as Yelena, and Orange as Red Guardian. The packs are in stores now in several sizes and varieties (Milk Chocolate, Minis, Peanut, Peanut Butter), and a Walmart-exclusive Doctor Doom pack features Yellow as Doom. A sweepstakes opens October 15 via a QR code on each pack or online, with prizes including Disney Cruise Line tickets. An exclusive M&M’s x Marvel comic will also be limited to 10,000 copies, distributed at select events before the film, and M&M’s promises more exclusive content as the campaign continues.

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Marvel Confirms DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN Ends With Third Season

At its NYCC 2026 Marvel Television and Marvel Animation panel on October 8, Marvel confirmed that Daredevil: Born Again will end with season three, which is due on Disney+ in March 2027. The decision follows a sharp drop in viewership, reportedly about half, between seasons one and two per Luminate, and the departure of showrunner Dario Scardapane during season three's post-production. Season two ended with Matt Murdock being taken to prison. The panel also confirmed that season three will formally reunite the Defenders. Charlie Cox (Matt Murdock), Krysten Ritter (Jessica Jones), and Finn Jones (Danny Rand) appeared on stage, while Mike Colter couldn't attend but returns as Luke Cage. The article leaves open who will step in as showrunner, whether low viewership drove the cancellation, and whether Daredevil will appear in Avengers: Secret Wars.

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5 Batman Comics You Need to Read This Spooky Season

This reading list picks five Batman stories with Halloween ties or genuinely scary content:

• Batman: The Long Halloween: A murder mystery involving Gotham's Falcone and Maroni crime families. A killer called "Holiday" strikes on holidays, and the story also covers Two-Face's origin. It's available as a $10 DC Compact paperback.
• Gotham by Gaslight: A Victorian-era steampunk Gotham where Batman investigates Jack the Ripper while Bruce Wayne is arrested as a suspect.
• The Doom That Came to Gotham: A Lovecraftian horror story co-written by Mike Mignola, set in the 1920s, with unsettling takes on Mr. Freeze and the Penguin.
• Batman and Dracula: A serious vampire crossover, starting with Red Rain (1992), in which Dracula targets Gotham's underprivileged and Batman confronts the supernatural.

Batman: Haunted Knight: A shorter, three-story Halloween collection ("Fear," "Madness," "Ghosts") featuring Scarecrow, the Mad Hatter, and a Christmas Carol-style ghost visit.

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Disney to License Several High-Profile Titles to Netflix

Per a Variety report, Disney has struck a licensing deal to put a large batch of its titles on Netflix, including all five Ice Age movies, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Pixar's Elio and Soul, and catalog series like Felicity, Arrested Development, and Scandal. Disney's strategy is to reach Netflix's roughly 325 million households, hoping viewers who enjoy these titles will go on to subscribe to Disney+. Availability will vary by region, the titles will likely stay on Netflix only temporarily, and bigger Disney Animation and Pixar properties will probably remain Disney+ exclusives in North America. No Marvel or Star Wars titles appear in this batch, and the rollout is expected over the next few months. The author sums it up as proof that even fierce rivals will cooperate when there's money to be made.

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STAR TREK's Gates McFadden to Write Dr. Crusher Comic in 2027

Gates McFadden, who played Dr. Beverly Crusher, will write Star Trek: Crusher, a limited comic series from IDW with art by Megan Levens and colors by Charlie Kirchoff, due in 2027 around TNG's 40th anniversary. It will cover the roughly 20-year gap between Star Trek: Nemesis and Picard season three, when Beverly left Starfleet, ran humanitarian medical missions, and raised her son Jack alone. The author hopes it addresses lingering questions, especially whether Beverly ever reunited with her firstborn son Wesley, and notes the cover suggests Guinan and Picard will appear.

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LANTERNS Season 2 Might Feature Alien Green Lantern Kilowog

Lanterns showrunner Chris Mundy told The Playlist that executive producer and writer Vanessa Baden Kelly has long been pushing to bring the giant alien Green Lantern Kilowog into season two. The author recaps Kilowog's comics history (introduced in Crisis on Infinite Earths, later Hal Jordan's drill instructor, played by Michael Clarke Duncan in the 2011 film). Given the show's grounded, Earth-bound approach and sparing use of rings and CGI, the author expects at most a cameo, and speculates that season two will again be mostly Earth-based, possibly with Green Lanterns sent after John Stewart's ring, with perhaps Ch'p turning up too.

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STAR WARS Author Timothy Zahn to Write First STAR TREK Graphic Novel (Exclusive)

Timothy Zahn, creator of Grand Admiral Thrawn and author of Heir to the Empire, will write his first-ever Star Trek story: Star Trek: Roc's Egg, an IDW graphic novel arriving in October 2027 with art by Ángel Hernández. Set on Deep Space Nine, it's a mystery in which a priceless artifact is apparently destroyed in transit and a Federation JAG investigation uncovers a secret auction, wealthy collectors, dangerous criminals, and a murder waiting to happen. Zahn says he's been a Trek fan since the 1966 original series, and the author hopes he'll do for Trek's expanded universe what he did for Star Wars.

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Marvel and WEBTOON Launch New Digital Comics App This Fall

Marvel and WEBTOON are launching a new Marvel Comics app on November 16, replacing Marvel Unlimited, which shuts down in December. It will offer over 35,000 digital comics, Pull List features, personalized recommendations, and a cover-scroll browser, and will include Star Wars and 20th Century Studios titles like Alien and Predator. A Base Tier costs $9.99/month or $69.99/year (comics three months after print), while an Ultimate Tier costs $12.49/month or $99.99/year (comics 30 days after print). Existing subscribers must create a WEBTOON account, repurchase a membership, and import their libraries, and pre-registrants can get a founding-member Ultimate Annual rate of $59.99 for the first year.

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MARVEL ZOMBIES Out for Blood in MTG Secret Lair Superdrop

Wizards of the Coast announced a Marvel Zombies set in its Magic: The Gathering Secret Lair Corn Maze Superdrop, featuring zombified Captain America, Giant-Man, Scarlet Witch, Thor, Wolverine, and a Zombie Apocalypse card, each reskinning existing MTG cards. It goes on sale at 9 a.m. PT on October 12, priced at $39.99 for foil and $29.99 for non-foil while supplies last. The author calls it a perfect spooky-season purchase and recaps the franchise's origins with Mark Millar and Greg Land, later expanded by Robert Kirkman.

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