NEWS

• Marvel reveals new ‘X-Men’ creative team, two new series for August/September 2021
• Marvel Comics announces new ‘Moon Knight’ series for July 2021
• Marvel Comics officially announces Flash Thompson to return in ‘Extreme Carnage: Alpha’ and also Scream and Phage one-shots
• Marvel launching ‘Jabba the Hutt’ one-shot for ‘War of the Bounty Hunters’ event
• Upcoming Empyre collection to collect unpublished pages from book canceled by pandemic
• Beyond the Breach #1 announced at AfterShock
• Dark Horse reveals fantasy graphic novel ‘Rewild’ for October 2021
• BOOM! and Image (silver coin) get 2nd printing news this week, oh and Nocterra too
• AWA Studios announces support for artists to make NFTs
• Image/Skybound Entertainment announce charity variant covers for AAPI
• DC's New Series Round Robin announces First Bracket Winners, Creative Teams

Our Top Books of the Week

Dave:

1. Nocterra #2 (W: Scott Snyder, A: Tony S. Daniel)
2. The Silver Coin #1 (W: Chip Zdarsky, A: Michael Walsh)

Nathan:

1. The Swamp Thing #2 (W: Ram V, A: Mike Perkins)
2. The Silver Coin #1 (W: Chip Zdarsky, A: Michael Walsh)

TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK

• Dave: Batman: The Detective #1 (Tom Taylor, Andy Kubert)
• Nathan: Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries #1 (W: Ivan Cohen, A: Dario Brizuela)

JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.

• Dave: Unstoppable Spider-Man #2 (Takashi Okazaki)
• Nathan: Batman: The Detective #1 (Brian Bolland variant)

Segment: Phillip Kennedy Johnson - Alien, Superman, Action Comics, Extreme Carnage Alpha, Marvel Zombies: Resurrection

1. Phillip, congratulations on an incredible year of stories, but also last year’s stories too like Kill a Man and The Last God! Heading into a year of Alien, Symbiotes, and Superman, how do you approach the page with so many universes in mind?
2. What do you think is the key to the lasting appeal of the Alien franchise? Why has it managed to intrigue audiences on the screen and the page for 4 decades?
3. We know there is a Star Wars Story group that checks stories, is there an Alien Story group?
4. On that same note, it was awesome seeing Bishop in the first issue of Alien. Were there any characters that you were told were off-limits? 
5. What is the collaboration process like with Salvador Larroca?
6. Headlining Extreme Carnage Alpha, can you talk a little bit about this project, are you the ringleader so to speak?
7. Do you have a favorite Symbiote?
8. I’m not a betting man, but you must have pondered what an Alien vs. Symbiote story would look like. Or for that matter, a mega alien battle between Superman, Alien, and Carnage?  Who do you have coming out on top?
9. Are there any other projects you’d like to discuss or plug today?

Off-Topic Top Shelf - Home Schooling, Lifting, Reading for research