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NEWS

1. Avengers, X-Men, Spider-Man, Star Wars, and over 70 other Marvel comics delayed due to printer jam
2. Image Comics publishing ‘Razorblades’ deluxe hardcover April 2022 (also it’s the last issue!)
3. Image Comics/Skybound announce ‘LEGO Ninjago Garmadon’ #1 for April 2022
4. Marvel celebrates Ghost Rider 50th anniversary with ‘Year of Vengeance’
   1. New ‘Ghost Rider’ #1 to launch February by Ben Percy & Cory Smith
5. Marvel reveals ‘Savage Spider-Man’ #1 to feature savage beast Peter Parker
6. New X-Men series ‘X-Cellent’ coming February 2022
7. Marvel asks, ‘Who is the new Iron Fist’ in new promo
   1. WHO IS IRON FIST?!

Standout KAPOW moment of the week:

Nathan - Darkhold: Blade #1 (Kibblesmith, Sabbatini)

Dave - SWORD #9 (Al Ewing, Jacopo Camagni)

Our Top Books of the Week

Dave:

1. Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunters IG-88 #1 (Rodney Barnes, Guiu Vilanova)
2. The Harbinger #1 (Lanzing, Kelly, rodriguez)

Nathan:

1. Razorblades #5
2. The Harbinger #1 (Lanzing, Kelly, Rodriguez)

TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK 

1. Dave: The Human Target #1 (Greg Smallwood, Tom King)
2. Nathan: The Human Target #1

JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.

1. Dave: The Silver Coin #6 (James Harren)
2. Nathan: Superman ‘78 #3 (Lee Weeks)

Segment: Interview with Scott Snyder about his ComiXology titles Night of the Ghoul (Francesco Francavilla, Andworld design), Clear (Francis Manapul, Andworld design), and We Have Demons (Jonathan Glapion, Dave McCaig, Tom Napolitano)! Interview at 11 a.m. Friday!

1. Scott, thanks for being on the AIPT Comics podcast, this is your 7th time on the show, always a pleasure____. To start, you’ve got Clear, Night of the Ghoul, and We Have Demons all out this month, what made these 3 the best of the 8 planned titles at Comixology as the first to release?
2. All three works feel incredibly new, fresh, and maybe even a new gear for your work compared to previous years, was there anything you were able to do under comiXology as far as “breaking rules” in comics storytelling you go to do here?
3. What went into the strategy of doing 3 series a month?
4. Something I adore about your writing is your creation stories, you’ve done a few, and We Have Demons has a great one, heck night of the ghoul has an origin that feels mythical, what inspires you to tackle creation myths?
5. We Have Demons is so compelling, in part, because of the way it recontextualizes faith. It actually opens with a warning at the start of the book, was this warning always part of the plan, or did this come in later?
6. Two of these books are penciled and colored by the artist (Manapul and Francavilla), do you find books colored and drawn by 1 artist come out different in any way?
7. Was there a specific movie or director that inspired Night of the Ghoul?
8. You’re doing some amazing work on your Substack with classes too, I recently watched the course talking about Donny Cates’ Venom. Do you find yourself analyzing comics even when you’re reading for pleasure?
9. Favorite scary novel, movie, comic?