This week Dan and John discuss Secret Wars issue 4 and why they are loving the event so far. Then Mitch Join in on the fun to talk Connecticut comiconn and all the latest news and happenings in the comic book world.

This has been a Marvel-ous week for comic book fans as Marvel comics has announced 45 books for their All-New, All-Different Marvel relaunch that will be hitting the shelves after Secret Wars concludes in October. We discuss each announced book in great detail from the character staring in it to the creative teams writing and drawing them. So if your interested in learning what the future holds for the Marvel universe after Secret Wars or you just wanna find out which of your favorite characters well being getting a new book this fall you won’t wanna miss this edition of The Rift.

In this edition of The Rift we go over all the juicy new creative team news for some of Marvel’s post secret wars books. Then we have our first movie segment without Sam Where we discuss what big movie franchises should do when they need to recast an iconic character. We round out the show talking the winners and losers of E3, then get into why we think the Xbox one is selling so poorly in Japan.

This week John explains why Batman 41 is a huge success and a must read. We also discuss comic numbering debating if its important or just another gimmick. Then our friend and YouTuber Belief iNeed joins us to talk about the highlights from the first half of E3.