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NEWS

• ComiXology Co-Founder/CEO David Steinberger is leaving the company
• Manga sales double in 2021
• Substack launches reading app for iOS for better comics reading ecosystem
• New ‘Sinister Six’ take Sinister Adaptoid to appear in ‘Amazing Spider-Man’ #900
• Al Ewing and Javier Rodríguez set sail on ‘Defenders: Beyond’ #1 this June
• ‘A.X.E. Judgment Day’ details surface for X-Men, Avengers, Eternals event
• ‘Miracleman’ Book 1 by Neil Gaiman and Mark Buckingham coming this October
• Time Bomb Comics and Anderson Entertainment launch new 'Spectrum' anthology
• DC announces class of The Milestone Initiative Talent Development Program
• Flashpoint Beyond #0 appears to connect to Doomsday Clock?
• AfterShock Comics and Women of Color Unite team up for ‘Animus’

Our Top Books of the Week

Dave:

1. Women of Marvel #1 2022 (various)
2. X Deaths Of Wolverine #4 (Ben Percy, Federico Vicentini)

Nathan:

1. Little Monsters #1 (Jeff Lemire, Dustin Nguyen)
2. Devil’s Reign: Moon Knight #1 (Jed McKay, Federico Sabbatini)

Standout KAPOW moment of the week:

Nathan - Devil’s Reign: Moon Knight #1 

Dave - X Deaths Of Wolverine #4 (Ben Percy, Federico Vicentini)

TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK

• Dave: Batman / Superman: World's Finest #1 (Mark Waid, Dan Mora)
• Nathan: Carnage #1 (Ram V, Francesco Manna)

JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.

• Dave: X Lives Of Wolverine #5 (Juni Ba)
• Nathan: The Silver Coin #10 (Trevor Henderson variant)

Segment: Interview with Stephanie Phillips Taarna hardback edition is coming out this summer!

1. What was your introduction to Taarna? Did you read Heavy Metal Magazine growing up?
2. This story manages to flesh Taarna out while still leaving parts of her history to the imagination. How do you accomplish this balancing act?
3. The original Heavy Metal film - particularly the Taarna segment - is filled with both epic needle drops and an incredible Elmer Bernstein score. Do you listen to anything while you write Taarna, and would you recommend any albums or artists for readers to crank up while they read?
4. This series has a rotating group of artists. Taarna goes very hard, from heads being crushed to Taarna entering the fucking sun, was there a particular panel or page one of the artists blew you away with?
5. When developing the villain Urcuss, what was your approach and were there any inspirations?
6. Taarna sequel when?
7. Switching gears to Wonder Woman Evolution, in the second issue Diana mentions she is not a god, and Taarna is constantly telling everyone she’s not a god either, what makes these characters similar?
8. It's been a year since you launched Harley Quinn #1 (March 2021), what have you learned about the character?
9. Harley Quinn has been such a fun series full of twists. What, if anything, can you tell us about Verdict?
10. Talk about Harley solicit text

Superfight: Wonder Woman vs. Taarna