NEWS

• DC layoffs rock the comics community
  • DC cancels Teen Titans, Young Justice, (actually just ending) Suicide Squad, Hawkman, and more
  • DC Comics shrinks monthly line as Jim Lee addresses concerns
• NYCC canceled
• Valiant restructuring
• X-O Manowar returning in November
• Undone by Blood gets a second act
• Sweet Tooth: The Return starts November 3
• Doom Metal coming this September and it gets eXXXtreme in November.
• The Other History of the DC Universe gets re-announced
• The Phoenix Force is coming
• Marvel teases 5th path to X of Swords art, also all the covers in November

Segment: The Best Comics of the Year - So far!

• Dave: Superman Smashes the Klan, Skulldigger and Skeleton Boy, X-Men
• Forrest: King of Nowhere, Undone by Blood, That Texas Blood

Our Top Books of the Week

Dave:

1. Alienated #5 (W: Si Spurrier, A: Chris Wildgoose)
2. Seven Secrets #1 (W: Tom Taylor, A: Daniele Di Nicuolo)

Forrest:

1. Undone By Blood #5 (W: Zac Thompson, Lonnie Nadler, A: Sami Kivela)
2. Alienated #5 (W: Si Spurrier, A: Chris Wildgoose)

TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK

• Dave: Voyage to the Stars #1 (W: James Asmus, A: Connie Daidone)
• Forrest: Cycle of the Red Moon TPB #1 (W: Jose Antonio Cortina, A: Fiona Hsieh) 

JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.

• Dave: Captain America #22 (Alex Ross)
• Forrest: The Question: The Deaths of Vic Sage #4 (Andrea Sorrentino) 

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