The Cult of Comics

The banter is very heavy in this one (yes, I know it's every episode) so if you want to skip ahead to the best of jump to about ten minutes in.

In this episode we discuss who was 

Best New Series

Best New #1

Best One Shot

Best Mini Series

Best Maxi Series

Best Ongoing

Biggest Disappointments 

Highlights

Shoutouts

Best Artist (Penciller)

Best Writer

- JSA #1 by Geoff Johns and Mikel Janin

- Batman #130 by Chip Zdarsky and Jorge Jimenez

- Kal El Returns #1 by Various Artists  

- Nightwing Annual #1 by Various Artists

- Spidermen Double Trouble #1 by Mariko Tamaki, Vita Alaya and Gurihiru

- Stillwater #16 by Chip Zdarsky and Ramon K. Perez

If you want to skip past Sean's rant about his trip to Serbia, skip ahead to roughly 15:30

- New Spider-man Trailer just dropped

- The Hollywood Reporter reports that along with Patty Jenkins no longer attached to a Wonder Woman project, Jason Mamoa, Henry Cavill, and more are also being removed from their prior DC franchise roles with the dissemination of the Snyder casting of the DC Universe. This news comes after James Gunn took the chief creative position for DC in recent months.

- Donny Cates and Greg Capullo have teased an upcoming project via social media with little information to go on.

- Superman Lost by Christopher Priest announced by DC comics.

- Rick Remender is getting Giant Sized Reprints of some of his biggest titles.

- Mark Millar announces a new limited series for only $1.99

Action Comics 1049 - Phillip Kennedy Johnson & Mike Perkins 

The Human Target 9 - Tom King and Greg Smallwood

What's The Furthest Place From Here 8 - Matthew Rosenberg, Tyler Boss & Ricardo Lopez Ortiz

Once Upon A Time At The End Of The World 1 - Jason Aaron & Alexandre Tefenkge 

- DC Comics announces the Dawn of the DCU with new series announced including new Green Lantern and Hawkman series.

- Tiny Onion signs exclusive contract with Dark Horse to release physical copies of previously Substack exclusive releases.

-Donny Cates will no longer be writing Hulk with Ryan Ottley set to take over writing duties. Cates attributes this to personal "life things" on his social media.

- Image announces release of Humble Bundle which will include a collection of digital releases of their best selling comics and trade paperbacks

- Bob Iger has returned to Disney after the stepping down of Bob Chapek from the role of CEO after a series of controversies and financial failure during his tenure. Chapek was originally set to take over Igers role but after his stepping down is set to fill the role during the companies "hiring freeze".

- Lovecraft Country director, Yann Demange, has been announced to take over directing duties on the upcoming Blade movie from Marvel. This comes after the recent news of the loss of their previous director, Bassam Tariq.

- The Golden Age #1 by Geoff Johns, Mikel Janin, Jerry Ordway, Gary Frank, and more!

- Stargirl: The Lost Children #1 by Geoff Johns and Todd Nauck

- One Bad Day: Mr Freeze #1 by Gerry Duggan and Matteo Scalera

- The Death of Superman Anniversary Special by Dan Jurgens and more!

- Specs #1 by David M. Booher and Chris Shehan

- Kroma #1 by Lorenzo De Felici 

- Junkyard Joe #2 by Geoff Johns and Gary Frank

- Dark Ride #2 by Josh Williamson and Andre Bressan

With the heartbreaking news of the passing of a legend, the boys decide to dedicate the news segment honoring Kevin Conroy who created a standard in the industry with his talent and passion as the voice of Batman in Batman: The Animated Series, and so much more.

The boys sit down and chat about the recently released Black Panther: Wakanda Forver from Marvel, the sequel to the hit Box Office Black Panther from 2017. We talk about what we think went right, what went wrong, and whether the creative choices were the right ones. 

- Batman Joker Deadly Duo #1 by Marc Silvestri

- Catwoman Lonely City #1-4 by Cliff Chiang 

- Rogues #1-4 by Joshua Williamson and Leomacs

- Action Comics #1048 by Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Mike Perkins (and Lee Loughridge)

- Damn Them All #1 by Si Spurrier and Charlie Adlard

- Behold Behemoth #1 by Tate Brombal and Nick Robles

- Fire Power #24 by Robert Kirkman and Chris Samnee

Just a heads up to everyone, the banter went on extra long this episode so if you want to skip that jump ahead to roughly 21 minutes in. Thank you for your patience.

- GIGANTIC NEWS: DCEU REBRANDED TO "DCU" AND EVERYONE IS LOSING THEIR MINDS /sarcasm ..... oh and in less important news, James Gunn is the new Kevin Feige of DC if anyone cares....

- The Green Lantern HBO Max series has been announced to be redeveloped into John Stewart solo series rather than a buddy cop drama with Hal Jordan.

- Rogues Gallery, a BOOM comic imprint, is set to be adapted for a TV series. No confirmed distributors as of yet.

- Vision Quest with Paul Bettany, has been announced by Marvel for Disney+ featuring the White Vision from the WandaVision series.

- Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, known for his roles in Watchmen the TV series on HBO and Candyman, has been cast as Wonderman in the upcoming Disney+ series.

- Aubrey Plaza has been cast as the main villain in the upcoming Agatha Harkness Disney+ series.

- Sandman has been confirmed for renewal for "more episodes", but no confirmation of a second season.

- CW announces the cancellation of Stargirl, the latest among a series of project cancellations by Zsaslov.

- Vault has announced more launches of the musician graphic novel imprint featuring such artists as Metallica, Def Leppard, and more.