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‘Daredevil’ returns next March by Stephanie Phillips + Lee Garbett

Matt Murdock gets a new job and is targeted by a new villain named Omen.

Marvel will relaunch Daredevil next year, as Stephanie Phillips and Lee Garbett head to Hell’s Kitchen for new stories featuring the introduction of a new villain named Omen. Also, Matt Murdock goes back to school!

“I’m taking on one of my favorite characters with one of my favorite artists, and together we’re exploring Daredevil’s noir sensibilities,” Phillips said. “Lee Garbett brings so much style and emotion to every page, and I couldn’t ask for a better partner to bring this version of Daredevil to life.”

Phillips and Garbett follow writer Saladin Ahmed’s run on the title, who worked with artists Aaron Kuder, Jose Luis and others over the course of 25 issues. Phillips is also the first woman to write the Daredevil ongoing series since Ann Nocenti’s run ended in 1991.

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Slugfest | The kids are all fight in DC’s January 2026 solicitations

Plus: Absolute Zatanna debuts, Kyle Rayner gets in the ring and Supergirl celebrates Valentine’s Day.

Slugfest is a roundup of cool announcements about projects coming to a shelf near you. This edition focuses on DC’s January 2026 solicitations.

DC K.O. continues in January, with the previously announced tie-in books like Knightfight and Superman, but also in two new one-shots.

Let’s look first at DC K.O.: The Kids Are All Fight Special #1, which picks up on some of the plot lines introduced in Titans — specifically Granny Goodness showing up to give our heroes, including Jon Kent/Superman, a hard time as they try to evacuate Earth.

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‘Ultimate Universe: Two Years In’ goes cosmic with Guardians, Daredevil + more

Deniz Camp, Alex Paknadel and more will help set up the upcoming battle with the Maker in ‘Ultimate Endgame.’

Marvel has announced a follow-up Ultimate Universe special tp last year’s Ultimate Universe: One Year In. Appropriately titled Ultimate Universe: Two Years In, the special will focus on the Ultimate Guardians of the Galaxy, who were introduced earlier this year in The Ultimates #8.

The Ultimates writer Deniz Camp, along with co-writer Alex Paknadel, will bring the team to the forefront as they continue looking for new members to join in the fight against the Maker. That will include a cosmic-level Ultimate Daredevil:

“Getting to write in the Ultimate Universe—especially as it reaches its climax—is so fun, it should be illegal,” Paknadel said. “It’s a license to rethink and reinvent your favorite characters, and Deniz and I have certainly done that here. Like all the best Ultimate versions of these characters, our Daredevil retains the essence of the original—he’s still a something without fear—but he’s been scaled up to a cosmic-level hero. I can’t wait for readers to meet him.”

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Slugfest | Gabriel Hardman puts a modern twist on 1980s thrillers in DC’s November solicitations

Plus: DC’s plans for the penultimate month of 2025 include a new Harley & Ivy series, a holiday special and a whole lot of DC K.O.

Slugfest is a roundup of cool announcements about projects coming to a shelf near you. This edition focuses on DC’s November 2025 solicitations. Hit the links for more information.

Fans of DC’s street-level thrillers from the 1980s, like Denny O’Neil and Denys Cowan’s The Question and Mike Grell’s Green Arrow will be happy to know that Gabriel Hardman (Invisible Republic, Green Lantern: Earth One) is bringing that same kind of storytelling to Batman/Green Arrow/The Question: Arcadia.

The four-issue Black Label series will feature Hardman as writer and artist, with colors by Romulo Fajardo Jr. and lettering by Simon Bowland.

“I’ve wanted to tell a story about Batman, Green Arrow and the Question since I was 14 years old, and I couldn’t be more excited to finally get the chance,” said Hardman. “While I’m taking inspiration from the great work of Denny O’Neil, Denys Cowan and Mike Grell, this series isn’t an exercise in nostalgia. I’m taking the grounded approach they spearheaded in the late 80s and moving forward, having these three difficult, opinionated personalities confront a contemporary brand of criminality on a global scale.”

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SDCC | Marvel’s ‘Deadpool/Batman’ will feature a Frank Miller story

Al Ewing and Dike Ruan also join the line-up with a Rocket Raccoon/Green Lantern story.

It’s 1982, and Frank Miller is drawing Wolverine. It’s 1987, and Frank Miller is writing Batman. It’s 2025, and Frank Miller is writing and drawing Wolverine and Batman.

Marvel announced in San Diego this week that the recent Eisner winner is, indeed, writing and drawing a story for the upcoming Deadpool/Batman one-shot that will feature Wolverine — the Old Man Logan version — and the Batman as seen in Miller’s classic Batman: The Dark Knight Returns. He also drew a variant cover featuring both characters:

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SDCC | ‘Kull’ will return at Titan Comics in 2027

Plus more news from Titan’s ‘Conan the Barbarian’ panel.

Robert E. Howard’s Kull, sometimes known as Kull the Conqueror or King Kull, will return to comics in 2027 at Titan Comics.

The publisher returned to San Diego to reveal more details on upcoming Conan the Barbarian projects, revealing to fans at their panel plans for the return of Kull, The Savage Sword of Conan: Reforged, Scourge of the Serpent and more.

Not much was said about Kull, which is still two years away. But in the more immediate future, Oct. 8 brings the extra-sized Conan the Barbarian #25 by longtime Conan writer Jim Zub and fantasy artist Alex Horley, who is painting the issue. Here’s a preview:

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Slugfest | Green Arrow, Wonder Woman, Krypto + more in Marvel’s September 2025 solicitations

Wait, what?

Slugfest is a roundup of cool announcements about projects coming to a shelf near you. This edition focuses on Marvel’s September 2025 solicitations. For real. Hit the links for more information.

No, you haven’t gone crazy — Marvel’s September solicitations include the previously announced Deadpool/Batman crossover, which will not only a story about the two characters in the title by Zeb Wells and Greg Capullo, but also stories featuring several other DC and Marvel meet-ups by an impressive crew of creators. They are:

  • Daredevil and Green Arrow by Kevin Smith and Andy Kubert.
  • Captain America and Wonder Woman by Chip Zdarsky and Terry Dodson.
  • Jeff the Land Shark and Krypto by Kelly Thompson and Gurihiru.

“Two ICONS meeting for the first time!” Thompson said. “It’s such an honor for Jeff to get to be Marvel’s ambassador in this crossover story with Krypto. Anyone who loves comics knows how rare it is for DC and Marvel to crossover, so Jeff getting to be part of this historic moment with Krypto, and Gurihiru and I getting to bring that tale to readers… well, sometimes this job is very cool.”

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Exclusive | Check out Lane Lloyd’s variant cover for ‘Toxic Crusaders’ #2

The five-issue miniseries will feature the Toxic Avenger and other characters from the 1990s animated series.

Courtesy of the fine folks at Ahoy Comics, we are pleased to debut Lane Lloyd’s variant cover for The Toxic Crusaders #2, which will arrive in stores in October.

The five-issue miniseries will debut in September and is written by Matt Bors, former editor of The Nib and current writer of The Toxic Avenger Comics. He’s joined by artist Tristan Wright on the series, which will feature the Toxic Avenger teaming up with several other mutants who appeared in the Toxic Crusaders animated series back in the 1990s, including No-Zone, Junkyard, Major Disaster and the all-new character Fungirl.

Lloyd has drawn many comics and covers for Oni Press, Ahoy, Image Comics, Legendary and more, and I’ll point you to Someone’s Died at Adventure Mountain, his current project that’s up on Kickstarter.

“In the aftermath of the chemical spill that created Toxie, other mutants arose — and they have united to wage war against an alien conspiracy,” Bors said. “We are taking everything from the original Toxic Crusaders cartoon —gross mutations, evil aliens, and over-the-top ecological action — to bring readers a must-read mutant monthly.”

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DC resurrects a classic format this July with ‘Superman Treasury 2025: Hero for All’

The Summer of Superman adds a treasury-sized story by Dan Jurgens, Bruno Redondo and Adriano Lucas.

As a part of their big “Summer of Superman” plans, DC is bringing back their classic “treasury-sized edition” formatting for a “larger than life” story by Dan Jurgens, Bruno Redondo and Adriano Lucas.

Superman Treasury 2025: Hero for All will come in at 10 1/8” x 13 5/16” — the format used for several “Vs.” titles starting in the 1970s, like Superman Vs. Muhammad Ali and the Marvel/DC crossover Superman Vs. Spider-Man.

“Since Superman is the cornerstone on which our entire industry is built, the term ‘Treasury Sized Edition’ seems to be the perfect vehicle for him,” said Jurgens. “As a kid, the term ‘Treasury Edition’ meant that it was sure to be a special project and one that I just had to have. From the very start, most of those projects focused on Superman.”

Jurgens actually worked on the last treasury edition DC published, Superman vs. the Fantastic Four — which seems appropriate to mention, given it brought together characters who will be battling it out at the box office this summer.

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Slugfest | Marvel in June brings us Godzilla, Silver Surfer, Joe Quesada + more

Miles Morales got Ultimate, the X-Men go Giant Sized, Deadpool turns 350 and much more in Marvel’s June solicitations. Did we mention Jeff the Land Shark?

Slugfest is a roundup of cool announcements about projects coming to a shelf near you. This edition focuses on Marvel’s June 2025 solicitations. Hit the links for more information.

Godzilla’s all over the place, whether you’re talking about all his various series over at IDW, the June DC solicitations that find him meeting the Justice League again or in Marvel’s own solicitations, where he once again is touring around the Marvel Universe and facing off with Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four and, in June, with the Avengers.

David F. Walker and Georges Jeanty present the latest Godzilla vs. Marvel one-shot, as Godzilla continues his trip through time and comes into conflict with the Avengers team circa Brian Michael Bendis’ run in 2004 and beyond.

“As a child, I was raised on Godzilla movies, and as an adult, the New Avengers was a beautiful reminder of why I love comics,” Walker said. “The lineup of iconic characters in the New Avengers was a beautiful mix of quirky personalities and big adventures that kept me coming back every month. Bringing Godzilla and the New Avengers together for an epic showdown has allowed me to work with characters I have loved for a long time, in a way that I hope is as entertaining for fans to read as it was for me to write.”

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Slugfest | Justice League vs. Godzilla vs. Kong, round 2

DC’s June solicitations bring us a Trinity miniseries, Superboy by Mark Waid and Skylar Patridge, George Perez tribute covers and more.

Slugfest is a roundup of cool announcements about projects coming to a shelf near you. This edition focuses on DC’s June 2025 solicitations. Hit the links for more information.

Last year’s king-sized crossover featuring King Kong, Godzilla and the Justice League gets a sequel series in June, as Brian Buccellato and Christian Duce once again helm the follow-up, Justice League vs. Godzilla vs. Kong 2.

The sequel will feature Amanda Waller trying to create her own titans to combat any future kaiju attacks, as the Justice League travels to King Kong and Godzilla’s world and enters Hollow Earth. King Ghidorah, Rodan and Mothra will all appear, as well as a kaiju-sized Killer Croc.

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DC announces its annual Pride anthology, webcomics + more for June

Alan Scott will take center stage in the anthology, which includes contributions by Vita Ayala, Jude Ellison S. Doyle, Maya Houston, Sam Maggs, Tim Sheridan, Max Sarin and more.

DC’s annual Pride anthology will return in June for its fifth year, with stories featuring Green Lantern Alan Scott, the Question, Midnighter and Apollo, Harley Quinn and more.

The collection will include a framing story starring Alan Scott by Tim Sheridan, Emilio Pilliu and Giulio Macaione, as the Justice Society’s resident Green Lantern returns to a bar that once served as the center of queer life in Gotham City. With the bar unexpectedly closing, many other LGBTQ+ heroes and villains with ties to it return for one last visit — with unexpected consequences:

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