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Founded in 2004, The Beat offers daily insights into the realms of comics, graphic novels, comic conventions, and popular culture, catering to both fans and industry professionals. It has earned recognition as a two-time nominee for the Will Eisner Award in the Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism category and has won the Shelf Dorf Award for Best Comics Blog. In 2017, The Beat was honored with a place in the Library of Congress’s historical archives.

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Top Comics to Buy for May 14, 2025: A double dose of Batman headlines a twisted week

1 day ago | comicsbeat.com | Zack Quaintance

As I write my intro for this week’s Top Comics to Buy for May 14 column, I am currently deep in the dark heart of moving. I’m on my laptop at the kitchen table while movers break down, wrap up, and haul out everything that has shaped my home for the past 6 years. It’s a disorienting experience.
Horror Beat: LAST RITES is the final Conjuring entry…of Phase 1?

2 days ago | comicsbeat.com | Ricardo Serrano Denis

The supposed last entry of The Conjuring series, subtitled “Last Rites,” got its first trailer just a few a days ago. Fittingly, it’ll tell the story of Ed and Lorraine Warren’s last case, the one they couldn’t solve: the Smurl family haunting of West Pittston, Pennsylvania. While the trailer has been a hit with horror fans, one thing has dominated talk of the movie, and that is that it’s the final entry of phase 1. The question is, phase 1 of what? The Conjuring universe?
Tariffs are upending the toy industry - with no clarity in sight

2 days ago | comicsbeat.com | Heidi MacDonald |Heidi Macdonald

Just a few weeks ago, the toy industry was a booming, thriving business with plans. Now thanks to the tariffs wars it looks its been hit by a category 5 hurricane. Before we survey the wreckage, back to the comics. Gina Gagliano has a follow-up on how tariffs could affect the comics industry, and while printed matter has thus far mostly been spared, uncertainty is the order of the day.
The white smoke rises in time for BATTLE POPE comic 25th anniversary collection

5 days ago | comicsbeat.com | Taimur Dar

Back in 2000, years before becoming the supstar in the comics industry he is today, writer Robert Kirkman along with artist Tony Moore created the superhero parody comic Battle Pope. With this year marking the 25th anniversary of the original series, Skybound and Image Comics have announced an anniversary hardcover collection available this September.
Marvel celebrates AGE OF APOCALYPSE 30th anniversary with new event storyline

5 days ago | comicsbeat.com | Taimur Dar

Back in March, Marvel announced that industry legend Jeph Loeb would be returning to the House of Ideas write a Revelations Backup Story for GIANT-SIZE AGE OF APOCALYPSE. Loeb of course was one of the architects of the original AGE OF APOCALYPSE storyline from the ’90s.
The week in Diamond Bankruptcy: filings and fees and questions

5 days ago | comicsbeat.com | Heidi MacDonald |Heidi Macdonald

After last week’s absolute blockbuster of a week, things have calmed down in the Diamond Bankruptcy. No more shock filings, but just more paperwork. More COSTLY paperwork. • Milton Griepp reports that DIAMOND BANKRUPTCY FEES MOUNT. Indeed many filings follow the drip-drip-splash of just how costly all the lawyers and consultants are in this matter: $537,384 for Diamond attorneys Saul Ewing, $498,286 for restructuring consultants Getzler Henrich and so on.
Graphic Novel Review: PHENOMENA BOOK 3 is a perfect rattebattle ending for this Bendis, Araújo epic

5 days ago | comicsbeat.com | Zack Quaintance

Writer: Brian Michael BendisArtist: André Lima AraújoPublisher: Abrams Comics ArtsPublication Date: May 2025I’ve written about this before, but one of the things I’ve found most interesting about the Brian Michael Bendis and André Lima Araújo Phenomena trilogy is the collaborative relationship and how it came to be. The two first worked together briefly at DC Comics.
ALL-STAR SUPERMAN audiobook adaptation announced

6 days ago | comicsbeat.com | Taimur Dar

Based on the strong marketing push from Warner Bros. marketing, I think it’s safe to assume the vast majority of people are well aware that there’s a new Superman movie arriving this July. To say that there’s huge amount riding on its success is an understatement. If early hype is any indication, filmmaker and DC Studios co-head James Gunn has a smash hit on his hands.
TV Review: Netflix’s EL ETERNAUTA turns Argentina’s classic sci-fi comic into a highly bingeable show

6 days ago | comicsbeat.com | Ricardo Serrano Denis

We have been forced to become pessimists. This is what one of main characters from Argentina’s most prestigious comic, El Eternauta (1957), says at one point as he realizes the end of the world brings out the worst in humanity. It’s but one of many simple yet poignant observations that make reading the comic such a joy.
Graphic Novel Review: TSUNAMI is a disarming, coming-of-age debut comic

6 days ago | comicsbeat.com | Tim Rooney

Creator: Ned WenlockPublisher: Pow Pow PressPublication Date: May 2025From the start, Ned Wenlock’s debut graphic novel Tsunami disarms you with its minimal style and simplified, oblong characters. The opening scene takes it slow, with a series of full page images of a mother and grandmother walking along the waterfront as a young boy tramples through the sand in front of them. They discuss his innocence and small size.