Welcome to a new year of new comics, Comic Shop Friends! Is your New Year’s resolution to read more comics? Let us recommend you some books we enjoy! Want to start a pull list so you don’t miss anything? We’re happy to set one up for you! Want to freshen up your current list for the new year? We’re glad to update it for you! Who knows what 2026 will bring, but we’ll be here! We love selling comics, we love reading comics, and we love getting excited about new comics!

John dropped off the donation check to the Greater Cleveland Food Bank, so we want to thank you one more time for all the wonderful covers you donated, and every single dollar that you donated. $10,361 was donated, and that creates 31,083 meals for our community! Kristin Warzocha, the President and CEO of the Cleveland Food Bank, is pictured here with John.

January is a pretty quiet month, but Thursday the 15th is the return of Late Nite Comics! 8pm to midnight! It’s time for our annual dollar stock cleanout, so that means all dollar books that night will be 50 cents each, or 25 cents for one hundred or more! And 50% off all back issues, including the wall!

MARVEL COMICS

Jed MacKay and Tony Daniel’s X-Men returns to the present with issue #23, and the epilogue to the Age of Revelation event! The X-Men have been dealing with the mutant group called 3K, and after an ambush on their home, Doug Ramsey, Bei, and Warlock flee to the Alaskan headquarters of the team. But as soon as they arrive, Cyclops buckled under what they believed was a psychic attack. We now know it was the consciousness of his future self being switched into his present body! Future Cyclops has a plan to take out Doug in order to save the future, but things have changed. Future Beast is not in current Beast’s mind, so where is he? Cyclops is alone in his mission, and there are enough differences that he cannot complete it as planned. How will living in the Shadows of Tomorrow affect the X-Men?

Luna Snow has a gig at the mystical Chi Hive tavern in K’un-Lun! If she can find it… On her way she finds herself running into all kinds of obstacles, like Doombots, drinking games, giant squids, and more! There’s a battle between Lin Lie and Angela against Magik and Hulk, an awakened dragon, a bar fight with Bucky and Namor, a showdown with Wolverine, a run-in with Daredevil, and Cloak and Dagger possibly helping. Will she ever find the location of Chi Hive? Will she make the gig in time? Or will her concert be cancelled by the chaos? A fun Rivals one-shot from writer Paul Allor and artists Michael Shelfer and Eric Gapstur.

After almost thirty years, Marvel and DC Amalgam Comics Spider-Boy #1 is reprinted, ads and all! Meet Pete Ross, your friendly neighborhood clone, Spider-Boy, as he encounters time travel and meets the Legion of Galactic Guardians 2099!

DC COMICS

The history of the Absolute Arkham Asylum and the Ark M project are revealed! Scott Snyder and Frank Tieri, along with artist Joshua Hixson, present the truth (or what is possibly more of the truth than what was revealed in absolute Batman #15) behind the secrets of Ark M. Taken from the writings of Dr. Amadeus Arkham as a chronicle of the infamous place, it is also a confession, a warning. A terrible evil was once contained in Arkham Asylum, but there was a breakout, and Dr. Arkham has lived with the shame and knowledge that so many across the world have died because of it.  Decades later a buyer has come to inspect the property, and the dark secrets of the Asylum are coming to light… This issue has a new Absolute first appearance, and hints as some “friends” Batman may soon be meeting. You’re going to want to read this one.

If you haven’t been reading Absolute Superman, or were on the fence about the book, this is the issue that solidifies the character. Jason Aaron and guest artist Juan Ferreyra bring it all together in the start of a new story arc in the aftermath of the Battle of Kansas. This is Kal-El dealing with the profound changes in his life, learning to balance the daily life of a farmer and his new role as the man the world calls Superman. There’s work to be done, and we’re seeing how that work is affecting a young man pushed into the public eye after living so long hiding. We’re seeing his compassion. We’re seeing the struggle of him knowing he can’t help everyone, but wanting to help everyone. Give this book a shot if you haven’t, it’s well worth it.

Jo Mullein finds herself in the crosshairs of the bounty hunter Goldface! We had the mystery of the Green Lantern, we had the cosmic reveal of the different powers and abilities of the Lanterns, and now we’re getting into the real world. Jo learned that the ring does not work against gold, so how will she survive against a man covered in gold, with gold bullets? Hammond is experimenting with the black ooze from Evergreen. What he’s working on won’t be good for anyone, especially as he’s getting closer to finding Jo and Hal. With Cam’s fellow agents Simon and Kari showing up, there may be a new group of allies on the run. Can they be trusted? Written by Al Ewing with art by Sid Kotian.

SMALL PRESS COMICS

Hank Howard is a Pizza Detective. When the Big Caligula’s Pizza deliveries start to take twice the time, corporate calls him in to investigate. He’s seen some things, knows about crimes, but when pizza is disrespected, that’s where he draws the line. Catching a delivery driver selling drugs, Howard thinks he’s solved it, but with a neighborhood watch, the police, the FBI, and the Australian mafia all getting in the way, he’s in deep-dish trouble now. Heading from Hollywood, Florida to Hollywood, California, Hank will stop at nothing until he arrests those responsible for crimes against pizza! Written by Robert Venditti, with art by David Lapham.

It’s time to start planning for Halloween! Writer Torunn Groenbekk and artist Edu Menna are getting a jumpstart on the holidays in this all-new ongoing Nightmare Before Christmas comic! The citizens of Halloween Town are preparing for the first ever All Hallow’s Eve in Christmas Town! Dr. Finkelstein has been working on a new creation to unveil on Halloween, but it turns out less fearsome and more cuddly than he wanted. Sally names the furry creature Shiver and decides she’ll care for it, but when Lock, Shock, and Barrel find Shiver, they decide it belongs to them! The trio’s preparations for the first trick or treat in Christmas Town need something more, and Shiver may be it! Luring the fuzzy friend away from Sally with candy, while stealing ingredients for their tricks from Finkelstein’s lab, they end up encountering the one resident of Halloween Town the Mayor specifically told them to stay away from – Oogie Boogie! Shiver is in trouble and the first shared Halloween may end up ruined!