JSA #18 Preview

 

Jay Garrick was born in 1918. These days, he's an expert at reminiscing. And after recent events, he dislikes what he sees. Still, Jay is willing to help steer the younger members of the team into the future. The group will look different from before. They'll need to work smarter, and know each other better than in the past. What can the team learn by looking back at their early days? And how can their adventures in 1940 help the Justice League of America become a more effective fighting force?

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JSA #18 Preview

Writer: Jeff Lemire

Artist: Gavin Guidry

Cover Artists: Dave Johnson & Matt Taylor

Publisher: DC Comics

Issue Length: 32 Pages

Price: $4.99/$5.99 Card Stock

Release Date: April 1, 2026

 

“Year One” concludes!

 

“Year One” comes to an end as the greatest heroes of the Gold Age assemble to face down this devious threat plaguing Gotham City and all of America!

 

 

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Ghostbox: Black & White #2 Review

 

Ghostbox: Black & White #2 Review

Writer: Mike Carey

Artist & Letterer: Pablo Raimondi

Publisher: Comixology

Price: $2.99

Release Date: March 24, 2026

 

Chloe sacrificed for her sister. But after four years at university, she hungers for the good life. Unfortunately, her employers dislike how her partying hampers her work performance, and her landlord objects to her payment schedule. So, when Uncle Max leaves his cottage to them, Chloe and Jan head down to Cornwall.

 

The cluttered home boasts many dusty treasures. But when Chloe lists them for sale, she attracts the wrong kind of buyer. What strange power does the broken music box contain? And what possessed Chloe when Anton Mésser attacked her sister? Let’s leap into Ghostbox: Black & White #2 and see!

 

Story

Anton Mésser lies on the ground. The rich man, who purported interest in an old lamp, won't be getting up again. Although Anton shot her sister, Jan reaches out for her. Then Chloe realizes that the Jan standing before her is a ghost, while Jan's body lies still on the ground. And next to her sister's spirit, another woman stands. Was she the woman who took over her body, turning Chloe into a master fighter who killed Anton?

 

In Ghostbox: Black & White #2, Chloe doesn’t stick around to find out. The situation is so beyond her understanding that she flees, leaving the visiting spirit to remain with Jan. She introduces herself as Mary Field and explains that she belongs to the Ghostbox. Mary assures Jan that, with Anton dead, Chloe is safe. So, Jan doesn’t object when Mary asks someone called Li Xhu to bring them home.

 

Mike Carey interweaves Chloe's flight with Jan's discovery of a new realm. Jan glimpsed this world when she touched the box in her uncle's house. While Chloe seeks justice for her sister's death, Jan meets other souls who call the Ghostbox home. She also meets the god of this realm, who seems reluctant to protect them.

 

While she will not age, Jan learns that she and the others are at war with the Estival. She and Chloe imperiled them by listing the Ghostbox for sale. Like Mary Field and Anton Mésser, the Estival can possess anyone. And if they capture the box, they can attack not only Jan’s new home but also threaten the inhabitants of Earth in Ghostbox: Black & White #2.

 

Art

Shadows cloak Chloe as she runs through the forest. Mary Field, dressed for the Old West, stares down at Anton’s corpse as the flesh melts away. Jan kneels before her corpse. But unlike Chloe and Anton, Mary and Jan are faint, barely there. Pablo Raimondi's Black-and-White art portrays foreground people and objects darker than the backgrounds. The detailed art imbues depth and reality to this intersection between Cornwall, England, and the realm beyond.

 

Inset panels provide close-ups of Mary and Jan as energy explodes from the Ghostbox, propelling the two women to their otherworldly home. There, Jan meets people from other eras who died within the Ghostbox’s field of influence. As Jan beholds steps leading up the steep mountains to homes and temples, Chloe sits inside a rectangular building. The frightened woman speaks with people in a room devoid of interest, aside from a large mirror on the wall behind her in Ghostbox: Black & White #2.

 

Black, lowercase letters fill white dialogue balloons among the living, while Mary Field and Jan speak into balloons with permeable backgrounds. When the spirits return to their realm, each inhabitant of the Ghostbox utilizes a different font. Words grow bold for intonation and grow uppercase for raised voices. A malevolent force speaks white uppercase letters into black balloons, as it plots the destruction of Jan’s new home. Thanks to Comixology and Superfan Promotions for providing a review copy.

 

Final Thoughts

Chloe had a chance to attend a top university. Instead, she sacrificed so her older sister could secure a promising career. After graduating from a less respectable school and scrambling to get by in entry-level jobs, a dead uncle's legacy offered Chloe a measure of security. Instead, she's lost her sister and may be the only person alive who can protect her world from malevolent spirits in Ghostbox: Black & White #2.

 

Rating 9.6/10

 

To look inside see my preview of Ghostbox: Black & White #2.

 

For how this series began, see my preview of Ghostbox: Black & White #1. 

Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #50 Preview

 

Flipflops at the beach? Perfect. Flipflops between Good and Evil? Not so much. Thankfully, Batman and Superman got help from some "good" villains, and our world's finest heroes could escape Owlman and Ultraman on Earth-3. What problems will Batman and Superman discover when they return home? And will Batman ever return to Earth-3 to date Catwoman?

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Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #50 Preview

Writer: Mark Waid

Artists: Dan Mora & Adrián Gutiérrez

Cover Artists: Dan Mora, Frank Quitely, Mark Spears, Rod Reis, Rafael Grassetti & Adrián Gutiérrez

Weird Al Yankovic Cameo Variant Cover Artist: Dan Mora

Things To Come Variant Cover Artist: Vasco Georgiev

1:25 Variant Cover Artist: Salvador Larroca

Publisher: DC Comics

Issue Length: 40 Pages

Price: $4.99/$5.99 Card Stock

Release Date: April 1, 2026

 

Oversize Anniversary Issue!

 

This issue features an adventure so big, not only are Robin, Supergirl, Jimmy Olsen, Batgirl, and the rest of the Super-Bat Family joining in but Dan Mora makes his return to the series he helped launch!

 

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Batman #8 Preview

 

 

Bruce Wayne is the Batman. But he is much more than that. He's the mentor who is happy when his protege chooses a different path. He encourages his son to live a life greater than he ever could. And despite his convictions to the contrary, Bruce Wayne encourages well-intentioned researchers to help hardened criminals reform. 

Still, he can only do all this because few people beyond the Batcave know that Bruce Wayne is the Batman. How will his greatest enemy discovering his dual identity change Batman's life? And can Mayor Pamela Isley prevent Police Commissioner Vandal Savage from turning Gotham into a warzone?

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Batman #8 Preview

Writer: Matt Fraction

Artist: Ryan Sook

Cover Artists: Jorge Jiménez, Dustin Nguyen, Jorge Molina & Ryan Sook

Things To Come Variant Cover Artist: Jorge Jiménez

Foil Variant Cover Artist: Jorge Jiménez

1:25 Variant Cover Artist: David Aja

April Drools Variant Cover by Guillem March

Publisher: DC Comics

Issue Length: 40 Pages

Price: $4.99/$5.99 Card Stock/$7.99 Foil

Release Date: April 1, 2026

 

One night. Three stories. With Guest Artist Ryan Sook.

 

A hero. A villain. A reporter. Three old men, on one night in Gotham, each have encounters that will reverberate across their city forever. Series writer Matt Fraction is joined by sensational guest artist Ryan Sook for an unforgettable new chapter of the Caped Crusader’s ongoing story.

 

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The Toxic Avenger Comics #8 Preview

 

Toxie and Yvonne went to Washington DC to help Vice President Karns and Senator Greene enact responsible legislation. But when the President invited Toxie to the White House, she told him that the Clean Act was riddled with shady provisions. Then, the President died before they could work together, and the Secret Service attacked him. 

Now, Toxie and Yvonne are on the run. While agent Deep State from the Peripheral Intelligence Agency directs them to a safehouse, acting President Karns' forces close in. Did Karns plot to kill his boss? And who is the former Nazi scientist in league with the Smogulans?

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THE TOXIC AVENGER COMICS #8

Writer: Matt Bors 

Artist & Cover Artist: Fred Harper

Publisher: Ahoy Comics

Price: $4.99

Release Date: April 1, 2026 

Meet Doctor Planet, an environmentally conscious hero for our age—upstanding on the outside, embittered on the inside. When he teams up with the Planet Teens for a massive brawl vs. Toxie on the streets of Washington, DC, monuments will fall! And characters will die! Which, you have to admit, is cool. Characters dying, I mean.

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Absolute Martian Manhunter #10 Review

 

Absolute Martian Manhunter #10 Review

Writer: Deniz Camp

Artist & Colorist: Javier Rodríguez

Letterer: Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou

Cover Artists: Javier Rodríguez, Declan Shalvey, Werther Dell’Edera & James Harren

Editors: Sabrina Futch & Katie Kubert

Publisher: DC Comics

Price: $4.99/$5.99 Card Stock

Release Date: March 25, 2026

 

You can't have beauty without ugliness. Peace doesn't exist without war. Love always combats hate, while good and evil are eternal. But how much longer John Jones can survive without the Green Martian seems very much in question. While John is on the run from the people in white coats, Agent Lowe conducts a vivisection on John's former partner. Can the troubled FBI agent win back Bridget and Tyler? Or will John give in to his new partner's Despero-Vision? Let's leap into Absolute Martian Manhunter #10 and see!

 

Story

When Agent Rainbow and his troops descend on the Starlight Motel, John Jones takes refuge in the motel bar. After Bridget conspired with the "counselors" to lock him away, another branch of the government besieged the motel. John vows to quit drinking if he survives the assault. Yet while the bartender muses on how something new can overturn your understanding of the world, John makes Molotov cocktails.

 

As John fights for freedom in Absolute Martian Manhunter #10, his former companion struggles to continue living. Agents Lowe and High strive to contain the Green Martian's influence. Tyler, or the spirit within him, captures Bridget in a euphoria as he exerts his influence beyond their home. Yet Agent Rainbow, who leads the assault at the Starlight Motel, claims his experience has made him impervious to influence.

 

In Deniz Camp's story, John and the Green Martian prevented the White Martian from tearing Middleton apart. Yet the town's civil war drew the government's attention. While John argues that success can only come by working together, Agents Rainbow, Lowe, and High believe the FBI Agent is conspiring against the federal government.

 

In a larger sense, John Jones is conspiring against his world. As Marco in the Starlight Bar argues, sometimes people don't know what's good for them. Still, John’s new dark Martian companion intends to keep John's feet firmly on the ground in Absolute Martian Manhunter #10.

 

Art

As John works on the bottles set beside his handguns on the bar, Marco studies the firefly trapped within an overturned glass. A flaming bottle flies past the motel sign, initiating gunfire and explosions. Tracer fire chases John as his Martian shadow races along a nearby wall. Skulls form amid an explosion as John fires his pistols while running. Soldiers wearing steel helmets and wielding swords and rifles fight and die. Bullets rain down from a helicopter skirting the top of the swaying palm trees.

 

Javier Rodríguez's fluorescent colors recall when Americans' attempts to cast off the shackles of the past clashed with their leaders' intention to police the world. Agent Rainbow's long hair flows on unseen air currents like the words carried by the smoke surrounding Bridget and Tyler in Absolute Martian Manhunter #10. As the battle-hardened soldier operates his strip-fed machine gun, he kneels upon the heads of his victims. While Agent Rainbow speaks of when he began his career, Agent Lowe and High's clothing and the interior design of their control room evoke an earlier era.

 

Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou places uppercase black letters in cream dialogue balloons and boxes. Lowercase letters suggest lowered voices, while enlarged uppercase words deform balloons. White letters fill dark backgrounds and dripping splotches, as the barrage of sound effects recalls the smell of napalm in the morning. Thanks to DC Comics for sharing this story with us.

 

Final Thoughts

John Jones fights for his life at the Starlight Motel. Yet the FBI Agent also fights for everyone's right to think their own thoughts, rather than accept whatever the gatekeepers tell them in Absolute Martian Manhunter #10. 

 

Rating 9.8/10

 

To look inside see my preview of Absolute Martian Manhunter #10. 

 

For what happened last time, see my preview of Absolute Martian Manhunter #9.

MAD About DC #1 Preview

 

 

Everyone is mad these days. They get upset that Batman didn't become King Omega. They're angry at how Vandal Savage is running the Gotham City Police Department. Althea Klang is really getting their dander up by upscaling Harley Quinn's beloved Throatcutter Hill into Northwest Gotham Southeast. But how do comic creators feel about MAD Magazine? And what makes them absolutely, Red Kyptonite-Mad enough to contribute their spectacular stories to this cornerstone of the "crazy" comics community?

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MAD About DC #1 Preview

Writers & Artists: The Usual Gang of Comic Book Creators who Needed the Extra Money

Cover Artist: Dan “Mad about Gluten Labeling because it should actually be clearer or else What’s The Point” Panosian

Variant Cover Artists: Simon Bisley & Chip Zdarsky

Foil Variant Cover Artist: Dan Panosian

Publisher: DC Comics

Issue Length: 64 Pages

Price: $7.99/$8.99 Card Stock/$10.99 Foil

Release Date: April 1, 2026

 

Look, it’s no Fartacular but then again what is?

 

Chip Zdarsky is a funny guy. Remember when he made that whole April Fools’ gag comic with rub’ n’ smell farts? Oh, wait, that was me, DC Comics E-I-C Marie Javins. Chip was the one saying, “I’d turn back if I were you,” but he couldn’t stop me. Editors are a self-destructive lot. Which is why this year, I said, “I give up, you do it, Chip, you are so much funnier and prettier and also better with cats than I am.” And look, he went and did it. Chip demoted himself to “editor.” Chip is turning the DC Universe on its ear and bringing you savage mockery of all we hold dear, and he is assisted in this brutal task by Matt Fraction, Gail Simone, Skottie Young, and many, many more. Next year? Back to farts.

 

Includes MAD favorite Sergio Aragonés with “A MAD Look at Comic Book Stores,” “Guy vs. Spy” by Jim Zub and Ramon Perez, and a DC Fold-In by Charles Soule and Ryan Browne. Plus a slew of MAD-style parodies of all DC Comics you hold dear, and some you’ve always hated anyway. MAD About DC #1 will fulfill your every comic book dream, or at least three or four of them.

 

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DC/Marvel: Superman/Spider-Man #1: The World’s Finest: Review

 

DC/Marvel: Superman/Spider-Man #1: The World’s Finest: Review

Writer: Tom King

Penciller: Jim Lee

Inker: Scott Williams

Colorist: Alex Sinclair

Letterer: Pat Brosseau

Cover Artists: Jorge Jiménez, Arthur Adams, Rafael Albuquerque, J Scott Campbell, Olivier Coipel, Clayton Crain, Gabriele Dell’Otto, Mitch Gerads, Adam Hughes, Mikel Janin, Dave Johnson, Scott Koblish, Stanley “Artgerm” Lau, Jim Lee, Steve Lieber, Josh Middleton, David Nakayama, Daniele Sampere, Rafa Sandoval, Evan “Doc” Shaner, Jeff Spokes, David Talaski & Chrissie Zullo-Uminga

Publisher: DC Comics

Price: $7.99/$8.99 Card Stock

Release Date: March 25, 2026

 

As they hang on for dear life, Mary Jane Watson distracts herself by catching up with Lois Lane. Each woman holds their friend in high regard. Despite their career achievements, the men in their lives regularly place them in danger. This time, they may not be the targets of a villain’s ire. Still, they don’t want to be collateral damage. Can Mary Jane and Lois escape from the bus hanging over the river? And how can they help their guys defeat the giant robot attacking the bridge? Let’s leap into DC/Marvel: Superman/Spider-Man #1: The World’s Finest and see!

 

Story

As the women hang from the seat backs, they distract themselves by celebrating each other’s accomplishments. While they try to reach safety, they muse on the dangerous situations they’ve survived. It’s not every day that a giant killer robot attacks them. Still, as they make their escape, Lois and Mary Jane ponder how dangerous their lives are.

 

In DC/Marvel: Superman/Spider-Man #1: The World's Finest, Lois and Mary Jane's boyfriends battle a Sentinel. Yet the women wonder why they have chosen the lives they lead. The perilous situations they have endured have become a metaphor for why they have opted for an extraordinary life. Superman and Spider-Man feel a duty to protect others. Yet they also enjoy what they do. Likewise, Lois and Mary Jane realize that they’ve elevated their own careers by living on the edge.

 

In Tom King's action-packed story, Lois and Mary Jane don't have superpowers. Yet they want to help their men protect the people trapped on the fragile bridge. Superman and Spider-Man are too busy combating the giant Sentinel to step back and strategize. The women may be standing on the sidelines. Still, in DC/Marvel: Superman/Spider-Man #1: The World's Finest, Lois Lane and Mary Jane become participants in the battle by pondering how they can help their men.

 

Art

In Jim Lee and Scott Williams’ detailed art, the ladies cling to the handrails, while the rear window reveals the danger they face. Webbing extends from red gloved hands, affixing to the front windows, suggesting that forging ahead is safer than retreating. Lois and Mary Jane share the spotlight as they climb toward safety, while the webbing bunched around Spider-Man's hands contrasts with the severed suspension cables. Superman distracts the Sentinel as the ladies climb. Then Spider-Man rejoins the fray.

 

Alex Sinclair lavishes a palette of rich, nuanced colors on DC/Marvel: Superman/Spider-Man #1: The World’s Finest. The yellow in Superman’s chest shield contrasts with the Sentinel’s gold face. But while Superman protects everyone, the Sentinel protects communities from diversity. The blue in the heroes’ suits links with the blue seat backs as the ladies climb out of the bus. Yet blue also colors the sky and sea, as the ladies discuss how inured they’ve become to danger. Still, purple signals the immediate threat and how to avert it.

 

Pat Brosseau fills white balloons with black uppercase dialogue that grows bold for intonation, swells for raised voices, and shrinks for lowered voices. Mary Jane’s off-camera dialogue appears in orange narrative boxes, while Lois Lane's appears in pink boxes. As enlarged dialogue fills spiky balloons, and thwips and impacts fill the air, white letters in green boxes pay homage to the characters’ guardians. Thanks to DC Comics for sharing this story with us.

 

Final Thoughts

Life is a journey, and maturity necessitates transformation. Yet before someone can enhance their abilities, they must pass through a gauntlet. While Lois Lane and Mary Jane Watson strive to assist their men, they muse on the dangers they’ve faced while traveling from one stage of their lives to the next in DC/Marvel: Superman/Spider-Man #1: The World’s Finest.

 

Rating 9.8/10

 

To look inside see my preview of DC/Marvel: Superman/Spider-Man #1: The World’s Finest. 

Bizarro: Year None #1 Preview

 

Jimmy Olsen loves the Daily Planet. And everyone in Metropolis loves him, except for Perry White. That's unfortunate, because Jimmy's dream is to become a reporter for his beloved newspaper. Can Jimmy convince Perry White to elevate him from his "coffee boy" status? And why is the wind roaring through the shattered windows of the editor-in-chief's office? 

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Bizarro: Year None #1 Preview

Writers: Kevin Smith & Eric Carrasco

Artist: Nick Pitarra

Cover Artists: Nick Pitarra, Frank Quitely, Fernando Pasarin & Ibrahim Moustafa

Totally Normal Al Yankovic Cameo Variant Cover: Dan Mora

Foil Variant Cover Artist: Nick Pitarra

Publisher: DC Comics

Issue Length: 32 Pages

Price: $4.99/$5.99 Card Stock

Release Date: April 1, 2026

 

Kevin Smith, Eric Carrasco, and Nick Pitarra tell the indefinitive origin of Superman’s bestest enemy ever!

 

This am how Bizarro got finished! Kevin Smith and Eric Carrasco team up with visionary artist Nick Pitarra to tell the definitive, indefinitive origin of the beloved backward bad boy! When Superman’s pal Jimmy Olsen and Clark Kent’s boss Perry White leave the Planet for a strange adventure in outer space, they discover a dimension that mimics Metropolis and reveres its legendary newspaper as an article of faith! But is the being behind it all a Superman fan, a creature of chaos, or is he no one at all! Don’t be a square: buy Bizarro: Year None!

 

 

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