Green Lantern Corps #22 Preview

 

 

Penned by the original Guardians, the Book of Oa is billions of years old. Yet it continues to lead the Lanterns as they navigate all the changes life throws their way. Finding his name written in its pages propelled Hal Jordan on a quest of discovery. And recently, it began speaking to Guy Gardner.

 

Jessica Cruz has appointed a team of Alpha Guardians to help unite all the Lantern Corps. Given his relationship with the Emotional Entities, Jessica wants Guy Gardner’s help in leading the combined Corps. Yet after the Manhunters attacked his team, stole Aya’s body, and invaded Oa, Guy prefers his own company. Where will the Book of Oa send Guy next? And who is the imminent visitor that Predator keeps warning Guy about?

 

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Green Lantern Corps #22 Preview

Writer: Morgan Hampton

Artist & Cover Artist: Fernando Pasarín & Oclair Albert

Variant Cover Artists: Ramon Villalobos & Juan José Ryp

Publisher: DC Comics

Issue Length: 32 Pages

Price: $3.99 US | Variant $4.99 US (Card Stock)

Release Date: November 11, 2026

 

 

Krona Returns!

“Green Lantern: First Light” Part 2!

 

 

Guy Gardner and Kyle Rayner have entered the Well of the Emotional Entities in a desperate attempt to find Hal Jordan, who is lost in the universe following a cryptic hint from the Book of Oa. They’ll need the new chromatic Alpha Lanterns to work together and manage their powers to face what’s on the other side: the decrepit surviving Guardians of the Universe and the monstrous reborn Krona!

 

 

Now, let's take a look inside:

 

 

 

 

Thanks to DC Comics for sharing this preview with us.

For why Simon Baz tells John Stewart the kids are all right, see Green Lantern Corps #21 Preview. 

For Jo Mullein's visit to the Living City, see Green Lantern Corps #20 Review.

For how Guy gains his new "Chrome" power, see Green Lantern Corps #19 Preview. 

For how Guy Gardner introduces Jessica Cruz to the Emotional Entities, see my Green Lantern Corps #18 Review. 

For Oa's sun went supernova, see my preview of Green Lantern Corps #17. 

For how Jo Mullein helped Guy Gardner regain his confidence, see my review of Green Lantern Corps #16. 

For Jo Mullein's fears of returning to Earth, see Justice League: Dream Girls—A DC Pride Event #2 Preview. 

 

Vampire: The Masquerade: Wake In Hate #1 Preview

 

Cover A: Andrea Sorrentino

The police enforce the rule of law. Sadly, sometimes they go too far. When allegations of police brutality spark protests across the United States, three friends join the call for change. Yet the evening doesn’t go as planned. Battered and confused after a night of unexpected violence, Ronnie, Chloe, and Kyle try to find their way home. But all the streets seem the same.

 

 

Can the students escape the police squads sweeping the Capitol Hill district? And as police search for destructive protestors, who else views Seattle's back streets and alleys as their hunting ground?

 

 

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Vampire: The Masquerade: Wake In Hate #1 Preview

Writer: John Lees

Artist: Tom Mandrake

Colorist: Walt Barna

Letterer: Andworld Design

Editor: Louis Yamani

Designer: Matt Bookman

Publisher: Titan Comics

Issue Description: 32 Pages, Full Color

Price: $4.99 US

Release Date: November 11, 2026

 

 

 

Based on the Hit Tabletop RPG

& the Brand-New Video Game:

Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines 2

 

 

 

When a city on edge becomes a feeding ground, one vampire is sent into the chaos to uncover what’s really hunting amidst the protests.

 

In the shadows of a city on fire, the bloody feed on every screen has spilled into the streets. Amidst the turmoil, whispers spread of bodies drained in the chaos, killings too precise to be human. When suspicion falls on vampires exploiting the unrest, the powers that be turn to Silky, enigmatic owner of The Dutchman bar, to uncover the truth.

 

 

 

Now, let's take a look inside:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Cover B: Seth Adams

 

Cover C: Tom Mandrake (Colors by Justin Prokowich)

Cover D: Andrea Olimpieri

Cover E: Andrea Sorrentino Virgin Cardstock

Cover F: Seth Adams Foil

Cover G: Tom Mandrake Virgin Inks Cardstock

 

Vampire: The Masquerade: Wake In Hate #1 is available through local comic shops or Forbidden Planet for the UK and Europe.

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

Absolute Catwoman #4 Review

 

Absolute Catwoman #4 Review

Writers: Scott Snyder & Che Grayson

Artist & Cover Artist: Bengal

Colorist: Giovanna Niro

Letterer: Lucas Gattoni

Variant Cover Artists: Marcio Takara, Dustin Nguyen, & Is*A Works

1:25 Variant Cover Artist: Riley Rossmo

Editors: Andrew Marino, Katie Kubert & Chris Conroy

Publisher: DC Comics

Price: $4.99 US | Variant $5.99 (Card Stock)

Release Date: November 4, 2026

 

Selina Kyle had plans for a life after the Calicos. She might have been raised in foster homes. Even without connections and resources, Selina aspired to an enviable career. But after the explosion in David Cain’s apartment, Selina believed Cassandra had died. She couldn’t pursue her dreams knowing that she had cost the girl her life. So, Selina took responsibility for the Calicos. She turned herself in. Yet fate had other plans in store for Selina Kyle.

 

After rebuilding her life on her own, Cassandra’s Copycats blew up Selina’s London Penthouse the way the Calicos blew up Cassandra’s childhood home. And Selina discovers that the girl she thought she had killed still lives. Selina has reunited with two members of her former team. They have traveled to Candia to rescue the fourth. But can they rescue Holly Robinson from Cassandra Cain's clutches? Or will Cassandra destroy their world? Let’s leap into Absolute Catwoman #4 and see!

 

Story

Life might have separated them, but Holly Robinson always believed in Selina Kyle. Fearing an Artificial Intelligence would rewrite her reality, Holly snuck Selina Kyle the key. Now, Cassandra Cain holds Holly hostage. She controls the Yarn, which would knit everyone's life into a new, global tapestry. Selina has reunited with her former Calico partners, Victoria and Helena. She uses Jonesy, her personal AI, to search for the Yarn's probable location.

 

As Selina, Victoria, and Helena search for Cassandra’s stronghold, Scott Snyder and Che Grayson stitch Selina’s past into her present. While the Calicos use the methods that brought them success in Gotham, Selina remembers how Gotham repaid her repentance with condemnation. Yet Absolute Catwoman #4 isn't just Selina's story. It also follows Cassandra Cain, as she attempts to make her plans her new reality.

 

Selina Kyle is a thief. Cassandra Cain is an assassin. While they seem worlds apart, they both seek the same things. Safety. Security. And most of all, belonging. Cassandra grew up among Gotham's elite before becoming a woman who inhabits the shadows. Selina climbed above the cruelty of the foster care system and others' indifference to join the world's elite. Yet as Selina wrestles with her insecurities and her yearning to trust others, Cassandra knows she can never be safe. So, Cassandra Cain fights to escape the shadows in Absolute Catwoman #4.

 

Art

As ground-level cameras follow Selina to GCPD Headquarters and then toward the courthouse, inset panels reveal Gotham's lies. Bengal uses downshots and upshots to reveal the city’s cruelty. Selina remembers Gotham’s towers. Yet skyscrapers dominate Candia. The camera constantly roves up and down to catch the action, as Selina leads the Calicos above the city. Cassandra and the League of Shadows stride through the streets, unnoticed by those they pass.

 

Compared with Gotham's limited, muted colors, Giovanna Niro fills Candia with bright, luminous colors in Absolute Catwoman #4. Pink light shines down on Cassandra as she gazes up at Holly. Bound to a rat’s nest of pipes and conduits, Selina’s former stray seems a necessary sacrifice to awaken a new world. Pink lines overlay an indigo map guiding Selina’s mission of mercy. As the Calicos once bounded past a pink neon sign, Cassandra walks beneath a yellow one in this gleaming yellow city. Cassandra’s actions seem cruel as she clutches the blue orb. Yet red highlights the kill-or-be-killed nature of Cassandra’s reality.

 

Lucas Gattoni slips black uppercase letters into white dialogue balloons. White uppercase letters in blue boxes blend Selina’s past with her off-screen dialogue and thoughts. Stylish black letters in light blue fields locate readers in space and time. Unable to speak, Cassandra shares her thoughts with lowercase letters in beige parchment scraps. Sound effects accompany Selina's rough welcome to Blackgate Penitentiary, Cassandra’s offer to choose her fate, Selina’s attempt to make a good impression, and her decision to emulate Holly. Thanks to DC Comics for sharing this story with us.

 

Final Thoughts

Selina Kyle grew up without knowing her parents. All she had was a list of names and a postcard. Believing her family abandoned her, Selina made her own way and pushed anyone who got too close away.

 

Her father taught her not to speak up. Her mother’s voice became the foundation for Cassandra Cain's new life. Like Selina, Cassandra also had a list of names. But unlike Selina, she risked her place in her family so everyone on her list felt like they belonged.

 

Now, life is bringing Selina Kyle and Cassandra Cain together. But whether this clash brings them more pain or healing remains to be seen in Absolute Catwoman #4.

 

Rating 9.6/10

 

 

To look inside see Absolute Catwoman #4 Preview. 

 

For how the girl the Calicos injured remade her life, see Absolute Cassandra Cain: The Shadow's Hand #1 Preview. 

For Selina, Victoria, and Helena's original post-Calicos plans, see Absolute Catwoman #3 Preview. 

For how Selina reunites with Victoria and Helena, see Absolute Catwoman #2 Review. 

For Selina's desperate battle to rescue Holly, see my review of Absolute Catwoman #1. 

For Selina Kyle's relationship with Bruce Wayne, see my preview of Absolute Batman #12, 

 

 My preview of Absolute Batman #13, and 

 

My preview of Absolute Batman #14. 

 

Mind Mgmt: New & Improved #5 Cover Preview

 

Cover A By Matt Kindt

The future has never looked bleaker. Every day brings new opportunities for society to go off the rails. To stave off Humanity’s extinction, Mind Mgmt agents work in a variety of fields to prevent bad actors from igniting the spark that will detonate the world. 

 

 

Mind Mgmt trained Jon Swon to see with his nose. By mixing custom scents, Jon can focus witnesses’ memories or pacify criminals. His partner, Gemini Delphi, has mastered the world’s most lethal martial arts. Yet she’d rather employ her secondary skill of Ultimate Calm to apprehend suspects. 

 

 

After arresting the world’s luckiest assassin, what case will the existential detectives tackle next? And why doesn’t Jon’s boss want him to remember more of his past?

 

 

Here's all the info from Oni Press:

 

 

 

Mind Mgmt: New & Improved #5 Cover Preview

Writer, Artist, Colorist & Letterer: Matt Kindt

Cover Artists: Matt Kindt & Mike del Mundo

Editors: Sierra Hahn & Joelena Despard

Designer: Winston Gambro

Production: Melanie Ujimori

Flux House Production: Ella Kindt

Publisher: Oni Press

Issue Description: 32 Pages, Full Color

Price: $4.99 US

Release Date: November 4, 2026

 

 

 

All-New Arc!

All-New Jumping-On Point! 

 

 

 

From the mind of New York Times bestselling cartoonist and multiple Eisner Award nominee Matt Kindt (BRZRKR, Dept. H), enter a brand-new, self-contained starting point for the genre-bending, cerebellum-piercing “psy-fi” epic that AiPT! heralds as “an unsettling, must-read return that turns memory itself into the mystery.”

 

 

When Detectives Swon and Delphi are together, nothing can take them by surprise—or maybe that’s what Mind Management wants them to believe. But their professional bond and uncanny abilities are about to be tested in more ways than one as Swon’s feelings for his partner begin to deepen, and Delphi experiences the full-on cognitive shellshock of another operative’s tragic mission gone wrong. If only Swon’s extrasensory cognition could let him see into the future... But, even if he did, it would already be too late.

 

 

Welcome to the all-new Mind MGMT. We’ve been expecting you.

 

 

 

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Cover B By Mike Del Mundo

 

 

 

 

Full Art Variant (1:20) By Mike Del Mundo

 

 

Thanks to Oni Press and Superfan Promotions for sharing this cover preview with us.

For how Agent Ayush killed an Immortal, see Mind Mgmt: New & Improved #4 Review. 

For how Agents Swon and Delphi escape a death cult in Arizona, see Mind Mgmt: New & Improved #3 Review. 

Batgirl #25 Preview

 

David Cain trained his daughter to be an assassin. Yet eventually, Cassandra found a new father who helped her find a better path. When Batman alerted her to Poison Ivy’s hyper-accelerated plant growth, Cassandra Cain wanted a more specific mission than staying indoors and protecting people. But when a flower made a little girl sick, Cassandra left her brother and Jaya to protect the customers in Bà Bao’s Noodle Shop while she rushed Mimi to Gotham General.

 

Tenji Turner may dream of becoming a famous hero. Yet unlike her brother, Cassandra Cain realizes being a hero isn’t always glamorous. Some people in Gotham would happily report her to collect Vandal Savage’s Rat Out The Bat campaign. And even though Cassandra carries a sick child, his TUCOs attack her with lethal force. Will all that change when an unexpected winter storm wipes out Poison Ivy’s prehistoric plants? And after her mother’s return propelled her across the world, how will her biological father’s return disrupt Cassandra’s return to Gotham?

 

Here's all the info from DC Connect:

 

 

Batgirl #25 Preview

Writer: Tate Brombal

Artists: Takeshi Miyazawa & Damion Scott

Cover Artist: David Talaski

Variant Cover Artists: Mike Choi & Nogi San

Foil Variant Cover Artist: David Talaski

Publisher: DC Comics

Issue Length: 40 Pages

Price: $4.99 US | Variant $5.99 US (Card Stock) | Variant $7.99 US (foil)

Release Date: November 4, 2026

 

 

 

Batgirl Celebrates A 25-Issue Milestone!

 

 

 

Happy Birthday, Batgirl!

 

Well, it isn’t exactly our favorite brooding girl’s birthday, but it is the 25th issue of her ongoing series, so we’re celebrating with an oversize issue! It would sure be a shame if anything spoiled the celebrations like, say, the long-awaited return of…David Cain?!

 

Uh-oh, blow out the candles, Cass—things are about to get messy. Not to mention, Damion Scott, the co-creator of our special girl, returns to the character for a special backup! You don't want to miss this!

 

 

Now, let's take a look inside:

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks to DC Comics for sharing this preview with us.

For the entire Bad Seeds Event, see my Bad Seeds Event List. 

For Batgirl's unexpected meetup with other members of the Bat-family, see Batgirl #24: Bad Seeds Week 7 Part 2 Preview.

For how Batgirl got injured, see Batgirl #23: Bad Seeds Week 2 Part 2: Preview. 

For how Cassandra broke free of a mental prison, see Batgirl #22 Preview.

For how Cassandra sought to solve the murder of a friend from her youth see my preview of Batgirl #21. 

For how Cassandra investigated a crime scene staged for her, see my review of Batgirl #20.

 

Spielberg Review

 

Spielberg Review

Writer, Artist, Colorist & Letterer: Amazing Ameziane

Publisher: Titan Comics

Book Description: 192 Pages, Full Color

Paperback Price: $24.99 US

Kindle ebook: $23.74

Release Date: October 13, 2026

 

His father enjoyed repairing TVs. His mother loved to dance. Together, they inspired their son to make movies. Even though they would eventually part, the Spielbergs supported their young son’s interest in filmmaking. Then, young Steven saw a movie that made him wonder if he had what it took to be a director.

 

Instead of giving up his dream, Steven returned to the cinema to watch Lawrence Of Arabia again. As he rewatched the movie, Steven began to understand how David Lean alternated spectacular imagery with the personal and seemingly ordinary. So, when he moved to Hollywood to study filmmaking, Steven took guided studio tours. Then, he snuck onto the set of another director he admired and watched him until he got thrown out.

 

How would Steven Spielberg get his start as a movie director? And how would he go on to make some of Hollywood’s biggest films? Let’s grab some popcorn, leap into Spielberg, and see!

 

Story

When Sid Sheinberg saw Steven's college movie, the Universal TV exec signed the aspiring filmmaker to a 7-year deal. At first, Steven struggled to find his feet. But in his second year at Universal, he became one of the studio’s busiest directors. Steven had to learn how to work with people of all ages. As he impressed actors, crew members, and studio execs with his artistry and finished episodes on time, Steven found a project that propelled him into the movie business.

 

Spielberg shows how things didn’t always go his way. Some movies, like JAWS, could have ended the director’s career. Still, he aimed high and strived to tackle subjects in unexpected ways. When one of his films proved a big success, he used the opportunity to film a passion project. Steven climbed the Hollywood ladder with some ambitious friends, including George Lucas and Martin Scorsese. While he helped them when he could, both directors guided Steven to make some of the most important films of his career.

 

After portraying Steven Spielberg’s youth in the 1960s, Amazing Ameziane devotes additional chapters to the 1970s, ‘80s, and ‘90s. Perhaps because some critics hail 2002’s Minority Report as Spielberg’s last great film, the author combines the director’s 21^st-century work into one final chapter. Yet this later period produces some of Steven’s most personal films. All these lead up to 2022’s The Fabelmans, which fictionalizes his journey toward Hollywood success.

 

Art

While Amazing Ameziane shares how Steven Spielberg’s films inspired him, he allows the director to tell his own story. A full-face view of Steven often dominates a page, with dialogue balloons introducing the movie, his struggles, or the people in his life. Friends and collaborators interact with the director. Actors appear in character amid film settings in Ameziane's Spielberg.

 

Interactions with his friends may appear in Black and White. Amazing Ameziane usually adorns films with a limited or full palette. Vibrant colors adorn full-face portraits. Some of his highest-grossing films receive one or two pages. Some popular films are only mentioned in passing, if at all. While JAWS gets 10 pages, two passion projects equal or receive more. Schindler’s List, the film in which Steven confronts his heritage, receives 16. Pixel art characters enliven Steven's stories about making his movies. They star in their own version of a game that once dominated arcades. Still, the shark that rarely worked in the ocean lurks beneath the story, before unexpectedly arising to attack pages.

 

While Steven speaks to the reader through dialogue balloons, narrative boxes also showcase off-camera dialogue. He also shares his thoughts and provides commentary between panels and on the sides, bottoms, or tops of pages. As the director ages, his appearance diverges from the image that readily sticks in our minds. But then, the director often challenges viewers' assertions about his career in Spielberg. Thanks to Titan Comics for providing a physical review copy.

 

Final Thoughts

As Steven Spielberg sought to make his mark in Hollywood, he invested in his heritage. Yet while living his childhood dreams, his parents’ divorce haunted him. So as he made movies about aliens, dinosaurs, or archeologist adventurers, Steven Spielberg also made movies about the struggles that bind families together and tear them apart. He may have adopted Martin Scorsese's suggestion as his career formula. Yet as Spielberg nears the end, Quentin Tarantino points to another reason for the director's extraordinary success.

 

Rating 9.8/10

 

For a look inside see Spielberg SC Preview.