[SPEAKER_00]: DCKO hits top of sales chart.
[SPEAKER_00]: Comic retailer, arrested for giving away Comic Boom, gets my little pony license.
[SPEAKER_00]: This is Comic Book Club News for November 5, 2025.
[SPEAKER_00]: DCKO No.
[SPEAKER_00]: 1 hit the top of the comic book sales charts with DC Comics taking 14 spots in the top 50 overall.
[SPEAKER_00]: Per I CV2, absolute Batman No.
[SPEAKER_00]: 13 was hot on the event titles heels at No.
[SPEAKER_00]: 2, with the absolute Batman annual coming in at No.
[SPEAKER_00]: 4, absolute Wonder Woman and regular old Batman also hit the top 10.
[SPEAKER_00]: Overall, only D.C.K.O.
[SPEAKER_00]: tie-ins, Batman books, and absolute universe books hit from D.C. with the exception of the final issue of new history of the D.C. universe.
[SPEAKER_00]: Marvel at a lighter month than usual, though still captured 29 slots in the top 50.
[SPEAKER_00]: The highest ranking book was ultimate Spider-Man number 22 at number 7, with amazing Spider-Man number 14 coming in at number 9.
[SPEAKER_00]: Image Comics popped into the top 10 for the first time at a long time with Transformers No.
[SPEAKER_00]: 25 at number 5, kicking off a new run by Robert Kirkman and Dad Mora.
[SPEAKER_00]: But the publisher only grabbed three more slots for issues of battlebeats GIGO and exquisite corpses.
[SPEAKER_00]: Other publishers include Dynamite for the first issue of its Harley Quinn XL Vyra crossover and IDW for TMNT No.
[SPEAKER_00]: 12, the final issue of Jason Aron's run.
[SPEAKER_00]: However, the big winner and stealth biggest story in comic cells over the past few years is Mark Spears monsters the monster in the wolf number one, which came in at number three on the list.
[SPEAKER_00]: A large part of the reason for that, who came with trick or treat blind bags which had 90 different covers all drawn by Spears.
[SPEAKER_00]: Definitely a trick, but here's hoping those who picked up the book considered it a treat as well.
[SPEAKER_00]: Parents always be sure to check your children's candy on Halloween you never know when they might be hiding a comic book for adults or less glibbly a comic book retailer has been arrested in charge with a felony for giving away a copy of Grindel Tales Devil's Hammer Number 1 to a kid on Halloween.
[SPEAKER_00]: First reported by local station WECT, and followed by the rally news in Observer, Kathleen Lincoln, the owner of marvelous issues comic shop in North Carolina, was giving away comics at the Sunset Beach Police Department's annual trunk or treat event, a Halloween trail with giveaways for kids and October 30, when according to the department she handed out the copy of Grendel Tales.
[SPEAKER_00]: However, once parents reported the copy of the comic to police, Lincoln was arrested on charges of, quote, obscene literature and exhibitions, which is a class G felony.
[SPEAKER_00]: While Lincoln is not released to statement about the arrest, the store did post a picture of Abraham Lincoln morning, drawn by cartoonist Bill Modlin on Instagram with the caption, quote, we're going to be closed for a little while.
[SPEAKER_00]: The book in question was published in 1994 by Dark Horse, and written in John by Rob Walton, based in the world of Grendo, created by Matt Wagner.
[SPEAKER_00]: The cover is clearly marked as, quote, not for children, and in the pages, at least in the Grental Omnibus Volume 5, which collected the three issues series among other Grental stories in 2024, the issue does contain images of male and female genital mutilation, full frontal male nudity both seen from afar and in close up, an apatisless character urinating on his decapitated corpse.
[SPEAKER_00]: While Lincoln could not discuss the case until it was dismissed, over emails she told comic
[SPEAKER_00]: They are our discreations.
[SPEAKER_00]: Art, like Statue of David, already lost set by Supreme Court.
[SPEAKER_00]: We've also reached out to Dark Horse and Wagner, but did not receive response as of recording time.
[SPEAKER_00]: Back during New York Comic-Con, Boom Studios announced that it snagged the license for Gem in the holograms from I-D-W. Well, turns out they heistened more than one Hasbro property, because they've also grabbed my little pony.
[SPEAKER_00]: For publishers weekly, like with Gem, which will launch with a Kickstarter for a collection of older comics this month, followed by a new series in 2026.
[SPEAKER_00]: My little pony will also launch a Deluxe Edition campaign at some point, followed by new comic books focusing on the friendship mismatch it cartoon.
[SPEAKER_00]: IDW previously held the rights to these licenses since 2012 from my little pony in 2015 for Gem in the holograms.
[SPEAKER_00]: For comic book club news, I'm Alex Albin.
[SPEAKER_00]: And I bet if you did 500,000 covers, you could have the best selling comic of the year!
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