[SPEAKER_00]: Superman, Spider-Man, creative teams announced.
[SPEAKER_00]: A venturizing gets a sequel.
[SPEAKER_00]: Free comic book day splits in two.
[SPEAKER_00]: This is comic book club news for December 11, 2020-25.
[SPEAKER_00]: Who over Deadpool in Batman?
[SPEAKER_00]: It's time for the main event.
[SPEAKER_00]: Superman and Spider-Man are meaning once again in two one shots coming in 2026 and DC Comics has announced the details for their side of the latest Marvel Cross-Hoverbook titled Superman Spider-Man Number One.
[SPEAKER_00]: The lead story will be written by Mark Wade with Art by Jorge Menaz and Per PR from DC Quote.
[SPEAKER_00]: When journalists Clark Kent and Peter Parker find themselves chasing the same story that conspiracy the uncover could change the world, especially if Brainiac and Dr. Octopus have anything to say about it and we bet they do.
[SPEAKER_00]: Good thing our intrepid newshounds are secretly Superman and the amazing Spider-Man.
[SPEAKER_00]: And that's just the tip of the iceberg, though.
[SPEAKER_00]: Here's what else to expect from the issue, and the backup sound no insult to weighted him that is even better than the main story.
[SPEAKER_00]: Tom King and Jibli, tell a tale of lowest lane in Mary Jane Watson, Matt Fraction and Steve Lieber, Revisit Superman's pal Jimmy Olson and Carnage.
[SPEAKER_00]: Sean Murphy takes us to the future with Superboy from the Legion and Spider-Man 299.
[SPEAKER_00]: Galsamone teams up with Bellin' Ortega for a look at what happens with Power Girl meets
[SPEAKER_00]: Christopher Priest, and Daniel Sampere, show us a time when Superboy Prime who reads all the comics, decided to visit Spider-Man, right after he got the black suit.
[SPEAKER_00]: Greg Raka and Nikola Scott take us at an exciting race between the Daily Planet and the Daily Bugle, plus we finally get the answer to the age-old question of who would win in a fair fight?
[SPEAKER_00]: Pa-Center, Uncle Ben, just kidding, those guys are too nice to fight each other, but Jeff Lemir and Rafa Sandeva will take us
[SPEAKER_00]: deep into the past to see the two men bond in the face of adversity.
[SPEAKER_00]: The last story will be a lot of fun when it's revealed.
[SPEAKER_00]: Paquette is the robber who killed Uncle Ben, but I digress.
[SPEAKER_00]: Naturally, there are a slew of covers for the issue which will hit stores on Wednesday, March 25th, 2026, details on Marvel's Spider-Man Superman, which will hit an April or TBA.
[SPEAKER_00]: IDW and writer Christian Ward aren't quite done with a venturizing yet.
[SPEAKER_00]: Nearly 30 years after the release of the cult classic, Ward has been going hog while with the prequel comic dark descent, but it ain't over until Pimon says it's over and they're keeping the demonic party going with the official sequel of Venturizing in Furno.
[SPEAKER_00]: Two hundred years after the events of the movie, Ward will team up with Artis Rob Carey to bring an entirely different look at cosmic horror.
[SPEAKER_00]: At based on the covers at least to miss quote Robbie Williams, you'll be loving Angels instead.
[SPEAKER_00]: IDW did it off for up any more details about the upcoming comic, but eventurizing in
[SPEAKER_00]: Free Comic Book Day is going through changes in 2026.
[SPEAKER_00]: While the annual event will still happen on May 2nd, 2026, aka the first Saturday and May, it's going to be split in two.
[SPEAKER_00]: And also, it's adding games.
[SPEAKER_00]: Per the beat, due to the sale of Diamond Comics distributors' assets, universal distribution ultimately ended up with a free Comic Book Day brand.
[SPEAKER_00]: While they were able to partner up with lunar distribution for the event, at this time
[SPEAKER_00]: forward with their own event, tentatively titled comics give away debt.
[SPEAKER_00]: Not only that, since Universal's main business is working with training card game stores, they're including Wizards of the Coast and Upper Deck in their version of the event.
[SPEAKER_00]: So what does this all mean for the regular old comic book consumer?
[SPEAKER_00]: It's unclear if they're
[SPEAKER_00]: At this point, we know that free comic booktay will include Archie Comics, DC Comics, Dynamite, Image Comics, Mad Cave Studios, Odie Press, Titan Comics, Udon, Entertainment and Vault Comics, as well as the training card companies.
[SPEAKER_00]: As for comics give away day, if that does move forward, it would include Marvel Comics, Boom, IDW, Distillery, Ignition, and others, and possibly held on the same day as free comic booktay.
[SPEAKER_00]: If that does happen, from the consumer perspective, that means more stores, more comics plus trading cards.
[SPEAKER_00]: From the store perspective, since they actually need to pay for it in order all of these things, it's a nightmare headache.
[SPEAKER_00]: We'll have more on this as it develops.
[SPEAKER_00]: For comic book club news, I'm Alex Alvin.
[SPEAKER_00]: And hey, maybe Pocket and Uncle Ben will die simultaneously.
[SPEAKER_00]: That's what they're good at, right?
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