WEBVTT 00:00.031 --> 00:03.859 [SPEAKER_00]: absolute Batman top's January comic book sales. 00:04.179 --> 00:09.310 [SPEAKER_00]: Dynamite introduces a new Silver Hawk, celebrate pride with monsters in love. 00:09.390 --> 00:13.298 [SPEAKER_00]: This is comic book club news for February 19, 2026. 00:29.073 --> 00:36.226 [SPEAKER_00]: Once again, absolute Batman Toppedal is for best selling comics of January 2026, except it actually took the top two slots. 00:36.306 --> 00:41.475 [SPEAKER_00]: With the ARKM special coming in at number one, an absolute Batman number 16 at number two. 00:41.696 --> 00:49.630 [SPEAKER_00]: For ICU2, DC Comics took 20 slots on the top 50 total, with Batman number 5 at number 3 and DCKO number 3 at number 4. 00:49.610 --> 00:59.731 [SPEAKER_00]: Marvel came in at number 5 with Ultimate Endgame number 1, which seems unimpressive until your member came out in December, and had the number 2 slot on the December 2025 chart. 00:59.751 --> 01:07.888 [SPEAKER_00]: Well, only Ultimate Endgame and amazing Spider-Man hit the top 10, the publisher did snack 24 titles, total, a slight advantage over DC, as for 01:07.868 --> 01:13.217 [SPEAKER_00]: Other publishers skybound an image whose Transformers 28 ranked highest new issues of G.I.J.O. 01:13.317 --> 01:16.723 [SPEAKER_00]: exquisite corpses and gunslingers spawn also hit the charts. 01:16.924 --> 01:28.223 [SPEAKER_00]: That left two slots for IDW for teenage wheat Ninja Turtles and beneath the trees where nobody sees right of spring. 01:31.375 --> 01:38.010 [SPEAKER_00]: The highly anticipated Thundercats Silverhawks crossover is almost here from Dynamites, and the titular teams won't be alone. 01:38.070 --> 01:46.971 [SPEAKER_00]: The publisher is introducing a brand new character called Chromia, written by Ed Bryson, and created by Declan Shelby, the character Chromium is a new recruit to the Silverhawks. 01:46.951 --> 01:51.917 [SPEAKER_00]: run into help with the surge of criminal activity after the team took down MADBOSS MONSTAR. 01:52.037 --> 02:03.912 [SPEAKER_00]: For the publisher, quote, chromium joins a team of quick silver in the copper kit on an impromptu mission defying Stargazer's orders to investigate an anomaly in a long dormant base in a quarantined sector. 02:04.072 --> 02:16.587 [SPEAKER_00]: As they land on the forbidden planet, they'll find themselves confronted by a fearsome band of strange cat-like warriors and in a fight for their lives. 02:18.727 --> 02:28.922 [SPEAKER_00]: If you love watching Monsters F***er F***ing Monsters, have I got the comic book for you? 02:29.102 --> 02:46.928 [SPEAKER_00]: Monsters in love, a pride anthology, a new one-shot coming in June from Dark Horse Comics and tidy onions, spinning off the stories that have been running in the back of the oddly pedestrian life of Christopher Chaos, one-shot will feature 10 tales of LGBTQIA plus horror and romance. 02:46.908 --> 02:56.397 [SPEAKER_00]: Axelrod, Vida Illa Zoey Tunnel, Josh Trujillo, Lee Knox, Oastotag, Kenny Rotten, Jackabee, Celsedo, Lila Sturgis, Vash Taylor, and Moore. 02:56.457 --> 03:04.724 [SPEAKER_00]: Monsters in Love will also feature a framing story from the creative team of oddly pedestrian, and everything from witches and reduces to creatures from the Black Lagoon. 03:04.764 --> 03:08.327 [SPEAKER_00]: Monsters love a pride anthology hit stores on June 3rd, 2026. 03:09.268 --> 03:11.510 [SPEAKER_00]: For comic book club news, I'm Alex Alben. 03:11.550 --> 03:16.915 [SPEAKER_00]: Or maybe you'd just like to read good comic book anthologies. 03:16.895 --> 03:18.960 [SPEAKER_00]: Got tips or stories you'd like us to cover? 03:19.200 --> 03:22.067 [SPEAKER_00]: Email us at comic bookclublive at gmail.com. 03:22.227 --> 03:27.019 [SPEAKER_00]: For more comic book news, reviews, and interviews, check out comic bookclublive.com. 03:27.219 --> 03:31.950 [SPEAKER_00]: Listen early and add free on patreon.com slash comic book club.