[SPEAKER_00]: Dr. Doom goes on a doom quest.
[SPEAKER_00]: Sistillery hits pause on titles to regroup.
[SPEAKER_00]: Batman and Superman sell for $13 million.
[SPEAKER_00]: This is comic book club news for February 10, 20, 26.
[SPEAKER_00]: Dr. Doom is dead, dude.
[SPEAKER_00]: So how does everyone's favorite mask-faced monarch end up anchoring his own 10-part comic book series from Marvel?
[SPEAKER_00]: Easy.
[SPEAKER_00]: It doesn't take place in continuity.
[SPEAKER_00]: Or rather, it does, just not what he's dead.
[SPEAKER_00]: Instead, writer Ryan North and artist Francesco Mobili will create a standalone evergreen story that finds Doom battling read Richards over who gets to rewrite history.
[SPEAKER_00]: In the series, Reed Richards decides to optimize history by going back in time and erase any decisions that caused war or conflict.
[SPEAKER_00]: Doom doesn't like the idea of Reed, changing history in his image, so he aims to do the same.
[SPEAKER_00]: But first, you'll be able to check out a preview of the series in the Armageddon X-Men Number 1 comics giveaway day book on May 2nd, meanwhile, Doom Quest Number 1 hit stores on May 27, 2026.
[SPEAKER_00]: distillery, the premium publisher known for their slick printing, and somewhat confusing digital strategy, has hit pause on all upcoming titles, as first reported by the beat to be clear distillery is not shutting down, at least, not yet.
[SPEAKER_00]: In a statement the publisher explained that issues including the diamond bankruptcy and a transition to distribution by Penguin Random House have created quote, release gaps and added complexity to how and when books reach shelves.
[SPEAKER_00]: Because of this, distillery is taking a short pause in publishing to make sure these books land with the impact they deserve.
[SPEAKER_00]: At least six titles have been impacted by this pause, including 30 issues of James 10 the fourth in Elsa Tridier's City Beneath her feet.
[SPEAKER_00]: And ships at Arskie and Rachel Stott's White House robot romance.
[SPEAKER_00]: Land distillery will unpause and begin releasing these books.
[SPEAKER_00]: TVD.
[SPEAKER_00]: Highly-graded copies of Batman No.
[SPEAKER_00]: 1 from 1940 and Superman No.
[SPEAKER_00]: 1 from 1939 have sold for a cool $13 million in a package deal.
[SPEAKER_00]: PeriCB2, the CGC-graded $9.4 copy of Batman No.
[SPEAKER_00]: 1 sold for $6 million.
[SPEAKER_00]: Far surpassing the $2.2 million it went for an auction in 2021.
[SPEAKER_00]: The copy of Superman number one meanwhile is graded at 8.5 and sold for $7 million.
[SPEAKER_00]: After going for $5.3 million in 2022, at the time becoming the most expensive comic book ever.
[SPEAKER_00]: While the new owner preferred to keep private, the deal was made by joint agreement between heritage, consignment, direct and semplify comics.
[SPEAKER_00]: This year has already been a wild one for comic book sales, as a near-pristine copy of action comics never won previously owned by Nicholas Cage, and sold an auction last of ever for $9.12 million, also went to a private buyer in January for $15 million.
[SPEAKER_00]: Well, something else being at this year?
[SPEAKER_00]: The way things are going?
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, probably.
[SPEAKER_00]: For comic book club news, I'm Alex Albin.
[SPEAKER_00]: And I love news items like this last one because earlier today, I bought the cheaper milk at the supermarket because I was worried we were going to go over our food budget for the week.
[SPEAKER_00]: Same sort of thing.
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