[SPEAKER_00]: D.C. once again leads Marvel in Market Share.
[SPEAKER_00]: Joghead kicks off World War PIE.
[SPEAKER_00]: Buffy the Vampire Slayer gets a release date.
[SPEAKER_00]: This is comic book club news for April 21st, 2026.
[SPEAKER_00]: T.C.
[SPEAKER_00]: Comics continued to widen its lead over Marvel in Market Share in the first quarter of 2026, growing from a 3% lead in the fourth quarter of 2025 to a whopping 5.3% lead in the beginning of this year.
[SPEAKER_00]: For ICMe 2, the catch here is that Marvel stayed relatively steady in the first quarter, and in fact grew slightly from 29.4% Market Share to 29.6% Market Share.
[SPEAKER_00]: Do DC game ground not from the House of Ideas, but mostly from publishers outside the top 10.
[SPEAKER_00]: As we've been detailing month to month, DC has been taking over the top 10 in single-issue sales as well as dominating in graphic novel and trade sales.
[SPEAKER_00]: In this first quarter period, DC's absolute universe line, DCKO, and crossover with Marvel, as well as the compact comics line and other trade collections all performed extremely well leading to the growth.
[SPEAKER_00]: Other than DC and Marvel, image held steady with 11.8% of the market with IDW at number 4 with 4.2% and Dark Horse coming in at number 5 with 2.9% to the market share.
[SPEAKER_00]: Archie Comics?
[SPEAKER_00]: Well, that's an aim I haven't heard in a long time, but they're back and re-teaming the best-selling writer and artist behind Archie the decision, that would be top-caged damn parent.
[SPEAKER_00]: For a new one shot coming this summer title, Jughead Pymagated.
[SPEAKER_00]: In the decision, King ostensibly tried to unnaught the biggest question of our time, should Archie choose Betty Orphoronica.
[SPEAKER_00]: Except, of course, things didn't turn out the way one might think.
[SPEAKER_00]: In this new book, Jughead causes a worldwide food fight, so I guess that's similar level of stakes.
[SPEAKER_00]: In the one shot, Jughead's piety and contest finds everyone at each other's throats.
[SPEAKER_00]: And spins off into wild directions, including for the synopsis, quote, a peak at Old Man Archie and Jughead.
[SPEAKER_00]: It's interesting to see King and parent releasing another classic Archie one shot of the midst of Oony Press getting ready to launch their own line of Archie Comics starting in September.
[SPEAKER_00]: While Archie Comics' proper has its stop publishing and won't be giving up publishing entirely, their output has mostly dwindled down to bi-monthly magazine-style anthologies.
[SPEAKER_00]: This new book marks the first original one shot they produced in a good long while.
[SPEAKER_00]: Junkhead, pie McGuett and number one hit stores on July 15.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Both of the Vampire Slayer may not be making her big return on Hulu, but she is coming back to comics with a brand new series from writer Kelly Thompson and artist Stephen Bird.
[SPEAKER_00]: And now we know when the new series will debut from Dynamite.
[SPEAKER_00]: On July 22nd, while Dynamite is quite ready to talk about the actual concept of the series, we do know that the oversized debut issue will include cast members from both Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel is said in Sunnydale,
[SPEAKER_00]: and introduces a mythic new villain, the big question if you're a fan of the franchise, when is this book set?
[SPEAKER_00]: The answer is quote, a pivotal point to the character's chronology, which could mean anything, but it also includes quote, the comic's debut of a beloved Buffy character at a massive twist that will shake the faithful fandom to the core.
[SPEAKER_00]: This is a vision of Buffy the Vampire Slayer that has to be read to be believed.
[SPEAKER_00]: In addition to the new Buffy title, there will be a companion angel series also by Thompson with details on that TBA.
[SPEAKER_00]: Buffy the Vampire Slayer number one hit stores on July 22nd, 2026.
[SPEAKER_00]: For comic book club news, I'm Alex Albin.
[SPEAKER_00]: And will Jughead choose Pir hamburgers?
[SPEAKER_00]: I guess we'll find out.
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