WEBVTT 00:00.982 --> 00:12.230 [SPEAKER_00]: Tom King takes on friends static joins new titans minor threats team takes on earthquake noir this is comic book club news for me 27 twenty twenty six 00:29.214 --> 00:37.520 [SPEAKER_00]: Now that he's all done, turning the Justice League international into depressed murderers, writer Tom King is turning his attention to the next logical thing. 00:37.640 --> 00:40.682 [SPEAKER_00]: NBC's must-see TV Thursday night lineup. 00:40.782 --> 00:46.647 [SPEAKER_00]: And he's bringing his vision cohort, Gabriel Hernandez, while to along with him for the new Dark Horse Newar, six of us. 00:47.247 --> 00:59.320 [SPEAKER_00]: quote brutal story of grief and lies behind the camera lens focuses on a cast member of a hit show dying under mysterious circumstances with the surviving cast secrets and lies coming to light to the process. 00:59.501 --> 01:04.166 [SPEAKER_00]: And if that cast looks a lot like a certain show called Friends, well, yes. 01:04.586 --> 01:13.989 [SPEAKER_00]: Also, one tends to wonder when this was written in John, what with Matthew Perry of Friends dying of ketamine use and accidental drowning in 2023, but I digress. 01:14.249 --> 01:16.910 [SPEAKER_00]: Six of us, number one, hit stores on September 9, 2026. 01:26.974 --> 01:41.290 [SPEAKER_00]: Here's a shocker DC comic static aka Virgil Hawkins is officially joining the new titans with issue number 38 after a prelude story in New Titans 37 and okay fine this isn't so shocking I just wanted to go for a static shock pun. 01:41.511 --> 01:46.757 [SPEAKER_00]: Subi I dare you call your lawyers I'll take this pun all the way to the Supreme Court 01:47.157 --> 02:02.347 [SPEAKER_00]: By Tate Bramble, with Art by Sammy Bosri, the storyline follows up on static joining the DC Universe proper in DCKO, the kids are all fight special, and the new history of the DC Universe, the Dakota incident, which realign the history of the milestone universe with the DC Universe. 02:02.567 --> 02:09.249 [SPEAKER_00]: Static will join the team just in time to help them with the new crisis in the Amazon, not with the Amazon's, but in Brazil. 02:09.349 --> 02:10.469 [SPEAKER_00]: Fun history fact. 02:10.569 --> 02:17.191 [SPEAKER_00]: After the original end of the milestone universe, Static became a part of the team titan starting with 2009's Terror Titans Number 4. 02:17.231 --> 02:21.912 [SPEAKER_00]: To quote Battle Star Galactica, all this has happened before and all this will happen again. 02:22.032 --> 02:24.833 [SPEAKER_00]: New Titans Number 38 will hit stores on August 19, 2026. 02:34.821 --> 02:41.890 [SPEAKER_00]: Normally, you don't get an earthquake to our story, but hey, some of the guys behind the minor threats universe don't do what you would expect. 02:42.070 --> 02:47.857 [SPEAKER_00]: And Jordan Bloom, Tim Seely, and Scott Koblisher shaking things up with a big shake down from Dark Horse Comics. 02:47.957 --> 02:54.185 [SPEAKER_00]: The book focuses on a private investigator trying to find a lost girl in Los Angeles five years after the big one. 02:54.265 --> 03:07.333 [SPEAKER_00]: While a third of the population is already missing, thanks to the earthquake trying to track down this one-loss girl leads her PI to quote, uncover a dark web of cults conspiracy and corruption that threatens every Angelino who stayed behind. 03:07.453 --> 03:11.455 [SPEAKER_00]: The big shake down number one, hit stores on September 16th, 2026. 03:11.815 --> 03:14.057 [SPEAKER_00]: For comic book club news, I'm Alex Albin. 03:14.137 --> 03:17.699 [SPEAKER_00]: And I'm hearing that the Supreme Court has outlawed all puns? 03:17.919 --> 03:20.000 [SPEAKER_00]: That's an arresting piece of information. 03:20.060 --> 03:20.781 [SPEAKER_00]: Hey, what are you doing? 03:20.881 --> 03:21.501 [SPEAKER_00]: Get away from me. 03:21.661 --> 03:22.242 [SPEAKER_00]: I have rights. 03:23.022 --> 03:24.964 [SPEAKER_00]: Got tips or stories you'd like us to cover? 03:25.184 --> 03:28.046 [SPEAKER_00]: Email us at comic bookclublive at gmail.com. 03:28.207 --> 03:32.991 [SPEAKER_00]: For more comic book news, reviews, and interviews, check out comic bookclublive.com. 03:33.191 --> 03:37.695 [SPEAKER_00]: Listen early and add free on patreon.com slash comic book club.