[SPEAKER_00]: Muppets take the Marvel Universe, beneath the trees gets a Halloween special.
[SPEAKER_00]: DC launches all ages compact comics.
[SPEAKER_00]: This is comic book club news for June 17th, 2026.
[SPEAKER_00]: How best to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Muppet Show?
[SPEAKER_00]: Maybe picking up a new TV series after the success of the Disney Plus special, perhaps a live tour around the world, or a new movie, or even better, one comic.
[SPEAKER_00]: Well guess what?
[SPEAKER_00]: You're getting the last one as Marvel will release the Muppets take the Marvel Universe number one, crossing over Jim Henson's creations,
[SPEAKER_00]: With other Stanley or Jack Kirby's creations, depending on who you talk to.
[SPEAKER_00]: The book will feature chips at Arskie Pete Woods, Ashley Allen, McKenzie Kadenhead, Kyle Stark's David Baldion, Mike Henderson, and more.
[SPEAKER_00]: Stories include Ralph The Dog, getting kidnapped by Motivation.
[SPEAKER_00]: Dr. Bunsen-Honey-Doo and Beaker welcoming Bruce Banner and Hank Pym to the Muppet Labs, Sweetest Chef helping out Dr.
[SPEAKER_00]: Strange, and of course, pigs in space, meaning rocket and grutes.
[SPEAKER_00]: The Muppets take the Marvel Universe number one hit stores on September 23rd, 2026.
[SPEAKER_00]: If you thought Patrick Orva's horror hit beneath the trees where nobody sees would sit out spooky season, you thought wrong, brother, as IDW is announced beneath the trees where nobody sees Halloween special featuring scary stories from Horvath and several other comic book superstars.
[SPEAKER_00]: Those superstars include James Town in the fourth Tyler Boss, Tony Fleece, Dave Walker, Chey Grayson, Matt Emanz, and Jared Column, all telling tales for the perspective of the precious animal citizens of Woodbrook sitting around a campfire and telling stories.
[SPEAKER_00]: One would have thought they'd like to stay away from fire after the horrify end of beneath the trees where nobody sees right of spring, but I digress.
[SPEAKER_00]: Oh wait, that's not all!
[SPEAKER_00]: The issue will also feature covers from Horvath, Peach, Mimoko, Flies, and Jaganzo.
[SPEAKER_00]: It does beneath the trees where nobody sees how the mean special hit stores, some unannounced date in October, of course, and if that wasn't enough, IDW also teases more news about beneath the trees is coming in a month's time at San Diego Comic-Con.
[SPEAKER_00]: DC's compact comics are a huge hit, the relatively done in one nature of the graphic novels, the small trim size, and most of all the cheap price point, their 999 each, are all a huge straw for new and old readers of comics.
[SPEAKER_00]: So how do you top that?
[SPEAKER_00]: And even cheaper lineup of books for young readers called DC compact comics adventures, which will only cost 799.
[SPEAKER_00]: The upcoming lineup will include comics based in part or inspired by Batman, the animated series, Teen Titans Go, and more, enjoy a robust lineup of other books for young readers coming out next spring.
[SPEAKER_00]: Some highlights there include Princesses of the DC Universe by Tilly and Susan Bridges, which teams up Yara Floor and Maxima, the manifestations of Bobby Park by Jeremy Holtz, which finds a kid taking an anti-acty medication and getting a muscle bound alter ego.
[SPEAKER_00]: and Green Lantern Destiny, concluding the trilogy begun with Legacy and Alliance.
[SPEAKER_00]: All of these books and more will begin hitting next spring, but the combat comics adventure is scheduled for March 30, 2020, 7 and June 29, 2027.
[SPEAKER_00]: For comic book club news, I'm Alex Albin, and the great news about that last announcement is if you have a kid in the right age range now, they might not be by the time the books come out.
[SPEAKER_00]: That's pretty fun!
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