AIPT Comics

Spider-Man's one true love, DC's darkest stories yet, & hot SDCC news

Episode Summary

Talking comics news, the best of last week and next week. Plus controversial Spider-Man takes, SDCC news, and more!

Episode Notes

WELCOME AND INTROS

THE NEWS

• DC returns to Dark Multiverse for a new Death of Superman story
• Marvel will reveal Dawn of X at SDCC
• Black Cat #1 was the best selling book of June, and not by a small number
• Dan Didio on Vertigo retirement
• Tom King and Mitch Gerads react to Heroes in Crisis backlash
• Marvel announces new Spider-Verse book

TOP BOOKS OF LAST WEEK
Nathan

• Blade Runner 2019 #1 (W: Michael Green, Mike Johnson, A: Andres Guinalado)
• James Bond 007 #9 (W: Greg Pak, A: Eric Gapstur & Robert Carey)

Forrest

• Superior Spider-Man #9 (W: Christos Gage, A: Mike Hawthorne)
• Collapser #1 (W: Mikey Way, Shaun Simon A: Ilias Kyriazis)

ComicBookRoundUp

• Critic: Silver Surfer Black #2 (9.5)
• Fan: Collapser #1 (9.8)

SEGMENT: Spider-Man - Who is Peter Parker’s one true love?

TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK
Nathan

• Batman: Curse of the White Knight #1 (W/A: Sean Gordon Murphy)

Forrest

• History of the Marvel Universe #1 (W: Mark Waid, A: Javier Rodriguez)

JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.
Nathan

• Batman: Curse of the White Knight #1 (Variant Cover, A: Sean Murphy)
  Forrest
• Mars Attacks! (A: Chris Schweizer)

SEGMENT: Casting the next Spider-Man MCU villain

Off Topic Top Shelf: Nathan - He Is Legend’s new album, “White Bat”