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Our most anticipated comics of 2022

Episode Summary

The AIPT Comics podcast is back to recap the news, reviews, and more of the week. Plus, this week Dave and Nathan pick their top two most anticipated comics in the first half of 2022!

Episode Notes

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NEWS

• Zeb Wells named head ‘Amazing Spider-Man’ writer starting April 2022
  • John Romita Jr. named main artist on Amazing Spider-Man this April
• DC Comics launching 'Flashpoint Beyond' event on April 5th with Geoff Johns
• DC Comics First Look: I Am Batman #6 – Batman moves to NYC with Black History Month logo
• Second annual X-Men Election: Polls are now open through January 13
• New details emerge for April 2022’s return of ‘New Mutants’ #25
• ‘X-Force’ details surface in Destiny of X era series by Ben Percy and Robert Gill
• ‘Knights of X’ details surface in Destiny of X era ‘X-Men’ series
• 'X-Men ‘92: House of XCII' #1 miniseries launching 'House of X' story in April
• Marvel Comics and Webtoon team up on 'Eternals: The 500 Year War'
• Predator Writers Reach Settlement With Disney in Copyright Lawsuit
• Rob Liefeld Launching Comic ‘The Defiants’ as NFT

Top 2 most anticipated comics of 2022!

Dave: Sabretooth #1 - Victor LaValle / Leonard Kirk

Little Monsters #1 - Jeff Lemire / Dustin Nguyen

Nathan: Batman/Superman: World’s Finest - Mark Waid, Dan Mora

The Monkey Prince - Gene Luen Yang, Bernard Chang

Standout KAPOW moment of the week:

Nathan - Robin & Batman #3 (Lemire, Nguyen)

Dave - Justice League vs. The Legion of Super-Heroes (2021) #1 (Bendis, Godlewski)

Our Top Books of the Week

Dave:

1. Justice League vs. The Legion of Super-Heroes (2021) #1 (Bendis, Godlewski)
2. Star Wars #20 (Soule, Marco Castiello)

Nathan:

1. Daredevil: Woman Without Fear #1 (Zdarsky, de Latorre)
2. Rain #1 (Hill, Booer, Thorogood, O’Halloran)

TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK

• Dave: X Lives of Wolverine #1 (Ben Percy, Josh Cassara)
• Nathan: X Lives of Wolverine #1 (Ben Percy, Josh Cassara)

JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.

• Dave: Miles Morales: Spider-Man #34 (Acuna Cover)
• Nathan: Shadowman #5 (Marks cover)

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