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Batman / Superman: World's Finest #41

By: Mark Waid, Adrian Gutierrez
Released: Jul 16, 2025

Up is down, left is right, and red is green—but danger is still danger as Batmanand Superman awaken on Bizarro World with no idea how they got there—or whythey’re being hunted by one of the most dangerous beings in the universe! Even ifthey survive, can they find their way home from a backward planet in time to savetheir friends from danger?

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matmene rated Detective Comics #1083 Jul 17, 2025
7.5

Detective Comics #1083

By: Ram V, Riccardo Federici
Released: Mar 27, 2024

Black boots trudge across yellow sands. Grit-laced winds flutter through a tattered cape. Dreamlike mirages of past, present, and hypothetical futures ripple across the sunbaked landscape, the mystery of their appearance only equaled by the question of their existence. This is the Dark Knight's world now, but it doesn't have to be. He can save hims...

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matmene rated Detective Comics #1082 Jul 17, 2025
7.5

Detective Comics #1082

By: Ram V, Riccardo Federici
Released: Feb 28, 2024

Elegy of Sand continues, and Batman's hallucinatory trek across a desert between worlds becomes ever more dangerous as he finds himself face-to-face against...well, you'll just have to wait and find out. Meanwhile, in Gotham, a strange Utopia is blooming as the Orghams continue to hypnotize the public into believing that Batman never existed. And a...

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matmene rated Batman #151 Jul 17, 2025
7.5

Batman #151

By: Chip Zdarsky, Mike Hawthorne
Released: Aug 7, 2024

A device critical to Amanda Waller’s plans is hidden on a remote, highly protected island. Batman can get there, but only one burglar has a chance of stealing the device and getting it off the island safely. But the device isn’t what they expect, and getting off the island turns out to be the least of their problems! Plus: a backup story reveal...

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matmene rated Batman #150 Jul 17, 2025
8.0

Batman #150

By: Chip Zdarsky, Jorge Jimenez
Released: Jul 3, 2024

A milestone issue featuring art by the legendary DENYS COWAN (The Question) and series regular JORGE JIMENEZ! When a two-bit crook uncovers Batman's true identity, he becomes the most dangerous man in Gotham City! Can Batman stop him before it's too late? Does he even want to? Plus, an Absolute Power backup story by Chip Zdarsky and Mike Hawthorne ...

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matmene rated Absolute Power #2 Jul 17, 2025
8.0

Absolute Power #2

By: Mark Waid, Dan Mora
Released: Aug 7, 2024

In the aftermath of Amanda Waller’s total victory, the metahumans of the DC universe have been depowered, scattered to the wind, and are reeling from critical defeat across the planet. But the resistance lives on. Any heroes not rounded up by the TRINITY OF EVIL have rendezvoused at Superman’s Fortress of Solitude…but even this sanctuary of p...

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7.5

Absolute Power: Task Force VII #3

By: Jeremy Adams, Marco Santucci
Released: Jul 31, 2024

After capturing and absorbing the powers from the JSA, Jadestone is compromised by Green Lantern Alan Scott's willpower. Suddenly faced with the concept of free will, does JADESTONE continue to execute Waller's orders or have a change of heart? Meanwhile the remaining JSA members attempt a rescue mission to retrieve their teammates and escape to th...

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Absolute Power: Task Force VII #2

By: John Layman, Max Raynor
Released: Jul 24, 2024

Atlantis now has a new ruler—long live Depth Charge! Amanda Waller’s loyal Amazo Robot known as Depth Charge has stolen Aquaman’s powers along with his throne, and now all Atlanteans must stay in line or risk having their powers taken as well. It’s up to Jackson Hyde and the rest of the Aqua-Family to launch a revolution…without being dis...

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matmene rated Fantastic Four #1 Jul 11, 2025
8.0

Fantastic Four #1

By: Ryan North, Humberto Ramos
Released: Jul 9, 2025

A NEW ERA FOR MARVEL'S FIRST FAMILY! The FANTASTIC FOUR return with a new issue #1, kicking off a whole new volume of their adventures through time, space, science and the human condition! When the Fantastic Four take on Doom, things go well until they suddenly go catastrophically wrong - and they're sent to four different eras in Earth's history! ...

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matmene added Fantastic Four (2025) to their pull list Jul 11, 2025

Fantastic Four (2025)

A NEW ERA FOR MARVEL'S FIRST FAMILY! The FANTASTIC FOUR return with a new issue #1, kicking off a whole new volume of their adventures through time, space, science and the human condition! When the Fantastic Four take on Doom, things go well until they suddenly go catastrophically wrong - and they're sent to four different eras in Earth's history! ...

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7.5

Star Wars: The Legacy Of Vader #5

By: Charles Soule, Stefano Raffaele
Released: Jun 25, 2025

TARGET: NABOO!

KYLO REN and the FIRST ORDER begin the assault of NABOO! But what strange game is the young tyrant playing with the fates of the people there? What lesson has Kylo learned from DARTH VADER'S past?

Rated T

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7.5

Justice League Unlimited #8

By: Mark Waid, Dan Mora
Released: Jun 25, 2025

WE ARE YESTERDAY PART six (of six)The Justice League Unlimited stands alone as a wave of chronal mayhem crasheson the shores of their Watchtower base…but all hope is not yet lost! A last-minutemayday may just be enough to stem the tide…but for how long? Plus: the fate ofGorilla Grodd and a significant step toward the next major DCU event in the...

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matmene rated Fantastic Four #33 Jun 25, 2025
9.0

Fantastic Four #33

By: Ryan North, Cory Smith
Released: Jun 25, 2025

FANTASTIC ZERO!

It all comes down to this! Thirty-three issues of fantastic adventure culminate in a final stirring adventure, back to the beginning...of EVERYTHING. When the solution to what Doom did to Ben can only be found in the past, the Fantastic Four must voyage back four hundred and thirty-six quadrillion seconds into the Big Bang...

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matmene rated Ultimate Spider-Man #18 Jun 25, 2025
8.5

Ultimate Spider-Man #18

By: Jonathan Hickman, Marco Checchetto
Released: Jun 25, 2025

WAR RAGES ON IN NEW YORK CITY!

Black Cat enlists Richard Parker's aid in the Sinister Six turf war...and Spider-Man gains a surprising ally!

Rated T

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Krypto: The Last Dog of Krypton #1

By: Ryan North, Mike Norton
Released: Jun 18, 2025

There will come a day when Krypto stands beside Superman, helpinghim fight off monsters, aliens, and supervillains—a day when this dogwill save his adoptive world thanks to the incredible powers granted himby Earth’s strange yellow sun. But he’s not there yet. Today, Krypto isa normal puppy on Krypton, spending each happy, snoozy, endless day...

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matmene rated Ultimates #13 Jun 21, 2025
8.5

Ultimates #13

By: Deniz Camp, Juan Frigeri
Released: Jun 18, 2025

THE SECOND YEAR OF THE ULTIMATES STARTS HERE! Time is of the essence! And no one knows that better than Iron Lad... With the Maker set to be released in six months, it's time to kick off new, more daring actions! Enter: Ultimates 3.0!

Rated T+

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7.5

Batman / Superman: World's Finest #40

By: Mark Waid, Adrian Gutierrez
Released: Jun 18, 2025

A menace is loose in Metropolis, but Superman and Batman can’t do anythingabout it until Clark Kent and Bruce Wayne find a way to escape…a talk show? Willit be up to their friends—Perry White, Lois Lane, Commissioner Gordon, and AlfredPennyworth—to step in and help save the day? Also featuring an all-new cameovariant cover appearance by lat...

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matmene rated Wasp #4 Jun 16, 2025
8.0

Wasp #4

By: Al Ewing, Nie
Released: Apr 26, 2023

Just when it seems like Janet and Nadia Van Dyne might lose a mental and physical battle against the Creature from Kosmos, an unlikely ally returns to remind them where real strength comes from. With enemies old and new aligned against them, Janet and Nadia must tap into the best parts of themselves to win ? and to define the true legacy of the Was...

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matmene rated Wasp #3 Jun 16, 2025
7.5

Wasp #3

By: Al Ewing, Nie
Released: Mar 22, 2023

WHO MADE THE WASP? Captured by an alliance of their oldest enemies, Janet and Nadia Van Dyne find themselves trapped in a past where a key part of their history - Henry Pym, the Ant-Man - never existed at all. As strange new lives play out around them, they must find their way back to the Wasp...or cease to exist entirely.
Rated T+

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matmene rated Wasp #2 Jun 16, 2025
7.5

Wasp #2

By: Al Ewing, Nie
Released: Feb 15, 2023

When Whirlwind fails to identify the person who forced the attack on the Wasps, Janet and Nadia Van Dyne must combine their skills to locate their new foe. But something about this case seems unnervingly familiar to Jan - can she figure out what it is in time to save their lives?
Rated T+

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matmene rated Wasp #1 Jun 16, 2025
8.0

Wasp #1

By: Al Ewing, Nie
Released: Jan 18, 2023

Fashion designer, businesswoman, founding Avenger - Janet Van Dyne has worn many hats over the course of her super heroic career. But when an old enemy threatens Janet and her fellow Wasp, Nadia, seemingly against his will, the Van Dynes will have to confront the ghosts in their shared history to get to the bottom of the mystery. Join fan-favorite ...

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matmene rated Amazing Spider-Man #50 Jun 16, 2025
9.0

Amazing Spider-Man #50

By: Zeb Wells, Ed McGuinness
Released: May 22, 2024

GUESS WHO'S BACK?!
THE GREEN GOBLIN RETURNS in this landmark and massive issue of ASM that boasts not only a double-sized main story but some instant Spider-Man classics by legends and legends to be! The Sins of Norman Osborn have found their way home and Norman shows his true color - green. But is it truly that simple? Spidey and Gobby's brut...

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matmene rated Amazing Spider-Man #49 Jun 16, 2025
8.0

Amazing Spider-Man #49

By: Zeb Wells, Ed McGuinness
Released: May 8, 2024

A BLOOD HUNT TIE-IN!
Vampires are running rampant through New York City and while the Avengers are caught in the middle, someone has to take care of the citizens of the Big Apple. That person? Yep, Spider-Man. But if only it were that simple. Things never are and this issue leads directly into Spider-Man's larger role in BLOOD HUNT!
Rated ...

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matmene rated Detective Comics #1081 Jun 14, 2025
7.5

Detective Comics #1081

By: Ram V, Riccardo Federici
Released: Jan 24, 2024

Spirited away from a city that believes him dead, Batman has been brought far from Gotham and deposited in a desert of legend. Possessed by an Azmer demon and rapidly losing his own identity, he must now cross this mythic landscape on a vision quest. With no water, no supplies, and no one to save him, Batman is left with two choices: burn out the d...

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matmene rated Detective Comics #1080 Jun 14, 2025
8.0

Detective Comics #1080

By: Ram V, Jason Shawn Alexander
Released: Dec 27, 2023

Batman: Outlaw concludes in part five of five of the biweekly Detective Comics event! The Batman is dead. The Reality Engine, a device capable of amplifying the Orghams' hypnotic powers, has roared to life. The people of Gotham, having watched the Dark Knight die on the gallows, begin to forget there ever was a Batman, and the Gotham that the Orgha...

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7.0

Absolute Power: Task Force VII #1

By: Leah Williams, Caitlin Yarsky
Released: Jul 10, 2024

SUPER NO MORE! With the assault on Metropolis's heroes complete, Amanda Waller's latest living weapon, the Last Son, sets his sights on the other most powerful supers in the DCU...the Marvel Family! Will their combined powers be enough to survive this terrifying threat? In this biweekly series we'll see the ABSOLUTE POWER event through the eyes of ...

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matmene rated One World Under Doom #5 Jun 12, 2025
8.0

One World Under Doom #5

By: Ryan North, R. B. Silva
Released: Jun 11, 2025

Dormammu has come for Doom - and Doom has SURVIVED.

Broken, depleted, but having bought the time he needed, Doom ensured that all Earth's heroes would survive. These heroes now face a choice: They can allow Earth to fall to Dormammu - or they can align with Doom and fight for Earth beside him. Doom is at his highest - with Earth's heroes ...

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matmene rated Absolute Power #1 Jun 10, 2025
8.5

Absolute Power #1

By: Mark Waid, Dan Mora
Released: Jul 3, 2024

THE TRINITY OF EVIL HAS WON. DC's epic summer event kicks off with a bang, as the combined might of FAILSAFE and the BRAINIAC QUEEN has at last given Amanda Waller the ability to steal the metahuman abilities of every hero and villain on planet Earth. As chaos erupts in the streets and a massive misinformation campaign sways public opinion to her s...

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7.5

FCBD 2024: Absolute Power Special Edition #1

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Released: May 1, 2024

Written by MARK WAID

Art by MIKEL JAN N



Throughout the Dawn of DC, Amanda Waller's combination of pure ruthlessness and dangerous alliances has placed her on the precipice of fulfilling her pledge-the elimination of all metahuman abilities planetwide. This summer, her plans take a major step forward with Absolute Power, ...

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7.5

Absolute Power: Ground Zero #1

By: Mark Waid, Gleb Melnikov
Released: Jun 26, 2024

THE DOMINOS FALL! Written by Mark Waid, Joshua Williamson, Nicole Maines and Chip Zdarsky Art by Gleb Melnikov, Skylar Patridge and V Ken Marion As the DC Universe braces for the Absolute Power blitzkrieg, the key to capturing metahuman powers on planet Earth will at last be unlocked! Bridging the events of Batman, Superman: House of Brainiac, and ...

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