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This is the pull list, October 26th, 2026.
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This is Martin.
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Let's get to it.
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First, a history lesson on this day in comic book history.
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October 26th.
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In 2011, Marvel launched Wolverine and the X-Men No.
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1 from Jason Aaron and Chris Bacallo, the series where Wolverine runs the Gene Gray School for Higher Learning.
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In 2011, Vertigo put out Spaceman No.
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1 from Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Riso, a nine-issue story set after the collapse of civilization about a man NASA engineered for long-term spaceflight.
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And in 2016, DC released the Wonder Woman's 75th anniversary special number one, an anthology with a Jim Lee cover and a long list of writers and artists celebrating 75 years of Wonder Woman.
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First up, update on a story we covered earlier, Clayface.
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Last week we told you the movie took about$3.5 million in Thursday previews and was tracking for$20 to$25 million over the weekend.
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Here's what happened.
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According to Bleeding Cool on Sunday, Clayface won the weekend with$24.5 million.
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That's the low end of the forecast, but it's still number one.
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Worldwide, it opened to$43 million, which roughly covers its reported budget in one weekend.
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Audiences gave it an A- cinema score.
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That's the grade people hand out on their way out of the theater, and an A- is a good one.
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Now the competition.
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Nathan Fielder's You Can See Everything from a 24 took 19.5 million in its second weekend.
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That's up 25% from the weekend before, so about a quarter more money because it added theaters.
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It has 45 million domestic now.
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Bleeding Cool expects it to take the top spot this coming weekend.
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Street Fighter dropped 72% to 8.6 million.
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That means it made about 72% less than the weekend before.
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Here's what matters at the shop.
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A number one opening and a solid audience grade is what gets people looking at the Clayface books.
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Clayface, Celebrity Dirt, is the series to watch.
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Next up.
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James Gunn said something Sunday on Threads that explains how DC Studios is thinking.
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A fan argued that the DCU is built around telling stories first.
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Gunn
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agreed.
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He said that approach lets DC do different styles and different points of view, including stories that put the villain up front, like the Penguin and Clayface.
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His words, I dislike the idea that individual stories aren't meaningful unless they lead to something else.
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He pointed to Star Wars as the model, a universe that has told stories across decades and across media without every one of them setting up the next.
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He didn't pretend there are no links.
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He named Superman and Man of Tomorrow as part of what he calls the Superman saga.
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But he said those connections don't mean the other stories only exist to set up something later.
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And he hopes people watch Clayface as a fun horror movie in its own right.
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Bleeding Cool's Ray Fluke put it up against Marvel, where he says keeping up can take homework, and he pointed to Lanterns as a series that worked on its own.
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This is smart messaging the same week Clayface opens.
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A movie that doesn't come with a reading list is an easier sell to the casual crowd, and the casual crowd is who fills the seats.
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Next up, update on a story we covered earlier: Avengers Doomsday.
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Last week it was the World Series preview.
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Now, Marvel has put out a new 31-second TV spot reported by Bleeding Cool on Saturday night.
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It mixes footage from the Cinemacon debut with new material, including Scott Lang and a debate among three Captain Americas.
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It also shows three teams standing together.
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Bleeding Cool says those teams are only assumed to be the Avengers, the X-Men, and the Fantastic Four, so that part is an assumption for now.
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The movie opens exclusively in theaters December 18th.
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Anthony and Joe Russo direct, Kevin Fige, Louis D Esposito, and Jonathan Schwartz produce.
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The ensemble includes Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, and Pedro Pascal.
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The pitch is heroes from three universes on a collision course with an existential threat.
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That's a little under eight weeks out, and this is when the spots start landing back to back.
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Every new look sends people back to the Avengers books and the older team-up issues.
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JLA Avengers No.
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1, the Facsimile Edition, is the kind of book that gets picked up when a crossover movie is on everyone's mind.
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Next up, Daredevil Born Again Season 3 News, reported by Bleeding Cool on Friday from an entertainment weekly interview with Carrie-Ann Moss.
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Moss says her character, Jerry Hogarth, will not return for season three.
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Finn Jones is confirmed to come back as Danny Rand, Ironfist.
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That was revealed at New York Comic Con.
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Elodie Young returning as Electra is reported, not announced.
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Bleeding Cool points to onset photos of her with Charlie Cox.
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And season three is the final season of the show.
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Moss played Jerry, the lawyer who hires Jessica Jones in Jessica Jones, and she was a bridge character in Daredevil Season 2 and in The Defenders.
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She also said she and Kristen Ritter are developing a film called Claire.
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Her words about Ritter?
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Kristen Ritter and I are like besties.
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For collectors, the Netflix era characters are what's getting the attention here.
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Iron Fist and Electra are the names to watch, and the Frank Miller Daredevil run is the shelf that moves when this show is in the news.
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Next up, voice actor Eric Bowza has died at 46.
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His family announced it on Instagram, saying he passed away suddenly.
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Bleeding Cool reported it Sunday night.
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Bowza was born in Toronto on December 7, 1979.
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His breakthrough came in 2003 when he took over the role of Stimpy from Billy West on Ren and Stimpy Adult Party Cartoon.
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He voiced Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, and he won three Emmys for his work on Looney Tunes cartoons, Bugs Bunny Builders, and Teen Titans Go.
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Comic fans will know him from Invincible on Prime Video, where he voiced DA Sinclair and Magnetic, and from the animated film Batman Ninja.
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His other credits include DuckTales, Muppet Babies, Bob's Burgers, and Avatar Seven Havens, and he worked on the 2026 film Coyote vs.
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Acme.
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A lot of people grew up hearing him and never knew his name.
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We send our condolences to his family and everyone who worked with him.
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Next up, DC's January 2027 solicitations, reported by Bleeding Cool on Friday, and there's plenty here for collectors.
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Absolute Black Canary No.
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1 lands January 20th from Pornsac Peachit Shoot and Balen Ortega.
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It's$4.99 and the variant is$5.99.
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That's a dollar more, which is 20% more than the cover price.
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Green Lantern Doomed Cosmos No.
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1 is an Else Worlds book from Dan Waters and Kyle Hotz.
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Also January 20th,$4.99, with a foil variant at$7.99.
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Superboy Prime Special No.
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1 is Joshua Williamson and Dan Mora.
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January 27th,$5.99.
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The foil is$8.99.
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That's$3 more, which is about 50% more than the cover price.
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The same day brings the Black Lightning 50th Anniversary Special at$4.99 with a glow in the dark variant.
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Then the facsimiles.
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Tales of the Green Lantern Corps No.
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1 and Gotham City Sirens No.
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1 both come January 6th, and Watchmen No.
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4 comes January 27th.
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Each one is$3.99 with foil and sketch variants.
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Absolute Black Canary No.
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1 is the book I'd get ordered.
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Every first issue in that line gets noticed, and the facsimiles are an easy way to get a keybook on the shelf for under$4.
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Next up, Rebellion's January 2027 solicitations, reported by Bleeding Cool on Saturday, mark 50 years of 200 AD, and the books are worth knowing about.
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The 200AD 50th Anniversary Special is 1099 with a Brian Boland cover and stories from John Wagner, Robbie Morrison, Ian Edgington, and Pat Mills.
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Art comes from Dan Cornwell, Simon Fraser, Mike Perkins, and Ian Culbert.
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Judge Dread magazine number 500 is 100 pages at 1499 with a Stuart K.
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Moore cover.
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That works out to about 15 cents a page, 1499 divided by 100 pages.
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The big story is a double-length Dark Judges tale, and it features Scott Ian and Charlie Benante of Anthrax, who created a new character called Judge Anthrax.
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There's also 2000 AD of Visual History, 1977 to 2027, a hardcover by Scott Montgomery at$79.99, due January 27th, with art from Brian Boland, Dave Gibbons, Kevin O'Neill, and Carlos Esquera.
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And Judge Dread Compact Crimes Volume 1 is$1299, also January 27th.
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Dread has a deep back catalog, and an anniversary year is when readers go looking for it.
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Last up, the sales chart.
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Bleeding Cool posted the top 400 for October 13th through 19th on Sunday.
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Before the list, here's how to read the numbers.
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They're an index, not a count of copies.
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The top selling book that week is set to 100, and every other book is scored against it.
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Take that book's sales, divide by the top seller's sales, and multiply by 100.
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So if the number 2 book shows 93.67, it sold about 93.7% as many copies as number one, which means the two were nearly tied.
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The data is store sales, not publisher orders, from more than 600 comic shops, collected by Prana Direct Market Solutions through the Managed Comics and Comic Shop Assistance Systems.
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Number one is Midnight Spider-Man No.
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1 from Marvel at 100.
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Number two, Midnight X-Men No.
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1 at 93.67, the near tie we just talked about.
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Number three is Amazing Spider-Man number 1001 at 89.15, about 89% of the top seller.
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Number four is Venom number one at 84.91.
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Number five is Doom All On One No.
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At 73.24, about 73% of the top seller.
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Midnight Fantastic Four number one lands at number nine.
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DC puts Teen Titans number two, Doom Patrol number two, and Legion of Superheroes number two in the top 10.
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Marvel's Midnight Launch is still setting the pace, and the first week and second week are the same story.
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Here's today's question.
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Clayface opened at number one with a$24.5 million weekend.
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Does an opening like that move books for you, or do you wait for the next big movie?
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That's it for today.
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We'll see you back here tomorrow.