Comic Source Weekly June 24, 2026 — Absolute Batman Animated, ASM #1000 Cover Fallout & Ignition Turns One

This week on The Comic Source Weekly, Jace breaks down the biggest comic book news for the week of June 24, 2026.

The lead story is Absolute Batman already heading to animation, with reports that DC Studios and Warner Bros. Animation are developing an animated series based on Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta's comic. Jace also follows up on the Amazing Spider-Man #1000 cover controversy, as Marvel now says the John Romita Jr. / Paolo Rivera cover and the Pepe Larraz cover are both main covers.

Also covered this week: Ignition Press celebrating its first anniversary with seven launches over seven weeks, WARBIRD #1, Exquisite Corpses continuing to expand, Crimes Against Nature, Marvel's Midnight Universe, Giant-Size Youngblood, the Plastic-Verse passing 400K copies sold, DNX, The Karman Blade, Good Devils, Where Monsters Lie, and Marvel's Wolverine: The Art of the Game.

Jace also looks at what hit for the week of June 24, counts down the Prana Top 10 Bestseller List for the week of June 17, and highlights books approaching Final Order Cutoff on June 29.

CHAPTERS

00:00 Hook and Intro 00:56 Absolute Batman Goes Animated 04:10 ASM #1000 Cover Fallout 07:08 Ignition Press Turns One 11:10 WARBIRD #1 14:27 Exquisite Corpses Continues to Expand 16:35 Crimes Against Nature 18:17 Marvel Midnight Universe 21:22 Giant-Size Youngblood 23:07 Plastic-Verse Passes 400K 25:47 DNX 28:41 The Karman Blade 30:08 Good Devils Second Printing 31:27 Where Monsters Lie Omnibus 32:34 Marvel's Wolverine: The Art of the Game 33:53 What Hit 37:47 Prana Top 10 46:37 Final Order Cutoff 57:29 Closing