2000 AD in Review: Looking back at 2025 With the British weekly set to return from its winter hiatus next week, The Beat looks back at the raft of stories featured in the anthology in 2025

The Very Last Days of Diamond Comics: Diamond Comics shut down for the final time on Wednesday, December 31st 2025, and it was eulogized in both images and words

STRANGER THINGS 5's "The Rightside Up" ends the series on a beautiful note.

The Beat's 2025-2026 Creator Survey Part 4: Wrapping it all up - The Beat's Annual Survey wraps up with more thoughts on what happened in comics, what will happen....and where to shop!

Marvel’s full WONDER MAN trailer finally shows off the character’s powers With less than a month before it comes to Disney+, Marvel Television has released a full trailer for Wonder Man.

Ryan Coogler shares BLACK PANTHER 2’s original story In the first draft of BLACK PANTHER II, T'Challa would have fought Namor with his son at his side.

The Marvel Rundown: The Best Marvel Comics of 2025 To close out the year, The Beat's weekly Marvel review team is highlighting its picks for Best Marvel Comics of 2025.

Public Domain Day is coming — here’s what you need to know about characters like Betty Boop Betty Boop and Nancy Drew might be entering the public domain -- but artists should be careful how they use them, because copyright and trademark law is weird and complicated.

DC Round-Up: The 10 Best DC Comics of 2025 In another excellent year for DC, these were their 10 best titles as chosen by The Beat's DC Round-Up team.

The Beats 2025-2026 Creator Survey Part 3: More from comics industry folks around the world on what they have cooking for '26....and their favorite comics shops!

Some hidden gems of the highest caliber here. #horror #bestof

SHRINKING season 3 trailer debuts, bringing Michael J. Fox back to TV The third season of SHRINKING is coming to Apple TV next month.

Betty Boop and Nancy Drew to enter the Public Domain in 2026 and yes there is a Betty Boop slasher on the way, it's the logical next step.

The second AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY trailer, featuring the return of Chris Hemsworth as Thor, is now online.

Lots of previews of 2026 projects as we continue our annual Creator Survey for 2025-2026 with takes from all over

We tackle Will's big moment, Holly's bad day, and the ridiculousness of IMDb in our spoiler-filled recap of STRANGER THINGS 5's penultimate episode, "The Bridge."

The Beat’s 2025-2026 Creator Survey Part 1: Predictions, projects and more From Steve Foxe to Jimmy Palmiotti, comics pro look back at the past year and give a peak at what's coming in 2026!

DC's Absolute line has sold more than 8.2 million copies according to a numbers that came out just before the holiday break.

STRANGER THINGS 5 brings more major reveals, surprise character returns, and heartache in chapter six, "Escape from Camazotz."

Tensions rise on STRANGER THINGS 5's midseason premiere, "Shock Jock," which brings several appropriately alarming twists and turns.

Another big year for horror. #horror #bestof

Marvel Comics March 2026 Solicitations Marvel has released their solicitation text for product shipping in March 2026.

Defunded and still stunning, the 2025 production of Shakespeare's TWELFTH NIGHT feat. Lupita Nyong'o, Sandra Oh, and Peter Dinklage is streaming on @pbs.org until the end of the year.

The Room in the Tower airs Christmas Eve The newest Ghost Story for Christmas, The Room in the Tower, airs Christmas Eve

DC Round-Up: Condon, Montos, and co. exit Star City in GREEN ARROW #31 A standout run on Green Arrow concludes in Green Arrow #31. Plus, we look at the Absolute line's final releases of the year and the last bouts of DC K.O. All Fight Month.

On of the eve of STRANGER THINGS 5 Vol. 2, refresh your memory with our spoiler-filled recap of the absolutely stunning midseason finale, "Sorcerer."

Jed MacKay bids farewell to Earth's Mightiest Heroes with AVENGERS #36

Metropolis Mailbag: The Superman Holiday Classics Most People Read Backwards The Death of Superman exploded DC sales in the '90s...and made a sequel much more popular than the original.

U.S. Congressman calling for a federal investigation into the sale of Beckett “In less than five years, Collectors has systematically eliminated its competitors through serial acquisitions,” read the letter published by Congressman Ryan

The first AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY trailer has arrived online following its exclusive theatrical debut last week.

Check out the first trailer for THE BEAUTY, now an FX and Hulu series premiering January 21.

You may have to wait a whole year to see the FANTASTIC FOUR on the big screen again, but Marvel will have you covered with FIRST FOES, a quarterly series that will expand on the MCU First Family's past.

A new symbiote hero debuts in WEB OF VENOM one-shot

CAPTAIN MARVEL's latest solo series, by Paul Jenkins and Lucas Werneck, will see her explore a DARK PAST when a new group targets the Danvers family.

The Beat's Best of 2025 has officially concluded! ICYMI, we compiled our favorite comics, manga and manhwa, webtoons and webcomics, kids comics, anime, video games, TV series, and movies! This thread links all of our lists in one convenient place! Best Comics of 2025:

The Beat’s Last Minute Holiday Gift Guide Are you just now realizing that the holidays are upon us? The Beat's Last Minute Holiday Gift Guide is here to save the day!

Exclusive Preview: Merry Antichristmas from Gudsnuk’s TOUCHED BY A DEMON Get a sneak peek at Kristen Gudsnuk's Touched by a Demon, in which the main character attends an Anti-Christmas party. Happy Holidays!

Classic Comic Compendium: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD – BATMAN AND WONDER WOMAN Liam Sharp's THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD: BATMAN AND WONDER WOMAN is rich in both storytelling and myth-making.

The Beat’s Best Movies of 2025 The Beat staff and contributors nominate their picks for the Best Movies of 2025, from animated hits to horror to documentaries.

Butterflies will bring the plague in March's NECTAR, a new horror series written by Jeremy Robinson, which'll mark his first at Vault.

Indie Game Awards rescind Vanguard honor for ties to military contractor The Indie Game Awards rescinded a Vanguard honor based on the title being solely available through Palmer Luckey's ModRetro.

Indie Game Awards rescind CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33’s wins for gen AI use The Indie Game Awards rescinded Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's Game of the Year and Debut Game honors for releasing with gen AI assets.

MAN OF TOMORROW: James Gunn’s SUPERMAN sequel finds its Brainiac German actor Lars Eidinger will play the role of Brainiac in filmmaker James Gunn's upcoming Superman sequel, Man of Tomorrow.

Marvel's Golden Guardian returns in new SENTRY miniseries this March

NYC Council approves JACK KIRBY WAY permanent street name

Review: Adult Swim’s The Elephant connects viewers to a bygone era

Preview: Ujigami is on the attack in #TMNT #14

Mike Deodato Jr. accused of using AI in ULTIMATE OZ UNIVERSE [Updated] Ultimate Oz Universe: The Lost Land artist Mike Deodato Jr. has been accused of using AI-generated art in the AWA Studios graphic novel.

Interview: Scott Dunbier discusses his favorite Jim Aparo comics for newest Artist's Edition