News:

Before we dive into the interview we recap the biggest news of the week. We start with DC Comics who is launching a new era with ‘Infinite Frontier’ in March 2021. They also revealed a ton of creative teams and new titles like Phillip Kennedy Johnson taking over Superman and Action Comics, Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo tapped for Nightwing March 2021, a new 64-page monthly anthology Batman: Urban Legends is on the way as well as the announcement of Superman: Red & Blue. 

In indie comic news, Archie Comics announced Mighty Crusaders by Rob Liefeld, a new limited horror series is on the way at BOOM! with Grant Morrison co-writing, and Vault Comics teased creative teams for 2021 all week long.

In Marvel Comics news, Mariko Tamaki and Gurihiru team up for ‘Thor & Loki: Double Trouble’ this March, Marvel is kicking off ‘Silk’ solo-series in March 2021, Marvel taps Daniel Warren Johnson for ‘Beta Ray Bill’ series in 2021, and Steve Orlando is set for Man-Thing.

Our Top Books of the Week

Dave:                              

Black Cat (2020) #1 (W: Jed MacKay, A: C.F. Villa, Nina Vakueya)New Mutants #14 (W: Vita Ayala, A: Rod Reis)

Forrest:

King in Black: Immortal Hulk (W: Al Ewing, A: Aaron Kuder)Wolverine: Black, White, and Blood #2 (Various)

TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK

Dave: King-Size Conan #1 (Various)Forrest: King-Size Conan #1 (Various)

JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.

Dave: The Department of Truth #4 (Tradd Moore)Forrest: King In Black #2 (Ryan Stegman)

Segment: Interview Zac Thompson talks about I Breathed a Body
Release date: Wednesday, January 20, 2021.  FOC December 28, 2020
Artist: Andy MacDonald

Off Topic Top Shelf: Memories of a Murder, Zardoz, Ishtar