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Comic Timing Episode 285 – May 2026 Previews

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Another episode this week? So fast?? Yep! And boy oh boy is this a banger. Ian and Murd are the duo for this month’s BEAST of a Previews episode, pun intended, with books mainly set for July 2026 release. Highlights include Warbird and Banana Number One from Bad Idea featuring Alex Maleev and Kevin Maguire respectively, DNX begins at Marvel with Bad Beast (The Chairman), some new What If…? books in and around the Spider-Man world, Action Comics makes it to issue 1100, Dan Abnett attempts his modern take on Zorro with Zorro’s Legacy, Street Fighter vs The Valiant Universe is a thing, collections of both the Marvel and DC published Batman/Deadpool and Superman/Spider-Man, Nick Marino’s Sonic the Hedgehog x Godzilla launches (hey we totally had him on recently), Vampyrates! is a match made in heaven out of Boom! for Fred Van Lente, Buffy the Vampire Slayer relaunches at Dynamite with Kelly Thompson, Dark Horse brings Murd back to his origins with Marvel Universe Gallery: 1990-1994 Trading Card Collection, The DC Art of Bruno Redondo from Clover Press, Dark Shadows was on way less time than it felt like, the latest Dread the Hall H from Image, The Last Starfighter gets a sequel at Mad Cave, the solicit for the much anticipated The Florida Hippopotamus Cocaine Massacre, Oni puts out the very original properly not derivative Super Mondo Mega Mutts, Summer Specials out the wazoo, and so much more!

Time stamps:

DC: 0:35:18
Marvel: 1:23:57
IDW: 2:11:02
Dark Horse: 2:25:16
Boom: 2:38:35
Dynamite: 2:45:10
Image Comics: 3:01:57
Titan: 3:32:37
Two Morrow’s: 3:35:01

You can support future releases of Comic Timing and get in on the occasional early releases of the show at http://www.patreon.com/ComicTiming. Video versions of most episodes are at http://youtube.com/@comictimingpodcast, along with Raph’s new shorts series, Raph’s Comic Catch-Up, so go ahead and subscribe if you haven’t already done so.

You can also follow Comic Timing on Bluesky at https://bsky.app/profile/comictiming.bsky.social, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ComicTiming/, and on Instagram at http://instagram.com/comictimingpodcast. And please, if you can, please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts; it helps attract new listeners! Finally, you can join in on the conversation at our Comic Timing Fans group on Facebook, which is a great place to hang out and talk comics.

Follow Ian on Bluesky, and on Instagram at http://instagram.com/i_am_scifi. Brent posts regularly to YouTube on his channel, BK’s Bullets and can be found on Bluesky.

Thanks for listening, we’ll catch you next time, and as always, there’s always time for comics!

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Comic Timing Episode 281 – April 2026 Previews

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Our last episode was a Previews episode, and so is this one! How about them apples? Murd, Raph and Ian are back, as they delve into all the picks from the various catalogs that are mainly set for June 2026 release. Highlights include Supergirl and Lobo teaming up for the Summer of Supergirl Special AND in Lobo, Chip Zdarsky gets an Avengers event with Avengers Armageddon, Boom! reboots the Power Rangers with the help of Marguerite Bennett, multiple comic book iterations of The Odyssey (but only one has Godzilla), that slacker Dan Mora gets an art showcase book, Dynamite goes alternate universe with their Altered States line, a Wicked comic adaptation, Dark Horse gets its own shared universe with Jonathan Hickman, Mike del Mundo and Nick Spencer at the helm so we can totally take credit for that, and more!

You can support future releases of Comic Timing and get in on the occasional early releases of the show at http://www.patreon.com/ComicTiming. Video versions of most episodes are at http://youtube.com/@comictimingpodcast, along with Raph’s new shorts series, Raph’s Comic Catch-Up, so go ahead and subscribe if you haven’t already done so.

You can also follow Comic Timing on Bluesky at https://bsky.app/profile/comictiming.bsky.social, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ComicTiming/, and on Instagram at http://instagram.com/comictimingpodcast. And please, if you can, please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts; it helps attract new listeners! Finally, you can join in on the conversation at our Comic Timing Fans group on Facebook, which is a great place to hang out and talk comics.

Follow Ian on Bluesky, and on Instagram at http://instagram.com/i_am_scifi. Brent posts regularly to YouTube on his channel, BK’s Bullets and can be found on Bluesky; Raph is on Twitch at RaphDoesStuff, Instagram, and Bluesky.

Thanks for listening, we’ll catch you next time, and as always, there’s always time for comics!

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Comic Timing Episode 280 – March 2026 Previews

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By the skin of our teeth, it’s Previews! And if the month is March still, this totally counts as the May 2026 catalogs, am I right? Damn skippy. Ian, Murd and Raph go through everything for this month, highlights including tons of new stuff from Dark Horse (even though they’re out a founder) including a boxing comic from Gail Simone, Dan Slott returns to Spider-Man with The Spectacular Spider-Man: Brand New Day, new Absolute titles at DC and Barbara Gordon trying to break out of prison, Kindt’s Monolith out of Bad Idea, an animatronic Abe Lincoln gets center spotlight in Image, and so much more!

You can support future releases of Comic Timing and get in on the occasional early releases of the show at http://www.patreon.com/ComicTiming. Video versions of most episodes are at http://youtube.com/@comictimingpodcast, along with Raph’s new shorts series, Raph’s Comic Catch-Up, so go ahead and subscribe if you haven’t already done so.

You can also follow Comic Timing on Bluesky at https://bsky.app/profile/comictiming.bsky.social, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ComicTiming/, and on Instagram at http://instagram.com/comictimingpodcast. And please, if you can, please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts; it helps attract new listeners! Finally, you can join in on the conversation at our Comic Timing Fans group on Facebook, which is a great place to hang out and talk comics.

Follow Ian on Bluesky, and on Instagram at http://instagram.com/i_am_scifi. Brent posts regularly to YouTube on his channel, BK’s Bullets and can be found on Bluesky; Raph is on Twitch at RaphDoesStuff, Instagram, and Bluesky.

Thanks for listening, we’ll catch you next time, and as always, there’s always time for comics!

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Comic Timing Episode 275 – February 2026 Previews

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Mid-month Previews action for all, as Murd, Ian and Raph bring us the finest choices of books set mainly for April 2026 release. But first, an update on where you’ll be finding Oni Press in the future, as it is about to go Penguin Random House exclusive. Then picks begin, including Marvel’s half of the Spider-Man/Superman crossover, a whole bunch of new miniseries sprouting up at Image, Thundercats vs SilverHawks go into high gear with a FIFTEEN part crossover, a Batman/Wonder Woman book spanning out of the pages of H2sh, a teen witch comic called Grandpa, Chip Zdarsky goes MAD, Archie goes gaming, Alter Ego reaches its milestone 200th issue, a whole bunch of Absolute, absolutely, Ultimate ultimately, and even a few The Ends.

And here’s the video version:

You can support future releases of Comic Timing and get in on the occasional early releases of the show at http://www.patreon.com/ComicTiming. Video versions of most episodes are at http://youtube.com/@comictimingpodcast, along with Raph’s new shorts series, Raph’s Comic Catch-Up, so go ahead and subscribe if you haven’t already done so.

You can also follow Comic Timing on Bluesky at https://bsky.app/profile/comictiming.bsky.social, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ComicTiming/, and on Instagram at http://instagram.com/comictimingpodcast. And please, if you can, please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts; it helps attract new listeners! Finally, you can join in on the conversation at our Comic Timing Fans group on Facebook, which is a great place to hang out and talk comics.

Follow Ian on Bluesky, and on Instagram at http://instagram.com/i_am_scifi. Brent posts regularly to YouTube on his channel, BK’s Bullets and can be found on Bluesky; Raph is on Twitch at RaphDoesStuff, Instagram, and Bluesky.

Thanks for listening, we’ll catch you next time, and as always, there’s always time for comics!

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Comic Timing Episode 273 – January 2026 Previews

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Happy birthday to me, it’s this month’s Previews! Murd and Ian are back at it again, streamlining the process to touch on publishers already part of Lunar’s main catalog as they come up in it, just to make life easier. That means Image is later on in the episode than usual, but otherwise everything else is pretty similar. Highlights include DC and Marvel’s Superman/Spider-Man crossover, a facsimile of Marvel Team-Up issue 14 featuring Invincible and Spider-Man, Dan Abnett returning to Marvel cosmic with Imperial Guardians (Darkhawk is in it so Raph is buying it), a Disney Villains: Gaston and Thundercats x Silverhawks at Dynamite, Bible 2: King of the Jews, Baby!, Doug Wagner’s Narco, SuperCreepshow, and more!

You can support future releases of Comic Timing and get in on the occasional early releases of the show at http://www.patreon.com/ComicTiming. Video versions of most episodes are at http://youtube.com/@comictimingpodcast, along with Raph’s new shorts series, Raph’s Comic Catch-Up, so go ahead and subscribe if you haven’t already done so.

You can also follow Comic Timing on Bluesky at https://bsky.app/profile/comictiming.bsky.social, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ComicTiming/, and on Instagram at http://instagram.com/comictimingpodcast. And please, if you can, please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts; it helps attract new listeners! Finally, you can join in on the conversation at our Comic Timing Fans group on Facebook, which is a great place to hang out and talk comics.

Follow Ian on Bluesky, and on Instagram at http://instagram.com/i_am_scifi. Brent posts regularly to YouTube on his channel, BK’s Bullets and can be found on Bluesky.

Thanks for listening, we’ll catch you next time, and as always, there’s always time for comics!

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Comic Timing Episode 270 – December 2025 Previews

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We close out 2025 with this month’s Previews episode! Ian, Murd and Raph begin with some updates on Diamond, as their bankruptcy shifts from a Chapter 11 to a Chapter 7; also, Universal Distribution are now the owners of the Free Comic Book Day name. Then, they dive right into the books mainly set for February 2025. Highlights include the official return of Vertigo as an imprint, a new Criminal book and The Phantom of the Opera from Image, Archie X Army of Darkness, a new Larry Hama driven superhero universe over at Boom, Roger Langridge returns to Muppets comics, Smile gets a comic book at IDW, tons of Valentine’s Day comics, a new beginning for Daredevil at Marvel, and so much more!

Time stamps:

Diamond discussion: 0:02:59

Image Comics: 0:14:16

IDW: 0:37:16

Titan: 0:53:19

Dark Horse: 1:01:02

DC Comics: 1:10:00

Marvel: 1:42:49

Dynamite: 2:18:22

Boom: 2:26:41

Lunar: 2:29:47

And here’s the YouTube video version:

You can support future releases of Comic Timing and get in on the occasional early releases of the show at http://www.patreon.com/ComicTiming. Video versions of most episodes are at http://youtube.com/@comictimingpodcast, along with Raph’s new shorts series, Raph’s Comic Catch-Up, so go ahead and subscribe if you haven’t already done so.

You can also follow Comic Timing on Bluesky at https://bsky.app/profile/comictiming.bsky.social, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ComicTiming/, and on Instagram at http://instagram.com/comictimingpodcast. And please, if you can, please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts; it helps attract new listeners! Finally, you can join in on the conversation at our Comic Timing Fans group on Facebook, which is a great place to hang out and talk comics.

Follow Ian on Bluesky, and on Instagram at http://instagram.com/i_am_scifi. Brent posts regularly to YouTube on his channel, BK’s Bullets and can be found on Bluesky. Raph is on Twitch at RaphDoesStuff, Instagram, and Bluesky.

Thanks for listening, we’ll catch you next time, and as always, there’s always time for comics!

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Comic Timing Episode 264 – October 2025 Previews

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It’s the end of the month, and so, here’s some Previews for ya! Ian, Murd and Raph round through this month’s bevy of catalogs, including Image, Dark Horse, Titan, Boom!, IDW, Marvel, DC and the Lunar catalog. And it’s Christmas season this time, with books mainly set for December 2025 release. That means holiday specials all over the place, including ones for pretty much every property Dynamite has hold of at the moment, even Thundercats! Other highlights include Ultimate Endgame and the rise of Writer M and Artist M at Marvel, a heck of a lot more DC KO and the first crossover between Absolute Batman and Wonder Woman, a new Absolute Crisis on Infinite Earths on offer, the return of Criminal at Image just in time for the Amazon Prime series, a new Donald Duck series from Fantagraphics, the end of Rick and Morty begins at Oni, the difference between Rouge and Rogue, some gentle Gaslighting, and tons more!

Time stamps:

Image: 0:04:22

IDW: 0:30:58

Titan: 0:40:41

DC: 0:48:23

Marvel: 1:19:43

Dark Horse: 1:52:38

Boom!: 1:58:57

Lunar Catalog: 2:03:25

You can support future releases of Comic Timing and get in on the occasional early releases of the show at http://www.patreon.com/ComicTiming. Video versions of most episodes are at http://youtube.com/@comictimingpodcast, along with Raph’s new shorts series, Raph’s Comic Catch-Up, so go ahead and subscribe if you haven’t already done so.

You can also follow Comic Timing on Bluesky at https://bsky.app/profile/comictiming.bsky.social, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ComicTiming/, and on Instagram at http://instagram.com/comictimingpodcast. And please, if you can, please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts; it helps attract new listeners! Finally, you can join in on the conversation at our Comic Timing Fans group on Facebook, which is a great place to hang out and talk comics.

Follow Ian on Bluesky, and on Instagram at http://instagram.com/i_am_scifi. Brent posts regularly to YouTube on his channel, BK’s Bullets and can be found on Bluesky. Raph is on Twitch at RaphDoesStuff, Instagram, and Bluesky.

Thanks for listening, we’ll catch you next time, and as always, there’s always time for comics!

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Comic Timing Episode 262 – September 2025 Previews

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We’re back at it with Previews, and we’re also back it with the duo of Ian and Murd! Adam Murdough returns just in time to mourn Diamond’s Previews catalog, which is ending entirely as of October’s issue. But even as its namesake ends, this episode continues, as we go through individual catalogs for Image, IDW, Titan, DC, Marvel, Dynamite, Boom, Dark Horse and finally the Lunar Distributing catalog, with books mainly set for November 2025 release. Highlights include Ma Hunkle’s Christmas special, Jeph Loeb’s return to Age of Apocalypse, a new take on Peter Canon: Thunderbolt out of Dynamite, TMNT crossing over with Godzilla, a new Lion King comic at Dynamite, new editions of both Capes and Tech Jacket to fill out the Invincible Universe, Kevin Maguire’s Tanga vs the Kaiju of Cammera, and so much more!

Show notes:

0:01:44 – RIP Diamond Previews

0:08:52 – Image Comics

0:36:00 – IDW

0:51:15- Titan

0:59:22 – DC Comics

1:43:22 – Marvel Comics

2:13:39 – Dynamite

2:20:08 – Boom!

2:23:55 – Dark Horse

2:31:50 – Lunar Catalog

You can support future releases of Comic Timing and get in on the occasional early releases of the show at http://www.patreon.com/ComicTiming. Video versions of most episodes are at http://youtube.com/@comictimingpodcast, along with Raph’s new shorts series, Raph’s Comic Catch-Up, so go ahead and subscribe if you haven’t already done so.

You can also follow Comic Timing on Bluesky at https://bsky.app/profile/comictiming.bsky.social, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ComicTiming/, and on Instagram at http://instagram.com/comictimingpodcast. And please, if you can, please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts; it helps attract new listeners! Finally, you can join in on the conversation at our Comic Timing Fans group on Facebook, which is a great place to hang out and talk comics.

Follow Ian on Bluesky, and on Instagram at http://instagram.com/i_am_scifi and check out Brent’s YouTube channel, BK’s Bullets.

Thanks for listening, we’ll catch you next time, and as always, there’s always time for comics!

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Comic Timing Episode 259 – August 2025 Previews

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Not even being away from home, using a different setup and mic, can stop Previews from happening! This month, Brent partakes in the comics cavalcade along with Ian and Raph, and tests whether or not he has the stamina for such an undertaking. Spoilers: he comes close, but taps out after about two and a half hours, leaving Raph and Ian to finish the race. Highlights include Kirkman’s first Transformers issue with Dan Mora, Dan Mora draws at least two other books this month, the official release of Elvira/Harley Quinn, Tim Drake takes center stage as Robin once more in Fraction’s Batman, Dynamite goes Supernatural, Marvel goes full-on Age of Revelation, tons of Halloween one-shots and other spookiness (as is tradition), Brent gets schooled in Red Sonja and facsimile editions, and so much more!

And here’s the video version:

You can support future releases of Comic Timing and get in on the occasional early releases of the show at http://www.patreon.com/ComicTiming. Video versions of most episodes are at http://youtube.com/@comictimingpodcast, along with Raph’s new shorts series, Raph’s Comic Catch-Up, so go ahead and subscribe if you haven’t already done so.

You can also follow Comic Timing on Bluesky at https://bsky.app/profile/comictiming.bsky.social, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ComicTiming/, and on Instagram at http://instagram.com/comictimingpodcast. And please, if you can, please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts; it helps attract new listeners! Finally, you can join in on the conversation at our Comic Timing Fans group on Facebook, which is a great place to hang out and talk comics.

Follow Ian on Bluesky, and on Instagram at http://instagram.com/i_am_scifi. Brent posts regularly to YouTube on his channel, BK’s Bullets and can be found on Bluesky; Raph is on Twitch at RaphDoesStuff, Instagram, and Bluesky.

Thanks for listening, we’ll catch you next time, and as always, there’s always time for comics!

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Comic Timing Episode 256 – July 2025 Previews

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The first full Previews episode in the post-Diamond era is upon us! Okay fine, Diamond still exists, we’re just not going to trust them until when (if?) they get their ducks fully in a row. Ian is joined by Chris Eberle for the bulk of the episode and then goes solo to finish things out, as they cover Image, Titan, IDW, DC, Marvel, Boom, Dark Horse, and bits of the Lunar catalogs. Highlights include the conclusion of Daniel Warren Johnson’s Transformers, a linear collection of Crisis on Infinite Earth including the crossovers, the launch of Matt Fraction’s Batman, the Deadpool/Batman crossover we never knew we wanted, new Star Trek from Kelly and Lanzing called The Last Starship, Ronda Rousey wrote a comic, a very different zombie story from Tate Brombal and Jacob Phillips at Image, friggin Street Sharks, and so much more!

And here’s the video version:

You can support future releases of Comic Timing and get in on the occasional early releases of the show at http://www.patreon.com/ComicTiming. Video versions of most episodes are at http://youtube.com/@comictimingpodcast, along with Raph’s new shorts series, Raph’s Comic Catch-Up, so go ahead and subscribe if you haven’t already done so.

You can also follow Comic Timing on Bluesky at https://bsky.app/profile/comictiming.bsky.social, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ComicTiming/, and on Instagram at http://instagram.com/comictimingpodcast. And please, if you can, please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts; it helps attract new listeners! Finally, you can join in on the conversation at our Comic Timing Fans group on Facebook, which is a great place to hang out and talk comics.

Follow Ian on Bluesky, and on Instagram at http://instagram.com/i_am_scifi. Brent posts regularly to YouTube on his channel, BK’s Bullets and can be found on Bluesky.

Thanks for listening, we’ll catch you next time, and as always, there’s always time for comics!

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