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Comic Timing Episode 270 – December 2025 Previews

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:

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

Comic Timing Episode 264 – October 2025 Previews

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!

Comic Timing Episode 234 – November 2024 Previews

It’s hard to believe that we’ve reached the comic book year of 2025, but low and behold, here we are. Ian, Raph and Murd go through Image Catalog Issue 17, DC Connect issue 54, Marvel Previews Vol 6 issue 37, and Diamond Previews issue 434, with books mainly set for January 2025 release. Books discussed include a return to Oz with the Patchwork Girl of Oz at Image, Criminal is back in print, Ultimate Wolverine is a bit red around the collar for Marvel, Jeremy Adam’s gets wet and wild with Aquaman, two separate horror books set on moving trains, the return of our lost Lenore, and most of all, witness our collective surprise as a Disney Variant at Marvel actually corresponds with the comic book it’s honoring FOR THE FIRST TIME!!!

And here’s the video version so you can read Previews along with us:

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 the show, as well as occasional shorts and other goodies are available at https://www.youtube.com/@comictimingpodcast.

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