A major step in settling Diamond’s chapter 7 has taken place as another settlement between Diamond and 15 publishers has been approved to move forward.
Spotlight
Demo-Graphics: Tabletop Game Edition – October sees losses as Facebook users jump
Guess who’s back, back again?
Demo’s back. Tell a friend
Comics
Preview: The Scream! Halloween Special 2026
The Dracula File! The Thirteenth Floor! Consent is Key! The Bog Body! Bishop’s End!
Kids Corner
Preview: Best Friend Show
Sixteen-year-old Landon Snyder never expected to spend his summer in the world of dog shows.
Manga and Anime
Preview: Infini-T Force Vol. 10
A cosmic force known as the Will of the Universe has taken form—using Z as its vessel—and the fate of humanity now hangs by a thread.
Tabletop Games
Spin Master’s Hellbreak Trading Card Game adds Paramount Pictures to Its Monster Universe
Spin Master’s anticipated Hellbreak trading card game (TCG) continues to expand its monster universe, today announcing the addition of Paramount Pictures to the lineup.
Movies
Clayface morphs into First Place at the Weekend Box Office
It was a tepid weekend at the box office as Clayface debuted in first place with a decent opening worldwide.
Toys and Collectibles
Blokees Build: Transformers 2026 Christmas Advent Calendar – Christmas Exclusive Optimus Prime
Blokees’ Transformers 2026 Christmas Advent Calendar brings together their Defender line of figures for a surprise each day.
Television
NYCC 2026: Marvel Studios teases Zodiac and More Marvel Zombies
New York Comic Con isn’t usually known for movie and television announcements from Marvel but Marvel Studios dropped some fun reveals of what’s coming in the next years.
Conventions and Events
Yen Press Announces Ten Acquisitions at MCM London Comic Con 2026
Yen Press has announced ten acquisitions at the Yen Press Industry Panel that took place at MCM London Comic Con 2026
Podcasts
X-Men ‘97: Season 2 part 2 with Ethan Gould
We discuss the later half of this season of the Disney+ animated series, featuring: messy Southern Gothic, flying buttresses calling X-Factor “race traitors”, The World’s Most Powerful Speak-And-Spell and of course, dinosaurs and 90s aesthetics.
