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Keith Davidsen joins Mad Cave Studios!

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Keith Davidsen

Keith Davidsen has joined Mad Cave Studios as the new Director of Marketing! 

Keith Davidsen will partner with Allison Marie Pond to oversee all marketing efforts for Mad Cave. While Pond will handle book market and brand management with a focus on the Papercutz and Maverick imprints, Davidsen’s efforts will highlight the core Mad Cave line with a special emphasis on the comic book direct market. 

A comic book industry veteran of 23 years, Keith Davidsen has rolled up his sleeves and gotten to work in virtually every aspect of the business — marketing, sales, editorial, design, events planning, journalism, inventory management, and more. He worked director-level positions at IDW Publishing, Dynamite Entertainment, and Avatar Press, and served as a brand manager at Diamond Comic Distributors. He is a familiar and friendly face to creators, journalists, and retailers, and has had writing credits on such titles as Godzilla, Evil Ernie, Reanimator, Pink Panther, and Poison Elves.

The Walking Dead Deluxe #69 delivers a little drama, tension, action, and hope

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The Walking Dead returns in full color with extras! The Walking Dead Deluxe takes us back to the beginning with each issue now featuring full color. There are also extras of what might have been with notes as part of “The Cutting Room Floor.”

The Walking Dead Deluxe #69 has the group traveling with their “new friend” pondering if it’s the best decision.

What’s it like to revisit this modern classic? How does it change all these years later… and in color? Find out!

Story: Robert Kirkman
Art: Charlie Adlard
Color: Dave McCaig
Letterer: Rus Wooton

Get your copy now! To find a comic shop near you, visit http://www.comicshoplocator.com or call 1-888-comicbook or digitally and online with the links below.

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Kindle
Zeus Comics

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Secret Wars gets the Saturday Morning Treatment with new Variant Covers

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Over the last few months, artist Sean Galloway has captured the spirit of Saturday Morning cartoons with a new line of variant covers depicting your favorite heroes in his fantastic animated style. Inspired by classic TV ads of decades past, this popular new cover program radiates the exuberant energy and vibrant aesthetic of iconic children’s programming with a modern twist. This November, Galloway will spotlight the groundbreaking Secret Wars event in a new connecting cover for Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars: Battleworld #1 and #2! The bombastic storyline is a perfect fit for Galloway’s style and the cover serves as an homage to Mike Zeck’s classic Secret Wars #1 cover.

Written by former Marvel Comics Editor-in-Chief and the editor of the original Secret Wars, Tom DeFalco, and drawn by acclaimed artist Pat Olliffe, Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars: Battleworld will reveal a never-before-told adventure set during one of the significant conflicts in Marvel Comics history. Starring super hero best friend duo Spider-Man and the Human Torch, the limited series will reveal secrets behind the Beyonder’s true motives, contain shocking appearances by characters you never knew fought in the Secret Wars, and fit seamlessly between the pages of the beloved original series!

Check out the full piece below and pick it up this November and December! 

Russell Dauterman spotlights the greatest love story in mutant history in a X-Men Blue: Origins #1 cover

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Since his earliest days with the X-Men under writer Chris Claremont, the circumstances of Nightcrawler’s birth have been the subject of rumors, half-truths, and heartbreak—until now! This November, Si Spurrier, the writer who’s masterfully guided the character through the Krakoan age, will clear away all the lies to tell the definitive Nightcrawler origin story in X-Men Blue: Origins #1! With art by Wilton Santos and Marcus To, this special one-shot will deliver a rousing saga that spans mutant history with revelations that X-Men fans have longed for.

You think you know the tale of Mystique and Azazel’s devilish affair, but what role did Mystique’s true love, Destiny play? Their beautiful romance has steered the course of mutantdom throughout the century, and when they reunited on Krakoa, they became two of mutantkind’s most prominent leaders. Now, with FALL OF X spiraling around them, it’s time to spill their biggest secret! Fans can celebrate this pivotal moment for this iconic Marvel couple with Russell Dauterman’s new X-Men Blue: Origins #1 variant cover. The gorgeous piece blends the passion and doom of their storied relationship spectacularly and is perfect for what is sure to be one of the most talked about issues of the year!

And X-Men Blue: Origins #1 is not the only chapter of Nightcrawler’s Fall of X transformation! The one-shot will spin out of his adventures in Spurrier and Lee Garbett’s Uncanny Spider-Man limited series. After the devastating events of the Hellfire Gala, Kurt Wagner is on the run – and having the time of his life?! On the darkest of days, he is the spark in the shadows! Swashbuckling about NYC in disguise, the Uncanny Wallcrawler sets aside his mutant angst and dedicates himself to the hero’s life: saving civilians, hanging with fellow wallcrawlers, battling baddies, and hunting down the best pizza on the planet. But he can’t ignore the mutant plight forever…  Between X-Men Blue: Origins #1 and this joyful series, Nightcrawler will be shaken to his foundations – and have a hell of a good time doing it!

Check out Dauterman’s breathtaking cover below and learn the truth behind Nightcrawler’s birth once and for all in X-Men Blue: Origins #1 this November. For Nightcrawler’s full journey through Fall of X, pick up Uncanny Spider-Man #1 on September 20!

X-Men Blue: Origins #1 cover

Michael Dialynas’ All Ages Zawa + The Belly of the Beast Comes to the BOOM! Box this Fall

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GLAAD Award-winning and Eisner Award-nominated cartoonist Michael Dialynas crafts a charmingly macabre eco-friendly fable about nature, greed, and good food shared with better friends in Zawa + The Belly of the Beast, available November 8, 2023.

Trapped for eternity inside her mountain by pollution-spewing factories, the ancient guardian spirit Zawa only has industrial run-off to eat, leading her to a bitter existence of paranoia and destruction. But when two siblings from a nearby village, Bandit and Thatcher, help her escape, they’ll quickly learn that the way to calm Zawa’s heart is through a well nourished stomach!

Zawa + The Belly of the Beast #1 features a main cover by Michael Dialynas with variants by artists Jorge Corona, Karl Kerschl, and more!

Zawa + The Belly of the Beast

Wolverine has the ultimate showdown in Sabretooth War kicking off in Wolverine #41

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Wolverine and Sabretooth have one of bloodiest feuds in all of pop culture history and this January, their rivalry reaches a brand new peak in “Sabretooth War,” a ten-part epic coming to Benjamin Percy’s run on Wolverine. Shipping bimonthly, “Sabretooth War” will begin in Wolverine #41 and culminate in the landmark Wolverine #50. Having shepherded the character through the Krakoan age, it’s finally time for Percy to pit Wolverine against his greatest foe! Joining him for the occasion will be award-winning author of The Changeling and The Devil in Silver and the writer behind Sabretooth’s own journey the last few years, Victor LaValle. They’ll be teaming up with two of the industry’s hottest artists, Cory Smith and Geoff Shaw, to deliver the definitive Wolverine and Sabretooth story.

With each issue co-written by Percy and LaValle, the Wolverine-lead chapters illustrated by Smith and Sabretooth-lead chapters illustrated by Shaw, the story will not only explore the pair’s current Fall of X status quos but also shed new light on their dark history with shocking revelations behind their undying hatred for each other. It’s a war decades in the making and it kicks off when Sabretooth revives a deadly tradition–with some of Logan’s loved ones in the crossfire. Only this time, he has an entire army behind him…

Get ready for the showdown to end all showdowns — WOLVERINE VS. SABRETOOTH! It’s been years since these heavy hitters have crossed paths in the Marvel Universe, but as Krakoa falls, so rises Sabretooth–and he’s out for revenge!  They threw Victor Creed in the Pit, but he’s free and, wielding an army of Sabretooths, will prove once and for all why he is Logan’s ultimate nemesis.

Check out superstar artist Leinil Francis Yu’s first two covers for “Sabretooth War” now and stay tuned for more news in the months ahead.

Those Two Geeks Episode 232: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem Review

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Alex, and Joe talk about Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem. Expect full spoilers. And a tangent or two, but almost entirely TMNT.

You can reach Alex and Joe can be found on Twitter respectively @karcossa and @FirstRonin4 if you feel the need to tell them they’re wrong individually, or by email at ItsThose2Geeks@gmail.com.

Music by AlexGrohl from Pixabay

Preview: Marvel Unleashed #1 (of 4)

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Marvel Unleashed #1 (of 4)

(W) Kyle Starks (A) Jesus Hervas (CA) David Baldeon
Rated T
In Shops: Aug 23, 2023
SRP: $4.99

KRAVEN UNLEASHES THE BEASTS!
When Kraven abducts Lockjaw at the same time a local scientist mixed up with A.I.M. goes missing, it’s up to Throg the Frog of Thunder, Redwing the Falcon, Chewie the Cat Flerken, Lucky the Pizza Dog, Bats the Ghost Dog and their scrappy new ally D-Dog to save the day. But there’s more to this case than meets the eye, and something infernal lurks in the shadows. Can feathers, fangs and claws stand against one of the deadliest foes in the Marvel Universe?

Marvel Unleashed #1 (of 4)

Preview: Deadpool #10

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Deadpool #10

(W) Alyssa Wong (A) Luigi Zagaria (CA) Martin Coccolo
Rated T+
In Shops: Aug 23, 2023
SRP: $3.99

HEART – BROKEN! Things aren’t looking great for Deadpool and his new paramour, Valentine Vuong. You know how it can be in love – you just want to be together, but there is always some secret society of killers that gets in the way and your heart and/or glass arms get shattered.

Deadpool #10

Preview: Storm #4 (of 5)

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Storm #4 (of 5)

(W) Ann Nocenti (A) Sid Kotian (CA) Alan Davis
Rated T+
In Shops: Aug 23, 2023
SRP: $3.99

EXIT: STORM??!
STORM has walked away from the X-MEN! Ceding her leadership, she must come to grips with the truth of her powers, even as she pursues a new relationship. But is this what BLOWBACK wanted all along, or is there something even more sinister in the undercurrents of this turbulent episode in the saga of ORORO MUNROE?

Storm #4 (of 5)
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