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Jay & Silent Bob Crash the Marvel Universe in Jay & Silent Bob: Jays of Future Past

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It’s real! This summer, Jay & Silent Bob team up with Marvel’s heroes in Jay & Silent Bob: Jays of Future Past, a one-shot written by Kevin Smith and drawn by Giuseppe Camuncoli.

A lifelong True Believer, Kevin Smith has contributed to the Marvel legacy with his own Marvel Comics projects, frequent Marvel references in his film work and fun cameos on the comic page. Now, the moment he and fans have waited decades for finally arrives as his most beloved creations, Jay & Silent Bob, enter the Marvel Universe in a multiverse-shattering one-shot! The duo will go on a wild trip across the Marvel mythos, teaming up with its greatest heroes against Doctor Doom, in an adventure that blends their iconic slacker humor with super hero storytelling!

THEY’RE NOT EVEN SUPPOSED TO BE IN THIS UNIVERSE!

Capped, tan American Jay and friendly neighborhood wider-man Silent Bob make a quick stop in the Marvel Universe! But when Doctor Doom decrees these Jersey guys must die, the Fantastic Four, the Avengers, the X-Men and a whole hoary host of heroes must team up on a joint mission to save the dimwitted duo from a lethal case of super hero overload!

Check out the main cover by acclaimed artist Marco Checchetto and preorder Jay & Silent Bob: Jays of Future Past #1 at your local comic shop today!

Jay & Silent Bob: Jays of Future Past #1

Listen to the entire DC High Volume of Batman: Year One series

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In March 2025, DC and Realm teamed to launch DC High Volume: Batman, a scripted, always-on podcast series featuring direct adaptations of DC’s greatest Batman stories as exciting audio dramas.

DC High Volume: Batman began with the four-part adaptation of Batman: Year One, by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli and you can listen to the complete series. After traveling the world for over a decade following the death of his parents, Bruce Wayne returns to Gotham City to find crime and corruption running rampant in the place he calls home. Realizing Gotham City needs a hero, Bruce dons the cape and cowl for the first time, becoming the Batman.

If Batman and new allies Lieutenant Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent succeed in removing the criminal heads of Gotham City, who will replace them? A new face of villainy may appear, leading to a Long Halloween full of costumed criminals. The cast of DC High Volume: Batman  features Jason Spisak as Batman/Bruce Wayne, Jay Paulson as Lt. James Gordon, Reba Buhr as Catwoman/Seline Kyle, Adam O’Byrne as Harvey Dent/Two-Face, Mike Starr as Carmine Falcone, Simon Vance as Alfred Pennyworth, Dan Gill as The Joker, Jesse Burch as The Riddler, Michelle Lukes as Poison Ivy and Kevin Smith as The Penguin.

DC Announces Bizarro: Year None with Kevin Smith, Eric Carrasco, and Nick Pitarra

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DC has revealed a terrible new comic, Bizarro: Year None, a four-issue limited series exploring the origin of Bizarro, Superman’s legendary backwards doppelgänger. From writers Kevin Smith and Eric Carrasco, with art and main cover by Nick Pitarra, Bizarro: Year None delivers the “definitive, indefinitive” origin of DC’s beloved backward bad boy.

The series follows Superman’s pal Jimmy Olsen and Clark Kent’s boss Perry White as they depart the Daily Planet for a strange adventure in outer space. Their journey leads them to a dimension that mirrors Metropolis in uncanny ways and reveres its legendary newspaper as an article of faith. As they unravel the mystery of this bizarre world, they confront the being behind it all. Is he a misguided Superman fan, an agent of pure chaos, or is he no one at all?

Smith and Carrasco bring a blend of humor, heart, and high-concept storytelling to a character whose contradictions have made him a fan-favorite for decades. Pitarra’s bold, hyper-detailed artwork grounds the series’ surreal tone, giving readers a version of Bizarro’s world that feels both familiar and unsettling.

Bizarro: Year None #1 goes on sale April 1, 2026, and the series publishes monthly through July, available at participating comic book shops and digital retailers. The debut issue arrives as a 32-page comic priced at $4.99 US, with variant covers by Frank Quitely, Fernando Pasarin, and Ibrahim Moustafa, plus a foil variant by Pitarra. Variant covers will be available for $5.99 US (card stock) and $7.99 US (foil).

Preview: Quick Stops Volume 3 #4

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Quick Stops Volume 3 #4

Writer: Kevin Smith
Artist: Ahmed Raafat
Letterer: Andrew Thomas
Cover artist: Ahmed Raafat

The enigmatic Jones sisters have appeared peripherally throughout the View Askewniverse, adding a little free-spirited spice to the day-to-day of Leonardo, New Jersey.

In the final issue of Quick Stops Volume 3, we find all three sisters together for an illuminating family-focused story time. This comic takes place the day after Tricia Jones witnessed a unique live recording of a game show at her local mall in Mallrats, the day Heather Jones and Rick Derris left Quick Stops Groceries for some beach time in Clerks, and while Chasing Amy’s Alyssa Jones trains down from the city to visit her parents.

After their tryst at the beach, Heather and Rick head to the Jones’ family home. There, they catch up with Heather’s sisters Tricia and Alyssa. It turns out Rick and his buddy Cohee Lundin used to spend a lot of time in the Jones’ household and have an…intimate connection to infamous “Finger Cuffs” story. It turns out that there is more to that fateful rendezvous than the malicious rumor mill would have you believe—enough complicated human sexuality that an academic-minded Tricia might even include it in her book!

Quick Stops Volume 3 #4

Preview: Quick Stops Volume 3 #3

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Quick Stops Volume 3 #3

Writer: Kevin Smith
Artist: Mark Reihill
Letterer: Andrew Thomas
Cover Artist: Mark Reihill

The Buddy Christ has been subject to a holy heist, and everyone’s favorite cannabic duo are at the center of this cardinal calamity. When Jay and Silent Bob’s less than immaculate conception of a plan to summon the Angel of Death goes wrong, they find themselves having a holy reunion with none other than their old Dogma buddy, Metatron—Herald of the Almighty, Voice of the one true God, and dropper of divine nuggets of knowledge. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!

Quick Stops Volume 3 #3

Deadpool/Batman is getting a Third Printing

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Following its sold-out launch and hit Second Printing, Deadpool/Batman #1 will receive a much-demanded THIRD PRINTING this December, giving you a chance to pick up one of the biggest comic books of the year just in time for the holidays! The Third Printing will feature an ALL-NEW variant cover by industry legend Adam Kubert as well as new versions of Russell Dauterman and Esad Ribić’s original variant covers.

Deadpool and Batman cross swords and batarangs as Marvel and DC unite for the first time in decades! Wade Wilson has been hired for a job in Gotham City, but will the World’s Greatest Detective help him or destroy him? Find out in an epic adventure by prolific Spider-Man comics writer and co-writer for Marvel Studios’ Deadpool & Wolverine Zeb Wells and industry superstar Greg Capullo, an artist with an incredible legacy at both legendary comic book companies, with influential work on Batman and X-Men titles. Then, experience other exciting Marvel and DC team-ups from a lineup of all-star talent, including Daredevil and Green Arrow by Kevin Smith and Adam Kubert, Captain America and Wonder Woman by Chip Zdarsky and Terry Dodson, Jeff the Land Shark and Krypto by Kelly Thompson and Gurihiru, Rocket Raccoon and Green Lantern by Al Ewing and Dike Ruan, and Old Man Logan and Batman from ‘The Dark Knight Returns’ by Frank Miller! Plus—meet LOGO, an anti-hero that merges the two biggest badasses in comic books, in an introductory tale by Ryan North and Ryan Stegman!

The Third Printing of Deadpool/Batman #1 will go on sale December 10, preceded in November by Batman/Deadpool #1, a crossover one-shot published by DC. Check out Kubert’s new Deadpool/Batman Third Printing cover and preorder a copy at your local comic shop today!

Deadpool/Batman #1 is a Clunker That Doesn’t Match the Hype and Lacks Fun

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Deadpool/Batman #1

The crossover you’ve pined for but never thought possible: DEADPOOL and BATMAN cross swords and batarangs as MARVEL and DC unite for the first time in decades! WADE WILSON has been hired for a job in GOTHAM CITY, but will the WORLD’S GREATEST DETECTIVE help him or destroy him? After decades of waiting, Marvel and DC have once again teamed for Deadpool/Batman #1 and it is not worth the wait.

I’ll admit, I was very excited to see Marvel and DC once again bringing their characters together for what feels like a once in a lifetime event (really it’s been like 3 or 4 times in mine). Batman and Deadpool, the rather serious and the not so serious characters teaming up for whatever mission. Written by Zeb Wells, would the comic fall into the usual tropes of heroes battling it out before teaming up? Would it deliver something new and different?

Generally, Wells delivers something different and the comic doesn’t fall into the usual patterns we’ve seen far too many times. Deadpool is hired to take on Batman. Not knowing who Bruce Wayne really is, he crashes through his window wondering if Wayne would like to hire him while he’s in town. It makes absolutely no sense at all and that might be the highlight of this particular story. The overarching issue is that the Joker has stolen materials to dump Joker Venom into the city and Batman has to stop him.

The dialogue is painful, the setup is meh, the resolution is ok. Overall, the comic offers no fun, no excitement and leans far to heavy into Batman being the serious one while Deadpool rants on and on. The comic takes itself too seriously forgetting Batman has shown a comedic side at times and cracked jokes and instead feels like a tour of Gotham from the perspective of Deadpool where he points things out and makes fun of them. There’s completely bizarre choices by Batman and Deadpool feels like a more annoying version of himself. Let’s forget it’s different universes which opens up how Deadpool would even get paid, there’s just an odd interaction between every character. The only one that feels like it makes sense is the Joker being irritated at Deadpool that Deadpool is stealing his crazy character bit.

Greg Capullo‘s art, along with ink from Tim Townsend, color by Alex Sinclair, and lettering by Clayton Cowles looks just ok. Capullo can do some amazing art but here it ranges from forgettable to just nice. There’s little that gets you to linger and stay on the page. Entire sequences feel like they have no life to them and that’s from the start where Deadpool crashes into Wayne Manor and beyond one panel, Bruce Wayne just stands there… and talks… Visually there’s some odd choices and little that really feels like the level this high profile comic should have.

Where the comic has some life is the numerous other stories packed within. Some are truly great. The Captain America and Wonder Woman story by Chip Zdarsky, Terry Dodson, Rachel Dodson, and Joe Caramagna, the Jeff! and Krypto story by Kelly Thompson, Gurihiru, and Caramagna, Daredevil and Green Arrow story by Kevin Smith, Adam Kubert, Frank Martin, and Caramagna, and Rocket Raccoon and Green Lantern story by Al Ewing, Dike Ruan, Moreno Dinisio, and Caramagna all stand out. All of those I’d love to have seen more of or been one-shots on their own. Old Man Logan and Batman: The Dark Knight Returns from Frank Miller, Alex Sinclair, and Caramagna, and Logo by Ryan North, Ryan Stegman, Martin, and Caramagna are both clunky in different ways.

For all of the hype, all of the build up, all of the excitement, Deadpool/Batman #1 is a bit of a letdown. It missed the fun of the opportunity of it all, which the back-up stories seem to have gotten. If anything, it could have been a greater success focusing on a series of shorts, forgoing a main story and instead just let creators cut loose with what they’ve had. It’s an odd release overall that’s more for the nostalgia of the concept than the final product to read.

Story: Zeb Wells, Chip Zdarsky, Kelly Thompson, Kevin Smith, Al Ewing, Frank Miller, Ryan North
Art: Greg Capullo, Terry Dodson, Gurihiru, Adam Kubert, Dike Ruan, Ryan Stegman
Ink: Tim Townsend, Rachel Dodson Color: Alex Sinclair, Frank Martin, Moreno Dinisio
Letterer: Clayton Cowles, Joe Caramagna
Story: 6.0 Art: 7.5 Overall: 6.0 Recommendation: Pass

Marvel provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review

Purchase: Zeus Comics

Preview: Deadpool/Batman #1

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Deadpool/Batman #1

(W) Al Ewing, Chip Zdarsky, Kelly Thompson, Kevin Smith, Zeb Wells (A) Greg Capullo, Adam Kubert, Dike Ruan, Terry Dodson, Gurihiru

The crossover you’ve pined for but never thought possible: DEADPOOL and BATMAN cross swords and batarangs as MARVEL and DC unite for the first time in decades!

WADE WILSON has been hired for a job in GOTHAM CITY, but will the WORLD’S GREATEST DETECTIVE help him or destroy him? The main story starring Deadpool and Batman will be written by Zeb Wells and drawn by industry superstar Greg Capullo.

The one-shot will also feature additional backup stories spotlighting other exciting Marvel and DC team-ups from a lineup of all-star talent, including Daredevil and GREEN ARROW by Kevin Smith and Adam Kubert, Captain America and Wonder Woman by Chip Zdarsky and Terry Dodson, and Jeff the Land Shark and Krypto by Kelly Thompson and Gurihiru.

Deadpool/Batman #1

Quick Stops Volume 3 #1 is a pretty disappointing reveal of Holden McNeil’s Chasing Amy

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Quick Stops Volume 3 #1

Holden McNeil and Banky Edwards are best known for creating the smoking-hot superhero comic-book Bluntman and Chronic—a tour de force of the dick and fart joke genre. For Holden, it’s a way to pay the bills, but he longs to create the kind of art he and Banky did at the beginning of their career. Something personal. Something that means something. Enter Alyssa Jones. The coolest girl in the world, and someone who means something. This is the comic Holden wrote about her. A comic about love. A comic about insecurity. A comic about growth. A comic about Chasing Amy. Quick Stops Volume 3 #1 finally reveals the comic Holden gives Alyssa at the end of Chasing Amy and the reveal is… a letdown.

I’m a pretty big Kevin Smith fan. Clerks came out at a time when I was a clerk. Mallrats is my sort of humor. And Chasing Amy was an attempt at an adult romance comedy, when I was starting to enjoy those sorts of movies. His characters experiences were mine in so many ways and though they’re a bit older than me, my life mirrored so much of theirs for quite a while. It’s been 28 years since that last film came out and I’ve wondered at times what the comic Holden McNeil gave Amy at the end was like? We have that answer in Quick Stops Volume 3 #1. That answer was not worth a 28 year wait.

Running 20 pages the comic is 18 pages of recap of the film Chasing Amy. It goes so far as to use the dialogue (I’m pretty sure word for word) though truncates scenes a bit. It’s 18 pages of a Cliff’s Notes version of the film and Holden’s ups and downs when it comes to Amy. Then, we get one page that’s a recap with new dialogue and then there’s that final page from the Chasing Amy comic from the film. It’s a page you can buy autographed from Smith’s site. Arguably, there’s little of the comic that’s original and it’s hard to believe this is the comic that Holden would produce. Beyond it being a recap of the film, it feels more like an illustrated diary than actual comic.

For as bad as the comic’s narrative is, the art by John Sprengelmeyer is really solid. It captures the film’s visuals really well with a great likeness to the actors and great reproduction of the scenes. If you’ve seen the film, the visuals with the dialogue will have it all playing in your head. That’s the one good thing about the comic, it does capture the film well. But, it literally just copies the film and then mashes in that last page.

There was an interesting opportunity for Quick Stops Volume 3 #1‘s take on Holden’s comic. It’s been 28 years which has given Smith time to reflect on the film and the fans haven’t seen the interiors. That’s 28 years for Smith to think about what Holden learned and deliver a real apology. But, it seems, Holden isn’t that reflective and instead just recounts the story with an “I’m sorry” at the end. For a mystery so long in the making, the answer is a massive disappointment.

Story: Kevin Smith Art: John Sprengelmeyer
Ink: John Sprengelmeyer Letterer: John Sprengelmeyer
Story: 6.0 Art: 7.75 Overall: 6.0 Recommendation: Pass

Dark Horse provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review

Purchase: Zeus Comics – Kindle

Preview: Quick Stops Volume 3 #1

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Quick Stops Volume 3 #1

(W) Kevin Smith (A) John Sprengelmeyer
32 pages
$4.99

Holden McNeil and Banky Edwards are best known for creating the smoking-hot superhero comic-book Bluntman and Chronic—a tour de force of the dick and fart joke genre. For Holden, it’s a way to pay the bills, but he longs to create the kind of art he and Banky did at the beginning of their career. Something personal. Something that means something.

Enter Alyssa Jones. The coolest girl in the world, and someone who means something. This is the comic Holden wrote about her. A comic about love. A comic about insecurity. A comic about growth. A comic about Chasing Amy.

Quick Stops Volume 3 #1
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