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DC Celebrates the Legacy of Joe Kubert on His Centennial This September

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This September, DC celebrates the life and legacy of legendary artist, writer, and educator Joe Kubert on what would have been his 100th birthday.

Across a career that spanned generations, Kubert helped define the visual language of comic book storytelling through his groundbreaking work on characters including Sgt. Rock, Hawkman, Enemy Ace, Ragman, Tarzan, and many others. His dynamic artwork, unforgettable covers, and commitment to nurturing future generations of artists through the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art continue to influence comics today.

To honor Kubert’s centennial, DC will publish a series of special releases celebrating his artistry, storytelling, and enduring impact on the medium.

Artists, Family, and Students Unite to Honor Joe Kubert

Leading the celebration is DC Special #5 Facsimile Edition, accompanied by a newly commissioned artist-jam homage cover that brings together members of the Kubert family and acclaimed Kubert School alumni to celebrate Joe Kubert’s enduring influence on generations of comic book artists.

Contributors to the commemorative cover include Adam Kubert, Andy Kubert, Emma Kubert, Jan Duursema, Tom Mandrake, Ron Wagner, Amanda Conner, Rick Veitch, Stephen R. Bissette, Lee Weeks, Ron Randall, Steve Lieber, and colorist Brad Anderson.

Originally curated by Joe Kubert himself, DC Special #5 presents four of the creator’s personal favorite stories and stands as a fitting tribute to an artist whose influence continues to shape the industry decades after his work first appeared on newsstands.

DC Special #5 Facsimile Edition arrives September 16 and features additional foil and blank sketch cover variants celebrating Kubert’s legacy.

100 Years of Iconic Covers

Also arriving in September is Joe Kubert: 100 Years – A Life in Covers, a comic book gallery showcasing some of the most memorable covers from Kubert’s remarkable career.

Spanning multiple decades of DC history, the collection highlights Kubert’s work on titles including The Brave and the Bold, House of Mystery, Sgt. Rock, Ragman, and more, demonstrating the versatility, emotion, and storytelling power that made Kubert one of comics’ most recognizable visual voices.

The one-shot also includes a special foreword by Katie Kubert, offering a personal perspective on her grandfather’s enduring legacy.

Joe Kubert: 100 Years – A Life in Covers #1 arrives September 16.

Celebrating Sgt. Rock

Rounding out the centennial celebration is Sgt. Rock by Joe Kubert: Deluxe Edition, a hardcover collection spotlighting many of Kubert’s defining stories featuring the character most closely associated with his career.

Presented in fully restored color, the collection showcases Kubert’s mastery of visual storytelling across stories of heroism, sacrifice, and humanity set against the backdrop of war.

Whether depicting battlefield action or quieter character moments, Kubert’s work on Sgt. Rock remains a benchmark for comic book storytelling and continues to inspire readers and creators alike.

Sgt. Rock by Joe Kubert: Deluxe Edition arrives September 15.

Sgt. Rock by Joe Kubert: Deluxe Edition

A Legacy That Lives On

One hundred years after Joe Kubert’s birth, his influence can still be seen across the comics industry through the artists he inspired, the stories he created, and the generations of creators who followed in his footsteps.

This September, DC invites readers to celebrate the life and work of a creator whose contributions helped shape the history of comics and whose artistic legacy continues to endure.

DC’s Joe Kubert centennial releases will be available this September wherever comics, books, and graphic novels are sold.

Preview: Swamp Thing 1989 #4

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Swamp Thing 1989 #4

(W) Rick Veitch (A) Tom Mandrake

THE CHILD IS BORN, AND ALL OF HELL IS LICKING ITS CHOPS! After over three decades of anticipation, Rick Veitch’s legendary finale to the Swamp Thing saga explodes! The child is born, and Anton Arcane has slithered out of hell to claim them as his final prize. Can John Constantine and Abby’s closest friends protect their baby? Will the fate of the world be tipped into an abyss of unalloyed hatred? Or will Swamp Thing do whatever it takes to return to his loved ones and save them from Arcane’s clutches? Welcome to the ultimate ending to the saga of Swamp Thing.

Swamp Thing 1989 #4

Preview: Swamp Thing 1989 #3

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Swamp Thing 1989 #3

(W) Rick Veitch (A) Tom Mandrake

BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF TIME, SWAMP THING MUST FACE THE SOURCE! After three decades of controversy and cancellation, Rick Veitch’s finale to the Swamp Thing time-travel saga barrels toward its mind-bending conclusion! Swamp Thing’s journey back through time has finally led all the way to the Big Bang and beyond. There, in the presence of the Source of the Multiverse, Swamp Thing must make an impossible choice: join the Source of life itself or find his way home to Abby. While 13 billion years in the future, John Constantine works his occult network while Hell itself is ablaze with villains of yesteryears forging evil into a new and terrifying form! The child of Swamp Thing, Abby Arcane, and John Constantine, heir to the role of Earth’s Elemental, is about to be born. And everything hangs in the balance.

Cover of Swamp Thing comic issue #90 featuring a large stone monolith with 'SWAMP THING' written on it, surrounded by a fiery background, and a green creature standing in the foreground.
A page from a DC Comics publication titled 'Meanwhile...' by Rich Handley, discussing themes of heroes and villains in comic narratives, with references to various DC characters and storylines.
A comic book panel featuring a conversation in a pub setting. Characters discuss various topics while holding drinks, with one character resembling a bartender and another observing. The artwork blends detailed illustrations with expressive dialogue.
A green humanoid figure stands on a rocky landscape under a colorful, swirling sky, facing a large orange structure that reads 'SWAMP THING'. The words 'SOURCE AND SORCERY' are etched into the ground.

Preview: Swamp Thing 1989 #2

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Swamp Thing 1989 #2

(W) Rick Veitch (A) Tom Mandrake

As Swamp Thing is flung backwards through time, his true destination is revealed! While John Constantine works a world of connections to locate the lost elemental, Abby prepares to give birth to their child of three worlds. Witness the epic odyssey that could not see print until now! Over three decades in the making, welcome to the grand finale of Swamp Thing!

Swamp Thing 1989 #2

Swamp Thing 1989 #1 is an interesting piece of comic history finally in print

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Over three decades since the controversy and cancellation, Rick Veitch’s legendary lost issues are completed! After a renowned two year run on the series, Veitch’s grand finale to Swamp Thing was cut short, and never to see print! Whispers and leaks hinted at the epic untold saga for years. Now, for the first time, that final story is told! As Swamp Thing is cast back through time, he will come to meet a carpenter who will change the trajectory of his life, and the DC Universe forever. The origin of Etrigan, and Swamp Thing’s journey to the beginning of time starts here!

Story: Rick Veitch
Art: Michael Zulli, Vince Locke
Color: Trish Mulvihill
Letterer: John Costanza, Todd Klein

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Preview: Swamp Thing 1989 #1

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Swamp Thing 1989 #1

(W) Rick Veitch (A) Michael Zulli

Over three decades since the controversy and cancellation, Rick Veitch’s legendary lost issues are completed! After a renowned two year run on the series, Veitch’s grand finale to Swamp Thing was cut short, and never to see print! Whispers and leaks hinted at the epic untold saga for years. Now, for the first time, that final story is told! As Swamp Thing is cast back through time, he will come to meet a carpenter who will change the trajectory of his life, and the DC Universe forever. The origin of Etrigan , and Swamp Thing’s journey to the beginning of time starts here!

Swamp Thing 1989 #1

19 announced for the 2026 Eisner Hall of Fame

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Comic-Con has posted on social media that 19 individuals have been selected to be inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Awards Hall of Fame for 2026. These inductees include 8 deceased comics pioneers and 11 living persons. 

The Hall of Fame trophies will be presented in a special ceremony at the San Diego Convention Center on the morning of July 24. The Eisner Awards in 30+ other categories will be presented in the traditional Friday evening ceremony at the Hilton Bayfront Hotel.

The 19 are:

  • Edwina Dumm
  • Oliver Harrington
  • Don Heck
  • Abe Kanegson
  • Paul S. Newman
  • Hector German Osterheld
  • Tom Palmer Sr.
  • Jimmy Swinnerton
  • Bob Bolling
  • Gerry Conway
  • Denys Cowan
  • Mike Freidrich
  • Lee Marrs
  • Go Nagai
  • Bud Plant
  • Mike Royer
  • Dave Sim
  • Carol Tyler
  • Rick Veitch

Congrats to all!

Rick Veitch, Michael Zulli, and Vince Locke’s Swamp Thing 1989 #1 comes to comic shelves this April

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DC has announced that Swamp Thing 1989 #1, the long-awaited, fully restored, lost issue that begins the conclusion of Rick Veitch’s acclaimed late-1980s run on Swamp Thing will be released in April 2026. After more than three decades, Veitch’s ambitious final epic will be released under the DC Black Label across four issues, published monthly through July.

Written by Rick Veitch, with art by original penciler Michael Zulli and inked by Vince Locke, Swamp Thing 1989 #1 completes the comic Veitch and Zulli intended to deliver as Swamp Thing #88. In this issue, Swamp Thing is cast back through time and encounters a humble carpenter whose presence will alter the creature’s destiny and send ripples through the DC Universe. The issue also sets the stage for the long-anticipated origin of Etrigan the Demon and catapults Swamp Thing on his mythic journey back to the Big Bang and beyond.

The main cover by Rick Veitch reflects the quiet tension and symbolic weight of the story’s historical setting. Variant and foil covers by Michael Zulli present painterly imagery of Swamp Thing that captures the emotional and mythic intensity surrounding this pivotal moment in Swamp Thing’s saga.

The issue will be released with its original trade dress, period-accurate numbering on the cover, facsimile-style paper stock, and vintage ads, Swamp Thing 1989 #1 begins the journey to Veitch’s final Swamp Thing saga, running as it would have been published in 1989.

DC Black Label is completing the work exactly as it was intended. The long-lost Swamp Thing #88, now called Swamp Thing 1989 #1, features art by the late Michael Zulli, who returned to work on the issue before his passing in 2024, completing the painting featured as the variant cover. Working closely with Zulli’s wife, Karen Zulli, DC selected Vince Locke, Zulli’s longtime inker, to complete the issue over his original pencils while preserving the integrity of Zulli’s original vision.

Veteran Swamp Thing series artist Tom Mandrake will illustrate the brand-new Swamp Thing 1989 #2-4, which would have been Swamp Thing #89–91, bringing Veitch’s never-published storyline to its intended conclusion. For Swamp Thing 1989 #2-4, colorist Trish Mulvihill honors the palette and spirit of legendary series colorist Tatjana Wood while letterer Todd Klein brings the same reverence to the work of original Swamp Thing series letterer John Costanza.

Swamp Thing 1989 #1 is a 32-page comic book priced at $4.99 US, with a card-stock variant available for $5.99 US and a foil variant for $7.99 US. The new series begins on April29, 2026.

Alan Moore and Steve Moore’s long-awaited magnum opus, The Moon and Serpent Bumper Book of Magic, coming October 2024

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Top Shelf Productions and Knockabout Ltd have announced the publication date of the long-awaited The Moon and Serpent Bumper Book of Magic. Born of the longstanding creative partnership between legendary writer Alan Moore and his creative and magical mentor Steve Moore (no relation), this celebration of magic and the occult has been meticulously under development for nearly two decades and is brought to life through a combination of prose, illustration, and sequential art from five incredible artists. This veritable grimoire of the magical, the mystical, and even the macabre will be on sale in October 2024.

The secrets of the celebrated Moon and Serpent Grand Egyptian Theatre of Marvels (sorcery by appointment since circa 150 AD) promise to be revealed in The Moon and Serpent Bumper Book of Magic. This clear and practical grimoire of the occult pairs the knowledge of the proprietors of the aforementioned Grand Egyptian Theatre with illuminating visual delights from artists Kevin O’Neill, John Coulthart, Steve Parkhouse, Rick Veitch, and Ben Wickey. Unprecedented in its scope and splendor, this tome is full to bursting with illustrated instructional essays, activity pages, biographies of the great sorcerers, and forbidden knowledge sure to tantalize even the most disillusioned of adults into believing in magic once again.

The Moon and Serpent Bumper Book of Magic (ISBN 978-1-60309-550-1) will be available in fine bookstores and comic shops in October 2024.

The Moon and Serpent Bumper Book of Magic

The Miracleman Omnibus, the Definitive Collection returns with a new printing

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Last month, Marvel honored the 40th anniversary of Miracleman’s transformative reinvention with the brand-new Miracleman Omnibus! This long-awaited omnibus collected the influential work on the character from all of its legendary creators such as Alan Davis, Garry Leach, John Totleben, and more. A hit with fans, this extraordinary omnibus will return with a second printing this March.

This new printing will give readers another chance to witness Miracleman’s incredible origins, his most breathtaking feats, and the relevant and dramatic struggles of his alter-ego, freelance reporter Michael Moran, who must reconcile his life as the lesser half of a god—all depicted in glorious Omnibus format! Considered one of the medium’s greatest masterpieces, Miracleman’s adventures launched a new wave of comic book storytelling, and its extraordinary impact on the Super Hero genre is still felt to this day.

Middle-aged reporter Michael Moran always knew he was meant for something more. When an unexpected series of events leads him to reclaim his destiny, Miracleman is reborn. But Miracleman’s return threatens unravel Moran’s life. Their connections to Dr. Emil Gargunza and Project Zarathustra bring with them disturbing revelations and trigger the return of a childhood friend who, beneath his sinister smile, has become something terrifying. Pushing the concept of the Super Hero to its logical conclusion, Miracleman is nothing short of a revelation. This first-ever Omnibus edition, complete with a massive trove of covers, original artwork and rare features, includes:

  • Material from Warrior (1982) #1-18, #20-21
  • Miracleman (1985) #1, #3, #6-16
  • Marvelman Special (1984) #1
  • Material from A1 (1989) #1
  • All-New Miracleman Annual (2014) #1

Check out the cover by comics great Alan Davis, and don’t miss your chance to experience the series that transformed the Super Hero and stands as one of the most influential works in the comic book art form this March.

Miracleman Omnibus
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