Guys, I had a plan.
But I might be in simulation instead.
At some point in the last month, either Scott Snyder or another big name tweeted something like “Matt Fraction is doing something in Batman that I don't think anybody guessed yet”
I liked the tweet. I thought “BOY my newsletter boys and gals will LOVE to hear about THAT”.
So, in my head, I planned the whole structure of the newsletter around the tweet. It was gonna be a huge guessing game with stupid jokes to last you till Christmas.
Color me surprised when the tweet was nowhere to be found.
Did I save a screenshot knowing I wanted to use it, you ask? NO.
Can I affirm that it was 100% Scott Snyder? NO. (this paragraph is - hopefully - preventing me from being sued)
The only explanation?
Scott probably felt that it was better to delete so some crazy fan doesn't take it too seriously and make a whole newsletter about it? NOPE.
Am I living the biggest Mandela effect ever? NOPE.
Is this a simulation and you are all lying to me?
Yes. I'm running with that. Let's FOC BABYYYY.
Knull #1
It's the end of the world and you knull it. And I feel fiiiiiine.
I guess we're all feeling fine because Donny Cates' breakout villain is back in comics and getting his own solo book.
Donny's Venom kinda holds the title for most awesome character expansion in a while. Case in point, as Marvel tends to do, he was the biggest star in 2020's King in Black.
(Am I the only one that kinda associates Knull with pandemic blues?)
Al Ewing is writing the series and will for sure scare the blues away fast. Ewing and spacey deep-lore stuff is always an underrated gem. Case in point, his X-Men Red, the Ultimates duology, S.W.O.R.D. and his Guardians of the Galaxy (forever destined to be described as "that was so good actually, too bad it didn’t catch on” in dark comic book store corners everywhere).
Let's make this catch on and pre-order.
Also, if you wonder who that alien in the post-credits of Venom 3 was, you found it. Yes, that scene where you could hear the one other dude that actually went to see the film yell “Cool”.
Oh Sony… when they finally hit the thing we want, they stop the machine altogether.
Sorcerer Supreme #1
In a comics solicitation world, nothing is ever truly a surprise. So, as we know, Doom is about to be stripped of his Sorcerer Supreme title.
Who's getting the position?
Well, I did send my CV, but they didn't respond.
Marvel gave us this tease a few weeks ago when they announced this book:
If you were (like me) kinda ignoring this title, get ready to recalculate that pull list total, because...
IT'S SCARLET WITCH.
Steve Orlando is continuing his surprisingly long run on Wanda Maximoff with yet another relaunch.
We went from Scarlet Witch to Scarlet Witch & Quicksilver, back to Scarlet Witch, and now to Scarlet Witch and Vision, and now we are arriving at a high point.
Yes, it sounds a bit confusing, but that is what it takes for Wanda to get this long of a continuing run… I'll gladly sacrifice myself and be in charge of getting the news to you.
Steve is trying new things, he's paying homage to the character's past, and I'm glad we're off to bigger and brighter things. If you discarded the relaunches and are hesitant about it, I promise that when it's all put together, there's one big cool story being told.
(That awesome preview poster is also available as a variant!!)
DC K.O.: Harley Quinn vs. Zatanna #1
DC K.O. is DC. K.Ontinuing.
The fight of the week is between the two highest-selling female characters the company has ever had (besides, you know, Wonder Woman).
There's no one better to compete with magic than our insane fourth-wall-breaking princess. I too, upon being confronted with having to defeat Zatanna, would try to win my way around with zingers, giant hammers and complain a little bit to the audience in my head.
That, or probably cry a lot and beg Zatanna not to kill me. I would simply bow and say something like “Z, I stan. You deserve ongoings.” (But, by also being LGBTQ+, maybe that IS Harley's plan here.)
(Boy, I would suck at collecting Omega-Energy, maybe I'm more of a Beta-Energy guy and it's fine.)
You can check out all of our single-issues on FOC
including new printings for Youngblood, Planet She-Hulk and Alien vs. Captain America.
Remember that our pre-orders run until Saturday 4pm. If you have any doubts about anything, shoot Heiko an email and he will appease all your nerves (comic-related tho, I'm not sure Heiko is qualified for any other nerves like “should I call my mom more?”... but you can always try!)
IF YOU ALSO SAW THE TWEET AND I'M NOT GOING CRAZY…
FIND ME. We're forever bound by this strange event. Maybe Tynion will open a blue book about us.
And if you’ve never used Manage Comics and wonder what the hell it is and how it works, watch this:
See you (if Scott Snyder doesn't delete this first),
Math.
