Best comic books of 2025 so far – top picks you need to read

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NEWS

1. Marvel September 2025 solicitations
   1. New series 'Battleworld' announced for September 2025
   2. Marvel unveils 616 Day celebration plans, teaser and more
      1. Teaser reveal is…At 6:16 ET Marvel reveals Knull will return in 'Venom' #250
   3. Spider-Man to split in two with one going cosmic starting in September 2025
   4. 'Spider-Man ’94' #1 jumps into the scene in September 2025
   5. J. Michael Straczynski's 'Amazing Spider-Man: Torn' #1 announced
   6. Everything we know about Ultimate Universe titles in September 2025
   7. Boba Fett AND Han Solo get new series
2. Marvel/DC crossover expands with new creators and character team-ups revealed
3. Upper Deck launches Superman-themed NASCAR trading cards in new 23XI Racing collab
4. DC Comics Solicitations
   1. Jason Todd to survive Hush 2 with adult 'Red Hood' solo series in 2025
   2. Batman getting a polybag program
   3. DC to introduce new heroes in 'C.O.R.T.: Children of the Round Table'
5. Robert Kirkman and David Finch embark on 'Skinbreaker' in September 2025
6. IDW announces gritty new Star Trek series ‘The Last Starship'
7. 'No Man’s Land' #1 thriller coming September 2025
8. Blue Falcon & Dynomutt return in new Dynamite comic in September 2025
9. Action rom-com spy series 'The Guy in the Chair' coming October 2025
10. Soo Lee brings ‘The Wizard of Oz’ with OGN adaptation from Dynamite
11. Mike Mignola and Bruce Zick launch time-bending new Hellboy universe series
12. Brombal and Phillips launch horror-western hybrid 'Everything Dead & Dying'
13. Dark Horse and Wizards of the Coast launch ‘Dungeons & Dragons: The Fallbacks’

Our Top Books of the Week

Dave:

1. Benjamin #1 (Ben H. Winters, Leomacs)
2. Fantastic Four Fanfare (2025) #2 (Various)

Alex:​​

1. Absolute Flash #4 (Lemire, AL Kaplan)
2. Exquisite Corpses #2 (Tynion IV, Walsh, Marianna Ignazzi)

Standout KAPOW moment of the week:

Alex: Gwenpool #2 (Cavan Scott, Stefano Nesi)

Dave: Emma Frost: White Queen #1

TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK

1. Alex: The Seasons #5 (Rick Remender, Paul Azaceta), News from the Fallout #1 (Chris Condon, Jeffrey Alan Love)
2. Dave: Fantastic Four #33 (Ryan North, Cory Smith)

JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.

1. Dave: Ultimate Spider-Man #18 (Terry Dodson Variant Cover)
2. Alex: Absolute Martian Manhunter #4 (Marguerite Sauvage)

Best Comics of the Year…so far!

Alex:

Pick 3 series:

1. Absolute Flash (Jeff Lemire, Nick Robles)
2. Storm (Murewa Ayodele & Lucas Werneck)
3. Exquisite Corpses (James Tynion IV, Michael Walsh, et al.)

Pick a graphic novel or collection:

The Nice House by the Sea Vol. 1 (Tynion IV, Alvaro Martinez Bueno)

Dave:

Pick 3 series:

1. Assorted Crisis Events (2025) #1 (Deniz Camp, Eric Zawadzki) (3 issues out)
2. Absolute Martian Manhunter (Deniz Camp & Javier Rodriguez) (3 issues out)
3. Absolute Batman (2024) (Scott Snyder, Nick Dragotta, Marcos Martin) (6 issues out this year)
4. 27

Pick a graphic novel or collection:

Bowling With Corpses and Other Strange Tales From Lands Unknown. Written by Mike Mignola. Art by Mike Mignola. Colors by Dave Stewart.

Chris:

Pick 3 series:

1. The Amazing Spider-Man (Joe Kelly, Pepe Larraz) (6 issues in 2025)
2. 11
3. The Moon Is Following Us (DWJ and Riley Rossmo) (6 issues in 2025)
4. Jumpscare (Cullen Bunn and Danny Luckert) (4 issues in 2025)

Pick a graphic novel or collection:

Low Orbit (Writer-artist Kazimir Lee)