Comic Source Weekly June 24, 2026 — Absolute Batman Animated, ASM #1000 Cover Fallout & Ignition Turns One

This week on The Comic Source Weekly, Jace breaks down the biggest comic book news for the week of June 24, 2026.

The lead story is Absolute Batman already heading to animation, with reports that DC Studios and Warner Bros. Animation are developing an animated series based on Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta's comic. Jace also follows up on the Amazing Spider-Man #1000 cover controversy, as Marvel now says the John Romita Jr. / Paolo Rivera cover and the Pepe Larraz cover are both main covers.

Also covered this week: Ignition Press celebrating its first anniversary with seven launches over seven weeks, WARBIRD #1, Exquisite Corpses continuing to expand, Crimes Against Nature, Marvel's Midnight Universe, Giant-Size Youngblood, the Plastic-Verse passing 400K copies sold, DNX, The Karman Blade, Good Devils, Where Monsters Lie, and Marvel's Wolverine: The Art of the Game.

Jace also looks at what hit for the week of June 24, counts down the Prana Top 10 Bestseller List for the week of June 17, and highlights books approaching Final Order Cutoff on June 29.

 

CHAPTERS

00:00 Hook and Intro
00:56 Absolute Batman Goes Animated
04:10 ASM #1000 Cover Fallout
07:08 Ignition Press Turns One
11:10 WARBIRD #1
14:27 Exquisite Corpses Continues to Expand
16:35 Crimes Against Nature
18:17 Marvel Midnight Universe
21:22 Giant-Size Youngblood
23:07 Plastic-Verse Passes 400K
25:47 DNX
28:41 The Karman Blade
30:08 Good Devils Second Printing
31:27 Where Monsters Lie Omnibus
32:34 Marvel's Wolverine: The Art of the Game
33:53 What Hit
37:47 Prana Top 10
46:37 Final Order Cutoff
57:29 Closing