As is often the case these days, it was a big week but it was also a weird one, so let’s cover the highlights — or at least from what I caught myself, as this was a crazy stretch — by looking at ten things I liked or didn’t like from the week of comics, led by the other half of 2026’s big crossover.

Spider-Man/Superman, Seeming Fine!

The other half of this year’s Big Two crossover was revealed this week, as Marvel/DC: Spider-Man/Superman was officially announced and…it seems fine! I knew a couple of the key names in Brad Meltzer and Geoff Johns for a while, and to be honest, their parts are probably the least interesting of everything in this issue. But there are some wonderful names in here, like Pepe Larraz, Marcos Martin, Louise Simonson, a reteaming of Jason Aaron and Russell Dauterman for a Symbiote-centric story starring The Mighty Thor, Wonder Woman, and others, and Brian Michael Bendis and Sara Pichelli reuniting for a story that features Miles Morales (it’s not clear which Superman they’re working with).

Those are some fun names, but the biggest disappointment is how small this release’s scope is. Near as I can tell, the War of the Realms-like story is the only one that’s not explicitly Spider-Man or Superman, and even that involves a healthy dose of Symbiotes. Not to always make this a Marvel vs. DC thing, but, you know, it’s kind of what it is, and the tale of the tape once again favors the DC side of things with its lineup of characters that at least digs deeper than Marvel’s pretty explicit lineup of variants of its two titular characters. While it was clear both sides wanted to center everything on those two characters and their families, the DC side feels like it’s getting into the richer veins that make these characters special. But hey, we’ll see what it is in the end.

My last note, though, is I feel like they’re publishing these two crossovers too closely together. The DC one hits in March. The Marvel one is in April. There’s no reason to publish these so close together, and if anything, that move is going to result in diminished sales because of a combination of confusion and it not seeming special anymore when the second hits. That happened in 2025, but it was at least in part necessary if they wanted to get them out that year. They have a whole year to work with this time! I’m sure they know what they’re doing and have their reasons, but this feels like a bit of an own goal.

Comic Sales, Looking Pretty Good!

There’s obviously been an ongoing conversation about how 2025 was good for the business side of comics, with comic shops seemingly up and a general feeling that sales were generally strong. But it’s one thing to feel like that and something else entirely to know. That’s why it’s good to get a definitive number for at least one side of the comics world, as it turns out that adult graphic novels were up 9.2% in 2025 after two years of decline, per Circana Bookscan, resulting in 25.9 million units being moved.

What fueled that growth? What titles led the way? These are good questions, and ones that do not have an answer, at least not yet. The Publishers Weekly article this tidbit came from only mentioned that uptick in passing with no greater depth behind it. I hope to see more of it in the future because having more information about why this happened and what was driving it would be useful.

Oh god…am I saying I want sales charts? I think I might be saying I want sales charts.