The Batman’s Grave #1 is good. Doctor Doom #1 is also good!
X-Men #1 is out next week (at midnight) but what are the other Dawn of X books going to be about? We don’t know.
Luke Healy is coming to teach a fun cartooning workshop at Challengers!
We have a date for our AJ Lee & Aimee Garcia GLOW vs The Babyface signing! And a time!
What is DC Comics’ 5G? Fifth Generation?
Marvel uses the ghost of Stan Lee to take shots at comic book continuity.
Marvel took a ton of flack for Sam Wilson Captain America, Riri Williams Iron Man (Heart), etc., won’t DC encounter the same?
Who replaces whom?
We’re excited for Legion of Super-Hero flight rings! But not excited to explain who the Batman Who Laughs is.
This week’s Amazing Spider-Man has checklists for both Absolute Carnage and 2099. How many Spider-Events can happen at the same time? Or just events, plural from one publisher?

How was business on this first Friday in October? Let’s say B+.
Local Comic Shop Day returns this November, and while we took 2018 off, we’re back at it… for one amazing reason.
Mack-eh-WITZ?
Thanks, Patrons!
A whole bunch of new comics for 2020, as announced at the New York Comic Con! That’s literally half the episode, but there are some pretty big announcements in here! And, some clunkers!!
Bonus Saturday evening postscript!

Patrick is an old and more-broken-than-before man. But he breaks for you.
Raina’s GUTS is the best-selling BOOK in the country.
Graphic Novels are dead—all hail Graphic Books!!
Graphic Books return to the New York Times best-seller lists! Huzzah!
Diamond Comic Distributors restructures.
How Patrick’s love for BBC Radio 1 got Challengers a new customer.
Too many new comic publishers releasing too many new books.
Why can’t Challengers find success with the new Chris Ware RUSTY BROWN book?
Please vote for Challengers for Best Comics Shop in the Chicago Reader Best of 2019 Survey! http://chicagoreader.com/vote in the ‘Buy Local’ section.
The new Batman creative team!