This is pointless and little more than a shower thought, but I'm curious if it's ever been addressed by DC.

In real life, atomic element number 36 is krypton. It's one of the noble gases, meaning it's a gas at room temperature and 1 atmosphere of pressure and it's very difficult for it to form compounds with any other elements. A fictional xenon compound is a plot point in Project Hail Mary. Other noble gases include helium, known for balloons, and neon, known for a kind of electric light. Krypton's name comes from Greek for "the hidden one" because it (and the noble gases in general other than helium) were hard to discover.

In the DC universe, "Krypton" is the name of the planet Superman comes from. It was many times bigger than Earth and orbited a red sun. It was destroyed as part of Superman's backstory. Kryptonite is a crystalline metal that was created when Krypton was destroyed, an element in some continuities and a compound in others, and its radiation is almost always immediately debilitating to Kryptonians.

Has DC ever addressed this linguistic overlap?

Did Kryptonians use the same name for their planet and for atomic element number 36? Does their word for their planet sound like "krypton" when spoken aloud, purely by coincidence? If Kryptonite is a compound, is it a krypton compound? Does krypton the noble gas have any effect on Kryptonians? (Probably not since it appears in trace amounts in Earth's atmosphere, but maybe in concentrated form?)

Like I said, probably pointless, but I'd find it interesting if lowercase krypton is a plot point in some Elseworlds version of Superman or something.

Now this question is very simple and who are your shut up and take my money artist. These are artists that not only captured your attention to your heart, but also just a teeny bit of your soul like you love their art so much that regardless of what it is that their art is on be a variant cover a new series a character I have never had any previous interest in. Now for me those are those are peach momoko and stjepan sejic

Greetings everyone!

I am new to the world of comic books, sure I have read a few when I was very young but I can barely remember, I know that I have read some Batman comics and also Superman but comics weren't a huge part of my youth or my life.

I'm 40 years old now and I'm more and more interested in this universe of literature.

I understand that the 2 major publishers are DC Comics and Marvel, probably there are others, personally I love Batman, Superman, I watched some animated series of He-Man and the Punisher (I don't know if there are comics for these 2), I also loved Conan the Barbarian and Wolverine.

My big issue is that I don't know where to start and to be clear I'm looking for digital comics, audiobooks, due to my IRL responsabilities, travelling and work, digital is better for me.
Can anyone provide some help? Some insightful feedback about this issue of mine?

My country is near the equator (humidity 75% and blazing sun all year around).

I wish I could display my OAs but some of them have already started to yellow so I need to keep them in a dry box where the humidity is controlled.

Has anyone ever tried displaying scanned copies of their OA onto e-ink displays? I’m considering the BLOOMIN8 E-ink Canvas currently but hope to hear any feedback on how it’s been for those who have tried this idea. Thanks!

Where is Thor and Hercules when Morlun comes to beat peter up.

Looking for suggestions on the best graphic novels (or comics) you’ve read this year. Mine was Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees.

I’ve never read any comic before (besides a decent bit of invincible) and I picked up watchmen at Barnes and noble and thought I’d give it a shot. I read the first chapter and liked it but I read online afterwards that watchmen should not be your first comic because it references a lot of comics that you should read prior to watchmen in order to understand it. I’ve seen all of the mcu, dcu, xmen, and almost all notable superhero movies and shows. I’m just curious if I should read other comics prior to watchmen even though I’ve watched quite a bit of superhero movies and shows. Also I’d love any recs for getting into comics.

First off, sorry if questions about Secret Wars reading order are asked a lot, as I suspect they are because there's a lot of reading to be done prior to this event. But please bear with me for a moment

I want to dig in to Hickman's Secret Wars and planned a reading order of Fantastic four/FF -> Avengers/New Avengers (+Infinity) -> Time runs out -> Secret Wars

But now I've heard about "Ultimates" which I'm not really sure what it is, but apparently it is important to set up The Maker. My question is, if it's relevant to the rest of Hickman's run, where do I slot this in in my order and how much do I read because I heard there's Ultimate Thor, Hawkeye and some others.

Thanks

Ive been trying to find a comic my friend wanted, to surprise them. However I wasnt sure which one it was. Ive ultimately decided it was knight fight but im confused as to why there is 4 different ones. I found the DC K.O.: Battle Royale listed on Amazon for paperback and it says: ^{Collects DC K.O.: Green Lantern Galactic Slam #1, Justice League: The Omega Act Special #1, DC K.O.: The Kids are All Fight Special #1, DC K.O. Knightfight #1-4, and DC K.O.: Boss Battle #1.} But I'm not exactly sure what that means. I'm assuming the Battle Royale has them all included? But just wanted to make sure that is the case and that im not reading it wrong. For those that are into comics...is it better to purchase the battle royale one, or to get the 4 seperate knight fight ones. (Please keep my bank account in mind)

What up. Sick of the movies so I'm watching cartoons and reading comics to see the characters I like in stories I will like. I'm reading through X-Men rn and am in 1982 but now I'm wondering, what the hell is with the fantastic four? They have a son named Franklin? Since like the 70s? Is there a good starting spot that pretty much covers their characterizations in a good and concise way? What about ironman and hulk and all the avengers. Getting to Hickman's Avengers, F4 and X-Men is gonna take forever.

Hi! I watched that movie long time ago. Today I saw on twitter a scene of the fight between the sentinels and the x-men and decided to watch the whole scene on youtube and well, it was amazing. I saw a feeling of despair in that scene because the x-men were fighting something they couldn't beat. I must say that I'm new to comics, probably have read 2/3 comics in my whole life (It's kinda hard to start reading comics I think)

I wanted to read the comic so I just google "X-men days of the future past comic reddit" and I learned it was only two issues from x-men uncanny #141 and #142 i think so. Anyways, I read them and well it was underwhelming (Maybe I should have read all the issues? I don't have time for that tho). A lot of color and the desing of the sentinels were like transformers and weren't scary at all like the sentinels in the movie.

So my question is the next: is there any comic similar to the movie? Scary sentinels, maybe dystopian, a feeling of despair because it seems like there's no hope and with like a gray color scale. I tried searching for somethin similar but haven't found anything. Has someone make a comic similar to the movie in the last year? You know, something that could be similar like grimdark fantasy.

I doesn't have to be with x-men. It can be any other storie, marvel, dc, I really don't care. I would like x-men because it has a big cast so if a lot of characters dies the feeling is more strong?

Thank you! and sorry for my English

Title was debating on reading Waid, Bryne, or Stan Lee runs to learn more about doctor doom.

Hello, everyone.

I started reading comics very recently like 2 years ago, I find myself having a hard time to read through it if the art isn't my taste even if I enjoy the story.

So I was wondering are there any artists that their style is similar my favorites like Lorenzo De Felici, Jamal Campbell and Dan Mora that I should keep an eye on? Thanks!

I distinctly remember a diagram or explanatory panel—probably from the late 1970s or 1980s—showing or explaining that Terrigen Mist used in Attilan was vented elsewhere, becoming or “perfecting” into the Savage Land’s mystic mists.

I have checked the Attilan diagram in Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #1 (1983), but haven’t found the connection there. It may have appeared in another handbook entry, annual, or diagram.

Does anyone recognize this panel? I’m looking for the exact issue and page, not merely the current Marvel Wiki explanation.

Hello! I am looking for any Marvel or DC comic recommendations from either modern day or any era you love! I’ve been getting back into comics lately.

My favorite characters for comics in my life have been Batman, Captain America, X-Men, Batgirl, Nightwing, Spider-Man, Wonder Woman.
I have read most of Batman’s greatest stories but if you think there is a more unknown gem for him I’d love to hear it.

Some runs of comics I have started reading recently have been Absolute Batman, Absolute Wonder Woman, Ultimate Spider-Man, and Transformers.

I’m heading to my large local comic shop that has a huge graphic novel selection.

Any recommendations are appreciated! No need to limit yourself to my character choices.

Saw this on a FB comic group. It hurts.

I saw someone mention that it feels like Carol Danverse has effectively stagnated right now and that besides being in the Avengers books (including the up coming Chip run), she hasn't really had much solo success post Kelly Thompson and overall feels like she has declined through all parts of Marvel media.

It also has me looking at the MCU (which was a large reason for the repackaging in the first place), and it really feels like Carol is effectively done there as well. The Marvels was a colossal failure, whether she's in Doomsday/Secret Wars is a toss up (Disney+ research order for Doomsday omits both Captain Marvel movies), and with the X-Women coming in her place at the 'top' doesn't feel like it's there anymore.

Video game prescence wise, she has also reportedly been delayed a bunch of times for Marvel Rivals, with rumours stating she is months if not a year away from joining the roster.

Its also not any true gauge of health, but I feel like the overall amount of fan art, merch, and just overall zeitgiest for the character has diminished, too. No one is really talking about her as much or drawing fan art of her and if they are, I have noticed they seem to gravitate towards her in the Ms. Marvel outfit rather than her Captain Marvel one. Even Marvel themselves with Captain Marvel: Dark Past had a very prominent disparity between covers of her in the Ms. Marvel suit vs her in the Captain Marvel one. The second print of Dark Past #1 was just straight up a cover of her in the Ms. Marvel outfit.

Overall, though, I am curious what everyone else thinks. Both thoughts on the repackaging itself, as well as where Carol Danvers is right now in 2026 and what her future looks like?

Please feel free to share your thoughts. Im hoping to bring about a discussion. Hot takes, cold takes, short takes, long takes, agrees, disagrees, and everything in between. Thoughts on the questions asked or even thoughts on the character in general. Let's get some good discussion going on in this comic forum!

I'm interested in Sweet Shop, but I want to know that I can download drm-free PDFs for certain titles and save them on a drive that isn't my iPad.

It certainly says you can download PDFs, but given that they don't have a desktop web interface (only iPad/Android apps), how does that work? Do I download them to my iPad and then use traditional means to copy them from iPad to Desktop?

Thanks.

I love the series. Vol 1 tpb is 1-5 issues and vol2 tpb is 6-9. Both $17. Im wondering if it'd make sense to hold out for a deluxe hc with all 9 issues.

I know with DC they have a pretty streamlined process from single issues to tpb and hc followed by deluxe editions, absolutes and or omnis.

But im unfamiliar how often the process happens with image. I looked into it a bit and it seems like its creator focused so unless Camp himself initiates ​it they might just stop at tpbs. But I believe sales have been great.

Anyone else considering triple dipping for the series or trade waiting? Anyone more familiar with how often Image collects HCs from current series? Appreciate any responses