With the British weekly set to return from its winter hiatus next week, The Beat looks back at the raft of stories featured in the anthology in 2025

Diamond Comics shut down for the final time on Wednesday, December 31st 2025, and it was eulogized in both images and words

Stranger Things 5 honors Tolkien and Spielberg in a satisfying series finale, that still has some loose ends we want to discuss.

The Beat's Annual Survey wraps up with more thoughts on what happened in comics, what will happen....and where to shop!

With less than a month before it comes to Disney+, Marvel Television has released a full trailer for Wonder Man.

In the first draft of BLACK PANTHER II, T'Challa would have fought Namor with his son at his side.

To close out the year, The Beat's weekly Marvel review team is highlighting its picks for Best Marvel Comics of 2025.

Betty Boop and Nancy Drew might be entering the public domain -- but artists should be careful how they use them, because copyright and trademark law is weird and complicated.

In another excellent year for DC, these were their 10 best titles as chosen by The Beat's DC Round-Up team.

More from comics industry folks around the world on what they have cooking for '26....and their favorite comics shops!

Some hidden gems of the highest caliber here.

The third season of SHRINKING is coming to Apple TV next month.

and yes there is a Betty Boop slasher on the way, it's the logical next step.

The teaser, starring Chris Hemsworth as the son of Odin, was attached to Avatar: Fire and Ash during its second week in theaters.

Lots of previews of 2026 projects as we continue our annual Creator Survey for 2025-2026

We break down Holly's escape attempt, the big group hug, and more in our spoiler-filled recap of the penultimate episode of the series.

From Steve Foxe to Jimmy Palmiotti, comics pro look back at the past year and give a peak at what's coming in 2026!

DC's Absolute line has sold more than 8.2 million copies according to a numbers that came out just before the holiday break.

We unpack the return of the Demodogs, and more major twists and turns in our spoiler-filled breakdown of the final season's sixth episode.

We unpack the electrifying twists and turns in our spoiler-filled breakdown of the final season's fifth episode.

Another big year for horror.

Marvel has released their solicitation text for product shipping in March 2026.

PBS invites you to keep the season's spirit going clear through 'til Epiphany with their latest installment of Great Performances. Its fourth episode this season, and first since the government has defunded the station: William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, or What You Will. The horny, gender-bending, uneven and partly unresolved problem play is the ultimate Epiphany Feast fête, actually, as the twelfth night of Christmas (Epiphany Eve) is all about embracing the madcap and reversing roles.

The newest Ghost Story for Christmas, The Room in the Tower, airs Christmas Eve

A standout run on Green Arrow concludes in Green Arrow #31. Plus, we look at the Absolute line's final releases of the year and the last bouts of DC K.O. All Fight Month.