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Justin Martin @jmartinwrites.bsky.social · 4h

i hated death metal, thought regular Metal was good, and actively liked DCKO a lot!

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Justin Martin @jmartinwrites.bsky.social · 5h

yeah! i think that was a linewide rebrand rather than a micro-imprint, but good stuff!

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Justin Martin @jmartinwrites.bsky.social · 5h

honestly let's be real i'd cancel everything out right now for thirty more issues of that Steve Pugh Mark Russell Flintstones. Competent, moving single-issue storytelling! Who knew?

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Justin Martin @jmartinwrites.bsky.social · 6h

dc could and should have learned this way earlier with Wonder Comics and Young Animal, which before Absolute was the most interesting thing in comics for years

Asher Hellbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 6h

I really hope the lesson that Marvel takes here is that people will show up for a curated micro-line that takes big swings

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Asher Hellbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 6h

I really hope the lesson that Marvel takes here is that people will show up for a curated micro-line that takes big swings

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Asher Hellbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 6h

I personally would love for them to take a crack at another version of the Ultimate Universe that *was* intended to run longer, but this was never going to be that setup. It kind of foundationally couldn't be, because it's built directly into a textual conversation with the mainline universe

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Asher Hellbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 6h

I actually think this makes quite a bit of sense? This iteration does not (Ultimate Spider-Man aside) feel like a universe that was built to tell long-term stories

Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 6h

nerdist.com/article/marv...

Marvel Officially Ends Its Ultimate Universe in 2026

Despite strong sales and fan reaction, Marvel Comics will officially end its Ultimate Comics line in early 2026 with Ultimate Endgame.

nerdist.com

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Justin Martin @jmartinwrites.bsky.social · 6h

or swamplandia! by karen russell

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Justin Martin @jmartinwrites.bsky.social · 6h

in that case can i interest you in geek love by kathrynn dunn

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Justin Martin @jmartinwrites.bsky.social · 6h

ooh in that case my favorite full novel by him is PERFECT LITTLE WORLD about an experiment by several families to raise their kids collectively

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Justin Martin @jmartinwrites.bsky.social · 6h

@musakhir-al-ard.bsky.social bruh they have a landline in the dugout?

Carly Goodman @carlygoodman.bsky.social · 6h

One thing I love is that they have a land line in the dugout

Justin Martin @jmartinwrites.bsky.social · 6h

we should read THE SPARROW together + you should read Nothing To See Here by Kevin "Spontaneous Combustion" Wilson + you should tell me what you're reading.

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Justin Martin @jmartinwrites.bsky.social · 6h

I started reading superhero comics in 2008 and I don't think there's been a time at either Marvel or DC where a given company is publishing like, only one great title, maybe two.

Looks like we're about to get there, for me at least.

Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 6h

nerdist.com/article/marv...

Marvel Officially Ends Its Ultimate Universe in 2026

Despite strong sales and fan reaction, Marvel Comics will officially end its Ultimate Comics line in early 2026 with Ultimate Endgame.

nerdist.com

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Justin Martin @jmartinwrites.bsky.social · 6h

The art is gorgeous, and there's already some decent emotional beats. Can easily see there being a couple deeply fun/terrifying/fuck-yeah moments per issue

I will grump when Batman inevitably dies or taps out and Absolute Batman becomes a combatant and this drags in my precious Absolute. But still!

Justin Martin @jmartinwrites.bsky.social · 6h

Yes, some twists get delivered in a powerpoint-y way rather than being written, but it's so hard to create a big, focused premise that's still broad enough that other writers can easily riff on it in their own way.

'Hero on hero fighting tournament that someone has to win or universe dies!' is cool

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Justin Martin @jmartinwrites.bsky.social · 6h

shockingly, because it's a DC event comic in the year 2025, I....really liked DC KO #1! Easily best 'event comic' since, I dunno, Milk Wars?

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Justin Martin @jmartinwrites.bsky.social · 7h

with apologies for contributing to Bezos, favorite Gilligan's Island episode? (Or Columbo, as a backup?)

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Justin Martin @jmartinwrites.bsky.social · 7h

offer good for folks who purchased ages ago as well (and love the book)?

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Justin Martin @jmartinwrites.bsky.social · 7h

I don't think I've felt worse for a tribe in the ten or so seasons of SURVIVOR I've watched than I do for Kele just now, holy shit.

Justin Martin @jmartinwrites.bsky.social · 1d

this was a gay sex joke

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Justin Martin @jmartinwrites.bsky.social · 1d

you'll wanna delete this tweet in 2027 when they overturn lawrence v texas. not huge fans of in-n-out.

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Tommy Siegel @tommysiegel.bsky.social · 3d

my quest to get a birding comic into the New Yorker continues, but this one did not succeed in its mission

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

anyway god speed to the good folks at cbs news who will now be taking editorial direction from this genius bsky.app/profile/oliv...

Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 2d

I kind of can’t believe this Bari Weiss quote is even real, and yet www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/b...

“I know that there are some people in this room who don’t believe that my marriage should have been legal … and that’s ok. Because we’re all Americans who want lower taxes.”

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Justin Martin @jmartinwrites.bsky.social · 2d

there are lots of people i went to college with who i think should be in charge of something.

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Justin Martin @jmartinwrites.bsky.social · 2d

oh good lord. i went to college with him.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2d

EXCLUSIVE

CBS News taps Adam Rubenstein — once ostracized at NY Times for liking Chick-fil-A — as new deputy editor

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