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I spent a vacation completely unplugging from all things online and instead only reading the first 7 Perfect Editions of Naoki Urasawa’s 20th Century Boys. While this was the best my brain’s felt in ages, it also means my 2025 to-read pile is growing seriously threatening. We haven’t quite reached “I won’t even make eye contact with it” territory, but we’re close. And my god, the comics just keep coming. Will they never cease!

This is an interesting month for releases as it marks the first wave of DC Absolute trade editions in the market, even though the Absolute Universe #1 issue energy hit shops in October 2024. I suspect that won’t hamper these first wave releases much, as the Absolute U is both quite good and quite new reader friendly. Would have been nicer to have these ready to roll after all that Superman hype in July, but nobody asked me!

In addition to this month’s favorite reads, you can also check out Comic Book Herald’s official Mid-Year top 30 comics.

You can find the (near) full 2025 list of all my favorite comics this year on Bookshop. I’m up over 70 for the year! Don’t hesitate to let me know any of your favorites I may have missed via dave@comicbookherald.com!

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I should hope that if you’ve followed me in any measure of the years that 1) You’ve stopped doing that, following scared men is rude and 2) that you know how I feel about libraries. But I gotta stand up and say it again, scream it from my admittedly “maybe I could jump this?” rooftop: LIBRARIES ARE THE STINKIN’ BEST. I’d venture to guess that at least 50% of my new comics and graphic novel intake this year is via my local library, and their quite good curation and ordering programs. Combined with my kids’ increasingly bottomless reading appetite, and at any given time, my home is likely to be more parts library book than man.

Am I breaking ground here sharing that the place with free books is good at having free books? Maybe not! But somewhere, somebody needs a reminder to get that library card so they can read more comics. And let me tell you, you will not be disappointed!

Comic Book Herald’s official Mid-Year top 30 comics came out this month, as did a My Marvelous Year/Comic Book Herald live crossover conversation with comics writer and editor Zack Quaintance.

You can find the (near) full 2025 list of all my favorite comics this year. I’m up over 70 for the year! Don’t hesitate to let me know any of your favorites I may have missed via dave@comicbookherald.com!

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