krisis

Krisis has been creating Crushing Krisis since 2000, writing songs since 1996, and reading comics since 1991. He is a Customer Success and Digital Brand Strategy executive, serial organizer, parent, and feminist, among other things. Based in Philly through 2017, he now resides in Wellington, NZ.

New Comics & Collected Editions Releases: Image Comics – January 22 2025

January 18, 2025 by krisis

Next week is the 4th new comic book day of 2025! This post covers Image Comics January 22 2025 new releases. Missed this week’s releases? Check out last week’s post covering Image Comics January 15 2025 new releases.

This week in Image Comics: Astro City completed (for now), Criminal reprints, more of Gunslinger’s origins, Cobra Commander vs. Destro, Christmas comes to Hyde Street, a return to Oz, a Savage Dragon celebration, a new branch of Tynion’s W0rldtr33, and more!

These posts will give me a chance to re-orient myself to what’s going on with Image after a few years away from reading any of their books!

The Krisis Pick of the Week: This was a close one for me with such a kick-ass issue of G.I. Joe out this week, but my pick goes to W0rldtr33 (2023) #12, kicking off a third arc of the James Tynion IV ongoing title that feels like a sequel to his indie “viral trilogy” that initially turned me on to his scary creator-owned work. More on this book below!

This post includes every comic out from Image Comics this week, plus collected editions. This isn’t the typical comic releases post you can find on other sites. Why? I explain each collection and comment on every series with a new issue out this week to help you figure out if they’re for you.

Plus, for some long-running series, I’ll point you to a personally-curated guide within the Crushing Comics Guide to Indie Comics to find out how to collect that title in full!

There’s no other website on the internet that can claim that.

And now, onto Image Comics January 22 2025 new releases!

New Comics & Collected Editions Releases: DC Comics – January 22 2025

January 17, 2025 by krisis

Next week is the 4th new comic book day of 2025! This post covers DC Comics January 22 2025 new releases. Missed this week’s releases? Check out last week’s post covering DC Comics January 15 2025 new releases.

This week in DC Comics: Grell’s Finest Green Arrow, Round 4 of Absolute Diana vs. Death Kaiju, Batman’s eternal youth, Flash family fun, Harley Quinn’s destructive agency, Ewing yucks it up on Metamorpho, Unlimited Justice League members, Doomsday for Superwoman, and more!

The Krisis Pick of the Week: Once again, DC is presenting me with a nearly impossible choice! Catwoman, Detective, Harley Quinn, Justice League, and Superman have all been superlative comics in the past few months. However, I think the cliffhanger in the last issue of makes me most eager to read Green Arrow (2023) #20!

This post includes every comic out from DC Comics January 22 2025, plus collected editions in omnibus, hardcover, paperback, and digest-sized formats.

This isn’t the typical comic releases post you can find on other sites. Why? I explain each collection and review every in-continuity series with a new issue out this week. Plus, for most new releases, I’ll point you to a personally-curated guide within the Crushing Comics Guide to DC Comics to find out how to collect that title in full!

There’s no other website on the internet that can claim that.

And now, onto DC Comics January 22 2025 new releases!

DC Comics January 22 2025 Collected Editions

DC Finest: Green Arrow – The Longbow Hunters TP
(2025 paperback, ISBN 978-1779529916)
See Guide to Green Arrow. Ollie enters the DC Finest line with what is truly his finest story, Mike Grell’s “The Longbow Hunters” mini-series and then the start of Grell’s length run on Arrow’s ongoing series. This is one of my favorite DC comics runs of all time and I think the writing, the pacing, and the artwork absolutely hold up in the modern day.

Highly recommended if you want to see where the myth of the modern version of Green Arrow began! [Read more…] about New Comics & Collected Editions Releases: DC Comics – January 22 2025

Debating our Evergreen DC Comics Events List – LIVE on Near Mint Condition

January 16, 2025 by krisis

Are you ready to rumble? Today – January 16, I’m live with Near Mint Condition to share my list of Evergreen DC Comics Events – that means the DC Comics Events that should never go out of print!

I’ll be co-hosting this debate with Uncanny Omar of Near Mint Condition and a panel of amazing guests. We will each share our picks for evergreen DC Comics Events… and then we’ll fight tooth and nail over our officially endorsed final list.

It’s the stream that is half serious recommendations, half a cut-throat game show of all of us trying to block other people’s recommendations so that all of our own make the list.

(Watch on YouTube)

New Comics & Collected Editions Releases: Marvel Comics – January 22 2025

January 16, 2025 by krisis

Next week is the 4th new comic book day of 2025! This post covers Marvel Comics January 22 2025 new releases. Missed this week’s releases? Check out last week’s post covering Marvel Comics January 15 2025 new releases.

This week in Marvel Comics: Ultimate Spider-Man Year Two, Battle of Jakku ends, Wanda vs Not The Bore Worms, Akihiro rides again, Books of Doom are back, a Strange Masterworks milestone, Ultraman x Avengers wraps, Phoenix vs Thanos, Herald Rogue, and more!

The Krisis Pick of the Week: Phoenix (2024) #7! I think this series has been getting better with every issues, and the past two have delivered exactly what I want from a cosmic Jean Grey series. With Phoenix on a collision course with Thanos, this is developing into one of the biggest Jean stories of all time and I am here for it.

This post includes every comic out from Marvel Comics January 22 2025, plus collected editions in omnibus, hardcover, paperback, and digest-sized formats.

This isn’t the typical comic releases post you can find on other sites. Why? I explain each collection and review every series with a new issue out this week. Plus, for every new release, I’ll point you to a personally-curated guide within the Crushing Comics Guide to Marvel Comics to find out how to collect that title in full!

There’s no other website on the internet that can claim that.

And now, onto Marvel Comics January 22 2025 new releases! [Read more…] about New Comics & Collected Editions Releases: Marvel Comics – January 22 2025

Crushing Comics LIVE: January 8 2025 Pull List + What’s Wrong with the X-Men?

January 12, 2025 by krisis

Crushing Comics is back on my own YouTube channel for the first time in nearly five years!

After a test-run last week, today I launched the first episode of my new weekly live stream show, The Pull List – where I’ll discuss every new comic out on the American direct market and review as many of them as I have time to read! Can I review each one in 60 seconds or less? There’s an an screen countdown so you can watch me race the clock to give you my thoughts on each issue.

This week on The Pull List, I read 37 comics from my January 8 2025 pull list, but on the show I cover every issue out on the American direct market this week. You can check out my full posts previewing new releases from Marvel, DC, and Image, but on the show I also talk about comics from Dark Horse, IDW, Boom, Mad Cave, and many more!

Plus: A “Moment of Krisis” monologue about what is wrong with X-Men’s From the Ashes era, my Top 10 comics of 2025 so far, a scroll through my new Patrons-Only Guide to Red Hulk, an AMA with the chat, and the first live music from me in years with a performance of my song “Better.” [Read more…] about Crushing Comics LIVE: January 8 2025 Pull List + What’s Wrong with the X-Men?