Negromancer News Bits and Bites from July 27th to 31st, 2025 - UPDATE #7

by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"

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NEWS:

MOVIES - From Deadline:  Oscar-nominee and Emmy-winner, Jeremy Strong, is in consideration to play Meta CEO and Facebook co-founder, Mark Zuckerberg, in "The Social Network II," Aaron Sorkin's sequel to his Oscar-winning hit film, "The Social Network."

MOVIES - From Deadline:  Rosalind Eleazar has landed the lead role of "Misty Green" in Chris Rock‘s first feature for A24, a currently untitled project that Rock is starring in and directing from his own script.  Others aboard to star include Adam Driver, Daniel Kaluuya, and Anna Kendrick.

MOVIES - From CBSNews:  "CBS Sunday Morning" had a report that The Wizard of Oz has received a high-tech transformation at Sphere Las Vegas, using cutting-edge AI to enhance the original film in stunning 16K detail.  

BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficePro:  The winner at the 7/25 to 7/27/2025 weekend box office is Disney/Marvel Studios' "The Fantastic Four: First Steps" with an estimated total of 118 million dollars.

From Deadline:  Marvel Studios' "The Fantastic Four: First Steps" debuts with 218 million dollars at the global box office, which includes 100 million dollars in international sales.

ANIMATION - From Deadline:  The live-action/animation hybrid film, "Coyote vs. Acme," is currently scheduled to get a global release August 28, 2026.  The film was abandoned by Warner Bros Pictures, but saved by Ketchup Entertainment.

OBITS:

From Deadline:  American film editor, Don Zimmerman, has died at the age of 81, Thursday, July 24, 2025.  Zimmerman edited six films by director Hal Ashby, including "Coming Home," for which he received a "Best Film Editing" Oscar nomination. The prolific Zimmerman also edited such films as "Rocky III" (1982), "Staying Alive" (1983), "Rocky IV" (1985), "The Prince of Tides" (1991), "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" (1994), and "Night at the Museum" (2006), to name a few.

From Deadline:  American film and television editor, Chris Willingham, has died at the age of 74, June 28, 2025.  Willingham received 5 Primetime Emmy Award nominations for editing the former Fox TV action-drama, "24," and won three of them.  He edited many TV series, with "The A-Team," "Millenium," "24," and "Grimm" being the ones in which he edited the most episodes.  He also edited the films, "Final Destination 3" and "Black Christmas" (2006).

Review: "THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS" Focuses on Family

TRASH IN MY EYE No. 32 of 2025 (No. 2038) by Leroy Douresseaux

The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025)

Running time:  115 minutes (1 hour, 55 minutes)

Rating:  MPA – PG-13 for action/violence and some language

DIRECTOR:  Matt Shakman

WRITERS:  Josh Friedman, Eric Person, and Jeff Kaplan & Ian Springer; from a story by Eric Pearson, Jeff Kaplan & Ian Springer, and Kat Wood (based on the Marvel Comics by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby)

PRODUCER:  Kevin Feige

CINEMATOGRAPHER:  Jess Hall (D.o.P.)

EDITORS:  Nona Khodai and Tim Roche

COMPOSER:  Michael Giacchino

SUPERHERO/SCI-FI/ACTION and FANTASY/DRAMA

Starring:  Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Joseph Quinn, Ralph Ineson, Julia Garner, Natasha Lyonne, Paul Walter Hauser, Sarah Niles, Mark Gatiss, and Matthew Wood (voice)

SUMMARY OF REVIEW:

-- I found the lead characters, “The Fantastic Four” to be a bit too mild-mannered, and things do seem to come too easily for them. However, this quartet is quite lovable and adorable, and when he comes along, the baby starts to steal the show.

-- “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” has two great villains in Galactus and the Silver Surfer, with the Surfer dominating most scenes in which she appears. In fact, the action scenes are hyper-intense and breathtaking. I was riveted to the screen while watching them.

-- Overall, “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” is by far the best “Fantastic Four” movie to date, and I put it ahead of the recent “Superman” and “Thunderbolts*”

The Fantastic Four: First Steps is a 2025 American superhero movie and science fiction film from director Matt Shakman and Marvel Studios.  The film is based on Marvel Comics' Fantastic Four, which was created by artist Jack Kirby and writer Stan Lee and first appeared in the comic book, The Fantastic Four #1 (cover dated: November 1961).  It is also the 37th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the second reboot of the Fantastic Four film franchise.  In First Steps, the Fantastic Four is forced to balance their family life and their superhero life as never before when a god-like space being and his enigmatic herald arrive and mark Earth for destruction.

The Fantastic Four: First Steps opens on Earth-828  in the year 1960.  It introduces “The Fantastic Four,” a quartet of astronauts turned superheroes.  First is the highly intelligent scientist, Reed Richards (Pedro Pascal), who as “Mr. Fantastic” can stretch any part of his body to great lengths.  Next is Reed's wife, Sue Storm (Vanessa Kirby), the founder of the “Future Foundation,” a global demilitarization and world peace organization.  As the “Invisible Woman” Sue can generate force fields and turn invisible.  Then, there is the brilliant pilot, former astronaut, and Reed's best friend, Ben Grimm (Ebon Moss-Bachrach), a.k.a. “The Thing,” whose skin has been transformed into a layer of orange rock, which grants him super-human strength and durability.  Finally, there is Sue's younger brother, Johnny Storm (Joseph Quinn), who as the “Human Torch,” can engulf his body in flames, control fire, and fly.

The world honors The Fantastic Four for what they have given humanity, so when Reed and Sue reveal that they are expecting a child, the world celebrates and prepares for the new arrival, while also wondering if the child will also have super-powers.  However, the celebrating is short-lived.  A metallic-skinned, seemingly-female alien arrives from space, riding a surfboard.  This “Silver Surfer” (Julia Garner) is the herald of Galactus (Ralph Ineson), a planet-devouring cosmic being, and he is coming to devour Earth.  Now, the members of The Fantastic Four face their toughest test ever, and the price they must pay to save the Earth may be too high for even them to pay.

I actually enjoyed Tim Story's two Fantastic Four films the aughts, Fantastic Four (2005) and Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007).  Director Josh Trank's 2015 reboot of the franchise, Fantastic Four, had a lot of good ideas, but alleged studio interference turned the film into a wreck.  The Fantastic Four: First Steps is not at all a wreck.  Its intense action sequences had me gripping the armrests of my seat at the local movie theater.  The villains are great.  Galactus is awesome and even scarier than the gargantuan “Celestials” of Marvel Studios' 2021 epic, Eternals; he seemed unbeatable.  Julia Garner's Silver Surfer is 10 times the herald the one in Rise of the Silver Surfer is.  This Silver Surfer, whose original name was “Shalla Bal,” is like a velociraptor on a surfboard.  She chases our heroes with the unrelenting hellish fury of the “Headless Horseman” that chases Ichabod Crane in “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” segment of Disney's The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949).

On the other hand, the heroes of The Fantastic Four: First Steps come across as too mild-mannered.  They are so accomplished that everything seems to come too easy for them.  Even when they are angry with one another, that anger lacks passion.  In fact, I'd call the cast and characters dispassionate.  It is as if the film's director, Matt Shakman, who does an excellent job overall, wants his leads to be inoffensive.  I like the casting of the leads, but they need to breath a little more fire.

In the end, I like that Disney and Marvel Studios finally take the opportunity to honor the late Jack Kirby (1917-1994), the comic book writer-artist who created the Fantastic Four with the late Stan Lee (1922-2018).  There are several nods to Kirby, and this is long overdue.  That makes me love First Steps even more.  It is almost a great film, and its special effects and inventive and imaginative retro-futuristic elements endlessly fascinate me.  The Fantastic Four: First Steps is hugely entertaining, and these are the right first steps to bring the Fantastic Four into the cinematic prominence they deserve.

8 of 10

A

★★★★ out of 4 stars

Wednesday, July 30, 2025

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Comics Review: "SPACE GHOST ANNUAL 2025" Brings Down the House

SPACE GHOST ANNUAL 2025 VOLUME ONE

DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT

STORY: David Pepose

ART: Jonathan Lau

COLORS: Andrew Dalhouse

LETTERS: Taylor Esposito

EDITOR: Joseph Rybandt

COVER: Francesco Mattina

VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Jae Lee with June Chung; Bjorn Barends; Anthony Marques with Nick Caponi; Jae Lee; Francesco Mattina

40pp, Color, $4.99 U.S. (July 2025)

Rated “Teen”

“The Ultima Supremacy!”

Space Ghost is a superhero character created by the American animation studio and production company, Hanna-Barbera Productions.  The character first appeared in the Saturday morning cartoon series, “Space Ghost,” which was originally broadcast on CBS from September 1966 to September 1967 for 20 episodes.

In his original incarnation, Space Ghost was a superhero whose base of operations was a small world known as “Ghost Planet.”  He fought super-villains in outer space with his teen sidekicks, Jan and Jace, and their monkey, Blip.  His main weapons were power bands he wore around his wrists and lower arms; the bands fired off multiple energy beam-based attacks, including heat, cold, and force, to name a few.  Space Ghost could also fly, survive in space, and turn invisible (his “Inviso Power”).  He also had a space ship known as “the Phantom Cruiser.”

Space Ghost sporadically appeared in various comic book publications over a fifty year period.  Dynamite Entertainment has just launched a new Space Ghost comic book as part of its licensing agreement with Warner Bros.  Entitled Space Ghost Volume 1, it has yielded its first annual, Space Ghost Annual 2025 Volume One.  It is written by David Pepose; drawn by Jonathan Lau; colored by Andrew Dalhouse; and lettered by Taylor Esposito.  In this series, twins Jan and Jace Keplar and their pet monkey, Blip, face their first universal threat in their new lives as the partners of the cosmic vigilante known as “the Space Ghost.”

Space Ghost Annual 2025 Vol. 1 (“The Ultima Supremacy!”) opens in Robo Corp Tower.  Doctor Xander Ibal, the CEO OF Robo Corp, finally obtained Blip because he is the “Binary Language Integrated Prototype.”  Then, Ibal used Blip to initiate the “Ultima Protocols.”  What is that, and how will it affect the galaxy... and even the universe?

Now, our heroes must survive Ultima as it nears the total takeover of every mind in the universe, and suddenly, Space Ghost seems like the final lynch pin in Ultima's plan.  It's up to Jan and Jace to fight against this evil, and maybe Jan has a way to save this day and all the days to come.

THE LOWDOWN:  Since July 2021, Dynamite Entertainment's marketing department has been providing me with PDF review copies of some of their titles.  Space Ghost Annual 2025 Volume One is a recent issue that I have received.

So, Space Ghost #12 did not bring the 2024-launched Space Ghost comic book series to a close.  There is a new relaunch scheduled for this year, but in the meantime, Space Ghost Annual 2025 brings the current series to an end.

Now, I can give this series a review send-off by simply saying that writer David Pepose and artist Jonathan Lau have ended it the way they began it – on fire with a bang, but not a whimper.  On the other hand, there are whispers of the darkness to come.  I can say again that Pepose and Lau have liberated their Space Ghost from every previous iteration, especially the previous comic book iterations.  It is as if Pepose and Lau have gone back to the beginning of Space Ghost and forged their own path.

Andrew Dalhouse's lovely colors are still a raging inferno, matching Lau flame for flame.  He deserves some award notice for his work here.  Letterer Taylor Esposito brings the sounds of battle to life with more of his strong lettering.  As he closes this series, I'm sure Esposito is ready to bring the noise again for the next series.

I had a blast reading Space Ghost Volume One, both the series and this annual, dear readers.  I want you to enjoy this, too, and you can via current and future trade paperback editions.

I READS YOU RECOMMENDS:  Fans of Dynamite Entertainment's Warner Bros. comic book series will want to read Space Ghost Annual 2025.

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Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"

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NEWS:

SCANDAL - From WorldofReel:  27-year-old actor, Michael Ward, is a rising star, having appeared in such films as "Old Guard" (2020), "Empire of Light" (2022), and "Eddington" (2025), to name a few.  Now, the Jamaican-born, British actor has been arrested by the London Metropolitan Police and charged with two counts of rape, two counts of assault by penetration, and one count of sexual assault.

BOX OFFICE - From Deadline:  Disney/Marvel Studios' "The Fantastic Four: First Steps" grosses an estimated 24+ million dollars in Thursday preview shows.

MOVIES - From WorldofReel:  Margot Robbie will star in and produce director Tim Burton's remake of the 1958 film, "Attack of the 50 Foot Woman."

STREAMING/ANIMATION - From Variety:  As part of the 1.5 billion dollar deal that Trey Parker and Matt Stone signed with Paramount+, they will produce 50 new episodes of "South Park," the long-running animated series they created.  All episodes of the series will stream on Paramount+

From YahooLATimes:  "South Park" creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone have reached a deal with Paramount+ that will brings the long-running animated series to the U.S. version of the streaming service for the first time.  The five-year deal is worth 1.5 billion dollars in total.

BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficePro:  The winner of the 7/18 to 7/20/2025 weekend box office is Warner Bros/DC Studios' Superman with an estimated take of 57.25 million dollars.

STREAMING - From Deadline:    Peacock is filling out the cast of its "Friday the 13th" prequel series, "Crystal Lake," from A24.  Young actor Callum Vinson ("Chucky") will play future killer, Jason Voorhees. Brad Caleb Kane serves as creator, writer, showrunner and executive producer of the series.

OBITS:

From Variety:  American professional wrestler, film and television actor, and media personality, Hulk Hogan, has died at the age of 71, Thursday, July 24, 2025.  Born Terry Gene Bollea, Hogan was best known for his professional wrestling career, which ran from 1977 to 2012, and for his flamboyant personality and massive physique, as well as his blond horseshoe mustache and bandanas.  As an actor, he appeared in such films as "Rocky III" (1982) and "No Holds Barred" (1989) and in such TV series as "The A-Team," "Walker, Texas Ranger," and in his own reality series, "Hogan Knows Best" (2005-07), for the cable network VH1.

From Deadline:  English singer, songwriter, musician, recording artist, and media personality, Ozzy Osbourne, has died at the age of 76, Tuesday, July 22, 2025.  Osbourne was best known as a pioneer in the "heavy metal" genre of rock music, first as a founding member of the seminal rock band, "Black Sabbath," in 1968.  In 1980, Osbourne released "Blizzard of Ozz," the first of 13 solo albums.  He was inducted into the "Rock and Roll Hall of Fame" in 2006 as a member of Black Sabbath and in 2024 as a solo artist.  Osbourne received 12 Grammy Awards nominations and won five of them, and he received the Grammy "Lifetime Achievement Award" in 2019.  Osbourne also achieved even more fame and notoriety when he and his wife, Sharon, and their daughter, Kelly, and their son, Jack, became stars of the MTV reality television series, "The Osbournes," which originally aired from 2002 to 2005.

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From Variety:  The film and television actor and recording artist, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, has died at the age of 54, Sunday, July 20, 2025 of an accidental drowning while swimming in Costa Rica.  Warner was best known for the role of "Theodore 'Theo' Huxtable" on NBC's former sitcom, "The Cosby Show" (1984-92). He received a 1986 Primetime Emmy nomination for the role.  He co-starred with Eddie Griffin in the former UPN sitcom, "Malcolm & Eddie" (1996-2000). He co-starred with "Seinfeld's" Jason Alexander in the short-lived CBS sitcom, "Listen Up" (2004-05).  Warner was part of the main cast of the former Fox medical drama "The Resident" (2018-23).  In 2015, Warner received the Grammy Award in the category of "Best Traditional R&B Peformance" for the song, "Jesus Children," with Robert Glasper Experiment and Lalah Hathaway.

From Deadline:  Deadline offers "Malcolm-Jamal Warner, a career in photos"

From Deadline:  Bill Cosby remembers his TV son, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, with CBS News' Jericka Duncan.

20th Century Studios Releases First Official Trailer for "PREDATOR: BADLANDS"

Via 20th Century Studios:

First hunt. Last chance.

From the director of Prey comes a brand new entry in the Predator film franchise.  Watch the brand-new trailer for Predator: Badlands, in theaters November 7, 2025.

“Predator: Badlands” stars Elle Fanning and Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi.  It is set in the future on a remote planet, where a young Predator, outcast from his clan, finds an unlikely ally in Thia (Fanning) and embarks on a treacherous journey in search of the ultimate adversary. The film is directed by Dan Trachtenberg and produced by John Davis, Dan Trachtenberg, Marc Toberoff, Ben Rosenblatt, Brent O’Connor.

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Review: Original "HAPPY GILMORE" Can Still Lead to Laughter and Happiness

TRASH IN MY EYE No. 235 (of 2004) by Leroy Douresseaux

Happy Gilmore (1996)

Running time:  92 minutes (1 hour, 32 minutes)

Rating: MPAA – PG-13 for language and some comic sexuality

DIRECTOR:  Dennis Dugan

WRITERS:  Tim Herlihy & Adam Sandler

PRODUCER:  Robert Simonds

CINEMATOGRAPHER:  Arthur Albert (D.o.P.)

EDITORS:  Jeff Gourson and Steve R. Moore

COMPOSER: Mark Mothersbaugh

COMEDY

Starring:  Adam Sandler, Christopher McDonald, Julie Bowen, Frances Bay, Carl Weathers, Allen Covert, Robert Smigel, Bob Barker, Richard Kiel, Lee Trevino, Kevin Nealon, Verne Lundquist, Will Sasso, and Dee Jay Jackson with Ben Stiller

Happy Gilmore is a 1996 American sports comedy film from director Dennis Dugan and starring Adam Sandler.  The film focuses on a ill-tempered hockey player who applies his talents to golf in the hopes of winning big tournament money that he can in turn use to save his grandmother's home from the IRS.

Like a lot of moviegoers, I’m a huge Adam Sandler fan.  Sandler is generally not a darling of the critics, but his movies are hilarious.  Even though most of his films display the most mediocre filmmaking and most juvenile script writing, Sandler is a genuinely fine comedic actor, and his comedic stage persona – stage, screen, wherever, comes across as both endearing and funny.  Happy Gilmore is from the early period of Sandler’s film career as the leading man or star, and while the movie’s concept is juvenile and the character immature, Happy Gilmore simply works quite well.

Happy Gilmore (Adam Sandler) tries out for a local semi-pro(?) hockey team, but fails to make the cut as he does every year.  On a dare, Happy discovers that he can hit a golf ball to a distance of over 400 yards (apparently a big deal).  Spurred on by Chubbs Peterson (Carl Weathers), a local club pro, Happy enters a local golf tournament and wins both the tournament and a spot on the pro golfer’s tour.

When his grandmother (Frances Bay) loses her home to the I.R.S. for owing a decade’s worth of back taxes, Happy accepts the bid to join the pro tour in hopes that his earnings can save her house.  Standing in the way is Shooter McGavin (Christopher McDonald), a golf pro jealous of the attention Happy’s unique golf skills and his volatile temper earn him.  So Shooter not only sets about trying to get Happy kicked off the tour, but he also buys Grandma Gilmore’s house.  Will Happy win the tour championship and get the house back into family hands?

Happy Gilmore is the David vs. Goliath, insider vs. outsider, fish-out-of-water, class conflict story that works so well when a popular star plays the underdog.  Sandler has a likable sort of every man quality about him.  Christopher McDonald plays a great comic villain, mostly because he has a sense of humor about himself even when he plays the heavy.  His looks and demeanor says “stuffed shirt, upper class jerk,” and while he obviously takes his work seriously, he never takes himself so seriously that he can’t be the fall guy.

On the strength of a good comic villain/hero dynamic and some nice (but tiny) supporting performances, I recommend Happy Gilmore.  For Sandler fans, it’s a must see.

7 of 10

B+

★★★½ out of 4 stars

Edited for the original:  Wednesday, July 23, 2025

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Review: "MARIA FULL OF GRACE" Remains a Timely Film

TRASH IN MY EYE No. 15 (of 2005) by Leroy Douresseaux

Maria Full of Grace (2004)

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA/Columbia; Language: Spanish/English

Running time:  101 minutes (1 hour, 41 minutes)

Rating: MPAA – R for drug content and language

WRITER/DIRECTOR:  Joshua Marston

PRODUCER:  Paul S. Mezey

CINEMATOGRAPHER:  Jim Denault

EDITORS:  Anne McCabe and Lee Percy

COMPOSERS:  Leonardo Heiblum and Jacobo Lieberman

Academy Award nominee

DRAMA/CRIME/THRILLER

Starring:  Catalina Sandino Moreno, Yenny Paola Vega, John Alex Toro, Guilied Lopez, Patricia Rae, Orlando Tobon, Fernando Velasquez, and Jaime Osorio Gomez

Maria Full of Grace is a 2004 Spanish-language drama film from writer-director Joshua Marston.  The film is a co-production between the U.S. and Colombia.  Maria Full of Grace focuses on a pregnant Colombian teenager who becomes a drug mule for a trafficking ring in order to make desperately-needed money for her family.

Catalina Sandino Moreno earned a 2005 Oscar nomination in the category of “Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role” for her performance as a teenage coke mule in Joshua Marston’s Maria Full of Grace.  Maria Alvarez (Catalina Sandino Moreno) is a spirited 17-year old girl who lives with three generations of her family in a cramped house in impoverished rural Columbia.  After learning that she may be pregnant, Maria suddenly quits her job stripping roses at a flower plantation after her boss continually hassles her because of her morning sickness.

She meets a handsome, motorcycle-riding young man named Franklin (John Alex Toro), who introduces her to the risky and ruthless world of international drug trafficking.  She meets his boss, Javier (Jaime Osorio Gomez), who pays Maria a lot of money to swallow over 50 latex pellets containing cocaine.  With the pellets in her stomach, she flies to New York City with three other coke mules, including her friend, Blanca (Yenny Paola Vega) and a somewhat experienced carrier named Lucy (Guilied Lopez), where they are too deliver the drugs to men waiting in a hotel.  Complications arise, and Maria must gain the grace to survive and move towards a brighter future.

Maria Full of Grace is a quiet and compelling drama, but it is also as riveting and as thrilling as the best edge-of-your-seat crime films.  Catalina Sandino Moreno gives a gripping performance as a strong of heart young woman who is quiet savvy in even the worst circumstances.  A lot of Ms. Moreno’s performance is shown through her face and soulful eyes, and she engages her audience without any flashy tricks.  Writer/director Joshua Marston gets similar performances from all of his talented supporting cast, and his film is similar in tone to 2003’s Dirty Pretty Things, meaning that it’s a superb, taut drama that I highly recommend.

8 of 10

A

★★★★ out of 4 stars

Edited from the original: Sunday, July 20, 2025

NOTES:

2005 Academy Awards, USA:  1 nomination:  “Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role” (Catalina Sandino Moreno)

2005 NAACP Image Awards (NAACP):  1 nomination: “Outstanding Independent or Foreign Film”

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Patchwork Girl Of Oz Volume 1 TP, $12.99

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Marvel Comics Shipping for July 23, 2025

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Amazing Spider-Man #8 (Cover A John Romita Jr.), $4.99

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X-Factor By Peter David Omnibus Volume 4 HC (Cover A David Yardin Book Market Variant), $125.00

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Comic Books, Magazines and Books Shipping for July 23, 2025

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Archie Milestones Jumbo Comics Digest #30 Jughead Summer Vacation, $9.99

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Art Of Super7 HC, $49.99

Critical Role Vox Machina Origins I #2 (Of 6)(Cover A Olivia Samson), $4.99

Great British Bump-Off Kill Or Be Quilt #4 (Of 4)(Cover A Max Sarin), $4.99

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Living Hell TP, $19.99

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Welcome To The Maynard TP, $19.99

DISNEY HYPERION

Roll For Danger The Cursed Catacombs HC, $17.99

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DISNEY MANGA

Disney Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas Zero's Journey (Ultimate Manga Edition With Sprayed Edges)(per Penguin Random House), $23.99

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Barbarella Volume 3 #5 (Cover A Joseph Michael Linsner), $4.99

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Space Ghost Annual #1 (One Shot)(Cover A Francesco Mattina), $5.99

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Vampirella Armageddon #1 (Cover V Joseph Michael Linsner Foil Variant), AR

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Woman With Fifty Faces Maria Lani And The Greatest Art Heist That Never Was HC, $29.99

IDW PUBLISHING

Best Of My Little Pony Volume 4 Pinkie Pie TP, $8.99

Godzilla #1 (Kai-Sei Era)(Cover A Nikola Cizmesija), $4.99

Godzilla #1 (Kai-Sei Era)(Cover B Kade Byrand), $4.99

Godzilla #1 (Kai-Sei Era)(Cover C Arthur Adams), $4.99

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Godzilla #1 (Kai-Sei Era)(Cover J Arthur Adams Black & White Full Art Variant), AR

Godzilla's Monsterpiece Theatre TP, $21.99

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KODANSHA COMICS

Blue Lock Episode Nagi Volume 4 GN, $13.99

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Last Samurai Standing Volume 1 GN, $13.99

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Working For God In A Godless World Volume 3 GN, $12.99

TOKYOPOP - LOVE X LOVE

A Tail's Tale Volume 4 GN, $13.99

Unwanted Bride Loves The Crown Prince With All Her Heart Volume 1 GN, $16.99

VIZ MEDIA

Boys Abyss Volume 10 GN (not verified by Diamond Distribution), $14.99

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One Piece Heroines Volume 2 GN (not verified by Diamond Distribution), $10.99

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Negromancer News Bits and Bites from July 13th to 19th, 2025 - UPDATE #11

by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"

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NEWS:

TELEVISION - From Deadline:  ABC has announced the premiere dates for its Fall 2025 television season.  That includes a 8PM Eastern arrival for the flagship "9-1-1," and a 9 PM Eastern debut for its latest spinoff, "9-1-1 Nashville."

TELEVISION - From Variety:  Talk show host Stephen Colbert announced that CBS is cancelling "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," with the last episode scheduled for May 2026.  He also announced that CBS is ending "The Late Show" and won't replace it. Colbert has been hosting the show since 2015.

NETFLIX/ANIMATION - From Deadline:  Netflix has produced a red-band trailer for "Fixed," the R-rated animated comedy film from director Genndy Tartakovsy ("Hotel Transylvania").  The film is about a randy dog named "Bull," who is about to get neutered.

EMMYS - From Deadline:  The nominations of the 2025 / 77th Primetime Emmy Awards have been announced. The winners in 25 categories will be announced September 14, 2025, airing live on CBS and Paramount+.  The corresponding Creative Arts Emmy winners will be announced during a two-night ceremony of September 6th and 7th, 2025.  Apple TV+'s "Severance" led with 27 nominations.

From Variety:  Days after celebrating his 83rd birthday, Harrison Ford, earns his first Primetime Emmy nomination, which is in the category "Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series."  He is the second oldest nominee in that category after the late Adam Arkin earned a nomination in 2020 at the age of 86.

TELEVISION - From Variety:  HBO has provided a first-look of Nick Frost as "Rubeus Hagrid" in its upcoming "Harry Potter" television series.

MOVIES - From Deadline:   Blumhouse has laid off six staffers across film, television, and casting in the wake of the box office disappointment of its most recent film, "M3GAN 2.0."

BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficePro:  The winner of the 7/11 to 7/13/2025 weekend box office is Warner Bros. Picture/DC Studios' Superman with an estimated take of 122 million dollars.

From Deadline:  Warner Bros Discovery CEO David Zaslav celebrates a box office win with Superman saying that his is just the beginning for the "DC Universe."

STREAMING/ANIMATION - From Deadline:  "South Park" and Paramount+ are involved in negotiations involving the rights to stream the series. That has led to the long-running animated series being removed from the international version of Paramount+.

OBITS:

From Deadline:  American songwriter, Alan Bergman, had died at the age of 99, Thursday, July 18, 2025.  Bergman was best known for his collaboration with his late wife, Marilyn Keith Bergman (1928-2022).  The couple won three Oscars for the film music, including twice for "Best Original Song."  The won two Grammy Awards, including "Song of the Year" (for "The Way We Were" with songwriter Marvin Hamlisch).  The couple also wrote the theme songs for the television series, "The Sandy Duncan Show," and two former CBS sitcoms, "Maude" (1972-78), and its spinoff, "Good Times" (1974-79).

From Deadline:  British television actress, Judy Loe, has died at the age of 78, Tuesday, July 15, 2025.  Loe was a regular in such British TV series as "Ace of Wands," "Edward the Seventh," and "General Hospital" (not related to the American soap opera), to name a few.  She was a guest in such series "Man at the Top," "Ripping Yarns," and "Inspector Morse," to name a few.  Loe was also the mother of actress, Kate Beckinsale, best known for her role in the "Underworld" film franchise.