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📺 Top Comic Book Picks + NCBD Highlights | USDN Shorts Ep. 26 (June 25, 2025)

Hello There, it's the Chairman of the United States Department of Nerds (USDN)—for the people, by the people, and of the people.

Welcome to Episode 26 of USDN Shorts!

We’re diving into my Top 5 Comics from June 18th, then jumping headfirst into the New Comic Book Day Recommendations for the week of June 25th, 2025! 280 new issues, 538 releases total—let’s break it all down by publisher and creators.

Chapters
Intro - 00:00
Top 5 - 00:35
Marvel - 03:08
DC - 06:00
Dark Horse - 08:30
Boom Studios - 10:51
Madcave - 11:38
Zenescope - 13:18
Image - 15:10
Ghost Machine - 21:00
Spawn Universe - 23:00
Outro - 24:33

🔥 TOP 5 COMICS OF LAST WEEK 🔥

Dark Horse
• Los Monstruos #2 — James Robinson, Jesus Merino, Kike J. Diaz, Jim Campbell

Oni Press / EC Comics
• Epitaphs from the Abyss #12 — Matt Kindt, Tyler Crook, Chris Condon, Klaus Janson, Tyler Cook, Alison Sampson, Tom Fowler

Image
• I Was A Fashion School Serial Killer #3 — Doug Wagner, Daniel Hillyard, Michelle Madsen, Ed Dukeshire

Image / Tiny Onion
• Exquisite Corpses #2 — James Tynion IV, Michael Walsh, Marianna Ignazzi

Oni Press
• Benjamin #1 — Ben H. Winters, Leomacs, Christian Ward

🦸‍♂️ THIS WEEK'S COMIC RECOMMENDATIONS 🦸‍♀️

MARVEL COMICS

• Giant-Size Age of Apocalypse #1 — Jackson Lanzing, C.F. Villa, Stanley "Artgerm" Lau, Jeph Loeb, Simone Di Meo

• Predator vs. Spider-Man #3 — Benjamin Percy, Marcelo Ferreira, Jay Leisten, Frank D'Armata, Clayton Cowles, Paulo Siqueira, Yen Nitro

• Star Wars: Legacy of Vader #5 — Charles Soule, Stefano Raffaele, Rachael Stott

DC COMICS

• Absolute Batman #1 — Scott Snyder, Nick Dragotta, Frank Martin, Clayton Cowles, Mark Spears

• Absolute Superman #1 — Jason Aaron, Steve Orlando, Pop Mhan, Rafa Sandoval, Ulises Arreola, Hi-Fi, Josh Reed, Becca Carey

• Absolute Wonder Woman #1 — Kelly Thompson, Hayden Sherman, Jordie Bellaire, Becca Carey, Mark Spears

• Batman: Hush DC Essential TPB — Jeph Loeb, Jim Lee, Scott Williams, Alex Sinclair, Richard Starkings

DARK HORSE

• Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures Vol. 3 #19 — Daniel José Older, Harvey Tolibao, Michael Atiyeh, Jimmy Betancourt, Tyler Smith, Elizabeth Beals

• Tramps of the Apocalypse #1 — Alice Darrow (Writer/Artist/Cover)

BOOM! STUDIOS

• When I Lay My Vengeance Upon Thee #5 — Gus Moreno, Jakub Rebelka, Jacob Phillips

MAD CAVE STUDIOS

• Vanishing Point #1 — Mark Russell, Juan Doe

• Vanishing Point #2 — Mark Russell, Ryan Alexander Tanner, Robert Hack

ZENESCOPE ENTERTAINMENT

• Grimm Fairy Tales Vol. 2 #97 — Joe Brusha, Igor Lomov, Josh Burns, Taylor Esposito

• Zenescope Legends: Summer Edition 2025 #1 — Joe Brusha, Igor Vitorino, John Royle

IMAGE COMICS

• Dark Honor #2 — Ethan Sacks, K.S. Bruce, Brian Decubellis, Fico Ossio

• Lazarus: Fallen #1 — Greg Rucka, Michael Lark

• News From the Fallout #1 — Chris Condon, Jeffrey Alan Love, Jacob Phillips, Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou

• The Seasons #5 — Rick Remender, Paul Azaceta, Matheus Lopes

• Sleep #2 — Zander Cannon, Tim Seeley

• Universal Monsters: The Mummy #4 — Faith Erin Hicks, Lee Loughridge, Jae Lee, June Chung

• You'll Do Bad Things #4 — Tyler Boss, Adriano Turtulici, Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou

• Hyde Street #7 (Ghost Machine) — Geoff Johns, Danny Miki, Ivan Reis, Brad Anderson, Rob Leigh

• The Rocketfellers #6 (Ghost Machine) — Francis Manapul, Peter J. Tomasi, Rob Leigh

SPAWN UNIVERSE (Image)

• Black Ritual: The Book of Nyx #3 — Thomas Healy, Nat Jones, Raymond Gay

• Gunslinger Spawn #44 — Todd McFarlane, Carlo Barberi, Bjorn Barends, Federico Sabbatini

📣 BONUS ANNOUNCEMENT

Coming up this Saturday, June 28 @ 10 AM EST: An exclusive interview with Mike Scrase to talk about ZIP #4, published by Markosia Enterprises! A British superhero comic that explores imperfection and disability—don’t miss it.

💬 What did YOU pick up this NCBD? Let me know in the comments!

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On behalf of the Council of Nerds, this Short is USDN Approved.

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