Video Release of Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires

Amazon now has information on the video release of Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires.

The streaming version is set to be released on 18 September 2025, and the DVD, Blu-ray (shown here), and 4K Ultra HD  are due out on 23 September 2025. The physical copies include some extra features, and the Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD versions will include a code redeemable for a digital copy of the film.

Synopsis:

In this ELSEWORLDS story set in1519, a young Aztec warrior sees his village destroyed by the Spanish conqueror, Hernán Cortés. Wounded and afraid, he escapes through the jungle and is guided by a bat god to the wondrous capital city of Tenochtitlan. There, the youth swears vengeance on the European invaders, vowing to stop them at all costs by becoming... THE BATMAN.

More details and ordering information at https://www.amazon.com/s?k=aztec+batman&crid=1DZJ414RKBJEN. 

Trailer for Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires

Warner Bros. Entertainment has recently released an updated trailer (in both English and Spanish) for the original video Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires, which offers an intriguing Elseworld where Batman and his associated rogues gallery emerge in response to Spain's attempt to conquer the Americas.

Coming Soon - Walt Disney's Donald Duck: Tales of Andold Wild Duck (Disney Masters Vol. 26)

Due out this month from Fantagraphics:

Walt Disney's Donald Duck: Tales of Andold Wild Duck (Disney Masters Vol. 26)

Marco Rota

On sale date: September 30, 2025

Full details, brief preview, and ordering information at https://www.fantagraphics.com/products/walt-disneys-donald-duck-tales-of-andold-wild-duck-disney-masters-vol-26. 

Pages: 208

Format: Hardback

Color: Full-color.

Dimensions: 7.8" × 10.5"

ISBN-13: 9798875000447

Charge into Donald Duck's past life as his own Arthurian ancestor: brave British commander Andold Wild Duck! Outrageous Viking battles lie ahead, in beloved comics epics by fan-favorite artist Marco Rota!

It's Donald Duck's fierce ancestor—played by Donald himself—versus evil medievals in a much-requested miniseries! When Viking raids capture half of Scotland, it's up to Commander Andold "Wild Duck" Temerary, his super-strong knightly pal Little Bo, and his brainy fiancée Lady Aydis to keep the peace. But with cursed runestones, lurking longboats, and barbarians at the gates, our heroes better grab their swords and shields!

Along with four awesome Andold epics—some new to North America!—this Viking-size collection includes modern-day Donald and Uncle Scrooge thrills and spills, including manic McDuck treasure hunts and "Commuter Crisis"… the tale of Duckburg's most ridiculous rush hour!

Walt Disney's Donald Duck: Tales of Andold Wild Duck: Disney Masters Vol. 26 is part of the Disney Masters series.

New Robin Hood Comic

Mad Cave Studios has just published the first issue of a dark reinterpretation of the legend in Nottingham from writer David Hazan and artist  Shane Connery Volk. 

Be warned, it is violent and bloody. 

A digital version can be purchased from comiXology.  

Berserker by Loverd and Haun

I'm still not ready to get back to work on this but did want to post on a series I just re-read:

Rick Loverd and Jeremy Haun's Berserker (Top Cow, 2009) presents a secret society composed of the descendants of Viking Berserkers at work in the world. There are two groups, one peaceful and the other not, which seeks to bring about Ragnarok. The series focuses on two young men and their discovery of their heritage and its curse. The comic is fairly bloody, with bodies torn apart (repeatedly) and dead loved ones--depicted rather graphically--returning to haunt their respective protagonist. The series can be accessed at comiXology at https://www.comixology.com/Berserker/comics-series/2973.

A collected edition (978-1-60706-109-0) was released in 2010 with additional supplemental material, including the suggestion that the modern-day Berserkers are meant to represent (reincarnates?) members of the Norse pantheon. The book can be purchased at Amazon or other retailers. .

Helvie at Plymouth State Medieval Forum

Sorry to have missed this:

Forrest C. Helvie recently presented on "When the Present Makes Contact with the Past: Comic Adaptations and Translations of Medieval and Early Modern Sources" at the 34th Annual Medieval and Renaissance Forum, Plymouth State University, on Saturday, 20 April. The essay is now on the website of Sequart Research & Literacy Organization at http://sequart.org/magazine/22328/when-the-present-makes-contact-with-the-past-comic-adaptations-and-translations-of-medieval-and-early-modern-sources/. Apparently, this is an early (or alternate?) version of the essay Helvie published in The Once and Future Classroom (at http://www.teamsmedieval.org/ofc/Spring2013Comics.html), which I posted on earlier this summer.

Wizard of Id Collected

Titan Books has begun reprinting Brant Parker and Johnny Hart's run on The Wizard of Id comic strip. Two volumes have appeared to date. Detail as follows.


The Wizard of Id: The Dailies & Sundays - 1971
Product Details
ISBN: 9781848566835
Dimensions: 8 1/2” x 6 1/8”
Hardback: 224pp
Publication date: September 27 2011
Illustration detail: Black and white newspaper strip


Synopsis
Oppressed, dank, shabby and miserable. No, not a night out in Sunderland, but the Kingdom of Id. A one-horse kingdom ruled by a wretched, pint-sized tyrannical despot. This is a collection of Brant Parker and Johnny Hart’s award-winning newspaper strip, featuring a cast of wise-cracking wizards and rotten rulers, drunken has-been jesters and cowardly knights. If this doesn’t make you laugh, you’re better off in Sunderland.
The Wizard of Id has been running continuously for over 45 years since its launch in 1964, making it one of the longest running newspaper strips in history. This collection includes strips from 1971, when the strip won the first of its five National Cartoonist Society Best Humour Strip awards.

 
The Wizard of Id: The Dailies & Sundays - 1972
 Product Details
ISBN: 9781848566842
Dimensions: 8 1/2” x 6 1/8”
Hardback: 224pp
Publication date: October 9 2012
Illustration detail: B/w newspaper strip

Synopsis
Welcome to the Kingdom of Id, a one-horse kingdom ruled by a wretched, pint-sized tyrannical despot known only as The King. This is a collection of Brant Parker and Johnny Hart’s award-winning newspaper strip, featuring a cast of wise-cracking wizards and rotten rulers, drunken has-been jesters and cowardly knights. This volume collects the daily and Sunday strips from 1972 for the very first time, as well as new background feature material and family photographs, never-before-seen!

Hagar the Horrible Reprints Again

Further catching up:

New/Recent from Titan Books--

The Epic Chronicles of Hagar the Horrible continue in Volume 3 (dalies from January 1976 to June 1977), with a foreword by comic book artist/writer Walter Simonson (himself no stranger to the Vikings, as one of the definitive artists on M arvel's Thor during the 1980s), and Volume 4 (dailies from July 1977 to December 1978), with a foreword by cartoonist Cathy Guisewite.

The Art of Thor

Marvel Worldwide has released The Art of Thor to coincide with the recent release of the Thor feature film. The book is a comprehensive guide to the making of the film (from concept art to finished film) and is written by Matthew K. Manning with commentary by the production crew, cast, and, Thor creator. Stan Lee. Thor writer and artists Walter Simonson provides a forward. A series of images from the book are available at the Marvel Store, but it is now out of stock there. Other online distributors, like Amazon, still have copies available.