Top Comics to Buy for August 26, 2020

By Zack Quaintance — Welcome to our Top Comics to Buy for August 26, 2020, which features a wonderful and eclectic bunch of indie comics, many of which are rooted in crime stories and reality, which make them among my personal favorites. Speaking of my personal favorites, the PICK OF THE WEEK here is a new issue of Stray Bullets, and I’m absolutely thrilled that the latest chapter of the Lapham’s masterpiece has arrived. But there are plenty of other great books coming out this week too, and you can find our picks below…enjoy!

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Top Comics to Buy for July 22, 2020

By Zack Quaintance — New releases have all but resumed full strength since the COVID-19-induced distribution stoppage earlier this year, as was made evident earlier this month by a letter from Marvel Comic’s editor-in-chief welcoming readers back to the fold. This resumption is bore out in the rising number of monthly comics coming to shelves. That said, the majority of titles on our Top Comics to Buy for July 22 are comics that we’ve been consistently praising in the recent past...and you can find them all below.

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Top Comics to Buy for July 1, 2020

By Zack Quaintance — It’s an usual week, with no new releases from DC or Marvel Comics. Marvel is still ramping up to a full return from the COVID-19 driven distribution stoppage, essentially alternating weeks of release for physical titles as they recover. DC Comics, meanwhile, is quitting Diamond Comics Distribution, in favor of two new distributors. That’s a whole other thing, but the point is that as a result, there are no new DC books this week for our Top Comics to Buy for July 1, 2020.

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Best New #1 Comics for March 2020

By Zack Quaintance — It’s a miracle, folks. Here it is, still March, and I have finished the list for Best New #1 Comics for March 2020 (with the Best Comics for March 2020 slated to go live on April 1!). How did I — a guy who regularly posts these lists halfway into the following month, manage such a feat? Well, as you may have noticed, there is no new Top Comics to Buy piece for this week, owing to the fact that to my knowledge basically every publisher but DC and Marvel aren’t releasing new comics this week (digitally) due to the crisis.

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Top Comics to Buy for March 4, 2020: Billionaire Island #1, Flash #750, and more!

By Zack Quaintance — Here we are, worse for the ware and kind of late with this week’s Top Comics to Buy, but we’re here nonetheless. It’s a relatively sparse week with a few key titles to really sustain us, kind of like a fine dining experience where your food looks little but tastes amazing and when you leave, you leave satisfied. That’s the best I can do, lay off me, I’m tired.

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