Superhero and author graphic novels divide neatly into winners and losers, while manga are a bit more complicated.

DC Comics aims to help Heroes in Crisis in a seven-issue miniseries from writer Tom King and his Batman collaborator, artist Clay Mann.

This week, Steve Bennett takes a look at DC's attempt to launch a new line of characters, and at The Man of Steel #1.

This week's home entertainment offerings include a rare ambitious misfire from Disney, Ana Duvernay's A Wrinkle in Time, a disparate bunch of crime films including the Bruce Willis Death Wish and the indie black comedy Thoroughbreds, plus the latest season of South Park and the complete run of the Hulu adult animated superhero comedy series The Awesomes.

The end of the May brings loads of geek TV updates.

Here's a preview of Project Superpowers Vol. 3 #0 , published by Dynamite Entertainment.

The price for the remaining DC Universe ongoing titles has been raised.

New titles dominate the Superhero chart, but the Manga and Author lists are all over the map.

While superhero titles are the lowest selling category in the book channel, there’s an interesting difference this month between the charts.

It's nice to see bigger numbers at the tops of the charts after the long sales drought we’ve seen recently in comic store sales.