2018 gets off to a good start on the home entertainment front this week with the release of the most successful horror film of 2017, Andy Muschietti’s adaptation of Stephen King’s It , plus Tom Cruise in American Made , Jackie Chan in The Foreigner , and an all new feature-length animated film featuring the Scooby-Doo gang teaming up with Batman.

This week, Steve Bennett talks about Marvel’s year, two of the best comics of 2017, and the upcoming Scooby Doo -DC animated feature.

Here's a preview of The Shadow / Batman #4 , published by Dynamite Entertainment.

Batman: The Killing Joke is getting the Absolute Edition treatment.

The moves are being taken due to the performance of Justice League , another critical and box office disappointment.

August was another tough month in a tough year for comics and graphic novel sales in comic stores.

DC Comics will explore the origin of Batman through a real-world lens in a new series.

Sales of comics and graphic novels to comic stores dropped 19.31% vs. the previous year in July.

Insight Editions will release The Art of Harley Quinn , an art book covering the complete history of DC’s crown princess of crime.

Knight Models has revealed new characters for the DC Universe Miniature Game and the Batman Miniature Game , including Wonder Woman, Superman, the Martian Manhunter, and Dr. Fate.