This week’s home entertainment offerings include Jon Favreau’s hugely successful version of Kipling’s The Jungle Book , the fourth season of the DC-based CW series Arrow , the second season of the Disney-produced Star Wars Rebels , and excellent film about baseball that mostly takes place away from the diamond.

A new comic and a new graphic novel jumped into the political arena in the last few days, on opposite sides of the presidential election.

These are estimates of the sales on comic books by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during July 2016.

This week’s home entertainment offerings include Warner Bros. first R-rated Batman animated feature, a delightful Jacques Tardi-influenced cartoon feature, Key & Peele’s underrated action comedy Keanu , the high-concept dystopian comedy The Lobster , and an elaborate adaptation of J.G. Ballard’s 1975 cult classic novel, High Rise .

These are estimates of the sales on comic books by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during June 2016.

These are estimates of the sales on graphic novels by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during June 2016.

This week’s home entertainment releases won’t overshadow the fireworks, but there are some items of interest including Stephen Chow’s wild Hong Kong fantasy/comedy The Mermaid , a visually stunning Brazilian animated feature, the latest season of the marvelously Machiavellian political drama House of Cards , reasonably-priced collections of The Real Ghostbusters , and a bevy of interesting anime offerings led by the only Studio Ghibli film that has never been released here before and the steampunk sci-fi epic The Empire of Corpses.

Marvel has announced the launch of a new superteam, the U.S. Avengers , debuting in a new title this fall.

These are estimates of the sales on graphic novels by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during February 2016.

Here's a review of Odin ' s Ravens , published by Osprey Games.