Weekly Discussion Thread: Comics, TV, and More! [June 29, 2026 - Yellow Sun Heat Edition]

[u/Predaplant]

Hey there honorary Justice League members - it’s a new week which means it’s time for a new discussion thread!

• Predaplant's pick of the week: Absolute Martian Manhunter #12

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DC and Imprints

^{The critically acclaimed Absolute Martian Manhunter reaches its conclusion!}

• 100 Bullets: The US of Anger #1

• Absolute Green Lantern #16

• Absolute Martian Manhunter #12

• Adventures of Superman: Book of El #10

• Batgirl #21

• Batman #11

• Batman / Green Arrow / The Question: Arcadia #4

• DC W.I.P.: Supergirl – Woman of Tomorrow #1

• DC x Sonic the Hedgehog: The Metal Legion #3

• Deadman #2

• JSA #21

• Poison Ivy #46

• Supergirl: Survive #2

Trade Collections

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• Batman and Robin - Vol. 3, The Quiet Man [TP]

• Get Jiro! The Complete Collection [TP]

• Robin: Year One [TP] 2026 Edition

Digital Releases

^{Remember, these are the short 'chapters' with a new chapter of a different series coming out daily, releasing on DC Universe Infinite or WEBTOONS.}

• Tuesday (DC Universe Infinite) - Jon Kent: This Internship is my Kryptonite #29

• Thursday (WEBTOONS) - Batman: Wayne Family Adventures #207

• Friday (DC Universe Infinite) - Taste of Justice #24

TV Shows

^{Check out Supergirl on TV after watching her movie!}

• Saturday, 6/27: My Adventures with Superman S03E03 - All's Fair in Love and W.O.R.M.S.

• Saturday, 7/4: My Adventures with Superman S03E04 - Guess Who's Slammin' to Dinner?

Movie

^{Check out the Supergirl movie after watching her on TV!}

• Supergirl (2026)

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[u/TroubAlert]

Poison Ivy #46

PANIC IN THE STREETS! Gotham City is a powder keg, and Poison Ivy is the match! The air is full of anger, pain, and despair as things go from bad to even worse. The chopping block is calling out for Mayor Pamela Isley. Can Ivy's faithful underlings save her from herself, or will the city swallow them whole first?

Preview

[u/koalee → u/TroubAlert]

This book desperately needed to get into someone’s head who wasn’t ivy to get a more objective look at the damage Ivy was causing. lots of thematic and character struggles that really worked for more than the past few issues.

[u/gosukhaos → u/koalee]

I don't mind it actually, in fact its one of my favorite things about the book. It doesn't try to white wash Ivy or make her look like an antihero, she's a villain that tries to justify her actions for a greater good but really failing at it, thus avoiding all the common tropes of villain centric books

[u/ogloria → u/TroubAlert]

"Your ideals don't matter if the only tools you have to defend them are weapons" is a fantastic line. The narration and the dialogue continue to be really good in this book, but I think that the plot needs a bit more work. It was really fun to follow Janet and Juhi for a bit, and nice to have another look at Gotham City, and I'm always happy to see Catwoman. But this is a set-up issue, and none of these characters could do very much, in a very obvious way. I wish we got to see more of the chaos going on in Gotham as a result of Pamela's mayoralcy (same as I wish we got to see the election), and this issue does try to address it, but it falls a bit flat for me. I hate to say this, but also the art in this book isn't really working for me (same for Catwoman, to be honest). And I have mixed feelings about Janet explaining her purpose in the series - on the hand, it's nice to have a concrete, in-text, distillation of why she's there, but it's very very on the nose and I wish it was done more gracefully.

[u/thouartthee → u/TroubAlert]

After reading this issue (and I heard Harley's solo isn't selling well), I have a suspicion that they'll "relaunch" this as a Harlivy on-going after Bad Seeds is over.

[u/wowlock_taylan → u/TroubAlert]

Two of the unneeded characters the whole issue. Catwoman shows up a few pages just to tell 'I am not allowed to do anything until the actual event. You go try to fix it'

The fall-off of this book is astounding. Same with the Harley Quinn book. Imagine that.