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NYCC 2026 reveals new exclusive merch and an early pre-order window for Superfans and VIPs
Popverse Superfans & NYCC VIPs can get a bulk of their merch shopping done early, leaving more time for [insert fun here] at New York Comic Con.
September 11, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
Mark Millar thinks secretly returning to Marvel & writing Iron Man under a pseudonym would be “hilarious”
Millar, who famously penned DC hits like Superman: Red Son or Marvel staples like Old Man Logan, has considered submitting other books under a different name
September 11, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
The Jack Kirby estate is working on a "bunch of new projects" that will be announced soon
Among other things, Jeremy Kirby, the grandson of Jack Kirby, is hoping to get a new trade paperback of Captain Victory and the Galactic Rangers out.
September 11, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
News
The Japanese government abolishes its anime/manga public relations fund after 13 years & $351m in debt
While anime and manga have boomed, the Cool Japan Fund couldn't profit from that success.
September 11, 2026
Trent Cannon
News
Alex Ross gives Kelly Thompson's Absolute Wonder Woman his highest praise: “The best Wonder Woman book I’ve read in years”
Absolute Wonder Woman’s Kelly Thompson drew inspiration from Alex Ross, who happens to love her comic.
September 11, 2026
Ashley V. Robinson
News
New Saint Seiya manga gets new release date following 8-month hiatus
Following the issues Masami Kurumada had with his employee embezelling from him, he's announced that the next chapter of the ongoing Saint Seiya manga is coming.
September 11, 2026
Trent Cannon
News
Uoto’s next manga is called Hallucination Meat, because apparently Orb wasn’t strange enough
Uoto has announced that his next manga, Hallucination Man, is coming this year, but that's not all he's been working on.
September 11, 2026
Trent Cannon
Features
Super Saiyan 3 is the cleverest story moment that Dragon Ball ever had
Fans complain that Super Saiyan 3 isn't used to defeat anyone in Dragon Ball, but that was kind of the point.
September 11, 2026
Trent Cannon
Guides
The Marvel Universe will never be the same after Popverse Playlist for September 12-18, 2026
Avengers: Armageddon is promising a big change for Marvel's comic book universe, Apple's failed secret agents are back in a new Slow Horses season, and it's time for more Resident Evil from the man behind Weapons
September 11, 2026
Graeme McMillan
News
Tim Curry’s iconic Legend villain inspired Alex Ross’ terrifying new version of Thor
Alex Ross reveals how Tim Curry helped shape Marvel’s worst possible Thor.
September 10, 2026
Ashley V. Robinson
News
Jim Lee says the Marvel vs. DC rivalry is like baseball: The players change, but fans stay loyal
In comics, just like in baseball, says DC's Jim Lee, it's not always about who you're rooting for. It's sometimes about who you're not rooting against
September 10, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Kagurabachi manga release date schedule altered as creator Takeru Hokazono has a sudden illness (but he's okay!)
For the second time in four months, the Kagurabachi manga is going on a brief hiatus.
September 10, 2026
Trent Cannon
News
Alex Ross is “sniffing at” the world of Kingdom Come again on its 30th Anniversary, but don’t call it a sequel
Alex Ross plays coy about revisiting Kingdom Come: “I talk too much”
September 09, 2026
Ashley V. Robinson
News
The Baltimore Sun’s AI cartoons have drawn a blistering response from the artists they imitate
13 months after the Baltimore Sun fired its staff cartoonist, his former co-workers have begun using AI to illustrate new ones.
September 09, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
DC’s Fury of Firestorm was so successful its six-issue run just became a 15-issue epic
Fury of Firestorm keeps selling, so DC is giving Jeff Lemire and Rafael De Latorre six more issues.
September 09, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
TOKYOPOP’s CPA firm raises “substantial doubt” about the manga publisher’s ability to continue
TOKYOPOP wants investors to fund its transformation, but its financial disclosures reveal a company under strain after a $2m gamble turned into a $2m loss.
September 09, 2026
Chris Arrant
Guides
Midnight Spider-Man release schedule (updated September 2026): Putting the creepy part of spiders back into Marvel's webcrawler
When does Marvel’s Midnight Spider-Man come out? Every issue release date
September 09, 2026
Chris Arrant
Guides
Midnight Fantastic Four release schedule (updated September 2026): Every upcoming issue of Marvel’s horror series
When is the next Midnight Fantastic Four comic? Issues #1, #2, #3, and beyond
September 09, 2026
Chris Arrant
Guides
Midnight X-Men release schedule (updated September 2026): Jonathan Hickman's bloody mutant saga begins
When is the next Midnight X-Men comic? Issues #1, #2, #3, and beyond
September 09, 2026
Chris Arrant
Guides
Absolute Superman release schedule (Updated September 2026): When is the next issue of Absolute Superman is coming out
When is the next Absolute Superman comic? Issues #24, #25, #26, and beyond
September 09, 2026
Chris Arrant
Guides
Absolute Wonder Woman release schedule (Updated September 2026): When Kelly Thompson & Hayden Sherman's revolutionary take on the DC hero returns
When is the next Absolute Wonder Woman comic? Issues #24, #25, #26, and beyond
September 09, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
Joe Kelly has an ending planned for Amazing Spider-Man, but hopes it’s years away
Amazing Spider-Man’s current storylines are building toward one “wacky” ending, says Joe Kelly.
September 08, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
Don't read into the King Spawn movie title at Blumhouse, says Todd McFarlane - "Writers put titles on their scripts"
Yes, there is a comic called King Spawn. Yes, that is also the title of the upcoming Blumhouse-produced movie. No, that does not mean they are the same story
September 08, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
“I might have been ruined”: Saint Seiya creator alleges a $30 million betrayal from within
Saint Seiya creator Masami Kurumada says his own manager stole nearly $30 million and almost destroyed everything.
September 08, 2026
Trent Cannon
News
How Alex Ross subverts the expectations you have for Marvel Dimensions using his iconic JLA: Secret Origins cover
Call this Marvel: Secret Origins... and then Alex Ross will surprise you.
September 08, 2026
Ashley V. Robinson
News
25 years later, X-Men legend Chris Claremont still rejects Marvel's Wolverine origin story and sticks to his own headcanon for Logan
Chris Claremont has his own untold origin for Wolverine which he considers to be the hero's true backstory
September 08, 2026
George Marston
News
D Comics (yes, sort of like DC Comics) is the working name for Disney and WEBTOON’s new comics app platform
WEBTOON job listings reveal a surprising name for Disney’s new comics platform.
September 08, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
Hamnet director Chloé Zhao wanted to be a manga artist, but ended up making Marvel's Eternals instead
Chloé Zhao said that she was never able to achieve her dream because she "wasn't very good at drawing"
September 04, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
News
Marvel is releasing Amazing Spider-Man #1000 four days early for select stores participating in Local Comic Shop Day.
Marvel's hotly anticipated The Amazing Spider-Man #1000 drops September 30, but Marvel's sending out select variants early to celebrate Local Comic Shop Day
September 04, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Marvel accidentally released Uncanny X-Men #35 two weeks early on digital, but just pulled it
Uncanny X-Men's own Gail Simone recently took to Facebook to explain a publishing error that had digital X-Readers seeing a comic weeks before it hit physical shelves
September 04, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Guides
Here is where to watch all the big New York Comic Con 2026 panels
Watch all the big panels from NYCC 2026 for free with Popverse.
September 04, 2026
Chris Arrant
Guides
Britpop nostalgia, DC Comics teenage superheroes, and 60 years of Star Trek beam into Popverse Playlist for September 5 - September 11, 2026
While Oasis cover the nostalgia beat, we get two different views of a better tomorrow in this week's Popverse Playlist. Long Live the... Star Trek...?
September 04, 2026
Graeme McMillan
News
Boom-Boom fills Cable’s enormous shoulder pads in Marvel’s Fugitive X-Force
Cable is missing, X-Force is wanted for crimes and is ostracized from mutantkind, and Boom-Boom is calling the shots.
September 03, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
Mina Murray leads an army of monsters against Dracula in a wild new graphic novella
Dracula meets his match in the manga-inspired horror comic Miss Mina and the Midnight Guardians.
September 03, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
One of VIZ Media's parent companies, Shogakukan, committed "human rights violation" by secretly rehiring sex offender, according to independent third-party investigator it hired
The publisher behind VIZ Media issued another formal apology and announced changes in policy following committee's report.
September 03, 2026
Trent Cannon
News
Spider-Man's radioactive spider origin is "a little dishonest" to Phillip Kennedy Johnson, so he's revising it with Midnight Spider-Man
Spider-Man's radioactive spider disappeared after one bite. Marvel's new horror universe is finally asking what happened to it.
September 03, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
DC offered Rick Remender Batman and the Absolute Universe, but he says he turned them down: "It feels like playing cover songs to me."
DC offered Rick Remender Batman, but there's one obscure superhero team he'd actually consider.
September 03, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
Why Marvel Comics doesn't publish Marvel comics like John Byrne's X-Men: Elsewhen and Alex Ross' new Marvel Dimensions
Some of the most interesting new Marvel comics aren't actually being published by Marvel.
September 03, 2026
Chris Arrant
Guides
Best gifts for Naruto fans in 2026: 6 picks we actually recommend [Pop Shop]
Best gifts for Naruto fans in 2026 (Editor's Picks)
September 03, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
News
The manga giant behind VIZ Media announces "sweeping reforms" after scandal over secretly rehiring a convicted sex offender creator
Shogakukan says its recent creator scandal wasn't one bad decision; it exposed problems with how the manga giant operates.
September 03, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
Comics are one of "the last bastions of bespoke media in the world," says former Marvel Comics boss
Former Marvel Comics publisher, John Nee, hasn't felt this "optimistic" about the state of comics in years
September 02, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
News
Wolverine can die in Insomniac's game. Fortunately, rage is apparently a life-saver.
Marvel's Wolverine puts a hard limit on Logan's healing factor: "If his heart stops, then his healing factor stops."
September 01, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
13 years after first suggesting it, Andrew Garfield still believes in a gay Spider-Man
"You don’t see skin color, you don’t see gender, you don’t see sexuality," says The Amazing Spider-Man's Andrew Garfield, "Anyone can project themselves into that suit"
September 01, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
You wanted an Absolute Zatanna book? Good news: Absolute Wonder Woman's Kelly Thompson does too, and has an idea for it
Yenom Ym Ekat! Writer Thompson says for an Absolute Zatanna to happen, "the timing will need to be right"
September 01, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Uncanny X-Force's Deadpool was secretly a creator-owned character for writer Rick Remender, because he never read a Deadpool comic before
Rick Remender had never read a Deadpool comic before writing Uncanny X-Force
September 01, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
News
It's never been easier to become a comic book writer, or harder to make a living as one according to Image writer (and Top Cow exec)
Top Cow's COO Matt Hawkins, who created such titles as The Clock, thinks there's still a path for amateurs to turn professional comic creators. That path is a long one, though
September 01, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Writing Superman is therapeutic, but writing Spider-Man is neurotic and natural for Dan Slott
Slott writes both Superman Unlimited for DC and Spectacular Spider-Man at Marvel - and finds them two very distinct experiences
September 01, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
There's an official One Piece x Jurassic Park crossover, but only in Japan
We didn't know we needed a One Piece x Jurassic Park collaboration, but here we are.
September 01, 2026
Trent Cannon
News
The Dragon Ball Super manga's return hasn't been announced, but suddenly everyone involved is talking like it's happening.
We've had more hints than usual that Shueisha may be ready to bring back the Dragon Ball Super manga.
September 01, 2026
Trent Cannon
News
Witch Hat Atelier's creator designed its magic around one beautiful idea: "Everyone has the right to try"
You don't have to be special to use magic in Witch Hat Atelier and that is part of what makes the series so special.
September 01, 2026
Trent Cannon
News
Kemono Jihen author goes on hiatus as she mourns her brother: "We were able to spend plenty of his final moments together as a family"
Following the death of her brother in August, Kemono Jihen creator Sho Aimoto is going on a brief break.
September 01, 2026
Trent Cannon
News
Image Comics & Warren Ellis have been developing new comics together since 2023, with Ellis joking back then the publisher was "trapped"
Warren Ellis' Image Comics comeback was quietly underway just two years after the publisher publicly broke ties with him over sexual misconduct allegations.
August 31, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
Alex Ross hid a 32-page comic inside Marvel Dimensions, but marketing told him to announce it early
The title Marvel Dimensions makes a lot more sense once you know what's hiding inside.
August 31, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
Marvel Comics have tried to get Rick Remender to come back to relaunch the X-Men twice, he says
Rick Remender walked away from Marvel's X-Men because he wanted to make comics "without anybody telling me" what he could do.
August 31, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
An ambitious US manga store chain wants to fill the hole left by Waldenbooks, B. Dalton, and the mall bookstores you still miss
This growing manga chain wants to become the Waldenbooks of a new generation.
August 31, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
Marvel Midnight hasn't even launched yet, and Marvel is already talking internally about more books
Marvel Midnight is saving some major heroes for later: "I don't want to waste an opportunity for someone else"
August 31, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
Marvel kept Phoenix away from the X-Men comics for 2 years because she upset the balance, but in 2027 they want to upset the balance of the Marvel U
The X-Men comics are getting a new leader, a new lineup, and the Phoenix back as Marvel prepares for its modern mutant era.
August 31, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
Kentaro Miura wanted Berserk readers to feel "even the layers of air," which explains those impossibly detailed pages
Reading Berserk, it is impossible not to marvel at the detailed artwork of Kentaro Miura, but it definitely wasn't healthy.
August 31, 2026
Trent Cannon
News
Fan service has "just become a checkbox" in comic book movies after The Cap/Mjolnir moment in Avengers: Endgame, according to former Marvel Comics boss John Nee
John Nee, whose experience in the comics medium stretches across decades, says comic references on the big screen have gone "downhill" since Avengers: Endgame
August 28, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Kyle Chandler's Comic-Con mission wasn't just promoting DC Studios' Lanterns... he also wanted to sneak onto the showfloor to read these Tom King comics he keeps hearing about
No evil shall escape his sight - but if you were at SDCC, DC Studios' own Hal Jordan might have escaped yours
August 28, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Manga is booming, but Weekly Shonen Jump's print circulation just hit a historic low. Here's why
The iconic manga magazine Weekly Shonen Jump, has slipped below 1 million copies in circulation for the first time ever.
August 28, 2026
Trent Cannon
Features
Delicious in Dungeon is about the community that food helps build [Popverse Jump]
Nothing brings people together like a good meal, which is why Delicious in Dungeon works.
August 28, 2026
Trent Cannon
News
Manga-ka Kentaro Miura wanted to work on historical manga after he finished Berserk
Though he never got to see Berserk finished, Kentaro Miura always wanted to work on a historical manga when it was done.
August 28, 2026
Trent Cannon
Guides
A Tim Curry classic leads the way for Popverse Playlist for August 29-September 4, 2026
We pay tribute to the late Tim Curry while also celebrating a new and unusual comic book, and a sitcom return to the small screen from a big screen movie star
August 28, 2026
Graeme McMillan
News
Adults 50 & Up have become the biggest manga readers in Japan, digitally
The manga demographic is skewing older as the industry becomes more popular.
August 27, 2026
Trent Cannon
News
Gantz manga-ka Hiroya Oku is retiring... not for lack of ideas, but lack of energy over how grueling it is mentally & physically
After nearly 40 years of making manga, Hiroya Oku is tired of the intense schedules and competitive market of the industry.
August 27, 2026
Trent Cannon
News
A Spider-Man cosplayer punched far-right activist Jake Lang, and his supporters have now raised over $100,000 to help support his legal issues
The Marvel-attired counterprotestor has received a surge of support after punching right-wing influencer Lang, who was in Minneapolis to support a woman who reportedly hurled racial slurs at an autistic child
August 27, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Berserk's most iconic villain wasn't meant to be that important when he first showed up
Kentaro Miura started Berserk knowing Guts was furious... he just hadn't decided who he was furious at yet.
August 27, 2026
Trent Cannon
Guides
The 10 best Alan Moore comics, ranked: From Watchmen to From Hell
Think Watchmen is Alan Moore’s masterpiece? These comics might change your mind.
August 27, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
Frank Miller would like comics colorists to stop burning his eyeballs
"Color is powerful," said Miller, and as is true in any artform, but ESPECIALLY comics, with great power comes great responsibility
August 27, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Guides
The strongest Marvel characters list: The most powerful characters in the Marvel Universe ranked
Who are the strongest and most powerful characters in the Marvel Universe? Here are the top ten, ranked from weakest to strongest.
August 27, 2026
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
News
Buffy: The Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Firefly comic relaunches all pulled at the last minute, and the reasoning seems... incomplete
The "big status quo shift" for the Buffy: The Vampire Slayer & Angel franchises is so big, the comic launches have been "canceled" so they can keep working on getting it right... and somehow, it affects Firefly too.
August 27, 2026
Chris Arrant
Guides
Every Absolute Batman villain explained, from monster Joker to 16-foot Bane
Batman already had comics' best villains. Absolute Batman decided they weren't scary enough.
August 26, 2026
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
News
Ed Brubaker is working on a follow-up to The Fade Out that he did with Sean Phillips
Brubaker hasn't gotten to the point of submitting scripts to partner Sean Phillips, but he does know the direction his not-quite-sequel will take
August 26, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Sean Murphy is working on a Catwoman comic for DC Black Label
Answer fan questions in a recent AMA, Murphy confirmed that he was working on Catwoman: White Knight
August 26, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Kentaro Miura didn't plan much of Berserk from the start... just Guts' desire for revenge and anger
When Berserk started, Kentaro Miura just wanted to see how angry he could make his main character.
August 26, 2026
Trent Cannon
Guides
Grand Blue release schedule (Updated September 2026): When Grand Blue Dreaming 113 and 114 are coming out
The long-running slice-of-life comedy manga Grand Blue Dreaming is ready to party hard.
August 26, 2026
Trent Cannon
Guides
The 10 best Judge Dredd comics of all time, ranked
2000 AD's future lawman has been patrolling Mega-City One for almost 50 years, and here are the 10 best Judge Dredd stories ever published
August 26, 2026
Graeme McMillan
News
Chris Claremont says Marvel told him they regretted firing him from X-Men & Uncanny X-Men in 1991
Chris Claremont says '90s X-Men editor Bob Harras told him he should never have asked him to leave the book after the Image founders left Marvel
August 26, 2026
George Marston
News
Kentaro Miura understood something important about trauma: Casca remembering wasn't the same as Casca healing
Recovering from something like Casca's trauma wouldn't be easy for anyone, so it couldn't be easy for her.
August 25, 2026
Trent Cannon
News
Marvel left Jon Favreau's Iron Man comic with Adi Granov unfinished for 18 years, but now there's "lots of talk" about bringing it back
Jon Favreau and Adi Granov's unfinished Iron Man comic might finally be coming back after 18 years in Marvel's vault.
August 25, 2026
Chris Arrant
Guides
Best Batman gifts fans in 2026: 7 picks we actually recommend [Pop Shop]
Best gifts for Batman fans in 2026 (Editor's Picks)
August 25, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
Features
Explaining the complicated racebending of Psylocke
So, how did the mind of a white British woman like Betsy Braddock end up in the body of a Japanese ninja named Kwannon?
August 25, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
News
Sean Murphy is bringing the Justice League to DC's Batman: White Knight franchise
"Get ready," said Punk Rock Jesus's Sean Murphy, "For WW, Flash, GL, Hawkgirl, and a few others..."
August 24, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Absolute Batman's Scott Snyder teases a massive twist in #25 that "will spin the book in a direction I don't think anyone will guess"
Absolute Batman writer Snyder says something is coming this October that even the biggest fans of the series won't see coming
August 24, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Guides
Tower of God release schedule (Updated September 2026): When will Season 4 of the hit Webtoon manhwa come out?
We're in a bit of a break between Tower of God chapters, but more is on the way.
August 24, 2026
Trent Cannon
News
Brian Wood hasn't worked with DC in more than a decade following sexual misconduct allegations. Now he has Northlanders back
After several serious allegations of sexual misconduct led him out of the comics industry, Brian Wood appears to be attempting to return.
August 24, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
Fantagraphics warns comics fans that scammers cloned its website to steal credit card information
A fake Fantagraphics store was allegedly hiding in plain sight for months.
August 24, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
Berserk creator Kentaro Miura drew every background character like they mattered: "They have souls, after all."
Kentaro Miura found himself struggling with Berserk Volume 39 as he tried to give countless tiny creatures individual expressions.
August 24, 2026
Trent Cannon
News
Ram V is on a superhero hiatus after his DC exclusive ended, even if it was an Absolute DC book
Fans are asking Ram V for an Absolute Aquaman title, but he's got no plans to join the line
August 24, 2026
George Marston
News
You just met Jean Grey's sister Sara in Spider-Man: Brand New Day... and Chris Claremont had plans for her to replace Jean in X-Factor 40+ years ago
Before Jean Grey returned to life, Chris Claremont planned on bringing in her sister Sara as a member of X-Factor
August 24, 2026
George Marston
News
Vixen writer Stephanie Williams is aiming for at least 47 issues to mark a milestone for the character
It took Vixen 47 years to get her own ongoing title, and writer Stephanie Williams wants a 47 issue run to pay homage
August 24, 2026
George Marston
Features
What Zainab Akhtar learned from taking a year away from ShortBox Comics Fair, and why she's excited for 2027's return
Zainab Akhtar believes readers will follow great comics. ShortBox Comics Fair keeps proving her right.
August 24, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
Vixen's throwing a ‘Ladies Night' inside DC Comics, and every Black heroine and villain at DC is invited thanks to Stephanie Williams
Writer Stephanie Williams promises her new Vixen title will bring in numerous other Black heroes along with characters like Animal Man and Swamp Thing
August 21, 2026
George Marston
News
Midnight Spider-Man is an "anti-Epstein class" story where "the monster is the creepy billionaire" says writer Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Midnight Spider-Man writer Phillip Kennedy Johnson says his upcoming horror title will address economic and bodily exploitation as a core theme
August 21, 2026
George Marston
News
DC is bringing back the New Gods for more comics by Ram V, and its full of Bleach's Bankai inspiration
New Gods is on the way back, and writer Ram V says there may already be an artist attached to the new volume
August 21, 2026
George Marston
Guides
Batman takes on a week of alternate reality and consumer product lawsuits: Popverse Playlist for August 22-28, 2026
As Gotham City gets overrun by plants and evil, one coyote takes a stand for justice... and a man deals with his alternate reality self in another dimension, as you do
August 21, 2026
Graeme McMillan
News
Kentaro Miura knew the reason Berserk kept being delayed: his own perfectionism
The long delays between new Berserk chapters were almost always because Kentaro Miura couldn't trust anyone else to draw as well as he could.
August 20, 2026
Trent Cannon
News
Daniel Warren Johnson was burnt out on sci-fi until 2021's Dune, and it reignited plans for Chainkata
Daniel Warren Johnson thought science fiction was played out (but then he saw the Dune movie)
August 20, 2026
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
News
Alex Ross is concerned Marvel Dimensions might be too similiar to Marvel Midnight: "it would've been nice to get a heads up"
Alex Ross says he's a little uncomfortable with how close he feels his Marvel Dimensions OGN is to the concept of horror line Marvel Midnight
August 20, 2026
George Marston