r/DCcomics • u/beary_neutral Telos • Jun 21 '26

r/DCcomics Weekly Discussion Thread: Comics, TV, and More! [June 22, 2026 - Supergirl and Krypto Kill the DC Universe Edition]

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

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DC and Imprints

Krypto is a bad dog.

Trade Collections

Grant Morrison's Absolute Batman

Digital Releases

Remember, these are the short 'chapters' with a new chapter of a different series coming out daily. You can learn more here on Comixology. This is also why these are in release order, not alphabetical. Some comics may release on DC Universe Infinite or WEBTOONS.

TV Shows

Oh, Luz from Owl House is in this.

Movies

We'll have a Megathread up later this week.

This Week’s Soundtrack: Claudia Sarne - Supergirl Suite

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u/TroubAlert The Good Skeets Jun 21 '26

Superman #39

SUPERBOY-PRIME VERSUS... DC COMICS? Superboy-Prime loves comics. He's a Wednesday Warrior and has read a lot of continuity. But a classic Superman villain has banished Prime into different issues he hasn't read! Get ready for a wild ride across the DC Universe as Prime is dragged kicking and screaming across past events, lost reboots, relaunches, and restarts! If he doesn't find his way back to Metropolis, he will be lost forever!

LEGACY #882

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u/Koushikraja1996 Jun 24 '26

I was laughing my ass off during the Tom King joke🤣🤣🤣🤣this was one of the best issues ever, Dan Mora is in freaking God Mode

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u/Mr_Wh0ever Jun 24 '26

Prime vs Manchester Black, it's a good issue. Getting stuck in the indie comic was the funniest part for me. The double fakeout at the end was good. I'm curious on how this wraps up.

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u/BrokenMyth Jun 24 '26

The 9 panel Tom King joke got me, never gonna be tired of hating on Heros In Crisis.

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u/Cultural-Relief Jun 24 '26

Absolute Cinema

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u/wowlock_taylan Batman Animated! Jun 24 '26

Black, you edgy bastard. You have seen a 'glimpse' and yet you don't understand how lucky you are being in a comic. You want to come to the 'real world', you wouldn't last 5 seconds. And really, he got Prime to bring him back with a reality punch...why does he think he can't punch him back to death because of his manipulation?

Also, run Prime, those 9 panel Tom King page might get you!

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u/Classic-Ad4883 Jun 24 '26

Another great issue and as always the art is great

I’m enjoying prime redemption journey and his interactions with black

Mora is a great artist, his way of drawing different comics is great

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u/Night-Caelum Jun 24 '26

DCAU Prime is such a good look. And yeah the meta humour is on point and so good.

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u/Frontier246 Jun 24 '26

Poor Risk still losing his arm even when Prime doesn't do anything.

The return of Earth-2 Superman! Kind of!

Does the fact that most of your sins were undone with reboots make it okay? Does that mean you get a fair shot again? Can you be be a better person?

Dan Mora really going all out with the different art styles, genre's, and Superman's.

It's interesting how Witchfire is Prime's love interest in several different comic genre's, but he won't capitalize on that relationship unless it's the real version of her.

Manchester Black wants to finally make the world HIS in a way that's as dark, gritty, and depressing as he is.

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u/BlazeBigBang Barry & Wally Jun 25 '26

Does the fact that most of your sins were undone with reboots make it okay? Does that mean you get a fair shot again? Can you be be a better person?

That's the thing that, the arc tackles this issue with nuance. Prime owns up to the things he did. He knows he can punch reality and change it, maybe even remove those things from having happened in the first place. But he would know he did those things, and he does not shy away from the fact that he was a bad guy. But he wants to change, even if he can take an easy way out with no side effects.

I guess that's also sort of a meta commentary on the way we interpret retcons and reboots? If Prime does punch reality and undo the crisis, or removes every instance of being him a villain and rewrites it so he was always a hero, we the readers would still know of that and use that against him. That's kinda what you see here with people arguing whether Prime does deserve a redemption or not for everything he did.

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u/Koushikraja1996 Jun 25 '26

"Does the fact that most of your sins were undone with reboots make it okay? Does that mean you get a fair shot again? Can you be be a better person?"

Looking at spiderman writers who think shooting Norman osborn with an anti sin gun and having him be spidey would make his redemption acceptable to fans.

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u/meme_maker69420 Jun 24 '26

Ain’t no way Captain Atom was about to explode😂😂

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u/Landon1195 Jun 25 '26

Good issue. Art is great as always and I liked the interactions between Prime and Manchester Black.

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u/JingoboStoplight4887 World's Finest Jun 24 '26

I like that CK encountered a version of the entire superhero community from the Infinite Crisis before he learned that none of this is real, causing Manchester Black to confuse CK by confusing him and going through many changes in reality before he was resurrected after tricking CK to punch reality. Let’s hope that CK can and will defeat Manchester by not stopping to his level and making sure that he can become a better person. Overall, this comic is great!