Dark events are taking place in the world of superheroes. In the D.C. K.O. tournament, heroes and villains are fighting to capture the Heart of Apokolips and become King Omega in an attempt to save reality (or not?). Things haven’t looked much brighter at Marvel Comics in recent months, with the X-Men once again discovering a dystopian future of their own making.
In reality and in the pages of our favourite comic books, times are tough! The web industry is shifting under the weight of an AI-driven revolution that does not look like anything Stark Industries would have to fight. The past 12 months have once again been a rollercoaster for Comic Book Treasury, but we’re still here and ready to fight on for another year filled with comics and guides!
DC Comics wasn’t the only one to celebrate a milestone this year; although ours is less impressive, but still meaningful to us: In 2025, Comic Book Treasury celebrated its fifth anniversary! We thought it would be a good time to take a break and create a Summer Repeat series featuring classic, updated reading guides. As we always try to improve our guides and updates with the latest releases, we found that this involved much more work than we had expected for some of our older articles! This inspired us to start resurfacing refreshed and updated guides on a more regular basis — and to get better at taking breaks!
As readers, we are not complaining. The expansion of the Epic Collection into the modern era, the rapidly growing DC Finest Collection, the many omnibus volumes, and some excellent compendiums offer a great way to discover hard-to-find old comics or rediscover good old classics and recent runs. It has become easier to switch between vintage and modern stories and explore how characters have changed over the years and how the DC Universe has been reshaped, with or without Darkseid’s help!
What will be getting a reshape on Comic Book Treasury in 2025 is our newsletter that has been a little neglected in the past year. Rather than a major overhaul, we intend to create an improved, more accessible version. For technical and practical reasons, we are moving to Substack, a change that should not affect our subscribers. Emails will still be delivered to your inbox! For those on Substack, it will provide an extra way to read our newsletters and make them easier to share. If you haven’t subscribed yet, you can do so now!
In the end, our goal remains the same: to help you explore the world of comic books and have the best possible reading experience. It is a rich and ever-expanding world filled with superhero comics, indie comics, and licensed comics… filled with many, many stories that are ready to be devoured!
As always, we hope you continue to enjoy the guides and reading adventures they offer as much as we enjoy creating them. We would like to express our heartfelt thanks to everyone who visits the site, advocates for it, shares links, leaves comments, and helps us improve our guides.
We at Comic Book Treasury wish you a happy New Year! Here’s to a 2026 full of amazing comics and reading adventures.