Issue #1: The first pull

Welcome to Issue #1 of Portal's Pull List!

This week:

• A roundup of the best nerd news and finance
• The amazing Blitz Brickz's opinion on the evolution of LEGO YouTube
• A Batman free-for-all that I need your vote on
• And my take on the Lanterns finale (spoilers!)

Let's go.

Nerd News

The biggest stories in LEGO, comics and pop culture this week.

LEGO Reveals the Creepiest Joker Set Ever Made

LEGO revealed a new art set yesterday based on one of the creepiest Joker covers of all time: Jock's cover for Detective Comics #880. 67012 The Joker Wall Art Comic Cover is 1,849 pieces, $169.99, and arrives January 1, 2027. While I'm shocked they made something so spooky, it does fit the month of October, and the build is phenomenal. For once, I'm insanely impressed and have nothing negative to say about a LEGO Batman set. Maybe this will finally lead us to a Killing Joke set? Source

DC: Gunn and Safran Are Staying

James Gunn and Peter Safran are seemingly safe for a bit longer. News broke that they'll continue running DC Studios after Paramount closes its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. Man of Tomorrow has just wrapped filming, and Gunn says he's already working on his next project. With the success of every DCU project so far outside of Supergirl, it's both unsurprising and a relief that they're giving this duo a little more time to make films. I just hope it lasts. Source

Marvel: Endgame Is No. 1 Again

Thanks to the Endgame: Encore re-release, Avengers: Endgame is once again the top-grossing movie of all time at about $2.93 billion worldwide, just ahead of Avatar. This is maybe the stupidest news I've seen all week. Not only is it a different film (the extra scenes were the only reason people went), but the fact that re-releasing a film seven years later still counts toward its box office run is ridiculous. Not to mention none of this matters, since Disney owns Avatar too, so it's really just competing for its own high score. Source

Collectors Finance

Where the money's moving in sets and collectibles this week.

Market snapshot: Retirement season is here. LEGO has added over 300 sets to its official Retiring Soon pages, all slated to leave shelves by the end of 2026. LEGO Ideas sets like Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory could run out of stock any day now. So if you've been on the fence about an older set, now is the time to make that decision.