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The Franchise, Thomas Elrod (Tor 978-1-25040-658-3, $28.99, 368pp, hc) May 2026.
Thomas Elrod’s The Franchise begins in October 1962, at the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
It is at Comic-Con that the newly minted showrunner, Jules Walker, announces the next phase of the franchise.
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