The following originally ran in the Weekly Planet 9/12/18. When people come into Forbidden Planet looking for new comics, I always recommend they follow creators over companies. If you fell in love with a story […]
The following originally ran in the Weekly Planet 9/5/18. Superheroes inspire us. They’re better than we can be. They’re kinder, smarter, frequently richer. Though none of us can lift a car, those in capes and […]
The following originally ran in the Weekly Planet 9/5/18. The Avengers are breaking new ground. Or, rather, they’re breaking some very old ground we’ve never seen before. The new AVENGERS series just wrapped up its […]
The following originally ran in the Weekly Planet 8/29/18. The waiting is done. After years without a James Howlett running around in the 616, everyone’s favorite mutant canuck is back. Though he left several Wolverines […]
The following originally ran in the Weekly Planet 8/29/18. Just a few years ago, youthful fights to the death were all the rage. The Hunger Games was catching fire to best seller lists and box […]
The following originally ran in the Weekly Planet 8/15/18. The original Old Man Logan was a game changer. Not only was it the inspiration for perhaps the greatest comic book movie of all time, but […]
The following originally ran in the Weekly Planet 8/15/18. X-Men Blue is ending. Tales of Xavier’s original five X-Men and their adventures in the modern Marvel universe seem poised to come to a close. But […]
The following originally ran in the Weekly Planet 8/8/18. For three and a half years, one book has held the undisputed title as The Funniest Comic. It’s packed with action, endless surprises, and nuts. Without […]
The following originally ran in the Weekly Planet 8/1/18. DC loves its Elseworlds. It thrives on having separate universes where the rules are different. Earth-2, alternate histories, a Justice League in the Old West… There […]
The following originally ran in the Weekly Planet 8/1/18. Marvel’s new Fresh Start initiative was a surge of energy into the company. While keeping that all-important continuity, the House of Ideas made a move to […]
The following was originally published in the Weekly Planet 7/25/18. Rogue and Gambit: the faces that launched a thousand ships. Ships of course being a word which here means, “The desperate pining of a fanbase […]
The following originally ran in the Weekly Planet 7/25/18. I don’t know if you heard, but a movie came out earlier this year called Avengers: Infinity War. You might have heard of it. Tiny little […]
The following originally ran in the Weekly Planet 7/18/18. Professional wrestling is about storytelling. Unlike, say, football or baseball where the price of admission is based on watching pure athleticism, sports entertainment is about watching […]
The following originally ran in the Weekly Planet 7/11/18. It’s not the claws you have, it’s how you use them. In 2015, Laura Kinney was looking for some direction. Originally appearing on the cartoon X- […]
The following was originally publishing in the Weekly Planet 7/4/18. Every comic fan has a first. That book or that story that introduces to you what the medium of sequential art can do and instills […]
The following originally ran in the Weekly Planet 6/27/18. You can read the issue in question in Sex Criminals Volume 5. Sex is taboo. Birds do it. Bees do it. You can’t walk down 4th […]
The following originally ran in the Weekly Planet 6/20/18. You can find the issue in question in Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man Volume 3. Over the last few months, the conversation surrounding the friendly neighborhood […]
The following originally ran in the Weekly Planet 6/13/18. Imagine if you will a dystopian future where your personal information is no longer secure online and everything about you is being sold off to the […]
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