SFSX #1 I’ve been a long time fan of Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky’s Sex Criminals. The hilarious comic normalizes sexual activity which is often sensationalized. When I saw SFSX on this week’s list, I […]
Marvel Comics is exhibiting at this year’s Brooklyn Book Festival for the first time, and we’re proud to be their retail partner at the show. That means we’ll be setting up and staffing the Marvel […]
This year’s Brooklyn Book Festival is fast approaching – Festival Day is Sunday September 22nd from 10am-6pm – and Forbidden Planet NYC will once again be the official bookseller for this year’s comics programming. If […]
Join us Thursday September 12th at the IFC Center (a few short blocks from our store!) at 9:30pm for a FREE sneak preview screening of Larry Fessenden’s Depraved as a part of the Planet Midnight […]
With precious few articles left in my time at the Weekly Planet, let me recommend my absolute favorite comics coming out right now. In no particular order… CROWDED In the not too distant future, your […]
Though my bones are old and made of dust, I have not seen the last of the War of the Realms. War of the Realms #5 As if things weren’t bad enough here on Earth, […]
The X-Men have forgotten Emma Frost. That’s not a snide comment about the state of the line or her not being on the team since The Worst Emma Frost Story of All Time was published […]
X-Men continuity is the most densely packed gordian knot since the invention of the term. There’s nothing quite like it. A hundred characters, each with detailed backstories and relationships. Over fifty years of history, most […]
Fantastic Four #10 Not even the family Richards can escape the War of the Realms. New York is fully overrun by frost giants. But the battle line has come to Yancy Street. And if the […]
Strikeforce – Land of the Giants #1 Oh BUDDY am I excited for this one. My main man Tom Taylor and the ridiculously talented Jorge Molina unite the Avengers for a hunt for Thor. Spider-Man, […]
Rat Queens Volume 6: The Infernal Path The latest and greatest from my very favorite band of hard drinking, rough fighting adventurers arrives in a new chapter from the queens of Palisade, the Rat Queens. […]
You can’t stop the motion of the ocean or the sun in the sky or the War of the Realms. The War of the Realms #4 Midgard is in shambles. And as each of the […]
Thor by Jason Aaron Complete Collection Volume 1 The best superhero book of the last seven years has been Jason Aaron’s tremendous, millenia-spanning, mythos-redefining run on the God of Thunder. No book has packed more […]
New Agents of Atlas #1 Sindr’s forces are laying waste to Asia. It’s time for a brand new team of heroes to step up and defend the Pacific Rim. Amadeus Cho assembles a team of […]
Much like fabled Snowpiercer, The War of the Realms is an ice cold train that never stops going. Five weeks in, and you can still immerse yourself in the battle for Midgard’s eternal soul each […]
DCeased #1 Another destruction of the DC Universe at the hands of Tom Taylor. The man behind the Injustice line of comics (one of my favorite things in the DC canon) is once again tearing […]
I’ve got a fever. And the only prescription is to bury myself in an ice cold bath of War of the Realms tie-in books. Drown me. The War of the Realms: Uncanny X-Men #1 Did […]
Jessica Jones: Purple Daughter Kelly Thompson & Mattia De Iulis’s last collab on Jessica Jones was a phenomenal, impactful, and ended with a hell of a cliffhanger. The team is finally back with their second […]
Shatterstar TPB A classic story reimagined through the adventures of your favorite Mojoverse castaway. After becoming the guardian/landlord for a building full of refugees from dead universes, Shattybuns loses it all and goes after those […]
The War of the Realms heats up and so do my fingers as I quest to get in every tie-in Marvel is putting out for this godly event. The War of the Realms #2 The […]
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