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, […]
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 […]
Hi. Let’s play a little game called “Is the current Jason Aaron Avengers book Kevin’s favorite one ever?” It’s a long-winded and very specific kind of game, but it’s one I’m increasingly interested in playing. […]
Ordinarily I like to do deep dive articles here at the Planet, but there were just too many stellar titles to write about this New Comic Book Day, so here is your weekly ranking of […]
The following originally ran in the Weekly Planet 9/22/18. To be perfectly honest, I love living at a time in comics when a book like this exists. A bunch of Marvel heroes with cult followings […]
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 […]
Thor Odinson. Steve Rogers. Tony Stark. They’ve been through a lot these past few years. The Unworthy Thor. Hydra Cap. Coma Tony. For many casual fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe these are the pillars […]
Jane Foster, the Mighty Thor, is going to die. You owe it to Jason Aaron, Russell Dauterman, and all of the other creators who’ve built her beautiful story to its zenith to read this Mighty […]
Last week, Earth’s Mightiest gathered together in the midst of a the unexplainable: Earth was being stolen! Every squad assembled, the primary Avengers team, Uncanny Avengers, U.S. Avengers, and even Occupy Avengers. The call also […]
It feels like Marvel’s decided to poke DC: “You call that an event? This is an event!” Just imagine an Australian accent and be over the age of forty, you’ll chuckle when you reread the lead-in […]
This week Marvel dips back into one of its most classic tales for a little expansion. Because if there’s one thing they won’t do, it’s leave any potential to capitalize on a good idea. And […]
Marvel’s Legacy began last week. Wolverine returned! Black Panther has an intergalactic empire all of a sudden. The Fantastic Four seem to be making their way back home to the Marvel Universe proper. And a […]
The Marvel Universe’ Hostile Takeover Begins in Secret Empire #0 Now, for fans of the House of Ideas, this week is the start of a hotly debated event. There’s a lot of heat in the […]
New Avengers #2 Al Ewing, Gerardo Sandoval, Dono Sancez Almara Marvel $3.99 New Avengers #2 is a bit of difficult comic for me to discuss. On the one hand, it’s an incredibly well done comic; […]
New Avengers #1 Al Ewing, Gerardo Sandoval, Dono Sanchez Almara Marvel $3.99 Ever since Infinity, writer Al Ewing has been pumping out some damn fine Avengers comics for Marvel. Mighty Avengers has been constantly entertaining, […]
Occasionally, we here at the Forbidden Planet do make mistakes. Worse, we might not realize our mistake and publish it online or in the pages of the Daily Planet even after (ha) an extremely (HA […]
Dan Didio, the co-publisher of DC Comics, has done “The Stupid.” The Stupid is when you make a bad situation worse by opening your friggin’ pie hole and saying something inflammatory and brain dead. think we […]
One time I stopped for directions at an old lighthouse in Maine. I was on vacation and had lost my way. The kindly old lighthouse keeper, who admittedly was transparent below the waist, gave me […]
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