Comics and Graphic Novels
Every War of the Realms Tie-In for June 5, 2019
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, […]
Deadpool
Comics and Graphic Novels
Every War of the Realms Tie-In for Week Six
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 […]
Toys
Val’s Toy Chest- Marvel Restocks/DC Essentials
Marvel toys have been fast and furious this year with the release of several series of Marvel Legends back-to-back. DC hasn’t been as strong this year with their toy releases, though DC Essentials is starting […]
New Item Gallery
New Items Gallery – Thursday June 7th 2018
Today? More lembas bread Deadpool toys, Portal 2 Chell action figures from NECA and an Arkham Horror scenario pack. Slow receiving day, okay?! Get off my back. Click any pic to enter the gallery of full-size images […]
New Item Gallery
New Items Gallery for Wednesday June 6th 2018
It’s NCBD (New Comic Book Day) and the first issue of Scott Snyder and Jim Cheung’s Justice League is now available! In fact, there’s a whole slew of new #1s available, as well as the […]
Toys
Val’s Toy Chest- Infinity War Star Wars and More
Over the weekend, Avengers: Infinity War earned enough money to become the biggest box-office opening of all time. Where it will fall on the cumulative box-office totals remains to be seen. I personally enjoyed the […]
Toys
Val’s Toy Chest- Take a Quick Dip in the (Dead)Pool…
Not more than a week after we received the Spider-Man Marvel Legends wave, another Legends wave from the fine folks at Hasbro has dropped. Fans of the Merc with the Mouth can now rejoice with […]
Toys
Val’s Toy Chest- Restocks/New Marvel Legends
It seems like Hasbro is releasing a Marvel Legends series once a month these days. We are all just recovering from the Avengers: Infinity War Series 1 figures as well as the Marvel Riders sets, […]
Toys
Val’s Toy Chest- Toy Fair 2018 Part 1- Marvel Figures
Marvel has had a great week with the release of their most recent film, Black Panther and they look as if they will rule the toy aisle this year as well. First and foremost is Hasbro’s […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
Quantum & Woody Returns! Aw, Nuts…
The world’s worst superhero team returns in a hilarious new ongoing series from Valiant Entertainment! Writer Dan Kibbelsmith (The Late Show with Stephen Colbert) with the ridonculously talented Kano (Daredevil) give bring back Valiant Universe’s […]
Other Topics
Val’s Toy Chest- 2017 Gift Guide Part 1- Marvel!
December snuck up on us pretty quickly this year it seems, so this week, I will be presenting the first part of my holiday gift guide. The focus this week will be on Marvel toys […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
Venoms Collide In Venomverse #1
When one Marvel event ends, another begins. However, this is no mere intra-superhero fist fest that promises to change everything you thought you knew. No, Venomverse is one of the most slap-dashed put together stories […]
Other Topics
Mondo Marvel Pins Have Arrived!
Mondo’s Marvel character enamel pins have arrived at Forbidden Planet NYC and they’re just as beautifully designed as the pictures we’d been teased with live up to the hype. Mondo Tees artist Tom Whalen has […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
Graphic Spotlight – Deadpool: Bad Blood
Daddy’s home… Deadpool: Bad Blood is the Merc With A Mouth’s very first original graphic novel! After taking Hollywood by storm last year it’s time for everybody’s favorite crazy, fourth-wall breaking, healing factored, assassin with […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
Chris’ Comics: Spider-Man/Deadpool #8
Spider-Man/Deadpool #8 Joe Kelly, Ed McGuinness, Mark Morales, Livesay, Jason Keith Marvel $3.99 After a 2 month break, the team of Joe Kelly and Ed McGuinness return to Spider-Man/Deadpool to wrap up their first arc. […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
Chris’ Comics: Spider-Man/Deadpool #3
Spider-Man/Deadpool #3 Joe Kelly,Ed McGuinnes, Mark Morales, Jason Keith, Joe Sabino Marvel $3.99 I’ve been reading Deadpool comics since Fabian Niceza and Joe Madureira were working on them, and it’s interesting to see how the […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
Chris’ Comics: Spider-Man/Deadpool #2
Spider-Man/Deadpool #2 Joe Kelly, Ed McGuiness, Mark Morales, Jason Keith Marvel $3.99 With the new Deadpool movie currently breaking all sorts of box offices records, it would make sense for me to capitalize on that […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
Chris’ Comics: Spider-Man & Deadpool #1
Spider-Man & Deadpool #1 Joe Kelly, Ed McGuiness, Mark Morales, Jason Keith Marvel $3.99 Coming into this review, you dear reader may expect some annoyance and snark from me regarding Marvel putting out yet another […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
Chris’ Comics: Marvel Holiday Special
Marvel Holiday Special Charles Soule, Langdon Foss, Megan Wilson, Margaret Stohl, Juan Gedeon, Gerry Dugan, Danilo D. Beyruth, Christopher Hasting, Gurihru and more Marvel $5.99 While I’ve stated plenty of times that I do not […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
Highlighted New Releases for NCBD September 9th 2015
I’m gonna try to get back to regular posting on this blog. Here’s my first shot at it- a simple listing of personally recommended or otherwise notable new stuff available at Forbidden Planet NYC in-store and online for […]