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 […]
Xena: Warrior Princess #1 Return to the fantastic world of Xena! Long one of our greatest sword & sorcery heroes, the Warrior Princess once again makes the leap from the syndicated TV screen to the […]
This is one of those times where lack of editorial oversight and my getting free reign over this bad boy is really going to lead to some niche content here in this newsletter. But let’s […]
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 […]
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 […]
The return of Wolverine begins here. I mean, even though he’s already back. And came back with an Infinity Stone. Whatever, the point is that this week we start getting the answers to the mother […]
The Red Goblin is coming! The Red Goblin is coming! The Red Goblin is…well, he’s won. Or has he? Nope, that joke didn’t work in Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice when an apparently demented […]
Domino is a character that’s rarely had a prolonged spotlight on her. She’s usually the guest-star or recurring character in other folks’ titles. In many ways, the tragedy is that Domino’s often by defined by […]
Venom over here, Venom over there, now there’ll be Venom everywhere! The House of Ideas has gone symbiote crazy over their gooey black suited alien anti-hero (villain?). Don’t believe me? Check out the new event […]
Here comes Daredevil #600! That’s right True Believers, this week Ol’ Hornhead has himself a landmark anniversary issue on the heels of a special milestone by Spidey. Gosh, can you believe there’s already been six […]
Wolverine and Hulk made a baby. Okay, not really but kinda. He’s actually a product of the Weapon X program. Except this new weapon, the ultimate hybrid of the two heroes is called Weapon H. […]
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 […]
This week New Mutants: Dead Souls #1 comes out this week launching a new mini-series for this fan-favorite X-team. Personally, I cannot be more excited for the creative team of Matthew Rosenberg and Adam Gorham […]
Dan Slott has been THE architect for all things Spider-Man for a decade now. He was part of the Brand New Day braintrust that also saw him working with collaborators through one of my favorite […]
This issue’s too hot to handle and too cold to hold! It’s the cream of the crop and the cream always rises to the top, oh yeah. Dig it! Peter Parker: Spectacular Spider-Man #300 is […]
What are the Infinity Stones? Who has them now? And what is going to happen with them? These are the questions this this week’s Infinity Countdown Prime #1 is going to start addressing. Now, there’s […]
Another color? We’ve had blue and gold. Now, we get a new team with a new signifying color for the X-Men: Red. When we talk about “seeing red” it generally refers to blind anger. In […]
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 […]
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