Halloween has arrived early this year with the brand new NECA figure of original heroine Laurie Strode as she appeared in the newest Halloween film. Based on the likeness of Jamie Lee Curtis, Laurie has […]
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, […]
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 […]
Spider-Man: Life Story #1 What is Spider-Man aged in real time as the Marvel universe rolled along? Spider-Man has been around for fifty-seven years. That’s a lot of Marvel history to live through. Spider-Man artist […]
When our cup runneth over with too many great comics, we share the bounty of a robust New Comic Book Day with a list of our favorites. Here are Forbidden Planet’s picks for January 9, […]
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 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 […]
After months of delays, the deluxe version of Spider-Man as seen in Homecoming should be arriving this week. Featuring everything that was included with the regular version, this version also features additional clothing pieces such […]
Dan Slott, one of the most distinguished writers in comics and one of our most popular semi-regular guests, is returning to sign at Forbidden Planet NYC on Wednesday June 20th at 6pm. For this particular […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
Join us Wednesday March 7th, when our guest will be comics writer Dan Slott! Dan will be here to celebrate the release of Amazing Spider-Man #797, which ushers in the last storyline of his run […]
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 […]
Fresh off his silver screen appearance in last year’s Thor: Ragnarok, the Hulk is back as a jumbo-sized action figure from Diamond Select. Clad in his gladiator outfit, the Hulk is sure to be a […]
Symbiote versus Symbiote! Eddie Brock versus Flash Thompson! Venom versus Agent Venom (Agent Anti-Venom?)! WHATEVER! All you need to know is that it’s getting to be a hot night in the old town over in […]
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 […]
The world according to Peter Parker a.k.a The Spectacular Amazing Spider-Man is complicated on a good day. Well, Ol’ Pete’s having a lot of bad days lately. With a disgraced name and his bank account […]
1990- I was 11 years old and had already become an avid toy collector. One of the figure series that debuted that year was Toy Biz’s Marvel Super Heroes line. I was already familiar with […]
Tons of new toys and toy restocks today in our gallery (and our store!). It’s also New Comic Book Day, so here’s a plethora of product coming atcha. I can’t possibly show you all that […]
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