Marvel Comics
Jane Foster Soars as Thor and Valkyrie
Next week, Jane Foster: Valkyrie Issue 8 comes out, marking her first official team up with the All Father, Thor. As a die hard Jane Foster fan, let’s look at her time as Thor and […]
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Comics and Graphic Novels
Every Tie-In for War of the Realms Week Nine
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 […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
Every War of the Realms Tie-In for Week Seven
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 […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
Comic Picks of the Week 5/8/19
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 […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
Every War of the Realms Tie-In for Week 3
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 […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
All the Tie-Ins for Week 2 of the War of the Realms
Marvel’s latest titanic struggle for the fate of the world will be raging for three months. Along the way, there will be many great stories to tell. Here’s how you can experience the action on […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
The War of the Realms Has Come
Thor and his compatriots have fought. And failed. Malekith the Accursed has constructed his Dark Bifrost. The most destructive armies in the nine realms are at our doorstep. They’ve already laid waste to the dwarves […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
So… What’s Thor Been Up To?
Thor aka God of Thunder aka Point Break aka Sparkles has had a tremendous few years of comics. By my account, the Asgardians have been the top dogs in comics for seven years now. And […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
Wolverine Returns to Life (As A Phoenix)
The following originally ran in the Weekly Planet 9/19/18. For months, Marvel has been preparing for the return of the undying Canuck, Wolverine. Two stand-alone issues, an Infinity centerpiece, countless cameos, and four whole miniseries […]
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
NCBD July 18th 2018 Gallery
It’s another New Comic Book Day, with the follow-up to the Bat-Wedding issue headlining the slate of books available today. It’s also a big day for new toys and statues. What follows represents just the […]
New Item Gallery
New Items Gallery – Tuesday July 17th
PREDAKING!!!! And some other stuff. Click any pic to enter the gallery of full-size images and read descriptions. You can find many of these items on our webstore, or better yet, here on the New Items landing […]
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- Diamond Select Goes To Asgard
Thor Ragnarok was recently released on home media and Diamond Select has some new merchandise ready to go from the film. One of their longest running lines, Marvel Select sees a brand new Thor figure from […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
Death Comes To The Mighty Thor
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 […]
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, […]
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
The Worthy: What to Read Before Thor Ragnarok
We’re just a hammer’s toss away from the God of Thunder’s third solo Marvel Studios outing with Thor: Ragnarok, a heavy-metal smack-down across the cosmos that looks more than worthy of the mighty Avenger’s cinematic […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
Thor(s) Unite For Their Legacy’s Ultimate Fight!
The beast arrives. Thors must unite. The War Thor will meet it head on. The Mighty Thor faces her gravest battle. Odinson’s fate will be in the balance, as will the fate of millions across […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
Everything Starts Here In Marvel Legacy #1
So, Secret Empire happened…Wasn’t that something? I mean, yeah…Black Widow’s dead so that sucks. A lot. In so many tone deaf and sloppy ways. Cap Hydra’s, whatever. Look, Marvel’s been promising a lot with the […]