Spider-Man Week: Ranking Every ‘Amazing Spider-Man’ #1 Cover
As previously discussed, comic book #1 issues were, once upon a time, exceedingly rare. For the first several decades of
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Spider-Man Week: Sadie Sink’s Character In ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Is…?
It feels like the question of who actress Sadie Sink is playing in Spider-Man: Brand New Day has been around
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‘The Art Of The Toys That Made Us’ Is Live And Funded On Kickstarter
We love toys ’round these parts, which means we’re also big fans of Netflix documentary series The Toys That Made
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Fire & Blood Files: Why Are The Hightowers So High On Their Own Supply?
By the end of “Tumbleton”, we’ve reached the halfway point of House of the Dragon‘s third season. Yet given the
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SDCC 2026: BOOM! Studios Announces Panels, Signings, Exclusives
With the start of San Diego Comic-Con 2026 just days away, BOOM! Studios has announced their lineup for Booth# 2229
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Previously On X-Men: It’s a Father And Child Reunion In Inglorious X-Force #7
Cyclops and Cable touchbase, some X-Men meet the animated Brood and more in this week’s Previously On X-Men! Inglorious X-Force
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Previously On X-Men: ‘X-Men ’97’ Season 2 Special Edition
Welcome mutants! My plan is to work X-Men ’97 annotations into the regular Previously on X-Men posts, but with the
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Previously On X-Men: It’s Brood Trouble In The Big Easy Part 3 In ‘Uncanny X-Men’ #31
It’s another middling week, with three books that are fine, but flawed. Uncanny X-Men #31 – Book of the Week
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Fire & Blood Files: On Matters Of Heirs & Manderlys
**Spoilers follow for House of the Dragon Season 3 Episode 3 “Rhaenrya Triumphant,” and the series in general.** The third
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Transformers Voice Actors To Sign at Symbiote Studios’ SDCC Booth
1986’s Transformers: The Movie is one of the single greatest achievements in cinema of all time (I will be taking
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Previously On X-Men: Entering July With A Whimper
Maybe all the X-books were just trying to get out of the way of X-Men ’97 Season 2, cuz there’s
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Fire & Blood Files: Is ‘House Of The Dragon’ Trolling George R. R. Martin?
One of the subplots surrounding the release of House of the Dragon‘s third season is the ongoing semi-feud between showrunner
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Snap Into Marvel: ‘Spider-Man Brand New Day’ Swings Into Snap
Following the summer-themed and mostly “original” Marvel Beach Bash season, Marvel Snap returns to Marvel Cinematic Universe synergy with Spider-Man:
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X-Men ’97 — A Short History of Apocalypse: From Almost the Owl To Arakko
Though he doesn’t have the longevity of a Magneto or the personal connection to a hero of Sabretooth, Apocalypse is
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Previously On X-Men: Hurrah For Science In ‘X-Men’ #32
It’s another aggressively fine week for the X-books, with nothing terrible but nothing terribly good, either, as the consistently better
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Fire & Blood Files: The Significance Of The Dragonseeds’ Campsite
The third season of House of the Dragon bowed Sunday night with the long-promised Battle of the Gullet. A key
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Previously On X-Men: ‘Magik & Colossus’ #5 Closes Out Strong
With one exception, the unifying thread of all of this week’s mostly-decent X-books is excellent art. Even when bewildering or
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Supergirl Week: 68 Years of Supergirl Fashion and Costumes Ranked
Despite appearing in comics across eight different decades, Supergirl’s various looks haven’t deviated wildly from the initial take on the
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Fire & Blood Files: Can ‘House Of The Dragon’ Do It All In Just 16 Episodes?
HBO’s House of the Dragon returns this Sunday, promising another season of political machinations, Grand Guignol-ian violence and dragon-on-dragon action
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Previously On X-Men: Wolverine Takes A Vacation And The Series Is Better For It
It’s a much lighter — and stronger — week of X-books; while none of the three print titles are necessarily
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Interview: David Pepose On ‘The O.Z.’, ‘Space Ghost/Herculoids’ And More
Writer David Pepose has made the Avengers savage, reunited the Planeteers, and zoomed Speed Racer into the 2020s. Now, he’s
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Review: ‘Transformers’ #32 Throws A Ton of New Bots At Its New Artist
Transformers #32 returns to the main ongoing narrative of the series following the previous issue‘s examination of Megatron’s continuing psychosis.
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TV Review — The Tide Turns In ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Episode “The Hateful Darkness”
After the previous episode‘s quick speed-run through the fallout from Vanessa’s (Ayelet Zurer) death and the escalation of the anti-Fisk
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Previously On X-Men: Revealing The Fate Of Graymalkin Prison In ‘Uncanny X-Men’ #29
Some weeks, the collection of X-books published is totally random. Other weeks, there are unintentional commonalties across them. This is
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He-Man Week: The 10 Best ‘Masters of the Universe’ Hands
As one of the earliest lines of the great 1980s action figure boom, Masters of the Universe took advantage of
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Force Matters: More All-Maul ‘Star Wars’ Madness
Comics took a week off, but we’ve got two more episode of Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord to dig
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Previously On X-Men: It’s Empathy For The Win in ‘X-Men’ #30
It’s a week light on annotations, but with a trio of “high-floor, low-ceiling” issues (and X-Men Infinity). Generation X-23 #4
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He-Man Week: Important PSA — Contrary to the Meme, Fisto Never “Fisted” Anyone
When asked what my first comic book was, I usually answer “X-Men (Vol. 2) #8.” That is the first X-Men
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Previously On X-Men: Dani Takes A Trip Down Memory Lane
Angel takes on a new form, Rogue doesn’t get absolution, X-Men United is still a terrible puzzle and more in
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‘Star Wars’ Month: 10 Memorable Moments from ‘Star Wars’ TV
Star Wars TV – outside of Andor — has something of a bad rap lately, with The Mandalorian moving to
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‘Star Wars’ Month: 10 Notable Mandalorians From Across the Fandom
From early preproduction mentions of Jedi-hating supercommandoes to the stars of their own Star Wars cinematic adventures, the Mandalorians have
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