Mark Waid

Archie And Madefire Team For Motion Comics

July 31, 2019 // 0 Comments

A few years back, Archie Comics made waves by sort of rebooting Riverdale. With writer Mark Waid and artist Fiona Staples, the publisher gave the […]

Comic-Con 2001 Flashback: Remembering CrossGen

July 31, 2019 // 0 Comments

Editor’s note: This year marked the 50th anniversary of the convention now known as Comic-Con International, aka “the San Diego Show.” It also marked the […]

Explore The History Of The Marvel Universe

July 23, 2019 // 0 Comments

If you’ve thought that the Marvel Universe was too complicated, maybe a history book covering the timeline from start to pretty much the literal finish […]

Marvel Comics Turns 1,000

May 11, 2019 // 0 Comments

On this week’s podcast (not posted yet), we talked about Marvel teasing many, many all-star creators doing something big in August. That included the recently […]

The Invisible Woman Gets Her Own Series… Finally

April 10, 2019 // 0 Comments

The Thing and the Human Torch have both had their fair share of solo series. Mr. Fantastic at least gets his name right there in […]

Fanboy Planet Podcast Episode 522: Back in Action!

October 5, 2018 // 0 Comments

Back from an unplanned end-of-summer hiatus, the Fanboys are trim, quick, and ready to bring you up to speed on comics, movies, and TV superhappenings!

Fantastic Four Returns With A Previously Unpublished Cover By Mike Wieringo

July 9, 2018 // 0 Comments

I’m going to agree with Marvel Executive Editor Tom Brevoort — Mark Waid and Mike Wieringo’s run on Fantastic Four was one of the best in the […]

DC Comics Caught Between Doomsday And Metal

April 10, 2018 // 0 Comments

Last week DC Comics released installments of two major events: Dark Nights Metal ended with issue #6 and Doomsday Clock continued its maddening ticking towards the end with […]

Uncaging More of Marvel Legacy…

July 10, 2017 // 0 Comments

If it means that you’ll jump on a book as good as Champions, then okay, I’m all for Marvel Legacy. The flip side of that, Luke Cage, […]

Occupy Marvel

November 21, 2016 // 0 Comments

A look at Occupy Avengers, Champions, and Infamous Iron Man — three books that are pushing the boundaries of superhero books past comfort food.

Ms. Marvel’s Fanfic Comes To Life In ‘All-New All-Different Avengers Annual’ #1

July 14, 2016 // 0 Comments

One of the greatest things about the character of Kamala Khan is that long before she became Ms. Marvel (thanks, Terrigen Mist), she was an […]

Marvel Introduces New ‘Champions’

July 5, 2016 // 0 Comments

On last week’s podcast, I mentioned that Marvel had released an image of young superheroes with a sign saying “I quit.” I speculated then that […]

‘Betty & Veronica’ & A Bunch Of Alternate Covers

April 20, 2016 // 0 Comments

This title caused a bit of controversy last summer when Archie Comics went directly to Kickstarter to fund it. Yes, it’s probably an expensive book […]