Review: ‘Robin War’ #1
Bad timing undercuts what was meant as a gritty but fun redefinition of the Bat-Family.
Comics
The Fanboy Planet 2015 Holiday Gift Guide!
Tonight we recorded our latest podcast episode, filled with recommendations for Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and beyond! What do you get for someone who wants […]
Paul Dini to Tell a “True” Batman Story from Vertigo Comics
Even before writer Paul Dini compared this to Play It Again, Sam, the concept had me hooked. The Hollywood Reporter today broke the story that Dini […]
DC’s Legends of Tomorrow Gets Another Trailer…
January 21, 2016. That’s when we get DC’s Legends of Tomorrow on the CW. First, though, next week we get “Legends of Yesterday” and “Legends of […]
Mockingbird Flying Solo in March
This is one of those cases of press release hype being likely true. This book exists because you demanded it. Mockingbird’s popularity has shot up […]
Andre the Giant: Closer to Heaven
At various times in his life, Andre Roussimoff was larger than life. Better known to the world as Andre the Giant, he was a wrestler, he […]
Marvel Killing Off Their Firstborn
It’s hard to consider this a spoiler, when it was right in the solicitation for Squadron Supreme #1. These Secret Wars survivors are determined to protect the main […]
Comics Review: ‘Huck’
This is my hope for Huck: that it will turn out to be the superhero story that Frank Capra never got to tell. Co-creators Mark Millar […]
Johnny Knoxville To Be ‘Hawaiian Dick’ For NBC
Variety reports that NBC has commissioned a script for B. Clay Moore and Steven Griffin’s graphic novel series Hawaiian Dick, published by Image Comics. Johnny Knoxville […]
The Squadron Supreme Is Here To Save The World
I absolutely loved this creative team on Fantastic Four. I see no reason to think differently about them on Squadron Supreme – especially as for […]
Marvel Brings Manwha to the US with ‘Avengers K’
Thanks to Mish’al Samman, I have seen Marvel US comics translated into Japanese, but I don’t know how embraced they’ve been. This seems like an […]
The Darkseid War: How The New 52 Made Gods of Heroes and Got Them (Almost) All Wrong
In Justice League #45, Darkseid, the evil ruler of Apokolips and dark god in the DC Universe, was killed by the Anti-Monitor. In a last bid to […]
Starbrand and Nightmask Go To College!
Can Greg Weisman do what Jim Shooter, John Byrne, and Warren Ellis couldn’t? The creator of Disney’s Gargoyles is tackling the revival of two characters […]
Titan Comics Announces The Fourth Doctor Mini-series
One man. Thirteen incarnations. It’s a shared universe with endless possibilities – and no doubt Marvel understands this with Spider-Verse. (Come to think of it, […]
After The Looking Glass Wars: ‘Crossfire’ Is Coming!
We have long been fans and supporters of Frank Beddor. Turning Alice in Wonderland on its ear into a science fiction epic, The Looking Glass Wars is […]
Silicon Valley Comic Con Ups Its Power…
The shape of Silicon Valley Comic Con is coalescing quite nicely. For simplicity, you have to call it a Comic-Con, especially as in the middle […]
Marvel Says ‘Star Wars’? First One’s Free…
As much as I feel a tiny bit Force-glutted right now — and if 11-year-old me saw that I typed those words, he would be […]
Knopf To Publish ‘Rickety Stitch’
This was great news to wake up to. We had Ben Costa and James Parks on our 400th podcast to talk about their fantasy humor […]
Introducing Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
I know at least one person who already wants this sight unseen. And I’m relieved to see Moon Boy in the artwork, so that this […]
Introducing Blindspot in ‘Daredevil’ #1!
Back in black. That part disappoints me a bit for Daredevil, just because I so want to see him in the red suit on Netflix. […]
