New ‘Luke Cage’ Trailer
Longer than the teaser released at Comic-Con, this pretty much has what we need: a quick glimpse of Luke Cage’s origin, strong appearances by Misty Knight and […]
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Comic-Con 2016: Another Saturday Night…
Actually, the day started pretty well, though probably extremely well for Dan Mora. The artist was still buzzing from his win the night before as Most […]
The End Of Infinity Revisited
On May 10, Disney announced that their popular toys-to-life video game Disney Infinity would be shutting down. We reported it; we mourned it. We held out […]
Comic-Con 2016: The Captain America Statue (And Tie-in Comic Book)
One of the sweetest most human moments in Captain America: Civil War was the exchange of New York bona fides between Captain America and Spider-Man. That […]
‘The Dark Tower’ – Not Quite An Adaptation
As part of their Comic-Con Preview, Entertainment Weekly got the first official looks at Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey in the upcoming film of Stephen King’s The […]
Marvel Revives ‘Foolkiller’
Out of yesterday’s Marvel NOW! Previews catalog, a few upcoming titles stood out as being a bit left field. There were the spin-offs that may be unnecessary, but […]
Ms. Marvel’s Fanfic Comes To Life In ‘All-New All-Different Avengers Annual’ #1
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 […]
‘Jessica Jones’ Is BACK!
Brian Michael Bendis on Daredevil was good, and made me take notice. Brian Michael Bendis working with Michael Gaydos to create the world of Jessica […]
Marvel Introduces New ‘Champions’
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 […]
Who Needs Angry Birds? Marvel Has ‘Enchanted Tiki Room’
The Enchanted Tiki Room holds a special place in this Disney fan’s heart. Because of their claws? No, because they’re Macaws. But also because of […]
Fanboy Planet Podcast Episode 440: Fantastic Segues
A quick news wrap up with the Marvel and DC big events for this month, potential casting of Captain Marvel, and then a BayCon 2016 special report with Tom Galloway on the state of comics; What’s hot, what’s up and coming, what are people not reading that they should be!
Steve Rogers, Captain America, And Outrage
To go by the so-called Mainstream Media, Marvel stole DC’s thunder this week. While DC released the mostly good DC Rebirth #1, Marvel brought Steve Rogers […]
Marvel Suggests ‘Vote Loki’ For 2016
There are days this seems the sensible option. From Marvel: God, trickster, brother, liar, son, villain, even hero. Loki wears many faces. But now he’s […]
All-Star Artists Covering ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ #1
How times have changed. Back in 1977, Star Wars #1 from Marvel came out three months before the movie. Granted, the finished product had some […]
Disney Confirms Hong Kong ‘Iron Man Experience’ Beginning Ride Tests
The first official Marvel ride-through attraction is almost ready to open, as Disney Parks Blog confirmed that the Iron Man Experience has begun testing before […]
Marvel Gets A Tsum Tsum Takeover In August!
You may have resisted up until now. But if you haven’t seen the explosive popularity of stackable Tsum Tsums over the past few months, you […]
‘Marvel Tsum-Tsum’ #1 Is Coming – And It’s IN CONTINUITY!
In continuity? I guess if Bamfs (little magical versions of Nightcrawler) can become part of accepted continuity and not just out of a bedtime story […]
Disney Shuts Down Infinity
Despite an active and vocal fan base for the popular game, Disney Interactive announced today that it is shutting down Disney Infinity. Two more play […]
Marvel Introduces Key Civil War II Character Digital First
Sure, Ulysses will appear in print eventually. But Marvel has been playing with the possibilities of digital comics with their Infinite Comics line. You can […]
Netflix Orders ‘The Punisher’ To Series
Confirming what fans have been trying to will into existence from the day Season 2 of Daredevil debuted, Netflix has given the go-ahead to a solo series […]
