Every week your Local Comic Book shop gets in the weekly assortment of comics, trades, posters, action figures, and other goodies from Diamond.  Now some of these goodies sell our fast from your LCBS, so Tuesday and Wednesday LCBS retailers get on the phone (more often the computer) and let Diamond know they need more.  […]

Fans of late author Robert Jordan‘s “Wheel of Time” series of novels have enjoyed the rollout of names set to star in Amazon Prime‘s fantasy series adaptation, beginning with Rosamund Pike‘s (Gone Girl, upcoming The Banker’s Wife) Moiraine. Joining the actress are Madeleine Madden, Marcus Rutherford, Barney Harris, Zoë Robins, Josha Stradowski, Daniel Henney, Michael […]

The Kingdom Hearts saga is far from over, at least in the eyes of Square Enix. The company just announced a smartphone and Amazon free-to-play title called Project Xehanort, which is headed for launch in spring 2020. As you can imagine, it’s tied to the Kingdom Hearts mythos, but we won’t even go into its […]

Star Wars publishing is big business, has been since the first movie premiered back in the 1970s with the novelization and Marvel comic. Disney owns both Star Wars and Marvel Comics now, so they can create synergy with Marvel publish Star Wars comics. One slightly overlooked offshoot of Star Wars publishing, however, is manga. Since […]

Rick Remender (Deadly Class) and Tony Moore‘s (The Walking Dead) Image/Dark Horse comic book series Fear Agent will be time-travelling its way to Amazon, who won the rights to the series from Seth Rogen, Matt Tolmach, and David F. Sandberg. The Batman co-writer Mattson Tomlin is set to pen the pilot, with Sandberg (Shazam!, Annabelle: […]

Half-Life: Alyx isn’t launching until March 2020, and it’s been years since the last real Half-Life episode debuted. That means it’s probably time to go back and play through the Half-Life games so you can get back up to speed. But you don’t know where they are, and you don’t want to buy them again. […]

While many enjoyed a long weekend in honor of a slain civil rights leader, one group of comics and music professionals gathered to establish supremacy and have fun while celebrating a major accomplishment. Long time Aspen comics editor Vince Hernandez blew the doors off of the Kickstarter campaign for his supernatural hip-hop themed comic, Siria: […]

Riding high off the series’ award-winning success, Fleabag co-star Andrew Scott is venturing into the world of Patricia Highsmith’s bestselling Tom Ripley novels for Showtime‘s drama series adaptation Ripley. The eight-episode order stems from Oscar and Golden Globe winner and Emmy nominee Steven Zaillian (Schindler’s List, The Night Of), who is set to write and […]

Jurassic Park is one of my all time favorite films. Not only does the story still amaze me but the effects are so good they can almost compete with today. The way they use real dinosaur puppets and effects really brings you closer into the world the Michael Crichton wanted to bring to life and the vision of Steven […]

Explosive publisher BOOM! Studios has revealed a first-look preview at Lumberjanes: Farewell to Summer 2020 FCBD Special, giving you a free look at a book you can get for free this May, which is odd, since May comes right before the beginning of Summer. Seasonal discrepancies notwithstanding, Lubmberjanes: Farewell to Summer is sure to be […]

Who shot Ghost? On January 5th, millions of viewers tuned into STARZ‘s Power to find out the answer to that very question – and there’s no one more nervous about that answer than the cable network itself. Because the answer to that deadly riddle makes up the focus of the final episodes, shuffling off STARZ’s […]

While many enjoyed a long weekend in honor of a slain civil rights leader, one group of comics and music professionals gathered to establish supremacy and have fun while celebrating a major accomplishment. Long time Aspen comics editor Vince Hernandez blew the doors off of the Kickstarter campaign for his supernatural hip-hop themed comic, Siria: […]

A press release on Marvel.com has revealed the creative team for Ironheart 2020: Vita Ayala and Danny Lore writing and art by David Messina. Ironheart 2020 is a two-issue tie-in to the Iron Man 2020 super-mega-crossover event. The book’s title was first revealed last October in a checklist of Iron Man 2020 tie-ins but with no […]

As “The Great Streaming Wars of 2020” rage on, Amazon is hoping James Patterson’s Alex Cross has the answers – with Variety reporting exclusively that the streamer is developing a television series based on the popular literary Washington D.C. detective, FBI agent, and psychologist. Beginning with 1993’s Along Came a Spider, Patterson’s Cross series has extended […]

Oasis Games announced their next anime mobile title on the way will be Bleach: Immortal Soul, an RPG title on the way in Spring 2020. Officially licensed by TV Tokyo and developed by GREE, you’ll be able to collect and train your favorite characters and have them battle in a Karakura Town game world. You […]

Just one day after announcing that Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #50 will lead to the shattering of reality and probably the end of life as we know it throughout the universe, explosive publisher BOOM! Studios has revealed it will cancel a different Power Rangers title, Saban’s Go Go Power Rangers, with April’s Go Go Power […]

Fans of CBS All Access‘ upcoming Star Trek franchise spinoff series Star Trek: Picard have been buzzing about the series when it was first announced, with the release of teasers and trailers dumping a whole lot of fuel on an already blazing dumpster fire of speculation and excitement. Combine that with news that Star Trek […]

A Clockwork Orange is a cult classic that fans of the series just can’t get enough of. This time it looks like the can add miniature Alex DeLarge to their collection. Good Smile Company has announced that Clockwork Orange is the next series getting the Nendoroid treatment. This figure is not only amazingly detailed but comes […]

Plenty of launches in Dark Horse Comics’ April 2020 solicitations, from The Last Knight of St. Hagan by Mike Mignola, Scott Allie and Andrea Mutti, the original screenplay to Alien before Ridley Scott got his hands on it, being adapted as a comic, a new Black Hammer comic, Colonel Weird: Cosmagog by Jeff Lemire and […]

The Von Erich family is wrestling royalty, and now their story will be told to a wide audience. The family will be the subject of a new film set up at BBC Films. Sean Dorkin (Martha Marcy May Marlene) will helm the project. Tessa Ross and Juliette Howell will produce from House Productions. “I’m very […]

Conan the Barbarian is back and he is better than ever as Mezco Toyz announces their newest figure. This figure is a perfect figure for any Conan fan and it comes loaded out with weapons and clothes. From a cloak, jewelry, weapons, and interchangeable pieces. This is a high-quality figure that is not only badass […]

Superstar comic book writer and former CIA superspy Tom King is no stranger to controversy, but King took things to a provocative new level when he took to Twitter Wednesday to make an incredible claim about a subject near and dear to the hearts of comic book fans. Captain America is well-known for his great […]

Witcher fans rejoice: more content is heading your way. Netflix has a new anime in the works set in the world of the super popular series. The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf will come to us from the same team from the show, Lauren S. Hissrich and Beau DeMayo. The animation will be handled by […]

Get ready, people of Earth, because the graphic novel Space Battle Lunchtime is being adapted in the form of a new card game! Based on an Oni Press graphic novel of the same name by Natalie Riess, Space Battle Lunchtime follows a similar plot to the graphic novel. Players will compete in an intergalactic television show […]

We’ve got the Hero Collector from Eaglemoss solicitations for comic book stores for April 2020, both comics collections and figures. Collectors, time to dig in. And we begin with the harcover comic collections…   HERO COLLECTOR GRAPHIC NOVELS – DC SUPER HEROES Hero Collector brings together some of DC’s most critical superhero adventures in a […]

Ava DuVernay is having a pretty good run of things creatively heading into the early days of 2020, coming off of her critically-acclaimed and award-winning Netflix limited series When They See Us and heading towards a turn behind the camera that puts her at the helm of a film adaptation of Jack Kirby’s New Gods. […]

Star Wars collectibles are one thing that will honestly never come to a end and that is not a bad thing! It is always nice to see an updated version of a classic character. This time Kotobukiya is bringing the Scout Trooper to life as seen in Star Wars: Return of the Jedi. This ArtFX statue […]

Explosive publisher BOOM! Studios is making a pretty bold claim about an upcoming one-shot tieing into their Buffy the Vampire Slayer line of comics. According to a press release from the publisher, Buffy: Every Generation #1 will feature the first appearance of “the most important new Buffy character ever.” The comic itself will feature three […]

FX Networks and FX Productions head John Landgraf revealed during last week’s TCA press event that Ryan Murphy‘s Impeachment: American Crime Story will most likely not make its projected September 2020 premiere date (“I don’t think we’ll make it by September”). While there could also be some political reasonings behind the delay (more on that below), […]

After months of speculation as to what Disney was going to do with FoxNext, we now know the company is going to be sold off to Scopely. The word came down this morning as they will also acquire Cold Iron Studios in San Jose from them as well. As the company continues to purge all […]

Titan Comics April 2020 solicitations include a new Life Is Strange series, an autism graphic novel, the Black Widow Official Movie Special, the making of the James Bond film No Time To Die and 13th Doctor Who Kawaii vinyl figures including the Doctor in a dicky bow from Spyfall – as well as the comic […]

We’re back to the future as Arrow wraps up post-“Crisis” by resetting their future and giving us a taste of what a Green Arrow & The Canaries show will be like. Set in 2040 in a completely different and incredibly idyllic Star City, changed for the better by Oliver Queen’s noble sacrifice, we meet Mia […]

The Dark Knight Trilogy introduced us to a darker and grittier Batman world but it was nice to see new takes on classic characters. One of them being Catwoman who was portrayed by Anne Hathaway in The Dark Knight Rises. This time you can bring her home as Soap Studio has announced a new 1:12 scale figure. She has […]

When last we saw The Riddler, he had gone through a major change. Year Of The Villain: The Riddler saw him decide to put away foolish things. Fed up of his life spent fighting Batman – and losing – as being one big joke, he abandoned it all – for something far sinister. It seemed […]

So, it’s no secret that Netflix‘s The Witcher has become a massive success, with loads of people watching it and the streaming service having already smashed the “order season 2” button. Just how much of a succcess has the series been? Netflix reports that over the past four weeks, the show has conjured up viewership […]

Tencent Interactive Entertainment announced this week that they have made a voluntary cash offer to acquire the Norwegian game company Funcom. The company already owns a chunk of the company with nearly 29% of its shares. Tencent is offering all shareholders NOK 17.00 per share, which according to Funcom, is 27.3% higher than the closing […]

While today’s Dawn Of X X-Men titles have a lot to say – or play with – about death, Marauders #6 also sees the L’il Hellfire Club launch a new assault on Krakoa by crossing over an Impossible Mission with Big Brother and implant a camera crew into Pyro. And reporting back with one of […]

With ABC‘s long-running hit comedy series Modern Family set to shuffle off the network’s programming coil after eleven seasons, Bleeding Cool’s Alejandra Bodden is offering viewers an episode-per-episode critical look at the final season (with her recent review of “Legacy” here). Because let’s face it: after over a decade on the air, everyone’s just a […]

Just when we thought Funko was done they continue to dish out more collectibles. This time it is something unique and different that can spark the hunt all over again for some collectors. Looks like Funko has announced a new line of figures called Funko Vinyl Soda. This is apparently that each figure comes in […]

So how have Superman and Batman been doing? Not great, to be honest. They (with Wonder Woman) built Sanctuary as a mental health haven for superheroes that was full of contradictions and a massive security risk for everyone and, eventually, ended up killing off a bunch of superheroes and exposing what were clearly a mentally […]

One of Britain’s most treasured comedic talents Terry Jones passed away at the age of 77 on Wednesday. With a career spanning six decades, the actor, director, and writer is best known for his time as a member of the popular and influential comedy troupe Monty Python. During Monty Python’s Flying Circus’ run on the […]

This morning, Niantic announced a new set of global events for the first half of 2020 for Ingress and Pokémon GO, letting fans know what’s on the horizon to attend. New places they’re going to be headed include St. Louis and Philadelphia, along with a number of regional events on a smaller scale. The company […]

Today sees the release of Guardians Of The Galaxy #1 from Al Ewing, Juann Cabal and Federico Blee. And with Al Ewing having been the lead writer on Incoming and also co-writing the upcoming Empyre, it is natural that we may look to see what may be set up for April today. And with a […]

It’s been a long and winding road, but the final season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars will finally be hyperdriving its way onto streaming scenes beginning Friday, February 21, on Disney+. We use the phrase “long and winding” because “The Mouse” first announed the 12-episode season during San Diego Comic-Con 2018. Last year saw […]

The Iron Giant is back and this time he is better than ever. We recently covered a new Iron Giant figure that recently was exclusive to Walmart and you can find that here. However, Mondo wants to dominate the iron Giant market as they announce their newest Mondo Mecha Figure. This figure stands 12.5” tall, has […]

Batman #87 continues the series obsession with the architecture of Gotham and Bruce Wayne’s surprising rebuilding of the city between issues. Including the Gotham City Police Department’s new containment facility which is, apparently, more secure than that of the Justice League’s Halls Of Justice. …to everyone but Batman of course. He and Lucius Fox literally […]

The Circle has thrown their entire rule book out the window. Just when the Netflix viewer finally gets a handle on the concept, all bets are off.  So let’s jump right in.  A catfish outs herself, good or bad strategy? The lowest ranked player gets the boot, but wait there’s more… two catfish do the […]

During the New York Game Awards, Beep Games announced their upcoming indie title for the Summer of 2020, Bartlow’s Dread Machine. This is a cool looking arcade shooter created by Clayton Kauzlaric, the creator of Voodoo Vince. The game got a proper announcement trailer during the awards, but the game will officially be shown off […]

There’s quite the divide in media today, the old dinosaurs of radio, TV and print, versus the up and coming buzzwords of online news. Today’s Amazing Spider-Man drops J Jonah Jameson right in the middle of this, but in doing so, writer Nick Spencer sees it as one continuum and uses the comic to teach […]

We’ve made it to the final “episode“of our “Countdown to Star Trek: Picard“: our recommending viewing before the premiere of the CBS All Access series on January 23rd. Since Star Trek: The Next Generation, the Borg became less ominous and more vulnerable by the time of Voyager. Most of the stories provided more depth into […]

Devil May Cry V let fan play as some of there favorite characters once again as they slice their way through a lot of demons. This time Dante is taking the wheel and really packing an arsenal with his new figure from Asmus Toys. Not only can you get a standard edition of the figure but […]

Great news for fans of Cullen Bunn and Tyler Crook’s award-winning horror series Harrow County who like the series exactly enough to pay $30 for the first volume of a paperback omnibus but not quite enough to pay $40 each for the library edition hardcovers (what’s your problem, cheapskate!?). Dark Horse has announced the impending […]

I desperately needed some alone time after watching the winter return of FOX‘s Prodigal Son; in shock at the sheer craziness of the episode it left me with my jaw wide open and repulsed and horrified in a good way.  As has been the case lately, once again trh series did not disappoint. After leaving […]

PUBG Corp. and Tencent are celebrating the lunar new year in PUBG Mobile with a couple of events for you to take part in. In celebration of the Year of the Rat, You can collect a special Rat Costume by cumulative login until January 30th. Also, there’s a New Year’s Eve Pack that will be […]

Okay, so we are getting a little more connective tissue in DC Comics today over the Infected storyline. Batman/Superman #6 has the infected Commissioner Gordon, captured, in the Halls Of Justice. You might have thought that they had learnt not to keep the Infected in the Halls Of Justice after what happened with the Batman […]

While the cast and crew of AMC‘s The Walking Dead enjoy the reaction to the tenth season, life in the franchise’s universe has become a lot like the NFL: neither have off-seasons anymore. With a strong ensemble cast (and a “Big Bad” fronted by Samantha Morton in an award-earning turn) and richly-layered writing, showrunner/executive producer […]

Splatterhouse – er, the remake. I once picked it up ultra-cheap during one of Amazon’s year-end sales, along with Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom, and I never really finished it at the time. The general consensus at the time was that, well, it wasn’t pretty. I didn’t expect it to be. I expected it to […]

Today’s Amazing Spider-Man understands the clickbaity appeal of Krakoa to the Marvel audience right now. As well as Mephisto and Skrulls… And after last week’s Dawn Of X drought, we have Marauders and Excalibur, both tackling the issue of death in the new Krakoan reality where mutants can and will be resurrected as part of […]

Fans of Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould‘s Breaking Bad prequel/sequel/parallel series Better Call Saul have been waiting patiently to find out when Bob Odenkirk‘s Jimmy McGill/Saul Goodman would be hanging out his shingle for a fifth season – and now they know to save Monday, February 23, and Monday, February 24, for the show’s two-night premiere return. Fans received good […]

The Batman Who Laughs is becoming bigger and bigger in the comics lately. Ever since his appearance in Dark Nights: metal fans have loved his maniacal twisted version of Batman. If you do not know this is a version of Batman from the Dark Multiverse one that gave in a and killed the Joker. After […]