Chris Arrant
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Get the NYCC 2025 VIP ticket you deserve with a Popverse Superfan membership
Get more out of NYCC with less hassle with the Popverse Superfan + VIP Ticket experience.
May 16, 2025
Chris Arrant
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NYCC 2025 Tickets onsale dates are here - as well as an exclusive pre-sale to get all the best badges!
Make your New York Comic Con 2025 experience extra CONvenient with a Popverse NYCC Superfan membership
May 14, 2025
Chris Arrant
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One of my favorite bits of Final Fantasy is the tiered magic system - and Wizards of the Coast figured out a novel way to do it in Magic: The Gathering
Cure, Cura, Curaga... Fire, Fira, Firaga... how the tiered magic system of Final Fantasy made its way into Magic: The Gathering.
May 14, 2025
Chris Arrant
News
The Magic: The Gathering - Final Fantasy set has been in development for 4 years - and MTG's creators enjoyed FF XVI like fans to get a genuine feel for it
The sleepless weekend inside Wizards of the Coast offices (and employees' households) when Final Fantasy XVI was released.
May 12, 2025
Chris Arrant
News
Get ready, player one: PAX East 2026 dates are here
You don't know games until you come to PAX East - and we have its 2026 dates
May 11, 2025
Chris Arrant
News
Prepare for a new kind of Chocobo Racing that even Post Malone might play, as the Golden Chocobo will be the ultra-rare card in the upcoming Magic: The Gathering - Final Fantasy set
There are said to be only 77 Golden Chocobo cards in existence. If you find one, let me know.
May 11, 2025
Chris Arrant
Features
Affinity for complexity: A Wizards of the Coast executive revealed how they gauge how complex (or how simple) to make a Magic: The Gathering set like Final Fantasy
The Complexity Dial isn't a new card in Magic: The Gathering - it's an internal mechanic Wizards of the Coast uses to make the best product for fans.
May 11, 2025
Chris Arrant
News
Imagine a 200-hour crash course on Final Fantasy XIV in just one month - this Magic: The Gathering designer just did it for all right reasons
Wizards of the Coast wants to make the upcoming Magic: The Gathering - Final Fantasy crossover as genuine as possible - so two employees went hardcore for a month
May 10, 2025
Chris Arrant
News
Yoshitaka Amano returns to the Final Fantasy series to paint his favorite video game creation of all time for the upcoming Magic: The Gathering crossover
Yoshitaka Amano returns to Final Fantasy to paint his favorite character - and this time he's drawing her more realistically than he did when he first created her.
May 10, 2025
Chris Arrant
Features
I have finally met the PAX Pin Man here at PAX East (and his iconic 40 pound trenchcoat full of over 1000 pins)
For 14 years, one man has sought to collect every pin that Penny Arcade & PAX has ever made. He has collected over 1600 in the past 14 years, and he wears it all on one trench coat - but he space for three last ones he's missing.
May 10, 2025
Chris Arrant
Features
4,000 cans of Red Bull, live art & more: Inside the novel PAX East creator lounge for artists, streamers, and creators
Red Bull cans say they will "revitalize their body and mind", and here at PAX East, they're doing that with the drink and a lounge for creators.
May 09, 2025
Chris Arrant
News
Final Fantasy sets for Magic: The Gathering aren't out yet, but I already nabbed official MTG x FF items for Arena at PAX East
Imagine MTG's Chandra as a Chocobo from Final Fantasy. Now, see it - and get the sleeves for Arena
May 09, 2025
Chris Arrant
Features
How to be a D&D Dungeon Master, according to Wizards of the Coast's game director James Wyatt and principal game designer James Wyatt
At MCM x EGX 2024, Wizards of the Coast held a TED Talk-level explanation of how to be a D&D DM - and we have it for you.
May 09, 2025
Chris Arrant
News
Donny Cates revealed as the original writer of Ultimate Spider-Man (and the entire Ultimate Marvel reboot), before Jonathan Hickman or Chip Zdarsky
Call him the Maker - Venom's Donny Cates was in line to write Ultimate Spider-Man before Jonathan Hickman or Chip Zdarsky.
May 09, 2025
Chris Arrant
Features
Watch the official Dragon Age panel talking Veilguard and more with BioWare lead producer Scylla Costa from London's MCM x EGX 2024
Return to Thedas with BioWare lead producer Scylla Costa as we share the Dragon Age panel filmed recently at London's MCM x EGX
May 08, 2025
Chris Arrant
Features
Watch Naughty Dog's Uncharted game cast reunite with Nolan North, Emily Rose & Richard McGonagle at London's MCM x EGX 2024
We have a treasure for Uncharted fans with an hour-long discussion about the Naughty Dog game franchise with stars Nolan North (Nathan Drake), Emily Rose (Elena Fisher), and Richard McGonagle (Victor 'Sully' Sullivan)
May 08, 2025
Chris Arrant
Features
Baldur's Gate 3 stars Jennifer English and Aliona Baranova go full-on squirrel with Popverse
In all seriousness... let's play the Squirrel Trivia game with part-time squirrel Aliona Baranova and Shadowheart's Jennifer English from Baldur's Gate 3.
May 08, 2025
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
Watch the Kristian Nairn spotlight panel, talking Game of Thrones and Our Flag Means Death, with Nathan Foad from London's MCM x EGX
You know him from Game of Thrones. You love from Our Flag Means Death. Now, see (and hear) an hour of Kristian Nairn talking about himself.
May 07, 2025
Chris Arrant
Features
Critical Role's Travis Billingham and Laura Bailey duel over the ideal party leader, merchant haggler, and more in Popverse's Who is More Likely To?
Critical Role stars Laura Bailey & Travis Willingham face off in Popverse's Who Is More Likely To?
May 07, 2025
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
Marvel Matters: What Thunderbolts* says about the MCU
How Marvel Studios' Beef-ed up the MCU Phase 5 with Thunderbolts* and what it means for the new Avengers movies to come.
May 06, 2025
Chris Arrant
Features
Watch the Tomb Raider reunion panel with Lara Croft voice actor Jonell Elliott and her Angel of Darkness co-star Eric Lauren
The primary voice of Tomb Raider's Lara Croft for the past 26 years, Jonell Elliott, opens up about the role at London's MCM x EGX 2024
May 05, 2025
Chris Arrant
News
Marvel Studios' Thunderbolts* creator credits include special attention to two of the Sentry creators
Paul Jenkins and Jae Lee don't get 'thanked' in Marvel Studios' Thunderbolts* movie credits - they get top treatment, and Jenkins got a job out of it.
May 02, 2025
Chris Arrant
Features
Livestream all of Boston's PAX East 2025 free with Popverse
Watch the big panels from Magic: The Gathering, Larian Studios, and more with Popverse's PAX East 2025 livestream.
May 02, 2025
Chris Arrant
News
Star Wars: Andor actor Denise Gough says her Dedra character arc is showing how someone can become a fascist
During Star Wars Celebration, Denise Gough opened up about her Imperial officer Dedra Meero in Star Wars: Andor.
May 01, 2025
Chris Arrant
News
"One cool element" from Star Wars Expanded Universe to be "remixed and remastered" back into canon with Marvel's new Star Wars comic
A second chance at a sequel to Return of the Jedi will arrive in Marvel's new Star Wars comic book series, with one "cool element" from the original Expanded Universe set to return
April 30, 2025
Chris Arrant
Features
Who created Marvel's Sentry? The simmering Marvel Comics (and Marvel Studios) drama deepens as Paul Jenkins weighs in amid Thunderbolts* theatrical debut
In 2000, Marvel announced that Stan Lee and Artie Rosen created the Sentry. In the 25 years since, it's gotten more and more complicated
April 30, 2025
Chris Arrant
Features
Sentry co-creator Rick Veitch calls Marvel "the House of Stolen Ideas" after his stake in the character overlooked for past 25 years - including in Marvel Studios' Thunderbolts* movie
"Cut out" and "thrown under the bus": Marvel Comics' Sentry co-creator Rick Veitch opens up about his omission for the past 25 years and in the Thunderbolts* movie.
April 29, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Features
Marvel Matters: After Marvel Studios' Thunderbolts*, I see Robert Downey Jr.'s Doctor Doom assembling his own team with the Cabal
MCU fans have spent all this time speculating on the next Avengers, but we need to think about the villains creating their own Avengers.
April 29, 2025
Chris Arrant
Features
Matthew McConaughey & Christian Bale made a ferocious dragon movie 2 decades ago - and it's time you saw it
Years before we knew who he really was, Matthew McConaughey played the most American of Americans, complete with a shaved head, tribal tattoos, and his own personal tank, in Reign of Fire.
April 29, 2025
Chris Arrant
Features
From Golden Boy to Stuntman actor & 'Serious' actor: The three eras of Tom Cruise movies across his career
The three faces of Tom Cruise, from Risky Business to Mission: Impossible and into his more serious movies like Born on the Fourth of July.
April 28, 2025
Chris Arrant
Features
From Starship Troopers to Batgirl & SAW, Dina Meyer dishes on her favorite roles - and her favorite song to dance to
Popverse's Ashley V. Robinson talks with Dina Meyer about it all.
April 24, 2025
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
Star Trek vs. Star Wars as creators from both sides face-off in Popversus: The pop culture fight club
We boldly went to a galaxy far far away and goaded two Star Wars and Star Trek creators to fight it out.
April 24, 2025
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
V.E. Schwab, Ella McLeod, & Veronica Roth face off in Celebrity Author Trivia at London's MCM x EGX
A live taping of Celebrity Author Trivia with Ella McLeod, Veronica Roth, & V.E. Scbwab recorded at MCM x EGX 2024 in London.
April 24, 2025
Chris Arrant
News
The Haunting of Hill House star Kate Siegel aims to "nuture kindness" and fan the flames of excitement as she does more directing
Writer/director Mike Flanagan is "a lighthouse" for the kind of director Kate Siegel wants to be.
April 24, 2025
Chris Arrant
Features
Watch Divergent author Veronica Roth's spotlight panel from MCM x EGX 2024 in London
Veronica Roth talks about Divergent, her new series Curse Bearer, and how much her work owes itself to Chicago.
April 23, 2025
Chris Arrant
Features
J.R.R. Tolkien or C.S. Lewis? Shades of Magic author V.E. Schwab reveals the two kinds of fantasy fiction, and which she writes
Watch Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil author V.E. Schwab's spotlight panel from London's MCM x EGX 2024.
April 22, 2025
Chris Arrant
Features
Marvel Matters: The cursed chalice of Marvel Studios' success, and the broken cinematic universe dreams it gave Hollywood
The Icarus effect of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and how cost Warner Bros., Sony, Universal Pictures and more billions of dollars.
April 22, 2025
Chris Arrant
News
The Boys' Garth Ennis imagines a nuclear war future in New York City with Becky Cloonan called The War
"As the world around us slides further into ruin, what better time to revisit the cheery subject of atomic obliteration?," Garth Ennis tells Popverse when talking about The War.
April 22, 2025
Chris Arrant
Features
The Donald Trump tariffs could scare off Halloween (and the costume industry) as we know it, with your favorite Halloween costumes set to double in price
Pixar's Inside Out characters were a big hit for Halloween 2024, and now in 2025 we may need to DIY it with these tariffs come October 31, 2025.
April 21, 2025
Chris Arrant
News
The six Star Wars movies Lucasfilm says is still in development, and the six they avoided talking about at Star Wars Celebration 2025
These's aren't the Star Wars movies you're looking for - or are they?
April 21, 2025
Chris Arrant
News
Yoda says the future is always in motion, but we know the next Star Wars Celebration dates are (and where it'll be)
Lucasfilm and ReedPop's Star Wars Celebration returns to the US in 2027.
April 20, 2025
Chris Arrant
News
"The dinner party from hell": Star Wars Andor dark power couple Kyle Soller & Denise Gough dish on one of their top 3 favorite scenes from the show
The mother-in-law is coming to visit Andor's Imperial power couple, and its going to get comedically crazy.
April 19, 2025
Chris Arrant
News
Hayden Christensen is returning to Star Wars for Ahsoka season 2 - but is it as Darth Vader or Anakin Skywalker?
Anakin Skywalker's coming back for Snips in Star Wars: Ahsoka season 2
April 19, 2025
Chris Arrant
Features
Ryan Gosling's Starfighter just overtook Daisy Ridley's New Jedi Order project to map the Star Wars future post-Rise of Skywalker
Inside the fight for the future of Star Wars
April 19, 2025
Chris Arrant
News
Star Wars' Mon Mothma actor Geneveive O'Reilly has waited 20 years to stand up to the Empire, and with Andor season 2 she feels she finally has "this moment"
Geneveive O'Reilly is the longest-tenured Star Wars actor on the Andor series, and she's finally stepping up for her climatic scene
April 19, 2025
Chris Arrant
Features
Our charming prince Hugh Dancy dishes on Hannibal, Ella Enchanted, Downton Abbey, and more
Hugh Dancy answers our questions - and one from one of our Popverse members.
April 18, 2025
Ashley V. Robinson
News
Expect "Easter Eggs" about DC Comics' future and a realignment of DC's past in New History of the DCU, according to Mark Waid
Mark Waid has the "blessing" of DC bosses to fix the DC Comics Universe with New History of the DCU
April 18, 2025
Chris Arrant
News
Star Wars' mysterious Knights of Ren have a new female leader. Meet Tava Ren
Kylo Ren is vying for control of the Knights of Ren with a new Star Wars big bad named Tava Ren
April 18, 2025
Chris Arrant
News
Disney & Lucasfilm are quietly planning a 50th anniversary Star Wars movie that's focused on all-new characters
Star Wars turns 50 in 2027, and there's a new movie coming for the occasion
April 18, 2025
Chris Arrant
News
Longtime Star Wars fan Ryan Gosling sees 2027 Starfighter movie as a chance to "shine a light" into a part of the Star Wars Universe we haven't seen before
Ryan Gosling's been wanting to work with Deadpool & Wolverine director Shawn Levy for years, then he got offered to do a Star Wars together
April 18, 2025
Chris Arrant
News
I never realized how much I wanted to see Star Wars' Thrawn in a shoujo-style manga until now
Lucasfilm is bringing Timothy Zahn's Thrawn novel to manga.
April 18, 2025
Chris Arrant
News
Cal Kestis is back as Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is getting its own comic
We all need more Cal Kestis in our lives.
April 18, 2025
Chris Arrant
News
Lucasfilm launches its first-ever Kickstarter to revive Star Wars: The Manga
Star Wars and Dark Horse Comics are giving this whole Kickstarter thing a try
April 18, 2025
Chris Arrant
News
The Star Wars: Starfighter movie will be the first Star Wars movie since 1977 that's not a sequel, a prequel to anything before - and Shawn Levy & Ryan Gosling are keying into that
Promising new characters, new adventures, and a new period of time, Star Wars: Starfighter is aiming to be its own thing in the Star Wars universe.
April 18, 2025
Chris Arrant
News
Stephen King's The Life of Chuck movie adaptation is one of the first "uncynical" projects writer/director Mike Flanagan has ever done
Writer/director Mike Flanagan is making his first movie for his children in The Life of Chuck.
April 17, 2025
Chris Arrant
News
How to write DC superheroes like Superman, The Flash, and more, according to Mark Waid
Justice League Unlimited writer Mark Waid opens up about how he writes superheroes after 30 years.
April 17, 2025
Chris Arrant
News
DC Comics loses its long-time publicity manager Michael Shelling
After 10 years of steering DC Comics' relationship with journalists, Michael Shelling is no longer with the company.
April 16, 2025
Chris Arrant
Features
The gentleman villain Mads Mikkelsen tells us how he balances being charming and despicable in our favorite movies & TV series
The Hannibal star sits down for a conversation with Popverse's Ashley V. Robinson.
April 16, 2025
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
Marvel Matters: What to read ahead of (and after) Marvel Studios' Thunderbolts*
Get justice (and a little bit of lightning) with these five best Thunderbolts comics recs ahead of Marvel Studios' Thunderbolts*.
April 15, 2025
Chris Arrant
Features
C2E2 2025 Artist Alley tables to look for
The biggest artist alley in the US returns with creators including Tom King, Arthur Adams, Steenz, Kat Leyh, Cara McGee, Gene Ha... and Foxtrot's Bill Amend!
April 10, 2025
Chris Arrant
News
Magic: The Gathering's Secret Lair has a new boss in town - and he's someone ultra familiar with Marvel & comics
Fresh off the heels of the Secret Lair x Deadpool drop, Wizards of the Coast has hired a gaming expert to join the team who's also a comics expert.
April 10, 2025
Chris Arrant
News
DC's greatest villains aren't winning, so Gorilla Grodd is recruiting the classic Legion of Doom to beat the Justice League once and for all
The classic versions of Lex Luthor, Sinestro, Cheetah, the Joker, Black Manta, Bizarro, Captain Cold, Scarecrow, and Brianiac are coming out of the history books and into today's new DC comics as the big bads of the crossover event 'We Are Yesterday.'
April 10, 2025
Chris Arrant
News
C2E2 2025 Main Stage livestreams & VODs are now guaranteed by CGC x JSA - our official Authentication and Grading Partner
We're teaming up with CGC x JSA to bring you the Main Stage of C2E2 2025
April 10, 2025
Chris Arrant
News
Chicago's C2E2 2026 dates are here and its parallel with LA's WonderCon & Kansas City's Planet Comicon
The dates for C2E2 2026 are here - and it's going to be a busy weekend for those in the comic con business.
April 10, 2025
Chris Arrant
News
The DC Comics timeline is "breaking", with fallout coming across DC Comics line says architect Mark Waid
"Everything has fallen apart" in DC's timeline and continuity says Mark Waid, thanks to villains Darkseid and Gorilla Grodd
April 09, 2025
Chris Arrant
News
DC Comics' Justice League Unlimited series to become "truly unlimited" this summer just like the JLU animated series, says writer
Expect 800 characters a page in Justice League Unlimited #8, teases writer Mark Waid. (We're unsure if he's joking or not.)
April 08, 2025
Chris Arrant
Features
Marvel Matters: The MCU's Loki series is a meta take on all of Marvel Studios' troubles over the past 10 years, with Kevin Feige at the center of it (and its hopeful success)
Kevin Feige is Loki - but he's not the god of mischief, he's Marvel's god of MCU stories (just like in the comics).
April 08, 2025
Chris Arrant
Features
Watch ABC's Once Upon A Time reunion panel with Lana Parrilla, Sean Maguire, & Rebecca Mader from MCM x EGX 2024
Lana Parrilla (Regina/Evil Queen), Sean Maguire (Robin Hood), and Rebecca Mader (Zelena/Wicked Witch of the West) reunite to talk ABC's Once Upon a Time on the London main stage of MCM Comic Con.
April 08, 2025
Chris Arrant
Features
This is where you'll find all the best of Chicago's C2E2 2025 cosplay photos
The best cosplay of C2E2 2025.
April 07, 2025
Chris Arrant
News
Come meet Popverse at Chicago's C2E2 2025 in one of nine panels
Ashley V. Robinson, Grant DeArmitt, Jules Chin-Greene, and Chris Arrant are coming to C2E2 - and you can meet them!
April 07, 2025
Chris Arrant
Features
Follow along live to Outlander star Sam Heughan's panel at Chicago's C2E2 2025!
Outlander's Sam Heughan has an evening Q&A with fans at Chicago's C2E2 - and we'll be there.
April 07, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
Features
Follow along live to the official Marvel Matters panel with Declan Shalvey, Chris Condon, Mark Morales, and Jeffrey Brown from Chicago's C2E2 2025
The creators behind Mystique, Ultimate Wolverine, New Avengers, and X-Men: Days of Future Fun come to talk comics in C2E2's Marvel Matters panel.
April 07, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
News
The big Marvel panel at Chicago's C2E2 2025 is Popverse's Marvel Matters with Declan Shalvey, Chris Condon, Mark Morales, and Jeffrey Brown
The creators behind Ultimate Wolverine, Mystique, Moon Knight, New Avengers, Weapon X-Men, and X-Men: Days of Future Fun chop it up in a live edition of Marvel Matters.
April 07, 2025
Chris Arrant
Features
Follow along live to the official DC: Celebrate Superman panel from Chicago's C2E2 2025
Superman boss Paul Kaminski and some surprise guests are coming to Chicago to talk all things Man of Steel - and we'll be there live.
April 07, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
Features
Follow along live to the official Critical Role panel with Matt Mercer & friends from Chicago's C2E2 2025
Matthew Mercer, Laura Bailey, Travis Willingham, Ashley Johnson, Liam O’Brien, Marisha Ray, Sam Riegel, and Taliesin Jaffe are talking Critical Role at C2E2 2025 - follow along live!
April 07, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
The comic writers vs. artist debate gets settled once & for all as Mitch Gerads & Tom King face off in Popversus at C2E2 2025
Writers vs. artists - we settle the debate once and for all, with Tom King and Mitch Gerads in C2E2's Popversus.
April 07, 2025
Chris Arrant
Features
Popverse Picks: The best Invincible characters (according to me!)
Sorry Mark, but the best Invincible characters are behind you.
April 07, 2025
Chris Arrant
Features
Follow along live to the official Ahsoka panel from Star Wars Celebration Japan 2025!
Join creator Dave Filoni and some "surprise guests" (Rosario Dawson, is that you?) to talk about the past, present and future of Star Wars' Ahsoka live from Star Wars Celebration 2025.
April 07, 2025
Trent Cannon
Features
Follow along live to the official Andor season 2 panel from Star Wars Celebration 2025 in Japan!
Andor star Diego Luna, creator Tony Gilroy, and more reveal the full scale and scope of Star Wars: Andor season 2 - the finale of the hit streaming series - at Star Wars Celebration Japan 2025.
April 07, 2025
Trent Cannon
Features
Follow along live to the Mandalorian & Grogu movie panel from Star Wars Celebration Japan 2025!
Live from Star Wars Celebration 2025 in Japan, its the official The Mandalorian & Grogu movie panel with Jon Favreau, Dave Filoni, and more.
April 07, 2025
Trent Cannon
Features
Chicago's C2E2 2025 Recap: The ultimate weekend to embrace your favorite fandoms brought the Breakfast Club, some Starship Troopers, John Boyega and more to the Windy City
No matter which character from The Breakfast Club you identify with, C2E2 has something for you (including the stars from The Breakfast Club!)
April 03, 2025
Chris Arrant
News
There is a Pokémon card crime syndicate in Australia, walking away with over a million dollars worth of cards says victims
Gotta catch them all after a Pokémon crime spree unfolds in Australia - and police say they have.
April 03, 2025
Chris Arrant
News
A Spider-Man cosplayer allegedly stole nearly $10,000 in Pokémon, Dragon Ball, and One Piece cards from a Virginia gaming store, with a suspect arrested
Maybe J. Jonah Jameson was right? Seriously, we're glad everyone is okay.
April 02, 2025
Chris Arrant
News
I finally figured out what the 'Beyond' was in Bed Bath & Beyond: comics, as a Michigan comic shop takes over a 27,000 square-foot-store
Muskegon's Lange's Comics & Collectibles is now the second-largest comic store in the United States.
April 02, 2025
Chris Arrant
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Get a better comic convention experience and enjoy best-in-class articles and videos year-round with a Popverse membership.
April 01, 2025
Chris Arrant
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The Walking Dead artist Charlie Adlard dives into something almost as horrific (and twice as real): The Rolling Stones' Altamont concert tragedy
The Woodstock festival's dark twin gets re-told with a personal touch in Altamont by The Wallking Dead's Charlie Adlard and Henrik Hanna.
April 01, 2025
Chris Arrant
News
Madman creator Mike Allred joins DC's seminal New History of DC Universe timeline project
After Superman's space age and Batman's dark age, Mike Allred is helping draw all the ages in the New History of the DC Universe.
March 30, 2025
Chris Arrant
News
Jonah Hex is joining DC's Justice League - but he ain't happy about it
The DC superhero team got caught up in a mess of trouble - so much that Jonah Hex is having to come out of the 1800s Wild West to save 'em
March 30, 2025
Chris Arrant
News
DC is reviving Legion of Super-Heroes "soon" says DC architect (and former writer) Mark Waid
Mark Waid promises a Legion of Super-Heroes "everyone will embrace" real soon from DC Comics
March 29, 2025
Chris Arrant
News
DC Comics' New History of the DC Universe will include a definitive timeline of billions (and billions) of years of DC continuity
The goal of the New History of the DC Universe is to make you feel like you are a person living inside the DCU.
March 29, 2025
Chris Arrant
News
Wonder no more, the WonderCon 2026 dates are here
San Diego Comic Convention reveals its 2026 dates for LA comic con WonderCon, making it their busiest year ever with 4 shows
March 28, 2025
Chris Arrant
News
I get amped everytime I remember how much NIntendo's Metroid games are based on the Alien movies
Alien's Ripley walked so Metroid's Samus Arun could run (and jump).
March 27, 2025
Chris Arrant
Features
Marvel Matters: How Marvel Studios are realizing its all about the story again, even if it means killing MCU's Nova, Edgar Wright's Ant-Man, and more
Or how to kill your fandom darlings before they go wild (or go dead).
March 25, 2025
Chris Arrant
Guides
C2E2 2025 Popverse Superfan Benefits: Celebrity fast pass, an exclusive lounge, & more
See more of C2E2 2025 with Popverse's C2E2 Superfan benefits.
March 25, 2025
Chris Arrant
Features
Popverse Picks: The best Assassin's Creed lead characters, according to an AC superfan
Everything is permitted, but these Assassin's Creed stars are true.
March 24, 2025
Chris Arrant
News
Horror authors Joe Hill, Grady Hendrix, Stephen Graham Jones, Catriona Ward, and Owen King are bring their next stories exclusively to Amazon Kindle
Amazon wants to scare you in a good way - and not with these low prices.
March 20, 2025
Chris Arrant
News
Mads Mikkelsen & Hugh Dancy's Hannibal reunion moment at ECCC has become a meme, and now a comic
Hannibal's Mads Mikkelsen has a unique handshake for his co-star Hugh Dancy.
March 19, 2025
Chris Arrant
News
The Jujutsu Kaisen's anime hiatus helped surge its manga sales to become the biggest manga franchise in the US last year
Anime can help the original manga get more readers - especially in the long wait between seasons - take Jujutsu Kaisen for example
March 19, 2025
Chris Arrant
News
Leonardo DiCaprio & Martin Scorsese's next movie delves into the conceptions & misconceptions of American Christianity, based on one of Barack Obama's favorite books
Marilynne Robinson's Gilead series is getting the big screen treatment from Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio.
March 19, 2025
Chris Arrant
News
DC's Compact Comics line is a comics' new sales juggernaut, as 7 months of sales overshadow pretty much all other Big Two superhero sales in booktrade
DC's Compact Comics line is selling more than Marvel's entire output in bookstores in 2024, according to year-end top 20 sales charts.
March 19, 2025
Chris Arrant