Marvel Comics
Initiative War Machine Review
By Loran For reasons I can’t explain, I just… love War Machine. He’s one of the few, if only, cases I can think of where a sidekick has a cooler uniform than the main hero. […]
Month: March 2012
Movies and TV
Found Footage Festival’s VCR Party!
Come out to the Found Footage Festival’s VCR party at Nitehawk Cinema, I’ll be there with the Horror Boobs crew presenting some classic clips. Introducing the Found Footage Festival’s new monthly comedy show in New […]
Vertigo
The Weekly Pulse – Napsack Full of Unmarked, Sequential Comics
Dan’s a man on a mission today as he blasts through a huge stack of comics. Batgirl #7, Suicide Squad #7, The Ray #4, Scarlet Spider #3, Lobster Johnson the Burning Hand #3 (of 5), […]
Comic Book Movies
Movie Ticket Giveway!!
Be eligible to win a prize pack when you email SilentHouse@fpnyc.com Pack includes a pair of run of engagement passes (passes begin on Monday 3/19), a t-shirt, & more!
Signings
Friday. March 23rd: In-Store Signing!
Bruce Lee. Jim Morrison. Elvis Presley. Andy Kaufman. Tupac Shakur. All controversial cultural icons who died before their time. Or did they? These legends alive and well, part of Project Resurrection, a global crime-fighting unit […]
Marvel Comics
Marvel Legends Extremsis Iron Man
By Loran Just like Hasbro promised, the Marvel Legends line has returned to shelves across the country! I can’t same I’m surprised by the fact that some people thought we were just going to get […]
Other Topics
Segmentation of the Innocent
I had a whole column planned this week about “The Complete History of Earwigs in Comics,” but as my agent pointed out, emphatically and with much passion, “Readers don’t like earwigs.” There’s no accounting for […]
Conventions
NYCBM Tickets available at FP NOW!
Starting today buy your tickets for Mike Carbo’s New York Comic Book Marketplace at Forbidden Planet! It’s a one-day Marvel tribute show with tons of artists, creators, dealers and stars appearing! Not to mention a […]
PlayArts
The one where Chris would much rather be playing Mass Effect 3
by Chris Troy By the title, it’s obvious that I’m REALLY EXCITED that Mass Effect 3 is out, and I want to spend all my free time playing it, as it is quite rad. However, […]
Marvel Comics
Defending Good Taste
“The older I get, the more life seems to be the stupid, frustrating stuff that gets in the way of YOU and reading comics.” That’s what Danny Rand, Iron Fist, said in the first issue […]
Stuff We Like
GI Joe Renegades Cobra Trooper Review
By Loran Well, in addition to not getting anything close to a full line, it seems as though the toys for G.I. Joe Renegades are going to be a pain to find, as well. Some […]
Doctor Who
Doctor Who Seeds of Doom 2 Pack Forbidden Planet NYC Limited Exclusivity
FPNYC has an exclusive on this 2-pack of the Doctor and the Krynoid creature from the classic episode Seeds of Doom for a limited time. That’s right. We’ll have these before anyone else in the […]
Boom! Studios
The Weekly Pulse – Omnibluster
Get $25 off of one of the books mentioned in this review! Which one? Well, you’ll have to watch and find out! Dan soldiers through a massive stack of comics for you guys, and somewhere […]
Archie Comics
Shoot First, Apologize Later
NOBODY is omniscient, and we all make mistakes. Think I’m joking? WHO YA’ GOT? “God?” Is God a perfect, omniscient being that never makes mistakes? Really? You think God would’ve created life on Earth if […]
Marvel Comics
Earth’s Mightiest Tie-Ins
By Chris Troy The internet is a crazy place FPNYC Faithful! After checking some of my Twitter followers, it turns out Avatar Press’ co-founder Mark Seifery is following me, which is all sort of cool, […]
Comic Book Movies
SHUT UP!
Stand By Me T-Shirts now available here, and in store!
Horror
Aliens Invade Brooklyn
Come out to one of the 3 screenings of The Deadly Spawn at Brooklyn’s Spectacle Theater. The first one is tonight with and intro and Q&A session with director Douglas McKeown. THE DEADLY SPAWN a/k/a: […]
Toys
Halo Reach Rocket Launcher with RFO
by Loran Okay, I’ve stated it before, but who doesn’t love the Warthog? The thing has become as synonymous with the Halo franchise as the Chief himself has. It’s a cool vehicle and whenever you […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
The Weekly Pulse – SPECIAL EDITION
Good LORD! A man has handcuffed himself to the lamp post in front of our store! He’s demanding that EVERY copy of his new comic be sold, and he will not allow himself to be […]