Val’s Toy Chest- A Flurry of Funko for Spring
It has been a while since we’ve had a huge Funko shipment, but this week we’ve gotten some long-awaited POPs in. Let’s take a look at what is here! Avengers: Infinity War: We have already […]
It has been a while since we’ve had a huge Funko shipment, but this week we’ve gotten some long-awaited POPs in. Let’s take a look at what is here! Avengers: Infinity War: We have already […]
The end is no longer near, the end is indeed here! Dark Nights: Metal #6 bulldozes its way onto shelves this week. The conclusion to an epic, confusing, muddy, fun, frustrating, and cataclysmic storyline from […]
Here comes Daredevil #600! That’s right True Believers, this week Ol’ Hornhead has himself a landmark anniversary issue on the heels of a special milestone by Spidey. Gosh, can you believe there’s already been six […]
Valiant puts its most powerful supernatural foot forward this week. In the same vein as their triumphant reintroductions since March of 2017 with epic characters like X-O Manowar, Bloodshot (who might be looking more like […]
Not more than a week after we received the Spider-Man Marvel Legends wave, another Legends wave from the fine folks at Hasbro has dropped. Fans of the Merc with the Mouth can now rejoice with […]
Wolverine and Hulk made a baby. Okay, not really but kinda. He’s actually a product of the Weapon X program. Except this new weapon, the ultimate hybrid of the two heroes is called Weapon H. […]
Jane Foster, the Mighty Thor, is going to die. You owe it to Jason Aaron, Russell Dauterman, and all of the other creators who’ve built her beautiful story to its zenith to read this Mighty […]
Adding lore to a franchise with a fanatic fanbase is not an easy task. Oftentimes, it’s best if the creators involved are fans themselves. There’s a sense of responsibility to the revered work and mythos […]
It seems like Hasbro is releasing a Marvel Legends series once a month these days. We are all just recovering from the Avengers: Infinity War Series 1 figures as well as the Marvel Riders sets, […]
Toy Fair is mainly about the DC and Marvel toys for me, but there are so many more licenses and properties to choose from if you’re not a comic character fan. Whether it is Star […]
DC Comics takes another small step for their Earth One series this week. Since 2010 there have been only eight releases for this imprint that allows creators to reestablish the continuity of famous DC heroes […]
New characters in an existing world are no easy feat. Very few characters stick around for more than a couple of years. Once the spotlight’s off and their original creators move on to other projects […]
This week New Mutants: Dead Souls #1 comes out this week launching a new mini-series for this fan-favorite X-team. Personally, I cannot be more excited for the creative team of Matthew Rosenberg and Adam Gorham […]
Every week there’s a new slew of graphic novels that come onto the scene. And there’s an argument to be made that the lifeblood of the comic book industry is still single issues. And that’s […]
Gideon Falls reunites one of the best creative teams of the last several years in writer Jeff Lemire and artist Andrea Sorrentino. This is the first foray for Lemire into the realm of horror and […]
Dan Slott has been THE architect for all things Spider-Man for a decade now. He was part of the Brand New Day braintrust that also saw him working with collaborators through one of my favorite […]
DC Toys in my opinion, did not have the strongest showing at Toy Fair this year, but there were a few factors that influenced my feelings on this. This doesn’t mean I am not looking […]
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