December 28, 1922 – November 12, 2018 Stan Lee (born Stanley Lieber) has sadly passed away today at the age of 95. Best known for co-creating some of the biggest characters in all of media, […]
Open up a can of mixed vegetables, fondle your sweaters, and prepare to cancel your baseball game against the anonymously evil campers from Camp Tiger Claw because the plan for your ragtag team of underdogs […]
Brace for impact! Secure the doors and ready your pull lists! There is another stunning #1 coming your way from Image Comics. Bless my soul, that company is on a roll with a line-up of […]
“All the X-Men are gay” is the rallying cry of Leah Williams. She’s a mutant maestro, a visible bisexual, and Emma Frost’s #1 fan. She was the writer behind X-Men Gold Annual #1, which saw […]
Your favorite whiskey downing, super strong, hard-nosed, no nonsense, leather-jacketed private eye is back! After a phenomenal debut, some time away, and a brief return, Marvel’s best private detective’s life on the comics page has […]
There was a time when reporters were all the rage. You couldn’t throw a stone without hitting a movie or TV show detailing the hard-fought life of an intrepid reporter. Pounding the pavement, digging for […]
This is one of those times where lack of editorial oversight and my getting free reign over this bad boy is really going to lead to some niche content here in this newsletter. But let’s […]
The following originally ran in the Weekly Planet 10/17/18. How could you possibly be surprised? After Black Panther positively destroyed the worldwide box office, it’s been all hands on deck for the World of Wakanda. […]
The following originally ran in the Weekly Planet 10/17/18. I’m sorry. Those are just the rules. I didn’t invent this ridiculous scenario in which your not reading Marvel’s phenomenal RUNAWAYS series means that all comics […]
The following originally ran in the Weekly Planet 10/10/18. It’s that classic comic success story. A team of creators release a passion project #1. There’s no superheroes in it. It catches fire. Word of mouth […]
The following originally ran in the Weekly Planet 10/10/18. Even in comics, everyone grows up. Dick Grayson became Nightwing. Most of the Runaways are in their 20s now. Kitty Pryde was once the youngest, most […]
The following originally ran in the Weekly Planet 10/3/18. What are heroes without their villains? Besides providing devious plots for our favorite supers to foil, bad guys can help underline why a hero is the […]
The following originally ran in the Weekly Planet 10/3/18. Pulp characters are making a comeback. Recent years have seen comebacks for Dick Tracy, The Shadow, Green Hornet… Now is a great time to be a […]
The following originally ran in the Weekly Planet 9/26/18, before the series had debuted. Superheroes are just better than we are. That’s a huge part of their appeal. Where most of us often struggle to […]
The following originally ran in the Weekly Planet 9/26/18. It’s the near future. A mutation causes menstruating women to transform into murderous cat people. Easily provoked. Extremely deadly. It’s an Anchorman joke given life. For […]
The following originally ran in the Weekly Planet 9/22/18. To be perfectly honest, I love living at a time in comics when a book like this exists. A bunch of Marvel heroes with cult followings […]
The following originally ran in the Weekly Planet 9/22/18. Snagglepuss might just be the best comic you read this year. No, really. No, REALLY. Impactful. Hilarious. Beautifully drawn. Snagglepuss. From Mark Russell (The Flintstones, Judge […]
The following originally ran in the Weekly Planet 9/19/18. In a market stuffed to the gills with superhero comics and heartbreaking comic epics, the importance and impact of newspaper strips is so often left out […]
The following originally ran in the Weekly Planet 9/19/18. For months, Marvel has been preparing for the return of the undying Canuck, Wolverine. Two stand-alone issues, an Infinity centerpiece, countless cameos, and four whole miniseries […]
The following originally ran in the Weekly Planet 9/12/18. For decades, the best name in making fun of bad movies has always been Mystery Science Theater 3000. Though there’s a whole cottage industry around it […]
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