I’m gonna try to get back to regular posting on this blog. Here’s my first shot at it- a simple listing of personally recommended or otherwise notable new stuff available at Forbidden Planet NYC in-store and online for […]
NEXTWAVE: Agents of H.A.T.E., The Ultimate Collection Warren Ellis, Stuart Immonen, Wade Von Grawbadger, Dave McCraig Marvel $34.99 It’s rare for me to cover a re-release of material that isn’t too hard to track down, but […]
Wytches Volume 1 Scott Snyder/ Jock/ Matt Hollingsworth/ Clem Robins Image $9.99 For those who’ve been reading my material for awhile, you may recall me writing about Wytches last year when the first issue […]
Hey readers, I still haven’t completely gotten over Yvonne Craig’s death, but I am coping. Since last week’s column, they’ve announced more new Batman ’66 merchandise featuring Batgirl including Funko’s Vinyl Idolz figures which will […]
Grayson #11 Tom King, Tim Seeley, Mikel Janin and Jeromy Cox DC $3.99 While never being a bad read, the last few issues of Grayson were not exactly up to par with the level of […]
Spider-Woman #10 Dennis Hopeless/ Natasha Bustos/Vero Gandini Marvel $3.99 Going into this issue knowing regular series artist Javier Rodriguez would not be drawing it, I was expecting myself to enjoying this issue of Spider-Woman a […]
Welcome Back #1 Christopher Sebela, Jonathan Brandon Sawyer, Carlos Zamudio Boom $3.99 Sorry for the delay gang, someone had a birthday this week (it was me, I berfed), and a busted modem (also me), so […]
It’s another new release Wednesday here at the Planet and there’s some cool stuff coming in this week and beyond. Let’s talk about the toys coming out this week first and then I’ll talk a […]
Darryl “DMC” McDaniels of the legendary hip-hop group Run DMC will be appearing at Forbidden Planet NYC on Wednesday September 2nd from 5-7 for the debut of the all new single issue DMC #1.5! This new comic will […]
Gotham Academy #9 Becky Cloonan, Brenden Fletcher, Karl Kerschl, Serge Lapointe, Msassyk DC $2.99 For the most part, Gotham Academy has been a delightful romp with some teen angst and a bunch of neat little […]
Phonogram: The Immaterial Girl #1 Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie, Matthew Wilson, Clayton Cowles Image $3.99 Phonograms has a special place in my heart. I bought both previous collected volumes of the series directly from creators […]
Howard the Duck #5 Chip Zdarsky, Joe Quinones, Joe and Paolo Rivera, Rico Renzi Marvel $3.99 Oh Howard A Duck, you are a gift. Chip Zdarsky, Joe Quinones and Rico Renzi’s first arc/volume (NEW HAT […]
Join us at Forbidden Planet NYC on September 16th from 6PM to 8PM in celebration of Fantagraphics’ Terror Assaulter! Artist, writer, all around cool dude Benjamin Marra will be on hand signing copies of his newest slice […]
Ms Marvel #17 G. Willow Wilson, Adrian Alphona & Ian Herring Marvel $2.99 On the left we have cover artist Kris Anka , who cover may qualify as the best thing. But while this gives us […]
The Wicked + The Divine #13 Kieron Gillen, Tula Lotay, Jamie McKelvie and Matthew Wilson Image $3.50 Here Kieron Gillen returns to bad bad devil 666 man status. Wick Div #13, drawn by the wonderful […]
Batgirl Annual 3 Cameron Stewart, Brenden Fletcher, Bengal, David Lafuente, Ming Doyle, Mingjue Helen Chen DC $4.99 Originally, I wanted to talk about Batgirl Annual 3 in the same review as Batgirl 42, BUTTTTT when […]
Sex Criminals #11 Matt Fraction & Chip Zdarsky Image, $3.99 (or $4.69 for the XXX variant, which you should not open in public or your place of work.) After a number of crazy delays, […]
BROTIP Forbidden Planet Faithful: Don’t get bedbugs. It is the worst thing. Also why yes, my apartment building does have them, however did you figure that out? X-Men ’92 #2 Scott Koblish, Chris […]
All New Hawkeye #4 Jeff Lemire, Ramon Perez, Ian Herring Marvel $3.99 Following in Hawkeye volume one’s footprints, All New Hawkeye is back after a slight delay. #BURN A reverse of the previous issue sees the […]
Spider-Woman #9 Dennis Hopeless, Javier Rodriguez, Alvardo Lopez Marvel $3.99 Javier Rodriguez is a beast y’all. I’ve been a fan of both Spider-Woman and Javier for awhile. Jessica Drew is my wife’s favorite Avenger, and […]
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