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Rocket Me to the Moon
Sometimes my little black heart overwhelmingly swells with joy over the future of comics. You discover a new artist, read a new book, or see a small community pull together so quickly (because we never […]
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Frankly Dear I Don’t Give a Damn
It’s early (right now), and I’m tired (always) because I haven’t had enough of the devil’s brew (coffee). There’s not a lot of comics news to talk about right now… Toy Fair happened? Lego’s have […]
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Troy’s Toys, but with Comics: A Return to Form
DID YOU KNOW: Apartment hunting in New York City is THE PITS FPNYC Faithful. My personal problems aside, it was a really good week for comics! Shall I give you the details of the goodness? […]
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Looking for Something in Particular?
It’s been a wild Holiday shopping season here at The Planet and there are only a few more days of Holiday rush left. We are indeed packed w/ great gifts for a broad range of […]
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PLAYING CATCH UP: Wolverine and the X-men volumes 6 & 7
Wolverine and the X-men volumes 6/7 Words by Jason Aaron Art by Ramon Perez (vol 6), Pasqual Ferry and Nick Bradsaw (vol 7) Marvel, $17.99 for volume 6 (5 issues), $19.99 for volume 7 (6 […]
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Forbidden Planet Holiday Hours 2013
Here are Forbidden Planet’s hours of operation through New Year’s Day. The top portion are our regular hours, followed by exceptions for this Holiday Season. 9am-10pm Sunday-Tuesday 8am-midnight Wednesday 9am-midnight Thursday-Saturday Sunday December 22nd and […]
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Troy’s Toys, but with Comics: Small Week.
QUICK REC: I’m not sure how much you, the reader, may or may not be interested in WWE wrestling (aka “The Wrestle”), but if you are, you NEED to flip through WWE Superstars‘ debut this […]
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Feel Free to Ask the FPNYC Mail Order Staff to Draw on Your Boxes
There’s plenty more happy hairy nipples where that came from. Please keep in mind: I don’t do dragons.
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Forbidden Planet Will Be Closed Tomorrow
Forbidden Planet NYC will be closed tomorrow, November 28th, in observance of Thanksgiving. We’ll re-open Friday at 9am with damn near EVERYTHING on sale! Forbidden Planet NYC is open today in observance of NEW COMIC […]
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Black Friday Store-wide SALE!
It’s that time of year again, a time to give thanks and be grateful. Or more importantly a time to buy a bunch of awesome stuff on the cheap. This black Friday at Forbidden Planet, […]
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Things To Have and to Hold
Sorry I was so over productive and wrote about an event that happened after I wrote last weeks article, but happened before the article was published. I’m too on top of it, my bad. The […]
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THE GOLDEN AGE
There has never been a greater time to be a comic, sci-fi or fantasy artist. The technology exists in both print and digital for the art itself to be nearly flawless, and though the new […]
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Just Kill Me
They say you can’t judge a book by its cover…somebody should tell that to Clown Fatale #1 from Dark Horse. I don’t WANT to think that this may be the stupidest human creation of all […]
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TP AND EGG TOSS OLYMPICS!
By this time next week we will all be Trick-or-Treating, giving candy to those who trick-or-treat or reminiscing about Halloween’s past. Well, most of us…there are three exceptions to this rule, and they are the […]
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Troy’s Toys: REVIEW Armored Red Ranger.
Confession time: Even in the midst of the big Power Rangers boon back in the mid-90s, I did not own a single figure that could be described as “Mighty” or “Morphin”. Mostly because I was […]
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Black Devil Doll From Hell/Tales From The Quadead Zone DVD Release Party! Meet Director Chester Turner!
Friday November 1st 7PM Forbidden Planet NYC 832 Broadway Manhattan, NY 10003 Meet Director Chester Turner and celebrate the release of both his 80’s classics, Black Devil Doll From Hell and Tales From The Quadead […]
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We’re The Village Voice’s Best Comic Book Shop 2013!
Critics’ AND reader’s pick! I’ll have to ask them to fix the address and pic, but we’re extremely honored. Here’s a link to the article. Forbidden Planet is insane—the noise, the size, the sheer staggering display of […]
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CON BONANZA!
Maybe you’re going to the New York Comic Con this weekend, maybe you aren’t. IF you AREN’T, then I am sorry. I’m not either. Forbidden Planet is available to soften the blow with the very […]
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Last Night was a Blast
MANY many many thanks to everyone who made last night’s Adventure Time Encyclopaedia celebration at Forbidden Planet so special. So sorry we had to cap the line and turn some folks away, but I’d like […]
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The NYCC Camaro Stopped by the Shop
And here’s a pretty picture of it. Big ups to the New York Comic-Con crew (Kristin esp.) who came by and gave away a bunch of FREE swag.