Comics and Graphic Novels
Holy Holiday! It’s a Batman Gift Idea List!
If I had to make a list of the most recognizable figures in the entire world I think that Batman would be in the top 10. Maybe even the top 5. That brooding big eared […]
Batman
Comics and Graphic Novels
Tomorrow is Going to Be Kinda Ridiculous
I love you, Wednesday, but you’re killing me today. We’ve processed another HUGE shipment in the FP vault this week and I’m astounded by how much great stuff we’ve just received… a sizable chunk of […]
DC Comics
Troy’s Toys: The one where I realise it’s been awhile
FACT: I HAVE NOT BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB OF KEEPING UP ON THIS PART OF THE BLOG, A DOZEN APOLOGIES! NYCC prep has been crazier than usual. IT HAS BEGUN! Revealed back at San […]
Comic Reviews
Breaking Badly
The deadlines for the Forbidden Planet blog/Daily Planet are much like the rules of Calvin-ball, which is to say capricious. That porcupine attack on Wednesday kept me from my desk desk until Friday…but then I […]
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A Correction
Occasionally, we here at the Forbidden Planet do make mistakes. Worse, we might not realize our mistake and publish it online or in the pages of the Daily Planet even after (ha) an extremely (HA […]
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TURTLE FIGHTING LEAGUE
The funky cool DC Villain month covers continue to march upon the shelves, making all other books jealous. YES, I would like a 3D lenticular Penguin cover! Thank you, Batman 23, that is ever so […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
UNKIEDEV PRESENTS THE STUPID
Dan Didio, the co-publisher of DC Comics, has done “The Stupid.” The Stupid is when you make a bad situation worse by opening your friggin’ pie hole and saying something inflammatory and brain dead. think we […]
Comic News
GET THERE FROM HERE
One time I stopped for directions at an old lighthouse in Maine. I was on vacation and had lost my way. The kindly old lighthouse keeper, who admittedly was transparent below the waist, gave me […]
Events
LABOR DAY SALE!
This Labor Day Forbidden Planet is running a sale on these select items. Don’t miss out on your chance to get some of the awesome stuff we have on the cheap!Here’s some of the deals […]
Comic News
BIGGEST NEWS EVER!
YES, Ben Affleck is now Batman, but somehow the media is missing the bigger story. We know the former Daredevil star has been signed to play Mr. Wayne in multiple cross-company movies, so as to […]
DC Comics
The week in Troy’s Toys.
Swear to Glob that’s probably the unintentional dirtiest title attached to an article of mine to date. In case you somehow missed the news yesterday, New York Comic Con 2013 tickets go on sale tomorrow […]
Comic News
ONE STEP BEYOND
Writing for the Forbidden Planet blog, or the Weekly Planet in shop newsletter is unlike writing for other media. For starters, unlike my blog, webcomics or reporting for other websites, you guys and gals actually […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
I have bought some comics, and most of them are written by Matt Fraction.
Before I get into “This Week in Matt Fraction Comics” (stalkingmattfraction.tumblr.com), let’s take a quick look into two of DC’s digital-first offerings – Batman ’66 and Injustice: God Amongst Us. Both these books are INSANE, […]
DC Comics
Troy’s Toys 4/27- Oh look, imports!
What is the haps Forbidden Planet Faithful? No time for crappy intro jokes, we got a ton of new stuff to look at, so let’s get to it! If you’re an avid gamer like me, […]
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FREE IDEAS
The top picks for this week on many reviewer’s lists will probably include IDW’s X-Files Season 10 #1, the comic book continuation of the hit paranormal investigator drama which started it all. It will probably also […]
Dark Horse
BROCK OF AGES
GO TEAM VENTURE! The Venture Brothers is back on the air after 3 long years! Austensibly a parody of Johnny Quest, the Venture Brothers has grown into a touching story about people with extraordinary abilities […]
Cartoons
New toys, outdated references.
REAL TALK (note how real that is with the use of capitalization, caps-lock AND italics): Forbidden Planet NYC tends to get a lot of stuff in on a weekly basis. Some of this stuff isn’t […]
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YOU put the I in “COMIC.”
The comic book hits of tomorrow are written and drawn by the genius’ of today! I hope each and every one of you out there is creating your own amazing stories to thrill and entertain. […]
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SIMPLY THE BEST
All of the Forbidden Planet crew had an excellent time this past weekend on Free Comic Books Day! I’m sorry I couldn’t make it out in person to see everybody, but I unfortunately don’t exist […]
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AN APPETIZER OF APOLOGY
Age of Ultron continues to improve, though it had little room to get worse. Issue six was very good, and shows what this series could be. I have to print a mild retraction: I gave […]