DC Comics Toys
Val’s Toys Chest – Red Hood, Restocks and More
There’s a few new items coming your way this week, along with a few restocks that might appeal to the superhero fan in you. View this post on Instagram Stop by #FPNYC to […]
Hulk
Comics and Graphic Novels
Comic Picks of the Week 5/15/19
Rat Queens Volume 6: The Infernal Path The latest and greatest from my very favorite band of hard drinking, rough fighting adventurers arrives in a new chapter from the queens of Palisade, the Rat Queens. […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
The Immortal Hulk is Marvel’s Macabre Masterclass
The Hulk is more malleable than he’s given credit for. Not always the blindly angry malcontent, Banner’s Other Guy has taken a number of forms. He’s been a weapon of S.H.I.E.L.D., a Vegas casino kneebreaker, […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
The Immortal Hulk Can (And Should) Never Die
The following originally ran in the Weekly Planet 8/1/18. Marvel’s new Fresh Start initiative was a surge of energy into the company. While keeping that all-important continuity, the House of Ideas made a move to […]
New Item Gallery
New Items Gallery for Wednesday June 6th 2018
It’s NCBD (New Comic Book Day) and the first issue of Scott Snyder and Jim Cheung’s Justice League is now available! In fact, there’s a whole slew of new #1s available, as well as the […]
Toys
Val’s Toy Chest- Diamond Select Goes To Asgard
Thor Ragnarok was recently released on home media and Diamond Select has some new merchandise ready to go from the film. One of their longest running lines, Marvel Select sees a brand new Thor figure from […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
Weapon H Rages Into New Series
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. […]
Toys
Val’s Toy Chest- Restocks/New Marvel Legends
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, […]
Toys
Val’s Toy Chest- Hulk Smash! Lobo Goes POP!
Fresh off his silver screen appearance in last year’s Thor: Ragnarok, the Hulk is back as a jumbo-sized action figure from Diamond Select. Clad in his gladiator outfit, the Hulk is sure to be a […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
The Worthy: What to Read Before Thor Ragnarok
We’re just a hammer’s toss away from the God of Thunder’s third solo Marvel Studios outing with Thor: Ragnarok, a heavy-metal smack-down across the cosmos that looks more than worthy of the mighty Avenger’s cinematic […]
Other Topics
Mondo Marvel Pins Have Arrived!
Mondo’s Marvel character enamel pins have arrived at Forbidden Planet NYC and they’re just as beautifully designed as the pictures we’d been teased with live up to the hype. Mondo Tees artist Tom Whalen has […]
Boom! Studios
TRY SOMETHING NEW Chapter 23: We’re Doomed!
Tyler wants me to turn in my new column so he can go home. I have to write it first but he doesn’t know that yet. I don’t really know what to write about though […]
Comic News
TRY SOMETHING NEW Chapter 4: It Is a Period of Civil War
It’s a new year. What better time to set new resolutions, try new things, and, most importantly read new comics. That’s where I come in. Other holidays have their mascosts; Santas and bunnies and…turkeys… and […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
Chris Troy and the uneventful convention. Also toys!
So Baltimore Comic Con was this weekend, and truth be told, it was pretty uneventful, especially when compared to Heroescon or any of the bigger shows (SDCC, NYCC). To be fair though, BCC was an […]
Comic Book Movies
Merch Point
The Avengers movie is AWESOME, you have to go see it right now! Well, it was alright. Actually, I kinda’ didn’t like it. I know that’s strange, I mean, the director has done such impressive work, and […]
Comic Book Movies
The Summer of Marvel (part 2)
When we last talked, “The Avengers” wasn’t in theaters, and as of today, it has made ALL the money. Well at least a billion dollars worldwide. Will this mean cheaper Marvel comics for fans and […]
Marvel Comics
Earth’s Mightiest Tie-Ins
By Chris Troy The internet is a crazy place FPNYC Faithful! After checking some of my Twitter followers, it turns out Avatar Press’ co-founder Mark Seifery is following me, which is all sort of cool, […]
Dark Horse
The Clone Chores
This has been the easiest column to write of my long career…because I didn’t write it! OR DID I?! No, I did not, but my CLONE did! That’s right, in order to better multitask I […]
Comic News
NYCC Wrap-up/Recap!
by Chris Troy ::: Coughs for several minutes before vomiting up several organs of varying importance::: Once again, New York Comic Con has come and gone, this time giving me a case of the death, […]
Marvel Comics
Review: Marvel Universe Doctor Doom
By Loran I’m really starting to think I need to put more “rhythm” into my comic character collecting… I got Deadpool before any of the other X-Men, Ms. Marvel before Captain Marvel; I own Iron […]