Card Games
Clix Clix Boom
by Chris Troy Hey there FPNYC faithful, were you aware that Forbidden Planet has a small, yet awesome gaming section? Not of the video game variety (like there’s a shortage of Gamestops in Manhattan), but […]
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Marvel Comics
Thor Deluxe Frost Giant Review
By Loran Sometimes sublines just get a bad reputation. Let’s take Power Core Combiners for instance. The line wasn’t well-received by most fans, but you can’t deny that there were some spectacular figures in it, […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
Et Tu, Tardis?
EDITOR: Please run this column LAST week, Thanks. – Unkiedev HEY! I’m BACK from THE FUTURE with an AMAZING preview of NEXT week’s comic books! Let’s be clear: if you are reading this column “on […]
Comic Gifts
Thumbs Up Soldier!: A look of the first round of Captain America figures!
By Chris Troy One of my problems with the Thor toy line is that it strictly focuses on the Movie-verse stuff, at least for the time being. Hasbro spoiled me by giving Wolverine and Iron […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
The Weird, Esoteric, and Confusing Wold of Comic Book Collecting
By Unkiedev Did you go see THOR this weekend? Want to start reading the comic? Marvel and Forbidden Planet have you covered, bunky! Here it is: Journey Into Mystery #623! No, Thor’s comic book isn’t […]
Marvel Comics
Restocked merchandise and New Marvel Releases!
By Christopher Troy Let me start this article off by saying thank you to the 4 of you who actually read these posts. I know people do, because whenever I bring up a Figma or […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
Craziest Haircuts in Comics
Superman’s spit-curl, Wolverine’s muttonchops, Professor X’s chrome dome; Comic books have their fair share of iconic hairdos, but with a multitude of pan-dimensional weirdos running around in spandex and capes, it also has its fair share of hair based powers, hairy characters and even a few animals to get things REALLY hairy. […]
Comic Book Movies
1st Pic of Chris Hemsworth as Thor
Iron Man 2 hits theaters this coming Friday and while that flick is predicted to be among 2010’s biggest box office draws (okay, it’s going to be one of THE biggest of all time) one […]
Boom! Studios
Coming Saturday May 1st, 2010: Free Comic Book Day!
This Saturday is Free Comic Book Day, and I’m here to give you the skinny on what Forbidden Planet NYC has planned for our participation in 2010’s event. Free Comic Book Day is an annual […]
Comic News
Comic Book News
The press corp. of the comic book world are a team of hard drinking, hard living SOBs. A gathering of these stalwart gossipmongers can look like an assemblage of WWII veterans, only uglier. Take Myra Hassleback, for example, the woman who broke the news about the Disney/Marvel merger at the cost of three of her own fingers, or consider the case of the late, great Internet reporter who smuggled the unedited Frank Cho Hulk 100 cover out of Marvel. Known only as d34dp001420, his real name and final resting place are still unknown to this day. […]
Other Topics
Today, in the news.
Well, I guess last night. People are lining up for “Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince” by the thousands. Its already shattered the overnight Box Office Record previously held by “The Dark Knight”. And […]
Marvel Comics
JMS leaves “Thor”.
“Babylon 5” creator J. Michael Straczynski is leaving “Thor”. His exit on the extremely popular, Eisner nominated re-boot had long been rumored, and was confirmed by Comic Book Resources on Friday. JMS said: The one […]