Manga Reviews

Finding Closure With My Hero Academia

My Hero Academia aired its final anime episode this past weekend. With that we got the close to an anime most has been most synonymous with the industry the last decade. That is a major event for the industry as we will be entering 2026 with a major hole left for other current and upcoming animes to fill. Personally, that...

Inojin Yamanaka Helps Kickoff Boruto’s Latest Konoha Invasion Arc

Chapter 28 of Boruto: Two Blue Vortex arrived and with it we saw the kickoff for the next big story arc. That story arc involves Mamushi invading Konoha in what looks to be a Pain-like attack. This is something that Masashi Kishimoto and Mikio Ikemoto are doing to escalate the war against the Human God Trees to another level. In...

Harukaze Mound Chapter 1: “Opposite Twins” Review

Harukaze Mound has made its debut as the newest ongoing manga series at Shonen Jump. The latest Shonen Jump manga comes from mangakas Togo Goto and Kento Matsuura. Goto and Matsuura previously collaborated with the 30-chapter manga series Phantom Seer, which was also both their debuts as mangakas. Their newest work comes at an interesting time for Shonen Jump. There...

Latest Yor Forger Focus Spotlights Thorn Princess Importance To Spy x Family

The three most recent chapters of Spy x Family has seen a focus on Yor Forger. This happens every few story arcs of Spy x Family. But what has made this latest focus on Yor’s character different is seeing her return to her life as Thorn Princess. It is a side of Yor Forger we haven’t seen in quite a...

Otr Of The Flame Chapter 1 “The Flame Awakes” Review

Shonen Jump brought the heat with the debut of their new manga series this weekend, Otr of the Flame. This new manga is brought to us from the mind of mangaka Yuki Kawaguchi. Before this new Shonen Jump manga, Kawaguchi worked as assistant for Kohei Horikoshi on My Hero Academia. After creating a number of one-shots Kawaguchi got his big...

DC Comics

Weekly Comic Book Reviews For 1/7/26

It’s the first new comic book day of 2026. With that it is time to check out what the new year has for us to kick off the year. This week we’ll be covering Absolute Batman: Ark M Special, Absolute Superman #15, Batman #5, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Zord Quest, Nova Centurion: #3, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Battle Nexus #2,...

The 10 Best Comic Books In December 2025

While December wrapped up 2025 it does not mean we can just simply forget all the great comic books that came out in the final month of the previous year. December 2025 was a packed month of comic book releases. There are many contenders for what could be considered the Best Comic Books for December 2025. With how strong the...

Ranking The 8 DC K.O. Sweet 16 Round Comic Books

DC K.O.’s main series took a break in December. In its place we got eight comic books that told the story of the Sweet 16 round. Each of these comic books gave us one of the eight fights that made up this round of the DC K.O. tournament. Luckily DC Comics made the choice of releasing all the DC K.O....

Weekly Comic Book Reviews For 12/24/25

Welcome back to another edition of comic book reviews round-up! This week we’ll be covering Absolute Superman #14, Absolute Wonder Woman #15, Amazing Spider-Man #18, Green Lantern #30, Power Rangers Prime #13, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Battle Nexus #1. Find out how these comic books turned out with the latest comic book reviews round-up below. ABSOLUTE SUPERMAN #14 CREATIVE...

Absolute Wonder Woman #15 Review

Absolute Wonder Woman #15 is a monumental issue for the Absolute Universe. It will be the first time we see two heroes meet in the Absolute Universe. For that first meeting between heroes to be Batman and Wonder Woman says a lot. Given the different lives they’ve lived not only from each other but their main DC Universe counterparts there...

Marvel Comics

Weekly Comic Book Reviews For 1/7/26

It’s the first new comic book day of 2026. With that it is time to check out what the new year has for us to kick off the year. This week we’ll be covering Absolute Batman: Ark M Special, Absolute Superman #15, Batman #5, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Zord Quest, Nova Centurion: #3, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Battle Nexus #2,...

The 10 Best Comic Books In December 2025

While December wrapped up 2025 it does not mean we can just simply forget all the great comic books that came out in the final month of the previous year. December 2025 was a packed month of comic book releases. There are many contenders for what could be considered the Best Comic Books for December 2025. With how strong the...

Sorcerer Supreme #1 Review

Scarlet Witch is ending 2025 and starting 2026 as the new Sorcerer Supreme! This is a development that Marvel has been building towards for a while. Specifically, looking back at it, it’s something Steve Orlando has been building towards with his Scarlet Witch run the last few years. One World Under Doom showed that Wanda Maximoff is the right person...

Ultimate Endgame #1 Review

Ultimate Endgame is finally here! This is the big Ultimate Universe event that Marvel has been building towards since Jonathan Hickman ended Ultimate Invasion two years ago. Every Ultimate Universe title since then has been acting as one giant countdown for when The Maker would finally make his grand return to the Ultimate Universe he shaped into his own image....

Marvel Comics March 2026 Solicitations 10 Biggest Takeaways

Marvel Comics March 2026 solicitations are here! With it we see the march to Armageddon continuing as we head closer to the summer. Along with that we get more information on what to expect from Amazing Spider-Man, X-Men, Avengers, and more. Let’s break down the ten biggest takeaways from Marvel Comics March 2026 solicitations. 10) PHOENIX & INFERNAL HULK BATTLE...

Other Publishers

Weekly Comic Book Reviews For 1/7/26

It’s the first new comic book day of 2026. With that it is time to check out what the new year has for us to kick off the year. This week we’ll be covering Absolute Batman: Ark M Special, Absolute Superman #15, Batman #5, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Zord Quest, Nova Centurion: #3, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Battle Nexus #2,...

The 10 Best Comic Books In December 2025

While December wrapped up 2025 it does not mean we can just simply forget all the great comic books that came out in the final month of the previous year. December 2025 was a packed month of comic book releases. There are many contenders for what could be considered the Best Comic Books for December 2025. With how strong the...

Energon Universe Preview: Void Rivals #26

The Energon Universe is going into 2026 strong with Void Rivals continuing to help lead the way. That is something we see in the latest preview for January 28th Void Rivals #26 that Skybound Entertainment and Image Comics has provided us to share. As you’ll see in the preview below writer Robert Kirkman and artist Andrei Bressan are going even...

Weekly Comic Book Reviews For 12/24/25

Welcome back to another edition of comic book reviews round-up! This week we’ll be covering Absolute Superman #14, Absolute Wonder Woman #15, Amazing Spider-Man #18, Green Lantern #30, Power Rangers Prime #13, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Battle Nexus #1. Find out how these comic books turned out with the latest comic book reviews round-up below. ABSOLUTE SUPERMAN #14 CREATIVE...

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Battle Nexus #1 Review

When it was announced during San Diego Comic-Con 2025 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Battle Nexus immediately became the comic book I was looking forward to for the rest of this year. This five-part weekly series brings together different characters across the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles history. IDW Publishing provided us with an early copy of the first issue for review....

Sales Charts and Rankings

November 2025 Comic Book Sales Rankings

It is time to check out the November 2025 comic book sales rankings. Things are getting murkier in terms of actual unit numbers. So, we must settle for going to ICv2 for their Top 200 sales rankings. It is not as good as actual unit numbers, but we must work with what we get. Keep in mind that the Top...

October 2025 Comic Book Sales Rankings

It is time to check out the October 2025 comic book sales rankings. Things are getting murkier in terms of actual unit numbers. So, we must settle for going to ICv2 for their Top 200 sales rankings. It is not as good as actual unit numbers, but we must work with what we get. Keep in mind that the Top...

September 2025 Comic Book Sales Rankings

It is time to check out the September 2025 comic book sales rankings. Things are getting murkier in terms of actual unit numbers. So, we must settle for going to ICv2 for their Top 200 sales rankings. It is not as good as actual unit numbers, but we must work with what we get. Keep in mind that the Top...

August 2025 Comic Book Sales Rankings

It is time to check out the August 2025 comic book sales rankings. Things are getting murkier in terms of actual unit numbers. So, we must settle for going to ICv2 for their Top 200 sales rankings. It is not as good as actual unit numbers, but we must work with what we get. Keep in mind that the Top...

July 2025 Graphic Novels Sales Charts Including Superhero Comic Books and Manga

It is time to check out the July 2025 Graphic Novels Sales Charts, including superhero comic books and manga! As always, ICv2 is the best source for these sales numbers. ICv2 released several sales charts for July 2025, including the ComicHub Top 100 Graphic Novels, the Top 20 Author Graphic Novels, Top 20 Superheroes Graphic Novels, Top 20 Manga Graphic...

Commentary

Best Of 2025: Comic Book Single Issues

2025 was an incredible year in comic books. There were a lot of releases that could be said to be the best of 2025. From one-shots, single issues, chapters, mini-series, ongoings, and trade paperbacks there were a lot of great comic books in this last year. It is honestly tough to limit all the great comic books into one list....

The 10 Best Comic Books In December 2025

While December wrapped up 2025 it does not mean we can just simply forget all the great comic books that came out in the final month of the previous year. December 2025 was a packed month of comic book releases. There are many contenders for what could be considered the Best Comic Books for December 2025. With how strong the...

Ranking The 8 DC K.O. Sweet 16 Round Comic Books

DC K.O.’s main series took a break in December. In its place we got eight comic books that told the story of the Sweet 16 round. Each of these comic books gave us one of the eight fights that made up this round of the DC K.O. tournament. Luckily DC Comics made the choice of releasing all the DC K.O....

Inojin Yamanaka Helps Kickoff Boruto’s Latest Konoha Invasion Arc

Chapter 28 of Boruto: Two Blue Vortex arrived and with it we saw the kickoff for the next big story arc. That story arc involves Mamushi invading Konoha in what looks to be a Pain-like attack. This is something that Masashi Kishimoto and Mikio Ikemoto are doing to escalate the war against the Human God Trees to another level. In...

The 10 Best Comic Books In November 2025

November’s comic book releases have all come out and set-up the final month of 2025. But before we get to the final month of the year we should look back at the month that was in the world of comic books for November 2025. During this month we saw many big things happen as several big events got under way...

Comic Book Solicitations

Marvel Comics March 2026 Solicitations 10 Biggest Takeaways

Marvel Comics March 2026 solicitations are here! With it we see the march to Armageddon continuing as we head closer to the summer. Along with that we get more information on what to expect from Amazing Spider-Man, X-Men, Avengers, and more. Let’s break down the ten biggest takeaways from Marvel Comics March 2026 solicitations. 10) PHOENIX & INFERNAL HULK BATTLE...

DC Comics March 2026 Solicitations 10 Biggest Takeaways

DC Comics March 2026 solicitations are here! With it we get hints at how the big DC K.O. event will end and what that ending will lead to. Specifically, we get to see DC All In move into its next phase under the Next Level branding as Batwoman, Deathstroke, and Lobo are getting new series. That is on top of...

Marvel Comics February 2026 Solicitations 10 Biggest Takeaways

Marvel Comics February 2026 solicitations have arrived! With it we see Marvel beginning the march to their big 2026 event, Armageddon. Along with that Marvel is going even heavier into crossovers with other Disney-owned properties. We also see that a new Spider-Man crossover will begin in February. With that all in mind let’s break down the ten biggest takeaways from...

DC Comics February 2026 Solicitations 10 Biggest Takeaways

DC Comics February 2026 solicitations are here! With it we see the early part of the new year for the DC Universe will continue to be dominated by DC K.O. The event will see major players related to Darkseid’s plans from the beginning of DC All In joining the DC K.O. tournament. That is along with what appears to major...

DC Comics January 2026 Solicitations 10 Biggest Takeaways

DC Comics January 2026 comic book solicitations are here! As DC Comics starts the new year DC K.O. looks to continue dominating the early part of the new year. As dominant as DC K.O. will be there are still other things throughout DC Comics’ publishing line-up to look forward to. Let’s look at the ten biggest takeaways were from DC...

Anime Reviews

Kinnikuman Perfect Origin Arc Episode 4 Review

Kinnikuman Perfect Origin Arc Episode 3 kicked this anime into high gear. We finally have our titular hero involved in the tournament and we have six different rings in the hometowns of the Idol Chojin ready for the upcoming matches. Let's go ahead and hit this full-spoiler review for Kinnikuman Perfect Origin Arc Episode 4! We begin with Terryman and...

Kinnikuman Perfect Origin Arc Episode 3 Review

Kinnikuman Perfect Origin Arc Episode 2 moved up two spots as it took 6th place in the Top 10 with an average household rating of 2.2 in the Japan TV ratings for July 15-21, 2024. More great news as this new Kinnikuman anime has seemed to find a good audience. I have high expectations for Kinnikuman Perfect Origin Arc Episode...

Kinnikuman Perfect Origin Arc Episode 2 Review

Kinnikuman Perfect Origin Arc Episode 1 was an excellent start to this new anime. Episode 1 held steady by once again taking 8th place in the Top 10 with a 2.3 average household rating in the July 8-14 TV ratings in Japan. It is good to see Kinnikuman Perfect Origin Arc holding firm in the rankings. I am psyched for...

Kinnikuman Perfect Origin Arc Episode 1 Review

Things are about to heat up with Kinnikuman Perfect Origin Arc Episode 1! I enjoyed Episode 0, a pure prologue designed to introduce new viewers to the Kinnikuman franchise. Kinnikuman Perfect Origin Arc Episode 0 did well in Japan where it took 8th place in the Top 10 for the week of Jul 1-7, 2024 with an average household rating...

Kinnikuman Perfect Origin Arc Ep. 0 Review

The new Kinnikuman Perfect Origin Arc anime finally debuted on Netflix. I have been impatiently waiting for this anime since it was announced over a year ago. I am a die-hard Kinnikuman fan. There is no franchise that I love as much as the Kinnikuman franchise. Well, maybe the Legion of Super-Heroes. But, that is about it. Of course, as...

Toys

Mondo Scareglow: Buy or Pass?

Mondo has established a name for itself in delivering some gorgeous and detailed Masters of the Universe collectible toys. We covered the insane Mondo 1/6 scale Battle Cat and the incredible 1/6 scale Skeletor. Well, we now have another mind-bending MOTU toy from Mondo: a Scareglow soft vinyl Timed Edition figure! Scareglow is one of the most popular figures from the...

MOTU Origins Rokkon: Buy or Pass?

Yesterday afternoon, Mattel Creations dropped a Masters of the Universe Origins surprise on us! After being teased on the box art for the Eternia playset, we are finally getting Rokkon! I have been anxiously waiting for Mattel to get around to creating an Origns version of Rokkon. This is such a cool figure and one of the few transforming Masters...

Buy or Pass: Mondo Juggernaut Soft Vinyl Figure

Whenever Mondo rolls out a new figure I know two things: 1. It is going to be expensive. 2. It is going to look insanely good! This latest Mondo figure is no exception. Mondo is kicking off 2024 with a timed edition figure in the form of the Juggernaut! Everyone loves Cain Marko, the roid-rage-fueled mutant bad guy powered by...

Buy or Pass: Mondo Masters of the Universe Skeletor Deluxe 1/6 Scale Figure

Mondo is known for delivering some of the most amazing and detailed Masters of the Universe toys at a premium price point. Well, it looks like Mondo has another expensive yet gorgeous MOTU toy headed our way. Mondo rolled out their new Masters of the Universe: Skeletor Deluxe 1/6 scale figure on June 20, 2023! This is a Timed Edition...

Vykron MOTU Masterverse Mattel Creations Exclusive: Buy or Pass?

Mattel just unveiled the pre-order for the latest Masters of the Universe figure: Vykron! This newest MOTU Masterverse figure is slated to launch on June 6, 2023, at 9 am PT. Before we discuss the merits of this latest Mattel Creations exclusive figure, let’s take a look at the history of Vykron. This character is most definitely a deep cut...