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...

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...

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...

Boruto: Two Blue Vortex Chapter 21 has arrived and instantly became one of the most important chapters of the series. It is certainly an important chapter for Sarada Uchiha’s character. Finally after playing mostly a supporting role Sarada had the chance to shine in the latest Boruto: Two Blue Vortex chapter. With that development an important thing was highlighted when...

The past year and half has been one of the more notable time periods for the manga industry. During this period from 2024 and beginning of 2025 we saw many notable mangas coming to an end. For Shonen Jump alone that the series that concluded include My Hero Academia, Jujutsu Kaisen, Mission: Yozakura Family, Undead Unlock, Komi Can't Communicate, and...

In a competitive 2025 comic book market Absolute Batman has stood out as one of the best series of the year thus far. That has a lot to do with what Scott Snyder and company have been able to accomplish with this series. They taken the opportunity provided by the Absolute Universe to give an all new take on Batman...

Welcome back to another edition of comic book reviews round-up! This week we’ll be covering Absolute Superman #9, Fantastic Four #1, Green Lantern Corps #6, Transformers #22, Ultimate Spider-Man: Incursion #2, and Uncanny X-Men #17. Find out how these comic books turned out with the latest comic book reviews round-up below. ABSOLUTE SUPERMAN #9 CREATIVE TEAM Writer: Jason Aaron Artists:...

The new DC All In Batgirl was a series that did not make it through the three-issue test I give to all new comic books. With the comic book market filled with many great comic books it has created constant tough choices of what will be on my pull list being made. There were flashes of potential shown in Tate...

Welcome back to another edition of comic book reviews round-up! This week we’ll be covering Amazing Spider-Man #7, Birds of Prey #23, Captain America #1, Power Rangers Prime #8, Ultimate Wolverine #7, and X-Men: Hellfire Vigil. Find out how these comic books turned out with the latest comic book reviews round-up below. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #7 CREATIVE TEAM Writer: Joe Kelly...

With June having come to an end that means it’s time to select the Best Comic Books of the month. The half-way point to 2025 gave us plenty of fun and interesting comic books that built even more excitement for what the second half of the year will bring. Because of that it makes trying to select the ten best...

The latest Marvel cosmic event, Imperial, got off to a hot start with the Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda kicking off a massive war. With the all the major powers now against Wakanda there is a lot of questions as to what the empire led by Black Panther will do. There is also the question around why they seemingly targeted all...

Welcome back to another edition of comic book reviews round-up! This week we’ll be covering Absolute Superman #9, Fantastic Four #1, Green Lantern Corps #6, Transformers #22, Ultimate Spider-Man: Incursion #2, and Uncanny X-Men #17. Find out how these comic books turned out with the latest comic book reviews round-up below. ABSOLUTE SUPERMAN #9 CREATIVE TEAM Writer: Jason Aaron Artists:...

Welcome back to another edition of comic book reviews round-up! This week we’ll be covering Amazing Spider-Man #7, Birds of Prey #23, Captain America #1, Power Rangers Prime #8, Ultimate Wolverine #7, and X-Men: Hellfire Vigil. Find out how these comic books turned out with the latest comic book reviews round-up below. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #7 CREATIVE TEAM Writer: Joe Kelly...

X-Men: Hellfire Vigil will mark one full year since the fall of Krakoa. It is crazy to think that it has been one year since the Fall of the House of X and Rise of the Powers of X conclude such a major chapter in the X-Men’s history. The first Krakoan Age was a massive game changer that quickly became...

With June having come to an end that means it’s time to select the Best Comic Books of the month. The half-way point to 2025 gave us plenty of fun and interesting comic books that built even more excitement for what the second half of the year will bring. Because of that it makes trying to select the ten best...

IDW’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles has always been known as a quality series. That has made what Jason Aaron has done even more impressive. He’s not only been able to match what Tom Waltz, Kevin Eastman, and Sophie Campbell accomplished and made sure to continue to raise the bar. Each issue of this volume of TMNT has escalated the dire...

Things continue to escalate in the Transformers corner of the Energon Universe. The Autobots vs Decepticons war hit a whole new level with Megatron joining the proceedings. Megatron already showed he is a game changer as his presence forced Optimus Prime to make a self-destructive decision. With the Autobots leader damaged and the Decepticons growing stronger how will things go...

The G.I. JOE did not have the best debut as a team. They barely surviving their first major battle against Cobra Commander and his forces. While they were ultimately able to escape together the damage done by the battle with Cobra was impactful. In the most recent issue we saw Baroness decide to take a break to deal with her...

Welcome back to another edition of comic book reviews round-up! This week we’ll be covering Amazing Spider-Man #7, Birds of Prey #23, Captain America #1, Power Rangers Prime #8, Ultimate Wolverine #7, and X-Men: Hellfire Vigil. Find out how these comic books turned out with the latest comic book reviews round-up below. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #7 CREATIVE TEAM Writer: Joe Kelly...

With June having come to an end that means it’s time to select the Best Comic Books of the month. The half-way point to 2025 gave us plenty of fun and interesting comic books that built even more excitement for what the second half of the year will bring. Because of that it makes trying to select the ten best...

It is time to check out the May 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...

It is time to check out the April 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...

It is time to check out the March 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...

It is time to check out the February 2025 comic book sales rankings. Things are getting murkier in terms of actual unit numbers. So, we must settle with 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...

It is time to check out the January 2025 comic book sales rankings. Things are getting murkier in terms of actual unit numbers, so we will have to settle for going to ICv2 for their Top 200 sales rankings. They are not as good as actual unit numbers, but we have to work with what we get. Remember that the Top 200...

The new DC All In Batgirl was a series that did not make it through the three-issue test I give to all new comic books. With the comic book market filled with many great comic books it has created constant tough choices of what will be on my pull list being made. There were flashes of potential shown in Tate...

With June having come to an end that means it’s time to select the Best Comic Books of the month. The half-way point to 2025 gave us plenty of fun and interesting comic books that built even more excitement for what the second half of the year will bring. Because of that it makes trying to select the ten best...

Absolute Batman #9 was dominated by the overwhelming presence of Absolute Bane. To say that Absolute Bane made an impact would be an understatement. Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta immediately made Bane one of the most threatening villains we’ve seen in the Absolute Universe. As much of an impact as the major villain’s presence made it was something else that...

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...

The last few issues of Ultimate Spider-Man have taken the spotlight away from the Parker Family. The spotlight has moved to shine on the other major couple of this series: Gwen Stacy and Harry Osborn. Both Ultimate Gwen Stacy and Harry Osborn have shown to have a big impact on the direction Ultimate Spider-Man has gone thus far. The last...

DC Comics September 2025 comic book solicitations are here! September is a big month for DC Comics. There is a wide variety of things going on that are shown in DC Comics September solicitations. That range includes new beginnings for the Batman franchise and teasing big storylines with Superman and the Justice League Unlimited at the center. With so much...

Marvel Comics September 2025 comic book solicitations are here! September will be a monumental month for fans. Because it marks the kick-off for the new Marvel and DC Comics crossover collaboration decades in the making. That is all happening with Batman and Deadpool leading the way. That is all on top of other big events that Marvel is either leading...

Marvel Comics August 2025 comic book solicitations are here! As August continues the focus on the impact the One World Under Doom and Imperial events are having on the Marvel Universe we are getting several high-profile relaunches. Those relaunches are led by the second act of Al Ewing’s Thor kicking off with a new status quo for the God of...

BOOM! Studios August 2025 comic book solicitations are here! With it we got a brand-new crop of comic books and trade collections to look forward to thanks to BOOM! Studios August 2025 solicitations. The month is being led by Mighty Morphin Power Rangers/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III, Blink and You'll Miss It, Dune: Age of a Crysknife: Rage of Shai-Hulud,...

DC Comics August 2025 comic book solicitations are here! We got a lot big developments going on across the DC Universe. Some of the things we see teased in DC Comics August 2025 solicitations is the end of Batman: H2SH, formation of the Justice League Red, Superman calling Gotham City home, and much more. Let’s take a look at the...

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 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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...