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...

Dragon Ball Daima aired its final episode this past Friday. With that we saw Akira Toriyama and the crew behind the show deliver an epic conclusion to Goku and his friend’s journey through the Demon World. There were a lot of cool things that were done in Dragon Ball Daima. That went from the fanservice to hype choices made with...

This past week’s Storm #4 was headlined by Ororo Munroe having dinner with Doctor Doom. With Doctor Doom’s current position as the Sorcerer Supreme and upcoming Marvel event headliner Ororo having a one-on-one meeting was an important one. Doctor Doom specifically attempted to get Ororo to become his mutant ambassador. But as important as that development is there was something...

Welcome back to another edition of comic book reviews round-up! This week we’ll be covering Absolute Flash #3, Amazing Spider-Man #4, Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #39, Detective Comics #1097, Nightwing #126, Titans #23, The Ultimates #12, The Vision & The Scarlet Witch #1, and Zatanna #4. Find out how these comic books turned out with the latest comic book reviews round-up...

As with its other sibling titles Absolute Flash has been revamping what the lead character’s origin is. There has already been dramatic changes with Absolute Barry Allen dying in the accident that gave Wally West his speed powers. The Speed Force also appears to be completely different with Wally getting used to his new powers. Though that hasn’t been an...

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...

Welcome back to another edition of comic book reviews round-up! This week we’ll be covering Absolute Batman #8, Green Lantern Corps #4, Invincible Universe: Battle Beast #1, One World Under Doom #4, Phoenix #11, Supergirl #1, Transformers #20, and Uncanny X-Men #14. Find out how these comic books turned out with the latest comic book reviews round-up below. ABSOLUTE BATMAN...

Absolute Batman #8 continues the second story arc of the series with Absolute Mr. Freeze taking the spotlight as the lead villain. Already Absolute Mr. Freeze has been established as a terrifying villain that looks like Batman will not be able to defeat. Especially considering Bruce Wayne is entering this story still injured from his clash with Black Mask and...

Welcome back to another edition of comic book reviews round-up! This week we’ll be covering Absolute Flash #3, Amazing Spider-Man #4, Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #39, Detective Comics #1097, Nightwing #126, Titans #23, The Ultimates #12, The Vision & The Scarlet Witch #1, and Zatanna #4. Find out how these comic books turned out with the latest comic book reviews round-up...

Phoenix #11 brought back an important person in Jean Grey’s life. A person who was long thought to be dead by everyone. That person was none other than Jean’s sister Sara Grey! This development can game changing for not only Jean Grey but the X-Men as a whole. Especially given the way Sara’s return was treated and what we learned...

Welcome back to another edition of comic book reviews round-up! This week we’ll be covering Absolute Batman #8, Green Lantern Corps #4, Invincible Universe: Battle Beast #1, One World Under Doom #4, Phoenix #11, Supergirl #1, Transformers #20, and Uncanny X-Men #14. Find out how these comic books turned out with the latest comic book reviews round-up below. ABSOLUTE BATMAN...

Welcome back to another edition of comic book reviews round-up! This week we’ll be covering Absolute Green Lantern #2, Absolute Superman #7, Amazing Spider-Man #3, Birds of Prey #21, Blood & Thunder #1, Storm #8, and Ultimate Wolverine #5. Find out how these comic books turned out with the latest comic book reviews round-up below. ABSOLUTE GREEN LANTERN #2 CREATIVE...

Doctor Doom did not wait to make his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut to make an impact once again. One World Under Doom has been a pure show of when he is on his game that there is no one superhero or team that can stop Doctor Doom. The first three chapters of the latest Marvel blockbuster event have solidified that...

I am always down for a good Godzilla story. The Kaiju genre as a whole has some of my favorite stories. So when I heard that IDW was not only doing a new Godzilla comic book but one set in a new universe titled the “Kai-Sei Era” I definitely had it on my radar. Having the creative team of Tim...

Welcome back to another edition of comic book reviews round-up! This week we’ll be covering Absolute Batman #8, Green Lantern Corps #4, Invincible Universe: Battle Beast #1, One World Under Doom #4, Phoenix #11, Supergirl #1, Transformers #20, and Uncanny X-Men #14. Find out how these comic books turned out with the latest comic book reviews round-up below. ABSOLUTE BATMAN...

Robert Kirkman and Ryan Ottley are bringing us back to the Invincible Universe with a new comic book starring Battle Beast. In a franchise filled with standout characters Battle Beast was certainly one of those characters that could’ve carried their own comic book. Now we are going to see just that with this new series set in the Invincible Universe....

Blood & Thunder is the newest comic book series co-created by Robert Kirkman, Benito Cereno, and E.J. Su. As Kirkman said in the announcement to this new series, expect “Monsters! Aliens! Space! Talking Guns! I dare you to find a comic that’s more exciting! Blood & Thunder! Shut up!” That’s a lot of promise that looks like Cereno and Su...

As the Super Sentai’s popularity grew overseas thanks to the Power Rangers’ Saban quickly followed up by creating VR Troopers. After being dormant for close to thirty years the VR Troopers have made a resurgence as they are part of BOOM! Studios Power Rangers Prime series. Looking to follow up on that momentum BOOM! Studios will be releasing a VR...

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...

It is time to check out the December 2024 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. Remember that the Top 200 sales...

It is time to check out the November 2024 comic book sales rankings. Things are getting murkier in terms of actual unit numbers. So, we will have to settle with going to ICv2 for their Top 200 sales rankings. It is not as good as actual unit numbers, but we have to work with what we get. Keep in mind,...

Phoenix #11 brought back an important person in Jean Grey’s life. A person who was long thought to be dead by everyone. That person was none other than Jean’s sister Sara Grey! This development can game changing for not only Jean Grey but the X-Men as a whole. Especially given the way Sara’s return was treated and what we learned...

This week Jeph Loeb and Jim Lee did a Q&A on DC Comics Discord channel as part of the promotion for their Batman: H2SH story. With Loeb and Lee answering fan questions for their Batman: Hush sequel there were plenty of tidbits to take away from this Q&A session. Unfortunately, because this was an event on Discord there is no...

Doctor Doom did not wait to make his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut to make an impact once again. One World Under Doom has been a pure show of when he is on his game that there is no one superhero or team that can stop Doctor Doom. The first three chapters of the latest Marvel blockbuster event have solidified that...

April has come to an end and you know what that means, it’s time to select the Best Comic Books of the month. This is the first edition of the Best Comic Books of the Month for 2025. This has been a packed month of releases with plenty of comic books to talk about. It is what makes trying to...

Ultimate Wolverine has quickly proven itself to be one of the most important comic books in the new Ultimate Universe. That was cemented by how things ended in Ultimate Wolverine #4 with the revelation about the fate of Jean Grey and Charles Xavier in the Ultimate Universe. This revelation further strengthened the role mutants have played from the shadows in...

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...

BOOM! Studios July 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 July 2025 solicitations. This includes a first look at the final issues of The Creeping Below and Uncanny Valley, and the debut Dune: Edge of Crysknife: Hiding Among Harkonnens and...

Marvel Comics July 2025 comic book solicitations are here! With Marvel hitting the summer months they have some big plans. Those big plans are led by the publisher bringing back their greatest summer weapon in the form of the Marvel Swimsuit Special. That massive release will help lead a sleugth of other major stories being told like the X-Men: Hellfire...

DC Comics July 2025 comic book solicitations are here! Based on these solicitations DC Comics is going to be heading into the next phase of their DC All In direction. That includes Superman vs Darkseid’s Legion of Super-Heroes, a new Justice League of Tomorrow forming, Titans vs Crime Syndicate, and much more. Let’s take a look at the biggest takeaways...

BOOM! Studios June 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 June 2025 solicitations. Comics to look forward to includes VR Troopers #1 by Mairghread Scott and Sebastian Piriz, Be Not Afraid #1 by Jude Ellison S. Doyle and Lisandro Estherren, and...

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...