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Manga Reviews
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...
Sarada Uchiha Gets Overdue Spotlight In Boruto: Two Blue Vortex Chapter 21
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...
10 Must-Read Shonen Jump Manga In 2025
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...
DC Comics
Green Lantern’s Emotional Spectrum Redefined By “Starbreaker Supremacy”
The Starbreaker Supremacy was a big event level story arc for the Green Lantern franchise. It is what the last few years in the history of the Green Lanterns has been building towards. Because to say that the Emotional Spectrum of the DC Universe has been in a state of chaos would be an understatement. Things got to the point...
Absolute Batman #13 Review
To say things haven’t gone Bruce Wayne’s way in Absolute Batman would be an understatement. Because of Bruce’s actions as Batman it has not only impacted his life but those of his inner circle. For as bad as Bruce got it Waylon, Eddie, Harvey, and Ozzie got it worse with how Absolute Bane forced them into their destinies. Now with...
DC K.O. #1 Review
The first big mega event for the DC All In era is here in the form of DC K.O. This event finally brings the plans that Darkseid has been putting into place onto the forefront. Given all that we know Darkseid has done in the background from crafting the Absolute Universe in his image and creating his own Dark Legion...
The 10 Best Comic Books In September 2025
September has come to a close. That means it is time to look back and find out what the Best Comic Books are for the month of September. There were many things going on across the industry from new series debuting to big events. We got a little bit of everything this month. With that in mind, find out what...
Weekly Comic Book Reviews For 10/2/25
Welcome back to another edition of comic book reviews round-up! This week we’ll be covering Absolute Evil #1, Absolute Superman #12, Amazing Spider-Man #13, Batman #2, Birds of Prey #26, Justice League: The Omega Act Special, Starship Godzilla #1, Ultimate Wolverine #10, and VR Troopers #3. Find out how these comic books turned out with the latest comic book reviews...
Marvel Comics
Amazing Spider-Man #14 Review
Amazing Spider-Man #14 sees us return to the Earth side of the current direction for the series. That means a return to Norman Osborn and Ben Reilly as the co-leads of how things are going for Spider-Man without Peter Parker on Earth. The first few issues with Norman and Ben at the helm of this side of the story wasn’t...
Imperial War: Imperial Guardians #1 Review
The main Imperial series has taken a one month break between its penultimate and final issue. During this break we’ve had a series of one shots under the Imperial War name. Each one shot has focused on different aspects of the war and heroes who have been impacted by the event. The final Imperial War one-shot before Imperial #4 that...
The 10 Best Comic Books In September 2025
September has come to a close. That means it is time to look back and find out what the Best Comic Books are for the month of September. There were many things going on across the industry from new series debuting to big events. We got a little bit of everything this month. With that in mind, find out what...
Weekly Comic Book Reviews For 10/2/25
Welcome back to another edition of comic book reviews round-up! This week we’ll be covering Absolute Evil #1, Absolute Superman #12, Amazing Spider-Man #13, Batman #2, Birds of Prey #26, Justice League: The Omega Act Special, Starship Godzilla #1, Ultimate Wolverine #10, and VR Troopers #3. Find out how these comic books turned out with the latest comic book reviews...
Ultimate Wolverine #10 Review
Ultimate Wolverine has done a lot to add to what is going on in the Ultimate Universe. The Winter Soldier story arc that started this series did a lot to build out this series corner of the Ultimate Universe. It helped not only establish Logan’s character but The Opposition, the mutant organization that has a lot of X-Men elements at...
Other Publishers
Invincible Universe: Battle Beast #6 Review
Invincible Universe: Battle Beast #6 is the conclusion of the first story arc for this series. Thus far, this first story arc has lived up to exactly what you expect from a series starring Battle Beast. It has been non-stop action for the most part. That action has been bloody and violent. In the middle of that we have gotten...
G.I. JOE #12 Advance Review
G.I. JOE just wrapped up its second big story arc within the Energon Universe. Now before the series moves on to its event-level story arc in “Dreadnok War” we got a standalone issue. This standalone issue will be bringing fan-favorite G.I. JOE character Shooter into the series. Shooter was a character teased at the end of the previous issue. We...
Energon Universe Preview: Void Rivals #24
November’s Void Rivals #24 will see the conclusion of the latest epic story arc for the Energon Universe series. Ahead of the end of Robert Kirkman and Conor Hughes story arc Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment have provided us with a preview to share. As teased by the solicitation for Void Rivals #24 Solila will be the one to get...
Energon Universe Preview: G.I. JOE #13
Things will continue to heat up for the Energon Universe’s G.I. JOE as we head towards the end of 2025. That is especially the case in November as that month will see “The Dreadnok War” storyline commence in G.I. JOE #13. This new storyline is so big that Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment are going to be shipping the series...
Transformers #25 Advance Review
It is time for the Energon Universe’s Transformers to enter a new era with Robert Kirkman and Dan Mora as the creative team. If you are going to follow up an epic run like the one Daniel Warren Johnson and Jorge Corona you couldn’t pick a better creative team. Kirkman and Mora have delivered some of the best comic books...
Sales Charts and Rankings
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...
July 2025 Comic Book Sales Rankings
It is time to check out the July 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...
June 2025 Graphic Novels Sales Charts Including Superhero Comic Books and Manga
It is that time of the month when we get to check out the June 2025 Graphic Novels sales charts. As always, ICv2 is the best source for these sales numbers. ICv2 released several sales charts for June 2025, including the ComicHub Top 100 Graphic Novels, the Top 20 Author Graphic Novels, Top 20 Superheroes Graphic Novels, Top 20 Manga...
June 2025 Comic Book Sales Rankings
It is time to check out the June 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...
Commentary
Green Lantern’s Emotional Spectrum Redefined By “Starbreaker Supremacy”
The Starbreaker Supremacy was a big event level story arc for the Green Lantern franchise. It is what the last few years in the history of the Green Lanterns has been building towards. Because to say that the Emotional Spectrum of the DC Universe has been in a state of chaos would be an understatement. Things got to the point...
The 10 Best Comic Books In September 2025
September has come to a close. That means it is time to look back and find out what the Best Comic Books are for the month of September. There were many things going on across the industry from new series debuting to big events. We got a little bit of everything this month. With that in mind, find out what...
Imperial Is The Inhumans Rise Marvel Has Long Wanted
The Inhumans have been a group that has been given the opportunity to elevate their status during the rise of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. For as much as Marvel has attempted to do so they fumbled the creative direction for the team’s franchise hopes. Positioning them against the heavy fan favorites of the X-Men and sometimes Avengers certainly didn’t help....
Ben Reilly Keeps Superior Spider-Man Legacy Going In 2025
Amazing Spider-Man #11 shook up the status quo for the franchise. This has become the norm for a new creative team of Amazing Spider-Man to do. It is a status quo shift that did not only immediately impact Peter Parker. We saw that there are several major Spider-Man characters directly involved with the new status quo that writer Joe Kelly...
The 10 Best Comic Books In August 2025
With August having come to an end that means it’s time to select the Best Comic Books of the month. August felt like a month that was setting up a lot of major storylines and events that will shape the rest of 2025. Through all that set-up we got a ton of quality release that built investment in so many...
Comic Book Solicitations
Marvel Comics December 2025 Solicitations: 10 Biggest Takeaways
Marvel Comics December 2025 comic book solicitations are here! December will see Marvel deal with the fallout from One World Under Doom. At the same time Marvel will not be waiting long to begin their next big event. Their next big event comes in the form of Ultimate Endgame, the event they used the two year existence of the new...
DC Comics December 2025 Solicitations: 10 Biggest Takeaways
DC Comics December 2025 comic book solicitations are here! December is following a similar trend as November with the DC K.O. event dominating the DC Universe. The reach of DC K.O. will continue to expand with even more comic books. That goes along with how Batman’s comic books also continue to dominate DC Comics’ publishing plans. Let’s take a look...
Marvel Comics November 2025 Solicitations: 10 Biggest Takeaways
Marvel Comics November 2025 comic book solicitations are here! November is set to be a big month for Marvel. It is the month that will see the One World Under Doom event that has dominated Marvel’s 2025 come to an end. November will also be the penultimate month before The Maker makes his return in the upcoming Ultimate Endgame event....
DC Comics November 2025 Solicitations: 10 Biggest Takeaways
DC Comics November 2025 comic book solicitations are here! November shows that the company is all in on the DC K.O. event. That is being shown whether it’s directly through the event itself or tie ins to the what is being planned around Darkseid’s character. What else does DC Comics have planned to keep an eye out in November? Find...
Marvel Comics October 2025 Solicitations: 5 Biggest Takeaways
Marvel Comics October 2025 comic book solicitations are here! October will begin a new age for the X-Men as the franchise is dominating the new comic book solicitations. That is thanks to a new direction called X-Men: Age of Revelation that will not only involve mutants but other heroes like Spider-Man and the Avengers. What else does Marvel Comics have...
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...