Manga Reviews

Dragon Ball DAIMA Ending Solidfies Toriyama’s Multiverse

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...

Storm #4 Connects Ororo Munroe & Naruto Uzumaki In Powerful Way

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...

Kafka Hibino Life Changing Decision In Kaiju No. 8 Chapter 118

Kafka Hibino has not had the greatest time in the latest Kaiju No. 8 chapters. In the current events Kafka is just holding on to his life after the revived Daikaiju of the Meireki Era using Kaiju No. 9’s body hit him with a fatal blow. The only thing keeping Kafka alive was his kaiju physiology. In his near-death state...

Gaara Rescue Arc 2.0 Begins In Boruto: Two Blue Vortex

Boruto: Two Blue Vortex has continuously been escalating things as the God Trees group have made a major impact on the series. With how the story has been paced thus far it made Chapter 16, titled “The Singularity of Fate,” slowed things down. It wasn’t a slow down to pause things. Rather after fifteen chapters of so much going on...

Kaiju No 8 Chapter 117 Reveals Truth About Kafka Hibino Origin

The defeat of Kaiju No. 9 has had massive ramifications for the Kaiju No 8 series. What should’ve been a cause for celebration has turned into an even greater horror. That is because immediately after Kaiju No. 9’s defeat at the hands of Kafka Hibino and Mina Ashiro they unintentionally created an even greater Kaiju threat. This threat came from...

DC Comics

Weekly Comic Book Reviews For 3/19/25

Welcome back to another edition of comic book reviews round-up! This packed week of comic book releases. With that in mind for this week’s comic book reviews round-up we are spotlighting Absolute Batman #5, Absolute Flash #1, Detective Comics #1095, G.I. JOE #5, The Last Boy #1, Nightwing #124, One World Under Doom #2, Titans #21, Ultimate X-Men #13, and...

Absolute Flash #1 Review

The second wave of Absolute Universe comic books are here. This second wave begins with Absolute Flash by writer Jeff Lemire and Nick Robles. Lemire has a long history of proving to deliver high quality comic books from his superhero to indie work. Robles has been doing a lot of work for DC Comics with this being his big ongoing...

Weekly Comic Book Reviews For 3/12/25

Welcome back to another edition of comic book reviews round-up! For the this latest Wednesday of comic book releases in March we are looking at Absolute Superman #5, Amazing Spider-Man #69, Assorted Crisis Events #1, Green Lantern Corps #2, Phoenix #9, Transformers #18, and Void Rivals #17. Find out how these turned out with our comic book reviews round-up for...

Absolute Superman #5 Review

Absolute Superman #5 marks the end of the first story arc for the series. With this it will make Superman’s title the last of the Absolute Universe series to get across the finish line of the first story arc. Given how much of a focus Superman’s Absolute Universe origin has played into where things have gone it’ll be interesting to...

Weekly Comic Book Reviews For 3/5/25

Welcome back to another edition of comic book reviews round-up! For the first Wednesday of comic book releases in March we are looking at Birds of Prey #19, Mothra: Queen of the Monsters #1, Scarlet Witch #10, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Nightwatcher #6, and The Ultimates #10. Find out how these turned out with our comic book reviews round-up for...

Marvel Comics

Weekly Comic Book Reviews For 3/19/25

Welcome back to another edition of comic book reviews round-up! This packed week of comic book releases. With that in mind for this week’s comic book reviews round-up we are spotlighting Absolute Batman #5, Absolute Flash #1, Detective Comics #1095, G.I. JOE #5, The Last Boy #1, Nightwing #124, One World Under Doom #2, Titans #21, Ultimate X-Men #13, and...

5 Reasons Why Scarlet Witch Has Been Marvel’s Best Comic Book

When it comes to what character has had the best creative run at Marvel of the last few years there are many that have a strong argument. The character with the strongest case for this is Scarlet Witch. In the last few years, we’ve seen writer Steve Orlando along with artists Sara Pichelli, Lorenzo Tammetta, and Jacopo Camagni deliver some...

Weekly Comic Book Reviews For 3/12/25

Welcome back to another edition of comic book reviews round-up! For the this latest Wednesday of comic book releases in March we are looking at Absolute Superman #5, Amazing Spider-Man #69, Assorted Crisis Events #1, Green Lantern Corps #2, Phoenix #9, Transformers #18, and Void Rivals #17. Find out how these turned out with our comic book reviews round-up for...

How Miles Morales Arrival In New Ultimate Universe Plays Into The Maker’s Return

Several weeks ago, Marvel provided us with details of the newest title joining the Ultimate Universe publishing line: Ultimate Spider-Man: Incursion. This new mini-series will be led by Miles Morales as he visits the new Ultimate Universe that The Maker created for the first time. Given that the title for this new mini-series includes the word Incursion it means the...

Weekly Comic Book Reviews For 3/5/25

Welcome back to another edition of comic book reviews round-up! For the first Wednesday of comic book releases in March we are looking at Birds of Prey #19, Mothra: Queen of the Monsters #1, Scarlet Witch #10, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Nightwatcher #6, and The Ultimates #10. Find out how these turned out with our comic book reviews round-up for...

Other Publishers

Weekly Comic Book Reviews For 3/19/25

Welcome back to another edition of comic book reviews round-up! This packed week of comic book releases. With that in mind for this week’s comic book reviews round-up we are spotlighting Absolute Batman #5, Absolute Flash #1, Detective Comics #1095, G.I. JOE #5, The Last Boy #1, Nightwing #124, One World Under Doom #2, Titans #21, Ultimate X-Men #13, and...

G.I. JOE #5 Advance Review

Last week’s Transformers and Void Rivals escalated things in the Energon Universe to another level. Now this week it is G.I. JOE’s time to shine. Though things have not been looking good for the JOEs as they have been completely dominated by Cobra. Things have been so bad it has looked like the JOEs time as a team will be...

Preview: Transformers #19 Answering “What Happened To Megatron?”

Transformers #18 was a monumental comic book for the Energon Universe for many reasons. The biggest of them all is a massive spoiler that Skybound and Image Comics has now provided us a first look at the follow up in Transformers #19 to share ahead of its April 9th release. Now if you have not read Transformers #18 yet then...

Weekly Comic Book Reviews For 3/12/25

Welcome back to another edition of comic book reviews round-up! For the this latest Wednesday of comic book releases in March we are looking at Absolute Superman #5, Amazing Spider-Man #69, Assorted Crisis Events #1, Green Lantern Corps #2, Phoenix #9, Transformers #18, and Void Rivals #17. Find out how these turned out with our comic book reviews round-up for...

Transformers #18 Advance Review

Transformers #18 will mark the conclusion of the third story arc for the series. Thus far Daniel Warren Johnson and Jorge Corona have continuously pushed the Autobots to the brink of destruction. That is all due to how split up the Autobots are while the Decepticons just continue to grow in strength and numbers. We got the chance to check...

Sales Charts and Rankings

February 2025 Comic Book Sales Rankings

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...

January 2025 Comic Book Sales Rankings

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...

December 2024 Comic Book Sales Rankings

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...

November 2024 Comic Book Sales Rankings

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,...

October 2024 Comic Book Sales Rankings

It is time to check out the October 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,...

Commentary

5 Reasons Why Scarlet Witch Has Been Marvel’s Best Comic Book

When it comes to what character has had the best creative run at Marvel of the last few years there are many that have a strong argument. The character with the strongest case for this is Scarlet Witch. In the last few years, we’ve seen writer Steve Orlando along with artists Sara Pichelli, Lorenzo Tammetta, and Jacopo Camagni deliver some...

How Miles Morales Arrival In New Ultimate Universe Plays Into The Maker’s Return

Several weeks ago, Marvel provided us with details of the newest title joining the Ultimate Universe publishing line: Ultimate Spider-Man: Incursion. This new mini-series will be led by Miles Morales as he visits the new Ultimate Universe that The Maker created for the first time. Given that the title for this new mini-series includes the word Incursion it means the...

Dragon Ball DAIMA Ending Solidfies Toriyama’s Multiverse

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...

Green Lantern Debuts New DC Universe Trinity

DC All In has shaken up many aspects of the DC Universe. That is especially true for the Green Lantern franchise. There has been no greater shakeup than what we’ve seen go on with the Green Lantern Corps. They went into DC All In already dealing with their own crisis as the United Planets tried to eliminate them and control...

From Gwenpool To Spider-Gwen Reveals (aka Gwen Stacy’s Wild Week)

The third week of February 2025 was a banner week for Gwen Stacy as she was at the center of two big announcements. Or at least it was one to remember, for better or worse depending your reaction to these announcements. These announcements came in the form of two different mediums from Marvel. On one end we had the confirmation...

Comic Book Solicitations

BOOM! Studios May 2025 Solicitations

BOOM! Studios May 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 May 2025 solicitations. Comics to look forward to include The Killer: Affairs of the State II #1, Minor Arcana #7 and Mouse Guard Facsimile Edition #1. Take a look at...

Top Takeaways From DC Comics May 2025 Solicitations

DC Comics May 2025 comic book solicitations are here! With that comes a slew of new announcements. The Superman franchise in particular is getting a lot of attention with several new comic books for Superman and Supergirl being added to the publishing line. That is on top of major developments going on for the Justice League Unlimited mission statement and...

Top Takeaways From Marvel Comics May 2025 Solicitations

Marvel Comics May 2025 comic book solicitations are here! With that comes a sleuth of new announcements. The month obviously continues the One World Under Doom event that will continue to grow its reach in May. Along with that we are getting a bunch of new #1 issues that are showing the teasers in the Timeslide one-shot for 2025 story...

Top Takeaways From DC Comics April 2025 Solicitations

DC Comics April 2025 solicitations are here! April will see an early start to the Summer of Superman as DC Comics shows their commitment to the Man of Steel’s franchise ahead of James Gunn’s movie. April also features the start of the first crossover event of the DC All In era and other major developments. With that in mind, let’s...

Top Takeaways From Marvel Comics April 2025 Solicitations

Marvel Comics April 2025 solicitations are here! One World Under Doom continues its domination of the Marvel Universe. Though Marvel’s big event isn’t the only notable thing going on in April. The month will also see Amazing Spider-Man relaunched and major change for Daredevil. With that in mind, let’s look at the biggest takeaways from Marvel Comics April 2025 comic...

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...