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...

Welcome back to another edition of comic book reviews round-up! This week we’ll be covering Absolute Batman #12, Blood & Thunder #5, Godzilla #2, Green Lantern Corps #8, One World Under Doom #7, Power Rangers Prime #10, Transformers #24, Ultimate Spider-Man: Incursion #4, and Ultimate Wolverine #4. Find out how these comic books turned out with the latest comic book...

To say the Absolute Universe has not been kind to Bruce Wayne would be an understatement. Every issue of Absolute Batman has not just pushed Bruce past his breaking point. It appears as though the Absolute Universe is doing everything to break him. The clash with Absolute Bane has highlighted this as it does not seem that Bruce has any...

Welcome back to another edition of comic book reviews round-up! This week we’ll be covering Absolute Superman #11, Amazing Spider-Man #11, Batman #1, Birds of Prey #25, Imperial War: Exiles #1, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #11, and Uncanny X-Men #20. Find out how these comic books turned out with the latest comic book reviews round-up below. ABSOLUTE SUPERMAN #11 CREATIVE...

Batman is too big for DC Comics to let one creative team delay the entire publishing line. Jeph Loeb and Jim Lee have learned that as DC Comics did not wait around for whenever they finished their H2SH story to start the Dark Knight’s new era. This new era brings on writer Matt Fraction along with long time Batman artist...

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...

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....

Welcome back to another edition of comic book reviews round-up! This week we’ll be covering Absolute Batman #12, Blood & Thunder #5, Godzilla #2, Green Lantern Corps #8, One World Under Doom #7, Power Rangers Prime #10, Transformers #24, Ultimate Spider-Man: Incursion #4, and Ultimate Wolverine #4. Find out how these comic books turned out with the latest comic book...

Ultimate Spider-Man: Incursion has not been hitting as it potentially could have. This mini-series is a major part of setting up the return of the Maker. The countdown to the Maker’s return plays a big part in the story. But what this mini-series has lacked is a sense of urgency even though Miles is desperate to save his baby sister....

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...

Welcome back to another edition of comic book reviews round-up! This week we’ll be covering Absolute Superman #11, Amazing Spider-Man #11, Batman #1, Birds of Prey #25, Imperial War: Exiles #1, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #11, and Uncanny X-Men #20. Find out how these comic books turned out with the latest comic book reviews round-up below. ABSOLUTE SUPERMAN #11 CREATIVE...

When it comes to 90s cartoons one of the first that always comes to mind is the Street Sharks. Street Sharks is a cartoon that hit at the right time when I started watching TV. And as a kid how could I not fall in love with giant shark heroes? It certainly help that they had a catchy theme sone...

Transformers #24 was an end of an era. It marked the conclusion of Daniel Warren Johnson and Jorge Corona’s creative run on the series. They certainly made a big impact with shaping the Energon Universe’s Transformers. With the big shoes they’ve left only writer Robert Kirkman and artist Dan Mora could fill them. Now ahead of Kirkman and Mora’s debut...

Welcome back to another edition of comic book reviews round-up! This week we’ll be covering Absolute Batman #12, Blood & Thunder #5, Godzilla #2, Green Lantern Corps #8, One World Under Doom #7, Power Rangers Prime #10, Transformers #24, Ultimate Spider-Man: Incursion #4, and Ultimate Wolverine #4. Find out how these comic books turned out with the latest comic book...

Things have gone from bad to worse for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The entire world seems to be completely against Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello, and Michelangelo as they were taken to court. The court case drove home how the Foot Clan have completely taken over New York City and manipulated things to their advantage. Though there appears to be some...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

With July having come to an end that means it’s time to select the Best Comic Books of the month. With July kicking off the second half of the calendar we saw a lot of great releases. Because of that it makes trying to select the ten best comic books of the month so tough. With that in mind, find...

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...

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 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 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...

DC Comics October 2025 comic book solicitations are here! October is a big month for DC Comics. With DC Comics October solicitations we see that the month will begin their newest big event, DC K.O. With that we see a large portion of their titles being brought in to help tell the full story of their latest big event. What...

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...

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...