Manga Reviews

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...

Gaara Status Quo Revealed In Boruto: Two Blue Vortex Chapter 15

Each new chapter of Boruto: Two Blue Vortex has been throwing new wrinkles into the story. The sense of escalation has been the strength of this sequel to the original Boruto series. Boruto: Two Blue Vortex Chapter 15 continued that trend with possibly the most development we’ve had across the board for the series. The chapter saw Masashi Kishimoto and...

Boruto & Shikamaru Risk Their Futures In Two Blue Vortex Chapter 14

Boruto: Two Blue Vortex Chapter 14 was a major turning point chapter for the series. After all the chaos caused by the God Trees group the leadership of Konoha finally got some answers. Those answers came the way of a captured Boruto. Through this we got a lot of important developments that change the direction of many characters. While all...

DC Comics

Weekly Comic Book Reviews For 1/15/25

Welcome back to another edition of comic book reviews round-up for 2025! This was a packed with of releases. With this in mind, this week we are looking at Amazing Spider-Man #65.Death, Batman & Robin: Year One #4, Green Lantern: Fractured Spectrum, Laura Kinney: Wolverine #2, Nightwing #122, Storm #4, and Ultimate Wolverine #1. Find out how these turned out...

Green Lantern: Fractured Spectrum #1 Review

The last few years have not been kind to the Green Lantern Corps and Emotional Spectrum as a whole. The latest event, Civil Corps, left the Emotional Spectrum fractured even as the Green Lantern Corps finally made their return. With the universe in such an unknown state can the Green Lantern Corps return to their former prominence? Let’s find out...

Weekly Comic Book Reviews For 1/8/25

Welcome back to a new comic book reviews round-up! We are in the early days of 2025 as publisher get into the grove of what they will be delivering in the new year. For this edition of the comic book reviews round-up we are looking at Absolute Batman #4, Amazing Spider-Man #65, Aquaman #1, Transformers #16, Ultimate Black Panther #12,...

Aquaman #1 Review – “The Rising Tide”

Finally after standing on the sidelines for so long Aquaman is back with his own ongoing series. It has certainly been noticeable how the DC Universe has continued moving forward as Artur Curry has become a background character at best. He and his family have largely been used for numbers when they need to take on Darkseid and Amanda Waller’s...

The 5 DC Comics’ Stories To Follow In 2025

DC Comics is entering 2025 in a unique spot. They ended their 2024 with their DC All In direction kicking off. The impact of what DC All In is about will continue to be seen in 2025 as more new comic books launch while other creative runs begin to wrap up. 2025 will also be a big year for DC...

Marvel Comics

Weekly Comic Book Reviews For 1/15/25

Welcome back to another edition of comic book reviews round-up for 2025! This was a packed with of releases. With this in mind, this week we are looking at Amazing Spider-Man #65.Death, Batman & Robin: Year One #4, Green Lantern: Fractured Spectrum, Laura Kinney: Wolverine #2, Nightwing #122, Storm #4, and Ultimate Wolverine #1. Find out how these turned out...

Ultimate Wolverine #1 Review

In the aftermath of what took place in the Ultimate Universe: One Year In one-shot we are getting the debut of Ultimate Wolverine. Wolverine is making his Ultimate Universe debut with a secondary codename of Winter Soldier. The Winter Soldier Wolverine new Ultimate Universe origin has him working as an operative for the Rasputin Family, the current rulers of the...

Amazing Spider-Man #65 Teases The Futures Of Mary Jane, Miles Morales & More

Amazing Spider-Man #65 brought the first half of “The 8 Deaths of Spider-Man” to a close. With that Joe Kelly and Cafu made sure to end the first half of this epic with a strong impact on Peter Parker. That strong impact came from Peter coming to terms with what death means to him. Not just experiencing death but seeing...

Weekly Comic Book Reviews For 1/8/25

Welcome back to a new comic book reviews round-up! We are in the early days of 2025 as publisher get into the grove of what they will be delivering in the new year. For this edition of the comic book reviews round-up we are looking at Absolute Batman #4, Amazing Spider-Man #65, Aquaman #1, Transformers #16, Ultimate Black Panther #12,...

Uncanny X-Men #8 Review – “Raid On Graymalkin”

Uncanny X-Men #8 brings the “Raid on Graymalkin” crossover. This is the first crossover event in the X-Men: From The Ashes direction for the franchise. The importance of this event was shown with the return of Charles Xavier at the end of X-Men #9. Seeing the former X-Men mentor and leader of Krakoa creates so many intriguing possibilities for how...

Other Publishers

Energon Universe Preview: Transformers #17

Transformers kicked off 2025 by creating even more momentum for the new year. That momentum is something that writer Daniel Warren Johnson, artist Jorge Corona, and colorist Mike Spicer will be letting up on. That is shown as Skybound and Image Comics is teasing an all-new character debuting in February’s Transformers #17. With such a tease we got a preview...

G.I. JOE #3 Advance Review

G.I. JOE has gotten off to a fantastic start by establishing the difference between the title team and Cobra. That difference is a big one as the JOEs are still a rookie team. Even if this is a team made up of soldiers and spies that make them veterans at what they do that status does not make them an...

Transformers #16 Advance Review

Transformers was my favorite comic book series of 2024. Daniel Warren Johnson and Jorge Corona made every issue of Transformers impactful. Whether it was from the action choreography to important decisions that had to be made, there is no doubt Transformers was excellent in 2024. How will 2025 start off? We got a chance to check out an early copy...

Best Comic Book Series In 2024

With the year almost over it is time to decide what the Best Comic Book Series in 2024 was. After kicking things off with Best Comic Book Storylines and Best Comic Book Single Issues it is time to selecting the Best Comic Book Series of 2024 is the best way to wrap up our look back at the year that...

Best Comic Book Single Issues In 2024

With the year almost over it is time to decide what the Best Comic Books of 2024 are. After kicking things off with Best Comic Book Storylines of 2024 it is time to pick the Best Comic Book Single Issues of the year. Creating comic books that captivate readers is not easy. Creators have one shot every month to remind...

Sales Charts and Rankings

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,...

September 2024 Comic Book Sales Rankings

It is time to check out the September 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. Remember that the...

August 2024 Comic Book Sales Rankings

It is time to check out the August 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 the August 2024 comic book sales rankings. It is not as good as actual unit numbers, but we have to work with what we get. Keep...

Hit or Miss: A New Psylocke Comic Book For 2024

Marvel Comics has been busy releasing a horde of new X-Men franchise titles as a part of the big From the Ashes initiative. We have already looked at the new X-Men title, Exceptional X-Men, and the new Phoenix title, as well as the sales histories, to predict the future sales success for each new comic book. During the X-Men: From...

Commentary

The 5 DC Comics’ Stories To Follow In 2025

DC Comics is entering 2025 in a unique spot. They ended their 2024 with their DC All In direction kicking off. The impact of what DC All In is about will continue to be seen in 2025 as more new comic books launch while other creative runs begin to wrap up. 2025 will also be a big year for DC...

The 5 Marvel Comics’ Stories To Follow In 2025

From big blockbuster events to crossovers between franchises, 2025 is set-up to be a big year for Marvel Comics. Marvel even teased all the major storylines that we are likely to get in 2025 with their Timeslide one-shot they released on the final Wednesday of 2024. In that one-shot a future version of Bronze, a mutant currently part of the...

Best Comic Book Series In 2024

With the year almost over it is time to decide what the Best Comic Book Series in 2024 was. After kicking things off with Best Comic Book Storylines and Best Comic Book Single Issues it is time to selecting the Best Comic Book Series of 2024 is the best way to wrap up our look back at the year that...

Best Comic Book Single Issues In 2024

With the year almost over it is time to decide what the Best Comic Books of 2024 are. After kicking things off with Best Comic Book Storylines of 2024 it is time to pick the Best Comic Book Single Issues of the year. Creating comic books that captivate readers is not easy. Creators have one shot every month to remind...

Best Comic Book Storylines In 2024

With the year almost over it is time to decide what the Best Comic Books of 2024 are. To kick things off as big as possible I’m starting out by ranking the ten Best Comic Book Storylines in 2024 that released this year. This was a year filled with a lot of incredible stories being told from ongoings to mini-series....

Comic Book Solicitations

Top Takeaways From DC Comics March 2025 Solicitations

DC Comics March 2025 solicitations are here! The third month of 2025 for DC Comics looks to be the biggest of their new year. That is partially thanks to the first two months of 2025 being a time where different stories are either ending or still cooking. Now with March it appears we are getting a lot of payoffs and...

BOOM Studios March 2025 Solicitations

BOOM Studios March 2025 comic book solicitations are here! BOOM Studios March 2025 comic book solicitations show the company has plenty of new comics to be excited for in the new year such as Mouse Guard: Dawn of the Black Axe by David Petersen and Gabriel Rodríguez and The Last Boy by Dan Panosian and Alessio Avallone. Check out everything...

Top Takeaways From Marvel Comics March 2025 Solicitations

Marvel Comics March 2025 solicitations are here! And to no surprise Marvel’s upcoming plans are dominated by the One World Under Doom event along with plans for Spider-Man and the X-Men. With that in mind, let’s look at the biggest takeaways from Marvel Comics March 2025 comic book solicitations. GODZILLA INVADES THE MARVEL UNIVERSE Credit: Marvel Comics Godzilla has been...

BOOM! Studios February 2025 Solicitations

BOOM! Studios February 2025 comic book solicitations are here! BOOM! Studios February 2025 comic book solicitations show the company has plenty of plans for the new year with new comics like by Shobo, Shof, and Alexandre Tefenkgi’s titled Bronze Faces launching to Melissa Flores and Michael YG’s Power Rangers Prime continuing. Check out everything you can expect from BOOM! Studios...

Top Takeaways From Marvel Comics February 2025 Solicitations

Marvel Comics February 2025 solicitations are here! Continuing the obvious moves most expected Marvel to make, we will be getting a new big event headlined by Doctor Doom. That event will be a nine-issue event named One World Under Doom. With a big event already taking place to start the year let’s see what other takeaways there are from Marvel...

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...