Manga Reviews

My Hero Academia Chapter 421 Review – “We Are Here”

Just as things looked to be at their worst Izuku Midoriya had a timely save from all of his allies in Class 1-A and others he has met throughout his life. Now with every capable hero assembled the endgame of My Hero Academia is here. It is now or never in the final fight against All For One, who has...

Kyokuto Necromance Chapter 1 “Spiritual” Review

Fusai Naba is back with a brand-new series titled Kyokuto Necromance. Previously Naba had a twenty-chapter run with Aliens Area published in Shonen Jump. The series didn’t have a long run but was solid for what it was. Now Naba returns with another supernatural series centered around “a young man's life takes a shocking turn when he learns there are...

Kurama Returns In Boruto: Two Blue Vortex Chapter 9

Masashi Kishimoto and Mikio Ikemoto are making sure to keep readers on their toes as the latest chapter of Boruto: Two Blue Vortex saw the return of Kurama. The return of Kurama is big as the way Naruto’s Tailed-Beast departed it truly seemed as though he was permanently dead. But now thanks to Jūra’s search for Naruto bringing him face-to-face...

My Hero Academia Chapter 420 Review – “From Aizawa”

My Hero Academia Chapter 420 picks up directly after the major revelations of how far All For One’s manipulations of Tomura Shigaraki’s entire life went. That all led to the Izuku Midoriya looking rougher than he ever had in the aftermath as he was missing both of his arms. Now bleeding out Midoriya got a welcome surprise from his fellow...

Kafka Hibino Gets His Superman Moment In Kaiju No. 8 Ch. 105

Kaiju No. 8 Chapter 105 was a turning point chapter for Kafka Hibino. In the lead up to this latest chapter Mina Ashiro was captured by Kaiju No. 9. Kaiju No. 9 would then go about trying to mentally and physically break Mina in order to absorb her power. With that “The Last Wave Arc” had a big focus on...

DC Comics

The 10 Best Comic Books In April 2024

Welcome back to another edition of the Best Comic Books of the month. This time the spotlight is on my ten favorite comic books that released in April. Every week it felt like we had a week that could fill a Top 10 list for best comic books of the month. That made it much harder to narrow it down...

Nightwing Annual 2024 Review

Nightwing Annual 2024 is going to be tackling one of the biggest developments that’s happened during Tom Taylor’s run on the series. This latest Nightwing annual will be diving into Bea Bennett’s backstory. We learned in a recent storyline that Bea is actually the adopted daughter of a captain of a secret pirate society. When her adopted father was killed...

Weekly Comic Book Reviews For 4/24/24

Welcome back to another edition of our comic book reviews! This was an extra packed week of comic book releases. This week's comic book revies include Daredevil #9, The Infernals #3, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #119, Scarlet Witch & Quicksilver #3, and X-Men: Forever #2. Find out how these releases turned out with our comic book reviews round-up. DAREDEVIL #8...

Green Arrow #11 Review – “Old Enemies”

Green Arrow has been an important series for the Dawn of DC direction. It is one of the major titles where we’ve seen the Amanda Waller storyline being developed. Now we know that all of Amanda Waller’s developments are leading to this summer’s Absolute Power event. With that it makes Green Arrow an even more important title as the end...

Top Takeaways From DC Comics July 2024 Solicitations

Absolute Power is here and you already see its impact in DC Comics July 2024 solicitations. Absolute Power will clearly what will guide the decisions DC Comics is making on the comic book side of things for the second half of 2024. Its impact is already shown with how involved Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman are being positioned. Both within...

Marvel Comics

The 10 Best Comic Books In April 2024

Welcome back to another edition of the Best Comic Books of the month. This time the spotlight is on my ten favorite comic books that released in April. Every week it felt like we had a week that could fill a Top 10 list for best comic books of the month. That made it much harder to narrow it down...

Weekly Comic Book Reviews For 5/1/24

Happy New Comic Book Day! It’s Wednesday and we got another week of comic books to pick up. This week was a little light on the DC Comics front. Luckily we got a lot of releases from Marvel, Image Comics, BOOM! Studios and others to pick up this week. With that in mind in this week’s comic book reviews round...

X-Men #34 “Love-Hate” Review

X-Men #34 is one of the last issues of Gerry Duggan’s run on this series. With how things have escalated with Charles Xavier betraying everyone by siding with Orchis in a desperate attempt to save mutants. As Xavier has gone with his usual communication style of leaving most out of his plan he has become enemy #1 for everyone, including...

Weekly Comic Book Reviews For 4/24/24

Welcome back to another edition of our comic book reviews! This was an extra packed week of comic book releases. This week's comic book revies include Daredevil #9, The Infernals #3, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #119, Scarlet Witch & Quicksilver #3, and X-Men: Forever #2. Find out how these releases turned out with our comic book reviews round-up. DAREDEVIL #8...

Ultimate Spider-Man #4 Review

Ultimate Spider-Man has made a lot big changes for how things normally are with the retelling of Peter Parker’s superhero origin. One of the major changes we saw go down in Ultimate Spider-Man #3 as Harry Osborn, who is operating as the Ultimate Green Goblin, discovered Peter Parker’s secret. This completely changes the iconic friendship Peter and Harry share, especially...

Other Publishers

The 10 Best Comic Books In April 2024

Welcome back to another edition of the Best Comic Books of the month. This time the spotlight is on my ten favorite comic books that released in April. Every week it felt like we had a week that could fill a Top 10 list for best comic books of the month. That made it much harder to narrow it down...

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Return #4 Preview

BOOM! Studios has provided us with a first look at Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Return #4 to share. This comic book will be the finale to co-writers Amy Jo Johnson and Matt Hotson and artist Nico Leon’s Power Rangers epic. Joined by colorist Dono Sanchez-Almara and letterer Ed Dukeshire, the original Pink Ranger’s Power Ranger story will release on...

Weekly Comic Book Reviews For 5/1/24

Happy New Comic Book Day! It’s Wednesday and we got another week of comic books to pick up. This week was a little light on the DC Comics front. Luckily we got a lot of releases from Marvel, Image Comics, BOOM! Studios and others to pick up this week. With that in mind in this week’s comic book reviews round...

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #120 “Darkest Hour’ Preview

BOOM! Studios has provided us with a first look at Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #120, which will release on May 22, to share. This will not only continue the Darkest Hour event but now we know will be one of the final issues of this Mighty Morphin Power Rangers series. Joining series writer Melissa Flores will be artist Valeria Favoccia,...

BOOM! Studios July 2024 Solicitations

BOOM! Studios July 2024 solicitations are here! July is going to be a big month for BOOM! Studios. The big month is going to be led by the final issue of the eight year Mighty Morphin Power Rangers saga from the publisher. Additionally, I Heart Skull-Crusher, Man’s Best, and Underheist all will have their final issues in July. While some...

Sales Charts and Rankings

March 2024 Single Issue Comic Book Sales Rankings

It is time to check out the March 2024 single-issue 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...

February 2024 Single Issue Comic Book Sales Rankings

It is time to check out the February 2024 single-issue 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...

January 2024 Single Issue Comic Book Sales Rankings

It is time to check out the January 2024 single-issue 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...

Manga Pummels Superhero Comic Books In 2023

The year may change but the song remains. While American superhero comic book publishers have been busy shooting themselves in the foot over and over for the past five years, manga has grown into a sales monster. 2023 was no different. Manga continues to obliterate American superhero comics in an alarming fashion. Given the low quality of writing and bizarre...

Year In Review: Comic Book Sales Rankings For 2023

With 2023 in the rear-view mirror, it is time to sift through all of the single-issue comic sales rankings and come up with some final numbers. First up, let’s take a look at how many Top 10, Top 25, Top 50, Top 75, and Top 100 titles that each publisher had in 2023. Most Top 10 Wins in 2023 The...

Commentary

The 10 Best Comic Books In April 2024

Welcome back to another edition of the Best Comic Books of the month. This time the spotlight is on my ten favorite comic books that released in April. Every week it felt like we had a week that could fill a Top 10 list for best comic books of the month. That made it much harder to narrow it down...

Kurama Returns In Boruto: Two Blue Vortex Chapter 9

Masashi Kishimoto and Mikio Ikemoto are making sure to keep readers on their toes as the latest chapter of Boruto: Two Blue Vortex saw the return of Kurama. The return of Kurama is big as the way Naruto’s Tailed-Beast departed it truly seemed as though he was permanently dead. But now thanks to Jūra’s search for Naruto bringing him face-to-face...

New Green Ranger Debuts In Power Rangers: The Return #3

Tommy Oliver made the Green Ranger the most iconic of the Power Rangers. In Amy Jo Johnson, Matt Hotson, and Nico Leon’s Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Return series we are in an alternate future where Tommy is no longer around. We learned in the second issue that Tommy ended up sacrificing himself in the final battle to put an...

Kafka Hibino Gets His Superman Moment In Kaiju No. 8 Ch. 105

Kaiju No. 8 Chapter 105 was a turning point chapter for Kafka Hibino. In the lead up to this latest chapter Mina Ashiro was captured by Kaiju No. 9. Kaiju No. 9 would then go about trying to mentally and physically break Mina in order to absorb her power. With that “The Last Wave Arc” had a big focus on...

Enchantress Sells Immortal Thor On Comic Books

With his Immortal Thor run Al Ewing has been using some meta elements. It hasn’t been the fourth wall breaking of talking directly to the reader that we see with Deadpool or Gwenpool. Rather, Al Ewing has been using his own experience as a comic book creator to have Thor’s narrative manipulated by a force within the Marvel Universe. That...

Comic Book Solicitations

BOOM! Studios July 2024 Solicitations

BOOM! Studios July 2024 solicitations are here! July is going to be a big month for BOOM! Studios. The big month is going to be led by the final issue of the eight year Mighty Morphin Power Rangers saga from the publisher. Additionally, I Heart Skull-Crusher, Man’s Best, and Underheist all will have their final issues in July. While some...

Top Takeaways From DC Comics July 2024 Solicitations

Absolute Power is here and you already see its impact in DC Comics July 2024 solicitations. Absolute Power will clearly what will guide the decisions DC Comics is making on the comic book side of things for the second half of 2024. Its impact is already shown with how involved Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman are being positioned. Both within...

Marvel July 2024 Solicitations: Avengers x Aliens & Spider-Man Is Green Goblin

Marvel July plans are filled with big events, crossovers, and long-term storyline payoffs. Some of these are exciting things while others not so much. In July alone we got a big crossover with Aliens vs Avengers beginning as Blood Hunt ends. We also got some major Spider-Man developments, one with a sequel to Spider-Man: Reign and another with Peter Parker...

Marvel July 2024 Solicitations: X-Men New Era Begins

July is going to be a big month for the House of Ideas. That is all thanks to the X-Men entering their post-Krakoa Era relaunch. After all the mutants were united under the banner of Krakoa they will all be going off on their own. Some will be forming new X-Men teams while others will be on their own. With...

Marvel June 2024 Solicits: Spider-Man vs Green Goblin & X-Men End Of An Era

Marvel June 2024 solicitations showed the publisher has a lot of plans for this summer. As always, Marvel is relying heavily on Spider-Man and X-Men to carry the brand. The plans for the Spider-Man family varied with Amazing Spider-Man seemingly building towards a big ending. Meanwhile, on the X-Men side of things we see beginning their relaunch in the post-Krakoa...

Movies And TV

Super Mario Crosses The $1 Billion Mark

We head into May with the summer blockbuster fully firing on all cylinders. Several contenders have been exposed as box office bombs while The Super Mario Bros. Movie has risen to the top. As always, we turn to the incredible The Numbers for the latest in box office projections. The Super Mario Bros. Movie continues exceeding all expectations and completely...

The Super Mario Bros Movie Is Still Hot But Can It Catch Frozen II?

The summer blockbuster season continues to heat up as blockbuster movies are weighing into the fray. Some are falling and others are hitting big highs. As always, we turn to the incredible The Numbers for the latest in box office projections. The Super Mario Bros. Movie took first place by crushing all competitors as it hauled in $58 million at...

It is Super Mario’s World

Now that it is April, the summer blockbuster season is beginning to heat up with several big blockbuster hopefuls entering the ring. As always, we turn to the incredible The Numbers for the latest in box office projections. This past weekend brought six new wide releases and Mario, in his second week, beat them all with little to no effort....

DC Studios Plan and 10 New Projects – Comic Book Revolution Podcast Ep. 104

In this episode, Kevin, Steven, and Rokk get together to discuss the big news from James Gunn concerning the next 8-10 years for DC Studios. The guys talk about Gunn’s interview answers to figure out Gunn’s’ vision for DC Studios going forward. The guys then dive into the ten new projects that Gunn unveiled. 55:40:10 - Intro to the 8-10...

Best Anime Of 2022 – Manga Revolution Podcast Episode 49

Welcome back to the Manga Revolution Podcast! After covering our favorite manga last week Rokk and I return with our Best Of Anime. We previously gave our collective 10 Best Anime Of 2022 that both Rokk and I voted on. For the Best of Anime 2022 podcast episode we are not just going to be covering favorite anime from each...

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...