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Livestream Monster Hunter Wilds, Borderlands 4, Magic: The Gathering x Spider-Man, and more PAX West 2025 panels live
Be there from anywhere, as Popverse is livestreaming PAX West 2025.
Chris Arrant
Sigourney Weaver is joining the stacked New York Comic Con 2025 line-up alongside her Alien, Ghostbusters, and MCU co-stars
Aliens, Ghostbusters, the MCU Defenders, Avatar, and more. Now Sigourney Weaver can add NYCC to her list.
Chris Arrant
DC has unveiled a major new Wonder Woman villain over two years in the making, co-created by one of James Gunn's top writers
Meet Matriarch, the new DC big bad foretold to kill Wonder Woman and (almost) all the Amazons
Chris Arrant
Critical Role invites you back to Exandria (and back in time!) with The Legend of Vox Machina: The Whitestone Chronicles Volume 2—Cassandra
Amazon MGM is also partnering with Critical Role and Dark Horse to publish a prequel graphic novel starring the bold but beleaguered Cassandra de Rolo, little sister of Percival and survivor of the Briarwoods massacre
Grant DeArmitt
Simon Kinberg on writing X-Men movies, producing Glenn Powell's The Running Man remake, and co-creating Star Wars Rebels [Popversations]
In this edition of our members-only video interview series, Popversations, our video producer Ashley V. Robinson talks to writer-director Simon Kinberg
Ashley V. Robinson
What to Watch September 2025: Wednesday season 2 wraps up on Netflix, Gen V returns to Prime Video, Only Murders in the Building is sluething about Hulu again, and so much more
Plus: Haunted Hotel, Helluva Boss, Futurama and at least one more adult animated sereis
Grant DeArmitt
Latest
We found the most expensive - $75,000! - Magic: The Gathering card at PAX West 2025 (No, we didn't buy it)
One of the rarest cards in Magic: The Gathering history can be yours if you're at PAX West 2025 (and you have tens of thousands of dollars to spare)
J. Jonah Jameson & the Daily Bugle are getting their own Magic: The Gathering Secret Lair set as part of Marvel's Spider-Man partnership
Magic: The Gathering's Spider-Man set wouldn't be complete without a Daily Bugle reference, hence the upcoming Secret Lair drop
Teenage rollerblading and Iron Chef point the way to the future of gaming at PAX Rising Showcase at PAX West 2025
Arcane Eats and Rollergirl are two indie games getting the spotlight at the leading games show in the US as part of PAX Rising Showcase
Marvel's Spider-Man lore gets a new form of goblin in Magic: The Gathering partnership
If you're a Spider-Man fan, you've heard of Hobgoblins, the Green Goblin, even the Gold Goblin. Now, Magic: The Gathering adds goblinoids to the mix
A notorious Spider-Man story has been immortalized as a Magic: The Gathering card
The Clone Saga from Marvel's Spider-Man has been redeemed thanks to art from Bill Sienkiewicz for Magic: The Gathering
Become a symbiote god with Venom, King in Black from Magic: The Gathering’s Spider-Man set
Venom takes center stage in a functional reprint of Magic: The Gathering's Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon, using Ryan Stegman, JP Mayer, and Frank Martin's cover art from Venom #200
See all the Magic: The Gathering x Marvel's Spider-Man cards revealed at PAX West 2025
Spider-Man, Spider-Men, and villains such as Venom, Green Goblin, Doctor Octopus, and more. (Wait... is that Knull?)
MTG x Marvel's Spider-Man release date, card list, most expensive card, and more
Wizards of the Coast is partnering up with Marvel for a series of dynamic sets, beginning with Spider-Man. Here's everything you need to know.
Batman, Netflix's Wednesday, NYCC pre-sales, the Witcher prequel, and more: This September at Popverse
Join us here in September as we are your tour guide and pop culture BFF, telling you what's good, what's bad, and why things are so great in the worlds of comics, movies, tv, games, and fiction lit.
James Wan's The Conjuring jumps right to the scares, and there's nothing wrong with that [The Coldest Open]
Are the opening moments of the first film in The Conjuring universe a triumph in character development and narrative introduction? No. Do they make you go, "AGH!"? Yes.
After Critical Role's Tusk Love and Armory of Heroes, more in-universe Exandrian projects are on their way
Expect more texts published as though they were written by citizens of Exandria themselves, says Licensing Brand Associate Niki Chi
How to cosplay Exandria: Critical Role's Armory of Heroes is a tome of reference for cosplaying critters
From Vox Machina to The Mighty Nein and even into the Age of Arcanum, the Armory of Heroes has Exandrian style you wish to emulate
Only one can win the Omegathon at PAX West 2025 (but there's plenty of room for a Chicken Jockey or two in this year's Minecraft tournament)
Every PAX, there's an Omegathon, and this year's PAX West is no different - but who will win in the four-day-long tournament of Minecraft modes?
Once again, Dan Da Dan's anime has taken what the manga did and made it better with a subtle change [Popverse Jump]
Lingering just a little longer on Evil Eye's backstory made it that much more tragic and I love the Dan Da Dan anime for that.
James Gunn's new DC Cinematic Universe now has 99 alternate universes as revealed in Peacemaker - and one we'll call DC2 (not Earth-2, but...)
Peacemaker Season 2 establishes that there are 99 other universes than the DCU… So what are they?
Wednesday's creators weren't planning on bringing Gwendoline Christie's Principal Weems back for season 2
Christie, whose antagonistic Weems from season 1 has turned spirit guide for Wednesday in season 2, was not what Alfred Gough and Miles Millar had panned for the Netflix series' sophomore season
Krysten Ritter and Vincent D'Onofrio join their MCU Daredevil: Born Again co-stars at NYCC 2025
Vincent D'Onofrio, Krysten Ritter, Charlie Cox, Deborah Ann Woll, and Mike Colter are now all going to be at New York Comic Con 2025.
Oz, Manhattan, and German Expressionism: What inspired Age of Arcanum, according to Critical Role star Liam O'Brien
O'Brien recently spoke to the worldbuilding that went into the Exandria Unlimited: Calamity campaign, set centuries before Critical Role's Campaign 1
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Once again, Dan Da Dan's anime has taken what the manga did and made it better with a subtle change [Popverse Jump]
Lingering just a little longer on Evil Eye's backstory made it that much more tragic and I love the Dan Da Dan anime for that.
Trent Cannon

Batman writer Tom Taylor talks Detective Comics, boatfuls of dead bodies, and DC's first all-ages and creator-owned comic, C.O.R.T.!
Tom Taylor gave us the lowdown on Batman's Detective Comics and DC's brand new super team in the all-ages series, C.O.R.T.: Children of the Round Table!
Jules Chin Greene

My Dress-Up Darling is a story of accepting your weirdness and the weirdness of others and it warms my awkward heart [Popverse Jump]
There is a little Gojo in all of us, just begging for acceptance.
Trent Cannon
Comic-Con International: San Diego 2025

Blade is a "fashion-forward" vampire hunter on the move, according to Marvel Rivals designers
The design of the Marvel vampire hunter in the popular game was an intentional one, right down to his hair and tattoos
Graeme McMillan

How Demon Slayer's Tanjiro continues to surprise Natsuki Hanae after playing him for six years
Natsuki Hanae feels voicing the main Demon Slayer role is continually surprising, even after six years.
Ernie Estrella

The new Star Trek spinoff Starfleet Academy isn't just a school show - it's about rebuilding the Federation after a galaxy-wide calamity
Holly Hunter and Paul Giamatti drew big crowds at SDCC 2025 during the annual Star Trek panel, as they explained how Star Trek: Starfleet Academy ties into the wider Trek universe.
Ernie Estrella

"David is a pimp:" The Bible according to Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld
Liefeld, who once had an Old Testament adventure book at Image and infamously drew Jesus fighting the Greek pantheon, has a little lesson in Biblical history for SDCC '25
Grant DeArmitt
Magic: The Gathering

We found the most expensive - $75,000! - Magic: The Gathering card at PAX West 2025 (No, we didn't buy it)
One of the rarest cards in Magic: The Gathering history can be yours if you're at PAX West 2025 (and you have tens of thousands of dollars to spare)
Graeme McMillan

See all the Magic: The Gathering x Marvel's Spider-Man cards revealed at PAX West 2025
Spider-Man, Spider-Men, and villains such as Venom, Green Goblin, Doctor Octopus, and more. (Wait... is that Knull?)
Chris Arrant

MTG x Marvel's Spider-Man release date, card list, most expensive card, and more
Wizards of the Coast is partnering up with Marvel for a series of dynamic sets, beginning with Spider-Man. Here's everything you need to know.
Chris Arrant

Magic: The Gathering 2025 release schedule - Marvel's Spider-Man, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Lorwyn Eclipsed
We are more than halfway through 2025, but we still have a couple more Magic: The Gathering sets to look forward to this year
Jules Chin Greene
PAX West 2025

We found the most expensive - $75,000! - Magic: The Gathering card at PAX West 2025 (No, we didn't buy it)
One of the rarest cards in Magic: The Gathering history can be yours if you're at PAX West 2025 (and you have tens of thousands of dollars to spare)
Graeme McMillan

J. Jonah Jameson & the Daily Bugle are getting their own Magic: The Gathering Secret Lair set as part of Marvel's Spider-Man partnership
Magic: The Gathering's Spider-Man set wouldn't be complete without a Daily Bugle reference, hence the upcoming Secret Lair drop
Jules Chin Greene

Teenage rollerblading and Iron Chef point the way to the future of gaming at PAX Rising Showcase at PAX West 2025
Arcane Eats and Rollergirl are two indie games getting the spotlight at the leading games show in the US as part of PAX Rising Showcase
Graeme McMillan

Marvel's Spider-Man lore gets a new form of goblin in Magic: The Gathering partnership
If you're a Spider-Man fan, you've heard of Hobgoblins, the Green Goblin, even the Gold Goblin. Now, Magic: The Gathering adds goblinoids to the mix
Jules Chin Greene
Wonder Woman

DC has unveiled a major new Wonder Woman villain over two years in the making, co-created by one of James Gunn's top writers
Meet Matriarch, the new DC big bad foretold to kill Wonder Woman and (almost) all the Amazons
Chris Arrant

DC boss James Gunn confirms: A Wonder Woman movie is in the works
The as-yet-untitled Wonder Woman movie is currently being written, James Gunn says
Graeme McMillan

Batman, Wonder Woman and Superman are getting coins from the US Mint - and your favorite DC hero could be next
A near infinite number of heroic options and Barry Allen still makes the list?
Trent Cannon

Follow along to DC's Multiverse panel for Absolute, All In, and more news live from SDCC 2024!
With everything happening for Superman, the Titans, Green Lantern, and the many other heroes of the DC Multiverse, it's only fitting they get a San Diego Comic-Con 2024 panel to tease future developments - and you can follow along as it happens
Tiffany Babb
NYCC 2025

Sigourney Weaver is joining the stacked New York Comic Con 2025 line-up alongside her Alien, Ghostbusters, and MCU co-stars
Aliens, Ghostbusters, the MCU Defenders, Avatar, and more. Now Sigourney Weaver can add NYCC to her list.
Chris Arrant

Krysten Ritter and Vincent D'Onofrio join their MCU Daredevil: Born Again co-stars at NYCC 2025
Vincent D'Onofrio, Krysten Ritter, Charlie Cox, Deborah Ann Woll, and Mike Colter are now all going to be at New York Comic Con 2025.
Chris Arrant

NYCC 2025 is announcing new guests each day this week
NYCC 2025 is six weeks away, and ReedPop is far from done announcing what you can look forward to.
Chris Arrant

Marvel Studios' Shang-Chi co-star Meng'er Zhang to reunite with Simu Liu at New York Comic Con 2025
The Witcher and MCU Shang-Chi star Meng'er Zhang is coming to NYCC 2025 for our Shang-Chi reunion.
Chris Arrant