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DC Comics backed Batman punching/razing/running over Neo-Nazis, and it just won an Eisner Award
Daniel Warren Johnson says DC stood behind his anti-Nazi Batman story when it mattered.
Chris Arrant
AMC is ending The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon in 2027 with the fourth (and now final) season
Will this be the end of Norman Reedus' journey in The Walking Dead? We have to wait until 2027 to find out.
Trent Cannon
Re-play our liveblogs of Marvel Comics, DC Comics, and more panels live from San Diego Comic-Con with Popverse
Get inside Popverse's live, minute-by-minute reporting of the key panels of San Diego Comic-Con.
Chris Arrant
Marvel Comics killed the Marvel Masterworks line after 39 years, but another publisher is stepping in to save it
A crowdfunding publisher is stepping up to continue the Marvel Masterworks line after Marvel itself couldn't afford to.
Chris Arrant
DC Studios' Lanterns is giving Sinestro a Silence of the Lambs role
As seen at San Diego Comic Con, Ulrich Thomsen's Sinestro will be the 'mind-behind-bars' of DC Studios & HBO's Lanterns
Grant DeArmitt
The Lord of the Rings' TV prequel series casts Simon Pegg as the Balrog, raising one big Tolkien question
Are the writers of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 3 breaking Middle-Earth canon by giving the Balrog lines? Yes and no
Grant DeArmitt
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I decoded the secret language on Robert Downey Jr.'s Doctor Doom jacket from Marvel Studios' Hall H Avengers: Doomsday panel so you don't have to
How Robert Downey Jr.'s Comic-Con jacket sent me down a Doctor Doom rabbit hole.
And the 2026 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards winners are...
The 2026 Eisner Awards proved that critical acclaim and bestseller lists aren't the same thing... but sometimes they can be.
Scott Snyder thought DC's Absolute Universe might fail. Instead, it changed comics
Scott Snyder was so worried about the Absolute Universe that he offered to help pay for it
The Green Arrow story DC would've killed a decade ago is now one of its biggest Absolute successes
The Absolute Green Arrow series was going to end with a big reveal of the mystery murderer... but now the creators are going to be able to tell what happens next.
Reacher star Alan Ritchson says he is in "a lot of" talks with DC Studios about a big role, but its no longer Batman
Is there someone besides Batman in the DCU who needs to be a big as Reacher? We may be finding out soon.
Marvel quietly rebranded SDCC as San Diego Doom Con during its Hall H panel
Avengers: Doomsday is on all our minds at the moment, and Marvel wants to make sure it stays that way.
The hit horror comic franchise Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees is ending in 2027, and creator Patrick Horvath says its "bittersweet"
Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees became a comics phenomenon almost by accident, now it's ending.
Watch the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with Kevin Eastman, Rob Paulsen, Barry Gordon, Cam Clarke, Renae Jacobs, and Townsend Coleman from Florida Supercon 2026!
Watch TMNT co-creator Eastman and voice actors Paulsen (Raphael), Gordon (Donatello, Bebop), Clarke (Leonardo), Jacobs (April O'Neil), and Coleman (Michelangelo) at Florida Supercon this year, courtesy of Popverse
Watch the Josie & the Pussycats panel with Rachel Leigh Cook and Rosario Dawson from Florida Supercon 2026!
A quarter century after cult classic Josie & the Pussycats made movies better forever, Miami's Florida Supercon wlecomed Josie (Cook) and Valerie (Dawson) to a retrospective panel, where Popverse was filming
The X-Men-shaped hole in Marvel's Comic-Con panel may be its biggest reveal
Marvel skipped the X-Men at Comic-Con, and that might be the biggest clue about Avengers: Secret Wars yet.
DC Studios has cast Big Barda for Mister Miracle cartoon, and showrunner Tom King teases it was a "fun problem" to solve
Tom King says they've found a "brilliant actress" for the Mister Miracle show, but stopped short of saying who.
Marvel Studios' current Captain America just speculated how Avengers: Doomsday is bringing Steve Rogers back
Can you bring Steve Rogers back without replacing Sam Wilson's Captain America? Marvel Studios has a plan - straight from Marvel Comics
Who is Ghost Rider in Marvel? Johnny Blaze’s origin, powers, and comic book history explained ahead of Ryan Gosling's movie
Ryan Gosling will be playing the Spirit of Vengeance himself, Johnny Blaze, in the MCU’s Ghost Rider movie
What is the strange armband on Doctor Doom’s Avengers: Doomsday costume? We have questions
What does it MEAN, Avengers: Doomsday star Robert Downey Jr.? WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
Ryan Gosling's Ghost Rider movie for Marvel Studios shouldn't just be R-rated... it should be terrifying
Ryan Gosling and Shawn Levy should make Ghost Rider as scary as possible when he comes back to the MCU in 2028.
Marvel Studios has recast young T'Challa 2 for a long-awaited third Black Panther movie
Marvel Studios revealed that T'Challa's son is ready for the mantle of Black Panther in the MCU.
Marvel Studios' Black Panther 3 is finally happening, and Ryan Coogler is back with a release date and a T'Challa recasting
Kevin Feige just made Black Panther 3 official with a surprise Hall H announcement.
Ryan Reynolds' subtle nod to Deadpool's Uncanny X-Force era in Marvel Studios' Hall H shenanigans has me more excited for Avengers: Doomsday than I should be
Ryan Reynolds wearing a grey Deadpool costume to SDCC means he knows about Uncanny X-Force, right?! RIGHT?!
Time "messes back": Marvel may have just explained how Avengers: Doomsday happens with one new Endgame line retconned into the movie
Shown at Marvel's panel at SDCC 2026, the new trailer for Avengers: Endgame Encore might give a hint at how it all ties into Doomsday.
VisionQuest release date: We finally know when the Paul Bettany MCU show will come out on Disney+
VisionQuest, the show exploring intergenerational trauma in the MCU, will debut on Disney+ this fall
From Hail Mary to Hell: Marvel Studios finds its Ghost Rider in Ryan Gosling
Barbie Oscar nom and Project Hail Mary frontman Gosling will bring the iconic, Hell-powered hero Johnny Blaze, AKA Ghost Rider, to not just the MCU, but theaters everywhere
Bill Sienkiewicz proved comic books could be art. Now he's getting the documentary to match
Bill Sienkiewicz: That Polish Guy trailer dropped at SDCC 2026 and shows just how much the comic book artist has influenced figures from comics to Hollywood.
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How a comic that got posted to social media became my most anticipated anime of the season [Popverse Jump]
Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You started as a simple writing exercise and quickly touched a nerve among anime and manga fans around the world
Trent Cannon
Follow Marvel Comics' Fanfare panel from SDCC live with Popverse
The biggest unanswered questions about Marvel Comics may be answered here.
Jules Chin Greene
Sorry, we're not liveblogging Marvel Studios Hall panel from SDCC 2026
Kevin Feige takes the Hall H stage: Follow Marvel's biggest SDCC panel live.
Graeme McMillan
Comic-Con International: San Diego
I decoded the secret language on Robert Downey Jr.'s Doctor Doom jacket from Marvel Studios' Hall H Avengers: Doomsday panel so you don't have to
How Robert Downey Jr.'s Comic-Con jacket sent me down a Doctor Doom rabbit hole.
Grant DeArmitt
And the 2026 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards winners are...
The 2026 Eisner Awards proved that critical acclaim and bestseller lists aren't the same thing... but sometimes they can be.
Chris Arrant
Scott Snyder thought DC's Absolute Universe might fail. Instead, it changed comics
Scott Snyder was so worried about the Absolute Universe that he offered to help pay for it
Jules Chin Greene
The Green Arrow story DC would've killed a decade ago is now one of its biggest Absolute successes
The Absolute Green Arrow series was going to end with a big reveal of the mystery murderer... but now the creators are going to be able to tell what happens next.
Jules Chin Greene
Comic-Con International: San Diego
I decoded the secret language on Robert Downey Jr.'s Doctor Doom jacket from Marvel Studios' Hall H Avengers: Doomsday panel so you don't have to
How Robert Downey Jr.'s Comic-Con jacket sent me down a Doctor Doom rabbit hole.
Grant DeArmitt
And the 2026 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards winners are...
The 2026 Eisner Awards proved that critical acclaim and bestseller lists aren't the same thing... but sometimes they can be.
Chris Arrant
Scott Snyder thought DC's Absolute Universe might fail. Instead, it changed comics
Scott Snyder was so worried about the Absolute Universe that he offered to help pay for it
Jules Chin Greene
The Green Arrow story DC would've killed a decade ago is now one of its biggest Absolute successes
The Absolute Green Arrow series was going to end with a big reveal of the mystery murderer... but now the creators are going to be able to tell what happens next.
Jules Chin Greene
Todd McFarlane
After Obsession and Backrooms, Todd McFarlane says Hollywood finally understands the kind of Spawn movie he's been pitching for decades
"There's a vibe to those movies," says McFarlane, "That, to me, is some of the stuff I've been saying for ten years about Spawn."
Grant DeArmitt
Jeremy Renner had one condition for joining the King Spawn movie at Blumhouse: approval of not the script or director, but the cinematographer
Hawkeye star Renner will play Twitch Williams in McFarlane's upcoming film version of his Spawn comics, all thanks to one thing the Image Comics cofounder agreed to do
Grant DeArmitt
Blumhouse didn't think Jamie Foxx would sign on for the King Spawn movie... but they didn't know the actor had been pitching Todd McFarlane to do it for 15+ years
Todd McFarlane's upcoming Spawn movie is still a ways away, but Jamie Foxx has been the actor he's had in mind to play Al Simmons for years
Grant DeArmitt
Todd McFarlane's new Spawn doesn't need to make bank to be a success for him... it's up to fans, and if he can find the creators to continue it
McFarlane's latest addition to the Image Comics Spawn-Verse is slated to be a three-issue miniseries. Here's how that might change
Grant DeArmitt
The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards
And the 2026 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards winners are...
The 2026 Eisner Awards proved that critical acclaim and bestseller lists aren't the same thing... but sometimes they can be.
Chris Arrant
After coming out as transgender, Jenny Blake Isabella says she's finally just getting started in Bill Finger Award acceptance speech
After finding herself, Jenny Blake Isabella says she's finally ready for what's next.
Chris Arrant
DC Comics backed Batman punching/razing/running over Neo-Nazis, and it just won an Eisner Award
Daniel Warren Johnson says DC stood behind his anti-Nazi Batman story when it mattered.
Chris Arrant
Possible Eisner Awards leak leads to concern from San Diego Comic-Con that it could overshadow Friday's awards ceremony and the winners
The 2026 Eisner Awards may have leaked early—and SDCC is investigating.
Chris Arrant