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Tom Holland would love to see what an R-rated version of Spider-Man looks like
We're seeing a more family-friendly Punisher this summer in Spider-Man: Brand New Day. How long till we get to see an R-Rated Spider-Man?
Trent Cannon
Magic: The Gathering has a "high barrier of entry," so MTG artist Michael Walsh is turning his Exquisite Corpses comic into a game (but that's not the only reason)
Tiny Onion's first card game (and Kickstarter sensation) Exquisite Corpses is similar to but easier to learn than Magic: The Gathering. Thank artist Michael Walsh for that
Grant DeArmitt
Stranger Things's Matt Duffer points to Backrooms and Obsession buzz as proof young audiences want new stories
While Stranger Things co-creator Duffer admits that the "experience we had is so very rare in this industry," he also points to recent horror hits Obsession & Backrooms as signs that the youths want more original storytelling
Grant DeArmitt
Spider-Man: Brand New Day is the first classic Spidey story in the MCU, says Kevin Feige
In Spider-Man: Brand New Day, we'll see Peter Parker struggle, and then some
Jules Chin Greene
That Avengers: Doomsday "surprise" the Russo Brothers teased seems to actually be a promo for Robert Downey Jr.'s coffee brand
'Dom Latveria Coffee' is a cool concept, but when the Russos tease a Doctor Doom-releated "surprise" on social media, fans waiting for the Avengers: Doomsday trailer are naturally gonna think it's something else
Grant DeArmitt
The Matrix co-creator hates the iconic movie poster that adorned a million walls
The Wachowskis look at the poster for The Matrix and think it looks like "early AI slop."
Trent Cannon
Latest
He-Man's most famous weapon was originally a reference to Golden Age Superman comics
Donald F. Glut, the writer who penned the first ever He-Man adventures via Mattel-produced mini-comics, points back to specific Superman storyline as inspiration for Eternia's mightiest blade
What happens to Dropout after its core cast moves on? Sam Reich isn't worried
I guess if you spend your days worried that Brennan Lee Mulligan is going to trap you in another escape room like Sam Reich does, you have a different priority set than most
Is Billie Piper the new Doctor Who? If not, who is? We'll know in "a week, two weeks," promises showrunner Russell T. Davies
It's been over a year since Ncuti Gatwa's regeneration, but we still don't know who Doctor Who's Sixteenth Doctor will be. Thankfully, Davies says the wait should be over soon
Scary Movie's Marlon Wayans is approaching edgy comedy differently this time: "Is it worth the goodness of your project to just be offensive?"
"I don't want any divisive scenes," claims Scary Movie originator Marlon Wayans. And he's even figured out a method to determine what constitutes one of those
An MTG sports-themed deck is on the shortlist at Wizards of the Coast for what comes next
A Magic: The Gathering set based around sports isn't out of the realm of possibility
Hulk's son Skaar is Marvel's "under-appreciated" version of Conan the Barbarian to Infernal Hulk writer Phillip Kennedy Johnson
For Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Skaar is an underappreciated Hulk character with great "high fantasy" potential
How Marvel quietly retconned Captain America to be on ice during 9/11, and why as a NYC-publisher it had to think long & hard about it
On the one hand, Zdarsky's choice to move Steve Rogers's de-icing to after 2001 in his Captain America run was a big deal for Marvel Comics. But on the other, it only makes sense with their sliding timeline
Liam O’Brien wanted his new Critical Role character to be fantasy Faceman from The A-Team
There's a whole lot of Liam O'Brien's own past as a theater person in Critical Role Campaign 4's Halandil Fang. But there's some classic '80s TV in there as well
The Amazing Digital Circus finale has leaked online, but GLITCH has been fighting to keep it a surprise even before the theatrical run was announced
GLITCH fought to keep the ending from being spoiled even as it was negotiating one of the biggest deals in modern indie animated history
Milly Alcock wanted a Björk song in the Supergirl movie - but the iconic singer turned them down
Björk x Supergirl would have been a winning combination, but alas, it was not fated to happen
Marvel's X-Men have confronted "real-world evil" before such as the Holocaust, and now it's targeting racial injustice and the Jim Crow era
X-Men comics have never been shy about exploring real world evil and Gail Simone wants to have them focus on things that happened closer to home.
A controversial DC Comics boycott over black-led comics ended after 6 days with an apology from organizers
"DCSoWhite will continue as an awareness and advocacy campaign rather than a boycott effort," the group issued in a statement
Backrooms producer is already warning that studios will learn the wrong lessons from its success
With Backrooms and Obsession striking box office gold last month, Hollywood is going to try to replicate that success by scouring YouTube and TikTok for their next golden egg
Iron Man is an unlikely inspiration for DC Studios' Supergirl
How the first film in the MCU helped inspire the second film in the DCU
Overgeared anime announced based on popular webtoon for with a release date later this year
The Overgeared anime adaptation has One-Punch Man studio J.C. Staff animating it
The Odyssey made Spider-Man’s MCU return a better movie, says Tom Holland
When Tom Holland asked Sony to delay production on Spider-Man: Brand New Day so he could be in The Odyssey, he inadvertently helped make Spider-Man 4 even better.
There's a hotel chain where your room comes with thousands of manga... but only in Tokyo
No manga collection can ever be big enough.
For the first time ever, James Bond is serving His Majesty instead of Her Majesty
007: First Light is the first piece of James Bond media to take place during the reign of a British King since the original novel.
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YouTube is making a surprise move to be an anime destination with multiple hit shows this season [Popverse Jump]
The anime business is changing and YouTube is becoming a surprise destination for new anime this season.
Trent Cannon
Vox Machina returns, He-Man flexes, and Roy Race kicks his way into your World Cup-loving heart: Popverse Playlist for May 30-June 5 2026
Despite appearances, Amazon is not sponsoring this week's recipe for how to keep your pop culture habits healthy and fantastic
Graeme McMillan
Steel Ball Run wasn't originally published as a new JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, but you wouldn't know that from the first chapter [Popverse Jump]
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 7 wasn't originally advertised as a new arc in the iconic manga until it switched magazines and release schedules.
Trent Cannon
Popverse Spotlight: Spider-Man
How will Spider-Man: Brand New Day's 'Peter Parker No More' story work? Marvel Comics canon may have the answer
Spider-Man Brand New Day follows a comic tradition of Peter Parker losing everything... and here's how comics brings it all back.
Leon Miller
Inside the death of Paul Rabin and the Spider-Man/Mary Jane Watson/Venom love triangle with Amazing Spider-Man writer & editor
Joe Kelly & Nick Lowe unpack the surprise death of Paul Rabin, Mary Jane's partner and subject of eternal side-eye by some Spider-Man fans.
Chris Arrant
Spider-Man's 'Death Spiral' ends a Spider-Carnage, a killer MJ/Venom moment, and a new Parker family mystery
An Amazing Spider-Man: Death Spiral event post-mortem with writer Joe Kelly & Marvel Spidey-editor Nick Lowe.
Chris Arrant
Jake Johnson wants his own Spider-Verse spin-off about Peter B. Parker getting to be the Spider-Man we know he could be
I mean, Spider-Noir and Spider-Punk are both getting their own Spider-Verse spinoffs. Why can't the most sweatpantsed of the Spider Society join them?
Grant DeArmitt
The Rookie
The Rookie Season 9: Release date, cast, and what's next after the kidnapping cliffhanger
Will Tim and Lucy survive their kidnapping at the end of season 8, and who's really behind it anyway?
Avery Kaplan
The Rookie season 8 release date: Nathan Fillion's cop comedy flies back on ABC
The season 8 premiere of The Rookie was filmed in Prague
Jules Chin Greene
Spider-Man
Tom Holland would love to see what an R-rated version of Spider-Man looks like
We're seeing a more family-friendly Punisher this summer in Spider-Man: Brand New Day. How long till we get to see an R-Rated Spider-Man?
Trent Cannon
Inside the death of Paul Rabin and the Spider-Man/Mary Jane Watson/Venom love triangle with Amazing Spider-Man writer & editor
Joe Kelly & Nick Lowe unpack the surprise death of Paul Rabin, Mary Jane's partner and subject of eternal side-eye by some Spider-Man fans.
Chris Arrant
Spider-Man's 'Death Spiral' ends a Spider-Carnage, a killer MJ/Venom moment, and a new Parker family mystery
An Amazing Spider-Man: Death Spiral event post-mortem with writer Joe Kelly & Marvel Spidey-editor Nick Lowe.
Chris Arrant
X-Men, Spider-Man, and more get absolutely dark, monstrous, and ultimately bloodthirsty in new Marvel Comics initiative
Jonathan Hickman returns to the X-Men for what he says is the first thing that's excited him this much at Marvel in years.
Grant DeArmitt
DC Comics
He-Man's most famous weapon was originally a reference to Golden Age Superman comics
Donald F. Glut, the writer who penned the first ever He-Man adventures via Mattel-produced mini-comics, points back to specific Superman storyline as inspiration for Eternia's mightiest blade
Grant DeArmitt
A controversial DC Comics boycott over black-led comics ended after 6 days with an apology from organizers
"DCSoWhite will continue as an awareness and advocacy campaign rather than a boycott effort," the group issued in a statement
Jules Chin Greene
Absolute Batman and the broader Absolute DC Universe resonate because they’re trying to change the world, not preserve it
My girlfriend hates superheroes. DC's Absolute Universe changed that, and I think I know why.
Kamyab Ghorbanpour
DC Comics is being targeted by a new boycott campaign over Black-led superhero books
Black-led superhero books are at the center of a new boycott campaign against DC Comics.
Chris Arrant