Spotlight
Over $1.4 million in Absolute Green Arrow #1 pre-orders could open the door for the series to grow
A new Green Arrow is killing corrupt billionaires in the Absolute DC universe, and over a million dollars worth of comics has already been sold to read about it
Chris Arrant
Fans complaining about The Punisher's bad VFX are missing one point: it's not actually CGI
A real stuntman performed that fall in The Punisher: One Last Kill
Jules Chin Greene
Veronica Roth's Seek the Traitor's Son is her Alysa Liu moment, says the Divergent author, and a way to buck the haters
For years, Roth focused on not being "what everyone accused [her] of being" in her early career. But with Seek the Traitor's Son, she's focusing more on making something she loves... kinda like what a certain Olympian does on the ice
Grant DeArmitt
Marvel’s Punisher: How to watch the MCU Frank Castle in release and chronological order
From Daredevil to the wider MCU: here's how to watch The Punisher’s war on crime in release and chronological order
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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
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
Latest
Marshals Season 2 is officially coming to CBS Sundays this fall: cast, release window and everything we know
Kayce Dutton is back for a second season of the CBS spin-off to Yellowstone
Grey’s Anatomy season 23: Release date, returning cast, exit updates & everything we know
Ellen Pompeo, Chandra Wilson and James Pickens Jr. will return to the long-running ABC medical drama, but some other familiar faces will be missing
Kill Blue release schedule (Updated May 2026): When Episode 7 of Kill Blue is coming to an anime streamer near you
Kill Blue has one of the widest anime streaming releases we've seen so chances are you'll be able to find new episodes when they come out.
Netflix is good for the entire world, says no less an authority than Netflix
Netflix is even launching a website entirely dedicated to its own global impact - thenetflixeffect.com
Why isn't Peter Jackson directing the next Lord of the Rings movie? Because Andy Serkis knows Gollum better
Sure, Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy defined the cinematic Middle-earth, but when it came to Smeagol getting a solo storyline, he knew there was only one guy to direct
The revitalized Transformer & G.I. Joe universe that Robert Kirkman & friends are creating came out of pandemic-era splurge purchases of "very expensive, very complicated Transformer statues"
Robert Kirkman had so much fun building Transformers statues that he decided to have his company Skybound Entertainment pursue a licensing deal with Hasbro
Baldur's Gate 3 was originally cancelled nearly 20 years ago because of an "accounting error," according to an insider
An accounting error, which Chris Avellone calles "very suspicious" ending up robbing the world of Baldur's Gate 3 back in 2003.
He-Man's biggest responsibility: Not screwing up Masters of the Universe's Castle Grayskull
The Masters of the Universe movie has some larger-than-life characters, but none of them are bigger than Castle Grayskull itself, so they had to make it with CGI
The cast of HBO Max’s The Pitt have been told their secret character backstories
The Pitt’s Taylor Deardon says the cast have been told character backstory details that haven’t made it onscreen
KPop Demon Hunters gets the least obvious spinoff: a Shark Week Special
Not even in the depths of the ocean can you escape the KPop Demon Hunters hype
Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame writers worried that Taika Waititi was turning Thor into an idiot
The writers for Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame didn’t know exactly what Taika Waititi was doing in Thor: Ragnarok
Absolute Green Arrow’s huge pre-orders show growing confidence in DC’s Absolute Universe
The Absolute DC line is starting to look less like a phenomenon and more like the future.
Dragon Ball almost never got made because Akira Toriyama's first hit manga was too popular
Akira Toriyama already had one of the most popular manga in Weekly Shonen Jump, so it was a struggle to find time to work on Dragon Ball.
Andy Serkis won’t say who the protagonist is for The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum, or what the story is
Director Andy Serkis says he’ll reveal more about the story and characters for The Hunt for Gollum in early 2027
The Quintessential Quintuplets, my favorite trash romance anime, is finally streaming in full on Crunchyroll [Popverse Jump]
The Quintessential Quintuplets anime is flawed in so many ways and yet I can't stop loving it.
Marvel gets an Ultimate rebirth, Apple gets creepy, and we love Boosters: Popverse Playlist for May 16-22 2026
You're wondering what to do with the next seven days of pop culture free time? We've got an Apple TV show for you to catch up on, a comic book rebirth from Marvel, and a movie that's so stylish, it's a steal
NCIS: Sydney renewed by CBS for Season 4: When to expect the show's return
The popular Australian-based spin-off of NCIS will return for a fourth season, but fans shouldn't look for it until 2027
NCIS: Origins officially renewed for Season 3 on CBS: Release date, cast, and more
Who kidnapped Randy? Fans will get an answer when NCIS: Origins returns to CBS in Fall 2026
NCIS officially renewed for Season 24 on CBS: Release date, cast, and more
NCIS Season 23 ended with a cliffhanger, leaving fans wondering when they'll find out who got shot (and if they'd live). Don't worry: Season 24 is coming in fall 2026
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The Quintessential Quintuplets, my favorite trash romance anime, is finally streaming in full on Crunchyroll [Popverse Jump]
The Quintessential Quintuplets anime is flawed in so many ways and yet I can't stop loving it.
Trent Cannon
Marvel gets an Ultimate rebirth, Apple gets creepy, and we love Boosters: Popverse Playlist for May 16-22 2026
You're wondering what to do with the next seven days of pop culture free time? We've got an Apple TV show for you to catch up on, a comic book rebirth from Marvel, and a movie that's so stylish, it's a steal
Graeme McMillan
An obscure manga casts Steve Jobs as a sort of mind control wizard in the early days of his ascent at Apple and I love it [Popverse Jump]
The manga, which follows Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak as they started Apple, had a failed attempt at an English release in 2018 and that feels like a crime now.
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
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
New York Comic Con
In honor of 20 years of NYCC, we're opening the Vault (and Popverse Superfans get 10% off and first access!)
We are opening the NYCC Vault with classic merch & first dibs on 2026 exclusives, like official Crocs.
Chris Arrant
NYCC 2026 ticket pre-sale info: How to get your badge (or VIP Badge!) early
When do NYCC tickets go on sale in 2026? We gotchu.
Grant DeArmitt
New York Comic Con 2026 is already on its way, and we have the dates for the big show
Clear your second week of October 2026, because New York Comic Con is coming back to the Javits Center
Graeme McMillan
After comic con tickets, here is all the supplies you need for a quintessential comic convention survival kit
Here it is - the ReedPop insider's con survival guide. Accumulated and documented over years of con travel by numerous people here at ReedPop, this isn't the basics - this is the #protip of all pro tips on making your con travels easier.
Chris Arrant
The Boys
The Boys showrunner reveals his surprise hope for the series finale
Eric Kripke knows The Boys goes to some dark places, but that is because he believes that is where hope thrives.
Trent Cannon
Homelander actor thought The Boys jumped the shark way back in its second season
Antony Starr thought The Boys was getting silly back in Season 2, so what must he though of the series now?
Trent Cannon
The Boys S4 left Karl Urban restless, so he signed up for Mortal Kombat II
The Boys season 4 kept Butcher in a hospital bed, so Karl Urban had plenty of energy to burn when Mortal Kombat II needed a Johnny Cage
Trent Cannon
The Boys boss sounds off against fans complaining about Season 5 'filler': "You're just watching the wrong show."
Eric Kripke doesn't think Prime Video's The Boys needs more action to deliver a satisfying finale
Trent Cannon