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Star Wars, Superman, Scream stars and more headline the first wave of NYCC 2026 guest announcements
Want to see Hayden Christensen, Clair Obscur's Jennifer English, Percy Jackson author Rick Riordan, and comic book legend Frank Miller all in one place? Get yourself to New York Comic Con 2026 this October
Graeme McMillan
What's next for The Amazing Digital Circus cast after the episode 9 finale? A Dungeons & Dragons one-shot with Caine as the DM
The Amazing Digital Circus cast might be done in the recording booth, but if the cast has their way, there's a future for them at a TTRPG actual play table
Grant DeArmitt
Marvel Comics' boss is stepping in to personally oversee the Midnight X-Men, Spider-Man, & Fantastic Four launches as its editor
What could be Marvel boss Dan Buckley's last big launch becomes extra-personal for him.
Chris Arrant
The GTA 6 release date for its price & pre-orders is bigger news than most anything this week
After months of rumors and speculation, we'll finally find out how much Grand Theft Auto VI will cost.
Trent Cannon
Part of James Gunn’s first DC movie has just been removed from canon
James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad is still canon to the DC Universe – except for one moment, according to the actor involved
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
All Marvel Strike Force codes (Updated June 2026): Every active and expired code
All new Marvel Strike Force codes and every expired codes to look out for.
Trent Cannon
Latest
The next X-Men movies will be very different from what came before - but filled with all the soap opera of the comics
The X-Men comics are basically just a soap opera with superpowers and that's what makes them great.
They've tackled Critical Role's Briarwoods, Cassandra, & Ripley - now Marieke Nijkamp wants to write Percy & Vex's kid
With Dark Horse's The Legend of Vox Machina: The Whitestone Chronicles Volume 3--The Briarwoods wrapping up their prequel OGN trilogy, Mijkamp is thinking of which Critical Role character would be the most fun to write next
20 years later, Silent Hill f writer's landmark visual novel gets second anime series
Higurashi: When They Cry remains one of the most beloved visual novels ever and we're excited to see it get a new anime series
Horror comics legend James Tynion IV recounts the inhuman nightmare that haunted his childhood: Steven Spielberg's ET
"The scream that ET makes is like the least human noise that I've ever seen in a movie or heard in a movie." - Eisner-winning horror storyteller James Tynion IV
The tragedy at the heart of Supergirl may date back to her creator’s real life and the death of his daughter
Kara Zor-El, the titular hero of both Craig Gillespie's 2026 DCU entry and the Woman of Tomorrow comic, is a character rooted in the fictional destruction of Krypton and, as Tom King recounts, the real-life tragedy of co-creator Otto Binder
Akane-banashi is returning for Season 2 in just seven months
Akane-banashi Season 2 airs at the start of 2027, less than a year after Season 1 began airing
Still going up, up, up: K-Pop Demon Hunter has spent 52 full weeks in the Netflix Global Top Ten
Happy one year in Netflix's Top Spot, KPop Demon Hunters fans!
Reality TV phenomenon Survivor is going to become a movie - and it'll be about animated animals
50 seasons of Survivor have proven the show has staying power. Now we get to see if it has box office power.
The Critical Role cast agrees: Out of every Campaign, Exandria Unlimited: Calamity is most deserving of a TV show
"It's some of the the best storytelling we've ever had" - says Travis Willingham, who just happens to play Calamity's fan-favorite birdperson Cerrit Agrupnin
Fallout Season 3 teased by Kyle MacLachlan: "This is the evolution"
The actor behind TV's Hank MacLean explains how the shocking ending of Fallout Season 2 could lead to the future of the Prime Video hit
David Bowie was rescued from the “most glorious outtake in history” on the set of Labyrinth
We nearly had a very different version of Magic Dance, if it wasn't for a difficult sound system on the set of Labyrinth
The Bleach manga is making a surprise return after almost 5 years, at least that's what its in the manga rumor mill
We hear that the Bleach manga is returning to serialization this year, but they're just rumors for now.
Stranger Things co-creator Matt Duffer is trying to "disconnect" himself from the show while working on new projects
The Duffer brothers are moving on from Stranger Things after almost 10 years working solely on the show
X-Men: Apocalypse was filmed before anyone knew how it would end
The third act of the film was little more than a "beat sheet" according to editor and producer John Ottman
Critical Role’s Whispered One is even more dangerous than Vox Machina has shown
Nijkamp, who is wrapping up their Exandrian prequel trilogy with Dark Horse's The Whitestone Chronicles Volume 3--The Briarwoods, has insight into The Legend of Vix Machina's big bad
Ultimate Spider-Man is becoming something Marvel rarely has: a modern evergreen bestseller (and it did it by ending it)
Marvel ended the hit Ultimate Spider-Man comic at its peak. Here’s why.
5 Black-led comics you should be reading right now
Beyond Miles Morales: 5 Black-led comics worth discovering.
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Why does the One Piece creator Eiichiro Oda keep defending sexual predators? [Popverse Jump]
As much as I admire Eiichiro Oda's work, I cannot understand his unwillingness to condemn the creators of Rurouni Kenshin and Toriko for their actions.
Trent Cannon
Marvel’s Ultimate Universe reaches its end (finally), while House of the Dragon returns and Supergirl crashes into theaters: Popverse Playlist for June 20-26, 2026
It's a new beginning for DC Studios (again), an old war for Westeros, and a delayed end of the end for Marvel Comics in this week's pop culture picks
Graeme McMillan
Somehow, the Witch Hat Atelier anime was worth the wait [Popverse Jump]
Four years and long delays only meant the animators of Witch Hat Atelier could make the anime something truly special.
Trent Cannon
New York Comic Con
Star Wars, Superman, Scream stars and more headline the first wave of NYCC 2026 guest announcements
Want to see Hayden Christensen, Clair Obscur's Jennifer English, Percy Jackson author Rick Riordan, and comic book legend Frank Miller all in one place? Get yourself to New York Comic Con 2026 this October
Graeme McMillan
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: Guests, dates, ticket pre-sale info and everything you need to know about October's hottest pop culture event
With the first wave of guests announced, here's everything you need to know about the year's biggest pop culture event ahead of its October debut at the Javits Center
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
The Amazing Digital Circus
What's next for The Amazing Digital Circus cast after the episode 9 finale? A Dungeons & Dragons one-shot with Caine as the DM
The Amazing Digital Circus cast might be done in the recording booth, but if the cast has their way, there's a future for them at a TTRPG actual play table
Grant DeArmitt
Ask Rosario Dawson, the Daredevil: Born Again cast, the Amazing Digital Circus cast, the Hart of Dixie cast and more questions at Florida Supercon 2026!
You can submit questions for select Florida Supercon 2026 panels ahead of everyone else!
Graeme McMillan
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
Grant DeArmitt
We did it, Amazing Digital Circus fans! We made Gooseworx regret creating The Amazing Digital Circus
Most enjoyers of The Amazing Digital Circus will tell you creator Gooseworx is entitled to her opinion about episode 9 leaking online. Thankfully, Real Fans are here to set the record straight
Grant DeArmitt
Marvel's Midnight
Marvel is delaying its Midnight line launch by 2 months because it's more special than they thought a couple weeks ago
Marvel says Midnight is more than just another alternate universe.
Chris Arrant
Some advice for Marvel's Midnight line, from DC's Absolute architect (and American Vampire writer) Scott Snyder
Why Scott Snyder believes Marvel Midnight should be built around today’s anxieties.
George Marston
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
After ending the Ultimate Universe (again), Marvel is developing a new, dark alternate universe to debut this fall
Is the House of Ideas headed back to its days of horror comics? Maybe - all we know is that Marvel's Midnight line promises a world in which "The light had its turn."
Grant DeArmitt
Grand Theft Auto 6
The GTA 6 release date for its price & pre-orders is bigger news than most anything this week
After months of rumors and speculation, we'll finally find out how much Grand Theft Auto VI will cost.
Trent Cannon
GTA 6 review scores still matter, insists Take-Two CEO
Rockstar games typically review well, but the video game industry has changed a lot since Grand Theft Auto V came out.
Trent Cannon
Rockstar Games is doubling down on revised GTA 6 release date, with a CEO saying the marketing blitz will begin this summer
Take-Two CEO has once again confirmed that GTA 6 hasn't been delayed and we'll find out more about the game in a few weeks.
Trent Cannon
Grand Theft Auto 6 (and the whole franchise) may not hit the same way today because the world's now just as crazy as the game, according to GTA 5 actor Jay Klaitz
How can GTA 6 parody a world like ours? Rockstar is going to try to find out.
Trent Cannon