Month: June 2021

DC Comics has some of the most powerful–and most iconic–characters in the entire superhero genre. It also boasts quite a number of LGBTQ+ icons whose amazing powers and exploits are truly epic to behold. RELATED: 10 Non-Superhero LGBTQIA+ Comics to Celebrate Pride All Year Round Representation matters because different types of heroes bring their own experiences

Warning: The following contains spoilers for New Mutants #19, by Vita Ayala, Alex Luns, Matt Milla and VC’s Travis Lanham, on sale now.  The “Hellfire Gala” has, among other things, been a time for reconciliation and diplomacy. Krakoa has reached out to the human world, reconnecting with allies like the Avengers or Fantastic Four along

Marvel is no stranger to alternate universes and redesigning their characters in different ways across a multiverse. It’s fun to reimagine iconic characters in different contexts and undergoing different kinds of challenges. They even have the What If…? line of stories to play out major Marvel moments where things go a little differently. RELATED: Marvel:

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Wish Dragon, now streaming on Netflix. Netflix’s Wish Dragon ends on a happy note, unsurprising given its fairytale nature, with Din (Jimmy Wong) and Li Na (Natasha Liu Bordizzo) working at his mom’s newly opened restaurant. In addition, the dragon, Long Zhu (John Cho), has finally found his purpose,

Between 1994 and 2007 the Legion of Super-Heroes went through several changes. After several decades of adventures, the original LSH was rebooted during the Zero Hour event. It happened again in 2004 with the Threeboot version of the futuristic team by Mark Waid and Barry Kitson. RELATED: Every Member of the Original Legion of Super-Heroes, Ranked In 2007, Geoff Johns

Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions is a romantic comedy starring a group of friends who come together over their shared chunibyo experiences. These characters believe they wield special powers in a fantasy world that doesn’t actually exist, causing them to act out in a bizarre fashion that troubles their peers. In this state of denial, their

WARNING: The following contains major spoilers for Heroes Reborn: Weapon X & Final Flight #1 by Ed Brisson, Roland Boschi, Chris O’Halloran, and VC’s Cory Petit, on sale now. Heroes Reborn has turned the Marvel Universe that fans know and love into a far darker version of its former self, all by simply removing the

Warning: This article contains spoilers for Luca, currently airing on Disney+. Disney has been known to change the appearance of animals in its animated features to make them more cute and marketable for their audiences. A prime example is Flounder from The Little Mermaid; in the film, his eyes are on opposite sides of his

Every entertainment industry experiences growth and change, but it’s remarkable how video games have evolved into a multi-billion dollar industry that’s able to give the film and television industries a run for their money. There are plenty of important players in the video game industry, but for decades, Sony and their PlayStation consoles have helped push

The Honor Student at Magic High School is one of several spin-offs and sequels to the massively popular The Irregular at Magic High School franchise. The property began as a series of web novels that later became light novels, manga and of course anime. Honor Student was one such manga, and it’s now receiving an anime adaptation

Former The Incredible Hulk actor Lou Ferrigno threw some shade at actors who used CGI effects and padded suits to appear more muscular in their superhero costumes. Ferrigno, while promoting a new YouTube video about his diet and fitness routine, appeared to poke fun at actors who have enhanced their appearances using screen tricks. RELATED: Immortal

There used to be much skepticism around video games and their ability to legitimately compete against television and film as the dominant source of entertainment, but if anything, there’s been the greatest amount of growth in the video game industry. Video games have progressed into legitimate forms of art, and some modern titles don’t even

Left 4 Dead is considered one of the greatest cooperative games of all time for good reason. The Valve-developed four-player shooter introduced a whole generation of fans to a tight collaborative action experience whose subtle mechanics allowed for infinite replayability. Without a sequel on the horizon, other companies have begun to create new spins on this beloved

A Quiet Place is returning for a third installment, and John Krasinski believes there was no one better to take the reins than Jeff Nichols. In an interview with Empire, Krasinski, who wrote and directed the first two films, talked about what it was like to hand over creative control of the third movie. “I

Static and the Milestone Universe introduced readers and viewers to a new type of superhuman: Bang Babies. These were individuals who were given powers by the Big Bang incident in Dakota. Their powers ranged from elemental powers like Static’s, to drastically more powerful abilities, such as the power to control time. Throughout the comics and cartoon,

There are many forms of entertainment that actively compete for the audience’s attention, but there’s a certain magic behind movies and the experience of losing oneself in the cinema. Typically, the movies that make the biggest impact at the box office and turn into massive blockbusters are the stories that are the most mainstream and

WARNING: The following contains minor spoilers for Pixar’s Luca, streaming now on Disney+. At the heart of Luca is the story of the titular boy and his new best friend, Alberto. The pair are sea monsters, having a naturally humanoid/amphibious body, but upon stepping onto dry land, the boys gain a fully human appearance —

Sword Art Online is widely considered one of the staples of isekai anime, even if it only loosely fits the genre’s criteria. The story leaped right into action when Kazuto “Kirito” Kirigaya found himself trapped in the game world of Aincrad, with only one way out: to fight his way through all 100 floors without dying and

Marvel Comics rose to prominence because it had a sense of realism to it that fans immediately connected with. Stories were not set in fictional cities like Metropolis or Gotham but took place in New York. Likewise, Marvel’s heroes were rooted in the events of the real world. And with time, this led to increased

In 1994, DC Comics did some spring cleaning. Though Crisis on Infinite Earths eliminated the Multiverse, there were still some loose ends to fix. Their answer to this was the crossover event Zero Hour: Crisis in Time. RELATED: 10 Things You Didn’t Know About DC’s Linearverse, Explained The five-issue miniseries and subsequent tie-ins adjusted some of the events that

Today, we look at a short-lived love interest for Batman that couldn’t work out because of how similar their lives were. In every installment of “If I Pass This Way Again,” we look at comic book plot points that were rarely (sometimes NEVER!) mentioned again after they were first introduced. I have another feature that

Marvel has created some of the most memorable villains in comic history, the perfect foes for their heroes. Whether solo or in powerful groups, Marvel’s villains run the gamut from rather too weak to extremely powerful but some of the most dangerous are the more balanced villains. These intimidating foes have a wide variety of

Game of Thrones‘ Cersei Lannister has ranked among television’s best mothers. Using a social listening data tool called Search Linkfluence, thortful compiled a list of the fictional mothers most mentioned on social media in the last 12 months, between Feb. 11, 2020 and Feb. 9, 2021. The list is separated into five tiers: God, Good, Meh,

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Jupiter’s Legacy: Requiem #1, by Mark Millar, Tommy Lee Edwards, John Workman and John Paul Leon, on sale now. While the Jupiter’s Legacy Netflix series may have met an unexpected end, the legacy of the Utopian and the franchise’s other heroes is still flying high in comics.After detailing the

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for The Flash #771 by Jeremy Adams, Kevin Maguire, Howard Porter, Berat Pekmezci, Bryan Hitch, Max Raynor, Scott Kolins, Tom Derenick, Fernando Pasarin, Oclair Albert, Brandon Peterson, Michael Atiyeh & Steve Wands, on sale now The Flash will introduce Dr. Nightmare, a new villain who has his sights set on none

The Avengers are Marvel‘s premiere superhero team. They are called Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, and they are a group of disparate heroes united with the goal of protecting humanity from threats within and without. They are undeniably the strongest team of superheroes on Earth, and they have taken on threats such as Thanos, the Masters of

WARNING: The following contains major spoilers for Superman & Lois Season 1, Episode 10, “O Mother, Where Art Thou?,” which aired Tuesday on The CW. In Superman & Lois, fans were shocked by the bombshell that Morgan Edge is really Tar-Ro, a Kryptonian who landed on Earth before the Man of Steel. More so, he’s

Red Dead Redemption 2 tells the story of Arthur Morgan, an outlaw living in 1889 America who must fight for his survival and that of his gang while witnessing the fall of the Old West. The open-world is packed with content, from a huge map to explore to various side-missions to complete, and it was hailed as one