WARNING: The following article contains spoilers from “Drowned Secrets” in Justice League #66, available now from DC. The Justice League Dark has been desperately trying to save the world from the dark sorcerer Merlin, who recently returned after being missing for years. The team has added some new members to their ranks. Two new characters
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Jack Kirby and Stan Lee are responsible for shaping modern mythology and pop culture during their historic collaboration in Marvel Comics print media. They are the all-fathers of a sprawling multiverse, and at its center are the Celestials, a race of beings who were ancient at the dawn of time, and who have served as shepherds
WARNING: The following contains spoilers for My Hero Academia Season 5, now streaming on Funimation, Crunchyroll and Hulu. My Hero Academia has many trademarks of the shonen genre, from gradually powering up the main character to intense rivalries that can bring out the best — or perhaps worst — of each character involved. Izuku Midoriya
WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Titans Season 3, Episode 5, “Lazarus,” available now on HBO Max. At the start of Titans Season 3, Jason Todd died in a confrontation with Joker. However, the former hero was soon revealed to be alive and working as the villainous Red Hood. Just how Jason returned to life
WARNING: The following contains major spoilers for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #120, available now from IDW. With villains ranging from interdimensional horrors to ancient gods, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have faced some of the most unique villains in pop culture. In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #120 (by Kevin Eastman, Tom Waltz, Sophie Campbell, Jodi Nishijima,
The Asura have been a part of Guild Wars 2 since the beginning, quaint goblinoids who cast a large shadow beside the four other playable races of Tyria despite their small size. With part of the lush Maguuma Jungle under their control, the Asura have established a grip on advancing technology and commerce. First appearing in
WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Sweet Girl, now streaming on Netflix. In the Marvel Universe, fans are eagerly awaiting Oscar Isaac as Marc Spector, aka Moon Knight. This street-level vigilante might not be a household name just yet, but comic fans associate him with characters like Daredevil and the Heroes for Hire, which means
The only thing more surprising than Android 17‘s return in Dragon Ball Super was how powerful he had become. MIA since the end of the Cell Games in Dragon Ball Z, his sparring match with Goku, as well as his performance in the Tournament of Power, established that the android hadn’t been twiddling his thumbs
WARNING: The following contains spoilers for What If…? Season 1, Episode 3, “What If… the World Lost Its Mightiest Heroes?,” now streaming on Disney+. The ease and speed with which Hank Pym could wipe out the core of the Avengers in What If…? Season 1, Episode 3, “What If… The World Lost Its Mightiest Heroes?”
WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Cable Reloaded #1, on sale now. The return of Cable has led to some pretty emotional reunions for the character, with his quick acceptance into the current era of Krakoa showcasing just what Nathan Dayspring means to the heroes of the Marvel Universe. He’s even able to assemble a team
WARNING: The following contains spoilers for The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf, now available on Netflix. In The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf, fans discover that Vesemir had a tormented past where he wanted to be more than just a gofer. He envisioned a path filled with monster-hunting and money, which is why he went off to
The protagonist Gon from Hunter x Hunter, after many story arcs, hard battles, and navigating tricky situations, finally reunited with his father Ging after the Chairman Election arc. This occurred at the end of the anime, creating a satisfying conclusion to the series, but the manga is still ongoing. RELATED: Hunter X Hunter: 10 Things Only
Once the Marvel Cinematic Universe became the juggernaut fans are familiar with, everyone else wants one, too. While there have been some great movies in the DCEU, making a cohesive universe out of them has not gone well. There have also been attempts at a Universal Monsters Universe, which has landed with a thud so far. RELATED: Star
The concept of sidekicks has been around since Batman first took Dick Grayson in as his ward. Since then, heroes have taken young people with the desire to do good and worked with them, hopefully mentoring them to be better people. RELATED: 10 DC Stories That Would Make Great Miniseries For HBO Max In the
In anime, it’s almost a given that heroes will sacrifice themselves for the greater good. After all, a willingness to give one’s life up for the greater good is the epitome of what it means to be heroic, and it often leads to many final and poignant scenes that fans seldom forget. RELATED: 10 Anime Villains Who Sat
From the Batcave to the Justice League Watchtower, it’s hard to be a superhero without having a lair. They serve not only as a base of operations and a place of quiet when characters need rest from their hectic adventures, but as a place to store valuable information, and even prepare for future missions. RELATED:
As Stargirl Season 2 continues its run on The CW, recurring stars Neil Hopkins and Joy Osmanski have been promoted to series regulars for the upcoming Season 3. According to Deadline, Hopkins and Osmanski — who play the supervillains Sportsmaster and Tigress, respectively — will serve as series regulars when the DC television series returns for its
Peter Parker has made more than a few powerful enemies in his career as Spider-Man, even well beyond those of his own impressively colorful rogues gallery. The wall-crawler has long been able to hold his own against any of these foes, or at the very least outsmart them, but things get dicey whenever it comes
In anime, conflict is often driven by the insatiable desire of an antagonizing character to do battle. Whether hero or villain, they’ll often charge headfirst into conflict or use whatever chance they have to start one themselves. Such characters have started so many fights that it can even be defined as a cornerstone of their personalities.
Both the Beyonder and the One-Above All have a decent claim to being the strongest character in the Marvel Universe. Each possesses an effectively unlimited amount of power, and they have both treated some of Marvel’s most famously strong cosmic beings like toys in landmark events like Secret Wars. Now, we’re taking a closer look
Mythbusters’ Adam Savage is an old hand at model building, having previously built a LEGO model of the Spinner car from Blade Runner and restored a model Batwing from Tim Burton’s Batman. Now, he has built his first Gundam. In a video posted to the Adam Savage’s Tested YouTube channel, Savage and the rest of the Tested team walk viewers
WARNING: The following article contains spoilers for Titans Season 3, Episode 5, “Lazarus,” available now on HBO Max. The latest episode of Titans, “Lazarus,” focuses on Jason Todd’s transformation into Red Hood, showing just what led to the former Boy Wonder breaking bad. However, in the process, Titans introduces a key character in the Batman
Michelangelo is commemorated as the lone surviving member of the TMNT in a Premium Collectibles Studio sculpture inspired by his depiction in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin series. The statue comes in two variants – a normal version selling for $875 and a Supreme Edition that retails for a hefty $1,600. Sculpted by Adam Fisher,
WARNING: The following contains major spoilers for X-Men: The Trial of Magneto #1, available now from Marvel. The apparent murder of the Scarlet Witch has shaken Krakoa to its core. What should have been the biggest celebration in mutant history instead has devolved into the beginning of a tragic whodunnit, and all eyes are currently
One of the biggest joys within Kohei Horikoshi’s My Hero Academia is that there are such versatile heroes and villains to explore. The anime primarily focuses on Izuku “Deku” Midoriya and his fellow Class 1-A students at U.A. High, but the series has progressively broadened its horizons to showcase other individuals, including the various Pro
With a hidden world of magic, bewitching classes, and an intriguing storyline that draws fans in, it’s not hard to understand why Harry Potter is still popular after all this time. At Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, there are four noble Houses — Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff, and Ravenclaw — that students are sorted into,
Though the upcoming The Flash movie is another in a long line of superheroes adapted for the big screen, the DC film doesn’t intend on being just another comic book movie — at least according to the film’s cinematographer, that is. The Flash‘s cinematographer Henry Braham told Collider how the film’s reality-altering, multiverse-hopping plot will add a layer of
WARNING: The following contains spoilers for What If…? Season 1, Episode 3, “What If… The World Lost Its Mightiest Heroes,” streaming now on Disney+. In the third episode of Marvel Studios’ What If…?, Nick Fury is forced to contend with an unknown assailant who is killing off his recruits for the Avengers Initiative. While the killer’s identity remains a
Advance Wars is a series of turn-based strategy games made by Intelligent Systems, the developers behind games such as Fire Emblem and Metroid. Advance Wars was one of their earliest series, making its debut on the Famicom and is credited for paving the way for future games like XCOM that share similar gameplay. While not as popular as other Intelligent Systems
WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Season 1 of Trese, now streaming on Netflix. Alexandra Trese of supernatural horror anime Trese is an extraordinarily strong female character — mentally, physically and emotionally. She was written in a way that isn’t typically seen in animation but isn’t alone in that. Let’s take a look at what