Today, I look at how Clark Kent got expelled from high school to avoid getting vaccinated. In every installment of I Love Ya But You’re Strange I spotlight strange but ultimately endearing comic stories. Feel free to e-mail me at brianc@cbr.com if you have a suggestion for a future installment! As I noted in a
Today, we look at how one of the most important characters in Iron Man’s life hasn’t appeared in over thirty years! This is “You Act Like We Never Have Met,” which is a feature about one-time cast members of popular comic book series that have fallen by the wayside in the years since. Some of
Maintaining a healthy romantic relationship is easily one of the hardest aspects of a superhero’s life thanks to the many complications linked to their careers. However, some have managed to overcome those hurdles and sustain a long-term relationship with their partner, and a select few have even found an opportunity to pop the question and
A recent poster for DC’s upcoming superhero film The Batman was found to have hidden messages on it that only become visible when a blacklight is shone on them. The secret was revealed by Twitter user Nervatel, who noticed the markings on a physical version of one of the film’s theatrical posters featuring Robert Pattinson’s Batman and Zoë
WARNING: The following contains spoilers for My Dress-Up Darling Episode 3, “Then Why Don’t We?” now streaming on Funimation and Crunchyroll. Thus far in My Dress-Up Darling, main love interests Marin and Gojo have been keeping their exchanges a secret. At least, that is what the socially insecure Gojo thinks. At the start of Episode
Tabletop gaming is growing. Every day, new players are learning that board games extend much further than games like Monopoly. Along with more local game stores popping up around the world, big-box stores like Target and Walmart have extended their board game selection to include more and more hobby games. RELATED: 10 Board Games That Completely Change
Although a heartwarming tale of friendship via boys playing baseball, The Sandlot is filled with moments of mischief. One of its most notorious occurs when the kids chew tobacco before boarding a spinning carnival ride, leading them to become violently ill. Although the chewing substance used for the scene was, in fact, not tobacco, it ironically still
Spider-Man: No Way Home screenwriter Chris McKenna recently detailed how the film helped pull Spider-Man out from Iron Man’s shadow. “I mean, Tony [Stark] cast such a large shadow even after [2019’s Avengers: Endgame], which we dealt with in Far From Home. But I think everyone felt like we can’t just keep on going to
For many, Wizards of the Coast’s Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition is their first foray into the world of tabletop role-playing games. The idea of “getting into character” is often challenging for new players, and it can take a significant number of sessions or characters before they feel comfortable acting out their character’s mannerisms about the table. The same goes
The Harry Potter prequel/spin-off franchise Fantastic Beasts has had somewhat of a problematic history. While originally it seemed to have a lot of potential, the second movie became disjointed and followed too many plot threads. Fans criticized the fact that the franchise stopped being about Newt Scamander and his titular fantastic beasts and became more about Albus
In The Omen, as much as Damien was a villain due to the Mark of the Beast, he was just a little kid who didn’t really understand his Satanic power. However, come 1978’s Damien: The Omen II, he learned more about his abilities as the Antichrist as a teen, killing out of tantrums in a mostly reactive
WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Attack on Titan Season 4, Episode 20, “Memories of the Future,” now streaming on Funimation, Hulu and Crunchyroll. In one of the most stunning twists, Attack on Titan showed how Eren Jaeger has been using the Attack Titan’s special ability to manipulate almost everything. In the episode, “Memories of the Future,”
Before League Of Legends fans got their Netflix animated series adaptation of their beloved franchise with Arcane, DOTA fans had their own equivalent, DOTA: Dragon’s Blood. Dragon’s Blood was initially released in 2021 and quickly followed up with a second season, or book as they call them, at the beginning of January 2022. RELATED: 10 TV Shows To
Today, we look at why Captain America’s shield became round. In Abandoned an’ Forsaked, we examine comic book stories and ideas that were not only abandoned, but also had the stories/plots specifically “overturned” by a later writer (as if they were a legal precedent). Now, this just makes me laugh. You see, as you might
While February is a notoriously slow time of year for science fiction and fantasy movies, far removed from the big-budget summer releases and award consideration, this month brings a hodgepodge of big genre films sure to interest fans. Roland Emmerich brings his standard action-packed style to Moonfall, but the month will also see releases from acclaimed
WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Chapter 66 of Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, “Do-or-Die,” by Masashi Kishimoto, Mikio Ikemoto, Mari Morimoto and Snir Aharon, now available in English from Viz Media. In the Boruto manga, Code has upgraded big time in his quest to honor what Isshiki wanted to achieve. While his Ōtsutsuki overlord died, Code
Icy from Winx Club is the leader of the Trix, a trio of witches descended from the Ancestral Witches. Icy can use ice magic and control anything related to the ice and snow. She is so powerful that she was able to fight Bloom one-on-one — a difficult feat since Bloom is one of the most
Substack announced the latest group of creators to join its newsletter service. According to Polygon, the new wave of creators heading to the platform include Grant Morrison through Xanaduum, Tom King and Elsa Charretier through Everlasting Productions, Jen Bartel through JENBARTEL.CLUB, Khary Randolph and Joanne Starer through Glass Eye Studios and Brian K. Vaughan and Niko Henrichon through Exploding
Loneliness can kill, and that’s probably why it’s so often used as a theme in horror films. Shudder’s Slapface is an incredibly effective chiller that brilliantly portrays isolation — but it might be too bleak of a story for its own good. Written and directed by Jerimiah Kipp, Slapface tells the story of a young boy named Lucas (August
With his long-awaited cinematic debut confirmed to come in the Marvel Studios film Guardians Of The Galaxy 3, now is a great time to read about one of Marvel’s most powerful characters: The Avatar Of Life, Adam Warlock. With actor Will Poulter confirmed to play the role, fans of the character can likely expect Warlock to play
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Final Fantasy VII‘s Japanese release on Jan. 31, 1997, developer Square Enix has unveiled two brand new anniversary logos. Both logos feature the iconic Final Fantasy font but have a new key image in place of the falling Meteor seen in the original art for the game. This image focuses on
Artist Phil Langone revealed that Spider-Man: No Way Home almost included mini versions of Doctor Strange. Langone, who was the storyboard artist for Spider-Man: Homecoming and its two sequels, wrote on Instagram: “That time I had an idea that Dr. Strange created a bunch of mini Dr. Stranges while trying to stop Spider-Man.” The caption accompanied an illustration
Ozark took an unconventional approach when releasing its fourth and final season by splitting 14 episodes into two parts. Season 4 Part 1 released on January 21, 2022 and while fans wait for the final seven episodes, they may want some more chaotic crime to watch unravel. Ozark follows Jason Bateman and Laura Linney as Marty
Eternals introduces several new faces to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. However, one character only just made it into the film: Pip the Troll, Starfox’s all-CG comedy sidekick voiced by Patton Oswalt. WETA Digital VFX Supervisors Stephane Ceretti and Matt Aitken revealed that director Chloé Zhao added Pip to inject some comedy into Eternals‘ original ending, which was reportedly far too grim. “[The ending] was still with
The world of anime features thousands of colorful and unique characters, and fans tend to use convenient labels and categories to help keep track of recurring types and themes. Examples include the “himbo,” a lovable doofus type, or a big-sister type such as Tohru Honda in Fruits Basket. There are also the classic -dere character types,
In Spider-Man: No Way Home, the Norman Osborn from the Sam Raimi films (played by Willem Dafoe) mentions that neither Oscorp nor Harry exists in the current universe that he just found himself in. But with Spider-Man continuing to be such a central figure in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it is hard to imagine such
X-Men comics have often visited the idea of grim potential futures or alternate realities, from the “Days of Future Past” storyline in the 80s to the more recent House of X/Powers of X series. In some realities, mutants are hunted down because of their powers, while mutants persecute humans in others. One aspect of these
Even since the Assassin’s Creed franchise embraced the RPG layout for their games, the stories and the environments have benefitted greatly. Since the first title, the series has nurtured the practice of exploration amongst its players. Maps have grown with each entry and offered twice as much to collect and explore. But thanks to what
HYBE and WEBTOON‘s recent collaboration brings ENHYPEN to the popular Korean platform in the highly-anticipated series — Dark Moon: The Blood Altar. Premiering on January 15th surrounded by the simultaneous releases of BTS’ 7Fates: Chakho and TXT’s The Star Seekers, ENHYPEN’s new series stars a girl named Sooha who enrolls in Decelis Academy and meets seven vampires who are mysteriously drawn to
WARNING: The following article contains spoilers from The Flash #778 by Jeremy Adams, Fernando Pasarin, Matt Ryan, Brent Peeples, Jeremy Cox, Peter Pantazis, Matt Herms, Rob Leigh, on sale now. In The Flash #778, Shimmer and Mammoth kidnap Irey West. They bring her to the lair of the Calculator, who’s in the midst of establishing