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DC is already working on Lanterns season 2, with a new co-showrunner
Christopher Cantwell will reportedly serve as the co-showrunner for Lanterns season 2
Jules Chin Greene
House of the Dragon's Matt Smith is coming to NYCC 2026!
The star of House of the Dragon, Doctor Who, The Crown, and next year's Star Wars: Starfighter will be making it to the Javits Center this October
Graeme McMillan
Get ready for the ECCC 2027 ticket sale (and sign up for Superfan status to get a 24-hour head start!)
Emerald City Comic Con 2027 tickets go on sale soon - and even sooner if you're an ECCC Superfan
Graeme McMillan
House of the Dragon's James Norton didn't have much of George R.R. Martin's text to build his character out of. Fortunately, he did understand the smell thing
Norton, who plays warrior-lord Ormund Hightower in HBO's Game of Thrones prequel, found commonality in his character not over high ideal, but everyday pet peeves
Grant DeArmitt
What changed? Image Comics is working with Warren Ellis again after publicly cutting ties in 2021 due to sexual misconduct allegations
Warren Ellis returns to Image Comics years after sexual misconduct allegations, and Image Comics doesn't want to comment on what changed.
Chris Arrant
Five Nights at Freddy's Freddy Fazbear's will open for real in 2027, because cautionary tales are but diminishing echoes of a bygone age
Bring the family to Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, only *modeled* after a place your children would get murdered!
Grant DeArmitt
Latest
DC is giving another Warren Ellis comic back to him, and Image is publishing them despite unanswered questions about his return
First Desolation Jones, now Ocean: Warren Ellis' DC comics are finding a new home at Image.
For years, Deborah Ann Woll felt it was too difficult to get into D&D. Now, she's making it her mission to make the game more accessible
"Part of what kept me away from playing D&D for so long was feeling like I needed permission," says the Daredevil star, so now she's making sure that others don't feel the same way
Louise Simonson spent her childhood reading Uncle Scrooge & Disney's Ducks. Decades later, she gets to write them in new Marvel A Christmas Carol
Louise Simonson is writing her own A Christmas Carol, and Disney has given her Uncle Scrooge and all the Disney Ducks to do it.
Jujutsu Kaisen ended before it let its main character be the main character [Popverse Jump]
Just when Yuji Itadori had the chance to tell his own story, Jujutsu Kaisen ended.
Cosmic horror, cosmic cops (with magic rings), and forgotten Thunder Gods in the Marvel Universe: Popverse Playlist for August 15-21, 2026
Thor drops his mortal status, Hal Jordan flies onto the small screen, and It Ends drives a group of friends mad
Disney pulled the plug on Marvel's Wonder Man Season 2 over ratings, per report
The Wonder Man Disney+ show did not bring in the viewership numbers that Disney would have hoped for, according to a new report
Are American Mary's Soska Sisters taking over Scream?
A series of social media posts sure make it seem like Jen & Sylvia Soska are directing Scream 8 - but just to clarify, Spyglass has not confirmed as much
Marvel is charging $3 extra for foil covers, and somehow that's actually good news for comic shops
Marvel's shiny $3 upgrade is finally going to make comic shops some money.
Coyote vs. Acme's WB shelving was a massive shock to its director, who assumed the Looney Tunes film would be safe
Yes, Coyote vs. Acme saw what was going on with Batgirl. He only assumed that it would be the last time something like that happened
Mulder and Scully are going back to Roswell. Frankly, we're surprised it took X-Files this long (but they're doing it in comics)
X-Files comics vet Joe Harris and artist Riley Brown are kicking off a brand new era of paranormal investigating on the page... starting with the most sacred UFO location on Earth
X-Men '97 is teasing the Mystique story we've always wanted
X-Men '97 season 3 is gearing up to be a Mystique-centric story, we hope
Wizards of the Coast is calling for a rare in-person meeting of the MTG Commander bosses to discuss changes to the format
There are no immediate changes to the Commander format announced this week by Magic: The Gathering
The difference between Mighty Nein's Caleb and Vox Machina's Vax, according to Critical Role's Liam O'Brien
The difference between Critical Role star O'Brien's two most recognizable characters is the difference between doer and do-ee, if that last one is a word
Best movies and TV shows for Halloween fans in 2026: 6 picks we actually recommend
Best Steelbooks and Blu-rays for Halloween fans in 2026 (Editor's Picks)
Deborah Ann Woll and Kevin Smith came together not over Daredevil, but over D&D
Daredevil and True Blood star Woll recounted having Kevin Smith on a previous D&D show... even though he didn't know D&D
The initial plot of Berserk comes from Kentaro Miura's insecurities with his childhood friends
Kentaro Miura saw himself as lagging behind all his friends, so he pushed himself to become one of the greatest manga artists of all time.
RIP [X-Men '97 Spoiler], you will be missed
Time to break out the mournful trumpet for a fallen X-Man in the X-Men '97 season 2 finale
DC has quietly shelved Waller and Wonder Woman spin-off TV shows, says report
According to a new report, Waller and the Paradise Lost Wonder Woman prequel series are no longer in development at DC Studios
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Jujutsu Kaisen ended before it let its main character be the main character [Popverse Jump]
Just when Yuji Itadori had the chance to tell his own story, Jujutsu Kaisen ended.
Trent Cannon
Cosmic horror, cosmic cops (with magic rings), and forgotten Thunder Gods in the Marvel Universe: Popverse Playlist for August 15-21, 2026
Thor drops his mortal status, Hal Jordan flies onto the small screen, and It Ends drives a group of friends mad
Graeme McMillan
The new Ghost in the Shell anime is faithful to the manga in ways the movies couldn't be [Popverse Jump]
Every other adaptation of Masamune Shirow's manga has stripped off the goofy, cartoonish expression, which is part of why they stood out.
Trent Cannon
New York Comic Con
House of the Dragon's Matt Smith is coming to NYCC 2026!
The star of House of the Dragon, Doctor Who, The Crown, and next year's Star Wars: Starfighter will be making it to the Javits Center this October
Graeme McMillan
And the 2026 Harvey Awards nominees are...
The Harvey Awards reveal two of comics' biggest trends: DC's rise and translation's boom.
Chris Arrant
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
Star Wars
Disney is finally doing the Marvel x Star Wars crossover everyone's been pining for (and Marvel's been pitching for 12 years)
Kevin Smith and David Marquez are bringing Star Wars to the Marvel U.
Chris Arrant
House of the Dragon and Widows Bay stars team for new Welsh language Star Wars
Matthew Rhys and Rhys Ifans are lending their voices (and Welsh language skills) to a new dub of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
Jules Chin Greene
Chris Miller & Phil Lord say being fired from Star Wars left "scars" but taught them what they needed to make Project Hail Mary
"You can’t just be like, 'Oh, we’re in the coffee shop and here’s a pencil,'" says one of the minds behind hits like The LEGO Movie and Into the Spider-Verse, "What is a pencil in the Star Wars universe?"
Grant DeArmitt
Disney CEO admits the Mandalorian movie flopped - but explains why he doesn't care
Both The Mandalorian and Grogu and the live-action Moana underperformed at the box office, but Disney managed to make money off them anyway.
Trent Cannon
Critical Role Productions
The difference between Mighty Nein's Caleb and Vox Machina's Vax, according to Critical Role's Liam O'Brien
The difference between Critical Role star O'Brien's two most recognizable characters is the difference between doer and do-ee, if that last one is a word
Grant DeArmitt
For Critical Role's Laura Bailey, the 'beauty' of The Legend of Vox Machina's heist episode is in Liam O'Brien's writing. Well, that and Smart Grog
De Rolo's Eleven works for a great number of reasons, but for OG Critical Role star Bailey, it all comes down to family interactions and one brillaint barbarian
Grant DeArmitt
Critical Role's Laura Bailey answers: Who is the best fake vomiter in Hollywood?
I guess when you're in a voice booth with someone enough, you really get a taste for what their particular talents are. And yeah, I regret using the word 'taste'
Grant DeArmitt
Critical Role fans love Taryon Darrington now, but according to Marisha Ray, it took the cast a minute to adjust to the character
"No one likes new people," says Critical Role's Marisha Ray. And as an avowed introvert, I tend to agree
Grant DeArmitt
X-Men
Maximum X-Men is a love letter to Chris Claremont and Jim Lee’s classic blue-and-gold team
The new Avengers-esque Maximum X-Men team is taking its cues from some of the most classic X-Men comics of all time
George Marston
2026’s Obsession it-girl might be in Marvel’s X-Men reboot - and she’s teasing who she wants to play
Inde Navarrette got so into her creepy, possessed role in this summer's Obsession that you might almost say she transformed into a different person... which is great, if you're vying for a certain X-Men role
Grant DeArmitt
Marvel has "some big changes" planned for the X-Men in 2027
Marvel's upcoming DNX crossover will have far-reaching implications for the X-Men moving forward
George Marston
Marvel had a big summer 2026 crossover event with the X-Men and Avengers comics, but plans changed
Marvel scrapped its X-Men/Avengers crossover after major publishing changes, and turned it into this fall's DNX.
George Marston