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DC Comics backed Batman punching/razing/running over Neo-Nazis, and it just won an Eisner Award
Daniel Warren Johnson says DC stood behind his anti-Nazi Batman story when it mattered.
Chris Arrant
AMC is ending The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon in 2027 with the fourth (and now final) season
Will this be the end of Norman Reedus' journey in The Walking Dead? We have to wait until 2027 to find out.
Trent Cannon
Follow Marvel Studios, Marvel Comics, DC Comics, and more panels live from San Diego Comic-Con with Popverse
Get inside Popverse's live, minue-by-minute reporting of the key panels of San Diego Comic-Con.
Chris Arrant
Marvel Comics killed the Marvel Masterworks line after 39 years, but another publisher is stepping in to save it
A crowdfunding publisher is stepping up to continue the Marvel Masterworks line after Marvel itself couldn't afford to.
Chris Arrant
DC Studios' Lanterns is giving Sinestro a Silence of the Lambs role
As seen at San Diego Comic Con, Ulrich Thomsen's Sinestro will be the 'mind-behind-bars' of DC Studios & HBO's Lanterns
Grant DeArmitt
The Lord of the Rings' TV prequel series casts Simon Pegg as the Balrog, raising one big Tolkien question
Are the writers of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 3 breaking Middle-Earth canon by giving the Balrog lines? Yes and no
Grant DeArmitt
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Sorry, Amazon & digital comics platforms,.. DC is making the nost in-demand Absolute Batman comic of 2026 exclusively available at your local comic shop
Absolute Batman is becoming DC's biggest weapon for comic shops.
2025 was the absolute "single best year" for sales in DC Comics' 80+ year history according to Jim Lee, thanks in no small part to Absolute Batman
"We're kicking ass in publishing," stresses the DC Comics President and Publisher
Lanterns' Aaron Pierre was massively injured right before the last round of auditions, but he went anyway - "What would John Stewart do"
For John Stewart actor Pierre, pain wasn't going to stop an audition he really, really wanted. Which is pretty 'Green Lantern' of him, I gotta say
The Clayface movie pitch made DC Studios' boss James Gunn squeamish... and that's a good thing
At SDCC 2026, the Clayface director revealed that James Gunn had to look away from some of the reference images he included in his pitch.
Turns out, HBO's Lanterns will be a Ozark reunion: Laura Linney's surprise DCU role revealed at Comic-Con
Linney reunites with showrunner Chris Mundy, who produced Ozark, on the latest addition to the James Gunn & Peter Safran-led DCU
Has Marvel Studios quietly given up on Blade? The movie's logo designer thinks so
Will we ever see Blade in the MCU? Maybe, but it looks like it might not be Mahershala Ali playing him.
Marvel is reviving the Indiana Jones franchise in a new comic set just after Raiders of the Lost Ark
Indiana Jones and the Sword of Pandemonium is set to debut in December 2026.
The reports of Celeborn's death were greatly exaggerated; where the Lord of the Rings elf lord really was in Rings of Power season 1 & 2
Jamie Campbell Bower is playing Celeborn in Prime Video's TV prequel - but wait. Didn't Galadriel say her husband was dead?
DC Studios' Mister Miracle series has one guiding principle: "Make it more Kirby"
From the designs to the dialogue, Tom King is keeping Jack Kirby in every part of the Mister Miracle development.
Barbie has conquered movies. Now she's coming back to comics
Dark Horse has announced a new Barbie comic book run is coming.
Michael Walsh found the perfect comic for his horror obsession: Jonah Hex
Jonah Hex rides into Irish folklore in DC's new horror-western.
After years of uncertainty, Static is finally becoming a permanent, ongoing part of the DC Universe
Static's new ongoing series marks a major step in DC and Milestone's evolving partnership.
After coming out as transgender, Jenny Blake Isabella says she's finally just getting started in Bill Finger Award acceptance speech
After finding herself, Jenny Blake Isabella says she's finally ready for what's next.
DC's Next Level initiative finally gives Vixen the solo series fans have waited for
After criticism (and a short-lived boycott) over Black-led comics, DC announes the first-ever Vixen ongoing series.
Percy Jackson Season 3 gets a release date, and future lead star Nico di Angelo begins to come into focus
The di Angelo siblings are set to make a big splash in Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 3 and we're here for it.
We're grateful to Dark Horse Comics for supporting Popverse's SDCC reporting
This year's Comic-Con coverage is bigger than ever, and we're thankful to Dark Horse Comics for helping make it happen.
Move over Marvel Studios, Mary Jane Watson is starting her own Hollywood studio this fall
Model. Actor. Wife. Mother. Venom. Hollywood producer.
Marvel is finally reuniting Eddie Brock and Venom after five years
Eddie Brock is Venom again as Marvel relaunches the series.
The Avengers' first foe could be their last as Infernal Hulk & his Infernal Avengers face-off
The Infernal Hulk is taking on every major Marvel hero before Hulk War.
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How a comic that got posted to social media became my most anticipated anime of the season [Popverse Jump]
Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You started as a simple writing exercise and quickly touched a nerve among anime and manga fans around the world
Trent Cannon
Follow Marvel Comics' Fanfare panel from SDCC live with Popverse
The biggest unanswered questions about Marvel Comics may be answered here.
Jules Chin Greene
Marvel Studios is about to reveal what's next for the MCU—follow along live
Kevin Feige takes the Hall H stage: Follow Marvel's biggest SDCC panel live.
Graeme McMillan
Comic-Con International: San Diego
2025 was the absolute "single best year" for sales in DC Comics' 80+ year history according to Jim Lee, thanks in no small part to Absolute Batman
"We're kicking ass in publishing," stresses the DC Comics President and Publisher
Graeme McMillan
The Clayface movie pitch made DC Studios' boss James Gunn squeamish... and that's a good thing
At SDCC 2026, the Clayface director revealed that James Gunn had to look away from some of the reference images he included in his pitch.
Trent Cannon
Marvel is reviving the Indiana Jones franchise in a new comic set just after Raiders of the Lost Ark
Indiana Jones and the Sword of Pandemonium is set to debut in December 2026.
Trent Cannon
DC Studios' Mister Miracle series has one guiding principle: "Make it more Kirby"
From the designs to the dialogue, Tom King is keeping Jack Kirby in every part of the Mister Miracle development.
Graeme McMillan
Comic-Con International: San Diego
2025 was the absolute "single best year" for sales in DC Comics' 80+ year history according to Jim Lee, thanks in no small part to Absolute Batman
"We're kicking ass in publishing," stresses the DC Comics President and Publisher
Graeme McMillan
The Clayface movie pitch made DC Studios' boss James Gunn squeamish... and that's a good thing
At SDCC 2026, the Clayface director revealed that James Gunn had to look away from some of the reference images he included in his pitch.
Trent Cannon
Marvel is reviving the Indiana Jones franchise in a new comic set just after Raiders of the Lost Ark
Indiana Jones and the Sword of Pandemonium is set to debut in December 2026.
Trent Cannon
DC Studios' Mister Miracle series has one guiding principle: "Make it more Kirby"
From the designs to the dialogue, Tom King is keeping Jack Kirby in every part of the Mister Miracle development.
Graeme McMillan
Todd McFarlane
After Obsession and Backrooms, Todd McFarlane says Hollywood finally understands the kind of Spawn movie he's been pitching for decades
"There's a vibe to those movies," says McFarlane, "That, to me, is some of the stuff I've been saying for ten years about Spawn."
Grant DeArmitt
Jeremy Renner had one condition for joining the King Spawn movie at Blumhouse: approval of not the script or director, but the cinematographer
Hawkeye star Renner will play Twitch Williams in McFarlane's upcoming film version of his Spawn comics, all thanks to one thing the Image Comics cofounder agreed to do
Grant DeArmitt
Blumhouse didn't think Jamie Foxx would sign on for the King Spawn movie... but they didn't know the actor had been pitching Todd McFarlane to do it for 15+ years
Todd McFarlane's upcoming Spawn movie is still a ways away, but Jamie Foxx has been the actor he's had in mind to play Al Simmons for years
Grant DeArmitt
Todd McFarlane's new Spawn doesn't need to make bank to be a success for him... it's up to fans, and if he can find the creators to continue it
McFarlane's latest addition to the Image Comics Spawn-Verse is slated to be a three-issue miniseries. Here's how that might change
Grant DeArmitt
The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards
After coming out as transgender, Jenny Blake Isabella says she's finally just getting started in Bill Finger Award acceptance speech
After finding herself, Jenny Blake Isabella says she's finally ready for what's next.
Chris Arrant
DC Comics backed Batman punching/razing/running over Neo-Nazis, and it just won an Eisner Award
Daniel Warren Johnson says DC stood behind his anti-Nazi Batman story when it mattered.
Chris Arrant
Possible Eisner Awards leak leads to concern from San Diego Comic-Con that it could overshadow Friday's awards ceremony and the winners
The 2026 Eisner Awards may have leaked early—and SDCC is investigating.
Chris Arrant
Why Wonder Woman's Stephanie Williams thinks her historic Eisner Awards comics achievement didn’t get enough attention
Stephanie Williams is the first Black woman nominated for a 'Best Writer' Eisner Award in its 35+ year history
Chris Arrant