Chris Arrant
Features
Marvel quietly brought a veteran comics artist out of retirement to keep Avengers: Armageddon on schedule
Deadline trouble forces Marvel to reshuffle the Avengers: Armageddon artistic team.
July 27, 2026
Chris Arrant
Features
DC Comics absolutely won San Diego Comic-Con 2026, and the secret origin of the success makes it even more powerful
DC's remarkable turnaround started with one simple editorial philosophy: "Yes, and"
July 27, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
Marvel is rethinking variant covers, and Midnight is leading the experiment
Marvel Comics admits its variant covers are complicated... especially after they figured out a simpler way to do it.
July 26, 2026
Chris Arrant
Features
The 2026 Eisner Awards leak was real... now what?
The biggest twist at this year's Eisner Awards happened two days before the ceremony.
July 26, 2026
Chris Arrant
Guides
And the 2026 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards winners are...
The 2026 Eisner Awards proved that critical acclaim and bestseller lists aren't the same thing... but sometimes they can be.
July 26, 2026
Chris Arrant
Features
Scott Snyder thought DC's Absolute Universe might fail. Instead, it changed comics
Scott Snyder was so worried about the Absolute Universe that he offered to help pay for it
July 26, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
News
The Green Arrow story DC would've killed a decade ago is now one of its biggest Absolute successes
The Absolute Green Arrow series was going to end with a big reveal of the mystery murderer... but now the creators are going to be able to tell what happens next.
July 26, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
News
The hit horror comic franchise Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees is ending in 2027, and creator Patrick Horvath says its "bittersweet"
Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees became a comics phenomenon almost by accident, now it's ending.
July 26, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
Marvel just challenged DC to revive one of comics' oldest rivalries: a staff softball game
The Marvel vs. DC comics crossovers were a hit... now they're looking for a home run, if both sides will play ball.
July 25, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
News
Midnight Spider-Man is an otaku
Midnight Spider-Man isn't just inspired by manga... it's trying to think like manga. Junji Ito, especially.
July 25, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
News
DC's Absolute Batman #25 is becoming oversized just like its hero, for the first "big" 1-on-1 with Absolute Joker
Absolute Batman #25 marks the end of one era, and the start of another says Nick Dragotta and Scott Snyder.
July 25, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
News
The Teen Titans are finally coming to DC's Absolute Universe, beginning with Cyborg
Jeff Lemire is quietly building the Absolute Teen Titans.
July 25, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
News
Sorry, Amazon & digital comics platforms... DC is making the most 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.
July 25, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
Michael Walsh found the perfect comic for his horror obsession: Jonah Hex
Jonah Hex rides into Irish folklore in DC's new horror-western.
July 25, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
News
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.
July 25, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
News
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.
July 25, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
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.
July 25, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
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 announces the first-ever Vixen ongoing series.
July 25, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
Features
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.
July 25, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
Move over Marvel Studios, Mary Jane Watson is starting her own Hollywood studio this fall
Model. Actor. Wife. Mother. Venom. Hollywood producer.
July 25, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
News
Marvel is finally reuniting Eddie Brock and Venom after five years
Eddie Brock is Venom again as Marvel relaunches the series.
July 25, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
News
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.
July 25, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
News
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.
July 24, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
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.
July 24, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
The world will turn against Marvel superheroes, as part of an in-story Avengers event
The Avengers become public enemy No. 1 after Armageddon.
July 23, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
Marvel is replacing the Avengers with the X-Men this December after Armageddon, with Storm as leader
A nearly-forgotten X-Men team name from Chris Claremont's X-Men run is revived as the team becomes Marvel's #1 superteam.
July 23, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
News
Marvel is putting the Punisher on the Avengers... and that might be a problem
The Avengers have always drawn a line. The Punisher exists to cross it. But something's gotta give, it seems.
July 23, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
News
DC Studios just surprised everyone in San Diego by sneaking a Clayface movie panel inside a DC Comics panel
DC's Clayface movie makes surprise Comic-Con appearance.
July 23, 2026
Graeme McMillan
News
ThunderCats is getting its own Lion King story with Lion-O's 'Feral King' transformation
Greg Pak is asking the one ThunderCats question nobody has before: Should Lion-O be king?
July 23, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
Jamie Campbell Bower's Rings of Power role reopens one of the show's biggest Lord of the Rings debates
Jamie Campbell Bower is playing Celeborn in The Rings of Power—but there's one big problem... we were told he was dead.
July 22, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
After Olympic fears and relocation rumors, San Diego Comic-Con is staying in the city through 2030
San Diego Comic-Con signs deal to remain in San Diego through 2030.
July 22, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
San Diego Comic-Con 2027 dates, Preview Night, and badge sale dates announced
The first piece of SDCC 2026 news is about SDCC 2027.
July 22, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
DC's Absolute Universe has a long-term plan looking 3 years ahead the 'New 52' never did, says architect Scott Snyder
Scott Snyder thought DC’s New 52 was rushed, so he made sure the Absolute Universe had two years of lead time
July 22, 2026
Chris Arrant
Features
How Marvel keeps Spider-Man comics "10 years ahead" of the MCU while welcoming Brand New Day movie fans
Why Marvel wants Spider-Man comics to be both ahead of the MCU and easy to jump into.
July 20, 2026
Chris Arrant
Guides
Re-play our liveblogs of Marvel Comics, DC Comics, and more panels live from San Diego Comic-Con with Popverse
Get inside Popverse's live, minute-by-minute reporting of the key panels of San Diego Comic-Con.
July 17, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
There's a new, gold foil Berserk skate deck... but you have to get in line behind me at San Diego Comic-Con to get it
Berserk’s Skull Knight is getting an ultra-rare SDCC-exclusive skate deck.
July 17, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
Shonen Jump says too many manga creators are trying to impress readers instead of entertaining them
The surprising blunt advice a Shonen Jump editor is giving manga creators.
July 16, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
Prepare for Terminator: Jughead Day, as John Connor enrolls in Archie's Riverdale High
Hasta la vista, Riverdale: Archie takes on the Terminator.
July 16, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
East LA has demons, so AJ Lee, Aimee Garcia & her Lucifer showrunner are giving it a demon hunter in East Side Saints
Move over, Buffy: AJ Lee and Lucifer co-star Aimee Garcia are introducing a new demon hunter.
July 15, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
Oni Press reveals its ultra-rare San Diego Comic-Con exclusive comics
One of San Diego Comic-Con’s rarest comics has a print run of just 111 copies.
July 15, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
DC Comics is reviving letter columns in the back of some of its superhero books - here's where to send in your letters
Letter columns were once a staple of superhero comics, but largely died with the advent of the internet... but now the internet is fueling its return.
July 15, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
Marvel Knights' Inhumans helped revive the Kirby creation.... but the writer refused an offer to do a sequel
For Sentry co-creator Paul Jenkins, Inhumans is his Watchmen... and he doesn't want to go back.
July 14, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
Iron Man origin comic art has broken the record for most expensive original comic art ever sold at $3.875 million dollars
Original art by under-appreciated Iron Man creator Don Heck sets record with $3.875 million auction sale.
July 14, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
How the real-world response to killing of healthcare CEO Brian Thompson is influencing DC Comics' Absolute Green Arrow, according to its writer
DC's revamped Green Arrow is about killing corrupt billionaires. And now with a masked vigilante killing a billionaire on the streets of Manhattan, its influencing the story.
July 14, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
DC's Firestorm origin retcon from Doomsday Clock is fixed in something that'll make older fans happy, says writer Jeff Lemire
Doomsday Clock inspired longtime Firestorm fan Jeff Lemire to pitch a series to "reconcile" the changes it made to the character.
July 14, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
Marvel's Armageddon is also an Avengers comic for those keeping count, according to hidden legacy numbering
Marvel math is including Avengers: Armageddon event as part of the Avengers comic run.... but its not the first time an event has doubled as a main Avengers book.
July 13, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
One of America’s biggest comic shop chains is gearing up for major expansion, and have named a new leader to help grow
The Florida comic store giant Coliseum of Comics recently expanded to Texas, and now it's promoted Chris Powell to keep growing.
July 13, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
The Japanese government is making a $210 billion bet to dominate the global comic, cartoon, gaming, and music industries
As South Korea and China push to expand, Japan doesn't want anyone catch up to their dominance in manga, anime, and more.
July 13, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
DC All In's Jeff Lemire JSA run is ending this fall
The future of DC’s JSA is uncertain after Jeff Lemire’s imminent departure.
July 13, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
Scott Snyder avoided using Catwoman during his DC 'New 52' Batman run because he found her relationship with the Dark Knight repetitive
Scott Snyder thinks Batman and Catwoman’s relationship is too repetitive in the main DCU, and he’s hoping to fix that in the Absolute Universe
July 13, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
DC Comics is concerned about price-gouging, so is setting down new rules for comic stores & those retailer variant covers
Store exclusive variant covers (especially of Absolute Batman) are all the rage, but DC is setting limits on just how crazy the prices for those can be.
July 13, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
Marvel’s Wolverine game is getting a secret prequel comic which is quietly debuting at San Diego Comic-Con
The Wolverine game is getting a prequel as a comic book - and I hope it's 'Red Band' so it can show all the blood from the game.
July 10, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
The hit sci-fi strategy game Stellaris is getting a series of spinoffs... as comics
The creators of Stellaris are opening a new frontier: comics.
July 10, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
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.
July 10, 2026
George Marston
News
Moulin Rouge is getting its first official comics, manga, and tabletop game
The next unlikely property getting comics is Moulin Rouge.
July 09, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
Marvel's new Miles Morales era is a "hyper-violent love letter to Brooklyn" for Spider-Man
Marvel’s new Miles Morales comic is inspired by Uncut Gems.
July 09, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
Four months after ousting its founder, Dark Horse Comics has a new (and some old) leadership structure
Dark Horse’s ‘new’ leadership includes promotions that happened months ago.
July 08, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
The next great Tradd Moore comic won’t belong to Marvel or DC or anyone else, but him (and us!) in 2027
The first big book of 2027 has a name: Touch Me Someplace Nowhere by Tradd Moore.
July 08, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
Invader Zim creator Jhonen Vasquez blasts Nickelodeon, Paramount & BOOM! Studios as "lizards" for reviving the franchise without telling him (and the new writer is upset too!)
Invader Zim creator Jhonen Vasquez says he was left out of the revival—and the new writer Jim Zub agrees it shouldn’t have happened.
July 08, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
Image Comics is pulling all new comics from GlobalComix after 3-year partnership changes
The battle to replace ComiXology just took another turn.
July 07, 2026
Chris Arrant
Guides
And the 11th Annual Dwayne McDuffie Award for Diversity in Comics nominees are...
We've got the nominees for this year's Dwayne McDuffie Award... and you've got a shopping list!
July 07, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
After reinventing Transformers, Daniel Warren Johnson is finally releasing the comic he spent nine years creating
The creator who made Transformers comics cool again is back with a chainsaw-wielding sci-fi epic.
July 06, 2026
Chris Arrant
Guides
Florida Supercon 2026 panel release schedule: Watch Daredevil, Defenders, TMNT, and anime panels online
Watch Charlie Cox, Kevin Eastman, Krysten Ritter, and more at Florida Supercon 2026
July 06, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
Marvel still hasn’t revealed the projects that brought Brian Michael Bendis back... but they are "special projects" and none are ongoing comics
Back at Marvel, Brian Michael Bendis has some "exciting" projects (plural) there but says no ongoing series.
June 30, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
How saying goodbye to a pet shaped Marvel’s latest The Sentry series by co-creator (and cat friend) Paul Jenkins
A Marvel creator turned the grief of losing his cat into a superhero comic, and we all kind of need it.
June 30, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
The original Green Arrow would hate DC’s new Absolute version according to writer Pornsak Pichetshoke... or would become someone like him
DC says the original Green Arrow would hate Absolute Green Arrow.
June 30, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
The Ultimate Black Panther story Bryan Hill never got to tell was a horror story (no, not a Marvel Midnight book, but now that you mention it...)
The Ultimate Black Panther story that never happened would have been horror.
June 30, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
WWE star Cody Rhodes wants a real-life superhero-style funeral inspired by a DC comic... with his wrestling co-workers coming as their characters
Cody Rhodes wants his funeral inspired by one of DC Comics’ most (in)famous moments.
June 30, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
Danny McBride grew up on Larry Hama's G.I.. Joe comics, and believes he might've "manifested his own way into a G.I. Joe type existence, through making movies & TV shows"
What Marvel's G.I. Joe comics taught Danny McBride about life.
June 29, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
Longtime Comics Journal contributor Andrew Farago arrested after he's found to have a hidden camera in the bathroom of his 50th birthday party
The Cartoon Arts Museum has fired him after a quick investigation, while he sits in county jail awaiting legal proceedings.
June 29, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld is creating five new heroes in a Youngblood team shake-up of Giant-Size X-Men sized proportions
Meet the new Young Bloods of Rob Liefeld's Youngblood Giant-Size X-Men style special.
June 26, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
The X-Men '97 season 2 writer pitched changing the name of the comic because he's focusing so much on the side characters over the core cast
Marvel almost renamed its X-Men ’97 comic because it isn’t really about the X-Men anymore.
June 25, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
Spoilers!Marvel said the Ultimate Universe was ending "forever" (including telling stores it'd be a lie if they didn't). Now, somehow, "The Ultimate Universe will return"
Ultimate Universe: Finale #1 is out now and, well, let's just say what we got and what Marvel Comics delivered are arguably pretty different
June 24, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Marvel Comics' boss is stepping in to personally oversee the Midnight X-Men, Spider-Man, & Fantastic Four launches as its editor
What could be Marvel boss Dan Buckley's last big launch becomes extra-personal for him.
June 23, 2026
Chris Arrant
Features
Ultimate Spider-Man is becoming something Marvel rarely has: a modern evergreen bestseller (and it did it by ending it)
Marvel ended the hit Ultimate Spider-Man comic at its peak. Here’s why.
June 22, 2026
Chris Arrant
Guides
5 comics & graphic novels by Black creators you should be reading right now
Beyond Miles Morales... here are some black comics recs with black creators.
June 19, 2026
Chris Arrant
Features
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
June 19, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
The first Black American global sports superstar is finally getting his story told, as a comic
Before Jackie Robinson and Michael Jordan, there was Major Taylor.
June 19, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
Marvel is delaying its Midnight line launch by 2 months because it's more special than they thought a couple weeks ago
Marvel says Midnight is more than just another alternate universe.
June 19, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
Exquisite Corpses' The Fox Mask Killer is getting a solo series.... and her next target is her mask & her secret identity
Who is the Fox Mask Killer? Exquisite Corpses is finally ready to answer.
June 19, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
Popverse First!The Marvel art that made Jim Lee a superstar is being collected in one massive book
Before he ran DC, Jim Lee helped reshape Marvel — now that work is getting the massive comprehensive book it deserves.
June 18, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
Magic: The Gathering is giving Liliana Vess the main-character treatment
Magic: The Gathering is finally telling one of Liliana Vess’ biggest untold stories.
June 18, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
DC Comics' latest surprise return is Christine Dinh as its new book trade manager
Marvel, Star Trek, BOOM! Studios, & Top Cow veteran Christine Dinh joins the DC Comics staff.
June 18, 2026
Chris Arrant
Features
The exact moment James Tynion IV retired from superhero comics was while he was writing DC's flagship Batman title
"That was the moment," Department of Truth author Tynion told us at C2E2, "That it was just like, 'I need to lean in to my own worlds.'"
June 17, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Why today’s Spider-Man still sounds like Gerry Conway’s Spider-Man more than anyone else's, according to Marvel's top Spidey writer & editor
The voice of modern Spider-Man may owe more to Gerry Conway than Stan Lee.
June 17, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
Popverse First!Two Gambits. One new Gambit comic series. Just in time for his MCU return in Avengers: Doomsday movie
Gambit’s next comic will force two Remy LeBeaus (or is it Remy LeTwos?) to face each other for the first time.
June 16, 2026
Chris Arrant
Features
Three years after its near-collapse, IDW is finally close to breaking even
TMNT and indie hits have helped push IDW to the brink of profitability after contemplating bankruptcy just 3 years ago.
June 16, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
The real-life comic creator feuds behind Marvel, Spawn, and The Walking Dead have inspired a new comic where they must get along to fight their creations
A new comic is turning legendary creator feuds into a superhero story.
June 15, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
DC Comics' Andrea Shea rises to senior editor after helping expand LGBTQIA+ representation at the superhero publisher
Andrea Shea rises to senior editor after helping expand LGBTQIA+ representation at DC
June 15, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
Absolute Carrie Kelley and Absolute Damian Wayne are going to be "kind of tricky"... but Absolute Batman boss Scott Snyder says he has thoughts & ideas
Carrie Kelley & Damian Wayne is coming to Absolute Batman, according to Scott Snyder
June 15, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
Marvel’s June 16 616 Day mystery bags are delayed (with some orders canceled) as demand overwhelms supply, and Doctor Doom would not approve
Marvel’s mystery bag strategy just hit an unexpected problem: success.
June 13, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
Naoki Urasawa’s new manga asks what creativity means when AI can do everything
Hand-drawn manga champion Naoki Urasawa is launching a series about AI.
June 13, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
The Nice House on the Lake author James Tynion IV confirms what you've been thinking: that villain is based on himself
Self-inserts aren't terribly uncommon in fiction, especially in horror. But few scary scribes but as much of themselves into the actual villain of the piece as Tynion does The Nice House on the Lake's Walter
June 11, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Deadpool co-creator Rob Liefeld has canceled his tell-all memoir after deciding some stories were too difficult to tell
Deadpool co-creator Rob Liefeld is scrapping his memoir, returning the advance, and asking the publisher for forgiveness.
June 10, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
DC reveals Absolute Batgirl Cassandra Cain, and is bringing the League of Assassins and Lady Shiva with her
DC is bringing Cassandra Cain, the League of Assassins, and Lady Shiva to the Absolute Universe.
June 09, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
For 35 years, Big Nate never missed a school day. Now he’s taking a step back
Big Nate’s last daily comic marks the end of a generation-spanning tradition.
June 09, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
New Dark Horse boss throws shade on the old management as it agrees to negotiate with workers' newly-formed union
Dark Horse’s new CEO just embraced a workers union, and distanced himself from the company’s past.
June 09, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
This deeply personal LGBTQ+ graphic novel asks what happens when adults weaponize a child’s imagination
Claus Daniel Herrmann's Pink Monsters is a moving LGBTQ+ graphic novel about finding yourself when the world tells you not to.
June 09, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
A young Scott Snyder fan drove 12 hours to meet his hero — and got an absolute surprise he’ll never forget
Scott Snyder made a lifelong memory for one young comic fan on Free Comic Book Day.
June 08, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
Spoilers, but Marvel Comics Universe is being disassembled, "broken," and "dramatically transformed" ahead of the upcoming Avengers movie & comic
Marvel is tearing apart its universe before launching a new Avengers era.
June 05, 2026
Chris Arrant