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Sports comedies, Star Treks and Supermen make mid-summer fly by: Popverse Playlist for July 18-24, 2026
Two pop culture icons make their return this week as Superman comes back to comic books and Star Trek comes back to our screens - but we're distracted by pickleball, of all things
Summer is most definitely here, and the time is right for dancing in the streets — the streets of San Diego, that is, with next week bringing the annual pop culture pilgrimage to Southern California’s San Diego Comic-Con. Popverse will be there, of course, keeping you up to date with the latest news from comic publishers and movie studios alike, but news alone cannot keep a soul satisfied. So… what else can you get up to across the next seven days to maximize your time? This is Popverse Playlist, so we happen to have three specific suggestions we believe can help.
This week: a modern sci-fi classic returns, a comic book classic celebrates a milestone, and we try to work out whether or not silly sports make the best comedies.
If you only watch one show this week, then it really has
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