Spotlight
The MCU Spider-Man didn't learn the lesson every other Peter Parker has, according to Brand New Day director
Aunt May delivered the classic Spider-Man origin line in 2021's No Way Home, but Peter Parker wasn't listening, it seems
Graeme McMillan
Finally, The Boys Season 5 delivers the Supernatural reunion we've been waiting for... and it is extra bloody
Jared Padalecki and Misha Collins finally reunite with Jensen Ackles on The Boys set and it is a big, violent Supernatural reunion
Trent Cannon
Spoilers!
Marvel Studios killed a Daredevil: Born Again character in editing, dropping scenes already shot from season 2
You think Bullseye has interesting ways of killing people? You gotta learn how Marvel Studios worked this death into Daredevil: Born Again, season 2 (Obviously - beware of spoilers)
Grant DeArmitt
The MCU’s original Thor director wants to return for a Logan-inspired “final story” with Chris Hemsworth
Director and actor extraordinaire Kenneth Branagh would love to make a "glorious" final Thor movie with Marvel Studios
Jules Chin Greene
DC Studios Chapter 1: Gods and Monsters - what changed, what got added, and what went away after the first announcement
With The Authority being shelved for the time being and Waller in limbo, what remains of the initial DCU plans ahead of Supergirl's release in theaters?
Graeme McMillan
Top Shonen Jump editor behind DanDaDan, Chainsaw Man & SpyXFamily has left his staff position to start his own manga company
Shihei Lin helped shape Chainsaw Man, Spy x Family, and DanDaDan, and now he's set up his own independent manga company.
Trent Cannon
Latest
Superman has an “Invincible problem” because the character no longer defines the superhero space, according to Rob Liefeld and Robert Kirkman
Rob Liefeld and Robert Kirkman say Invincible is defining the superhero space that was once occupied by Superman, and the Man of Steel has to adapt if he wants to stay relevant
Supergirl release schedule (Updated April 2026): When #13 is coming out, along with what's next
Supergirl #13 release date, schedule, and how to read DC’s ongoing series
The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender release date: When the animated feature debuts on Paramount+
The movie depicts the exploits of the Gaang as adults.
Mark Bagley says former Marvel boss Bob Harras tried to destroy his career at Marvel in the 90s (but Kurt Busiek saved it)
Mark Bagley recalls his difficult working relationship with Marvel editor-in-chief Bob Harras
Wonder Man star Yahya Abdul-Mateen II was nervous about starring in the MCU series - so he called Kevin Feige for reassurance
You'd be nervous too if you felt your only shot at the Marvel Cinematic Universe was an experimental project like the Destin Daniel Cretton-directed Wonder Man. Unlike you, though, star Abdul-Mateen had a direct line to the big chair
Stan Lee forgot his own final Fantastic Four story after a three-year delay over a lawsuit with Marvel
John Romita Jr. was asked to do a Fantastic Four comic with Stan Lee (but things got dicey when Lee sued Marvel)
Deadpool's return to the MCU is "probably something I'm not going to do," says Ryan Reynolds
Ryan Reynolds is seemingly ruling out an Avengers: Doomsday appearance by Deadpool, but can he really be trusted?
DC is trying to revive the R-Rated Lobo comic drawn by All-Star Superman's Frank Quitely that it was scared to publish before
DC wants to publish Frank Quitely’s long-lost Lobo story — but there’s a catch.
DC's Absolute Batman, Wonder Woman, & Superman event has one writer — but "ALL" of the Absolute writers are plotting it together
Snyder was recently asked about Absolute Martian Manhuter's involvement in DC's upcoming crossover, and his answer led to a pretty huge revelation
The He-Man characters are ridiculous - and the latest Masters of the Universe featurette leans into that
Look, when your hero is called "He-Man" and your villain is called "Skeletor," there's hardly any reason to play things subtle. And by all appearances, the Masters of the Universe movie has no plans to do so
He got a Thanos tattoo in 2016. 10 years & $24,300 later, he's broken a Marvel Comics world record
Did you know that 'most number of Marvel Comics characters tattooed on the body' is an actual Guinness World Record? Tom Radford does, and it took him a lot of time, money, and presumably pain to achieve
Stranger Things ain't over - Tales from '85 nabs season 2 renewal after debuting in the Netflix Global Top 10
Stranger Things: Tales from '85's streaming debut is, impressively, officially one of the top animated openings of all time
Call of Duty director Peter Berg once called gamers "pathetic," but that doesn't mean he isn't the perfect person to adapt the games
No one indulges in ham-fisted military propaganda like Peter Berg, so he's already in the right mindset to direct the Call of Duty movie.
Pixar knew how to convince Conan O'Brien to sign on for Toy Story 5 - Insult him
"You won't have to act for this roll" was all the pitch that Conan O'Brien needed before joining the cast of Toy Story 5.
Absolute Batman artist Eric Canete has already signed on for "a great follow-up" to his Absolute DC book, but he's not allowed to talk about it (yet)
Eric Canete, who filled in for Nick Dragotta for two issues of Absolute Batman, has more work in the comics industry lined up
We don't all hate Attack on Titan lead character Eren Yeager enough, says creator Hajime Isayama with some regret
The original vision for the Attack on Titan protagonist lacked any of the sympathetic qualities the manga gave him.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns' Robin, Carrie Kelley, works so well because she is a perfect foil for Batman in the dark future, says Frank Miller
The Dark Knight Returns introduced the world to Carrie Kelley, whose lack of "bitterness, anger, or personal trauma" make her the perfect foil for Frank Miller's Batman.
Black Clover manga to come to an abrupt end this week just before the new season of the anime airs
Black Clover season 2 is due out this year, but not before the final chapters of the manga are released.
DC is revamping the Joker with a new status quo inspired by Batman: Arkham Asylum
Batman writer Matt Fraction shares the reasoning behind the Joker's new look in DC Comics
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Reading Dragon Ball to my toddler became the father-son moment I didn’t know I needed [Popverse Jump]
A Toddler's Reaction to Dragon Ball: The making of a weeb.
Trent Cannon
Popverse Playlist: The 3 things you need to check out in pop culture April 25 through May 1
A Hannibal reunion, Stranger Things returns and Swamp Thing regrows: Popverse Playlist's 3 things you have to see over the next seven days
Graeme McMillan
The Live Action One Piece has fixed one of the manga's worst characters - Sanji [Popverse Jump]
Toning down Sanji's unbearable horniness and giving him some much-needed emotional vulnerability makes the live action One Piece from Netflix infinitely more watchable.
Trent Cannon
Bookcon
Horror stories & cozy lit come from the same place, according to Better in Black author Cassandra Clare
Author Cassandra Clare, who has created her own dark fantasies in The Shadowhunter Chronicles, believes that there's a need we have as modern readers, and that both horror and cozy fiction fill it in different ways
Grant DeArmitt
These fantasy tropes need to die, according to fantasy authors Cassandra Clare, Sarah Mughal Rana, & Chelsea Abdullah
There were plenty of discussions at BookCon 2026 about the worst fantasy tropes, but none of them probably held the weight of the one between authors Clare (Shadowhunters), Rana (Dawn of the Firebird), & Abdullah (Sandsea)
Grant DeArmitt
Watch The Language of Love with Jasmine Guillory, Casey McQuiston, & Tia Williams from BookCon 2026!
Authors Guillory (The Wedding Date), McQuiston (Red, White, and Royal Blue), and Williams (A Love Song for Ricki Wilde) dissected what makes the romance genre work at BookCon '26, and Popverse was there to learn (and film)
Grant DeArmitt
Watch The Importance and Impact of Dystopian and Fantasy Fiction with Tahereh Mafi and Chloe Gong from BookCon 2026!
Mafi, author of the Shatter Me series, and Gong, author of the StrangeLoom series, shared their experience with the reigning champion of YA subgenres, and Popverse was filming their panel
Grant DeArmitt
Avengers: Doomsday
Deadpool's return to the MCU is "probably something I'm not going to do," says Ryan Reynolds
Ryan Reynolds is seemingly ruling out an Avengers: Doomsday appearance by Deadpool, but can he really be trusted?
Graeme McMillan
Robert Downey Jr.’s Oscar-winning Oppenheimer role won him the Doctor Doom part in Avengers: Doomsday
"[Robert Downey Jr.] played the most iconic hero. Let's have him play the most iconic villain," said Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige
Jules Chin Greene
The Marvel Studios Hall H panel at SDCC this year won’t be about Spider-Man: Brand New Day
The Marvel Studios SDCC panel this year will focus on Avengers: Doomsday, according to reports
Jules Chin Greene
Part of Avengers: Doomsday will be in theaters earlier than you thought, as Endgame rerelease to include new footage of next MCU mega-event
At Cinemacon 2026, Endgame director Joe Russo revealed that Marvel Studios will be rereleasing the film "with footage that is set in the Doomsday story."
Grant DeArmitt
Heated Rivalry
The Heated Rivalry season 2 rumors of a drastically bigger budget are wrong, says showrunner Jacob Tierney
Don't get your hopes up: Heated Rivalry season 2 won't have the budget to take Ilya and Shane to outer space.
Jules Chin Greene
Why HBO couldn't do much marketing for Heated Rivalry, according to showrunner Jacob Tierney: "Just be grateful there’s some horny people at HBO.”
Heated Rivalry showrunner Jacob Tierney explains why HBO didn't do more press for the episodes as they were airing during a BookCon 2026 panel.
Trent Cannon
The hockey crowds in Heated Rivalry are VFX and the raw footage looked like "COVID hockey" because no one was in the stands
Heated Rivalry was sold to HBO before the show's VFX had been finalized.
Jules Chin Greene
Heated Rivalry author Rachel Reid opens up about how the TV series adaptation news buoyed her Parkinson's diagnosis just 3 or 4 days before
3 or 4 days after Heated Rivalry author Rachel Reid was diagnosed with Parkinson's, she got the call to turn it into a TV series from Jacob Tierney
Trent Cannon
Newsarama
Newsarama, 1998 - 2026: an obituary & a eulogy, from a former writer & editor
Newsarama helped shape how we talk about comics and the story of what comics was for the past 25+ years.
Chris Arrant
End of an era: comics journalism outlet Newsarama gutted by layoffs as final writer exits
After years of cuts, Newsarama has finally gone silent
Chris Arrant
Newsarama co-founder makes a surprise exit from the comics journalism outlet
Doran co-founded Newsarama in 1998
Graeme McMillan