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Is the Supergirl teaser trailer already teasing a Man of Tomorrow connection? Because our Brainiac senses are tingling
Is it just me, or did DC Studios' Supergirl teaser (out now) straight up show us Kandor being bottled? Because if so, you know who's gonna be super interested in that? An alien who collects bottled cities
Grant DeArmitt
The Amazing Digital Circus stars Lizzie Freeman, Michael Kovach, and Alex Rochon are coming to Seattle's ECCC 2026
The voice cast of hit YouTube series The Amazing Digital Circus are coming to Emerald City Comic Con 2026, with Lizzie Freeman, Michael Kovach, and Alex Rochon appearing for all four days of the show!
Graeme McMillan
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Watch as Nickelodeon presents the Avatar: The Last Airbender 20th Anniversary Panel, featuring Dante Basco, Zach Tyler Eisen, Jack De Sena, Mae Whitman, Michaela Jill Murphy, from NYCC 2025
The voices of Prince Zuko (Basco), Aang (Eisen), Sokka (De Sena), Katara (Whitman), and Toph (Murphy) were at New York Comic Con 2025 to mark the special occasion for Avatar: the Last Airbender fans, and Popverse was there with a camera
Grant DeArmitt
Marvel's Avengers: Doomsday teaser is coming, but let's remember the lesson taught by the Avengers: Infinity War trailer
Seeing isn't always believing with teaser trailers intentionally including misleading visuals, as Marvel has proven with teasers for Avengers: Infinity War and Thunderbolts*
Graeme McMillan
Rosalina’s Storybook gets a long-awaited physical edition to celebrate the best Mario 3D game's best character
Celebrate the release of Rosalina’s Storybook ahead of the Super Mario Galaxy Movie next year.
Trent Cannon
How to watch the big NYCC 2025 panels
Popverse members get to watch the big panels from NYCC 2025 before anyone else, including panels for Hazbin Hotel, Critical Role, the new Game of Thrones prequel, and more.
Chris Arrant
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Baldurs Gate 3 producer Larian Studios leans hard into folk horror with the most Wicker Man-coded trailer I have ever seen
We know next to nothing about Divinity - the new RPG coming from Bladur's Gate 3's Larian Studios - but we do wonder if we should watch out for any BEEEEEEEEEES
Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic rises from the ashes of the canceled Knights of the Old Republic remake
Casey Hudson, the director of the Knights of the Old Republic and Mass Effect trilogy, will direct a Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic game, as revealed at the 2025 Game Awards
Stranger Things' Finn Wolfhard doesn't read Byler fan ships (And that's, you know, probably for the best)
No, Mike Wheeler and Will Byers are not going to get together in Stranger Things season 5, Netflix watchers. And furthermore, Finn Wolfhard isn't taking your suggestions as to how that might happen
Marvel’s X-Men get an all-new villain who can tear through reality and their own comic book art
Writer-artist Ryan Stegman will be joined by artists Sanford Greene, Steve Skroce, and more for a new villain called the Creationist in X-Men Annual #1
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 may own the 2025 Game Awards, but our hearts belong to Flute Guy
Pedro Eustache, AKA Flute Guy, has been the breakout celebrity star of each Game Awards since 2022. And this year was no exception
How Peter B. Parker from the Spider-Verse movies kickstarted Marvel's most successful relaunch in a decade with Ultimate Spider-Man
Jonathan Hickman's love of Peter B. Parker from Into the Spider-Verse drove his alternate vision of Spidey in Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man series
Resident Evil: Requiem adds Leon S. Kennedy to its cast, emo hairstyle included
Rejoice, my fellow evil residents: Capcom unveiled footage of Leon Kennedy in Resident Evil: Requiem at the 2025 Game Awards
Trigun Stargaze brought Yasuhiro Nightow to NYCC '25: Watch it here!
Author Nightow joined director Masako Sato, and producers Yota Shirasu and Yoshihiro Watanabe at New York Comic Con, and Trigun fans who missed it can see it now!
Jonathan Hickman reflects on the emotional end of Ultimate Spider-Man and the "gutsy" movie of Marvel closing a hit universe anyway
Marvel’s Ultimate Spider-Man is ending at its peak — and Jonathan Hickman explains why that’s exactly the point
The Little Mermaid, Mulan and more of your favorite Disney princesses star in new middle-grade graphic novel series Disney Adventure Journals
Mad Cave Studios' new middle-grade graphic novel series Disney's Adventure Journals follow the adventures of Ariel, Mulan, Tiana, and Anna.
Why Misa Amane from Death Note is still in our hearts [Popverse Jump}
Misa Amane straddles the line between hero, villain, and victim and adds a touch of chaos that Death Note desperately needs.
Is Blitzo secretly part-succubus? Helluva Boss star Brandon Rogers weighs in on the fandom’s hottest theory
Brandon Rogers, the actor behind Helluva Boss's titular executive, wants you to keep theorizing - even if he's not confirming whether those theories are correct
Jennifer Lawrence & Josh Hutcherson volunteering for the The Hunger Games once again for 2026's Sunrise on the Reaping
Before you ask - yes, they are returning as Katniss Everdean and Peeta Mellark in Sunrise on the Reaping, which is, confusingly, a prequel to The hunger Games
28 Years Later 3 is a go as Sony puts faith in little-known director Danny Boyle, barely recognizable actor Cillian Murphy
Way to take a chance on the little guy, Sony! Who knows, with the 28 Years Later trilogy getting its final chapter, this whole "zombie movie" thing might just get popular!
Wild Cards season 3 release date: The CW's crime procedural is back with some new twists
Wild Cards, the procedural starring Vanessa Morgan is back for another season on The CW
Paramount CEO is taking his hostile takeover directly to Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders with new letter as Netflix deal looms
Paramount CEO David Ellison really wants to buy Warner Bros. Discovery and he isn't letting Netflix get in the way of that.
Fallout Season 2 won't earn New Vegas' lead writer any royalties, despite creating many of the characters in the Prime Video hit
"There's no residuals for that," explained Fallout: New Vegas head writer as Season 2 of Fallout is set to stream on Prime Video this month.
Fourth Wing author Rebecca Yarros confirms she's getting closer to writing the sequel to 2025's Onyx Storm - but she's got one thing to do first
Rebecca Yarros has to write a "contracted contemporary" before she can dive back into the world of Fourth Wing once again.
Duolingo is threatening "unimaginable punishment" if you don't complete their Genshin Impact crossover event
Please, Duo. We're sorry we broke our streak.
Before they reach the Grand Line, Netflix is turning the One Piece crew into adorable plushies and action figures in time for season 2
A Tony Tony Chopper plushie. A Going Merry figure. The whole Straw Hat Crew is getting fresh merch before Netflix's live action One Piece season 2
The Mummy is rising again - and we have Brendan Fraser & Oded Fehr's reunion panel from Seatle's Emerald City Comic Con '22 to celebrate
We were thrilled about revisiting The Mummy franchise *before* Universal announced their plans to do so. Probably because we got to relive the first movie with stars Brendan Fraser and Oded Fehr at Emerald City Comic Con 2022
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Trigun Stargaze brought Yasuhiro Nightow to NYCC '25: Watch it here!
Author Nightow joined director Masako Sato, and producers Yota Shirasu and Yoshihiro Watanabe at New York Comic Con, and Trigun fans who missed it can see it now!
Grant DeArmitt
Jonathan Hickman reflects on the emotional end of Ultimate Spider-Man and the "gutsy" movie of Marvel closing a hit universe anyway
Marvel’s Ultimate Spider-Man is ending at its peak — and Jonathan Hickman explains why that’s exactly the point
Jules Chin Greene
Why Misa Amane from Death Note is still in our hearts [Popverse Jump}
Misa Amane straddles the line between hero, villain, and victim and adds a touch of chaos that Death Note desperately needs.
Trent Cannon
Emerald City Comic Con
The Amazing Digital Circus stars Lizzie Freeman, Michael Kovach, and Alex Rochon are coming to Seattle's ECCC 2026
The voice cast of hit YouTube series The Amazing Digital Circus are coming to Emerald City Comic Con 2026, with Lizzie Freeman, Michael Kovach, and Alex Rochon appearing for all four days of the show!
Graeme McMillan
Superman and Guardians of the Galaxy stars Michael Rooker, Pom Klementieff, Mikaela Hoover and Sean Gunn are coming to Seattle's Emerald City Comic Con 2026!
They've appeared in both the MCU and the DCU, and now Michael Rooker, Pom Klementieff, Mikaela Hoover and Sean Gunn are headed to the PNW for March 2026's ECCC 2026
Graeme McMillan
Get your BRZRKR and SIKTC bandanas on, because BOOM! Studios will be at Emerald City Comic Con 2026
Please don't go BRZRKR at BOOM! Studios's booth at Emerald City Comic Con 2026, though
Jules Chin Greene
Grab your berets, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's Ben Starr and Jennifer English are coming to Emerald City Comic Con 2026
Don your finest French attire to meet Ben Starr and Jennifer English from Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 at Emerald City Comic Con 2026
Jules Chin Greene
Critical Role
Critical Role Campaign 4 has "contingency episodes" in case the story goes long, says Marisha Ray
Campaign 4's campaign through the dangerous realm of Aramán is already the show's largest in scale. And the Critical Role cast is prepared should it get even larger
Grant DeArmitt
Critical Role GM Brennan Lee Mulligan says Jurassic Park played a role in Campaign 4's opening moments
Critical Role's Brennan Lee says that Steven Spielberg's dinosaur classic Jurassic Park teaches storytellers how to open with high stakes
Grant DeArmitt
You're not imagining it - Critical Role's Mighty Nein characters have more realistic proportions than The Legend of Vox Machina's
Original Critical Roler Sam Riegel says that the (slight) difference between Legend of Vox Machina's and Mighty Nein's visuals stems out of the tone of the show
Grant DeArmitt
Critical Role just broke the rules of villain design in Daggerheart — now the whole table builds the dragon queen
Forlorn, the central antagonist of upcoming Daggerheart campaign Reign of the Weredragon, is a creation not just of the GM, but of the whole table. We asked Elise Rezendes, Rowan Hall, and Spenser Starke t explain more
Grant DeArmitt
New York Comic Con
Trigun Stargaze brought Yasuhiro Nightow to NYCC '25: Watch it here!
Author Nightow joined director Masako Sato, and producers Yota Shirasu and Yoshihiro Watanabe at New York Comic Con, and Trigun fans who missed it can see it now!
Grant DeArmitt
Watch as Nickelodeon presents the Avatar: The Last Airbender 20th Anniversary Panel, featuring Dante Basco, Zach Tyler Eisen, Jack De Sena, Mae Whitman, Michaela Jill Murphy, from NYCC 2025
The voices of Prince Zuko (Basco), Aang (Eisen), Sokka (De Sena), Katara (Whitman), and Toph (Murphy) were at New York Comic Con 2025 to mark the special occasion for Avatar: the Last Airbender fans, and Popverse was there with a camera
Grant DeArmitt
Watch as the Dan Da Dan cast - Abby Trott, A.J. Beckles, Aleks Le - creep out NYCC 2025
Watch the stars of DanDaDan - Trott (Momo), Beckles (Okarun), and Le (Jiji) join together for a psychic symphony of anime stars, and you can view the whole thing now
Grant DeArmitt
Watch the official Mr. Robot reunion with Rami Malek, Christian Slater, and Sam Esmail from NYCC 2025
Elliot Alderson (Malek) and Mr. Robot (Slater) themselves joined series creator Sam Esmail at New York Comic Con 2025 for a special live episode of Josh Horowitz's Happy, Sad, Confused podcast. Popverse was there too, filming the whole thing
Grant DeArmitt
Stranger Things
Stranger Things' Finn Wolfhard doesn't read Byler fan ships (And that's, you know, probably for the best)
No, Mike Wheeler and Will Byers are not going to get together in Stranger Things season 5, Netflix watchers. And furthermore, Finn Wolfhard isn't taking your suggestions as to how that might happen
Grant DeArmitt
Fortnite who? Stranger Things is now part of a REAL video game franchise: Microsoft Flight Simulator
Pilot yourself through the skies above Hawkins, Indiana during the events of Stranger Things with an all-new Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 expansion pack
Grant DeArmitt
Stranger Things season 5 almost included a very specific shoutout to a classic 1980s action movie from an unexpected source
Let's face it, who else wanted Mrs. Wheeler to channel Ellen Ripley while fighting that Demogorgon in Stranger Things 5?
Jules Chin Greene
What kind of wine does Stranger Things' Karen Wheeler drink? Actress Cara Buono knows
Anyone who's already watched Stranger Things season 5, chapter 1, knows that Karen Wheeler needed a whole lot of courage. Her actor Cara Buono knows how much of that courage is liquid
Grant DeArmitt
Dispatch
Dispatch tricked you all into loving visual novels and you should be thankful for it
A whole new world of visual novels have opened up to you. Steins;Gate. Doki Doki Literature Club. Danganronpa. All wait for you now that Dispatch has finished.
Trent Cannon
Narrative games aren't as niche as people think, says Dispatch developers
Dispatch proves the narrative adventure isn’t dead — and AdHoc hopes the industry is paying attention.
Trent Cannon
Flambae in Dispatch was originally more of a bully until Lance Canstopolis made him hilarious
AdHoc Studio devs explain that it isn't until the infamous karaoke scene in Dispatch that people see the real fun of Flambae.
Trent Cannon
Critical Role's Matt Mercer and a bit of restraint are the secret sauce to making Shroud the biggest villain of Dispatch Season 1
AdHoc Studio devs say they're surprised they're "not getting more shit for" how little Shroud is in Dispatch Season 1, but they found the right amount of Matt Mercer to give us.
Trent Cannon