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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
Jules Chin Greene
The Popverse Superfan presale for ECCC 2026 celebrity photo ops and autograph is here - here's everything you need to know
We have everything you need to know about the Superfan presale for autographs and photo ops at Seattle's Emerald City Comic Con 2026.
Graeme McMillan
“Acting is a contact sport”: Actor/director Bryce Dallas Howard on stunts, safety, and chasing adrenaline
The actor/director sat down in the Pop Spot at New York Comic Con 2025 for the conversation
Ashley V. Robinson
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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
The Popverse Superfan presale for C2E2 2026 celebrity photo ops and autograph is here - here's everything you need to know
Antsy about the C2E2 2026 Superfan presale? Here's everything you need to know.
Graeme McMillan
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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Ann M. Martin keeps Baby-Sitters Club history in her office: the original cover painting of the first book
Baby-Sitters Club creator Ann M. Martin shows off iconic Kristy’s Great Idea artwork.
Critical Role GM Matthew Mercer shared Exandrian secrets even the most die-hard Campaign 2 fan didn't know to help craft Prime Video series Mighty Nein
Any "live play only" Critical Role fans might want to reconsider watching The Mighty Nein, considering there's Exandrian lore we didn't learn about in Campaign 2
Stranger Things core cast hasn't seen the Netflix series finale - but they do know where they'll be when it drops
Will Byers himself, AKA Noah Schnapp, says there's a cast watch party planned for the Stranger Things season 5 finale (Hopefully someone will remember to bring tissues)
Brandon Rogers reveals Hazbin Hotel’s Katie Killjoy was inspired by his viral Bryce Tankthrust character, thanks to VivziePop
Long before Hazbin Hotel was streaming on Prime Video, Brandon Rogers was playing a character called Bryce Tankthrust. But it was series creator that turned her into Katie Killjoy, says the Helluva Boss star
Bryce Dallas Howard reveals the Robert De Niro acting trick she steals for directing
From Jurassic World to Star Wars: Bryce Dallas Howard shares her De Niro-inspired directing method.
Teen Titans to return in 2026 as part of DC: Next Level, teases DC Comics
When there's trouble, DC Comics know who to call, with a surprising addition to the DC: Next Level line up in its latest announcement: the Teen Titans, absent from comic book stands since 2022
Beauty and the Beast bad guy gets his own Disney spinoff movie, from the writer of Shang-Chi
No one spins off like Gaston, especially when it means he gets his own movie, reportedly in the works at Disney
How Mortal Kombat II's Johnny Cage would handle a comic convention like NYCC, according to Johnny Cage actor Karl Urban
From down-and-out to Earth Realm champion: Karl Urban on Johnny Cage’s Mortal Kombat II journey.
DC aims to replicate Absolute Batman & the other Absolute books' success but with Lobo, Batwoman, and Deathstroke... and do it inside core DCU canon
A fresh take on some of DC's most iconic characters is on the way as Next Level kicks into gear.
Marvel moves past variant comic covers to variant Avengers Doomsday trailers
Could there really be four different Avengers: Doomsday trailers headed to movie theaters this week?
Matriarch is the ultimate villain of Wonder Woman’s entire DC run, Tom King confirms
DC’s Wonder Woman has been building to Matriarch since issue #1.
Superman, Thunderbolts*, and Dispatch made optimism the real superhero of 2025
We don't know what 2026 holds for the MCU or DCU, but we hope the honest, earnest approach to superhero films and games continues.
Hazbin Hotel season 2 trading cards will let your crow brain run wild
You can now preorder the official Hazbin Hotel season 2 trading cards based on the Prime Video hit before their January 2026 release
The Baby-Sitters Club author Ann M. Martin talks first-time convention experience at NYCC
Hopefully, New York Comic Con 2025 marks the dawn of a new comic con tradition for the legendary author
Hornblower and beyond: Ioan Gruffudd on his career-defining characters
The Welsh actor plays the iconic and persistent fictional character
How the Grinch and Jim Carrey needed a CIA torture expert to help steal Christmas
The Grinch makeup and prosthetics were so restrictive and uncomfortable that Jim Carrey borrowed techniques to help military officers survive torture to get through filming.
Fortnite teases a collaboration with iconic anime Bleach, but you'd barely know it from the trailer they've posted
More details on the Bleach x Fortnite collaboration are expected later this week
The Mortal Kombat II cast was asked who they’d fight, and the answers got very honest very fast
At New York Comic Con 2025, the MKII cast shared their thoughts on intra-cast battles
Ultimate X-Men creator Peach Momoko reflects on two years of writing and drawing Marvel’s boldest X-Men reinvention
As Marvel’s Ultimate Universe winds down, Peach Momoko talks Ultimate X-Men, new mutants, and her future as a writer.
Marvel’s Ultimate X-Men pushed Peach Momoko to scrap entire stories and start over
Peach Momoko has become Marvel Comics' most distinctive modern artist... then she proved herself as an Ultimate X-Men writer too.
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Ultimate X-Men creator Peach Momoko reflects on two years of writing and drawing Marvel’s boldest X-Men reinvention
As Marvel’s Ultimate Universe winds down, Peach Momoko talks Ultimate X-Men, new mutants, and her future as a writer.
Jules Chin Greene
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
Emerald City Comic Con
The Popverse Superfan presale for ECCC 2026 celebrity photo ops and autograph is here - here's everything you need to know
We have everything you need to know about the Superfan presale for autographs and photo ops at Seattle's Emerald City Comic Con 2026.
Graeme McMillan
Agents of SHIELD, assemble! Marvel stars Clark Gregg and Ming-Na Wen are flying into Seattle for Emerald City Comic Con 2026
Clark Gregg and Ming-Na Wen will be available for autographs and photo ops Saturday and Sunday at Emerald City Comic Con 2026 in Seattle
Jules Chin Greene
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
Ultimate Spider-Man
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
Jules Chin Greene
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
Ultimate Spider-Man: Incursion might be the most important Miles Morales comic in years [Spoilers!]
For real, Marvel Comics fan - we're getting into explicit spoilers from Ultimate Spider-Man: Incursion #5 (Don't say we didn't warn you)
Grant DeArmitt
Ultimate Universe architect Jonathan Hickman didn't expect Marvel Comics to close the line down
"He goes, ‘Why are we shutting it down?" remembered Marvel Comics president Dan Buckley about Jonathan Hickman's reaction to learning the company was shuttering the Ultimate Universe
Graeme McMillan
New York Comic Con
Ann M. Martin keeps Baby-Sitters Club history in her office: the original cover painting of the first book
Baby-Sitters Club creator Ann M. Martin shows off iconic Kristy’s Great Idea artwork.
Ashley V. Robinson
Bryce Dallas Howard reveals the Robert De Niro acting trick she steals for directing
From Jurassic World to Star Wars: Bryce Dallas Howard shares her De Niro-inspired directing method.
Ashley V. Robinson
How Mortal Kombat II's Johnny Cage would handle a comic convention like NYCC, according to Johnny Cage actor Karl Urban
From down-and-out to Earth Realm champion: Karl Urban on Johnny Cage’s Mortal Kombat II journey.
Ashley V. Robinson
Matriarch is the ultimate villain of Wonder Woman’s entire DC run, Tom King confirms
DC’s Wonder Woman has been building to Matriarch since issue #1.
Ashley V. Robinson
Critical Role
Critical Role GM Matthew Mercer shared Exandrian secrets even the most die-hard Campaign 2 fan didn't know to help craft Prime Video series Mighty Nein
Any "live play only" Critical Role fans might want to reconsider watching The Mighty Nein, considering there's Exandrian lore we didn't learn about in Campaign 2
Grant DeArmitt
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
Avengers: Doomsday
Marvel moves past variant comic covers to variant Avengers Doomsday trailers
Could there really be four different Avengers: Doomsday trailers headed to movie theaters this week?
Jules Chin Greene
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
Thunderbolts* revealed the practical future of the MCU and nobody realized
The post-credits scene in Thunderbolts* was done with minimal CGI, and it inspired a practical approach to Avengers: Doomsday's effects
Jules Chin Greene
X-Men’s Beast, Kelsey Grammer, had fun with Pedro Pascal on the set of Avengers: Doomsday but can’t remember his name
Kelsey Grammer, who will reprise his X-Men role as Beast in Avengers: Doomsday, had great things to say about Pedro Pascal - even if he can't remember his name
Jules Chin Greene